Rise Wrestling

Women's professional wrestling promotion

Rise Wrestling

Founded	2016
Defunct	2020
Style	Women's professional wrestling
Headquarters	Naperville, Illinois
Founder(s)	Kevin Harvey
Owner(s)	Kevin Harvey
Website	https://rise-wrestling.com/^[usurped]

Rise Wrestling (stylized as RiSE Wrestling or RISE Wrestling and often referred to simply as RiSE) was an American, independent women's professional wrestling promotion. It aired events on Internet pay-per-view (iPPV by subscription) and hosts live events around the US. It has been inactive since late 2019 as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic.^[1]

History

Rise was created in 2016 by former Shimmer ring announcer and associate executive producer Kevin Harvey. Initially created to be a discovery and development program for Shimmer, the company created wrestling seminars hosted around the nation to introduce talent to the industry, and to scout talent.^[2] The company hosted the Rise PPV's and in 2017 began weekly tapings called Rise ASCENT, touring across the US.^[3] In 2018, the company announced a partnership with Impact Wrestling and hosted Impact talent on Rise events.^[4] Rise held its last event on October 23, 2020.

Championships

As of April 1, 2024

Championship	Current champion(s)	Reign	Date won	Days held	Notes
Phoenix of Rise Championship	Big Swole	1	August 10, 2019	1696+	Defeated Zoe Lucas.
Guardians of Rise Championship	Killer Death Machines (Jessicka Havok and Neveah)	1	March 29, 2019	1830+	Defeated Paradise Lost (Dust and Raven's Ash)

The inaugural Phoenix of Rise Champion was Angel Dust, who defeated Britt Baker, Delilah Doom and Kate Carney at RISE 1.^[5] The inaugural Guardians of Rise Champions are Paradise Lost who won the titles in a four corners elimination match at RiSE of the Knockouts PPV defeating Chelsea Green and Britt Baker, Jessica Troy and Charli Evans, and Kylie Rae and Miranda Alize.^[6]

Phoenix of Rise Championship

Reigns

As of April 1, 2024.

Key
No.	Overall reign number
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.
No.	Champion	Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Defenses	Notes	Ref.
1	Angel Dust	November 10, 2016	RISE 1: Ignite	Berwyn, IL	1	121	2	Dust defeated Britt Baker, Delilah Doom and Kate Carney in a four-way match to become the inaugural champion.
2	Shotzi Blackheart	March 11, 2017	AIW Girls Night Out 19	Cleveland, OH	1	244	9
3	Delilah Doom	November 10, 2017	RISE 5: Rising Sun	Berwyn, IL	1	236	4	This was a six-way elimination challenge also involving Britt Baker, Deonna Purrazzo, Dust and Kikyo.
—	Vacated	July 4, 2018	—	—	—	—	—	Delilah Doom vacated the championship due to injury.
4	Tessa Blanchard	July 7, 2018	RISE 9: RISE of The Knockouts	Naperville, IL	1	104	1	Blanchard defeated Mercedes Martinez in a 30-minute iron woman match to win the vacant championship.
5	Mercedes Martinez	October 19, 2018	RISE 10: Insanity	Berwyn, IL	1	161	1	This was a 75-minute iron woman match.	^[7]
6	Kylie Rae	March 29, 2019	RISE 13: Legendary	Berwyn, IL	1	<1	0	This was a no rope submission match	^[8]
7	Zoe Lucas	March 29, 2019	RISE 13: Legendary	Berwyn, IL	1	134	2	Lucas won a 30-womean gauntlet match on RISE 13: Legendary to receive a championship match at any time of her choosing.	^[8]
8	Big Swole	August 10, 2019	The Summit	Toronto, ON	1	1,696+	2		^[9]

Guardians of Rise Championship

Reigns

As of April 1, 2024.

Key
No.	Overall reign number
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.
No.	Champion	Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Defenses	Notes	Ref.
1	Paradise Lost (Dust and Raven's Ash)	July 7, 2018	RISE 9: RISE of The Knockouts	Naperville, IL	1	265	4	Ash and Dust defeated The Blue Nation (Charli Evans and Jessica Troy), Fire And Nice (Britt Baker and Chelsea Green) and Kylie Rae and Miranda Alize in a four-way tag team elimination match to become the inaugural champions.
2	Killer Death Machines (Jessicka Havok and Neveah)	March 29, 2019	RISE 13: Legendary	Berwyn, IL	1	1,830+	3		^[8]

Events

References

^ DeFelice, Robert (15 March 2020). "SHIMMER & RISE Postpone Events Set For Late March Due To Coronavirus Outbreak". Fightful.
^ Baker, Suzannne. "As women's wrestling grows in popularity, RISE brings all-female card to Naperville". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
^ Josue (19 October 2016). "RISE announces RISE 2: ASCENT event as part of touring brand". Retrieved 2018-09-17.
^ Greer, Jamie (27 February 2018). "RISE and Impact Wrestling Announce Partnership". Retrieved 2018-09-17.
^ Hollie, Matthew (11 November 2016). "Results: RISE 1- IGNITE, inaugural Phoenix of RISE Champion crowned". Retrieved 2018-09-17.
^ Josue (9 July 2018). "Results: RISE 9 – Rise of the Knockouts". Retrieved 2018-09-17.
^ pwguru [@pwguru65] (October 20, 2018). "#Rise10 #TessaBlanchard vs #MercedesMartinez 75 min Iron Woman Match. Mercedes wins at 5-4 and is the new Phoenix of Rise Champion. https://t.co/eM0ISCp28h" (Tweet). Retrieved December 4, 2022 – via Twitter.
^ ^a ^b ^c "RESULTS: RISE Wrestling – 'Legendary'". Squared Circle Sirens. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
^ Michael, Casey. "RESULTS: SHIMMER, SMASH Wrestling, RISE & Femmes Fatales – The Summit". Squared Circle Sirens. Retrieved August 10, 2019.

External links

Official website
Live event subscription - http://riseascent.com/

Professional wrestling in the United States

Active promotions

National promotions

All Elite Wrestling Major League Wrestling National Wrestling Alliance Ring of Honor Total Nonstop Action Wrestling WWE
Women's:	Women of Wrestling