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Welcome to PWInsider.com’s live coverage of Shine 36 from the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida.
Match Number One: Shine Sparkle Showcase Match: Devin Nicole versus Ariel Monroe
Both women discuss the similarities of their ring gear. Ariel with arm drags into an arm bar. Devin misses a clothesline and Ariel with an arm drag and arm bar. Ariel with a drop kick for a near fall. Ariel has a super kick blocked and Devin sends her to the mat and Ariel does a split. Devin with a kick and she gets a near fall. Devin stretches Ariel but Ariel with shoulders and punches. Devin floats over Ariel and puts Ariel on the middle ropes and Devin with a double knee strike to the back but Ariel kicks out at two.
Devin stretches Ariel. Ariel gets to her feet and she punches Devin and stomps on the foot. Ariel with a runing forearm followed by a leaping forearm. Ariel with a jumping thrust kick for a near fall. Ariel misses a round kick and Devin with a leg sweep. Devin with a spear for the three count.
Winner: Devin Nicole
Lenny Leonard makes his way to the ring. Lenny mentions that Wednesday was the 4th anniversary of Shine. He thanks everyone for their support over the first four years and beyond. Lenny says they wanted to bring back someone who made their impact at the start of Shine. She is someone who has been gone for a few years, but she returned to the ring at the latest SHIMMER shows to become the SHIMMER Champion, Mercedes Martinez.
Mercedes is welcomed back. Mercedes says she never said she was retiring. She took a hiatus after fifteen years of wrestling. She recovered from some injuries, including a shoulder injury that required surgery. She says that she needs to be back because she is an original. She wants to see some of the talent in the back. She says she will be watching from ringside to make sure that everyone in the back knows who Mercedes Martinez is.
Match Number Two: Thunderkitty versus Miss Rachel
The two women have some words before the match starts. They lock up and Thunderkitty backs Rachel into the corner but Rachel with a punch and Thunderkitty has to be held back. Thunderkitty with a waist lock but Rachel with a standing switch. Thunderkitty with a side head lock. Rachel tries to power out of the hold but Thunderkitty holds on to the side head lock. Rachel stomps on the foot and Thunderkitty goes for a shoulder tackle but Rachel does not move. Thunderkitty tries a clothesline and it has no effect. Thunderkitty goes for the claw but Rachel blocks it. Thunderkitty with a kick and clothesline for a near fall.
Thunderkitty with chops but she runs into a clothesline from Rachel. Rachel with a knee to Thunderkitty and she follows with shoulders in the corner and a snap mare. Rachel pulls Thunderkitty to the mat and gets a near fall. Rachel chokes Thunderkitty in the corner. Rachel with shoulders in the corner but Thunderkitty turns the tables and chops Rachel. Rachel holds on to the ropes on an Irish whip attempt so she chops Rachel. Thunderkitty is sent to the mat and Rachel works on the back. Rachel chokes Thunderkitty in the ropes. Rachel with a shoulder in the corner and she hits a suplex for a near fall.
Rachel with a cross face and she sends Thunderkitty into the turnbuckles a few times as they go around the ring. Thunderkitty stops Rachel on the fourth turnbuckle and she sends Rachel into the turnbuckles. Thunderkitty with a splash and elbow followed by a drop toe hold and drop kick for a near fall. Rachel with forearms in the corner and she chokes Thunderkitty in the corner. Thunderkitty applies a sleeper while Rachel argues with the referee. Thunderkitty gets on Rachel's back to add more pressure but Rachel goes into the turnbuckles to get Thunderkitty to get off her back but Thunderkitty holds on to the sleeper. Rachel falls back to try to get out of the hold, but it does not work and Thunderkitty maintains the hold. Rachel is checked by the referee and the arm goes down three times and the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: Thunderkitty
After the match, Thunderkitty says that Malia Hosaka could not be bothered to watch. Septemeber 2nd, me and you, this ends. She wants an I Quit Match. Malia calls herself the modern day Fabulous Moolah, which makes sense because Malia builds her career off the backs of others. Thunderkitty says she will not be the one to say I Quit.
Match Number Three: Four Way Fray: Luscious Latasha versus Kennadi Brink versus Stormie Lee versus Candy Cartwright
All four wrestlers start off in the ring and Latasha does some dancing while Lee and Brink back into each other. Cartwright and Latasha send Brink and Lee to the floor. Latasha and Candy appear to be working together and they hit a double baseball slide. Candy punches Latasha and sends her into the corner and she runs into an elbow from Latasha. Latasha goes to the turnbuckles but Brink holds her leg and Lee hits a side Russian leg sweep on Candy and sends her to the floor. Lee pulls Latasha off the turnbuckles. Brink punches Latasha. Latasha fights back but Lee with a forearm. Lee chokes Latasha in the ropes and Brink kicks Latasha in the head.
Brink with an elbow drop and Lee gets a near fall. Lee and Brink argue and Brink pushes Lee. Lee pushes back. Cartwright returns to the ring and she hits a double clothesline and hits a clothesline into the corner on Brink followed by a bulldog. Candy with a bow and arrow but Latasha kicks Brink. Latasha with a forearm to Candy followed by a clothesline and back elbow. Latasha with a drop kick and she gets a near fall. Cartwright with a double thrust and jawbreaker followed by a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall. Lee with a neck breaker to Cartwright for a near fall. Latasha with an Edgecution to Lee for a near fall.
Brink with a package butterfly suplex onto Lee but Latasha covers Lee and gets the three count.
Winner: Luscious Latasha
Match Number Four: Raquel versus Kelly Klein
They lock up and Kelly sends Raquel to the mat. They lock up again and Kelly pushes Raquel into the turnbuckles. Raquel with a waist lock but Kelly with a side head lock. Raquel with a hammer lock and Kelly with a wrist lock. Raquel with arm drags into an arm bar. Kelly sends Raquel into the turnbuckles. Kelly slams Raquel and stands over her. Raquel escapes a slam and gets a near fall with a rollup. Raquel with another near fall. Raquel with a rollup and bridge for a near fall. Kelly with a clothesline and a near fall. Kelly with a chin lock and she sends Raquel to the mat.
Kelly wtih a front face lock. Raquel with punches and forearms. Kelly with a boot and Raquel goes down. Kelly gets a near fall. Kelly covers Raquel again and gets another near fall. Kelly with a back breaker but she holds on and hits another back breaker. Kelly says it is over but Raquel with a jaw breaker and Kelly misses a splash into the corner. Raquel with a drop kick and forearms. Raquel with a flying shoudler tackle or two. Raquel with a cros boyd for a naer fall. Kelly goes for a suplex but Raquel blocks it. Kelly with a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall.
Raquel gets on Kelly's back and chokes her and then rolls through into a cross arm breaker but Kelly with a rollup for a near fall. Kelly wtih a kick and a Michinoku Driver for a near fall. Raquel with a lungblower for the three count.
Winner: Raquel
Match Number Five: NWA Women’s Title Match: Amber Gallows versus Tracy Taylor
They lock up and Amber pushes Tracy away. They lock up again and Amber with an arm drag. Tracy wtih an arm drag to Amber followed by a front face lock. Amber wtih a split into a drop toe hold and a front face lock. Tracy with a snap mare. Amber wtih a waist lock but Tracy with a snap mare and shoulders in the corner. Amber wtih an Irish whip and Tracy floats over. Tracy with a series of arm drags to Amber but Amber goes to the apron when Tracy charges and Tracy goes into the post.
Amber kicks Tracy and she sends Tracy around the ringside area as the referee starts his count. They return to the ring and Amber gets a near fall. Amber with a knee to the back as well as a full nelson. Amber with forearms to the back of the head and she applies cattle mutilation but Tracy does not take. Amber goes for an arm bar submission but Tracy blocks it. Amber kicks Tracy in the back to get the hold locked in. Tracy with a few roll ups for near falls. Amber with a clothesline for a near fall. Amber chokes Tracy in the corner and the referee warns Amber.
Amber with forearms but Tracy with an Irish whip. Amber with a head scissors while she is in the ropes. Amber with a round kick for a near fall. Amber chokes Tracy in the ropes. Amber with forearms. Tracy with a gutwrench power slam and both women are down. Amber with a forearm but Tracy responds with a forearm. They go back and forth until Amber tells Tracy to show her what she can do. Tracy with a flurry of forearms and a clothesline. Tracy with a drop kick. Amber with an Irish whip and Tracy goes to the apron and hits a round kick and goes up top. Amber with a thrust kick as Tracy comes off the turnbuckles and Amber gets a near fall. Amber with another near fall.
Tracy with an Irish whip and Amber is sent into the ropes and Tracy hits a hanging neck breaker but Amber is able to grab the ropes to stop the count. Amber with a jaw breaker and kick. Amber wtih a back slide and bridge for the three count.
Winner: Amber Gallows
Match Number Six: Santana versus Vanessa Kraven
Santana avoids Kraven and kicks Vanessa and connects with forearms. Santana gets out of the corner and Vanessa sends Santana to the mat and runs her over with a shoulder tackle. Santana with a kip up. Santana with a head scissors but she misses a splash. Vanessa misses a splash and Santana with a forearm. Kraven with an Irish whip and Santana tries to float over but Kraven catches her and applies a back breaker. Santana goes for a sunset flip and that was not a good idea because Vanessa does not go over and she picks up Santana and suplexes Santana.
Kraven with a suplex for a near fall. Kraven with a forearm to the back and shoudlers in the corner. Kraven chokes Santana in the ropes. Kraven catapults Santana into the bottom rope and gets a near fall. Santana with punches and Santana goes for a wheelbarrow move but Kraven counters with a sit out gourdbuster driver and she gets a near fall. Kraven with kicks and a chop. Kraven with another chop followed by a snap mare and kicks followed by a leg drop for a near fall. Santana kicks Kraven from the mat and Kraven kicks Santana but misses a splash when Santana moves.
Kraven runs into an uppercut in the corner. Santana with a boot and then she goes to the apron and kicks Kraven. Santana avoids punches but Kraven and Santana chops Kraven. Santana with a kick and then she goes up top for a cross body and she gets a near fall. Kraven with a forearm but Santana moves and the referee goes down. Santana with a series of kicks while the referee is down. Santana with the handspring moonsault but the referee is still out.
Santana wakes up the referee but Vanessa with a Cliffhanger Choke Bomb for the three count.
Winner: Vanessa Kraven
Match Number Seven: Shine Tag Title Match: BTY (Marti Belle and Jayme Jameson [with So Cal Val and Andrea]) versus Amanda Carolina Rodriguez and La Rosa Negra (with Ivelisse)
Before the match starts, Mercedes Martinez comes out and confronts Ivelisse at ringside.
Mercedes also gets in Andrea's face.
Rosa and Jayme start things off. Rosa with a waist lock take down but Jameson with a hammer lock. Rosa with a side head lock. Rosa with a shoulder tackle that has no effect. She tries a second time and has the same result. Rosa with a drop kick to the knee and Jayme goes down. Rosa with a forearm. Jayme misses a splash into the corner. Rosa with a forearm and Amanda tags in. Amanda with a drop kick to Jayme for a near fall. Jayme with a punch and a gourdbuster driver for a near fall.
Jayme sends Amanda into the turnbuckels and Marti tags in and hits a double back elbow. Marti knocks Rosa off the apron. Marti with forearms and she tries for a slam. Rosa tags in and connects with forearms. Rosa with an Irish whip and running elbow followed by snake eyes.Rosa with a German suplex and she gets a near fall. Marti with a kick to the leg and she turns her focus to Rosa's surgically repaired knee. Jayme tags in and Marti knocks Amanda off the apron.
Jayme works on the knee. Jayme with knees to the hamstring for a near fall. Jayme with more knees to the hamstring. Marti wants to tag back in and Jayme allows it to happen. Marti with a kick to the leg and it might have been a little off target. Marti continues to work on the until the referee warns her and Andrea works on the leg. Marti knocks Amanda off the apron. Marti kicks Rosa in both legs and then makes a wish. Jayme tags in and they continue to work on the legs.
Jayme with knees to the leg and Jayme slams the leg into the mat. Jayme puts Rosa in the corner and wraps the leg in the ropes. Jayme with forearms to Rosa. Jayme wtih a power slam and she gets a near fall. Marti tags back in and she kicks Rosa in the knee. Marti taunts Rosa and Rosa with a forearm. Marti with a KneeDT and she gets a near fall. Marti with a Calf Killer. Rosa escapes and connects with a forearm, but Marti with a kick and Rosa goes down again.
Marti pulls Rosa into her corner by the hair and Jayme tags in. Rosa with punches but Rosa's knee gives out. Rosa with an elbow. Rosa with a fireman's carry slam. Amanda tags in and connects with forearm. Amanda with a round kick to the head and Rosa tags back in. Rosa gets Marti on her shoulders for an airplane spin. Rosa with a power slam but Val gets on the apron to distract the referee and Andrea attacks Rosa and Amanda. Andrea with a flying boot and Marti gets the three count while Mercedes chases after Andrea.
Winners: Marti Belle and Jayme Jameson
After the match, Mercedes brings a chair into the ring and is willing to take on Jameson, Belle, Val, and Andrea.
Andrea, Marti, and Jayme go to the back but they return to attack Martinez, Amanda, and Rosa. Andrea with a Death Valley Driver to Martinez.
Match Number Eight: Allysin Kay versus Xandra Bale
Allysin is not impressed with the sound of the bell. Bale offers her hand and Allysin responds by offering a pinkie and Bale accepts. They lock up and Allysin plays with Bale's hair on the break. They lock up again and Kay backs Bale into the turnbuckles and Bale with an arm drag using the ropes. Bale with a wheelbarrow into a bulldog for a near fall. Bale with a waist lock and she tries to pick Kay off the mat and Kay is not moving. Kay with a standing switch and a waist lock take down for a near fall. Kay with a front face lock. Kay refuses to be Irish whipped so she Irish whips Bale and kicks her in the corner.
Bale avoids a clothesline and she tries for another bulldog out of a wheelbarrow but Kay tells her it does not work twice so Kay with a wheelbarrow suplesx and she gets a near fall. Kay works on the neck but Bale with an elbow. Kay sends Bale into the corner but Bale counters with a tornado DDT and follows with a drop kick to send Kay to the floor. Bale goes to the apron for a cross body but Kay catches Bale and runs her into the ring post.
Kay tells Bale she done did it so Kay sends Bale into the apron and connects with a forearm to the back. Kay sends Bale into the trash can and Kay take the mic and does a mic drop. Kay goes to the floor and chops Bale. Kay sends Bale into a couch at ringside and then chops Bale. Bale with a punch and forearms followed by a chop. Bale with another chop. Bale breaks the referee's count but Kay wtih a kick. Bale with more forearms when Kay takes too much time. Kay and Bale exchange forearms as the referee continues his count. Kay goes for a discus clothesline but Bale moves and Kay clotheslines the pole. Bale breaks up the referee's count.
Bale slams the arm into the apron. Bale goes up top and hits a cross body for a near fall. Bale wtih a round kick for a near fall. Bale with a forearm but Kay with an Irish whip. Bale with kicks and blockbuster for a near fall. Bale kicks Kay in the injured arm and then kicks her in the elbow. Bale continues to work on the right arm. Kay blocks a kick and hits a back elbow but Bale wtih Code Red for a near fall.
Bale with a series of kicks to Kay and then she sets for a fisherman's buster but Kay blocks it and hits a Saito Suplex and Kay gets a near fall. Kay misses a discus clothesline and Bale with an octopus. Kay counters into a tombstone piledriver for the three count.
Winner: Allysin Kay
Match Number Nine: Shine Championship Match: Ivelisse versus Su Yung
The bell rings and Su goes to the floor to get a hug from Andrea. Su goes back into the ring and goes to the floor. Andrea sends Su back into the ring and berates her. Ivelisse with an arm drag and forearms. The referee pulls Ivelisse out of the corner and she connects with elbows. Ivelisse with a monkey flip and Su goes to the floor. Andrea tries to send Su back into the ring but she refuses. Su with a forearm to Ivelisse and then she gets Ivelisse on her shoulders. Ivelisse gets to her feet but Su sends her into the pole and then into teh chairs. Su with a kick and she puts Ivelisse in a chair and she sets to come off the apron but Ivelisse goe away. Ivelisse runs Su into the apron and Ivellise with chops.
Ivelisse with a buterfly suplex on the floor. Ivelisse gets back into the ring but Su sends her to the floor again. They fight to the bar and Ivelisse is shown the bar. They go onto the bar and Su sends Ivelisse into the bar and Su decided to take off her wedding dress. Su with a cannonball off the bar. Su sends Ivelisse back into the ring. Su gets a near fall. Su tries to apply a Lotus Lock but Su blocks it. Su turns it into a wrist lock submission. Ivelisse leans back and gets a near fall.
Su with a seated full nelson and she puts her head against the back to add more pressure. Ivelisse with a knee and shoudler in the corner. Su with a back heel kick and a head scissors that sends Ivelisse into the turnbuckles. Su with a rear naked choke into a sleeper. Ivelisse with a snap mare to escape. Ivelisse with a German suplex and both women are down. Su with a chop and Ivelisse chops back. Su witha slap and Ivelisse with forearms and kicks. Ivelisse with a rolling snap mare and a round kick.
Andrea gets on the apron and Mercedes Martinez pulls Andrea off the apron and they fight to teh back. Su with a forearm and she sets for a hanging Pedigree and hits it but Ivelisse has her foot on the ropes to stop the referee's count. Su grabs her weapon and the referee takes it and that allows Ivelisse to connect with a round kick. Su escapes a submission hold by getting to the ropes. Su with an airplane spin but Ivelisse with a suplex and she applies a modified cloverleaf with the arm trapped and the referee drops the arm three times and calls for the bell.
Winner: Ivelisse
After the match, Val calls Marti Belle and Jayme Jameson out and Val says she is sick and tired of Su. Val slaps Su. Su sends Marti into Jayme and then sends them to the floor. Val tries to get out of the ring because she knows what will probably happen and she grabs Val. Su puts on the glasses and applies the mandible claw to Val.
Andrea, Marti, and Jayme come out and Andrea tells Marti and Jayme to leave the ring. Andrea drags Val out of the ring and carries her to the back.
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