Sitara (RLS CAS)

Chelsea Sharma (born 4th January 1995 in Chelsea, London) is an English professional wrestler currently signed to UNION Wrestling under the name Sitara. She is, alongside her younger sister Indira, part of the siSTARZ tag team. 
She is a one-time WOTU Inter Champion.
== Career ==
=== BoBWrestling, Training (2013-2016) ===
Sharma, along with her sister Meera, joined the BoBWrestling Training Programme in March 2013, training initially under BoBWrestling staff before catching the eye of visiting alum Rafe Daniels. Daniels would begin supplemental training with the eighteen-year-old.
In August 2013, Sharma would debut on BoB: Fisticuffs as Chelsea, a cheerleader-esque character primarily used as enhancement talent to boost established talent1. She would later describe this experience as a big help in grounding her and developing her style of selling as a pro wrestler.
Sharma would finally be given something of a push in late 20142, going over long-time BoBWW Champion Salina Wu in a non-title match. She'd narrowly lose a rematch, this time for the title, at BoB At The Beach in February 2015.
This would elevate Sharma slightly, with her being considered a decent mid-card draw. She would remain in this position until early 2016, where she would suffer a concussion during a match with Wu that would keep her out of competition right up until her PWU/UNION Wrestling debut.
=== PWU/UNION Wrestling (2016-present) ===
Sharma was considered something of a shock signing when it was announced by the then-PWU branded promotion, under the name Sitara "The Morning Star". She was still a largely unknown performer at the time3, but nevertheless was thrown in at the deep end with a rivalry with the established Nancy Warren, which led to a bitter match at Hardcore Brawl 2016, which Warren won.
The performance at that Live Event, which was acclaimed, saw both women inserted into the Women's World Championship Four Woman Dance at PWU Capitol Punishment 2017, which champion Birdy won after pinning Miss Deeds.
After falling down the pecking order and missing PWU Money In The Bank, Sitara returned to prominence when her rivalry with Nancy Warren was blurred into the ongoing storyline of Lara Grey attacking pretty much everyone in her fury, and then merged into the ongoing struggles between Miss Deeds and Brittany Guile. This led to a Hardcore Brawl Tornado Tag Match at European Invasion 2017, which Deeds and Warren won after Miss Deeds hit everyone with a chair (including her partner) before MISSile Kicking and pinning Guile.
Sitara was one of four women given a bye in the First Round of the Women's Division Tourney, going straight into the Second Round at The UNION Wrestling Classic 2017, where she would defeat Taki by DQ following the latter's breach of Temp GM The Maverick's rules on "honourable combat" in the tournament. She would be knocked out in the Semi Final by eventual winner Lara Grey, with Taki attacking her after the bell in an act of revenge. This would lead to a feud that would, again, be merged with another feud; this time the ongoing hostilities of Miss Deeds and Amy J. It led to another Hardcore Brawl Tornado Tag Match at Open Challenge 2017, this time won by the face team, with Sitara pinning Taki following a Starsault.
Sitara would take time off following this, due to injuries, not appearing again until the second season of UNION Wrestling was underway, taking on and losing to Women's Champion Lara Grey in the main event of the debut episode of UNION Charged. This was followed by more necessary time off, a brief return to put over monster-heel Koldskador in November, more time off, and a potential heel turn beginning with a Battle Royal win on an episode of UNION LIVE! in late December, but the persisting injuries robbed her of the opportunity and she was written off properly following a loss to Karli on Charged in January 2018.
She would return in mid-2018 as a heel, though this run was largely panned and Sitara, herself, would later say she regretted the whole thing. She'd have notable feuds with Nancy Warren and Taki during this time, before more injuries curtailed her year. She reportedly requested her release several times during this period, and again in 2019. She even ended up agreeing to appear for PRIZE Wrestling League at this time, doing several non-programming appearances and even participating in a dark match at Up Front 20193.
However, in late 2019, she'd return to head up the new Women's Tag Team Division, alongside her free-agent sister Indira, as the Star Sisters (later changed to siSTARZ), but would only get limited chances to impress before the company's decline led to them returning to mainly live tours. She was, however, prominantly featured on the tours- both as a singles competitor and with Indira- being one of the superstars to sign a new contract in early 2020.
siSTARZ were pegged to win the Women's Tag Team Championships upon their activation in 2020, however the COVID-19 pandemic halted these plans.
siSTARZ returned to active competition at the Return Show in November 2021, defeating Jackie Compton & Taki, before Sitara would battle Compton in the Main Event of the following Manchester show. Compton was closing in on a clean win until Indira- who'd somehow taken out Taki backstage- would cause a DQ by beating Compton down. siSTARZ would claim the bragging rights from the feud at Touchdown '22, defeating their rivals in a First-to-a-Finish tag team match.
siSTARZ would lose out on being the first WOTU Tag Team Champions at UNION Bring Down The House 2022, in Sheffield, when they lost 2-1 to Kenzie Starr and Terri Law, Sitara being the last to be eliminated by Law. Sitara would, however, triumph at the same event against Kelly Gazidis to win the WOTU Inter Championship. Their attempt at revenge on the first episode of the new UNION Charged program came up short, too, with Sitara being pinned by Starr. They'd lose their final chance of the feud at Bring Down the House '23, too.
At Uneasy Alliance 2023, Sitara would lose the WOTU Inter Championship to Tammy Washington, despite constant interference from her sister Indira at ringside.
== In-Wrestling ==
=== Signatures ===
Backflip/Spinning Heel Kick
Wheelbarrow Facebuster
Back Flip Kick (2016-2019)
=== Finishers ===
Starsault (Double Rotation Moonsault, Middle-Rope Moonsault 2, Standing Moonsault 4/5 outside of ring)
=== Nicknames ===
The Morning Star
== Accomplishments ==
WOTU Inter Championship (2022, current)
== Trivia ==
* The name Sitara literally means "Morning Star" in Farsi, and was the affectionate name Sharma's maternal Grandfather (who was Iranian) gave to her as a child.4
* Sharma is a Chelsea fan, as well as being called Chelsea and being from Chelsea. She likes the link to her team and hometown, saying it allows her to keep connected with her home when travelling around wrestling.5
* Sharma's younger sister Meera also wrestles under the name Indira, and the two regularly team together.6
== Behind-the-Scenes/Notes ==
# Chelsea was created merely to pad out the women's division of the BoB brand I created in one of the MDickie games. I never intended for her to become such a staple of my creations in this series.
# The decision to push her came when she simply refused to be pinned or submitted in a match where I was controlling her opponent. She earned my everlasting respect that day.
#I'd forgotten, for some reason, the plan to have the two sisters reunite in my soft-reboot of PRIZE. It never actually happened, though, so I'll just put it down as one of those almost-moments in professional wrestling.
# The Sitara persona is actually, like many of my CAWs, based on multiple people I've met in my life. In this case, the two were of Indian and Iranian descent, respectively.
# I still sometimes worry it could be too much Chelsea.
# I created Indira specifically because I noticed I had a lot of CAWs and hardly any siblings (outside of Rafe & Harry Daniels and the Cairns) despite wrestling being so synonymous with family legacy. 
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