SHIMMER Women Athletes Volume 27

Show events
Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.


 * Sparkle Pre-Show Singles Match:
 * SHIMMER Tag Team Champion Nicole Matthews defeated Skilled Death Artist after hitting Last Rites on the masked competitor. :*Matthews saw what appeared to be someone dressed as a ninja enter the ring, and came out to object on the microphone.
 * Matthews shouted "Ninja please," and agreed to fight on the pre-show to demonstrate what happens to people who are guilty of gimmick infringement.


 * Sparkle Pre-Show Tag Match:
 * Kacey Diamond & Sassy Stephie (with Madamoiselle Rachelle defeated Kimberly Kash & Leva Bates
 * Stephie and Kash made their return to SPARKLE competition here.
 * The French Canadian Kacey made her way to SPARKLE from the NCW Femmes Fatales promotion in Montreal, while Leva is a newcomer out of the state of Florida who appears for Full Impact Pro.


 * One of the women who has been a part of SHIMMER from day one, Nikki Roxx, opened the show with a video segment taped outside the Eagles Club prior to the event. Nikki recapped her history with the company, working her way up from the preliminary ranks to main event status, and then taking a hiatus from SHIMMER competition. Since returning to the company, Nikki has done battle with some of the newer additions to the roster, and said that tonight she has been given the opportunity to prove that she still belongs at the top of the card. Roxx stated that tonight she would end the year and a half long reign of MsChif as SHIMMER Champion.


 * Singles Match:
 * Malia Hosaka defeated Tennille after a Canadian backbreaker drop.


 * A segment was shown on the video screen of SHIMMER Tag Team Champion Portia Perez from her home, out sick with the Swine Flu. Perez read a note from her doctor prohibiting her from appearing on the show. Allison Danger immediately came out to the ring and said Portia was lying about her illness, and was simply afraid to be a fighting champion and scared to get in the ring against her. Portia's partner Nicole Matthews came to the ring to defend Perez. While Danger had her back turned to the entrance, Kellie Skater took this as a cheap opportunity to jump Danger from behind. Referee PJ Drummond hit the ring and called for the opening bell.


 * Singles Match:
 * Allison Danger defeated "The Rate Tank" Kellie Skater following the Old School Expulsion.
 * The "indie-structible" Skater put up a strong fight against Danger, including an impressive exchange of chops, before falling to the SHIMMER veteran.


 * SHIMMER Correspondent Amber Gertner interviewed Cat Power in the locker room. Cat said that she is in SHIMMER to be successful, and wants the strongest competition in the future. Cat said that she was embarrassed by Ariel in her SHIMMER DVD debut match, and tonight she wanted a chance to even the score against her in a rematch.


 * Daizee Haze was welcomed to the ring by the fans in attendance, and explained that she is currently sidelined with injury, after suffering nerve damage in her neck which has caused severe pain in her back. Though she may be out of the ring as an active wrestler, she remains a huge part of SHIMMER as the trainer of the SHIMMER course at the ROH Wrestling Academy, and offered to help out in any way possible. Senior referee Bryce Remsburg extended the offer of a Troubleshooting Referee position during her hiatus, and Daizee gladly accepted, promising to call everything right down the middle.


 * Tag Team Match:
 * "The International Home Wrecking Crew" Rain & Jetta (w/ Lacey) defeated Rachel Summerlyn & Daffney with a lungblower combo, followed by Jetta's stranglehold submission.
 * Rachel began the match for her team, and ultimately, wrestled the entire match for her team, as the darker side of Daffney began to emerge in this one.
 * At several points in the bout, a worn down Summerlyn was in position to tag Daffney in, but she would conveniently turn her back to Rachel just as she was close enough to tag her in.
 * During the closing moments of the match, Daffney just hopped off the ring apron and walked back to the locker room, leaving a distraught Rachel all alone against the Home Wreckers.


 * Singles Match:
 * Cat Power defeated Portugese Princess Ariel with the Cat Nap, avenging the loss from Volume 18.
 * This match saw Daizee Haze's first appearance as a SHIMMER referee.


 * Tag Team Match:
 * "The Croatian Panther" Wesna Busic & Melanie Cruise defeated Ashley Lane & Nevaeh in tag team action with a double team variation of Melanie's Cruise Control slam.
 * The Ohio tandem were able to hit their signature STO/Yakuza kick combo on Cruise, however Wesna broke up the pin attempt, and got the match back on track for her and her protege, leading to the victory.


 * Lufisto appeared on the video screen in the locker room. She noted that she came up short in her title match on Volume 26 against MsChif, but that she learned from that match, and just needed one more opportunity at the title to become SHIMMER Champion. She said nobody else was as deserving of a title shot as her, and was immediately confronted by an agitated Amazing Kong. Just as the two were about to fight, Daizee Haze stepped between them and said that she has a peaceful solution to their tension. Daizee suggested that they face one another in a match, and assured them that she would personally see to it that the winner of the bout would receive a SHIMMER Championship match in the future.


 * Singles Match:
 * Cheerleader Melissa defeated SHIMMER Tag Team Champion Nicole Matthews following the Kudoh Driver.
 * Matthews came to the ring carrying both of the SHIMMER Tag Team Championship belts, in her partner Portia Perez's absence.
 * Melissa had the advantage in the early going, until Matthews delivered three hard kicks in the corner to Melissa's knee, and then relentlessly went after that body part. :*Melissa was able to survive Matthews' signature lariat, but was able to counter out of a Last Rites attempt and nail Nicole with the devastating Kudoh Driver for the three count.
 * On the heels of Matthews' singles outings against Daizee Haze on recent DVDs, this was another strong showing for Nicole in one-on-one competition against one of SHIMMER's best.


 * Singles Match:
 * Sara Del Rey defeated "Everybody's Favorite Girlfriend" Jessie McKay via submission with a jujigatame.
 * Del Rey focused on McKay's arm for the duration of the bout. Jessie held her own with Del Rey, including busting out the School Girl Crush for a close nearfall during the closing moments.
 * Post-match, McKay received a standing ovation from the fans in attendance for her efforts.


 * Singles Match:
 * Amazing Kong battled "Super Hardcore Anime" Lufisto to a double countout.
 * Both wrestlers brawled through the crowd and out the back door of the building.
 * During the entrances for the next match, they once again fought through the crowd, back toward the ringside area, and then back to the locker room, with referees and wrestlers trying to break it up as the fans chanted "Let them fight."


 * Singles Match:
 * In her SHIMMER debut, Ayako Hamada defeated "The Latina Sensation" Mercedes Martinez following a 2nd rope Hama-Chan Cutter.
 * The bout was a fifteen minute mix of hard hitting strikes and technical wrestling, showcasing the pure wrestling side of Ayako's repertoire.


 * SHIMMER Championship Match'
 * SHIMMER Champion "Your Soul's Tormentor" MsChif defeated Nikki Roxx following the Desecrater to retain the title.
 * This was her twelfth successful defense.
 * The fans in attendance showed their support for both women for the duration of the match, wrestled with good sportsmanship shown by both athletes.
 * Nikki was able to kick out of MsChif's 2nd rope Death Valley Driver, but failed to hit the Barbie Crusher before falling victim to the Desecrater.

External links and references

 * Volume 27 results at CAGEMATCH.net