8 Current WWE Women Superstars Who Wrestled For Shimmer Wrestling
Founded in Chicago in 2005, Shimmer Women Athletes, better known simply as Shimmer, is a groundbreaking all-female independent wrestling organization. Founded by Dave Prazak and Allison Danger, Shimmer's focus has always been more on the actual talent of their female roster, rather than their looks.
This fact alone has been one of it's biggest draws and the company has certainly attracted more than it's fair share of talented women wrestlers. Many of the women who got an early career start in Shimmer have since gone on to have wrestled for the WWE.
Though many big names have passed through the company over the years, including Beth Phoenix and even men like Cesaro and Austin Aries, for this list I wanted to focus on the current main roster women who worked for Shimmer early on in their careers. It is also worth noting that several of NXT's current female roster has also wrestled for Shimmer, including Candice LeRae, Dakota Kai, and current NXT Women's Champion Shayna Baszler.
With that said, here are 8 of the most notable WWE Superstars who are also Shimmer alumni.
#1 Becky Lynch
Before she was the "Irish Lass Kicker" or "The Man", as she is currently known, Becky Lynch was Rebecca Knox, who made her Shimmer Wrestling debut in 2006, after having wrestled around the world for several different promotions. After working an acclaimed series of matches with Daizee Haze, Lynch suffered a serious head injury that threatened to end her wrestling career.
Though she was scheduled to return to Shimmer in 2008, she didn't show up at that event and wouldn't make her return until 2011, where she worked in a managerial position, most notably for Britani & Saraya Knight aka The Knight Dynasty until signing her WWE contract in April 2013. She made her NXT debut as Becky Lynch at a November 2013 live event.