The Canadian NINJAs (National International Nation of Jalapeño Awesomeness) were the

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Nicole Matthews Lindsay Miller (born January 15, 1987) is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by her ring name Nicole Matthews. Matthews regularly wrestles for Shimmer Women Athletes and Elite Canadian Championship Wrestling among other independent p ...

and

Portia Perez Jenna Grattan (born October 26, 1987) is a Canadian former professional wrestler better known by her ring name Portia Perez. Perez teamed with Nicole Matthews as The Canadian NINJAs, and they are former two-time Shimmer Tag Team Champions. Pro ...

. They are former two-time Shimmer Tag Team Champions.

History

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and

initially began teaming together in

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in October 2007. They met for the first time shortly before their debut, bonding over a meal at

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. Their first match together was a win against Ashley Lane and

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on '' Volume 15'', and their second match was a loss against

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and Josie at '' Volume 16''. Matthews and Perez named their tag team The Canadian NINJAs (National International Nation of Jalapeño Awesomeness) in March 2008. On May 3, 2009 the duo won the

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for the first time by defeating Ashley Lane and Nevaeh on '' Volume 26''. They lost the titles on '' Volume 37'' to the Seven Star Sisters (

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and

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) on March 27, 2011. In July 2012 at '' Volume 48'', The Canadian NINJAs received another shot at the Shimmer Tag Team Championship in a four corners tag team elimination match, Regeneration X (

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and

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) and The Queens of Winning (

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and

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). The Queens won the title, but lost it to the NINJAs on July 7, 2013 at

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's ''NCW-FF IX'' event. At '' Volume 57'' on April 14, 2014, they lost the titles in a

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against the Global Green Gangsters (

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and

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Other promotions

In early 2009 Matthews and Perez took part in the first season tapings of

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, which began airing in March 2010. In the promotion, Matthews used the name Hope and Perez used the name Faith, and the duo's tag team name was The Naughty Girls. They debuted on the fifth episode on March 31 in a losing effort against the team of

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and Paige Webb. On September 23, 2011, the Canadian NINJAs made their

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ese debut for the Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina promotion in the

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tournament, defeating

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and Sara Del Rey in their first round match. The following day, Perez and Matthews were defeated in the finals of the tournament by

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and Zeuxis.

Championships and accomplishments

(

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)

References

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