The Best Moves Ever: Backfist to the Future
Some might say that the Backfist to the Future is one of the moves at the root of the troubles in Chikara. Heck, if Eddie Kingston had never Backfisted Archibald Peck backstage at Chikarasaurus Rex...
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Your Midweek Links: It's Chikara Time!
The center of the Chikara-spiracies?Photo Credit: Scott FinkelsteinIt's hump day, so here are some links to get you through the rest of the week:Wrestling Links:- The Wrestling Podcast, Episode 100: K...
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Your Chikara Wrestler of the Day: Hallowicked
The nightmare warriorPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinHallowicked is a Gen-1 original in Chikara. He's been through so many alliances and feuds in the company's history that it's hard to imagine a...
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Where the Line Is: A Response to the John Thorne Hullabaloo
At the center of all this is StarrPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinAbsolute Intense Wrestling is coming off one of their biggest weekends ever. The JT Lightning Invitational Tournament drew rave reviews,...
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Kofi Kingston Injured
BOOM, injuredPhoto Credit: WWE.comVia WWE.comKofi Kingston will miss about four-to-eight weeks with an elbow injury, according to WWE.com. The site reported the news from the Smackdown tapings last...
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The Impending Cataclysm
Where have you gone, Mike Quackenbush?Photo Credit: Scott FinkelsteinIn the face of Armageddon, the first victim is normalcy, familiarity. It never comes out of nowhere. There are always tells, signs...
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Best Coast Bias: They're A Three Man Band...With Credibility
Cogent points, quality matches, and sending the kids home happy this week? ¡SI! ¡SI! ¡SI!Photo Credit: WWE.comI'm not the biggest Skynyrd fan of all-time - no Tracey Smothers I - but at my essence I am...
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Your Chikara Wrestlers of the Day: Sidney Bakabella's Devastation Corporation
A force to be reckoned with, but also a force of reckoning?Photo Credit: Scott FinkelsteinLike a bolt from the past, the Devastation Corporation, with huckster mouthpiece Sidney Bakabella, has razed a...
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An Open Essay on Big Bumps and Fan Conscience
He can steal the show without killing himselfPhoto Credit: WWE.comJeff Hardy made a career out of killing himself in the ring. Starting with the absurdly-named Terri Invitational Tournament, where he...
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Breathe It: A Documentary about Women in Wrestling
Alpha FemalePhoto Credit: Tony Knox via @alphafemale1Via IndieGoGoAny project that strives to promote the ideas of gender equity in wrestling is one that is going to be on my radar. Priya Sharma, an...
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Wyatt Family Fantasy Booking: Our Shield Saviors
Our unlikely saviors?Photo Credit: WWE.comThe Wyatt Family - Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, and Erick Rowan - has made its first impact on the main roster through vignettes that appeared on RAW and Main...
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Millions of Pounds! Millions of Pounds! Millions of Pounds!
Photo via r/SquaredCircle user randy_hortonTitus O'Neil had some fun in England, at least in this picture. I don't know, just something about the miles-wide grin on his face with an old-style English...
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All Things Must Pass: Chikara Aniversario: Never Compromise Preview
Mantis, playing with the property of the gods?Photo Credit: Scott FinkelsteinNothing is certain after birth except death. Even taxes can be evaded if you're dogged enough to find an uninhabited island...
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You best recognize...1. Are you going to or getting Never Compromise on Sunday?2. Buy or sell: Mike Quackenbush is the best wrestler from the last 15 years never to have appeared in WWE, WCW, ECW, or...
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Impactful Feedback: Road to Slammiversary
The Unhossiest Hoss You Ever Done Did SeePhoto Credit: ImpactWrestling.comSo, I had an entire blog entry already written that I felt wasn’t hitting the point by my generalization of how terrible...
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Any Shows This Weekend? Girls Grand Prix and EVOLVE
Deeb is one of many heading up to 2CWPhoto Credit: Scott FinkelsteinFor me, the only event happening this weekend is Aniversario: Never Compromise. What can I say? I live and breathe Chikara. It is my...
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Your Chikara Jerk of the Day: Wink Vavasseur
Don't fear... the this guy?Photo Credit: Scott FinkelsteinThe Chikarmy wanted Dieter von Stiegerwalt out of power after he had run amok as Director of Fun. He was the BDK's enabler, so to speak. If he...
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The Past Is Prologue: In Your House 1
The opener and best match from this showPhoto Credit: WWE.comHi gang! First off, I feel I should introduce myself. My name is Trey Irby and I have mainly been known around these wrestling fan parts for...
View ArticleInstant Feedback: I Am Daniel Bryan, Destroyer of Worlds
I don't know if JBL reads the blogs and the columns, but he was right on the pulse of what was going on with Daniel Bryan. He noted during his match with Roman Reigns that Bryan is better when he has a...
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Twitter Request Line, Vol. 32
How will their X-Treme Frost variants play out?Photo Credit: Scott FinkelsteinIt's Twitter Request Line time, everyone! I take to Twitter to get questions about issues in wrestling, past and present,...
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