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| Established | 2002 |
| Style | Lucha Libre Puroresu |
| Location | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Founder(s) | Mike Quackenbush Reckless Youth |
| Owner(s) | Mike Quackenbush |
CHIKARA (sometimes referred to as Chikara Pro) is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their signpost events each year include the MPJ-DK/King of Trios tournament (previously the "Tag World Grand Prix") in February, "Aniversario Weekend" in May, "Young Lions Cup" in June or July and the "Torneo Cibernetico" in the autumn. The CHIKARA promotion is based heavily on comical and wacky storylines and characters.
The company takes both its name and logo from the Japanese kanji meaning "strength".
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[edit] History
Chikara Wrestle Factory was founded as a wrestling school in January 2002 in Allentown, Pennsylvania by MPJ-DK/Mike Quackenbush and "Reckless Youth" Tom Carter. After five months, the school started CHIKARA.
More company history here.
[edit] Chikara Wrestle Factory
Chikara Wrestle Factory was founded as a wrestling school in January 2002 in Allentown, Pennsylvania by MPJ-DK/Mike Quackenbush and "Reckless Youth" Tom Carter. After five months, the school started CHIKARA.
In 2004, Chris Hero became a co-trainer at the Wrestle Factory. In 2005, Jorge "Skayde" Rivera joined as the third trainer. In March 2005, the school moved from Allentown to the New Alhambra Arena, better known as "ECW Arena", in Philadelphia. They then took over the training for Combat Zone Wrestling, leading to the school's new name of "CZW/Chikara Wrestle Factory." The schools split in March, 2007, and the training center is once again simply "Chikara Wrestle Factory." In 2007, Claudio Castagnoli took over Chris Hero's training duties[1].
The company's catalog of events (on both VHS and DVD) are available through Smart Mark Video[2]. A confirmed release date of November 6, 2007 has been publicized as the arrival of CHIKARA's first commercial DVD release, distributed to retail outlets in North America by Big Vision Entertainment[3].
On Sunday, March 2, 2008, CHIKARA drew their biggest crowd ever of over 550 at the New Alhambra Arena in Philadelphia to see the finals of the "King of Trios" event.
[edit] Championships
| Championship | Champion(s) | Defeated | Date Won | Location |
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| Campeonatos de Parejas | Incoherence[4] (Delirious & Hallowicked) |
F.I.S.T. (Icarus & Gran Akuma) |
October 26, 2007 | Reading, PA |
| Young Lions Cup Champion | Helios[5] | Chuck Taylor | October 27, 2007 | Barnesville, PA |
| NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship | Mike Quackenbush | Tiger Mask IV | May 11, 2007 | Portage, IN |
| ICW-ICWA Tex-Arkana Television Champion | Larry Sweeney | "Someone" | "Some Date" | "Some Place" |
[edit] Roster
list of current Chikara wrestlers
[edit] Alumni
The following is a partial list of wrestlers who have worked regularly for Chikara in the past but are not currently working in a fulltime position for the company.
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[edit] Guest stars
The following is a list of “guest stars” of Chikara, wrestlers who’ve made their name in other promotions and made one or two appearances in Chikara but not worked regularly for the company.
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[edit] Chikara Tournaments
- Young Lions Cup I - Hallowicked
- Young Lions Cup II - Larry Sweeney
- Young Lions Cup III - Shane Storm
- Young Lions Cup IV - Arik Cannon
- Young Lions Cup V - Chuck Taylor
- Tag World Grand Prix 2003 - Hallowicked & Blind Rage
- Tag World Grand Prix 2005 - Claudio Castagnoli & Arik Cannon
- Tag World Grand Pris 2006 - Claudio Castagnoli & Chris Hero
- Torneo Cibernetico 2004 - Jigsaw
- Torneo Cibernetico 2005 - Gran Akuma
- Torneo Cibernetico 2006 - Icarus
- Torneo Cibernetico 2007 - Claudio Castagnoli
- Rey De Voladores 2007 - Chuck Taylor
- King of Trios 2007 - Mike Quackenbush, Jigsaw & Shane Storm
- King of Trios 2008 - Lince Dorado, El Pantera & Incognito
[edit] Media
Big Vision Entertainment Releases
| DVD Name | Release Date | Region | Additional Information |
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| "Best of CHIKARA" | November 6, 2007 | Free | Single-disc release containing 9 matches from 2005 and 2006, all of which were previously released by Smart Mark Video. |
Chikara also makes Internet Pay-Per-Views by the name of Pod-Per-View. Chikara also hold a weekly Internet television show by the name of Podcast A-Go-Go which contains Chikara matches and interviews.
[edit] References
[edit] Further Reading
- Christian Science Monitor article on CHIKARA
- 2002 article on CHIKARA's debut
- 2007 article on CHIKARA's 5th Anniversary
- CHIKARA Trivia
