Shine Nova Championship
| Shine Nova Championship | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Candy Cartwright who is the second Shine Nova Champion with the Shine Nova Championship belt. | |||||||||||
| Details | |||||||||||
| Promotion | Shine Wrestling | ||||||||||
| Date established | May 12, 2017 | ||||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Amber Nova | ||||||||||
| Date won | December 10, 2023 | ||||||||||
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The Shine Nova Championship is a championship contested in the professional wrestling promotion Shine Wrestling. Amber Nova is the current champion in her first reign.
History[edit]
The Nova Championship was first announced on SHINE's Facebook account which stated that there would be a championship for up and coming talent. The tournament started on July 14 at SHINE 43 and ended on July 16 at SHINE 44.[1]
As of 19 September 2021[update], there have been 6 championship reigns with 6 different champions. The inaugural champion was Priscilla Kelly. She won the title by defeating Candy Cartwright at Shine 44 on July 16, 2017.[2] Priscilla Kelly successfully defend her title against ACR at Full Impact Pro's Everything Burns Event February 2, 2018 at The Orpheum in Ybor City. Kelly again defended her title at Shine 49 where she was defeated by Candy Cartwright. On Shine 54, Shotzi Blackheart defeated Aja Perera to be the fourth champion. The fifth and sixth champions, Natalia Markova and The WOAD, won their titles on December 14, 2019 and September 19, 2021, respectively.
Inaugural Championship Tournament (2017)[edit]
The tournament was held over 2 nights at the "Shine 43" and "Shine 44" events at the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Leah Vaughan | ||||||||||||||
| Priscilla Kelly | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Priscilla Kelly | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Kiera Hogan | ||||||||||||||
| Kiera Hogan | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Aja Perera | ||||||||||||||
| Candy Cartwright | ||||||||||||||
| Priscilla Kelly | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Jordynne Grace | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Aria Blake | ||||||||||||||
| Candy Cartwright | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Jordynne Grace | ||||||||||||||
| Candy Cartwright | Bye[Note 1] | |||||||||||||
| – | ||||||||||||||
Reigns[edit]
| No. | Overall reign number |
|---|---|
| Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
| Days | Number of days held |
| Defenses | Number of successful defenses |
| + | Current reign is changing daily |
| No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | Defenses | ||||
| 1 | Priscilla Kelly | July 16, 2017 | Shine 44 | Ybor City, FL | 1 | 237 | 7 | Defeated Candy Cartwright in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion. | [3] |
| 2 | Candy Cartwright | March 10, 2018 | Shine 49 | Woodside, NY | 1 | 237 | 3 | [4] | |
| 3 | Aja Perera | November 2, 2018 | Shine 54 | Ybor City, FL | 1 | 189 | 5 | [5] | |
| 4 | Shotzi Blackheart | May 10, 2019 | Shine 58 | Livonia, MI | 1 | 124 | 4 | [6] | |
| — | Vacated | September 11, 2019 | Shine 62 | New York City, NY | — | — | — | Title vacated after Blackheart signed with the WWE. | [7] |
| 5 | Natalia Markova | December 14, 2019 | Shine 64 | Chicago, IL | 1 | 645 | 4 | Defeated Lindsey Snow in a tournament final to win the vacant championship. | [8] |
| 6 | The Woad | September 19, 2021 | Shine 68 | Clearwater, FL | 1 | 273 | 4 | This was a Street Fight. | [9] |
| 7 | Renee Michelle | June 19, 2022 | Shine 73 | Clearwater, FL | 1 | 434 | 4 | [10] | |
| 8 | Ivelisse | August 27, 2023 | N/A | Clearwater, FL | 1 | 105 | N/A | ||
| 9 | Amber Nova | December 10, 2023 | N/A | Clearwater, FL | 1 | 121+ | N/A | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Varsallone, Jim (July 13, 2017). "SHINE Nova Women's Wrestling Tournament on Friday in Ybor City". Miami herald. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ Trionfo, Richard (July 16, 2017). "Complete Shine 44 coverage: The first Shine Nova Champion crowned, Allysin Kay versus Lufisto, and more". PW Insider. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ^ Kreikenbohm, Philip. "SHINE 44 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ^ Cartwright, Candy [@CandyCartwright] (March 11, 2018). "Looking a lil rough, but it's cool. Best night ever. #newshinenovachamp https://t.co/bFhKPsCybO" (Tweet). Retrieved December 21, 2022 – via Twitter.
- ^ @PereraPower (November 3, 2018). "Twitter post" (Tweet) – via Twitter. [dead link]
- ^ Thompson, Andrew. "SHINE 58 Results (5/10/19): SHINE Tag Titles Match, Mercedes Martinez vs. Su Yung, More". Fightful. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ^ "BREAKING NEWS: SHINE Championship Vacated!". June 26, 2018.
- ^ Duffy, John. "SHINE crowns 2 new champions". Diva-Dirt. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
- ^ Lee, Joseph. "SHINE 68 Results: Ivelisse Defeats Allysin Kay". 411Mania. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
- ^ "SHINE 73". Cage Match.
External links[edit]
- SHINE Nova Championship at Cagematch.net