1/31 Chikara “A Touch of Class” Results (pictures included)
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.
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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 [...]
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 “King of Trios 2009″ Preview
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Brian Streleckis fills you in on what we’ll be seeing at Chikara’s third annual epic ode to the six-man tag next weekend. Who’s in it, how certain participants have fared in the past tournaments, and how they may fare against each other.
1/25 Chikara “Revelation X” Semi-Quick Results
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Brian Streleckis gives some brief thoughts on Chikara’s season premiere held in Philadelphia over the weekend. It’s now Tuesday, he’s been busy with other non-wrestling activities, and stayed up after this live show to watch the Royal Rumble immediately after getting home, but he still wants to talk about some hot and eventful action [...]
12/14 Chikara “Duel and Duality” Results
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Brian Streleckis feels quite deflated about the state of certain areas in wrestling (absentee bookers, pathetic-looking PPVs, and some garbage fed still clinging to life), but then he remembers that he experienced some more Chikara goodness in Philadelphia (and has some approximate match times!)
10/19 Chikara “Global Gauntlet: Night 2″ Results
Monday, October 20, 2008
Brian Streleckis has yet another live report from (now cold) South Philadelphia, the New Alhambra Arena, and the house that Quackenbush built, this time housing the stars of Big Japan and another monumental title change.
9/7 Chikara “Style and Substance” Results
Sunday, September 7, 2008
‘Twas a nice sunny day following the threats of Tropical Storm Hannah, so Brian Streleckis skipped off with a whistle on his merry way to the City of Brotherly Love for some wholesome Chikara goodness… and witnessed a scary faction come to fruition and Brodie Lee bleed all over himself.
8/10 Chikara “Vanity and Violence” Results
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Brian Streleckis braves severe thunderstorms and threats of tornados (seriously, they were talking about them on the local news) to attend Chikara’s latest show from Philadelphia and relay to all the big news and other happenings.
Streleckis: Full Chikara 7/13 Report
Monday, July 14, 2008
Here are some more details to fill in what happened yesterday… Louden Noxious was the ring announcer throughout the night. As already listed on ChikaraPro.com, he plugged the next Chikara shows being in Reading, PA on Aug. 9th and Philadelphia on Aug. 10th. Also announced were the dates for Chikara’s big Midwest debut: Sept 20th in [...]
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