At SHINE 17 on February 28, 2014, an eight-team tournament took place to crown the first ever SHINE Tag Team Champions, with Mia Yim and Leva Bates serving as one of the eight teams. In the quarterfinals, Mia and Leva, dubbed The Lucha Sisters, defeated The Kimber Bombs (Kimber Lee and Cherry Bomb). The duo would defeat The S-N-S Express (Sassy Stephie and Jessie Belle) in the semifinals, and went on to defeat Made In Sin (Allysin Kay and Taylor Made) in the finals to become the first ever SHINE Tag Team Champions. The Lucha Sisters successfully defended the titles for the first time against the Express at A Wrestling Odyssey on April 4. Two weeks later at SHINE 18, the Sisters retained the titles against Kellie Skater and Evie. The Sisters took part in a 10-woman elimination tag team matc