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DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004
Solo Darling vs Dasher is also happening. I assume that's gonna be on the 2nd show?


And I am pretty sure Blanche won't be there. She's still injured as far as I can tell.

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DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004
So, where is Reading is KOT gonna be held? Cause there's no way they run their old spots.

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004
So, KOT is running in their usual Reading venue, the The Goodwill Beneficial Association Hall. Weird choice for the biggest shows, cause that place can't hold more than like 300 people I think.

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004
Breaking news from last night.



DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004

EugeneJ posted:

Del Wilkes, Tom Brandi, or someone else?

Pretty sure it's Tom Brandi. I was sad there was no Sal Sincere sighting though.

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004

Gavok posted:

I might end up in critical condition!

I hear he arrived at Pocono Summit in a helicopter straight from the USS Intrepid.

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004

KungFu Grip posted:

Is Juan now John Francis Conrad since he's American

Full name is

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004

Numero6 posted:

They should have shopped the bowtie in US colors.

I imagine they'll update his profile photo pretty soon. Another thing I saw was, Juan/John was in a full black and white tuxedo at the end of the show when everyone was in the ring with Hurricane. Dude travels to shows in style I guess.

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004
It sure seemed like Molly turned on Boomer and let Dasher beat him up. I was also really hoping the masked jobbers were gonna all make some big run and dominate like a CHIKARA version of the Nexus or nWo or something.

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004

Gavok posted:

So nothing much has been going on because Chikara's spent the last few months doing shows at baseball stadiums that aren't really important other than gradually doing the Johnny Kid Invitational Tournament and letting the Crucible stuff play out. Right now the next big show is Chikarasaurus Rex in a few weeks, which at least looks like a good show.



One of those was in Lancaster, PA in the parking lot of the stadium. It was raining and there almost no lights. One of the wildest environments I've ever seen a show in. Downside of course was every match like like under 3 minutes long.

Also, I can confirm Allie/Stray Kat is really over with the baseball crowd in Trenton, NJ.

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004
It's weird that CHIKARA is doing a 15 match card on a single show. They could have easily made this 2 shows.

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004
Ophidian and Quack had an impromptu match tonight to determine who the Head trainer is at the Wrestle Factory.

Also, this show had more kids than any show I can remember. At least 50% of the crowd was kids. It was a Boy Scouts fundraiser, so that probably explains it, but it was a fun show.

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004
The whole Crucible angle is lame. I am just sick of big bad faction vs CHIKARA storylines. Kimber Lee joining makes very little sense. Just feeling bad is a terrible reason to join the group. They don't have any power over her or anything. It just seems weird for her to go along with it.

Solo/Kimber WAS my favorite match though. The trios match was also very good.

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004
Last team announced.

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004

frankenfreak posted:

A Scott Steiner Swear Jar :discourse:

I don't know if its big enough.

https://twitter.com/thedesertpope/status/1180643465165770753/photo/1

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004
So, it seems like there was no big comedy match this year?

Also, I wonder what the attendance was since the Reading venue is so small compared to the Funplex in Easton.

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004
The other masked guy is Blaxstrom

https://twitter.com/Blaxstrom1/status/1193363679137415168?s=19

Also, Wrestling is FUN! is coming back in December.

https://twitter.com/wrestling_isfun/status/1192640535648964609?s=19

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004

Gavok posted:

Missile Assault Man announced on Twitter that he was done with Chikara.

Man, that Proteus Wheel storyline sure was fun. Then a year later, everyone involved is either gone from the company or might as well be due to how much they fell into obscurity.

Edit: John Francis of Coronado is also done with the company.

I wonder what Juan means by higher calling? Did he get signed somewhere?

https://twitter.com/JuanFDCoronado/status/1193714466061529088?s=19

Also, Stray Kat is also in the alumni section now. That bums me out tremendously.

DM Punk fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Nov 11, 2019

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004

Draxion posted:

Wasn't she only there for like three months?

Pretty much. She moved to Long Island and started getting the CHIKARA bookings, then when she broke up with MJF and ended up moving to Ohio, it seemed that kinda was a deal breaker. She went from winning a bunch of tag matches to losing the CdP match in 2 straight falls and being eliminated in round 1 of KOT. It's a shame, her gimmick really fit in with CHIKARA. She told me how CHIKARA was one of her biggest goals to be apart of.

DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004
I was at the show. They kept teasing that the show was an experiment with a BIG partner. To me, it feels like this was something for WWE. Maybe to see if its something they'd want on the Network or not. Quack wrestled Sonny Defarge in the main event. The only other worth while match was Molly McCoy vs Still Life.

There was 3 Crucible matches that felt like a complete waste of time as well.

Before the show, they had us "practice" booing and cheering. It def felt like they wanted absolutely nothing remotely out of the ordinary to go wrong.

Whole thing lasted less than 2 hours and that was with 2 intermissions. Not sure what to think of it. It was just kinda there.

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DM Punk
Aug 24, 2004

Akileese posted:

As someone who has loved Chikara for god knows how long, this sounds absolutely dreadful and the antithesis of what Chikara is. Obviously I wasn't there and can only react based on what the others have said but that definitely sounds not great.

It wasn't TERRIBLE, just uneventful.

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