CHIKARA Pro

[Ringo]

http://thewrestlefanrunner.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/chikara.jpg

Here's one for CHIKARA too. Over the last few years I've only bothered with this promotion when the King Of Trios tournament comes around. It's March, so that means it isn't long away! April 23rd-25th as a matter of fact, and as usual, they've got some fantastic teams together for the event. In the past, they've brought in awesomely unique three man teams such as JOHNNY SAINT, Quack & Skayde, Glacier, Al Snow & D'Lo Brown and trios from Japan like Team DDT and Team BJW. This year is no different.


http://www.chikarapro.com/images/KOT11event.jpg

http://www.chikarapro.com/images/Trios11_1.jpg

F.I.S.T. - Johnny Gargano, Icarus & Chuck Taylor.

http://www.chikarapro.com/images/Trios11_2.jpg

The Colony - Fire Ant, Green Ant & Soldier Ant.

http://www.chikarapro.com/images/Trios11_33.jpg

The Osirian Portal - Amasis, Hieracon & Ophidian.

http://www.chikarapro.com/images/Trios11_444.jpg

Da Soul Touchaz - Acid Jaz, Marshe Rockett & Willie Richardson

http://www.chikarapro.com/images/Trios11_5.jpg

The Throwbacks - Dasher Hatfield, Sugar Dunkerton & Matt Classic (Colt Cabana)

http://www.chikarapro.com/images/Trios11_777.jpg

The Batiri - Kizarny, Kodama & Obariyon

http://www.chikarapro.com/images/Trios11_8888.jpg

Bruderschaft des Kreuzes - Tim Donst, ? & ?

http://www.chikarapro.com/images/Trios11_999999.jpg

Team Australia - Kabel, Percy T & Tama Williams

http://www.chikarapro.com/images/Trios11_1111.jpg

Team Osaka Pro - Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada & Ultimate Spider Jr.

http://www.chikarapro.com/images/Trios11_121212.jpg

Amazing Red & The Maximos/S.A.T.

Plenty of cool trios here, but these two are perhaps the standouts...


http://www.chikarapro.com/images/Trios11_66.jpg

That's right. Owner Mike Quackenbush, his boy Jigsaw and JOSHI LEGEND MANAMI FUCKING TOYOTA. Amazing. I cannot wait to see how she will fit in along side all these indy stalwarts. She is a pretty massive star so it's quite impressive that Quack was able to bring her in.

http://www.chikarapro.com/images/Trios11_10.jpg

Team Michinoku Pro! Dick Togo, Great Sasuke & Jinsei Shinzaki (Hakushi). What a team! Legends of MPro and should be a real highlight of the tournament.

[Cewsh]

I love that you're doing these threads, by the way.

If you do a Shimmer one, I will rep you half to death.

AND FUCK YES Manami Toyota. They got her for a weekend of shows early in the year but nobody expected her to actually come back, so that's exciting as fuck.

[MichaelC]

I loved Chikara's Torneo Cibernetico (sp?) from 2005/6 sometime around then - which featured Mike Quack, Claudio C and the greatest Hurricanrana of all time - far more than you'd expect for a big match where I only knew about 3 guys out of 18.

[Ringo]

I love that you're doing these threads, by the way.

If you do a Shimmer one, I will rep you half to death.

AND FUCK YES Manami Toyota. They got her for a weekend of shows early in the year but nobody expected her to actually come back, so that's exciting as fuck.

It really is cool. Give me Manami Toyota vs. Johnny Saint at some point in the future and my life will be complete.

Oh, and you might as well go ahead with a nice big shiny new SHIMMER mega-thread. I don't think I've checked out anything from that promotion aside from the SHIMMER title matches that they've featured on ROH shows in the past. So beyond MsChif, Sara Del Ray and so forth I know next to nothing about it. I'm certainly up for giving it a go though :yes:

[MichaelC]

JOHNNY SAINT IS STILL WRESTLING???????

[Ringo]

JOHNNY SAINT IS STILL WRESTLING???????

Amazingly, yes. He was part of the King Of Trios in 2009 alongside Quack & Skayde and the match they had with Danielson, Claudio & DAVE TAYLOR was completely amazing. He also put on a WRESTLING CLINIC in one of my favourite indy matches from that year against Quackenbush in wXw in Germany. A 66 year old (as he was then) featuring prominently in two genuinely good wrestling matches in one year is quite the feat!

[Cewsh]

It really is cool. Give me Manami Toyota vs. Johnny Saint at some point in the future and my life will be complete.

Oh, and you might as well go ahead with a nice big shiny new SHIMMER mega-thread. I don't think I've checked out anything from that promotion aside from the SHIMMER title matches that they've featured on ROH shows in the past. So beyond MsChif, Sara Del Ray and so forth I know next to nothing about it. I'm certainly up for giving it a go though :yes:

Done, brother. :yes:

[MichaelC]

Amazingly, yes. He was part of the King Of Trios in 2009 alongside Quack & Skayde and the match they had with Danielson, Claudio & DAVE TAYLOR was completely amazing. He also put on a WRESTLING CLINIC in one of my favourite matches from that year against Quackenbush in wXw in Germany. A 66 year old (as he was then) featuring prominently in two genuinely good wrestling matches in one year is quite the feat!

That's amazing. Saint had great matches back in the day, on the WoS shows.


I wanted to see some of the King of Trios but they never stay online long enough. One had Demolition, One Man Gang and Glacier - I read about it on tvtropes!

[blackening]

I didn't know the Maximos were still wrestling.

[Cewsh]

They haven't been, really.

[mth]

KIZARNY! :yes: CHIKARA need to get Boogeyman on a show sometime. Seems like he'd fit in like a glove.

[Ringo]

So King of Trios is this weekend.

Not only do they now seemingly have SEAN WALTMAN as the 123 Kid....

http://www.chikarapro.com/images/Trios11_151515.jpg

...but they've also got Rock legend Stan Bush performing a live concert! :eek:

PLUS more teams:

http://www.chikarapro.com/images/Trios11_16.jpg

http://www.chikarapro.com/images/Trios11_13.jpg

[Cewsh]

A Stan Bush concert?

Fuck YES.

[MikeHunt]

after wrestlemania king of trios is what i look forward to most from any wrestling company.

amazing wrestling every year.

[Defrost]

Sean Waltman left this note in the locker room

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/2969/waltman.jpg

[Cewsh]

Awwwwww.

[Bill Casey]

http://www.chikarapro.com/images/Trios11_8888.jpg

Bruderschaft des Kreuzes - Tim Donst, ? & ?

That's Jakob Hammermeier and Delirious...
It's pretty spectacular that Delirious is in a faction called "Bok"...

[Ringo]

Yeah, when I posted that only one member of the team had been announced, but they later updated the pic.

[mth]

http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/clt/2322827962.html
:lol:

[Cewsh]

:rofl:

[Ringo]

Watching Night 1. What an absolute blast this is. So much fun.

Generico is Godly. Dance-offs, Waltman, great comedy, great wrestling, good presentation. Just awesome.

Everyone watch it.

[Kev]

How does one get their hands on this PPV?

[Cewsh]

http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/Chikara-DVD-April-15-2011-King-Of-Trios-Night-1-Philadelphia-PA/

[Kev]

Cheers, I'll get it with the next paycheck.

Love no longer being a student and having money again :yes:

[Tugboat]

There I was, checking out the Tag-Team Reboot thread, and asked a SIMPLE QUESTION about which Chikara DVD is worth picking up (as if it weren't relevant to the WWE's tag division) and people had the GALL to suggest that I take it to the actual Chikara thread!

Oh...

Right, cool. Didn't see we had that (Oh um...maybe use the search function...)

Any suggestions on a good place to start? I'm loving their comedic elements from what I've seen on Youtube.

Please remember when preparing a sarcastic retort to this post that I am a spastic.

[Mikey_Jones]

King of Trio's is quality, it's the 3 night tournament shown in the first post by Ringo. 16 trio's compete in a single eliminated tournament, along with plenty of other matches over the 3 nights.

[Ringo]

Yeah, definitely one of the King Of Trios. There's always something for everyone in there. Plenty of comedy, good wrestling, indy superstars, old favourites and the odd :wtf: appearance.

Everyone from Glacier to Demolition to Johnny Saint has popped up at some point.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Trios

I've only seen 2009 and 2011 in full, and they're both terrific.

[Tugboat]

Thanks fellas, I don't care what everyone else says; you're alright.

[Mikey_Jones]

Check out http://www.youtube.com/user/HaVoc426 for some music video's of recent events, as well

[Tugboat]

Hee hee that dude is dressed like a snake.

[Cewsh]

http://i.imgur.com/F60ie.jpg

[Ringo]

Watched King of Trios NIGHT ONE (available on all the usual wrestling torrent sites of course) and it was an absolute blast. Apparently Night 2 is better and Night 3 is one of the best shows in Chikara history with an electric crowd, so I'm looking forward to that.

I'd recommend Night One to everyone though, because there's lots of variety and given the inclusion of familiar faces like Meng, the Powers of Pain, Waltman, Aldo Montoya, Tatanka, Dreamer, Scorpio, Lynn and spoiler: TITO SANTANA, it could serve as a good introduction to those who have no previous experience with Chikara as a promotion. There's plenty of great comedy (Ebessan and Kikutaro!), legends, female wrestlers are included in the mix, all the usual Chikara faces. Generally great fun, as one might expect.

The teams for this year's tournament, by the way:


The Batiri (Kobald, Kodama and Obariyon)
The Colony (assailANT, Fire Ant and Green Ant)
The Extreme Trio (Jerry Lynn, Tommy Dreamer and Too Cold Scorpio)
The Faces of Pain (The Barbarian, Meng and The Warlord)
F.I.S.T. (Chuck Taylor, Icarus and Johnny Gargano)
Gran Akuma, Scott Parker and Shane Matthews
Jigsaw, Manami Toyota and Mike Quackenbush
This team was a surprise which adds to the fun! Mihara, The Mysterious and Handsome Stranger and Tito Santana
The Spectral Envoy (Frightmare, Hallowicked and UltraMantis Black)
The Swarm (combatANT, deviANT and Soldier Ant)
Team JWP (Command Bolshoi, Kaori Yoneyama and Tsubasa Kuragaki)
Team Osaka Pro (Ebessan, Kikutaro and Takoyakida)
Team Ring of Honor (Matt Jackson, Mike Bennett and Nick Jackson)
Team Sendai Girls (Dash Chisako, Meiko Satomura and Sendai Sachiko)
Team WWF (1-2-3 Kid, Aldo Montoya and Tatanka)
The Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield, Mark Angelosetti and Matt Classic)

[DDT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beodN4qCkVU&feature=g-all

Scary Quackenbush? It's happening.

[Cewsh]

Cewsh Reviews is actually going to be covering the last Chikara show of the season, Under the Hood. So, you know, be all excited for that.

[Mikey_Jones]

I cannot wait for this show. The whole GEKIDO storyline has been marevllous

[DDT]

So CHIKARA explains how Archibald Peck can come back after losing a Loser Leaves Town Match...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djqqgSEoW9U

[The Rick]

Okay so I'm really late to this party, but that's they way I usually do it. This probably stems quite a bit from listening to Cabana's podcast, but I've been watching matches here and there. They are so entertaining, that I've ordered all three nights of the King of Trios 2012.


There are some great bits that they do. Where else could you find this stuff?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzSokWWNWFE

[mr sabu]

im like you the rick got interested to pwg and chikara while listening to quack and excaliber

i like this.... although the more the background part at 1:25 i keep replaying


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-CAAy8_-lU

[Mikey_Jones]

On a similar note, this is an old clip but a classic


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-j76XSqczE

[The Rick]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq--Be8M7cQ

[The Rick]

Watched King of Trios NIGHT ONE (available on all the usual wrestling torrent sites of course) and it was an absolute blast. Apparently Night 2 is better and Night 3 is one of the best shows in Chikara history with an electric crowd, so I'm looking forward to that.

I'd recommend Night One to everyone though, because there's lots of variety and given the inclusion of familiar faces like Meng, the Powers of Pain, Waltman, Aldo Montoya, Tatanka, Dreamer, Scorpio, Lynn and spoiler: TITO SANTANA, it could serve as a good introduction to those who have no previous experience with Chikara as a promotion. There's plenty of great comedy (Ebessan and Kikutaro!), legends, female wrestlers are included in the mix, all the usual Chikara faces. Generally great fun, as one might expect.

The teams for this year's tournament, by the way:

I got this in the mail Friday. Each night is separated into two discs. I'm down to the second disc of the 3rd night. I agree with most of what Ringo has stated. I can't speak to night three being the best in Chikara history(I'm just getting into this promotion), but it has been really good through the first disc. They were $15 each, and as the set I feel it was well worth my purchase.

[takerson]

Yep. 2012 King Of Trios all 3 nights were the first Chikara shows I'd ever seen. Great introduction as all the familiar faces helped grab my attention, and let me give all the not-so-familiars a chance. I REALLY enjoyed all three shows and am glad I watched them. I decided to as my friend Heather is into Chikara and wants us to go on March 9th to their show in Orlando... I wasn't too sure if I wanted to so I watched those shows and that made my decision for me.

As long as God's willing and the creek don't rise.... I plan on attending Chikara on March 9. Already announced for my show is Eddie Kingston vs. Green Ant.... :(

I fucking DESPISE EDDIE KINGSTON. Always have. I'm afraid I'll slap his face if he gets close.

[Cewsh]

HOW CAN YOU HATE THE MAN WHO CUT THIS PROMO?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1AGjIQKxNE

[takerson]

I blame his matches with Chris Hero in ROH in late 2009. They were so botchy and got to Kevin Steen levels of kicking-out-of-everything and it made me hate him. He's from the same town in NY as me, so I should love him, but I can't help but absolutely loathe him. If I'm forced to see him defend a World Title in a show I'm paying to see.... well then I hope Green Ant takes the belt off him, the fucker. :lol:

[Cewsh]

That's fair. I'm not a fan of Kingston is the ring at all.

[takerson]

Well I'm glad you haven't completely lost your mind. :yes:

I'm really hoping to get a Delirious match. ha.

[The Rick]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bevPKQ1S0WA

[DDT]

I blame his matches with Chris Hero in ROH in late 2009. They were so botchy and got to Kevin Steen levels of kicking-out-of-everything and it made me hate him. He's from the same town in NY as me, so I should love him, but I can't help but absolutely loathe him. If I'm forced to see him defend a World Title in a show I'm paying to see.... well then I hope Green Ant takes the belt off him, the fucker. :lol:

Why are you blaming Eddie Kingston for what has been Chris Hero's staple match since he won the PWG World title in 2008?

[takerson]

Because he was the common factor to me. Of the dozens of Chris Hero matches I'VE seen, I've never disliked any of them.... except the 2 with Kingston.... and that was the reason why. Those matches should've ended 8 false finishes before they did.

I just don't like Eddie Kingston. haha.

Oh, and his match in the main event of Night 2 of the 2012 King Of Trios was hard to watch too. So it's not Hero.

[DDT]

Fair enough I guess, and its not like anyone would consider Kingston a ring-general by any stretch of the imagination, but a self-admitted Chris Hero fan hating on Kingston for something Chris Hero has been rather notorious for over the last couple of years strikes me as kind of silly.

Besides, if anyone from the Colony should be the Grand Champion, it should be Fire Ant.

[takerson]

I get your point too, don't get me wrong. I don't know why it bothered me so much in those matches then. :/

I DON'T LIKE HIS FACE. There. lol.

[The Rick]

I get your point too, don't get me wrong. I don't know why it bothered me so much in those matches then. :/

I DON'T LIKE HIS FACE. There. lol.

Your text says you don't like his face, but your typing says you love to watch him leave...


So I finished the last disc on the King of Trios. It is just great. The "Chikara is Vaudevill" video from my earlier post was the first match on this disc. I watched it again, and loved it even more in color. The women take stage directly after this match with Commando Boishoi & Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Kaori Yoneyama & Manami Toyota. It is a fabulous match. Jigsaw vs. Tadasuke is right before the Trios final, and they hold a heck of a match. I actaully wish they had a longer match. It felt like they were building toward something more. The final match was awesome. Jesus christ do they do a six-man-tag match justice.

I'm sold on Chikara at this point. Some suggestions for my next purchase would be welcomed.

[The Rick]

I have to admit, that while I would like to see WWE bring back a little blood, I love watching Chikara's pg wrestling. The over the top characters, the comedy, and the solid wrestling are more than enough to keep me entertained.

[Cewsh]

I would really recommend High Noon from last year. It was their first ever iPPV and they crowned their first champion. We reviewed it and it was fantastic.

[Mikey_Jones]

On the Eddie Kingson talk, he is facing Amazing Kong on 8th March

[takerson]

So I bought my front row Chikara tix today for the March 9th Orlando show.... and got this in my email. Chikara is SO awesome. :lol:




Thank you for your order.


Your goods have been gently taken from our warehouse shelves with sterilized, contamination-free gloves. No animals were harmed in this process.


Our packing specialist, a teenage boy of questionable origin, spoke an incantation and gingerly went about the careful business of placing each of your goods into a suitable mailing container.


Afterwards, our entire office staff, the interns, and the teenage boy of questionable origin, all marched down the street to the post office, at which point we bestowed care of this parcel to the trustworthy and competent workers in the United States postal system.


Your picture is now on our wall with a tag that reads "Customer of the Year." Please don't ask how we got it. As you can imagine, this has left us pretty tired, but we can’t wait for you to order from us again!

[takerson]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LAk48x0KmoQ

Green Ant cuts a good promo here that makes me look forward to his Title Shot. God I hope Kingston loses to him. If I have to watch Kingston, I'd prefer he lost. haha.

THE CARD FOR THE ORLANDO SHOW "THE WATCHMAKER" on MARCH 9th

Grand Champion Eddie Kingston vs. Green Ant

10 Person Tag:
3.0, Gran Akuma, Dasher Hatfield, & Saturyne
vs. Johnny Gargano, Icarus, Sugar Dunkerton, & The Devastation Corporation

Younk Lion's Cup Champion Mark Angelosetti vs. AssailANT

Mike Quackenbush & Fire Ant vs. Jigsaw & The Shard

Archibald Peck vs. Tim Donst

8 Man Tag
Soldier Ant & THREE MYSTERY PARTNERS vs.
Cobald, Ophidian, & The Batiri

Hallowicked vs. Jakob Hammermeier

Eddie Graves vs. Oliver Grimsly



I'll tell you what, I'm REALLY looking forward to the Quack/Fire Ant vs. Jigsaw/Shard match. I'm looking forward to the big tag matches. I'm really interested in who the 3 mystery partners will be. Knowing that Delirious doesn't have a match and that Awesome Kong & X Pac are on the show the day before, I'm thinking it might be some potential for good surprises.

This event is gonna be SO MUCH FUN.

[Cewsh]

I love how quickly you've become a Chikara fan. :D

Remind me to send you the High Noon show next time we do a tape swap.

[Psycho666Soldier]

It doesn't take long. When I went to that ROH/Chikara Synergy show earlier this year, it was my first experience with CHIKARA. i was enamored pretty quickly, and had to buy the King of Trios 2011 DVD set. I just haven't found the time to keep up with all the stuff going on now, but it'll happen one day. They really have a lot going for them that not many companies do.

[takerson]

With me it was, my friend heard about the Orlando show and wanted to go. I was "meeeeh" about it, knowing of Chikara but never watching it. I brought that up on here and a few people said I should go. Someone posted a video that had a 6 person tag with 3 Joshi wrestlers vs. Gen Me and Mike Bennett and I loved it. I got the 2012 King of Trios and absolutely loved it. Read up on Chikara, watched more clips. READ CEWSH'S HIGH NOON REVIEW THAT I'D SKIPPED. :yes: . All that coupled with my friend's enthusiasm and already being a fan of Quack & Delirious, have gotten me pretty pumped. And I'm sure after what is pretty much guaranteed to be an extremely fun experience, I'll be hooked.

[Mikey_Jones]

Chikara is awesome. I got High Noon and Chikarasaurus Rex: How to Hatch a Dinosaur on iPPV, they were both pretty good shows. I've also got KoT 2011 on DVD, which was superb

[takerson]

Just gotta get this out, nowhere else to do so.... I'm really looking forward to Chikara on Saturday. The most unique wrestling event I've ever been to, for sure, and my first "major" indy promotion show. I've been to a couple tiny one-off local indies just a couple times, but this'll be the first major indy show (not counting TNA in 2005, lol). Can't express in words how much I'm looking forward to Quackenbush/Fire Ant vs. Jigsaw/The Shard, as well as the multi-man tags.

[The Rick]

Thats cool. Love to read a rundown when you get back.

[takerson]

Ya know how my friend bakes stuff for the NXT wrestlers? Well she tweets Quackenbush saying that we're looking forward to the show, she also says "would it be OK if we brought some homemade baked goods for you guys?" Quack responed "Please Do!"

This is gonna be awesome.

[MikeHunt]

Jesus Christ! JUST FUCKING STOP IT!

[Cewsh]

Ya know how my friend bakes stuff for the NXT wrestlers? Well she tweets Quackenbush saying that we're looking forward to the show, she also says "would it be OK if we brought some homemade baked goods for you guys?" Quack responed "Please Do!"

This is gonna be awesome.

That's awesome, man. Cupcakes will get you everywhere in this world.

[takerson]

That's awesome, man. Cupcakes will get you everywhere in this world.

I'm learning this quickly. No doubt. haha.

I'm thinking of bringing a derogatory sign for Kingston. Front row center, will guarantee interaction during the show. I really hate that man. haha.

[Cewsh]

I'm learning this quickly. No doubt. haha.

I'm thinking of bringing a derogatory sign for Kingston. Front row center, will guarantee interaction during the show. I really hate that man. haha.

I eagerly await watching him yelling at you on the DVD. :lol:

[Miotch]

Time for a break.

[Mills]

lol, fucking hunt.

[takerson]

I've got him on Ignore, so I don't know what he was saying, but I knew it had to be insulting me and/or Cewsh, as that's his new hobby. Thanks Miotch.

[Mills]

If youre the hobby, Cewsh is the passion lol

[takerson]

:lol: :lol:

[Cewsh]

:lol: Dead on.

[takerson]

I'm watching "Zelda The Great 2012". It's really fun so far. It opened with Gavin Loudspeaker singing "Chikara's Just What I Needed" to thunderous applause and crowd participation. :lol: Followed up with The Batiri (Cobald is really growing on me, the creepy little bastard runs up to little children and scares them, awesome) vs. Soul Touchaz and it was so much fun. We got El Generico vs. The Shard, and THAT was awesome. And now we got Soldier Ant/DeviAnt vs. FIST, which has been great so far.

EDIT: And now Sugar Dunkerton, the referee, and a member of 3.0 have begun randomly dancing in the middle of a match, as a song randomly began playing. This is amazing. In this same match, The Mysterious & Handsome Stranger's tag team partner is a toy Pigeon.

[Matthew]

I've got him on Ignore, so I don't know what he was saying, but I knew it had to be insulting me and/or Cewsh, as that's his new hobby. Thanks Miotch.yawn. only reason for this is to continue to remind someone you have him on ignore. stop being such a pussy. it looks pathetic

[Matthew]

i will never be able to take someone like quakenbush seriously. i know it is a comedy fed, with some more serious things (which he has been involved in), but he turns me away from the product more than anything.

[takerson]

It's more to remind him, so that he doesn't bother wasting his time trying anymore. And Quack's not that bad.

[Matthew]

It's tantamount to trolling him. it wasn't needed. you said it before. the more you say it, the worse it makes you look. because you really aren't ignoring him by continuing to mention it.

and that is great you don't think he's that bad. nice to know you have an opinion.

[Cewsh]

Quack's great in the ring, but he does look ridiculous. Which is why he had to start his own promotion.

[Matthew]

too bad he books himself majorly in it. his ring gear is probably the worst thing about him, actually. he may have a better look if he didn't dress like a 90's wcw fat luchardor without a mask.

[Mills]

... so he needs a mask?

[Matthew]

yes

problems solved

[takerson]

I highly recommend "Zelda The Great 2012". It was a fun and exciting show that only had one skippable match, and even that had a few cool spots (Tim Donst vs. Gran Akuma).

[Matthew]

no thanks

[Cewsh]

I'll definitely be checking it out. :yes:

[kangus]

takerson thinks it's just Mikehunt :lol:

[takerson]

Soldier Ant's "Mystery Team" debuted tonight.... Arctic Rescue Ant, Orbit Adventure Ant, & Missile Launch Ant. The Colony XTREME. :lol: MORE ANTS!

[Cewsh]

I badly need to know what Orbit Adventure Ant looks like.

[takerson]

"The Watchmaker" is tonight! I can't wait!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/takerson/IMG_4429_zpsd409b9c4.jpg

[takerson]

I'm gonna bring a derogatory sign for Eddie Kingston too, it's gonna be plain black letters on plain white poster. "Eddie Kingston is a waste of Air" or "I strongly dislike Eddie Kingston" or something like that. Any suggestions for it?

[Mills]

Eddie Queenston

[takerson]

YES

[Mills]

Who loves ya :)

[takerson]

I'm so getting punched in the face tonight....

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/takerson/IMG_4430_zpsd832d54c.jpg

[takerson]

I didn't get home 'til 3am, which was actually 4am because the time jumped ahead an hour. I just woke up and have to be at work in 45 minutes, so pics/stories (there are A LOT of really good stories, and a bunch of really cool pics to share) will be up after work tonight. A little teaser? I had at least one over-the-top flip dive directly in my lap, my brother had direct during-the-show interaction with Kobald of the Batiri, and I met pretty much every single person on the card accept Hallowicked and Archibald Peck, I have at least one match-worn souvineir, And Bryce Remsburg, after taking the box of intricately decorated cupcakes from us, tweeted this a few minutes later from backstage...

Bryce Remsburg ‏@dabryceisright (https://twitter.com/dabryceisright)
Delicious gift from radical CHIKARA fans in Orlando. Step up your delicacy game, every other town!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BE9iFLwCMAAf0rb.jpg

[Cewsh]

Those look fantastic. Now I want cupcakes very badly.

[JRSlim21]

Are any of those red velvet?

[Mikey_Jones]

I saw him tweet that and I thought it may have been your cupcakes

[The Rick]

Thats good stuff right there.

[takerson]

OOOk. We go in, and find our seats. We are right in the middle of the front row flush with the ring, to the left of hard camera, and I'm immediately positive that people will be landing on us. lol. Almost immediately I recognize Dasher Hatfield just walking about! And I get kinda giddy. haha.

One thing I must point out, EVERYONE stood in character at ALL TIMES, and it was AMAZING. They were all very nice, and almost every single one of them shook my hand and said "thank you for supporting independent wrestling." And I felt that, you know? Unlike WWE or TNA, these guys really do count on us as individuals supporting them. Every fan counts, there isn't a million more to replace us if they lose one.

I let him know he's one of my favorite characters, have a short conversation with him that ended in him saying "Well I'm glad to have you here young man, thank you for coming out and supporting a good cause. Then I got this pic.


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Almost immediately after that, I recognized my favorite referee! haha, Bryce Remsburg. We of course offered him a cupcake, and when he saw the intricate designs (Heather literally spent an hour on EACH FACE) he just about marked out for them. We took this pic...


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And he asked us if he could bring them in the back "I promise that everyone who's on these here will get their cupcake." Of course we let him, and about 5 minutes later, A friend of Heather's texted her to tell her that Bryce had tweeted a pic of the cupcakes from backstage! That pic I posted of them earlier? That's not my pic, that's the pic that Bryce tweeted.


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AssailANT was the next guy I got to meet, he mumbled. haha. "Ohhhh yeah, ghostbustersghostbustersyeahIknowthem." just like that. haha.


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I can't stress enough how awesome it is that everyone stood in character at all times. Veronica was SO grumpy, when I asked her why, she gave me a very well thought out (possibly rehearsed) story of why she's upset. Got this pretty great pic with her, Tim Donst, and the Tag Team Champions 3.0... yep... they put their belts on my shoulder!


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I went up to Mr. Touchdown, and asked for a picture, but before the pic was taken I said "So when am I gonna get my shot at that?" and pointed at his "Young Lions Cup Championship". Heather snapped this pic as we had our conversation...


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He said, very animated like, he was cutting a promo on me. haha. "First off, how old are you?" I say "25", he says "I don't believe you're 25 I'm gonna have to see some ID"... I show it to him... "Well OK then, Do you really think you have what it takes to beat Mr. Touchdown?".... I say "I might, I think I have a chance."... he says, "Well let me put it like this, do you think you can beat Hallowicked?"... I say "I dunno, he's pretty tough, tougher than you I think".... he says "WELL I BEAT Hallowicked on *insert date here* in *insert town here* for this prestigious Young Lion's Cup in the middle of the ring, so I'll ask you again do you really think you have what it takes?".... I say "Now that I think about it, you did beat X Pac recently one on one so No, I don't think I have any business challenging you.".... he says "Well I don't know who X Pac is but I DID defeat the 1,2,3 Kid at King Of Trios."

YES. haha. Anyway, got this pic.


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OLIVER GRIMSLY is my new favorite wrestler. haha. He is a psychotic circus freak. And he's awesome. Here he is giving Heather a Balloon... remember this.


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As creepy as this next pic is... it is necessary for reference for my next story... here is my brother Andrew wearing the Los Ice Creams Mask I bought him and his Sonic The Hedgehog skullcap....


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So the next match features Ophidian, Kobald, & The Batiri... Kobald comes out... runs up to random children and scares the hell out of them... then runs past my brother and steals his hat, as WELL as Heather's Balloon! He tries to pop the balloon by stomping on it, and fails, so he tries again, fails again, then he has The Batiri hold it in the ring on the floor, then comes off the top rope with a double stomp!!


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And It STILL DOESN'T POP, but it rises to the ceiling, this all got a huge pop from the crowd, so we're officially part of the show. Kobald proceeds to PUT MY BROTHER'S SONIC HAT ON...


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... and throw a tantrum while wearing it, then he threw it on the ground.... and a security guard brought it back to my brother.... not a minute later, after being TP'ed by some of the audience, that little shit demon came back around and snatched the Ice Creams mask off my brother's head and ran away with it! Here he is with it in his hand.


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He then brought it over to their corner and my brother's Ice Creams mask was in The Batiri's corner under the bottom turnbuckle for the whole match! haha.


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[takerson]

Soldier Ant's Mystery Team was THREE NEW ANTS. Orbit Adventure Ant, he moved in slow motion like he was in space. Here he is Running in slow motion towards us. lol.


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There was Arctic Rescue Ant, who liked to pretend he was skiing....


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And Missile Assault Ant. He pretended to fly around like a missile, no good pics of that.... but what did they do most of the time? Dick around. They kept screaming eachother's names, talking with fans, running up and down the stands. Pretty much anything but being there for their partner, Soldier Ant, who would round them up whenever he had a chance and push them back into their corner, only for them to wander off again. It can not be conveyed in typing just how amazing and hilarious this was. You HAVE to buy the DVD. Here's some shots of them doing anything but being there for Soldier Ant...


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A few good action shots from the match.


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Next was Hallowicked vs. Jakob Hammermeier. A few shots from that.


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Next was Mr. Touchdown vs. AssailANT. A few shots from that... Pretty proud of all three of these shots.


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INTERMISSION time, or INTERMISH, as Gavin Loudspeaker called it. Andrew went to get a pic with Kobald... who stole his Ice Creams mask AGAIN for the pic. lol.


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My pic with that little shit demon... I mean that with affection. I love to hate the little bastard.


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[takerson]

I then offered cupcakes to Kobald & The Batiri....... The two little green-face-painted guys started going "Ohhhh. Ahhhh. Want. Waaant." and reaching for them, Kobald started sniffing them like an animal.... Kobald then smacked them up INTO MY FACE AND ONTO THE FLOOR! And started cackling like an evil mouse. "Ahahahahahaha, he fell for it, hahahahaha". That little shit! I loved it! haha. The 2 green dudes (Kodama, & Obariyon) were like "we still want them, we want them." So I said, "Andrew, give them the one the fell on the floor..." and Andrew did... and they ATE THEM! Ahahaha!

Got this pic with Ophidian shortly after.


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And this pic with Gavin Loudspeaker shortly after that.


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ANNND Oliver Grimsly after that.


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I asked Saturyne for a pic, one of my favs she is, she responded with "would you like to buy my signed poster?" and held it up. I said "ohh. I can't afford it I'm sorry." And that little shithead shrugged and WALKED AWAY! Ha! I had already spent every cent I had on a DVD of their event from last month, an Ice Creams Mask, and a Dasher Hatfield shirt.

Then it was time for the show to resume... Jigsaw & The Shard vs. Mike Quackenbush & Fire Ant were up next..... I'll never forget what happened next. So Jigsaw makes his entrance with The Shard....


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Then Fire Ant's Music hits, Jigsaw gets off the ring and comes and stands right in front of me.... If you know Fire Ant, you know he pretty much speed walks out of the back..... Try and picture this from my perspective..... Jigsaw's in front of me, I'm looking across the ring at the entry way..... Fire Ant comes running out of the back..... slides into the ring.... doesn't even slow down to catch his balance and KEEPS running without stopping and running front flip dives onto Jigsaw AND ME. They land directly in my lap, HARD. But the shot of adrenaline and excitement it gave me was so intense, I was in shock, I was amazed, I didn't feel the bruises in my legs 'til about 3 hours later. lol. Fire Ant jumped up and gave me a high five, then grabbed Jigsaw and the best match of the night commenced. It was amazing, so many cool spots and false finishes. Here's a few shots from it... VERY PROUD of a BUNCH of these action shots.


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I'm purposely avoiding getting into too much detail about the matches, as much as I want to, because I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL to buy the DVD, it was an AMAZING SHOW.

Archibald Peck vs. Tim Donst was next, Jakob Hammermeier was the highlight here as he kept crying, literally, whenever Tim was getting beat up! lol. When People were chanting "Let's Go Archie!" he'd SCREAM "Let's Go Teem Donst!" in a whiney tone. Hilarious.

Here he is being sad. lol.


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If you watch Chikara, you know that the Main Event usually has a drumroll performed on the ring by the front row... yep. Got to do that.


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OH YEAH, so EDDIE KINGSTON NO SHOWED. So at least I didn't have to suffer through his match, but it pretty much COMPLETELY NULLIFIED THE TWO SIGNS I MADE. They didn't replace his match, they just stuck Green Ant into Saturyne's spot in the 10 man tag and called that the Main Event.

Here's Sugar Dunkerton doing the Michael Hayes freebird dance. I wish I was making it up. haha.


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[takerson]

ROWBOAT!


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Yes. This is a 350lb. fat sumbitch doing a MOONSAULT.


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After the show, pretty much the rest of the roster came out. Got to meet Green Ant and he signed my sign.


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And Jigsaw, who among other things, I complimented on his TNA match I was at last July and how much I wanted him to win it. He was MARKING OUT for the cupcake with his mask on it, BTW. And Green Ant loved the attention to detail on them too, pointing out Soldier Ant's missing antennae in particular.


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And FIRE ANT.


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Mike Quackenbush. I marked a little bit for him, haha. told him I'd been a fan for a long time and meeting him was a pretty big deal. He speaks in this ridiculous superhero like voice. lol. He said "A fight broke out in the locker room over the last cupcake". Heather said, "Who won?".... Quack says "well, in the end, we all lost, as in the scuffle the last cupcake fell to the floor.". :lol:


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Andrew's pic with Quack, if only for his DUCK FACE he made. :lol: Quack? Get it?


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Overall it was the best show wrestling wise, and the best experience outside the ring wise, I've ever had at a wrestling show. PERIOD. And it was SOOOO MUCH FUN. It's a serious contender for most fun night I've ever had. GO TO A CHIKARA SHOW. And buy the dvd of this one "The Watchmaker" it's a great show and I'm part of it! haha.

I'll leave you with this.


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[takerson]

Oh, also, had a long, detailed conversation with Ophidian after the show about Mortal Kombat and Horror Movies. Awesome. Everyone was just so personable and genuinely happy to meet everyone, while also staying in character.

OH. Couple more stories. First, Jakob Hammermeier? Kinda sad, he was trying to sell his T-Shirt so hard and nobody wanted it. He was making jokes about it.... but hanging around all clingy-like, it was really coming across as begging.

And Tim Donst, right before we left, gave us his CD that he was selling for $10 for free, I'm assuming as a thank you for the cupcakes, we'd also just got done having a pretty cool conversation with him. He said "it sucks, but maybe you'll enjoy it for the ride home." :lol: And you know what? It DOES SUCK. It SUCKS SO BAD..... THAT IT'S GENIUS. A couple tracks are him telling these strange stories, kinda like promos, and some are these horrendously bad and out-of-tune songs. The last one ends abruptly and awkwardly with him crying because he lost to Hallowicked. :lol:

[DDT]

Damn it, now I have to go to CHIKARA shows. I held off because I convinced myself they were not the zany fun times I knew them to be. Thanks Takerson, you...you.....SHIRT TUCKER!!!!

[takerson]

Fire Ant replied to me on Twitter with "Thanks for the catch!" awesome.

[Cewsh]

Damn it, now I have to go to CHIKARA shows. I held off because I convinced myself they were not the zany fun times I knew them to be. Thanks Takerson, you...you.....SHIRT TUCKER!!!!

We need to go to Philly, bro.

[takerson]

YES YOU DO. Front row.

[Mills]

nice write up on prowrestling.net

[takerson]

It's not bad. But don't read it if you want to wait for the DVD to see who won most of the matches.

[Mills]

? I already read it, how else did i know it was you?

[takerson]

It wasn't me. :P I thought you were just saying, in general, that it was a nice write up! :lol:

And I was saying for everyone else who HADN'T already read it, to skip it if they want to avoid spoilers.

[Mills]

Was it your buddy? I thought your mask got stolen or whatever

[takerson]

Nope. There was one other guy in the front row on the opposite side of the ring with a Los Ice Creams mask as well, I'm guessing it was him. His mask wasn't stolen, Kobald tried, but the guy held it on.

[mr sabu]

so i just downloaded

A.Piece.of.the.Action and Zelda.The.Great

and also does dasher remind you of mr mackey from south park

[takerson]

Zelda The Great is AWESOME.

[DDT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I4I7w7dNqQ

[DDT]

:hyper::hyper:WRESTLECON!!!:hyper::hyper:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0a_OYqxkaA

[mr sabu]

just added

While The Dawn Is Breaking and All The Agents and Superhuman Crew to my small collection

[takerson]

The show I went to "The Watchmaker" is now available! I already ordered the DVD. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes Chikara. It's a very fun show, no match is bad, and The Colony/Batiri 8 man tag, Quack/Fire Ant vs. Jigsaw/Shard, and Main Event 10 Man Tag, are all great. Watch for Kobald stealing my brother's Sonic hat and Los Ice Creams mask, as well as my friend's balloon and incorporating both in the Batiri's entrance! As well as Jigsaw/Fire Ant landing in my lap to open their match!

$15 for the DVD http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/chikara-dvd-march-9-2013-watchmaker-orlando-fl.html

$12 for Download http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/chikara-dvd-march-9-2013-watchmaker-orlando-fl-download.html

$10 for On Demand Video http://smvod.com/premium-video/chikara-march-9-2013-watchmaker-orlando-fl

Hope you guys give it a shot!

[takerson]

GIF's of Kobald stealing our hat and Balloon, failing to pop it, then putting the hat on to curl in a ball and cry. For those who don't plan on buying the DVD.

http://fyindywrestling.tumblr.com/post/46802125016/the-batiri-vs-the-balloon

[mr sabu]

i just bought it and the one before it

my chikara collection is growing

[takerson]

Groovy. Mine too. :yes:

[DDT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-bBfl7EV2Y

Huh...who knew that Jigsaw was a decent promo?

[takerson]

Kobald stealing my brother's Sonic hat, Heather's Balloon, then trying to pop the balloon to no avail, then putting on my brother's hat and crying in a fetal position. :D


https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_jWaeyqJ7_w

[HHHnFoley_Rulez]

Takerson, you're now immortalised in Botchamania 230. Kudos to you, sir.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zM7JDGkFdi4#!

4.20 in. Though watch the whole thing, you rascals.

[takerson]

:yes: :D

[takerson]

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[Mikey_Jones]

Major events in Chikara last night. This summaries far better than I ever could:

http://wallsofjerichoholic.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/the-face-of-armageddon-chikara.html

[Mikey_Jones]

As a follow up, Chikara have cancelled all future events and seem to have "closed down" for the foreseeable future

[Cewsh]

Yeah, it's crazy. But it looks like Wrestling Is... is basically just Chikara under a different name.

[DDT]

This is great; only CHIKARA would pull something like this.

[Ringo]

Reading about all this now. This is great. Fans smashing glass doors, crying upon being told to leave. WHAT'S REAL AND WHAT ISN'T!?

[DDT]

I sense Tim Donst behind this all!

http://www.chikarapro.com/blog/

[Ringo]

http://youtu.be/djqqgSEoW9U

and a nice little recap from PWInsider


A little context: Chikara was “sold” to Worldwide Media Development Corporation a few years ago. Shortly after the sale, a sharp-dressed gentleman would be seen at events, observing the roster and matches. We’d learned his name was Wink Vavasseur, an auditor from Worldwide Media Development Corporation. Soon, he would replace Dieter von Steigerwalt as Director of Fun. Clearly with a business background and no wrestling knowledge (he would routinely refer to wrestlers as Baseball Face or Snakeface, etc), Vavasseur oversaw a period of growth in Chikara, multiple attendance records broken and the creation of the Grand Championship under his watch.
Towards the end of 2012, Chikara fans learned that Worldwide Media Development Corporation was actually a holding of Titor Conglomerate, which also owns Condor Security, a private security company whose employees usually flanked Wink Vavasseur at shows. Those members of Condor Security were no longer seen in Chikara after King of Trios 2012 when they removed Swamp Monster from the building. We also learned that Wink got the Director of Fun job, because his father, Conrad, is an executive at Titor.
Vavasseur’s approval rating within the fan base and locker room has plummeted. Vavassuer created a series of analytical formulas, dubbed Chikarabermetrics, to ensure the best athletes were being paired. This resulted in the popular Colony being rearranged, with Soldier Ant being kicked out of the group. Other unpopular decisions included placing Sugar Dunkerton in FIST, the censorship of blogs on the Chikara website, and the creation of Colony: Xtreme Force, which is purely as a marketing ploy.
At the end of “The Shoulder of Pallas,” the Chikara event as part of Wrestlecon, Mike Quackenbush was handed an envelope by a gentleman wearing a hat with NPA on the front. After the event, Mike Quackenbush was removed from the roster page and hasn’t been booked in Chikara since.
Yesterday, Derek Sabato sent out cryptic tweets about an “interesting phone call.” Sabato came to the ring today with the envelope given to Quackenbush, tweeting its contents: a photo of the Titor executives at a ground breaking. This photo is somehow incriminating, or Wink Vavasseur wouldn’t have sent the officials to kick Sabato out of the building.
During the main event, Wink Vavasseur, looking disheveled, and 20+ members of Condor Security came to ringside, causing the end of the main event. Condor Security began breaking down the set and entry way while shooing the fans out of the building. Wink sat on the stage, watching it all, eating an apple.
Bit by bit, the lights in the building went out. Zia, one of the photographers, and Billy Kumohara, host of the pre show quiz game, stood up to Condor members, but Billy was struck and Zia retreated to the locker room.
As the fans were ushered out of the building, no merchandise was up, no roster members selling their wares, nothing in the lobby.
As we went outside and the Trocadero’s doors closed, a fan shoulder blocked the door, breaking the glass. Senior official Bryce Remsburg rushed out the door and through the crowd, still wearing his referee uniform, in tears. The crowd slowly dissipated, with a few fans in tears as well.
Billy Kumohara was the only other member of Chikara staff to be seen in front of the Trocadero, saying he was now out of a job.

[Cewsh]

All day yesterday, Twitter was jammed with people who were PISSED THE FUCK OFF about this. What an amazing storyline.

[Beer-Belly]

I like that the storyline involves time travel. What the fuck.

[Kimura Kid]

Very interesting...wish I had a better understanding of the situation. But that recap from PW Insider helped a bunch.

So was this all a work?

Chikara was sold? What's the fallout?

[Cewsh]

The interesting thing is the rumor that Quakenbush's wife had the company in her name, and that she chose to close it after he cheated on her. Probably total nonsense, but I've seen it discussed all over the place.

[DDT]

I didn't even know Quackenbush was married, let alone that he cheated on her (something that I would think would be against his nature, but I've been wrong about people before).

[Hero!]

Remember that one guy who was a great wrestler and then he went mental and killed his family? Since then, i try not to assume anything about these pretend fighter dudes...

[takerson]

This shit's insane. Cancelled shows? Crying fans? Craziness.

[DDT]

So apparently Wink's daddy, the conglomerate company behind the purchase of CHIKARA was after the Eye of Tyr all along. And they have it. Man this shit is getting crazy.

[Mills]

God I need to start watching this

[Slare]

Stupid question but all a work yes? And can someone explain the time-travel thing to me? I need to get watching this.

[mr sabu]

it's basically a story line explaing how someone could come back after losing a loser leaves town match

archie peck got back fisted into past and when in the past got back fited again into the future not long after the match happened so basically theres 2 archies in this timeline..

i think theres a video explaining it a few pages back

[Cewsh]

It's a work that may or may not be revolving around the shoot closing of the company for other reasons.

And I believe the idea is that one of their characters got hit so hard by Eddie Kingston "Backfist To The Future" that he actually did travel into the future. The new members of the Colony are meant to be from that timeline.

[Slare]

So ok, I'm going to watch CHIKARA now.

[mr sabu]

So CHIKARA explains how Archibald Peck can come back after losing a Loser Leaves Town Match...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djqqgSEoW9U

basically this explains it

[Slare]

Many thanks.

[Psycho666Soldier]

Have there been any updates on what's going on?

[mr sabu]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2qG4B6Jzhs

[Mills]

So was curious about the company's status so searched online and found this.

WWW.chikaralives.WordPress.com

Its a fun article, almost manifesto, about what the hell happened and where it may go. Of note, its mainly storyline but I found it pretty interesting. It is long, about 73 pages, but is interesting

[Psycho666Soldier]

Don't know if anyone has seen these, but a couple videos have popped up recently, indicating a few things.

First, this popped up on Wrestling Is's Youtube channel:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpVSQCpT4yQ

Then, a friend of mine on Twitter retweeted this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpVSQCpT4yQ

Which read "7 27 13", and the description on the video is: "I found something interesting in the Highline Ballroom after the DGUSA show on 7/28. There was a DVD in an envelope that read "play me" (http://i.imgur.com/0nQk87h.jpg). The envelope has a QR code that takes you to http://theashesof.com (http://theashesof.com/)
I ripped the video from the DVD and uploaded it here.
The title of the disc reads "7_27_2013#06B06""

And for those too lazy, here's a link to that video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6STzQAp1Zc&feature=youtu.be

Something's coming, ladies and gents. I, for one, am excited. :hyper:

[DDT]

http://static.ow.ly/photos/normal/4sWix.jpg

[DDT]

Everyone go to the Wrestling Is page on Youtube and watch the Ashes videos. They will make you do the teary thing.

[Defrost]

The angle at the end of National Pro Wrestling Day to bring back Chikara really needed commentary

[DDT]

It needed better camera work too; didn't change the fact that it was still amazing.

[Mikey_Jones]

It was glorious. The Ashes videos have been superb as well

[BIGFEETS]

The DeLorean was a nice touch.

[Hero!]

Quackenbush on Colt's podcast today. He explains the CHIKARA stuff.

[Slare]

For someone that hasn't watched any of this can someone explain it for me plz?

[Hero!]

CHIKARA is basically a living comic book. A few years ago, they were bought out (kayfabe) by an EVIL corporation. About 9 months ago, at the end of one of their shows, the director of fun came out and kicked everyone out. Fans, wrestlers, crew, the whole place got cleaned out and all future events were cancelled. CHIKARA was "out of business" and basically telling the fans nothing. Fans speculated that they were outing money or Quack's wife was taking him for everything (not true). 9 months later CHIKARA is reviving, but they announced the return in their own way and it all ties into the overall storyline of the evil corporation. They sold the storyline so far as to send "executives" from the company to fans houses and send them out on missions to find out what happened and how to bring CHIKARA back. It's fucking mental, but Quackenbush (owner) is a mad genius.

[The Rick]

Yea. Quackenbush tells much of this on this latest episode of The Art of Wrestling. It was pretty interesting. I don't agree with everything Quack said, but I respect what he's trying to do.

[DDT]

A nice piece that covers the major happenings of CHIKARA since the closure.

http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2014/02/07/the-rebirth-of-chikara/

[Ringo]

First time seeing this so just had to post it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzSokWWNWFE

:D

[mr sabu]

they do alot of stuff like that it's great

although......... missle control ant is a bit ehhh

[DDT]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/822191583/rudo-resurrection


GAGERSMOPENDUGENRGPLSH THIS IS A THING! THIS IS A THING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN! SPREAD THE WORD!

[DDT]

PREVIOUSLY, ON CHIKARA....



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxJHM7euTOM&feature=youtu.be

[DDT]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDZ7HFUICIU

[DDT]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B1UDPWEeXU

[Hero!]

:heart: That is why I love CHIKARA. This storyline is so fucking BRILLIANT. I can not wait for Sunday. I paid full price for this PPV. Why? I LOVE CHIKARA!

[DDT]

Eddie Kingston does what he does best; hype me to see matches.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhOM51YMr6A

[DDT]

Show starts at 3:00 today! You can still order it at Smart Mark Video on Demand (Just type that into your trusty google search bar; you'll be good.)

[Hero!]

YES EVERYONE BUY THIS IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME

[Psycho666Soldier]

Already bought and ready to watch.

[Hero!]

:hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper:: hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper::h yper::hyper:

[Hero!]

Looking back on this a few days later...this PPV rocked.

[DDT]

My show of the year, easily. Yes, that includes Wrestlemania. Just a perfect ending and beginning.

[Hero!]

It was hard to appreciate a lot of the brilliant little nuances while watching, but when I looked back after we talked about it I seriously thought to myself "this was fucking brilliant".

[DDT]

That's part of the CHIKARA experience; picking up on the little things and subtle hints that get left laying around everywhere. Just piles upon piles of awesome-sauce.

[Hero!]

Tomorrow Never Dies card for tonight:

Young Lions Cup: Heidi Lovelace vs Missile Assault Ant
Steel Cage Match: Icarus vs Deucelion
2/3 Falls for the tag titles: Throwbacks vs Devastation Corporation
Eddie Kingston vs Jimmy Jacobs
German Suplex match: Juan Francisco De Coronado vs "Smooth Sailing" Ashley Remington
Loser Leaves CHIKARA match: Delirious vs UltraMantis Black
16 Man Torneo Cibenetico: CHIKARA squad* vs Flood Squad**



* Amasis, Fire Ant, Jervis, Kodama, Obariyon, Ophidian, Silver Ant, Worker Ant
** Flex Rumblecrunch, Jakob hammermerier, Jaka Nokken, Oleg the Usurper, Sir Oliver Grimsly, Soldier ant, Volgar


Looks like a great card. I'm watching King of Trios right now to get all caught up and ready, but i'm stoked regardless. Delirious vs UMB is a tough one to call. Delirious has ROH going for him, but UMB is doing music now, so who knows which one leaves. It'll be weird to see CHIKARA without either, though!

[Psycho666Soldier]

I still have to catch up on shit from last month and October, so it'll be a moment before I can catch this, unfortunately. Gotta keep up with the story.

I haven't even looked at the card yet, lol

[Hero!]

Woah!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/1601331_793487637386951_7263293319118858214_n.jpg? oh=9b20b9ed1f6720e910633d2a2ad18202&oe=55B81FEB&__gda__=1436136341_ee08c34b349765191f9e33804c810a6 6

[MikeHunt]

Did that happen on the uk tour hero?

If so I'm now incredibly pissed off I didn't go.

[Hero!]

Yes indeed! Excellent selling point for future overseas shows.

[Dave]

It happened last night at The Garage. I went to the show but probably enjoyed the preshow more (though that definitely has a lot to do with knowing many of the wrestlers on the preshow whereas I went in completely blind to CHIKARA).

Was very impressed with their fan commitment - they had some of the wrestlers and Quackenbush shaking your hand as you left. They do try and make it a lot of fun, just very different to what I've got used to with Progress and RPW.

[MikeHunt]

Oh fuck off!

sounds like a good show, glad you enjoyed it dave.

[DDT]

Result was spoilered for me on twitter, so I'm very unhappy. Nonetheless, I love this; as Hero said, this is an excellent selling point for CHIKARA as their out-of-state shows mattering.

[Hero!]

Result was spoilered for me on twitter, so I'm very unhappy. Nonetheless, I love this; as Hero said, this is an excellent selling point for CHIKARA as their out-of-state shows mattering.

they spoiled it on facebook for me. I don't mind, though, it was a pretty genuine surprise.

[DDT]

FINALLY going back to catch-up on 2014. I love, love, LOVE the Wrecking Crew, and the Devastation Corporation in particular. They are so deliciously 80's that it is glorious. Flex Rumblecrunch is an unappreciated straight-man.

[Kneeneighbor]

So this is coming to Minneapolis in October. worth a go it seems?

[Hero!]

CHIKARA is awesome. I've never been live, but people say it's a fucking blast. Psychosoldier went and loved it. If you have kids, they'll love it.

[Hero!]

http://chikarapro.com/journey-into-chikara

Tonight, bitches. Get ready. :yes:

[Psycho666Soldier]

http://chikarapro.com/journey-into-chikara

Tonight, bitches. Get ready. :yes:

Wait, I'm out of the loop. What is this?!

[Hero!]

So, I haven't kept up with CHIKARA much lately, so can someone help me out here:

Why is Silver Ant fighting alongside Frightmare & Hallowicked? Why are Amasis and Ophidian on different teams?


Wait, I'm out of the loop. What is this?!

CHIKARA live streaming a show on Wednesdays for a few weeks!

[DDT]

So, I haven't kept up with CHIKARA much lately, so can someone help me out here:

Why is Silver Ant fighting alongside Frightmare & Hallowicked? Why are Amasis and Ophidian on different teams?


It's the new storyline for the year. Quack picked various captains due to their performance, and they get to pick their own teams for a year long tournament, with the eventual winners getting special awesome shit. So a lot of tag teams were purposefully broken up, new guys spreading their wings, etc.

[Psycho666Soldier]

Anyone know of a place where I can watch illegitimate Chikara shows from this year? I want to pay for them, but with 30 shows at $10-12 a pop, I just don't have the funds to be able to catch up by the end of the year. And I seem to never be able to get enough goodwill upload data on XWT to d/l them all on there. I'm gonna buy A New Start at least and at least, well, get a start, but if anyone can help me with this, that'd be great. I prefer online streams, but if it's a download site, I'll make it work.

[Hero!]

There's some on WatchWrestling, but theyre slow to upload CHIKARA shows

[Psycho666Soldier]

Last I checked, the most recent they have is Tomorrow Never Dies. I'll check again, though.

EDIT: It seems they have A New Start. That's it so far, though.

[DDT]

So I don't know the whole story, but apparently Fenix did something last night (I'm currently going with the "audibly swore like a sailor" story, but I again stress I DON'T KNOW) and Quack limped his ass on out, made him pull his merch, and kicked him out of the building. Now everyone from the VoW guys to AAW are making fun of Quackenbush like he's the worst person ever, as if 'NO SWEARING' hasn't been a cardinal rule in Chikara since the beginning.

[Defrost]

It is sounding like nothing of the sort happened, and the internet is making a big deal of a guy packing up his merch early on his own.

[Hero!]

Tonight:

Kimber Lee won the Grans Championship. Amazing. Great for her.

[Hero!]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXu8Q2uCDFg

This is beautiful. I can not wait for this.

[DDT]

Johnny Kidd is one of those great wrestlers that few people outside Europe every really talk or even know about. Glad he's going out on his own terms, and anything that brings Quackenbush back into the ring is a good thing.

[DDT]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfPVDKAW8AApky8.jpg

No time to waste. 3 years of ring rust, and 54 #DaysToManchester (https://twitter.com/hashtag/DaysToManchester?src=hash)


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfUgT-6WAAAb1WK.jpg

I’ve got 2 hours in the ring tonight to get my bridge warmed up again. 53 #DaysToManchester (https://twitter.com/hashtag/DaysToManchester?src=hash) and a date with destiny.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CfY-gUEUYAAsUvW.jpg

Gonna give my left wrist a test before Beginner Level 201 starts. Only 52 #DaysToManchester (https://twitter.com/hashtag/DaysToManchester?src=hash)& no time to lose.

[Hero!]

Love the WWE pc shirt

[Hero!]

Chikara apparently taped season 17 in secret and the whole thing will be available to watch tonight. It features a big time travel gimmick with lots of guys who left for WWE and some titles having changed hands. Super bizarre shit, but that's chikara for you.

[takerson]

Wow really? No way? They're having 2 shows in Orlando on WM weekend that I might attend too. Haven't watched Chikara since 2013. Do me a huge favor, try to keep this thread relatively updated. My interest is piqued, but not enough to purchase their streaming service.... yet. haha.