Don't get me started on the Japanese scene. How someone hasn't been killed yet is beyond me (fire, nails, barbwire, explosions).

As I said, I'm a fan, although I've had instances where it's been off and on. At one time, I gave up on the mega empire that is WWE, as I felt their product had gone down hill, and turned to the rather new and still growing TNA. Now I'm back to WWE as TNA has...well, gone down hill. For now.

Thankfully through TNA, I discovered a company called Shimmer, as they were hiring female athletes to build there Knockouts (Women's) Division. While exploring, I discovered a women who...well, she was one of the most unique athletes they have, the screaming and dangerous MsChif.

Decked out in black and green and known for a howl you would hear from a Black/Death metal band, MsChif is well known in the indy and underground scene as a force to be reckoned with for female and sometimes even male athletes. She's held numerous titles in multiple organizations, has 2 wicked finishers and has wrestled not only all across the country, but around the world. She kindly agreed to me interviewing her, so in the true wrestling fan sense, lets rumble!

MsChif - Your Soul's Tormentor!

Drew: How long have you been a fan of Pro Wrestling?
MsChif: Since I was a kid.

Drew: Who where your heroes within it?
MsChif: Buiser Brody, Undertaker, The Rockers, Legion of Doom

Drew: When did you finally make the move into wrestling and who where you trained by?
MsChif: 2001, Gateway Championship Wrestling by Johnny Greenpeace and Jack Adonis

Drew: How did come up the name MsChif and the character?
MsChif: It pretty much came from within. It wasn’t anything I really planned. I just went out there and that’s what came out. It’s basically a mix of my love for Black Metal music and horror movies.

Drew: One thing you're well known for is your primal scream, sometimes scaring the opponent (and ally). How did you discover your vocal ability?
MsChif: My 1st match out, I screamed at the entrance along with my entrance music and used it ever since.

Drew: Where, when and against who was you first official match?
MsChif: St. Louis, MO July, 2001 Christine. She lasted 6 months.

Drew: You have 2 finishers, Code Green (A form of Powerbomb) and the Desecrator (A form of DDT), where did you come up with these moves and decided to use them?
MsChif: Actually my two finishers are Desecrater and Obliteration (a sort of pile driver off of the 2nd turnbuckle). Code Green is a fine devastating move, but I don’t generally count on it as a finish. Desecrator was a moved I modified off of a move in Tekken 3. Awesome fighting game.

Drew: You also have a unique attack, the Green mist (most well known used by ECW/WWE star Tajiri), where you spit a substance (obviously green) into someone's eyes, how did you come across this and decide to use it?
MsChif: Ooooohhh!! That would hit an argument for many. Tajiri? I’d say much more well known by The Great Kabuki and Muta. And, yeah... I won’t tell how I came across it.

Drew: You're in-ring attire looks more like something you'd see from an underground metal band, where do you think up the designs and who makes them for you?
MsChif: I make them. I just start drawing things out and see what works.

Drew: What made you decide to use the colors Green and Black?
MsChif: No better colors.

Drew: As I said above, a Pro Wrestler needs to be in good shape, how does your work out plan go to keep you able and ready for in ring action?
MsChif: I generally do cardio and weights 5 days a week.

Drew: You've worked for numerous companies over the years and over the continent (even the globe). How many have you worked for?
MsChif: I have no idea. It’s something I could go back and figure out, but I’m not sure I wish to spend that much time on it.

Drew: Which companies would you rate as your favorite/least favorite?
MsChif: SHIMMER is always an awesome fun time. You never get that many great girls together all at once anywhere else.

Drew: You've had numerous allies and partners, your first being Delirious (a masked male wrestler) in which your team was called Diabolic Khaos. How did this start?
MsChif: We debuted together.

Drew: You're also allied with group in Ring of Honor, Age of the Fall. How did you join their ranks?
MsChif: I am not anymore. But that was a decision made with Jimmy Jacobs when it happened.

Drew: Your most fitting partner would easily be Daffney (well known from her work in WCW before its fall, now working for TNA), who has her own high pitch scream to form the Scream Team. How did she and you form this duo?
MsChif: By getting together in SHIMMER. We were long lost twins, it was bound to happen.

Drew: Now that we talked about your alliances, how about enemies? One of your early feuds was with Daizee Haze, how did this form?
MsChif: When we started out we were the only 2 girls in the promotion. After branching out into numerous promotions we found ourselves more allies than enemies.

Drew: One of your more popular rivalries was with well known Cheerleader Melissa, when did this start?
MsChif: In the debut of SHIMMER. SHIMMER vol. 1 has our 1st match that started the fued.

Drew: This rivalry lead to Last Woman Standing/Falls Count Anywhere match on Shimmer where, from what I heard, you became the first and only woman to bleed in the company, was that planned or an accident?
MsChif: It came from getting my head slammed into a wall.

Drew: There's one match that's talked about more than your matches with Melissa by Shimmer fans, and that’s the legendary confrontation between your and monster of the division, Amazing Kong. What built this match?
MsChif: Just the way our styles meshed. I had never faced her before.

Drew: One thing I have to ask about that match: How the hell did your spine not get broke in the torture rack? Your feet where touching your head.
MsChif: I genetically infused green jello properties into my spinal DNA.

Drew: The match is still talked about to this day by fans of the company. Did you expect it to become a classic at the time?
MsChif: I had no idea what to expect.

Drew: Currently your are in a rivalry with Sara Del Ray over the Shimmer title, and the up coming new DVDs for the company have her teaming with Kong to face you and an old enemy, Cheerleader Melissa. How is it an enemy became an ally?
MsChif: You need to buy your SHIMMER volumes. Melissa and I developed a common respect for one another after realizing the extent of punishment both of us can endure over the course of our feud. We ended up teaming together on SHIMMER volume 8 to take on common enemies of The Minnesota Home Wrecking Crew.

Drew: It's been well documented by wrestlers at the top of the business (WWE Stars and former stars of WCW) that the life of a Pro Wrestler is far from easy, as your away a lot from your friends, family and significant others. Is this the same as well for you and other wrestlers in the Indy scene?
MsChif: Absolutely, but at the same time through wrestling you also meet people who become your dearest friends, family and significant other.

Drew: What is the worst injury you have received from being a wrestler?
MsChif: Depends on how you want to define worst. Most painful? That would have been biting holes through both sides of my tongue from a gutbuster suplex over a guardrail. Or, perhaps having both shoulders separated (different times). Or would worst be for lasting? I no longer have either ACL. Both snapped during the course of different matches. Or, some consider concussions a rather serious incident. I had a match where I was concussed on the 3rd move into a match, finished the match, won it, yet even after watching it, I have no memory of it at all.

Drew: There's a lot of classic matches in wrestling, the ladder match, steel cage, strap match, and few exclusive to certain companies (WWE's Hell in a Cell, TNA's Ultimate X match). Have you ever done any these high profile matches and would you ever wish to if you haven't?
MsChif: I’ve done several types of stipulation matches:
Tables
2 out of 3 tables
Tables, ladders and chairs
1st blood
Steel cage
Street fight
Last woman standing
Falls count anywhere
…that’s about all that’s coming to mind right now.

Drew: There was a time when it seems like women's wrestling wasn't getting a chance on the grand scale, as TNA had pretty much no division at all and WWE cared more about their "Bra and Panties" matches and did that Bullshit Diva's Search yearly. Did it ever get to you and other female wrestlers that it wasn't given the respect it deserved?
MsChif: How can it not when so many of us take it seriously?

Drew: When all seemed to be down, TNA surprised everyone in 2007 and built the Knockout division, with help from Shimmer. It's been rocky since but still impressive, have you ever thought of jumping to TNA with their division?
MsChif: No way.

Drew: As I said above, WWE gave no help to women in the sport, but recently with their new PG direction, they've actually moved away from bikini's and Victoria Secret, and seem to be really building a woman's division. Though still in the making, if they build it more and truly create what you feel is a worthwhile division, do you think you'll ever try to go to them?
MsChif: Not a chance.

Drew: Who would list as the biggest wrestler you've met to date?
MsChif: Ric Flair, Brett hart, Roddy Piper…. I’ve met a few of the older big name wrestlers.

Drew: Who is your favorite wrestler you've met to date?
MsChif: I don’t play favorites.

Drew: In some promos, I've seen you dressed in getup reflecting Clockwork Orange, are you a big fan of the movie?
MsChif: Absolutely

Drew: You've also become known for your entrance music "Repined Bastard Nation" by Satyricon. Are they a personal favorite for you?
MsChif: Black metal is a personal favorite for me. They are one of many.

Drew: A lot of wrestlers have occupations/interests outside of wrestling, yours is microbiology. An interesting choice, what attracted you to it?
MsChif: I had a degree in Science and a desire to work in research, that’s just what worked out.

Drew: What's the most touching thing a fan has said/did for you?
MsChif: Send me a three stooges lunch tin.

Drew: Pro Wrestling gets a bad rep for being fake and a thing for kids and other lower people of society. What's your response to said things?
MsChif: I list my injuries and ask how fake are they?

Drew: How much longer do you see yourself doing what you do?
MsChif: As long as I can still be entertaining.

As per usual, I end my Interviews with the usual fun Q&A.

Drew: Favorite Game Console and Game for it?
MsChif: PS2, Final Fantasy 7. I haven’t yet invested in a PS3.

Drew: Favorite Drink? Alcoholic or not, it doesn’t matter.
MsChif: Chocolate milk.

Drew: Favorite TV Series?
MsChif: The Three Stooges.

Drew: Favorite Genre of Film and film within it?
MsChif: Horror, Exorcist 3.

Drew: Favorite Music Genre and band within it?
MsChif: Black Metal, Dark Funeral.

Drew: Food you could live off of till you die?
MsChif: If the calories didn’t count, donuts.

Drew: Where would you like to go to in the world before you die?
MsChif: Hawaii, Egypt and Australia.

Drew: Favorite book? Fiction or None doesn’t matter.
MsChif: Too many to choose from. I read quite a bit of fantasy, horror and sci fi.

Drew: Your current religious stance?
MsChif: Science

Drew: If you could do something else besides wrestle or work in a lab, what would it be?
MsChif: Really nothing else comes to mind. I love doing what I do.

Drew: Other sports you’re a fan of?
MsChif: None really, but I’d choose MMA before anything else.

Drew: What is your favorite/least favorite thing about what you do?
MsChif: wrestling outdoors under the sun or a building with no AC in the summer heat.

Drew: And finally, what would you like to say to all your fans, old and new?
MsChif: AAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

That was the self proclaimed Soul Tormentor. You can catch her on the Shimmer, Ring of Honor, and several other small promotions in the indie scene. If you want to know if she's wrestling in your area, check out her website (www.mschif.net) and save up the money for a ticket. You can also find pictures, videos and merchandise there.

So if you’re a fan of wrestling and love a woman that can beat down either man or woman with her bare hands, check her out, go see her live, raise your horns and give a scream. But don't challenge her, she'll easily out shriek you, or worse if you anger her.