Shine Championship

Shine Championship
Details
PromotionWorld Wrestling Network
BrandShine Wrestling
Date establishedJuly 12, 2013
Current champion(s)Ivelisse
Date wonNovember 14, 2021
Statistics
First champion(s)Rain
Most reignsIvelisse
(4 reigns)
Longest reignIvelisse
(3rd reign, 701 days)
Shortest reignMercedes Martinez
(1 day)
Oldest championMercedes Martinez
(39 years, 26 days)
Youngest championMiyu Yamashita
(24 years, 20 days)
Heaviest championAllysin Kay
150 lb (68 kg)
Lightest championIvelisse
115 lb (52 kg)

The Shine Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship in Shine Wrestling, a brand division of the World Wrestling Network. Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries. These narratives create feuds between the various competitors, which cast them as villains and heroines. Ivelisse has the most reigns at 4.

Championship Tournaments

Inaugural Championship Tournament (2013)

The tournament was held over two months from April 19 to July 12, 2013, at Shine 9 and Shine 10, at The Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida. The first two rounds, semis and final were all held on the July 12 event called Shine 11.

notes:

  • Jessicka Havok defeated Portia Perez to keep her spot in the tournament at Shine 9
  • Allysin Kay defeated Nikki Roxx but was later suspended for 90 days by Lexie Fyfe and automatically eliminated at Shine 9
  • Jazz defeated Ivelisse but never entered the tournament for undisclosed reasons

The tournament brackets were:[1]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Saraya Knight  
Jessicka Havok Pin
Rain Pin
Jessicka Havok  
Rain Pin
LuFisto  
Mia Yim  
Rain Pin
Mia Yim Pin
Leva Bates  
Mia Yim Pin
Ivelisse  
Ivelisse Pin
Santana  

Second championship tournament (2018)

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Candy Cartwright
Ivelisse Pin
Ivelisse
Mercedes Martinez Pin
Mercedes Martinez Sub
Stormie Lee
Mercedes Martinez
Allysin Kay Sub
Allysin Kay Pin
Brandi Lauren
Allysin Kay Sub
Santana Garrett
Priscilla Kelly
Santana Garrett Pin

Reigns

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
+ Current reign is changing daily
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 Rain July 12, 2013 Shine 11 Ybor City, FL 1 196 4 Rain defeated Mia Yim in the finals of an eight-women tournament to become the inaugural champion. [2]
2 Ivelisse January 24, 2014 Shine 16 Ybor City, FL 1 296 13 [3]
3 Mia Yim November 16, 2014 WWNLive China Tour Beijing, China 1 138 3 [4]
4 Santana Garrett April 3, 2015 Shine 26 Ybor City, FL 1 252 13 This was a title vs. title match in which Garrett also defended the NWA World Women's Championship. [5]
5 Taylor Made December 11, 2015 Shine 31 Ybor City, FL 1 189 4 [6]
6 Ivelisse June 17, 2016 Shine 35 Ybor City, FL 2 210 4 This was a four-way match, also involving Shimmer Champion Madison Eagles and TNA Knockouts Champion Allysin Kay. The loser of the fall lost her title. [7]
— Vacated January 13, 2017 — — — — — The Title was vacated due to Ivelisse being injured. [8]
7 LuFisto January 13, 2017 Shine 40 Ybor City, FL 1 529 15 LuFisto defeated Allysin Kay and Mercedes Martinez in a Three-way match to win the vacant championship. [9]
— Vacated June 26, 2018 — — — — — LuFisto relinquished the title due to health reasons. [10]
8 Allysin Kay September 8, 2018 Shine 53 Queens, NYC 1 209 4 Kay defeated Mercedes Martinez in the finals of an eight-women tournament to win the vacant championship. [11]
9 Miyu Yamashita April 5, 2019 WWN Supershow Mercury Rising 2019 New York City, NY 1 31 0 This was a title vs. title match also contested for Yamashita's Tokyo Princess of Princess Championship. [12]
10 Allysin Kay May 6, 2019 TJP Girls Shining, I Will Fly to Sapporo! Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan 2 221 4 [13]
11 Mercedes Martinez December 13, 2019 Shine 63 Livonia, MI 1 1 0 This was a title vs. career match. [14]
12 Ivelisse December 14, 2019 Shine 64 Chicago, IL 3 701 3 [15]
13 Natalia Markova November 14, 2021 WWN Supershow: Battle Of The Belts 2021 Clearwater, Florida 1 28 0 [16]
14 Ivelisse December 12, 2021 Shine 70 Clearwater, Florida 4 1,116+ 4 [17]

Combined reigns

As of January 1, 2025.

Record four-time, current and longest combined reigning champion Ivelisse.
† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns 		Combined
defenses 		Combined
days
1 Ivelisse † 4 24 2,323+
2 LuFisto 1 15 529
3 Allysin Kay 2 8 430
4 Santana Garrett 1 13 252
5 Rain 4 196
6 Taylor Made 4 189
7 Mia Yim 3 138
8 Miyu Yamashita 0 31
9 Natalia Markova 0 28
10 Mercedes Martinez 0 1

References

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  10. ^ "BREAKING NEWS: SHINE Championship Vacated!". 26 June 2018.
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