Chikara “King of Trios 2011″: The Whole Bloody Affair
This amazing weekend has come to a close… and the DVDs are already available! Why this year’s King of Trios deserves to be seen and remembered by all wrestling fans.
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Chikara “King of Trios 2011″ Preview
Monday, April 4, 2011
What’s this “Mania” business? King of Trios is coming back to Philadelphia in April! Here’s the rundown of the squads matched up in this massive tournament, some legendary names from Japan among them.
So the Osirian Portal went viral today…
Thursday, February 3, 2011
This clip was from a CZW show in November, where Chikara’s own Osirian Portal – Amasis & Ophidian – took on the team of Joe Gacy and Ryan Slater as part of CZW’s Tag Team Title tournament. watch?v=DU4TDGlbTz8 I saw it yesterday, but then I heard today that it’s blowing up. Not quite to the [...]
Dragon Gate USA: A United Weekend ends in Philly and Jersey
Monday, January 31, 2011
I had an immensely busy day following a night attending Dragon Gate USA’s Philadelphia return, so here’s a rundown of their second straight iPPV of the weekend and a regular PPV taping from Union City.
1/23 Chikara “Chaos in the Sea of Lost Souls” Results (with some pictures)
Monday, January 24, 2011
After closing their 2010 with the crowning of NEW Campeones de Parejas in Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw, Chikara opens up their 2011, back in Philadelphia, with the usual and unusual suspects and some special guests.
12/11 Jersey All Pro Wrestling 13th Anniversary Weekend: Night 2 Results
Monday, December 13, 2010
Long-running independent JAPW celebrated 13 years (!) of operation by extending their anniversary show into two shows, coming back to the (now-Asylum) Arena in Philadelphia a day after running in Rahway, NJ. I bought my ticket shortly after hearing five special words: Jushin Liger Versus Mike Quackenbush.
11/21 Chikara “The Germans” Results
Monday, November 22, 2010
The mighty Chikara returned to Philadelphia for their second-to-last show of the year. Among other things, they held their second-ever Falls Count Anywhere Match and uncharacteristically dialed up 1-8-7.
7/25 Chikara “Chikarasaurus Rex: King of Show” Results
Monday, July 26, 2010
Chikara! Dragon Gate! ECW’s past! TNA’s past! TNA’s imminent future? Stars of all walks of life converge in Philadelphia for the REAL biggest party of the summer.
7/24 Dragon Gate USA “Enter The Dragon 2010″ Results
Sunday, July 25, 2010
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1/31 Chikara “A Touch of Class” Results (pictures included)
Sunday, January 31, 2010
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 [...]
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.
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