Fall SHIMMER taping dates are set!

The dates for the next set of SHIMMER tapings have been determined. SHIMMER 58-61 will take place at the Berwyn Eagles Club in Berwyn, IL on Saturday & Sunday, October 19th & 20th. Tickets will go on sale on Sunday, June 16th at The SHIMMER Forum. Mark your calendars, and make your plans to join us live!

SHIMMER 49-52 NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD!

Volumes 49-52 in the SHIMMER DVD series are now available for immediate worldwide shipping. Use the buttons below to place your order online. If you would like to purchase DVDs with a money order, E-mail shimmernews@yahoo.com for mail order instructions.



Vols. 51 & 52 Two DVD Combo Price: $30.00

Vols. 49 & 50 Two DVD Combo Price: $30.00

Vols. 49-52 Four DVD Combo Price: $60.00

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Vols. 47-52 Six DVD Combo Price: $90.00

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SHIMMER- WOMEN ATHLETES Vol. 52 (DVD)

Description:
1. Kc Spinelli vs. Angelus Layne
2. Su Yung vs. Miss Natural
3. Davina Rose vs. Rhia O'Reilly
4. Kana & LuFisto vs. Taylor Made & Allysin Kay
5. Kalamity vs. Sassy Stephie
6. Shazza McKenzie vs. Mercedes Martinez
7. MsChif & Christina Von Eerie vs. Kellie Skater & Tomoka Nakagawa
8. Yumi Ohka vs. Ryo Mizunami
9. Courtney Rush vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto
10. SHIMMER Tag Team Title Match: Portia Perez & Nicole Matthews vs. Allison Danger & Leva Bates
11. Ayako Hamada vs. Athena
12. SHIMMER Title Match: Saraya Knight vs. Cheerleader Melissa

Price: $15.00

SHIMMER- WOMEN ATHLETES Vol. 51 (DVD)

Description:
1. Santana vs. Melanie Cruise
2. Davina Rose vs. Cherry Bomb
3. Veda Scott vs. Tomoka Nakagawa
4. Allison Danger & Leva Bates vs. Taylor Made & Allysin Kay
5. Kc Spinelli vs. Rhia O'Reilly
6. LuFisto vs. Ryo Mizunami
7. Cheerleader Melissa vs. Miss Natural
8. Ayako Hamada vs. Portia Perez
9. Courtney Rush vs. Mercedes Martinez
10. Yumi Ohka vs. Nicole Matthews
11. Athena vs. Kana
12. SHIMMER Title Match: Saraya Knight vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. MsChif vs. Kellie Skater

Price: $15.00

SHIMMER- WOMEN ATHLETES Vol. 50 (DVD)

Description:
1. Veda Scott vs. Miss Natural
2. Shazza McKenzie vs. Santana
3. Su Yung vs. Sassy Stephie
4. Courtney Rush vs. Taylor Made
5. Kalamity vs. Christina Von Eerie vs. Ryo Mizunami vs. Cherry Bomb
6. Davina Rose vs. Rhia O'Reilly
7. Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Melanie Cruise
8. Athena vs. Tomoka Nakagawa
9. Yumi Ohka vs. Kellie Skater
10. Kana vs. Ayako Hamada
11. Ten Woman Elimination Tag Team Match: Cheerleader Melissa & MsChif & Allison Danger & Leva Bates & LuFisto vs. Saraya Knight & Mercedes Martinez & Portia Perez & Nicole Matthews & Lexie Fyfe

Plus bonus features looking back at some of SHIMMER's most memorable moments!

Price: $15.00

SHIMMER- WOMEN ATHLETES Vol. 49 (DVD)

Description:
1. Kc Spinelli vs. Miss Natural
2. Christina Von Eerie vs. Yumi Ohka
3. Veda Scott & Shazza McKenzie vs. Taylor Made & Allysin Kay
4. Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Sassy Stephie
5. Courtney Rush vs. Ryo Mizunami
6. Cheerleader Melissa vs. Rhia O'Reilly
7. Davina Rose vs. Tomoka Nakagawa
8. Leva Bates vs. Kellie Skater
9. MsChif vs. Mercedes Martinez
10. Ayako Hamada vs. Kalamity
11. SHIMMER Tag Team Title Match: Portia Perez & Nicole Matthews vs. Kana & LuFisto
12. SHIMMER Title Match: Saraya Knight vs. Athena

Price: $15.00

Vols. 47-50 Four DVD Combo Price: $60.00

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Vols. 45-50 Six DVD Combo Price: $90.00

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Ayumi Kurihara announces retirement, added to SHIMMER 53 next week at WrestleCon!

Earlier today in Japan, a press conference was held to make the official announcement of the impending retirement of one of the top joshi stars of the current generation, Ayumi Kurihara. As is true with so many professional wrestlers, Ayumi has been continuing to compete for the past several years while dealing with multiple injuries that have never fully healed. Her official retirement show and farewell match will take place on August 4th at Korakuen Hall.


Through the assistance of the S-Ovation Co., which later went on to begin promoting events under the Joshi 4 Hope banner, Kurihara was able to make her way to the United States to debut for SHIMMER during April of 2010. Ayumi and rival Tomoka Nakagawa debuted in impressive fashion by tearing the house down with a semi main event bout against one another at SHIMMER 29, instantly establishing themselves with the SHIMMER audience in this part of the world.

Ayumi went on to have a series of matches against Daizee Haze, as well as memorable outings against opponents such as Sara Del Rey, Nikki Roxx, Cheerleader Melissa, Madison Eagles, and Nicole Matthews. Ayumi also shared the honor of competing in the first all joshi SHIMMER main event, participating in a classic battle against Ayako Hamada at SHIMMER 38. The two women brought out the best in one another in that match, and gave the fans at the Berwyn Eagles Club the rare opportunity of seeing two of Japan's best face off in a main event on American soil.


Kurihara and Hamada followed that up by deciding to form a tag team within the SHIMMER ranks. The pair became the fifth SHIMMER Tag Team Champions at SHIMMER 41, defeating the team of Daizee Haze & Tomoka Nakagawa to earn the titles. They proceeded to defend the SHIMMER Tag Team Championship on eight different occasions, including becoming the first tag team to make an international defense, against Hiroyo Matsumoto & Misaki Ohata at the "Joshi 4 Hope III" event in Tokyo. Ayumi & Ayako ultimately lost the titles in the four team elimination match at SHIMMER 48, which was the last time Ayumi competed inside the SHIMMER ring.


With Ayumi's impending retirement in Japan on August 4th, she made it known to both the Joshi 4 Hope office as well as SHIMMER management that she wanted to return to the United States one more time before hanging up the boots. Though Ayumi has obligations in Japan during the week of the upcoming SHIMMER tapings in Berwyn, she was able to rearrange her schedule to be able to head to the States for our SHIMMER 53 event as part of WrestleCon next weekend!


During her time in SHIMMER, Kurihara has had the opportunity to step in the ring against virtually all of the top names on the roster at one time or another, be it in singles or tag team action. The one major exception, who Ayumi has not faced as of yet, is one of the SHIMMER originals, and one of the very best female competitors to come out of the United States in the past ten years, "The Latina Sensation" Mercedes Martinez. As a result, the match between them has been signed for SHIMMER 53 on April 6th at the Meadowlands Expo Center in Secaucus, NJ, as part of WrestleCon! If you can't be there to witness it in person, you can still see it live on iPPV!


SHIMMER - WOMEN ATHLETES will present SHIMMER 53 on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center (355 Plaza Drive) in Secaucus, NJ. Bell time for this afternoon event is 12pm (Noon). Tickets are now on sale at WWNlive.com for the SHIMMER 53 event. The first three rows of ringside are already sold out. Fourth row ringside is available at a cost of $35. General admission seating is priced at $25. The event is suitable for all ages. CLICK HERE for tickets.

Additionally, SHIMMER 53 will be carried as a live streaming iPPV! Even if you aren't in the area to attend the show in person, you can watch it live as it happens (and unlimited VOD after the fact) via WWNlive. CLICK HERE to pre-order the SHIMMER 53 iPPV. Price is $14.99 if purchased in advance, or $19.99 if purchased on the day of the event.


SHIMMER Championship/Steel Cage Match
(Champion) Saraya Knight vs. Cheerleader Melissa

Rematch from SHIMMER 52
Ayako Hamada vs. "The Wrestling Goddess" Athena

Rematch of SHIMMER 35 Main Event
Madison Eagles vs. "Everybody's Favorite Girlfriend" Jessie McKay

Ayumi Kurihara vs. "The Latina Sensation" Mercedes Martinez

Amazing Kong vs. Mia Yim

Plus, also announced thus far...

SHIMMER Tag Team Champions The Canadian Ninjas
Serena Deeb
"The World Famous" Kana
Tomoka Nakagawa
"Regeneration X" Allison Danger & Leva Bates
Christina Von Eerie
"Rate Tank" Kellie Skater
"Made In Sin" Taylor Made & Allysin Kay
Veda Scott & Shazza McKenzie
Rhia O'Reilly
Evie
Cherry Bomb
Kimber Lee
Look for even more talent to be added to SHIMMER 53 between now and the day of the event. For years now, fans in the northeast have requested that SHIMMER run a live event in their area. If you're in the area that weekend, this is your chance! Join us live for SHIMMER 53!

Commemorative Letterpress Posters!

The letterpress poster promoting our April 6th event in Secaucus, NJ is available for immediate shipping within the United States. Since the posters must be shipped flat by UPS, they are only available to those with actual street addresses in the United States (no PO Boxes or non-U.S. addresses). Total shipping for a box of those dimensions via UPS Ground is $15. Below are options to either order just the April 6th poster, or order the full five poster set (to get the most out of the shipping expense), which includes the previous four SHIMMER letterpress posters as well. For those attending our events next month, yes, we will have the April 6th poster available at the merchandise table.



SHIMMER April 6, 2013 Letterpress Event Poster (14x22)
Price: $10 + shipping

SHIMMER Five Letterpress Event Poster Set
(Mar. 2011, Oct. 2011, Mar. 2012, Oct. 2012, Apr. 2013)
Price: $35 + shipping