Shine Nova Championship
The Shine Nova Championship is a championship contested in the professional wrestling promotion Shine Wrestling. The title is currently held by Natalia Markova, who won the title in a tournament after it was vacated by the previous champion, Shotzi Blackheart, after she signed with WWE.
Shine Nova Championship | |||||||||||
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Candy Cartwright who is the second Shine Nova Champion | |||||||||||
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Date established | May 12, 2017 | ||||||||||
Current champion(s) | Natalia Markova | ||||||||||
Date won | December 14, 2019 | ||||||||||
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History
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 February 4, 2017, there have been 4 championship reigns with 4 different champions. The inaugural champion is 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 and current champion.
Tournament
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 | ||||||||||||||
notes: Candy Cartwright proceeded from the first round directly to the Semi-Finals due to a draw in the Ivelisse vs. Holidead match at Shine 43
Title history
No. | Overall reign number |
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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. | ||||
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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 | 418+ | 4 | Markova defeated Lindsey Snow in a tournament final to win the vacant title. | [8] |
References
- 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 2017-12-24.
- https://twitter.com/CandyCartwright/status/972641809305305088
- https://twitter.com/PereraPower/status/1058569035917475840
- Thompson, Andrew. "SHINE 58 Results (5/10/19): SHINE Tag Titles Match, Mercedes Martinez vs. Su Yung, More". Fightful. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- https://wwnlive.com/2018/06/26/breaking-news-shine-championship-vacated/?v=7516fd43adaa
- Duffy, John. "SHINE crowns 2 new champions". Diva-Dirt. Retrieved December 15, 2019.