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Dangerous Person posted:Chikara crowds can get pretty into it. This card was fun but it wasn't a crazy show or anything. That ending with Touchdown getting escorted out of the ring by a doctor was a weirdly down way to end things. My friend was wondering where Dasher was today. Did they show anything after the show on the stream? Unfortunately we had to leave early, during the 4 way tag match. My kids loved the show and well definitely be at the show in December
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They aired a new Hour of Power today. Actually a decent show, if a bit weird. Whisper-as-Ophidian defeated Razerhawk for the Young Lions Cup championship. He straight-up hypnotized him and easily pinned him, which is cheap as hell. One of the matches was Travis Huckabee vs. Rory Gulak, which went on longer than they kayfabe expected to the point of knocking Obariyon vs. Merlok off the show, which itself even had a video package setup early in the episode. I know they're going for realism, but I can't help but wonder if one of them no-showed. Icarus showed up halfway into the match to show support for Huckabee, but Gulak won and then acted especially heelish at Icarus. They also brought up that the site has a blog post from Officer Meloni, saying that he's done with Chikara.
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According to his profile on the site, he's had nine matches. Two came from the secret season.
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Read it right now! My new book, "7 Keys to Becoming richer - A book for fellow rich citizens"
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The only thing I'd take direction from Quack on is mat wrestling, which even if you dislike him (and I do) you can acknowledge he is good at.
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One of the upcoming Chikara shows is said to have Oleg and Kobald vs. the Osirian Portal. Considering Whisper is currently pretending to be Ophidian, I'm curious who "Amasis" will be.
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Gavok posted:One of the upcoming Chikara shows is said to have Oleg and Kobald vs. the Osirian Portal. Considering Whisper is currently pretending to be Ophidian, I'm curious who "Amasis" will be. Rich Swann.
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DM Punk posted:Rich Swann. hey hey ref hey ref heyyyyy new champ
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Is Ultramantis done with Chikara? Sposto on Powerbomb commentary kinda alluded to it.
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coconono posted:Is Ultramantis done with Chikara? Sposto on Powerbomb commentary kinda alluded to it. My understanding was that - minus one offs here and there - Ultramantis was retired, full stop. But maybe not, I didn't watch the Powerbomb.tv event.
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coconono posted:Is Ultramantis done with Chikara? Sposto on Powerbomb commentary kinda alluded to it. Yeah. He basically spent a year and a half "retired" due to a leg injury but remained a major on-screen character, albeit confined to a wheelchair. At the end of 2016, he was able to get out of his chair and chase away Hallowicked. The beginning of 2017's season made it seem like he was going to announce coming out of retirement, but instead they did the "secret season" swerve by revealing that he was already Grand Champion. After a couple months, he dropped the title to Juan Francisco followed soon after with UltraMantis taking part in a comedic 8-man tag with guys from the early days of Chikara. At the end of the tag match, he did a big curtain call to make it apparent that he was done with the company.
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Seems weird that he'd still wrestle outside of CHIKARA, although I dunno if I'd call a match vs Orange Cassidy "wrestling"
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https://twitter.com/OperationDD/status/922507523596472325/photo/1 So he's not quite out
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DM Punk posted:Seems weird that he'd still wrestle outside of CHIKARA, although I dunno if I'd call a match vs Orange Cassidy "wrestling" could always go back to doing deathmatches what could possibly go wrong
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C. Everett Koop posted:could always go back to doing deathmatches what could possibly go wrong Looking forward to more promos on Sexxxual Eddie
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They did two shows in Chicago on Saturday. Here's the results: DEEP BREATH - Travis Huckabee defeated Everett Connors. - Crummels and DeFarge defeated the Carnies. - Jeremy Leary defeated Space Monkey. - Merlok defeated Missile Assault Man. Crowd was apparently super into MAM. - "The Osirian Portal" defeated Oleg and Kobald, who still aren't on the same page. The new Amasis is a white dude in black trunks with a similar physique. No idea who he is under the mask. - Dasher Hatfield defeated Moose after two Jackhammers. A GOOD MAN GOES TO WAR - Proletariat Boar defeated Mr. Touchdown. Apparently the ending was so good that the fans cheered Boar on. He seems to have three points now. - Hallowicked defeated Solo Darling. - Hype Rockwell defeated Race Jaxon by DQ after Race low-blowed him. Race hit him in the junk a second time after the match while ranting that Hype is nothing without him. - Icarus defeated Rory Gulak. - Hermit Crab and Cajun Crawdad defeated Razerhawk and Sylverhawk, mainly due to Razerhawk being taken out of commission early on. - Juan Francisco made Fire Ant tap to the Coronado Clutch. - Comedy encore match where Los Ice Creams defeated Dez Peloton. That leaves a weekend of shows in November and the finale in the beginning of December.
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After Escorpion Egipcio, I will accept anything else as the Osirian Portal with warmth and understanding.
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In the past few weeks they did an Hour of Power and a handful of major shows. The only show left this season is the finale, which will be live on Chikaratopia on December 2. Here's some stuff that's happened: - Gran Akuma is back because why not. - Obaryon is gone and from the looks of it, there's some kind of behind-the-scenes fallout with it. He was supposed to take on Merlok on Hour of Power and they even started the episode off with a video package, but then the match of Huckabee vs. Rory Gulak went on for a long while and Quack said that it was bumping Obaryon/Merlok. Whether that was Quack actually bumping the match for novelty's sake or a cover for a no-show, I can't say. On the next installment, they had the match and Obaryon wrestled without facepaint. I was watching it on mute, so I don't know if there was an explanation (from what I read, Dasher on commentary was incredulous that Obaryon was "just some guy"), but Merlok destroyed him and Obaryon is now on the alumni part of the roster page. - Max Smashmaster retired from wrestling after finally having his blow-off match against Quack. The match had both Bryce and Bakabella as refs, but Quack accidentally knocked out Bryce. Quack got Max in an armbreaker and even though Max tapped, Bakabella refused to acknowledge it. Finally the match ended with Max begging the timekeeper to ring the bell. - With the Whisper acting as Ophidian, the original Ophidian showed up to attack him while dressed as 17. - Dasher Hatfield got wins over Moose and Keith Lee, setting him up for a title shot at the finale.
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Gavok posted:In the past few weeks they did an Hour of Power and a handful of major shows. The only show left this season is the finale, which will be live on Chikaratopia on December 2. Here's some stuff that's happened: That poo poo sounds stupid. Max Smashmaster's last match in wrestling was him telling the timekeeper "I'm done with being a wrestler, just ring the bell I'm going home"? What happened with Chikara that it became such a sad place? Apart from the obvious things of taking a year off, then the year of everyone being murdered. Wazzu fucked around with this message at 08:01 on Nov 29, 2017 |
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Wazzu posted:That poo poo sounds stupid. Max Smashmaster's last match in wrestling was him telling the timekeeper "I'm done with being a wrestler, just ring the bell I'm going home"? All their good talent got signed away and Quack went off his OCD medication.
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Wazzu posted:That poo poo sounds stupid. Max Smashmaster's last match in wrestling was him telling the timekeeper "I'm done with being a wrestler, just ring the bell I'm going home"? He went out on his back as closure to a two-year-long storyline where the heel had the advantage and still lost decisively. Then a day or so later announced his retirement. Why is that "sad?" Besides, I've been wanting to see that happen in a match for years. Whenever a face has a submission locked on and there's either a heel manager on the apron or a heel ref refusing to pay attention, the face always lets go like an idiot to argue and ultimately lose. It's refreshing to finally see a face realize that there's no reason to let go.
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Anyway, the finale is this Saturday and here are the matches announced: - Juan Francisco de Coronado defends the Chikara Grand Championship against Dasher Hatfield: Back in April, JFDC defeated UltraMantis Black for the title. Since then, he's been regularly defending it against nearly all the veterans of Chikara and coming out on top one way or another. It's reached the point where there's barely anyone left for him to fight. Seemingly the last viable option is Dasher Hatfield, who earned his three points by defeating Merlok (the current monster hoss), Moose and Keith Lee. - Hype Rockwell vs. Race Jaxon: The former tag champs NRG started to have some friction at the end of season 16 and by the beginning of season 18, Race was on his own as a heel model type. The secret 17th season revealed that Race turned on his partner by dropping a big piece of the set onto him. Hype returned later in season 18 and started attacking Race to the tune of "Somebody's Watching Me." They finally had a match, but Race low-blowed Hype to get a DQ, then beat him down after the match. Basically, your standard tag team split grudge match, but with more Rockwell. - Xyberhawx 2000 vs. Hermit Crab/Cajun Crawdad: A team of bird-based superheroes from the year 2000 have been feuding with a couple of bumbling crustacean heels and... man, I miss the Colony. - Mr. Touchdown vs. Hallowicked: Pretty sure there's no story here. Just two of the top guys who happen to have absolutely nothing going on right now. - The Rumblebees vs. Crummels and DeFarge: At the end of the secret season, Crummels and DeFarge won the tag titles. They beat most of the division and usually made fun of Los Ice Creams for being at the bottom of the barrel. The Rumblebees barely defeated Crummels and DeFarge for the titles and Los Ice Creams ran out to celebrate with them. Buuuut they also had a Money in the Bank-type title match due to winning the Challenge of the Immortals back in season 15, so they betrayed the Rumblebees and cashed in. While the Rumblebees continue to clash with Crummels and DeFarge, Los Ice Creams succeed to remain champs by constantly spoiling anyone who gains momentum in the division. Meaning that if, say, Crummels and DeFarge have two points, Los Ice Creams will show up in their next match and screw them over somehow. Meanwhile, Solo Darling still has a free title shot from winning this year's Infinite Gauntlet. - Dez Peloton vs. Oleg the Usurper and Kobald: The relationship between Oleg and Kobald is a bit complicated, but as it is right now, Kobald insists on being Oleg's tag partner and is constantly screwing up their matches. It's hard to tell if Kobald is just inept in his enthusiasm or if he's messing with Oleg on purpose. Either way, Oleg's reaching his boiling point. - Officer Warren Barksdale vs. Gran Akuma: Akuma's back and I think his deal is that he turns his nose at the newbies. Now he gets a match against another (sort of) new guy in Barksdale. - Missile Assault Man vs. Jeremy Leary: Turns out that Jeremy Leary and his former rival Lucas Calhoun are rockabilly super soldiers created in a lab by Titor Conglomerate. This news caused Calhoun to go on a sabbatical and try to come to terms with what he is. Coincidentally, not only is Missile Assault Man the former tag partner of Calhoun, but under orders of Titor Conglomerate, he blew up a schoolbus full of children in Zimbabwe.
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So...is the evil rockabilly supersoldier the face, or the guy who blew up a busload of orphans?
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Gavok posted:He went out on his back as closure to a two-year-long storyline where the heel had the advantage and still lost decisively. Then a day or so later announced his retirement. Why is that "sad?" Sorry, didn't realise it was him submitting to the hold. I'm too used to truly awful wrestling, I assumed that Max got out somehow, and like 3 minutes later Max just asked the timekeeper to let him go home. Does Solo Darling have a tag title shot, grand title shot, or either? Xerzes posted:So...is the evil rockabilly supersoldier the face, or the guy who blew up a busload of orphans? The Missle Assault MAN is likely the face. He's trying to redeem his past self (I think).
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I'm off Saturday and was thinking about going to this, but.. no interest in Juan whatsoever. I'd love to see Dasher win the championship, but if he doesn't I'll be pissed. NrG are awful and both need to go And the only other match I have the slightest bit of interest in is Hallowicked Vs Mr Touchdown because both of them are so good. I'm probably being cheap, but 20 dollars a ticket plus getting from the burbs in and back is just too much for me. It makes me so sad, because Chikara got me back into wrestling after I stopped watching for 5-7 years, but there's just about nothing going on.
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I haven't watched Chikara in forever but MISSILE ASSAULT MAN is still the best name and makes me smile every time I read it
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Xerzes posted:So...is the evil rockabilly supersoldier the face, or the guy who blew up a busload of orphans? The latter. Although Missile Assault Man suffers from PTSD for his actions, he's still a good guy these days. Wazzu posted:Does Solo Darling have a tag title shot, grand title shot, or either? Whenever anyone gets a Golden Opportunity, it's for whichever title they choose.
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Gavok posted:The latter. Although Missile Assault Man suffers from PTSD for his actions, he's still a good guy these days. Who are the Ice Creams these days? I know Claudio, Hallowicked and Quack wore the gear at various points. Is it just WF grads these days? Also, weird realization: CZW and CHIKARA are 1 and 2 as far as who has used Claudio the best in the U.S.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Who are the Ice Creams these days? I know Claudio, Hallowicked and Quack wore the gear at various points. Is it just WF grads these days? ROH? PWG? And I think if you ask Cesaro he's very happy with his time in the #1 promotion. syzpid posted:I'm off Saturday and was thinking about going to this, but.. It's $20 you cheap bastard. You'll almost certainly have a great time, head along!
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Gavok posted:- Dez Peloton vs. Oleg the Usurper and Kobald: The relationship between Oleg and Kobald is a bit complicated, but as it is right now, Kobald insists on being Oleg's tag partner and is constantly screwing up their matches. It's hard to tell if Kobald is just inept in his enthusiasm or if he's messing with Oleg on purpose. Either way, Oleg's reaching his boiling point. As a follow-up to this, Kobald recently posted a music video parody of "Stan." Sure, why not.
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Just came back from the Season finale. Some really weird storylines involing MAM and The Whisper which I cannot even begin to grasp.
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I too am back. Really fun show that did a lot with this season's minuscule storyline action. - Sylverhawk and Razerhawk defeated Hermit Crab and Cajun Crawdad. Good opener where Los Ice Creams tried to interfere near the end, but Nytehawk drove them off. - Proletariat Boar of Moldova vs. Fake Amasis was supposed to happen next. Whisper-as-Ophidian was there, wearing a cast. While "Ophidian" talked to "Amasis" in their corner, 17 (the real Ophidian) entered the ring and stared down Boar. Boar graciously allowed him to take his spot and walked to the back. "Ophidian" told "Amasis" it was nice knowing him and slowly backed away. 17 beat down "Amasis" and broke his arm, much to "Ophidian"'s chagrin. - Mr. Touchdown defeated Hallowicked. Great match, but felt pointless. - Dez Pelotin defeated Oleg the Usurper and Kobald. Kobald almost hit Oleg with a foreign object by mistake and Oleg got pinned with a backslide. After the match, Kobald dressed down Oleg for being a loser and hit him with Off With His Head. Oleg got back up and angrily chokeslammed him. - Gran Akuma defeated Officer Warren Barksdale. During the pre-show, Akuma explained that upon returning to Chikara, he found the new guys to be completely soft. His mission is to harden them one match at a time so that they'll either walk away better or they won't walk away at all. - Oceana defeated Merlok. Oceana is Ashley Vox, who has evolved into some kind of raging, Aquaman-looking form carrying a giant hook to the ring. As the payoff to their season-long storyline, Oceana kicked the poo poo out of Merlok to the point that he bounced around the ring, treating it like she was the hoss. After a fisherman's suplex off the top rope, she made Merlok tap to some submission hold. Afterwards, Merlok got up, warily stared at Oceana, then knelt before her. He opened the ring ropes for her and followed her to the back. - The Closers defeated a team of masked jobbers. Rick Roland is finally back from injury. They shredded through the jobbers, who didn't even get an introduction outside of "these guys." - Hype Rockwell defeated Race Jaxon. The gimmick of the match was that the loser would have to wear a mask from now on. Very good match that ended with the Hyperwheel. Jaxon now wears what looks like a white luchador version of the Gimp's mask from Pulp Fiction, complete with mouth zipper. - Missile Assault Man defeated Jeremy Leary via countout. MAM acted all confused at first because he thought he was fighting Juke Joint, but then he finally started to dominate Leary. Leary escaped the Missile Launcher, left the ring and sat in the front row. He allowed the 20 count to take place, saying that he wanted to have a front row seat to what was about to happen. Suddenly, three guys in masks, dressed in black and white, appeared and surrounded the ring. MAM stood there, egging them on to fight him. Then this freaky doctor guy walked out behind him and whispered stuff into MAM's ear. MAM, dead-eyed, walked out of the ring and out of the arena. That freaky doctor guy (who Leary namedropped back in the secret season) looked like an albino Yoda with a surgeon mask on. Sort of like the Jackal from Spider-Man. It was striking for how good the production values of his mask/makeup looked. - The Rumblebees defeated Crummels and DeFarge. Great match that ended with Solo Darling making Crummels tap to the Sharp Stinger while Huckabee held DeFarge onto the apron with a stretch muffler. - Juan Francisco de Coronado defeated Dasher Hatfield and retained the Grand Championship. They did everything they could to make it seem like Dasher was going to win, such as having him survive two tiger bombs in a row. JFDC was able to kick out of the Grand Slam (shoulder powerslam off the ropes). In the end, Dasher went for the Jackhammer, but JFDC twisted the mask and rolled him up for the pin. Dasher sat in the ring, dejected and got up to leave as the lights turned on. No encore match and from what I understand, no post-show teaser vids.
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I was there too. I had the afro and the Dev Corp jacket. Sorry if I blocked your view
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Gavok posted:I too am back. Really fun show that did a lot with this season's minuscule storyline action. Well, that's......quite a downer of an ending. Seriously, that sounds astoundingly flat.
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