LOCATION: Harrah’s Casino & Hotel --- New Orleans, Louisiana
Announcer - Renee Young---- ALL SHOWS AVAILABLE ONDEMAND ON THE SHIMMER YOUTUBE CHANNEL OR ON SHIMMERWOMEN.COMRenee Young is on hand to welcome us to the full time return of Shimmer! We’re in New Orleans on the eve of UWF Glory, which is happening right across town at the Mercedes Benz Superdome .... Tonight, Shimmer is at Harrah’s Casino, which is also the site of NOW’s Sugar Bowl Showdown coming up on New Years Eve ....
Tonight we will hear from the brand new Queen of the Ring, NIA JAX! Renee plans to ask her what her plans are next now that she is #1 contender to the Women’s United States title .... In the main event, Paige and a partner of her choosing will face Winter & Priscilla Kelly in a tag team New Orleans street fight .... the only problem with that is so far Paige doesn’t have a partner! Will she fight Winter & Kelly on her own?
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Renee introduces the 2017 Queen of the Ring, NIA JAX! Renee puts over that Jax was a late addition to the match after Paige was injured at the hands of Priscilla Kelly & Winter ....
However, instead of getting Nia Jax, Charlotte’s music hits and she leads Jax to the ring .... Renee tries to ask Jax about her plans now that she is Queen of the Ring, but Charlotte keeps interrupting and only wanting to talk about herself .... Renee asks Charlotte if she wants to congratulate Jax on being the Queen of the Ring and Charlotte says Jax being the Queen of the Ring is nothing more than a big insurance policy to make sure she stays Champion ....
Charlotte just wants to talk about herself and how she pinned Kong in a tag match .... She says Molly Holly should be on her knees thanking her because she is the one that broke Kong down to the point where Molly just picked the bones clean .... if you give someone 100 chances at something eventually they are going to get lucky .... but now we will see if Molly Holly can keep the title .... at this point Nia Jax is starting to get visibly annoyed ....
Charlotte is interrupted by the arrival of the Shimmer tag team champions the Femme Fatales! They get a HUGE pop! Peyton Royce has the mic and says that neither Charlotte pinning Kong or Jax winning the Queen of the Ring are a bigger moment than them becoming the new Shimmer tag team champions .... Billie Kay says they called their shot months ago, not like Charlotte who tried to call her shot and couldn’t get the job done .... they bicker back and forth, with Kay and Royce both wanting a shot at the United States title, but this leads us to an impromptu tag match to start off the show!
(Shimmer Tag Team Champions) Femme Fatales (Billie Kay & Peyton Royce) def. (United States women’s champion) Charlotte & Nia JaxThe fans are behind the Fatales here and they boo the hell out of Charlotte .... when Nia Jax is tagged in they cheer .... Charlotte tags in Jax and has her do the heavy lifting and only tags herself in when they have the advantage .... Jax takes on both Royce and Kay and picks them both up on her shoulders and drills them with a Samoan drop at the same time! Charlotte tags herself in and goes for the figure 8 on Kay but Royce recovers in time to break it up .... Jax with the choke bomb to Kay, but then Charlotte again wants to finish her .... Natural Selection! Jax doesn’t like this, and she and Charlotte argue for a brief moment .... that allows Royce to tag herself in, and she dropkicks Charlotte right into Jax! Royce rolls up Charlotte for the 1 ... 2 ... 3!Charlotte is PISSED after this loss .... she gets in Jax’s face and yells at her, BUt JAX GRABS HER BY THE THROAT! The crowd is chanting ‘YES! YES! YES!’ But Jax slowly releases her grip on Charlotte and Charlotte is begging for her life .... the two hug and make up as the crowd boos ....
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *PROMO - We get a twisted promo from Rosemary about fighting Molly Holly for the world title .... Rosemary promises to take Molly Holly to the dark side in their match at UWF GLORY ....Cherry Bomb def. Rachel Ellering w/ Jerry BriscoeThis is Cherry Bombs debut with Shimmer, and Renee talks about how she has been a part of the successful ‘Kimber Bombs’ but now she’s out on her own .... Ashley talks about Ellering, saying she is part of the Briscoes Bew Orleans Wrestling Academy .... very competitive match, with Ellering looking very good .... Cherry Bomb wins with the Best Superkick Ever .... PROMO - Winter/ Priscilla Kelly promo on Paige .... they don’t think Paige will find a partner tonight .... Priscilla licks her lips and says that means they get to have their way with Paige all night long .... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Renee is ringside with Toni Storm .... Toni says she came so close winning the Queen of the Ring that she can almost taste it and now that’s made her even more hungry .... she says thinks she is ready to become Shimmer Champion and she wants a title shot ....
Storm is interrupted by Santana Garrett & Laurel Van Ness, otherwise known as the Premier Athlete Brand .... they laugh at her and ask what makes her think she can just get in the front of the line? Toni says the proof is between the ropes .... Garrett says she is going to show Storm the wrestling lesson of a lifetime and prove that SHE should be in line for the next title shot ....
Toni Storm def. Santana Garrett w/ Laurel Van Ness Great back and forth action in this one .... Storm is easily one of the most over women in Shimmer if not THE MOST .... Van Ness tries to get involved but eats a hip attack from Toni .... she goes up for the guillotine leg drop but Van Ness has recovered and shoves her off to the mat, resulting in the DQ .... After the match, Van Ness and Garrett put the boots to Storm until Sasha Banks runs out and makes the save .... The Brand head for higher ground ....
Banks takes the mic and congratulates Toni Storm on her performance in the Queen of the Ring, and says she respects her .... she always has her back .... she heard what Storm said earlier about wanting a Shimmer title shot, and Banks wants to remind everyone who the first Shimmer Champion was .... she tells Toni if she wants a title shot, she’s gonna have to go through Banks, but she’s never beaten her .... Toni says there is a first time for everything and leaves ...:
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Becky Lynch def. Scarlet Bourdeaux Lynch wins a relatively short match by making Bourdeaux tap out to the Disarm-HER .... PROMO -
Paige is in the back .... everyone is worried about who her partner is tonight .... She pulls out a kendo stick, and says this is her partner and it’s the only partner she needs tonight .... she promises lots of pain for Winter and Priscilla Kelly in the New Orleans Street fight .... * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Deonna Purazzo def. Dakota Kai Kai and Purrazzo lock knuckles to start, and we go into a bunch of chain wrestling .... Renee says Kai recently made her Shimmer debut and tonight Purrazzo is making hers .... lots of back and forth early on ends up with Purrazzo on the floor and Kai hits a suicide dive that wipes her out .... Kai goes for the TTYL early, but Purrazzo slips out and tosses her shoulder-first into the ring post .... Purrazzo methodically works the arm of Kai, who fires back with her signature stiff kicks .... Kneelift by Purrazzo stops all that and she chops Kai in the corner .... Kai avoids her charge and then hits the running yakuza kick in the corner! Kai up top for the double stomp but Purazzo shakes the rope and she falls .... tornado ddt by Purazzo gets a close 2 count! Dakota Kai explodes with a roundhouse kick that KO’s Purazzo! 1 ... 2 ... Noooo! Kai goes for the TTYL (GTS) again but Purazzo elbows out of it .... double knee divorce court by Purazzo! Purazzo locks on a fujiwara armband! Dakota tried to fight it and rolls through to break the hold but Purazzo rolls through with her and now Dakota is trapped in the middle and can’t make the rope .... she taps!A video airs on the big screen with this image ....
Asuka is coming .... New Orleans street fight: Paige & Allysin Kay def. Winter & Priscilla KellyPaige comes out on her own with the kendo stick and she is fully intent on taking on BOTH Kelly and Winter on her own .... Paige attacks with the kendo stick and beats Winter and Kelly with it .... Paige ties Kelly up in the ropes and nails her with rapid-fire knee lifts .... Winter gets her hands on the stick and nails Paige .... she hits a Russian leg sweep on Paige into the guardrail! Winter watches while Kelly hammers Paige, then smiles as Kelly seductively licks Paige on her face .... Paige battles back, taking out Winter and Kelly with chair shots .... she goes out and pulls a table from under the Ring, which gets a pop .... Winter and Kelly quickly regain the advantage .... they are going to put her through the table but out of the back comes ALLYSIN KAY ....
Kay enters the ring and Winter and Kelly look at her in surprise, AND SHE TAKES THEM OUT WITH A DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE! Kay picks up Paige, who is also in shock .... Kay runs wild, beating on both Winter and Kelly .... Stunner to Winter gets 2! Kelly tosses Kay to the floor after making the save, double teams on Paige follow but Kay pulls Kelly to the floor .... Paige and Winter are alone in the ring and Paige hits a superkick .... she gets a chair and wears out the back of Winter! She locks on the scorpion crosslock but Priscilla Kelly is back in and breaks it up .... Allysin Kay takes her out with the Silencer! Paige sets up the chair and then drills Kelly with the Ram-Paige right on the steel chair!!!! Paige covers Kelly for the 3 count .... Paige and Kay are victorious, but Paige eyes Kay cautiously because she’s not sure why she helped her .... Kay backs away from the ring nodding, while Paige climbs the ropes and celebrates to end the show ....
