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Dragon Gate USA returned to Philadelphia to celebrate its first anniversary, complete with Dragon Gate’s finest, some talented Americans from Chikara and elsewhere, and some guy named… Byron Dragonson or something.

Bryan Danielson, Chikara, Daniel Bryan, Dragon Gate USA, Gabe Sapolsky

4/25 “King of Trios 2010: Night 3″ Results

Sunday, April 25, 2010

The biggest wrestling tournament of the year comes to a close once again in Philadelphia, with more surprises, suspense, and awesome matches.

Big Japan, Chikara, Daniels, Dreamer, Generation Me, Osaka Pro, Young Bucks

4/24 Chikara “King of Trios 2010: Night 2″ Results

Saturday, April 24, 2010

The year’s biggest wrestling tournament had a chaotic quarter-finals, two of Chikara’s brightest rookies shined in Rey de Voladores, and Hallowicked’s table was ready.

Big Japan, Chikara, Daniels, Osaka Pro, Perros del Mal

4/23 Chikara “King of Trios 2010: Night 1″ Results

Friday, April 23, 2010

The biggest wrestling tournament of the year got off to a rollicking start, thanks to the likes of Curry Man, Cuije, and a bunch of weak-chinned Mormons.

Big Japan, Chikara, Curry Man, Generation Me, Osaka Pro, Perros del Mal, TNA, Young Bucks

Chikara “King of Trios 2010″ Preview

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Chikara’s biggest event of the year is set in motion, and Brian Streleckis provides the details on the teams and what we could expect over the weekend.

Big Japan, Chikara, Curry Man, King of Trios, Osaka Pro, Perros del Mal

1/31 Chikara “A Touch of Class” Results (pictures included)

Sunday, January 31, 2010

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Chikara opened up their 2010 as they closed their 2009: on a Sunday in Philadelphia, on the day of a major WWE PPV. Oh yeah, and awesomely, likely better than the WWE show.

What Brian Watched 2: Concussion Theatre

Sunday, December 27, 2009

F.I.S.T. vs. The Colony (Chikara 2/20/09) I’m taking an extended holiday vacation until the first Monday of January and partly using it to enjoy a stack of wrestling DVDs I have. Plowing through my Chikara stack, I hit up a show from much earlier in the year dubbed “If the Airplane is Snowed In, Put [...]

Chikara, What I Watched

11/28 Dragon Gate USA “Open The Freedom Gate” Results

Sunday, November 29, 2009

DGUSA crowned their first champion in Philadelphia and offered two Match of the Year contenders along the way. Brian Streleckis has all of the (admittedly late) details of this big show and PPV taping.

Chikara, Davey Richards, Dragon Gate USA, Gabe Sapolsky, Open The Freedom Gate

11/22 Chikara “Three-Fisted Tales” Results

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Brian Streleckis gives his thoughts on Chikara’s final event of 2009 – their Season 8 Finale – in Philadelphia with a couple of standout matches and a wild ending straight out of a Lost finale (imagine Ben Linus as a Swiss wrestler).

What Brian Watched (with no disrespect to John)

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Bryan Danielson, Chikara, What I Watched

Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw vs. Claudio Castagnoli & Bryan Danielson (Chikara 9/13/09) Last night, I watched a match from this past September (much fresher in the public’s minds than everything else I’ve been watching) that I enjoyed so much, I wanted to implore other people to check it out. I know John usually does these [...]

10/18 Chikara “Cibernetico Increible” Results

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Chikara returned to Philadelphia (and Brian returned to Chikara) for their annual massive Torneo Cibernetico tournament, and still finished in time for the Phillies game, so kudos to them! Check out all of the glorious details that took place.

Big Japan, Chikara, Torneo Cibernetico, Young Bucks

8/16 Chikara “Young Lions Cup VII: Night 3″ Results

Sunday, August 16, 2009

After two nights of ROH TV tapings, Brian Streleckis finishes up a long weekend of live wrestling with a Chikara chaser, as this year’s Young Lions Cup tournament closes and new developments arrive.

7/25 Dragon Gate USA “Open The Historic Gate” Results

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Brian Streleckis runs down one of the biggest cards in Philadelphia in a good while: a new Japanese venture, a new promotion, and a PPV taping all in one.

Chikara, Dragon Gate USA, Gabe Sapolsky

5/24 Chikara “Aniversario Yang” Results

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Brian Streleckis has had plenty of BBQ already, so he celebrates Memorial Day weekend with the second half of Chikara’s anniversary weekend in Philadelphia, capped off with one of the best Chikara matches of the year.

4/26 Chikara “The Bobliographon” results

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Tensions mount, stables explode, and a major partnership was announced at Chikara’s latest Philadelphia outing post-King of Trios.

Chikara, DGUSA, Dragon Gate

3/29 “King of Trios: Night 3″ Results

Sunday, March 29, 2009

The King of Trios, Rey de Voladores, and Brian’s erratic sleep schedule have come to an end for the weekend. Plenty of excitement was had.

Chikara, DDT, King of Trios, PWG, ROH

3/28 “King of Trios 2009: Night 2″ Results

Sunday, March 29, 2009

The largest wrestling tournament of the year continued with the Quarter-Final round and two matches for Rey de Voladores, featuring “the greatest man that ever lived” and the magnificence of Johnny Saint and Kota Ibushi.

Chikara, DDT, King of Trios, PWG, ROH

3/27 “King of Trios 2009: Night 1″ Results

Saturday, March 28, 2009

A very busy work day leads to really fun evening leads to an extremely late night. King of Trios is off and running, and Brian Streleckis runs down what occurred in the first round.

Chikara, CZW, DDT, King of Trios, PWG, ROH

Chikara “King of Trios 2009″ Preview

Wednesday, March 25, 2009