The FFW World tour burns on, as we make one more stop in Europe before heading out to the Wild Wild East to rock Asia for a few shows. First up, though, a stop in Cologne, Germany for Breaking Point, the first in what's going to prove a rapid stretch for FFW- three shows on three separate continents in five days. There's going to be a lot of tired people traipsing back across the Pacific Ocean on the last Friday in August, that's for sure. Anyways, here's what to look for in Cologne: Steeles. Like all three of them. In the top two matches of the show.
Apparently, Germany's still paying for WWII. And dearly.
TAG TEAM MATCH
INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT (Leona Vega & Mikalea Demidov) vs. NO HOLDING BACK (Angela Hinchcliffe & Jem Michaels)
Both teams are coming into this one needing a win. NHB comes into this match 0-1 on tagging, having lost to Anger Management already, and then the unthinkable happening last Thursday with Jem losing to Laura Steele in what is hopefully not an accurate preview of Sin & Sacrifice. Meanwhile, Mika's been flat out exposed by Jo McFarlane and Misty Whitmore over the past couple of months, and Leona came up short in her debut against Nancy Dietz. With as loaded a tag team division as we have, neither of these teams are anywhere near consideration for a crack at the Unity belts. A win for either one will improve that viability somewhat. I'm going to go with NHB here- Jem and Ange seem due, are more experienced, and once you chip away Mika's shenanigans... what is left?
WINNERS: No Holding Back
ALYSSON GARDNER vs. MICHELLE TAYLOR
Aly's on a two match losing streak, but those came to Kara and in that clusterfuck of a scramble, so it's not exactly the worst thing in the world, and certainly doesn't merit a sounding of the Emergency Gimme Match System. But hey, a free win's a free win, right?
WINNER: Alysson Gardner
JESSIKA HEXSTAR vs. PENNY BUCHANAN
We haven't seen Jess since her and CCKVIP's asswhupping at the hands of KOTO and Cupcake, so expect her to be well rested for what is suddenly going to prove to be a busy stretch for her. Penny's been significantly more active, although a throttling of Michelle Taylor generally is a light workout at best. Penny's aiming for the UV title at Sin & Sacrifice, and she's not about to allow some dopey non-contender psychobitch to derail her.
WINNER: Penny Buchanan
SOPHIA BLACK vs. CLAIRE BLACK
NO RELATIONSHIP WHATSOEVER. At least that I'm aware of. And I'm sure Claire hopes it stays that way. Sophia actually comes in the favorite here, having been on somewhat of a hot streak, while Claire has actually won three of her last four, but hasn't really been turning that many heads. I'm actually going to go with the small upset here. Sophia likes to bully and terrorize her opponents to gain an advantage, and Claire just doesn't seem like the type to get into that. And as we've seen before, all it takes is one punch, and Sophia will probably be too busy shrieking threats and indignities to see it coming.
WINNER: Claire Black
SAMARA STEELE vs. LAURA STEELE
THere IS a relationship here, although there's no much love between the families. Laura's as positively annoyingly English as you can get, and if you thought that didn't go over well in Scotland, wait until the German's get a hold of her. And that's STILL nothing compared to Samara, who, despite being an obnoxious self-absorbed idiot, is still quite talented, and, when focused, is very dangerous. She's going to be quite focused for this one.
WINNER: Samara Steele
Believe it or not, the Ultraviolence Champion is 2-0 in Champion vs. Champion matches over the last couple of years (both coming over the No Surrender Division). That being said, Kate's going to deal with mad distraction in just the preceding match as she watches her sister fight her cousin with her husband mixed up somewhere in between. That'd make it hard for anyone to focus. And then to top it off, there's Eileen waiting there, who, by the way, has just lost once in the past nine months. That one loss was in (what was supposed to be) another Champions match, to Jenny Williams, who lost her title the week before and leveraged a win into a title shot at Sin & Sacrifice. Think Eileen may be a bit keen to not let history repeat itself?
WINNER: Eileen Amaro
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