THE TWO SHEDS REVIEW by Julian Radbourne
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Website: www.twoshedsreview.com
The Two Sheds Review European tour continues, and following the trip to Norway, we move on to France’s Fighting Spirit Federation, and the DVD release of their recent Queens of Chaos show, featuring some of the top female wrestlers from Europe, Japan and America.
The DVD is divided into episodes, so we start with episode one, which features Skye, from England, taking on Ireland’s Rebecca Knox. Before the bout we see promos from both girls, before it’s on to the action. Knox impressed me with her technical skill, and was clearly the better wrestler in this bout, but the victory went against the run of play as Sky picked up the win after a fisherman’s suplex.
Up next, promos from Jersey of Germany, and England’s Erin Angel. Angel is in full heel mode hear, comparing Jersey’s look to that of a devil child, whatever a devil child is meant to look like. The crowd were clearly against Angel in this one, but watching this you could see how much she’s improved over the past year or so. It’s a slow-paced bout, with Angel mixing holds with several underhanded tactics, before Jersey begins her comeback. However, the match is thrown out when former TNA star Kid Kash charges the ring, and tosses both girls out as the first episode comes to an end.
Episode two begins with a recap of Kid Kash’s run in at the end of the previous episode, before quick promos from TNA’s Trinity and England’s Nikita.
We then go back to Kid Kash’s tirade. Usual anti-French stuff from Kash here, before he is joined in the ring by Trinity. The two Americans throw out an open challenge, which is answered by Nikita and German wrestler Sick. While the two men spent the majority of the match on the ring apron, Nikita and Trinity really showed their stuff here, and were clearly the best thing in this match, complimenting each other extremely well. But it was Kash’s attack on Nikita that led to her team’s downfall. After Kash slammed Nikita to the mat, Trinity scored with a moonsault for the win. Afterwards, Kash proved what a rather angry young man he is. Highlights from the match follow as episode two comes to an end.
Episode three begins with a contract signing involving Japan’s Sumie Sakai and England’s Sweet Saraya. Saraya does her bit for Anglo-French relations before signing the contract, and then attacks Sakai as she goes to leave the ring, with referees and security having to break the two apart.
A recap of the mixed tag match follows, before Kid Kash & Sick go up against each other in singles action. A fast paced bout at times, shown in highlight form, which sees Sick pin Kash after a roll-up.
Then it’s time for Sweet Saraya and Sumie Sakai to go up against each other. After promos from the two girls, we see a great display of technical action from Japan and Britain’s finest, the best bout on the DVD, which saw Sakai win the bout following a quick series of roll-up attempts between the two. These two seem well suited to each other, and the handshake after the match added another touch of class to the bout.
Episode four, the final episode, features the rumble match to crown the first Queen of Chaos, featuring all the girls already seen on the show. By now you should all know how I hate reporting on these kind of matches. Highlight of the bout had to be Kid Kash’s attempted run-in, with all the girls teaming up to kick his arse. Lowlight was the fact that several of the eliminations weren’t shown, making you wonder what happened to some of the wrestlers. The match ended with Nikita eliminating Trinity to be crowned the first ever Queen of Chaos.
In conclusion – if you’ve seen nothing but WWE women’s wrestling, you’ll be surprised by some of the action on this DVD. Queens of Chaos reminded me a lot of GAEA Japan. It shows that despite what some may say, the women’s wrestling scene is growing all the time. It certainly bodes well for the future.
Match of the collection goes to the great technical bout between Sweet Saraya & Sumie Sakai. I can’t wait for their re-match.
With thanks to Jerome Pourut and the Fighting Spirit Federation for supplying a copy of the DVD. To purchase a copy, which is released on Tuesday, August 23rd, log onto http://english.france-catch.com.
