Today (September 8th), SHINE Wrestling presented their SHINE 53 event where an eight-woman tournament was held to determine a brand new champion to the vacated SHINE Championship. On top the tournament, the Shine Tag Team Championships were also on the line as the Twisted Sisterz (Thunder Rosa and Holidead) defended their newly won tag team titles against the Cutie Pie Club (Kiera Hogan and Dementia D’Rose).
Below are full results of show, courtesy of Cageside Seats:
SHINE Championship Tournament First Round
- Ivelisse defeated Candy Cartwright via an exploder suplex after a referee bump and Aja Perera ran in to stop Cartwright from using her Shine Nova Championship title belt as a weapon.
- Allysin Kay defeated Brandi Lauren via discus lariat. Post-match, Lauren snaps Kay’s arm over the ropes.
- Mercedes Martinez defeated Stormie Lee via submission with Dragon sleeper.
- Santana Garrett defeated Priscilla Kelly via small package.
SHINE Championship Tournament Semifinals
- Mercedes Martinez defeated Ivelisse after reversing a headscissors octopus hold into a pin cover.
- Allysin Kay defeted Santana Garrett via submission with an over-the-shoulder toehold.
SHINE Tag Team Championship
- Twisted Sisterz retained the SHINE Tag Team Champions after a diving double stomp from Rosa on Kiera.
SHINE Championship Tournament Finals
- Allysin Kay defeated Mercedes Martinez via submission with a deathlock toehold to become the new SHINE Champion.
Post-match, we get a display of good sportsmanship up to and including Martinez returning the pinkies up salute, but Ivelisse refuses, flipping a pair of different fingers at Kay.
SHINE 53 will be available on demand at wwnlive.com.
