Indy Wrestling Express

Here are the full line ups for this weekends CHIKARA shows. All of the pictures are taken from http://www.chikarapro.com

March 24th 2012 at the Trio Sportplex 610 Cityview Blvd, Vaughan, Ontario

Doors at 7pm, belltime at 7:30pm. 

Campeonatos de Parejas tag title match, 2 out of 3 Falls:

Non Title Match:

4 Corner Elimination Tag Team Match: 

Thoughts: The main event and the four corner tag match will be wild. It will be interesting to see how heel Ophidian versus the champion the Kingston turns out.

March 25th 2012 at Knights of Columbus Hall, 260 McArthur Avenue in Ottawa, Ontario

Doors at 3pm, belltime at 4

CHIKARA Grand Championship: 

Thoughts: Kingston vs Lee could be very good, and it may be the last time we see Lee on the indys since he may be WWE bound. 

I haven’t heard of the Colony’s rival ants, 17 or The Shard, so I assume they’re ROH guys in masks, since the promotions are feuding in the build up to the “Synergy” show. I could be way off though, in which case feel free to let me know.

As always, if you attend, feel free to send a review to indywrestling@hotmail.co.uk and I’ll share it here. We’ve received some great reviews from readers recently.

- Lee 

Are you subscribed to CHIKARA on Youtube? If you’re a fan, or someone who wants to check it out, you should be, since they post several videos a week. From the past week there’s: 

Podcast A-Go-Go 306 - Featuring clips from the first CHIKARA show of 2012, “The Thirteenth Hat”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2x-dN1WXaI

Throwdown Lowdown - Sara Del Rey presents what is basically the Spot Of The Week. A double team move from the Thirteenth Hat is on display this week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72rAIpqWjcs

The Barber Shop - Jon Barber delves into the lives of the CHIKARA wrestlers outside of the ring, this week asking them what their families think of their chosen profession: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGp0VcesX_w

Event Center - A look ahead at the upcoming CHIKARA shows: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QadvXcWs64

Thoughts: They put a lot of effort into putting all of this stuff out. It’s a great way of showcasing the action and characters that the Chikara features. Other indy promotions should take note.

- 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

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

Sara Del Rey vs Archibald Peck

Jigsaw vs Brodie Lee

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

Championship vs Career: CHIKARA Gran Champion Eddie Kingston vs Vin Gerard

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 

3.0 vs The Throwbacks

Colt Cabana vs Ultramantis Black

Francis K. Stevens vs Kobald

Archibald Peck vs Ophidian

Thoughts: Two solid shows on paper. If you attend either of them, feel free to send a report/review to indywrestling@hotmail.co.uk and I’ll post 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

Chikara: “The Thirteenth Hat” took place in Philadelphia last night. Here are the results: 

Green Ant defeated Mike Quackenbush

Jigsaw defeated Kobald

Gran Akuma vs Icarus ended in a double count out

3.0 defeated Jakob Hammermeier and Tim Donst

Hallowicked defeated Archibald Peck

Ophidian defeated Hieracon*

The Colony defeated The Batiri

* Ophidian, who recently turned heel on his tag team partner (Hieracon), debuted a new look: 

Sources: Results from PWinsider, photo from PWponderings

Did you attend the show? If so, feel free to send a live report to indywrestling@hotmail.co.uk, and I’ll post it here. 

- Lee

Results from the second night of Chikara’s Joshimania weekend and Ring of Honor’s ‘Southern Defiance’ show.

Chikara ‘Joshimania - Night 2’

The show took place in Everett, Massachusetts. Thanks once again to the Chikara 101 message board for these results.

Toshie Uematsu & GAMI defeated Cherry & Sawako Shimono

Ophidian defeated Gregory Iron

Kaori Yoneyama defeated Hanako Nakamori 

Mayumi Ozaki defeated Mio Shirai

Sara Del Rey defeated Tsubasa Kuragaki

Mamami Toyota, Mike Quakenbush, Fire Ant & Soldier Ant defeated Portia Perez, Icarus, Chuck Taylor & Johnny Gargano

Aja Kong defeated Ayako Hamada

Thoughts: From what I’ve heard these shows have been a resounding success so far, and with match-ups like these it’s easy to see why. It’s also good that they’ve put on a few matches featuring the regular roster, it gives the shows a little more meaning and helps further some stoylines, rather than it simply being an exhibition weekend.

Ring of Honor ‘Southern Defiance’

This took place in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Thanks to pwponderings.com for the results.

Mike Bennett defeated Adam Cole

ROH TV Champion Jay Lethal defeated TJ Perkins in a Proving Ground match

The Young Bucks defeated The All Night Express

The Briscoes defeated Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander

ROH Tag Team Champions Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas defeated the House of Truth (Roderick Strong and Michael Elgin) in a Proving Ground match

Eddie Edwards defeated El Generico

Jay Lethal wins the 20-man Honor Rumble to earn a future ROH World Title shot. The final four were Lethal, El Generico, Roderick Strong and Michael Elgin. Lethal got the win by eliminating Strong.

Thoughts: Sounds like another fantastic ROH show. I’d love to see both Edwards vs Generico and the Rumble match, it’s a concept that’s not so common in the indies but is always exciting. Apparently some of the matches were being taped for TV, so with any luck we’ll see some of it soon.

-Adrian

We will have live coverage of Chikara and Dragon Gate USA here at Indy Wrestling Express tonight. From 4pm EST (9pm GMT), Adrian will be covering Chikara: High Noon, and from 8pm EST (1am GMT), I’ll be covering Dragon Gate USA: Freedom Fight 2011. 

Both shows will be available on live online pay per view, Chikara over at GoFightLive, and DGUSA over at WWNLive. Here are the full line ups for both shows: 

Chikara: High Noon

Sunday November 13th @ Philadelphia, PA (4pm EST)  

Chikara Grand Championship: Mike Quackenbush vs Eddie Kingston

No DQ: Ultramantis Black & Hallowicked vs Ares & Tim Donst

The Young Bucks vs Fire Ant & Soldier Ant

Green Ant vs Tursas

Gregory Iron vs Icarus

Sara Del Rey vs Jakob Hammermeier

Colt Cabana vs Archibald Peck

El Generico vs Jigsaw (free pre show match)

Amasis of the Osirian Portal will speak

Dragon Gate USA: Freedom Fight 2011 

Sunday November 13th @ BB Kings, New York (8pm EST)

Open The Freedom Gate Title Match (if YAMATO is still champion): YAMATO (JIII) vs Johnny Gargano (R) 

PAC (JIII) vs Ricochet (BW) 

CIMA (BW) vs Masato Yoshino (JIII)

Akira Tozawa (BW) & BxB Hulk (BW) vs Chuck Taylor (R) & Rich Swann (R/JIII)

Extreme Warfare: Sabu, AR Fox & Jon Davis vs Sami Callihan (DUF) , Arik Cannon (DUF) and Pinkie Sanchez (DUF)

Brodie Lee (BW) vs BJ Whitmer

Uhaa Nation & John Silver vs The Scene (Scott Reed & Caleb Konley)

Cibernetico: The Animated Series

Saturday November 12th @ Easton, PA (USA)

The 8th annual Torneo Cibernetico (featuring the Young Bucks, Hallowicked, Frightmare, Green Ant, Sara Del Rey, Sugar Dunkerton, Dasher Hatfield, The Batiri, Tursas and more!) 

Chuck Taylor vs Fire Ant

Jigsaw vs Grizzly Redwood

El Generico vs Ophidian

Bravado Brothers vs Team 3.0

Gregory Iron vs Darkness Crabtree

High Noon

Sunday November 13th @ Philadelphia, PA

Will be broadcast on live IPPV over at http://www.gfl.tv ! 

Chikara Grand Championship: Mike Quackenbush vs Eddie Kingston

No DQ: Ultramantis Black & Hallowicked vs Ares & Tim Donst

The Young Bucks vs Fire Ant & Soldier Ant

Green Ant vs Tursas

Gregory Iron vs Icarus

Sara Del Rey vs Jakob Hammermeier

Colt Cabana vs Archibald Peck

El Generico vs Jigsaw (free pre show match)

Amasis of the Osirian Portal will speak

This week’s edition features Sara Del Rey vs Ophidian and Icarus vs Mike Quackenbush!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvwD-EerDY8

The main event of the first ever Chikara IPPV, HIgh Noon, which will take place on November the 13th, has been announced: 

Mike Quackenbush vs Eddie Kingston to crown the first ever grand champion of Chikara

Also, Amasis will speak on the future of the Osirian Portal. 

Thoughts: Does this main event excite you? I’ve gotta be honest, it doesn’t do much for me.