{"id":57357,"date":"2019-11-04T10:59:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T15:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=57357"},"modified":"2020-03-24T23:57:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T03:57:40","slug":"andnew-a-new-era-in-shimmer-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/11\/04\/andnew-a-new-era-in-shimmer-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: A New Era In SHIMMER Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a busy weekend for <strong>SHIMMER<\/strong> over the weekend as they taped <em><strong>SHIMMER 114<\/strong><\/em> through<em><strong>117<\/strong><\/em> over the weekend in the Chicago area. On Saturday, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/11\/02\/andnew-team-sea-stars-capture-shimmer-tag-team-titles\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Team Sea Stars captured the SHIMMER Tag Team titles<\/a>, but the title changes didn&#8217;t end there. By the end of Sunday, the entire title scene had been reset.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>#AndNEW: Hyan is the new Interim Heart of SHIMMER Champion<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AndNew?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AndNew<\/a> Interim Heart of SHIMMER Champion <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_thehyan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@_thehyan<\/a>!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SHIMMER116?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SHIMMER116<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1q5IOOjZjR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/1q5IOOjZjR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Lesh (@ScottLesh724) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottLesh724\/status\/1191199920293908482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Samantha Heights<\/strong> had won the Heart of SHIMMER Championship back at <em><strong>SHIMMER 113<\/strong><\/em>, but shortly after headed to Japan to compete for <strong>Marvelous<\/strong>. While overseas, she tore her ACL. SHIMMER doesn&#8217;t vacate titles, so they have committed to Heights as the reigning Champion, but they wanted to crown an interim Heart of SHIMMER Champion while she recovers. At <strong><em>116<\/em><\/strong>, they held a triple threat between <strong>Kris Statlander<\/strong>, EVE Champion <strong>Rhia O&#8217;Reilly<\/strong> and reigning 3x <strong>Reality of Wrestling<\/strong> Diamonds Champion <strong>Hyan<\/strong>, that saw Hyan emerge victorious as the interim champion. Whomever is holding the title upon Samantha Heights&#8217; return to action will face off to unify the two reigns. Hyan has been another top prospect from the vibrant Texas indie scene, who has really emerged as one of the names to watch heading into 2020, as she&#8217;s also the reigning <strong>Sabotage Wrestling<\/strong> Champion as well.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>#AndNEW: Kimber Lee Wins the SHIMMER Championship<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AndNew?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AndNew<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SHIMMERwomen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@SHIMMERwomen<\/a> Champion @Kimber_Lee90!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SHIMMER116?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SHIMMER116<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DShEmxVrqv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/DShEmxVrqv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott Lesh (@ScottLesh724) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottLesh724\/status\/1191170946817761280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A week removed from\u00a0<strong>Nicole Savoy\u00a0<\/strong>establishing a new record for the longest reigning SHIMMER Champion (breaking\u00a0<strong>MsChief<\/strong>&#8216;s record reign of 715 days), <strong>Kimber Lee<\/strong> defeated Savoy at<em>\u00a0116<\/em>, ending Savoy&#8217;s record-breaking run at 721 days. It marks Kimber Lee&#8217;s second singles title since leaving the WWE in March of 2018 (after a two year run in NXT as Abbey Laith) &#8211; she spent half of 2018 as the AAW Women&#8217;s Champion. She&#8217;s also coming off a recent win of the <strong>CHIKARA <em>King of Trios<\/em><\/strong>, where she teamed with <strong>Ophidian<\/strong> and <strong>Lance Steel<\/strong> in <strong>The Crucible<\/strong>. A former SHIMMER Tag Team Champion with <strong>Allie<\/strong> (then Cherry Bomb) in the <strong>Kimber Bombs<\/strong>, it marks her first singles title with the company she debuted with back in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a busy weekend for SHIMMER over the weekend as they taped SHIMMER 114 through117 over the weekend in the Chicago area. On Saturday, Team Sea Stars captured the SHIMMER Tag Team titles, but the title changes didn&#8217;t end there. 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