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CHIKARA - Season 11 Discussion Thread

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#1 ·
I'll try and keep it current, no promises though.

2012 Event Calender

"The Thirteenth Hat"
Saturday, January 28th - Easton, PA
Results.

"A Death Worse Than Fate"
Saturday, February 25th - Reading, PA
Results.

"Caught in the Spider's Den"
Sunday, February 26th - Long Island, NY
Results.

"Green Ice"
Saturday, March 24th - Vaughan, ONT
Results.

"It’s How You Play the Game"
Sunday, March 25th - Ottawa, ONT
Results.

"I’ll Be a Mummy’s Uncle"
Saturday, April 14th - Rahway, NJ
Results.

"Hot Off the Griddle"
Saturday, April 28th - Chicago, IL
Results

"The Contaminated Cowl"
Sunday, April 29th - Lafayette, IN
Results.

"Aniversario: A Horse of Another Color"
Saturday, May 19th - Easton, PA
Results.

"Aniversario: The Ogg and I"
Sunday, May 20th - Manhattan, NY
Results.

"Chikarasaurus Rex: How to Hatch a Dinosaur"
Saturday, June 2nd - Philadelphia, PA
Results.

"The Foggiest Notion"
Saturday, June 23rd - Strathroy, ONT
Results.

"Smack in the Middle"
Sunday, June 24th - Syracuse, NY
Results.

"The Great Escape"
Saturday, July 28th - Portland, ME
Results.

"Give 'em the Axe"
Sunday, July 29th - Everett, MA
Results.

"Shoot a Crooked Arrow"
Friday, August 17th - Milwaukee, WI
Results.


"The Ring of Wax"
Saturday, August 18th - Indianapolis, IN
Results.

"King of Trios 2012"
Friday - Sunday, September 14th through 16th
Results.

"Deep Freeze"
Saturday, October 6th - Piedmont, AL
Results.

"The Zodiac Crimes"
Sunday, October 7th - Burlington, NC
Results.

"Zelda the Great"
Saturday, November 10th - Chicago, IL
Featuring Special Guests Da Soul Touchaz!
Rematch from Milwaukee! - Mike Quackenbush vs. Colt Cabana

"A Piece of the Action"
Sunday, November 11th - Cleveland, OH
An Awe-Inspiring Atomico! - 3.0, Akuma & El Generico vs. The Young Bucks & The Bravado Brothers

"The Cibernetico Rises"
Sunday, November 18th - Manhattan, NY

Grand Champion of Chikara - Eddie Kingston - History

Campeonatos de Parejas - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) - History

Young Lions Cup - "Mr. Touchdown" Mark Angelosetti - History

2011 Tournament Winners
King Of Trios - The Colony (Fire, Soldier & Green Ant)
Rey De Voladores - El Generico
Young Lions Cup Tournament - Tadasuke
Torneo Cibernetico - Sara Del Rey

2012 Tournament Winners
King Of Trios - ?????????
Rey De Voladores - ????????
Young Lions Cup Tournament - "Mr. Touchdown" Mark Angelosetti
Torneo Cibernetico - ????????

December 9th, 2011 - Ophidian

December 16th, 2011 - Icarus

December 23rd, 2011 - Veronica of The Band

December 30th, 2011 - Tim Donst

January 6, 2012 - Green Ant

January 13, 2012 - Ultramantis Black

January 20, 2012 - Jigsaw

January 24, 2012 - Scott Parker

January 26, 2012 - Archibald Peck

January 27, 2012 - Ophidian

January 31, 2012 - Icarus

Feburary 1, 2012 - Wink Vavasseur

Feburary 3, 2012 - Sugar Dunkerton

Feburary 7, 2012 - Sara Del Rey

Feburary 10, 2012 - Wink Vavasseur

Feburary 13, 2012 - Johnny Gargano

Feburary 14, 2012 - Mr. Touchdown

Feburary 15, 2012 - Eddie Kingston

Feburary 16, 2012 - Scott Parker

Feburary 20, 2012 - Ophidian

Feburary 22, 2012 - Jigsaw

Feburary 23, 2012 - Derek Sabato

Feburary 24, 2012 - UltraMantis Black

Feburary 27, 2012 - Wink Vavasseur

March 8, 2012 - Icarus

March 12, 2012 - Scott Parker

March 15, 2012 - Ophidian

March 19, 2012 - Derek Sabato

March 21, 2012 - Jakob Hammermeier

March 23, 2012 - Shane Matthews

March 30, 2012 - Gran Akuma

April 3, 2012 - Wink Vavasseur

April 4, 2012 - UltraMantis Black

April 5, 2012 - Archibald Peck

April 13, 2012 - Delirious

April 16, 2012 - Derek Sabato

April 20, 2012 - Delirious

April 24, 2012 - Ophidian

April 27, 2012 - Delirious

April 30, 2012 - Derek Sabato

May 2, 2012 - assailANT

May 4, 2012 - Mike Quackenbush

May 7, 2012 - Ophidian

May 8, 2012 - Saturyne

May 9, 2012 - The Shard

May 10, 2012 - Wink Vavasseur

May 11, 2012 - Tim Donst

May 14, 2012 - UltraMantis Black

May 16, 2012 - deviANT

May 18, 2012 - Jigsaw

May 21, 2012 - Chuck Taylor

May 23, 2012 - 17

May 25, 2012 - Veronica

May 28, 2012 - Jakob Hammermeier

May 29, 2012 - Gran Akuma

May 30, 2012 - combatANT

May 31, 2012 - Green Ant

June 1, 2012 - Delirious

June 6, 2012 - Wink Vavasseur

June 13, 2012 - Derek Sabato

June 20, 2012 - Sugar Dunkerton

June 22, 2012 - Delirious

June 25, 2012 - Mr. Touchdown

June 27, 2012 - Sara Del Rey

June 29, 2012 - Ophidian

July 6, 2012 - Wink Vavasseur

July 9, 2012 - Sugar Dunkerton

July 11, 2012 - Green Ant

July 6, 2012 - Leonard F. Chikarason

July 18, 2012 - Wink Vavasseur

July 23, 2012 - Icarus

July 26, 2012 - Jakob Hammermeier

July 29, 2012 - Green Ant

August 6, 2012 - 17

August 8, 2012 - Mike Quackenbush

August 14, 2012 - Jakob Hammermeier

August 16, 2012 - Scott Parker

August 21, 2012 - Derek Sabato

August 22, 2012 - Wink Vavasseur

Auguest 29, 2012 - Delirious]

August 31, 2012 - Jigsaw

September 10, 2012 - Veronica

September 11, 2012 - combatANT

September 12, 2012 - Gran Akuma

September 13, 2012 - Tim Donst

September 14, 2012 - Mike Quackenbush

September 28, 2012 - Derek Sabato

October 1, 2012 - Harlem Bravado

October 3, 2012 - Sugar Dunkerton

October 5, 2012 - Mike Quackenbush

October 12, 2012 - Jakob Hammermeier

October 16, 2012 - Ophidian

October 19, 2012 - Green Ant

October 23, 2012 - Tim Donst

October 25, 2012 - Sapphire

October 30, 2012 - Derek Sabato

November 1, 2012 - deviANT



 
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#741 ·
There were some mediocre matches but goddamn a mediocre match there is a good match in WWE these days. Waltman can still fuckin' GO, as can Lynn. I think I became a fan of SENDAI and the Young Bucks at the same time. Plus a lot of Manami Toyota. Can't go wrong with that. Ever.

Just... everyone buy this. Multiple times.
 
#742 ·
Got the DVDs today, going to start watching them tomorrow. And for October 7th, at the rate Quack is going this may be Shard's last match.

 
#746 ·
Just watched all of Trios and...Yeah Amazing set of shows. The Finals, Tadasuke/Kingston, Joshi Tag on Night 3, there were alot of gems in the weekend. Slightly disappointed by the tag gauntlet. But hey Demolition. Awesome. Could've Replaced the two jobber tag teams (Karate Kid and Simon and Garfunkel References) and maybe add Dasher/Touchdown, The Batiri, Smash Bros return, Bravados, Handsome Stranger/Matt Classic or idk there were other options. Great weekend tho. Sendai girls were impressive in every match. Probably the MVP's of the tournament. BTW Obariyon's Burning Hammer GTS thing that apparently he calls the Go2Hell/Seventh Circle is fucking nasty. Sweet jesus The Batiri are like stiff little Demons, Benoit trained in hell. Sent to CHIKARA to kill. Which is actually a compliment. They were also quite impressive this weekend and I had them pegged to win. I'm glad it looks like CHIKARA has such big plans for them.
 
#747 ·
Watched up to the end of Night 2 of Trios and so far it's been a really fun show. The only two things I could consider bad about the show is the ref that can't stay distracted for the finishes and the really short Touchdown/Waltman match from Night 2. Loved Tadasuke/Kingston and if it wasn't for ACH/Touchdown from Ring of Wax it might be the best Chikara match of the year.
 
#748 ·
Going into the tournament, what were the big storylines?

I know Kingston is their champ, kind of like that guy. He doing anything? Fueding with anyone?

What do the winners get? Title shots?

Never pulled the trigger on Chikara but I keep hearing good things about them. In fact, never heard one bad thing about them.
 
#753 ·
That's cool, and I'm sure the wrestling is great.

But I'm not big on tournaments. I ordered a Pro Wrestling Evo pay per view (EVO 8)and I thought it was kind of a let down.

I'm more storyline driven but Chikara does that too, I hear. I gotta check 'em out somewhere down the line.
 
#756 ·
Sorry for the double post, but I just read over at Wrestling Observer that King of Trios was only the second profitable weekend for CHIKARA this year.

That's a shame. I mean I'm sure they do okay on dvd sales which helps a lot and in the long run makes more shows profitable, but I wish CHIKARA made more money. Such a fun promotion. Might have to buy more CHIKARA dvd's than I have been.
 
#759 ·
That's not surprising really. I'm sure that Chikara makes a high percentage of it's money from DVD/Download sales. Getting enough people to cover the cost of the venue, the cost of getting the ring to the venue, the cost of paying the performers, and whatever other expenses come up would be tough with some of the markets that Chikara runs in. I get that they want to have shows in as many different markets as possible but sometimes I'm a little puzzled by the places they chose to run. Like they're in Alabama soon (or already were I'm not sure). Now I don't recall them ever running there before and I don't see them getting a huge gate for the show. They can't bring in too many local names because the Chikara fan base watches Chikara because they have their own wrestlers and the storylines those wrestlers are involved in.

It's good if ticket sales alone were enough to cover all the expenses for KOT. They brought in a lot of big names that needed to get paid and they also flew quite a few people over from Japan. The costs for running this show must have been a lot higher than usually but they turned a profit so good for them.
 
#765 ·
Yeah I never understood that. First I figured it would lead to a rematch vs Green Ant. Didn't happen. Theh I thought it was a way phase out the YLC for good. And this year proved that theory wrong. It's well in the past now and we got a new champ here to defend.

I have to chime in that I love Touchdown going rudo. Fits him better than when he debuted as a semi-technico with a sour attitude towards everyone being 'geeks and nerds'.
 
#766 ·
Quick results for Deep Freeze:

Ace Haven def Kyle Matthews

Obariyon/Kodama/Ophidian def Wink's Team F.I.S.T. of Icarus, Chuck Taylor & Sugar Dunkerton

Soldier Ant def Saturyne

Kobald def Frightmare

The Mysterious And Handsome Stranger def deviAnt

Tim Donst & Jakob Hammermeier def Fire & assailAnt

The Shard def Akuma

Spectral Envoy def Los Ice Creams to claim their third point.

Mr. Touchdown def Green Ant to defend the Young Lions Cup
 
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