SHIMMER Women Athletes

TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR SHIMMER 45-48!

2011-12-25T13:17:00.000-08:00

There's nothing quite like experiencing a SHIMMER weekend live! Witness the taping of four full length SHIMMER DVDs, meet the wrestlers, and join in celebrating women's professional wrestling with your fellow fans for an entire weekend!

SHIMMER - WOMEN ATHLETES returns to the Berwyn Eagles Club (6309 26th Street) in Berwyn, IL on Saturday & Sunday, March 17th & 18th, 2012. Volumes 45-48 of the SHIMMER series will be filmed during the course of that weekend. Bell time on Saturday, March 17th is 2pm. Bell time on Sunday, March 18th is 1pm. The events are suitable for all ages.

Tickets for the tapings are now on sale. Front row seating is already completely SOLD OUT for the entire weekend. General admission tickets can be purchased using the PayPal buttons below, or by sending a money order. E-mail shimmernews@yahoo.com for mail order instructions.

SHIMMER 3/17 & 3/18 FULL WEEKEND GENERAL ADMISSION PACKAGE (Vols. 45-48) $60

SHIMMER SAT. 3/17 GENERAL ADMISSION (Vols. 45 & 46) $30

SHIMMER SUN. 3/18 GENERAL ADMISSION (Vols. 47 & 48) $30

Join us for SHIMMER 45-48 live! Make your plans now!

TEMPORARILY BACK IN STOCK: VOLS. 17, 14, 13!

2011-12-07T22:22:00.000-08:00

Those of you who may be missing a few of our earlier DVD releases have a bit of a second chance. We ran across some copies of Volumes 17, 14, and 13 in storage, so those copies are available, while they last, here on the web site. As the final supply of these releases is very limited, they are priced at $20 a piece.

SHIMMER - WOMEN ATHLETES Vol. 17 (DVD)

Volume 17 features one of the more popular tag team matches in SHIMMER history, pitting Sara Del Rey & Allison Danger against MsChif & Cheerleader Melissa, plus the debut of Wesna Busic, Lacey vs. Sarah Stock, and more.

Price: $20.00

SHIMMER - WOMEN ATHLETES Vol. 14 (DVD)

Volume 14 is the SHIMMER event which was held during the summer of 2007 at the Citrus County Auditorium in the state of Florida. It features several rematches of previous bouts that took place in Berwyn, including the second Amazing Kong vs. Nikki Roxx match, Allison Danger vs. Cindy Rogers in a 2 out of 3 falls match, and a rematch of the tournament finals between Lacey and Sara Del Rey. Also on the card is the first SHIMMER meeting between MsChif and Daizee Haze.

Price: $20.00

SHIMMER - WOMEN ATHLETES Vol. 13 (DVD)

Volume 13 is the aftermath of the SHIMMER Title Tournament, and features the first Daizee Haze vs. Sarah Stock match, a Dog Collar Match pitting Allison Danger vs. Cindy Rogers, and the Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew vs. Sara Del Rey & Nikki Roxx in the tag team main event.

Price: $20.00

Madison Eagles video

2011-11-20T08:01:00.000-08:00

Check out Brad Peterson's new Madison Eagles tribute video, featuring clips from SHIMMER, CHIKARA, and Joshi4Hope.

Volumes 37-40 available on DVD!

2011-11-20T07:57:00.001-08:00

Volumes 37 through 40 of the SHIMMER DVD series are now available for immediate worldwide shipping exclusively from SHIMMER itself. You can place individual DVD orders using the PayPal buttons in the DVD section of the web site, or make use of one of the below multi-DVD combo packages to save on shipping costs by getting them together. If you would like to purchase DVDs from SHIMMER using a money order, please E-mail shimmernews@yahoo.com for mail order instructions.

Vols. 37-40 Four DVD Combo Price: $60.00

(USA & Canada Shipping)

(All Other International Shipping)

Vols. 38-40 Three DVD Combo Price: $45.00
(USA & Canada Shipping)

(All Other International Shipping)

Vols. 39 & 40 Two DVD Combo Price: $30.00

Vols. 37 & 38 Two DVD Combo Price: $30.00

SHIMMER- WOMEN ATHLETES Vol. 40 (DVD)

Description:
1. Taylor Made vs. Kellie Skater
2. Mercedes Martinez vs. Christina Von Eerie
3. MsChif vs. Melanie Cruise
4. Jessie McKay vs. Athena
5. Allison Danger & Leva Bates vs. Saraya Knight & Britani Knight w/ Rebecca Knox
6. Jessica James vs. Sara Del Rey
7. Four Corner Survival: Cheerleader Melissa vs. LuFisto vs. Serena Deeb vs. Portia Perez
8. Ayumi Kurihara vs. Nicole Matthews
9. SHIMMER Tag Team Title Match: Hiroyo Matsumoto & Misaki Ohata vs. Daizee Haze & Tomoka Nakagawa
10. SHIMMER Title Match: Madison Eagles vs. Ayako Hamada

Running Time: 3 hours, 2 minutes

Price: $15.00

SHIMMER- WOMEN ATHLETES Vol. 39 (DVD)

Description:
1. Courtney Rush vs. Kellie Skater
2. LuFisto vs. Sassy Stephie w/ Mademoiselle Rachelle
3. Rachel Summerlyn vs. Mena Libra
4. SHIMMER Tag Team Title Match: Hiroyo Matsumoto & Misaki Ohata vs. Nikki Roxx & Ariel
5. Mercedes Martinez vs. Britani Knight w/ Rebecca Knox
6. Mia Yim & Jamilia Craft vs. Daizee Haze & Tomoka Nakagawa
7. Jessica James vs. Athena
8. MsChif vs. Saraya Knight w/ Rebecca Knox
9. Rematch From Vol. 35: Serena Deeb vs. Portia Perez
10. Two out of Three Falls: Jessie McKay vs. Nicole Matthews
11. Cheerleader Melissa & Ayako Hamada vs. Madison Eagles & Sara Del Rey

Running Time: 3 hours, 14 minutes

Price: $15.00

SHIMMER- WOMEN ATHLETES Vol. 38 (DVD)

Description:
1. Courtney Rush vs. Daizee Haze
2. Jessica James vs. Tomoka Nakagawa
3. Allison Danger & Leva Bates vs. Nikki Roxx & Ariel
4. Rematch From Vol. 37: Christina Von Eerie vs. Sara Del Rey
5. Cheerleader Melissa vs. Melanie Cruise
6. Serena Deeb & Jessie McKay vs. Portia Perez & Nicole Matthews
7. Mercedes Martinez vs. Rachel Summerlyn
8. SHIMMER Title Match: Madison Eagles vs. MsChif
9. SHIMMER Tag Team Title Match: Hiroyo Matsumoto & Misaki Ohata vs. Saraya Knight & Britani Knight w/ Rebecca Knox
10. Ayako Hamada vs. Ayumi Kurihara

Running Time: 2 hours, 51 minutes

Price: $15.00

SHIMMER- WOMEN ATHLETES Vol. 37 (DVD)

Description:
1. MsChif vs. Kellie Skater
2. Courtney Rush vs. Mena Libra
3. LuFisto vs. Tomoka Nakagawa
4. Allison Danger & Leva Bates vs. Mia Yim & Jamilia Craft
5. Christina Von Eerie vs. Sara Del Rey
6. Cheerleader Melissa vs. Athena
7. Nikki Roxx & Ariel vs. Saraya Knight & Britani Knight w/ Rebecca Knox
8. Serena Deeb vs. Daizee Haze
9. Ayako Hamada vs. Jessie McKay
10. SHIMMER Tag Team Title Match: Portia Perez & Nicole Matthews vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Misaki Ohata
11. SHIMMER Title Match: Madison Eagles vs. Mercedes Martinez

Running Time: 3 hours, 14 minutes

Price: $15.00

ADD OLD SCHOOL EVENT POSTERS TO YOUR DVD ORDER!

Old school letterpress style SHIMMER posters promoting our 2011 tapings are available for immediate shipping within the United States.

They can be added to DVD orders (we'll ship your DVD and poster orders together), or they can be ordered by themselves. If you would like to add a poster order to your DVD order, simply place your DVD order first, and then submit a second PayPal order to add the poster and the additional shipping costs.

Since the posters are shipped flat by UPS, this option is only available to those with actual street addresses in the United States (no PO Boxes or non-U.S. addresses). Total shipping for the posters is $15. You can use the PayPal buttons below to either order just the posters, or to add posters to your DVD order. The below buttons to add a poster order to your DVD order include $8.50 in additional shipping, to add to your existing $6.50 in DVD shipping, plus the $6 for the poster itself. We have a very limited number of old school posters left from our March 2011 tapings. The option is available below to add one of the March posters to your order (but not multiple March posters).

October 2011 Poster

March 2011 Poster

ADD POSTER TO DVD ORDER - Oct. 2011 (14x22)
Price: $6.00 + $8.50 in additional shipping (U.S. street addresses only)

ADD POSTERS TO DVD ORDER - Both Mar. (17x26) & Oct. 2011 (14x22)
Price: $12.00 + $8.50 in additional shipping (U.S. street addresses only)

ORDER JUST THE POSTER - Oct. 2011 (14x22)
Price: $6.00 each + $15.00 shipping (U.S. street addresses only)

ORDER JUST THE POSTERS - Both Mar. (17x26) & Oct. 2011 (14x22)
Price: $12.00 + $15.00 shipping (U.S. street addresses only)

Thank you for your support of SHIMMER Women Athletes!

SIX YEARS

2011-11-06T02:22:00.000-08:00

93 wrestlers.

44 volumes.

6 years.

To all of the wrestlers, the production staff, and the fans from around the world who have supported this project financially over the past six years... thank you for making it all possible!

Post your thoughts on SHIMMER's anniversary in this thread at The SHIMMER Forum.

SHIMMER 41-44 IS HISTORY! THANK YOU!

2011-09-24T08:06:00.001-07:00

To everybody who came out to Berwyn over the weekend to be a part of SHIMMER, from all of the fans who bought tickets, to all of our miscellaneous crew members who helped out with the production of the live events, to the wrestlers themselves who worked so hard over the course of those two days to give everyone the best shows they can... THANK YOU! These weekends would not be possible without a true team effort from everyone involved with SHIMMER in any way.

This was our biggest weekend of live events in every aspect. We had our largest weekend live gate in the history of the company, filling the venue on two consecutive days with fans paying $70 & $30 per day to financially support what we are doing and keep us in business. It was also, obviously, the largest roster of talent we've ever had on a given weekend, so thus it was also the most expensive shows we've ever put together.

Including SPARKLE, there were 49 women who wrestled on these shows. In hindsight, if there's one thing I would change about the weekend, it would be booking fewer wrestlers to appear. I guess one of my biggest faults is trying to give opportunities to too many wrestlers, but in the future, it will absolutely never be that big of a talent list again. All four of the DVDs from this past weekend are going to be well over three hours in length. It was just overkill, and made for too many matches to attempt fit everyone in. The shows will flow better with a smaller crew. We're just going to have to do more of a rotation of some of the talent from one taping to the next in order to keep everything more reasonable.

It was an absolute pleasure to begin working with both Kana and Yumi Ohka this past weekend. We are already discussing their respective returns to SHIMMER next year. If you have the chance this coming weekend to see either Kana at CHIKARA (along with Sara Del Rey, Madison Eagles, and Jessie McKay), or Ohka at nCw Femmes Fatales (along with Tomoka Nakagawa and the rest of the FF crew), go out of your way to do so.

Saraya and Britani Knight once again brought their "A game" to the Berwyn Eagles Club and made for some unforgettable moments and matches for Volumes 41-44. It has been an honor to have both of the Knights as part of SHIMMER during the eight DVDs we filmed during 2011. The Knight family as a whole should be given all the credit in the world for their contributions to women's wrestling.

A lot of relatively newer talent to the SHIMMER roster stood out over the weekend as well, putting in solid performances and giving us all just a glimpse of what they might be capable of going forward. Both Courtney Rush and Mia Yim continue to develop into stronger all around wrestlers. Davina Rose did an excellent job when given the ball to run with. Despite injury, Athena caught everyone's attention once again with her fantastic athleticism. Hailey Hatred and Kalamity both came through in their debuts as well, which should be no surprise given their success in other parts of the world.

Women like Sara Del Rey, Allison Danger, Cheerleader Melissa, Mercedes Martinez, MsChif, Daizee Haze, Nikki Roxx, Ariel, and Lexie Fyfe, who have all been a part of this project for the past six years, are such an integral part of these events. I couldn't ask for a stronger foundation than that. All three of the PWWA girls have become just as essential to our product ever since 2008 as well. Madison was such a great representative of our promotion during her time as SHIMMER Champion, and will always be one of the most important parts of our locker room. The S-Ovation crew, Ayako, the Ninjas... I could go on and on, but I would just have to list everybody. So, I'll list everybody. Thank you to all of the wrestlers who made this past weekend possible! In no particular order, 49...

1. Tomoka Nakagawa
2. Daizee Haze
3. Madison Eagles
4. Cheerleader Melissa
5. Sara Del Rey
6. Nikki Roxx
7. Mia Yim
8. Mercedes Martinez
9. Ashley Lane
10. Athena
11. LuFisto
12. MsChif
13. Kalamity
14. Portia Perez
15. Nicole Matthews
16. Kana
17. Melanie Cruise
18. Courtney Rush
19. Christina Von Eerie
20. Allison Danger
21. Jessie McKay
22. Kellie Skater
23. Mena Libra
24. Leva Bates
25. Saraya Knight
26. Serena Deeb
27. Nevaeh
28. Yumi Ohka
29. Hiroyo Matsumoto
30. Ayako Hamada
31. Sassy Stephie
32. Ayumi Kurihara
33. Hailey Hatred
34. Taylor Made
35. Ariel
36. Britani Knight
37. Davina Rose
38. KC Spinelli
39. Mia Svensson
40. She-Nay-Nay
41. Kimberly Maddox
42. Veda Scott
43. Buggy
44. Bonesaw
45. Cherry Bomb
46. Allysin Kay
47. Su Yung
48. Jett Riley
49. December

Special thanks also to Sal Hamaoui, David Puente, Buddy LaMantia, Gilda Pasquil, and our whole production crew who will make these DVD releases possible. We're beginning work on them right away to get these out as soon as we can. Also thank you to everyone at AAW who made a triple shot weekend at the Eagles Club a reality, the TNA, ROH, WWE, SMASH and WAVE offices for allowing the talent list to be as complete as it was, Michael Anthony's Restaurant & Bar for bailing us out when our initial sponsor flaked, Kevin Harvey, Pat Creed, Bryce Remsburg, Andy Long, PJ Drummond, Brian Gorie, Joey Eastman, Hachiro Suzuki, Kounosuke Izui, Matt Nordstrom, Shiori Yamaki, Yoshitake Hatada, and everyone else I'm forgetting... thanks for all of your hard work! And finally, once again, thank you to all of the fans for supporting what we're trying to do to contribute to the 2011 wrestling scene in our own small way.

-Dave Prazak

If you attended the SHIMMER 41-44 events in Berwyn, post your thoughts in the Official Discussion Thread at this link.

Volumes 35 & 36 now available on DVD

2011-04-05T01:59:00.001-07:00

SHIMMER- WOMEN ATHLETES Vol. 36 (DVD)

1. Jamilia Craft vs. Bonesaw
2. Nikki Roxx vs. Mercedes Martinez
3. Leva Bates vs. Cat Power
4. Jessica James vs. Veronika Vice
5. Misaki Ohata vs. Kellie Skater
6. Nevaeh vs. Athena
7. SHIMMER Tag Team Title Match: Portia Perez & Nicole Matthews vs. Jessie McKay & Tenille
8. I Quit Match: Rachel Summerlyn vs. Daffney
9. Eight Woman Elimination Tag Team Match: Serena Deeb & Ayako Hamada & Ayumi Kurihara & Cheerleader Melissa vs. Madison Eagles & Sara Del Rey & Daizee Haze & Tomoka Nakagawa

Bonus Match: Kalamity vs. Sweet Cherrie (NCW Femmes Fatales III - Montreal, QC)

Regular Price $15

Click here to order Vol. 36

SHIMMER- WOMEN ATHLETES Vol. 35 (DVD)

1. Melanie Cruise vs. Jessica James
2. Mercedes Martinez vs. Misaki Ohata
3. Nikki Roxx & Ariel vs. Daizee Haze & Tomoka Nakagawa
4. Allison Danger vs. Veronika Vice
5. Serena Deeb vs. Portia Perez
6. Amazing Kong vs. Kellie Skater
7. Rachel Summerlyn vs. Sara Del Rey
8. Ayako Hamada vs. Nicole Matthews
9. Cheerleader Melissa vs. Ayumi Kurihara
10. SHIMMER Title Match: Madison Eagles vs. Jessie McKay

Regular Price: $15

Click here to order Vol. 35

VOLUMES 37-40 ARE IN THE BOOKS!

2011-03-04T08:14:00.000-08:00

Everyone at SHIMMER would like to thank all of the fans who came to our Volumes 37-40 tapings on March 26th & 27th in Berwyn! It is only through your loyal support of our product that we can continue to put on shows. Thank you!

We are in the process of overhauling the SHIMMER web site. In the interim, be sure to check The SHIMMER Forum for the latest news and information.

For full results from the March 26th & 27th tapings, visit our friends at Ringbelles and Diva Dirt for their reports on the shows. Check DirtyDirtySheets.com for photos by Greg Davis from the tapings.