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Chikara: A Death Worse Than Fate took place in Reading, Philadelphia (USA) last night. Here are the results: 

Submission match: Ophidian defeated Green Ant

Saturyne defeated El Hijo Del Ice Cream

The Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield & Mr Touchdown) defeated Fire Ant & Solier Ant of the Colony via DQ

Brodie Lee defeated Jigsaw

Colt Cabana defeated Kobald

8 man tag team match: Jakob Hammermeier, Tim Donst, Obariyon & Kodima defeated Eddie Kingston, Greg Iron & 3.0

Sara Del Rey defeated Archibald Peck

Campeonatos de Parejas championship match - 2 out of 3 Falls: Chuck Taylor and Icarus (filling in for his injured stablemate Johnny Gargano) defeated Ultramantis Black & Hallowicked to retain the titles

Chikara will be in action again tonight in Long Island. You can view the full line up here: 

http://indywrestling.tumblr.com/post/18205906280/chikaracards

Thoughts: I expected Icarus would fill in for Gargano. Did you attend the show? If so, feel free to send a review in and I’ll share it on here.

- Lee

Chikara: A Death Worse Than Fate

Saturday, February 25th in Reading, Philadelphia

Campeonatos de Parejas championship match - 2 out of 3 Falls: Johnny Gargano & Chuck Taylor (champions) vs Ultramantis Black & Hallowicked

Sara Del Rey vs Archibald Peck

Colt Cabana vs Kobald

Fire Ant & Soldier Ant vs The Throwbacks

Green Ant vs Ophidian

Chikara: Caught In The Spiders Den

Sunday, February 26th in Long Island, New York

8 man tag team match: The Colony, Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw vs Tim Donst, Jakob Hammermeier & The Batiri

Sara Del Rey vs Saturyne

Gran Akuma vs Chuck Taylor 

Colt Cabana vs Ultramantis Black

Francis K. Stevens vs Kobald

Thoughts: The main events for both nights look very strong on paper. If Johnny Gargano still hasn’t recovered in time for the show, I imagine his stablemate Icarus will take his place. If my memory serves me correctly, that has happened before. 

- Lee

Ring Of Honor and Chikara will have a double header on April the 28th in Chicago. Chikara will present “Hot Off The Griddle” in the afternoon, with ROH following up with “Unity” in the evening. 

Thoughts: They’re hyping this as if they’re promoting a ROH/Chikara crossover show, but so far it just sounds like a regular double header to me. I think Jigsaw and Hallowicked are getting their ROH tag title shots at the ROH show, but no word on if there will be any further crossover yet. 

- Lee 

Edit: Thanks to Tristan Wolfe for informing me that the show will actually be in Chicago, not Baltimore. I got it muddled up with the show on the fourth of February. Sorry about that. 

Here are the results from last night’s ROH ‘Homecoming’ show, at the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory in Philadelphia.

Eddie Edwards came out and told the crowd he couldn’t compete tonight due to a staph infection.

Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas defeated Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly

Tomasso Ciampa defeated Mike Bennett, Grizzly Redwood and Andy Ridge

Steve Corino cut a promo announcing that he’s staying, and that he’d finally earned the respect of the fans and everyone in the back. Kevin Steen then came out and berated Corino, before talking trash about Jim Cornette. Steen then offered Corino a free shot at him, but Corino left the ring without doing anything.

Kevin Steen defeated Kenny King. Post-match, Steen beats down Rhett Titus, who was at ringside and on crutches.

Michael Elgin defeated Chris Hero. Shane Hagadorn came out before the match and asked Hero if he could manage him again. Hero thanks Hagadorn for his work in the past, but says he wants to go it alone now, and takes Hagadorn out with an elbow.

No Holds Barred: Roderick Strong defeated Adam Cole, who replaced Eddie Edwards. Michael Elgin comes out during the match and beats Cole down, but Edwards makes the save. Cole recieved a standing ovation post-match.

Proving Ground: Jigsaw and Hallowicked defeated ROH Tag Team Champions the Briscoes. After the match a whole host of Chikara stars invade the ring (Mike Quackenbush, Dasher Hatfield, Ultramantis Black, Frightmare and The Colony). Mantis cuts a heel promo putting over Chikara, which the Briscoes don’t like at all. 

ROH World Championship: Davey Richards defeats TV Champion Jay Lethal to retain the World title. A Richards vs Lethal rematch is announced for the next TV tapings.

Thoughts: The Chikara invasion sounds awesome. If this is planting the seeds for a ROH/Chikara war, I’m very excited. The rest of the card sounds great too. It’s fantastic to see Adam Cole get put in such a big singles spotlight and recieve such a positive reaction.

Source: http://pwponderings.com

Did you attend the show? Let us know what you thought at indywrestling@hotmail.co.uk

-Adrian

Chikara: Maiden Flight of the Great Condor - Sunday, October 30th @ Williamsport, PA (USA)

Ultramantis Black and Hallowicked defeated Delirious and Jakob Hammermeier

Sara Del Rey defeated Tursas via DQ

Chuck Taylor and Icarus defeated Sugar Dunkerton and Dasher Hatfield to retain the tag titles (Icarus was filling in for Johnny Gargano, I’m not sure why)

Vin Gerard defeated Eddie Kingston

Tim Donst defeated Green Ant

Jigsaw defeated Eddie Edwards

Fire Ant and Soldier Ant won a four way elimination tag team match

Archibald Peck defeated Marion Fontaine

Kodama defeated Ophidian

Source: pwponderings.com

Thoughts: Eddie Edwards put Jigsaw over?! Wow. The next Chikara show, High Noon, will take place in a couple of weeks, and will be broadcast on live IPPV. 

Unfortunately, last night’s Chikara show was cancelled. Fortunately, today’s will still go ahead! 

Chikara: Maiden Flight of the Great Condor - Sunday, October 30th @ Williamsport, PA (USA), 4pm

Campeonatos de Parejas title match: Johnny Gargano and Chuck Taylor of F.I.S.T (champions) vs The Throwbacks (Sugar Dunkerton and Dasher Hatfield) 

Eddie Edwards vs Eddie Kingston

Sara Del Rey vs Tursas

Hallowicked & Ultramantis Black vs Jakob & Delirious

Green Ant vs Tim Donst

Ophidian vs Kodama

Parker & Matthews vs Kobald & Obariyon

Four way tag team match (featuring the Colony, Los Ice Creams and more!)

If you attend the show, feel free to send a report to indywrestling@hotmail.co.uk

Klunk In Love - Saturday October the 8th @ Kingsport, Tennessee (USA)

(Doors open at 18:30, belltime at 19:00)

Jigsaw vs Ultramantis Black (“12: Large Summit” Tournament match)

Hallowicked vs Ophidian (“12: Large Summit” Tournament match)

Sara Del Rey vs Kana

8 man tag team match: Eddie Kingston, Sugar Dunkerton, Green Ant and Mike Quackenbush vs The Bruderschaft

Fire Ant & Soldier Ant vs Kotoge & Harada

Trios match: The Batiri vs F.I.S.T

Chase Owens vs Archibald Peck

Jessie McKay vs Madison Eagles

Small But Mighty - Friday October the 7th @ Burlington, North Carolina (USA)

Hallowicked vs Icarus (“12: Large Summit” Tournament match)

Mike Quackenbush vs Sara Del Rey (“12: Large Summit” Tournament match)

Ultramantis Black vs Vin Gerard (“12: Large Summit” Tournament match)

Campeonatos de Parejas title match: F.I.S.T (Johnny Gargano & Chuck Taylor - champions) vs Momo No Seishun Tag

Madison Eagles vs Kana

Eddie Kingston vs Kobald

Jigsaw vs Obariyon

8 person tag team match: The Colony & Jessie McKay vs The B.D.K

This week’s episode features excerpts from Greg Iron vs Jakob Hammermeier, as well as six man action with the Spectral Envoy (Hallowicked, Frightmare and Ultramantis Black) vs Team 3.0le (El Generico and his friends)!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myg-Wt17D10&feature=player_embedded

Young Lions Cup day 2 has been cancelled due to the hurricane. Sorry, I would have reported this yesterday, but I missed it on the Chikara Twitter page. 

Luckily, the decision to cancel was made yesterday, so the start time of that show was brought forward and it turned into a super show, featuring the entire tournament

Thoughts: I hope none of our readers have been affected by the hurricane. Keep safe folks! 

I’ll post the results in chronological order: 

Green Ant won the Young Lions Eliminator 1 (vs Kobald vs Robbie Eagles vs Will O The Wisp II)

Jakob Hammermeier won the Young Lions Eliminator 2 (vs Greg Iron vs Chase Owens vs Obariyon)

Matt Jackson defeated Johnny Gargano

Archibald Peck won the Young Lions Eliminator 3 (vs Matt Fitchett vs MK McKinnan vs Milo Shizo)

Tadasuke won the Young Lions Eliminator 4 (vs Nick Jackson vs Sean South vs Mark Andrews)

Hallowicked defeated Sara Del Rey (“12 Large: Summit” tournament match)

Fire Ant defeated Vin Gerard (“12 Large: Summit” tournament match)

INTERMISSION

Green Ant defeated Jakob Hammermeier (Young Lions Cup semi final)

Tadasuke defeated Archibald Peck (Young Lions Cup semi final)

Ultramantis Black defeated Pinkie Sanchez

Icarus defeated Claudio Castagnoli (“12 Large: Summit” tournament match)

The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) defeated the Batiri (Obariyon & Kodama)

Tadasuke defeated Green Ant (Young Lions Cup final)

Thoughts: Congratulations Tadasuke! For anyone wondering, he is from Osaka Pro Wrestling (in Japan).

What a loaded show. Hopefully everyone with tickets got the news that the start time was moved, and hopefully everyone who was originally only going to day 2 made it to this show (their tickets were made valid for both). 

If you attended, let us know how it went! indywrestling@hotmail.co.uk