#Razerhawk

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I spent my Sunday evening sitting in a church pew watching professional wrestling.

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Podcast-A-Go-Go #587 ft. Dasher Hatfield & Molly McCoy vs. Xyyberhawk 2000 (Danjerhawk & Razerhawk) from “Stem The Hemorrhaging of Polka (2.29.2020)” and “Action Arcade Episode 4″ in its entirety!

[wrestlingis]

Wrestling is Fun! returns this Saturday in Philadelphia, and will also be streaming LIVE on IWTV! 

The Banana Championship will be returning, and four singles matches will determine four participants for the tournament to crown the new champion.

Additionally, two singles matches and a tag team match have been signed. Full details below:

“Slice of Pi″ - Saturday, March 14th, 2020 - Philadelphia, PA

1. Banana Championship Tournament Qualifying Match: Molly McCoy vs. Dan Champion

2. Banana Championship Tournament Qualifying Match: Thief Ant vs. Frightmare

3. Banana Championship Tournament Qualifying Match: Boomer Hatfield vs. Cornelius Crummels

4. Banana Championship Tournament Qualifying Match: JoSue Ibañez vs. Tunku Amir

5. Lucas Calhoun vs. Sonny Defarge

6. ZERO vs. Devantes

7. Xyberhawx 2000 (Danjerhawk & Razerhawk) vs. Los Ice Creams (El Hijo del Ice Cream & Ice Cream Jr.)

8. Princess KimberLee vs. Donna Roma

[chikararesults]

S19 Results - “Egg Monsters From Mars” (7.28.18)

1) Blanche Babish made The Whisper tap out in 6:32.

2) Referee Kris Levin threw out the match pitting The Beast Warriors (Oleg the Usurper/Proletariat Boar of Moldova), Cornelius Crummels & Sonny Defarge against Hallowicked, Frightmare & The Closers (Sloan Caprice/Rick Roland) at the 9:56 mark.

3) Mr. Touchdown pinned David Starr in 14:45, following the “Flea Flicker.”

4) The Proteus Wheel (Volgar/Frantik/Callux the Castigator) defeated Lucas Calhoun/Jeremy Leary/Brett Michael Davis in 8:57.

5) Razerhawk upset Icarus with a Crucifix hold in 11:13.

6) The quartet of Princess KimberLee, Los Ice Creams & Kikutaro emerged victorious over Merlok, Hermit Crab, Cajun Crawdad & Travis Huckabee in 22:17. Merlok substituted for Tony Deppen, who was unable to appear.

7) Grand Championship: Juan Francisco de Coronado retained over Solo Darling in 19:42.

[iamchikara]

Yup, you guessed it. Solo update again this week, no tag matches on this week’s episode of AA. Getting depressing. Remember, neither the YLC, Crucible exhibitions (large chunk of time this week went toward these), nor wins by current champions in their respective divisions count towards points.

At two points…

Lucas Calhoun, who defeated Kobald (AA #2, originally from YLC XVI) and Tunku Amir (AA #5, originally from NPWD ‘20)

The Spoiler, who defeated Chuck West (AA #1, date of recording unknown) and Masked Enforcer #2 (AA #7, originally from STHOP)

At one point…

Boomer Hatfield, who defeated Travis Huckabee (AA #1, originally from YLC XVI)

Cabana Man Dan, who defeated Terry Zeller (AA #6, originally from STHOP)

Donna Rama, who defeated George Petrovsky (AA #8, date of recording unknown)

Matt Makowski, who defeated Jigsaw (AA #1, originally from NPWD ‘20)

Mike Quackenbush, who defeated Sonny DeFarge (AA #7, originally from the Mystery Box event)

Ophidian, who defeated Still Life (AA #2, originally from NPWD ‘20)

Razerhawk, who defeated Joey Maggs (AA #3, originally from NPWD ‘20)

The Whisper, who defeated Mobius (AA #4, originally from STHOP)

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Indie Spotlight Watch: Tony Deppen

@ThatRoseTattoo has shined her #IndieSpotlight on @Tony_Deppen Read up on an outstanding talent on the #IndieWrestling scene

As a lifelong fan of wrestling, I often find myself comparing today’s talent to the characters I grew up watching back in the mid to late 1980s. The wrestling personalities back then, I believe, were at their strongest. People stood out with big mouths and even bigger abilities in the ring. Granted, fans can still enjoy these standouts today but they’re far fewer in number than they were at the…

[evettemakesthings]

Just a few of the customs I've made recently #razerhawk #travishuckabee #themissinglink #bastionbooger #wrestler #indiewrestling #chikara #see #wrestling #evettemakesthings https://www.instagram.com/p/Br0QJSkhYk8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7ivtjd4rirja

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Chikara “Let’s Get Invisible“ - Live Show Report December 8th in Philadelphia, PA

This was Chikara’s final show of 2018 and the finale of their 19th season. A loaded card in front of a capacity crowd.

1. Juan Francisco de Coronado beat Green Ant via submission with the Coronado Clutch. I thought this was a good way to open the show with Wrestle Factory favorite Green Ant, and a nice opener featuring a lot of mat exchanges. Juan worked over Green Ant’s leg, and he caught him in the Clutch when Green Ant came at him flying off the top rope.

2. Cornelius Crummels & Sonny Defarge won a Four Corner Tag Team Eliminator over Los Ice Creams (Ice Cream Jr. y El Hijo del Ice Cream), F.I.S.T. (Icarus & Tony Deppen), and Jeremy Leary & Blanche Babish. Deppen tried to come on to Babish at the start to no avail, offering her a night out at Olive Garden, her treat. Icarus wrestled the entire match wearing his jacket, so he didn’t show off his back tattoo, but he was wrestling in trunks and showing off his leg tattoo, which Leary mocked. Los Ice Creams were the first team out fairly quickly, when Crummels rolled up Hijo as they attempted to suplex Defarge. A new trick in the repertoire of Crummels and Defarge was Defarge ramming his foot into Babish’s face after Crummels sneezed on it (it’s Flu Season you jerks!). The two rudo teams worked together against Leary and Babish, but they eventually came at odds over who could pick up the pinfalls, allowing a hot tag to Babish, who cleaned house on all four of them briefly. Babish soon after made Deppen tap out to the Soda Jerk, eliminating him and Icarus. Crummels and Defarge scored the third and final fall after hitting Leary with the old high low, clipping his knee and hitting him with a lariat. These two falls led to Crummels and Defarge accruing three points for a shot at Los Campeonatos de Parejas next year. Fun character exchanges, fun action.

3. BLANK (w/ Still Life with Apricots and Pears) beat Penelope Ford with a forearm to the back of the head. Still Life came out with a camera. Decent match between these two, with Ford fighting from behind and hitting some cartwheel-based offense and a dive to the floor to get the crowd going. She may have done one backflip too many though, as BLANK caught her with the forearm as she rebounded off the ropes to pick up the win. Ford acted like she was knocked out, and after the match BLANK positioned her into a pose while laid out on the mat. BLANK called this pose “A Lilly in Place of a Rose” and had Still Life take pictures of her. Shades of “The Killing Joke” if you ask me.

4. Lucas Calhoun & Missile Assault Man & Axel Ford beat Professor Nicodemus and the Proteus Wheel (Volgar & Frantik & Callux the Castigator) in a 4-on-3 Philadelphia Street Fight when Missile Assault Man pinned Nicodemus after an inverted DDT. This was the first time I can recall Chikara having a street fight on one of their events, and it was suitably chaotic. The Proteus Wheel brought a trash can full of plunder. Calhoun (wearing a shirt reading “Punch More Nazis”) and his partners were able to send the Proteus Wheel to the floor early and isolate Nicodemus, but he sprayed something in their faces to get away, opting to stay on the floor throughout most of the match. Callux hit Ford (no relation to Penelope) with the trash can lid and a cookie sheet. Calhoun retrieved a bunch of steel chairs from under the ring and walloped his opponents with them. Ford, continuing to have a tough time, received a double chokeslam onto a dusty ironing board. Calhoun was able to prevent Missile Assault Man (sporting a bandaged ankle from “Don’t Go To Sleep!”) getting pillmanized again, leading to Missile Assault Man pillmanizing Frantik’s ankle. He then put Frantik in a figure four, but Volgar broke it up with a splash. Volgar also slammed Calhoun off the top rope onto a bunch of chairs Calhoun had set up earlier. Missile Assault Man hit Volgar with a fishing rod and buried him under chairs, Nicodemus hit him with a bat to no avail, and Nicodemus was once again cornered before his experiments saved him. Callux hit a Boss Man Slam onto a trash can for a nearfall. Eventually, the Proteus Wheel was wiped out on the floor after Calhoun clocked Volgar with his own chain and sent him off the top, allowing for the rather anticlimactic comeuppance for Nicodemus. The fans were into the action and outcome. Other trash can plunder, such as a golf club and a hockey stick, were not used.

- First of two intermissions held.

5. Hallowicked beat Boomer Hatfield after a third snapmare off the top. A short match where Hallowicked was largely dominant, suplexing the younger Hatfield around the ring. Boomer was able to leave the ring on his own afterward.

6. The Creatures of the Deep (Oceanea, Merlok, Hermit Crab, and Cajun Crawdad) beat Fire Ant, Thief Ant, Razerhawk, and Danjerhawk after Oceanea and Merlok hit the Tidal Wave on Razerhawk. They attempted the Tidal Wave the first time on Danjerhawk, but his partners pulled him to the floor, so Oceanea dived onto them off of Merlok’s back. A second attempt, onto Razerhawk, was countered into powerbomb on Merlok by the two ants. Razerhawk scored a nearfall on Oceanea with a Swanton afterward. A lot of fun action throughtout, including Crab hitting Thief Ant with a Spanish Fly off the middle rope, Crab attempting his crab walk on the ropes but taking a hurricanrana off the ropes by Razerhawk, and Razerhawk immediately afterward taking a Muscle Buster by Merlok. Fire Ant caught Merlok with his running kick, but almost fell prey to Oceanea’s fish hook. On the last event November 24th (the Cibernetico show that I was unable to recap here), Oceanea set a message to Crab and Crawdad that there would be consequences if they fail her again, so the two loyal servants/jesters of this court of creatures pulled their weight, preventing any interference from the third attempt at the Tidal Wave being successful. The Creatures of the Deep all celebrated over Razerhawk’s crushed body as Danjerhawk tended to him.

7. Solo Darling beat Travis Huckabee via submission to what looked like the Million Dollar Dream. A strong grudge match and maybe my favorite on the card. Darling wanted to get at Huckabee immediately upon her music hitting. She got him into a Regal Stretch right away. After lots of back and forth, including lots of kicks from Darling, it went to the floor, where Huckabee caught Darling in the Stretch Muffler and threw her into a ring post. Making their way back inside, Huckabee caught her with a piledriver, which he used to take put Darling on the shelf at “La Lotería Letal,” but here it was only good enough for a nearfall. He then hit a second piledriver. He then attempted a cloverleaf (perhaps Darling’s own Sharp Stinger), but Darling maneuvered to the ropes and was sent to the outside. Huckabee pulled the mats up off the floor to attempt a third piledriver on the unprotected floor, but Darling gave him a back body drop instead. Back in the ring, Huckabee suckered Darling into rollup nearfall after a fake apology and doing their old handshake with her, but Darling recouped and scored the satisfying submission win.

8. Princess KimberLee & The Whisper beat The Regime (Sloan Caprice & Rick Roland) to win Los Campeonatos de Parejas 2 falls to 1. Carrying on with the story from when they won the tournament at “La Lotería Letal,” Lee wanted nothing to do with Whisper during this match. They never made actual tags, just lucha style tags by exiting the ring, such as when Lee entered the match for the first time after Whisper took a ton of punishment. Caprice pinned Lee with a rollup to score the first fall. Lee was at a disadvantage afterward, but she didn’t tag out when she had the opportunity to. She was able to even up the falls when Roland missed hitting her with a sexton off the top. Lee also weakened Caprice’s knee with a targeted kick, and Caprice sold it for the rest of the match. Whisper got back in when Lee went to the floor and scored a number of nearfalls. Caprice caught Whisper with a rollup, but Lee instinctually came in and broke it up. Whisper hugged her afterward, causing Lee to hit him with a German suplex. However, Whisper was suplexed onto Caprice and pinned him, resulting in new champions. Lee was dumbfounded by this and left the ring, leaving Whisper alone with the titles. The team that fans in the crowd here referred to as both “WhisperLee” and “Silent Kingdom” are now Tag Team Champions Who Can’t Get Along.

- Second intermission before the main event.

9. Dasher Hatfield beat Ophidian to retain the Chikara Grand Championship with a rolling elbow. This was Ophidian’s second shot at the title this year, earning his third point towards this title match on November 24th with a win over Tony Deppen. When ref Bryce Remsburg asked Ophidian before the match if he was ready to do this, Ophidian responded with, “I’m ready to actually earn this,” a shot at interim champion Hatfield. Good, competitive main event, with Ophidian getting a lot of offense in and getting increasingly aggressive in his attempt to win the title. He got a lot of momentum, including a near submission from the Cobra Clutch Death Grip, and a flipping piledriver right before Hatfield got the win.

- With Ophidian still laid out in the ring after the finish, Boomer came out to celebrate with his dad, as did the returning Mr. Touchdown. He said he was proud of Hatfield for what has now been four defenses of the Grand Championship on his behalf, and then revealed that as of December 10 (Monday), he will be cleared to return to the ring. Remsburg congratulated Touchdown and handed him back the Grand Championship, but Hatfield held onto it… and laid out Touchdown with an elbow! He acted like this was still his title. Boomer was at a loss and went to tend to Touchdown, but Dasher yelled at him to come to the back with him.

This troubling incident put a bow on a very fun season finale to Chikara’s year, which has been almost exclusive to the Wrestle Factory in Philadelphia. They will be back to touring more next year, with the earliest returns to the Wrestle Factory being March 16 for both stages of Young Lions Cup XV, and May 11 for The Infinite Gauntlet.

[pipe-bomb-podcast]

CHIKARA Closing Time – 02.12.2017 Tag Team Match Cajun Crawdad & Hermit Crab vs. Xyberhawx2000 (Razerhawk & Sylverhawk) 3,25 Singles Match…

[latestnews2018-blog]

Chikara's KING OF TRIOS Kicks off TONIGHT!!

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Chikara's KING OF TRIOS Kicks off TONIGHT!!

Posted By: Josh on Aug 31, 2018

Get Caught up on the past 10 years of action as well as information for this years Trios Tournament in Easton, PA! This years teams and competitors are just as deep and talented as years past with competitors such as Johnny Gargano, Mike Quackenbush, Chuck Taylor, Pete Dunne, Tyler Bate, The Young Bucks, Lince Dorado, Sonjay Dutt, Eddie Kingston and our favorite #Colony member Drew Gulak.

Check out this years teams!

Teams

Ancient Order of the Nations (Mick Moretti, Jack Bonza, and Adam Hoffman)

Dark Lords of the Proteus (Volgar, Callux, and Frantik)

The F.I.S.T. Order (Icarus, Travis Huckabee, and Tony Deppen)

Galactic Wildlife Commission (ThunderFrog, Air Wolf, and Wildcat)

The Millennium Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield, Mark Angelosetti, and Boomer Hatfield)

The New Republic (El Hijo del Ice Cream, Ice Cream, Jr, and Kikutaro)

The Nexus Alliance (PJ Black, Michael Tarver, and Fred Rosser)

The Ohnaka Gang (Rey Bucanero, Pierre Carl Ouellet, and Katarina Leigh)

Raiders of the Beyond (Chris Dickinson, Cam Zagami, and Brian Milonas)

The Regime (Juan Francisco de Coronado, Rick Roland, and Sloan Caprice)

The ResistANTce (Fire Ant, Green Ant [II], and Thief Ant)

The Shimmer Collective (Madison Eagles, Shazza McKenzie, and Jessica Troy)

Sisters of the Mighty (Solo Darling, Molly Holly, and Aja Perera)

Society of the Deep (Merlok, Hermit Crab, and Cajun Crawdad)

Tokyo Joshi Freedom Fighters (Miyu Yamashita, Yuka Sakazaki, and Shoko Nakajima)

Xyberhawx Techno Union (Razerhawk, Nytehawk, and Danjerhawk)

…..The event WILL NOT BE STREAMED LIVE on Chikaratopia.com as of this posting.  Please keep checking back as WNS will have an air date as soon as its available.

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The Talons Are OUT on Saturday! [CHIKARA's Action Arcade]

[henrytcasey]

Watch This Wrestling 46 (11/19–25)

Hello friends! If you look at the below, you’ll see a couple of changes. This upcoming week marks both me watching Impact again (yes, this is all Ethan Page’s responsibility) and my renewed interest in Chikara.

For Chikara, I plan to watch the VOD of the penultimate episode Kill the Moon and possibly attend its season finale Closing Time, a decision which will depend on whether or nor Mike Quackenbush vs David Starr is announced for that show in Philly.

And at some point, I’m going to begin the grand project of watching the show from its 4th season, a long-overdue project. The decision to start there was helped by the excellent Courtney Rose (@ChicagosCRose on twitter).

As always, if I’m missing anything that can be accessed without too much trouble, @ me on twitter: henrytcasey.

What I Watched

Survivor Series 2017, 11/19

Progress Chapter 57: Enter Smiling, 11/19

Monday Night Raw, 11/20

SmackDown LIVE, 11/21

205 Live, 11/21

NXT, 11/22

Powerbomb.tv: Wazzup, 11/25

Powerbomb.tv: This Very Second with Bryce Remsburg, 11/25

Upcoming Watch List

Beyond Wrestling/Women’s Wrestling Revolution, 11/27

Monday Night Raw, 11/27

SmackDown LIVE, 11/28

205 Live, 11/28

NXT, 11/29

Impact Wrestling, 11/30

Chikara: Kill the Moon, ?? VOD

Chikara: Closing Time, 12/2 — possibly attending live

Non-WWE Match of The Week:

Keith Lee vs. Flash Morgan Webster

Progress Chapter 57: Enter Smiling, 11/19

Nobody’s surprised to see me hand out a best to my two favorites from BOLA 2017, who wrestled a fantastic, epic match, that just happened to be booked the wrong way.

Anyone watching Progress during the last months has to be wondering what they’re doing with Flash. If all of these almost-wins will build to a major character point and a championship, then maybe they’ll be able to say it was worth it.

But Keith Lee loses nothing if Flash manages to eek a suprirse underdog victory out of the WWN Champion, not the least because the title wasn’t on the line. The crowd adored Keith Lee, though, to the point where nobody would even hazard the opinion that he needed to beat The King of the Mods.

Honorable Mentions:

Logan Easton LaRoux vs AJ Gray vs Anthony Greene vs Razerhawk, Powerbomb.tv: Wazzup, 11/25

Thick Boys (Jay Freddie & John Silver) vs Ugly Ducklings (Lance Lude & Rob Killjoy), Powerbomb.tv: Wazzup, 11/25

Ringkampf (Timothy Thatcher & WALTER) vs CCK (Chris Brookes & Kid Lykos) (c) vs for the PROGRESS Tag Team Championships, Progress Chapter 57: Enter Smiling, 11/19

Non-WWE Segment of The Week

“Revenge can only be found on the road to self-destruction”

Dahlia Black promo via YouTube

While I thought the four-way match that included Dahlia and Jinny was rushed and didn’t gel together as one whole match (instead reeking of two, smashed together), Ms. Black’s pre-match promo was excellent.

Until this moment, this feud existed in short moments where announcers rushed out words to one of the two, who typically had joined them on commentary. While it could have used one more story beat (at the start, showing their friendship pre-injury), it still was the most well-acted (bravo, Dahlia) and necessary story beat of the week.

Honorable Mentions:

The shit talking Trent Seven gave Zack Gibson, Progress Chapter 57: Enter Smiling, 11/19

All of the weirdness that was Powerbomb.tv: This Very Second with Bryce Remsburg, 11/25

WWE Match of The Week:

AJ Styles vs Brock Lesnar

Survivor Series 2017, 11/19

How could it be anything but this? AJ Styles elevated himself even higher in the lore of WWE by pulling an amazing 1 on 1 match out of the notoriously unreliable Brock Lesnar.

Honorable Mentions: 

The New Day vs The Shield, Survivor Series 2017, 11/19

Charlotte Flair vs Alexa Bliss, Survivor Series 2017, 11/19

The Bar vs The Usos, Survivor Series 2017, 11/19 

Roman Reigns vs The Miz (c) for the WWE Intercontental Championship, Monday Night Raw, 11/20

Akira Tozawa vs Drew Gulak in a Street Fight, 205 Live, 11/21

Johnny Gargano vs Pete Dunne (c) for the WWE UK Championship, NXT, 11/22 

Ruby Riot vs Sonya Deville, NXT, 11/22

WWE Segment of the Week:

Paige Returns, With Friends

Monday Night Raw, 11/20

Obviously, this segment will age well or poorly based on how WWE books Paige and the friends she picked up on her way back to the main roster, but for now, it’s a win.

Not only was it fun and shocking for a return to turn into an invading faction, but it’s quite clever. Rose and Deville provide solid cover and distraction from the controversy that took place during the time where while Paige’s injury (among ohter thing) kept her off camera.

Honorable Mentions:

Braun Strowman’s post-show interview, Survivor Series 2017, 11/19 

Enzo and The Zo Train give thanks, Monday Night Raw, 11/20

SmackDown Gets its own Women’s Trio from NXT, SmackDown LIVE, 11/21

[chikararesults]

National Pro Wrestling Day 2020 Results (A CHIKARA & Wrestling is Fun! co-promotion)

1) Devantes/Lance Steel/Tunku Amir defeated Forged (JoSue Ibañez/Xavier Faraday/Joshua Wells) in 7:44 when Tunku pinned Faraday.

2) Dan Champion pinned Callux the Castigator in 6:03.

3) F.I.S.T. (Icarus/Travis Huckabee) made quick work of Mike Maraldo/Tony Webb, winning in just 3:43.

4) The Colony (Green Ant/Thief Ant) beat Frightmare/Kobald in 7:30 when Green pinned Kobald.

5) Ophidian was victorious over Still Life With Apricots And Pears in 9:50.

6) Razerhawk used his “Razer’s Edge” to pin Rocco Gibraltor in just 1:58.

7) Lucas Calhoun defeated Tunku Amir in 4:39.

8) The Spoiler/Sonny Defarge emerged victorious over Boomer Hatfield/ZERO in 9:48, when Defarge pinned Boomer.

9) Matt Makowski beat Jigsaw in 10:36.

10) Mike Quackenbush made Hallowicked tap out to the CHIKARA Special in 18:41.

[iamchikara]

And another quick solo update from today.

At two points…

Cabana Man Dan, who defeated Terry Zeller (AA #6, originally from STHOP) and BLANK (AA #11)

Lucas Calhoun, who defeated Kobald (AA #2, originally from YLC XVI) and Tunku Amir (AA #5, originally from NPWD ‘20)

Ophidian, who defeated Still Life (AA #2, originally from NPWD ‘20) and Mike Quackenbush (AA #9, originally from STHOP)

At one point…

Callux the Castigator, who defeated Bill Pierce (AA #10, date of recording unknown)

Donna Rama, who defeated George Petrovsky (AA #8, date of recording unknown)

Green Ant, who defeated The Spoiler (AA #12)

JoSue Ibanez, who defeated The Whisper (AA #10, date of recording unknown)

Matt Makowski, who defeated Jigsaw (AA #1, originally from NPWD ‘20)

Razerhawk, who defeated Joey Maggs (AA #3, originally from NPWD ‘20)

Sonny DeFarge, who defeated Boomer Hatfield (AA #11)

The Whisper, who defeated Mobius (AA #4, originally from STHOP)

The Spoiler leaves the standings this iteration.

[pwchronicle]

Chikara “Summer Night City” Live Show Report June 7th in Philadelphia, PA

So, you may not know it if you’re only watching Raw and Smackdown, but wrestling has been really exciting recently. We’ve had a stretch of highly publicized (to varying degrees) events that I all thought really delivered. AEW Double or Nothing was a strong start to their promotion, NXT Takeover: XXV was packed to the rim with great matches, and the finals of New Japan’s Best of the Super Juniors 26 has had the whole world buzzing ahead of what is supposed to be an even bigger show with Dominion on Sunday morning. Meanwhile, the WWE main roster has been bogged down in lazy stories, a non-nonsensical Wildcard Rule to create false excitement, and by now WWE’s latest overseas blood money show as part of a deal that has felt no less scummy. So I was pleased that Chikara happened to be running later on Friday night to offer an alternative.

This show took place deeper into Philadelphia, closer to Chinatown for the first time since Chikara ran a few shows at the Trocadero (RIP). It was being held at a brewery called Love City Brewing, in conjunction with both Philly Beer Week and Pride Week, with proceeds to this show going to Valley Youth House. 

This rear room of the brewery housed the ring, with standing space only for fans on two of the sides, and the curtained-off area for the wrestlers and crew on the other side. They made drinks available back here too. Early on, I noticed Philadelphia resident, Chikara alumni, and now AEW Superstar Chuck Taylor hanging out. Tickets were only $10, and by the time the action started, this room filled up, and the body temperature rose. This was perhaps the most unique venue at which I’ve seen Chikara action since they ran matches at an indoor music festival six or seven years ago.

1. Solo Darling, Razerhawk, and Danjerhawk beat Hermit Crab, Cajun Crawdad, and El Hijo del Ice Cream when Darling made Hijo tap to the Sharpstinger. Hot opener, with the crowd (a mix of regular fans and curious newcomers) sounding very loud for it. During some of the entrances, the wrestlers (especially the tecnicos) took the time to interact with the crowd, especially these three. No dives to the floor during this show though. Hijo did some of his usual antics, and Darling spent the most time in peril before rallying back with big moves. 

2. Missile Assault Man beat Rick Roland with his inverted DDT. More of a hoss battle between these two. Roland got Missile Assault Man onto his shoulder after knocking him off the top rope, but Missile Assault Man was able to escape this potential powerslam and turn it into his finish.

3. Still Life With Apricots and Pears beat Boomer Hatfield to retain the Young Lions Cup after a kick to the back of Boomer’s knee and a rollup. This was a rematch of the Young Lions Cup Finals in March. Boomer is coming off what I’ve heard is a fantastic match two weeks ago in Chicago, where he beat his father Dasher in the non-title Mask vs. Mask Match. Boomer wore rainbow socks and received red, white, and blue streamers upon entering, while Still Life had a rainbow-colored shin guard and received rainbow-colored streamers. Still Life didn’t overtly play the heel as strongly as they have previously. Boomer started off hot before Still Life focused on his knee again, nearly making him tap to the Venus de Milo. The end came when Molly McCoy (Boomer’s cousin, Dasher’s niece) hopped up on the apron and distracted Boomer to lead to the finish; following the Mask vs. Mask Match, McCoy vowed to make Boomer’s life miserable. This was the only real element of an ongoing story on this short card. Boomer received a nice ovation as he left.

4. The Proteus Wheel (Volgar, Frantik, and Callux the Castigator) beat Off the Hop Rope (CPA, Troy Nelson, and a wrestler I didn’t recognize) following the old Quebecers finisher, with Volgar squashing Nelson. Off the Hope Rope consists of three wrestlers that podcast about beer. They sounded like they had a lot of fans here, with a rallying chant of “What’s On Tap” for them. CPA wrestled in trunks but still wore a buttoned shirt and a tie, which was of course revealed to be a clip-on in an early spot. The wrestler I didn’t recognize tired out the three Proteus Wheel members by frequently running the ropes and dodging their attacks. The Proteus Wheel eventually took over on their way to victory.

5. Travis Huckabee beat Rory Gulak with a spinning Stretch Muffler submission. Battle of the two previous winners of the Johnny Kidd Invitational, as well as a rematch from the first round of last year’s tournament. The most technical wrestling up to this point, but the crowd was still up for it. Gulak’s local ties and his “Amazing” catchphrase certainly helped. The usual strong work from both of them.

6. Fire Ant beat Tony Deppen with a brainbuster. Deppen was a very loud and agressive heel during this, much like he was at the Game Changer show I attended in April. He’s definitely assumed the Chuck Taylor role of this new F.I.S.T. Fire Ant had the crowd behind him.

A fun night out, with no intermission and the action lasting about 90 minutes. Even though it got pretty hot inside (it was cooler outside afterward), I knew I was going to have a better time here than watching whatever WWE had going on in the afternoon. They had their first minor league baseball spot show the day before, and they will have six more (including Wilmington, DE, Trenton, NJ, and Waldorf, MD) before returning to the Wrestle Factory in early September for Chikarasaurus Rex. Not I expect them to slouch it during these baseball spot shows, especially with Ophidian and his Crucible in full effect.