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 [...]
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Tensions mount, stables explode, and a major partnership was announced at Chikara’s latest Philadelphia outing post-King of Trios.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 on [...]
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!)
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.
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.
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.
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 [...]
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Brian Streleckis is LIVE down in South Philly for tonight’s Chikara card. We’ll have results shortly after 4pm, with small interruption (limited) until the card is over. Check back often: 7.13.08 Chikara: Tragedy & Triumph 1.) Eddie Kingston defeats Lince Dorado with the Backfist to the Future. Short, but heated, affair. 2.) Ultimo Breakfasts defeats [...]
Friday, June 20, 2008
We’re back, sooner than later, with another podcast about the indies. This time it’s Chikara and their Young Lion’s Cup. Brian Streleckis and John Philapavage run down the three show weekend with John’s live report and Brian’s inquiring mind. All the info you need is here so if you are a hardcore Chikara fan, or [...]
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Chikara: YLC Night 3 6.15.08 Hellertown, PA John Philapavage Reporting I could write you a report about the youthful mistakes and judgments of the wrestlers at the three Chikara shows this past weekend. I could write about the sameness and formula of some matches. There are all kinds of ways to pick at a promotion [...]
Saturday, June 14, 2008
We’re back with our continuing coverage of Young Lions Cup VI. (Johnny P NOTE: Night one write up is finally all done. Check it out. Night One is here) The show opened with an angle (right in front of John) where Vin Gerard attacked Worker Ant (who was scheduled to wrestle Chip Day tonight) and [...]
Sunday, November 1, 2009
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