{"id":9438,"date":"2017-11-12T20:13:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T01:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=9438"},"modified":"2017-11-12T21:10:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T02:10:27","slug":"breaking-new-shimmer-champion-crowned-shimmer-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2017\/11\/12\/breaking-new-shimmer-champion-crowned-shimmer-99\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: New SHIMMER Champion Crowned at SHIMMER 99"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At today&#8217;s SHIMMER 99 event, <strong>Nicole Savoy<\/strong> defeated <strong>Mercedes Martinez<\/strong> to become the new <strong>SHIMMER<\/strong> Champion. A 6-year veteran of the indie circuit, Savoy previously held the Heart of SHIMMER Championship (SHIMMER&#8217;s secondary singles title) a record 462 days until losing it to <strong>Shazza McKenzie<\/strong> this past August. In defeating Mercedes Martinez, a 2x SHIMMER Champion, Nicole Savoy ends Martinez&#8217; second reign at exactly one year (365 days).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After watching her for 5 minutes the very 1st time I saw her, I knew she was special and that she&#39;d go places. Heart of SHIMMER was one step, MYC was another. And now, she&#39;s the new SHIMMER champion! So proud of you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikiMSavo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NikiMSavo<\/a> !! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SHIMMER99?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SHIMMER99<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/womenswrestling?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#womenswrestling<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XHuS1O4Xd4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/XHuS1O4Xd4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pat Laprade (@PatLaprade) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatLaprade\/status\/929868955178754048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 13, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/TGD287\/status\/929867650297221120<\/p>\n<p>Both Mercedes Martinez and Nicole Savoy were participants in this year&#8217;s WWE <strong>Mae Young Classic<\/strong> and had good showings &#8211; Savoy defeated<strong> Reina Gonzalez<\/strong> in the first round, before bowing out to <strong>Candice LeRae<\/strong> in the second. Martinez did exceptionally better, making the Final Four of the tournament. She defeated <strong>Xia Li<\/strong> in the first round, CMLL&#8217;s <strong>Princess Sugehit<\/strong> in the second round, and <strong>Abbey Laith<\/strong> (formerly <strong>Princess Kimber Lee<\/strong>) in the third, before losing to <strong>Shayna Baszler<\/strong> in the Semi-Finals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9440\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9440\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/11\/20170725_MaeYoungCompetitors_NicoleSavoy-a7212ea1d6bc7bd6bc166a218505bb9d-e1510535584230.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicole Savoy&#8217;s Mae Young Classic Profile (Photo: WWE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With Mercedes Martinez getting actively involved in NXT storylines of late, her losing the SHIMMER belt could have NXT implications. She was part of a Battle Royal on the October 25 episode for the #1 Contendership for the NXT Women&#8217;s title and then had some words towards <strong>Ember Moon<\/strong> about her lack of ability to win the big matches following the match.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mercedes Martinez says Ember Moon can&#039;t win when it matters: NXT Exclusive, Oct. 25, 2017\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ngdiq7E1ORw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This prompted the announcement this past week on NXT when it was announced that Mercedes would be facing Ember Moon one on one prior to <em><strong>NXT Takeover: War Games<\/strong><\/em> next Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A war of words will be taken to the ring when @WWEEmberMoon &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealMMartinez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RealMMartinez<\/a> do battle NEXT WEEK on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWENXT<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWENetwork<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IMYCEnDBOe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/IMYCEnDBOe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE NXT (@WWENXT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT\/status\/928438950229708801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With the next round of tapings set for after <em>Takeover: War Games\u00a0<\/em>on November 29 (usually the NXT episodes after a Takeover feature the dark matches from the PPV event), could we be seeing near 20 year veteran Mercedes Martinez heading to NXT on a more permanent basis? She was one of the four women flown in to be in attendance for the Mae Young Classic Final &#8211; along with <strong>Toni Storm, Viper<\/strong> (<strong>Piper Niven<\/strong>) and Candice LeRae &#8211; which fueled speculation that WWE was interested in all four. The 36-year old Martinez is a seasoned veteran who has done it all in the indies &#8211; 2x SHIMMER Champion, 3x (and current) WSU Champion, and 6x (and current) WXW Women&#8217;s Champion (with the Anoi&#8217;a&#8217;s <strong>World Xtreme Wrestling<\/strong>). She would be a solid veteran in either the NXT or main roster locker room, with potential for being a great trainer at the PC when her in-ring career winds down.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9439\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9439\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2017\/11\/002_MYC_09122017hm_0113-e840d3d1c0d54454efdf76dbadd73482-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Martinez (left), with Candice LeRae, Toni Storm and Viper at the MYC Final (Photo: WWE)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At today&#8217;s SHIMMER 99 event, Nicole Savoy defeated Mercedes Martinez to become the new SHIMMER Champion. A 6-year veteran of the indie circuit, Savoy previously held the Heart of SHIMMER Championship (SHIMMER&#8217;s secondary singles title) a record 462 days until losing it to Shazza McKenzie this past August. In defeating Mercedes Martinez, a 2x SHIMMER [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":9411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,318,317],"tags":[612,1155,673,1720],"class_list":["post-9438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-north-america","category-shimmer","category-women","tag-mercedes-martinez","tag-nicole-savoy","tag-shimmer","tag-shimmer-champion"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}