CHIKARA

[Ditch]

What was the shocking end to the last Chikara show?

Random suited security goons working for the evil corporate owner ran in, stopped the main event, and then the set was taken down and fans were hurried out.

 

edit: Darn.

[CaptCabana]

Since that time, every Chikara event scheduled for this year has been canceled and Worldwide Media Development has attempted to sell off all Chikara-related merch, including the ring setup and the Campeones de Parejas tag titles. (The Grand Championship, supposedly, 'cannot be found.')

[CaptCabana]

Sorry, Ditch, I'm a huge Chikara nerd. JUST beat you to it, apparently.

[Death From Above]

Honestly I kind of wish Vince had run this angle on the last Nitro to kick off the Invasion, instead of the way they eased into it. Can you imagine the nerd rage for that one.

 

"I bought your show, hahaha. Everybody get out."

 

I've never been into Chikara, more the "never got around to seeing what it was" as opposed to the "I hate hipster wrestling" thing you see. Curious what the final payoff is here though, assuming of course there has to be one.

[awesomemiz]

is there any footage online from the ending of the match that saw the shut down?

[rovert]

Seemingly this will be the next big development:

 

 

So Icarus is continuing his viral/grassroots campaign to Save Chikara, and is organizing a meet-up/rally in Philly on Saturday, Sept. 14, at the steps where they shot that scene in "Rocky."

 

There was also some hoopla about a petition that was posted under his username on the 101 Forums to Save Chikara, but which was revealed by Icarus to be a fraud, since his account got hacked. The site where the petition was hosted later showed that it was being run by Condor Security. The petition included fields for mailing addresses and phone numbers, which some people did admit on 101 to have filled out.

 

This thread on the 101 forums reveals that several of the people who signed the petition and gave their phone numbers have been receiving phone calls from (612) 460-1865, which is owned by Condor Security. These calls' all seem to be warnings about "security threats" and "[we] advise you to stay away from the Rocky Steps between 11 and 1 on September 14th." If someone calls the phone number back, they receive a message stating "Condor target/threat logged."

PWInsider's alternative version of the same story:

A few weeks back, Chikara wrestler Icarus has posted a video encouraging fans to continue to rally around Chikara and bring it back. He had posted on the Chikara forum that he needed to know who had his back and that September 14th at the Philadelphia Art Museum steps at 11am that everyone should come to show their support for Chikara . A link was posted that lead people to a site to fill out their contact information. After about a day, Icarus was telling people via twitter that his account was hacked. People going to the link Icarus posted now encountered a Condor Security logo. People immediately speculated that the last Director of Fun, Wink Vavvaseur and Condor Security were behind it and this was the next step in this Chikara storyline. Yesterday several members of the Chikara forums began receiving phone calls from unaffiliated security personnel urging people to stay away from the Art Museum steps on September 14th. Clearly Chikara's storyline is still progressing.

[Blehschmidt]

Hey, that's me!

 

 

I filled out the petition in hopes of getting a free t-shirt or something, and then it turned out to be a hoax set up by the fake security company that supposedly shut down Chikara.

 

They called last night at 11PM and told me that I should avoid Philadelphia, specifically the Rocky stairs between 11 am and 1 pm on Saturday the 14th. They then thanked me for my compliance and hung up.

 

I honestly couldn't tell if it was a recording or an actual person, the voice was very monotone.

 

I am thinking this whole Chikara shut down is going to turn into some kind of alternate reality game, before they come back next year.

 

 

Edit: Do you follow me on Twitter, or did you just happen to come across that?

[rovert]

Just searched Condor Security and yours illustrated the story the best.

[Slasher]

That is some innovative shit.

[smitlick]

So is Quack running the Wrestling Is shows? I'm assuming he is....

[Hollinger.]

He has a degree of control over storylines and talent booked, but the shows are still being run by the individual promotions.

[Bix]

That they called people at 11 PM on a Wednesday night sounds like the most annoying possible way to get Quack's stupid angle over.

[Happ Hazzard]

This is all just complete bullshit. The vast majority of people haven't got a clue what is going on. Keep the drama in the ring, preferably, if not at least on screen.

[rovert]

Recap of today:

 

About 25-30 people showed up at the steps and at around noon, Icarus came and greeted us all. He took out a small megaphone and (after a bit of trouble turning it on haha) he made a speech about how one man inspired an entire city at that location (the Rocky steps), and so to will he inspire something something something CHIKARA. Then he handed out a petition to be signed by everyone (just names. no phone numbers, etc.) and handed out I AM CHIKARA t-shirts to everyone who didn’t own one from the first Easton meet-up (more people came than expected so he didn’t have enough shirts). He then said something about how we can make a difference and how our voice is our weapon and handed out slips of paper (not business cards. “I’m on a budget, son” haha) with Wink Vavasseur’s personal email: [email protected]. After that, he left, leaving behind a rolled up poster. A girl called out to him saying he forgot his poster and he said back something to the effect of “I don’t need it anymore” or “It’s yours now” or something like that. The poster said “#13Y19T5R9U13P”. Afterwards, people just kinda stood around and hung out.

~ xluckis4losersx

http://www.pwponderings.com/2013/09/14/hap...ara-091413-meet

[goc]

This whole thing sounds really stupid to me. Like, let's take our already small audience and whittle it down to just the people who care enough to follow us through months of cryptic bullshit until we start back up again.

[Blehschmidt]

#13Y19T5R9U13P has already been translated into #MysteriumP, or @MysteriumP which is a twitter account linked to a game that Chikara did a year or two ago that no one ever solved.

[ajtroma]

So, what is the ultimate conclusion to all this foolishness? Chikara comes back? Okay, fine. Lets get on with it.

[efrim]

I love Chikara, but this nonsense is getting out of hand. You can only pretend to be out of business for so long before you actually go out of business. Talent and staff aren't just going to chill indefinitely while you run an alternate reality game for the benefit of say me and 12 other people. Would hate to see the headstone on this promotion read "worked themselves into a shoot bankruptcy"

[Hollinger.]

They aren't working being out of business. They are out of business for the time being and are doing this to give their fans something until they can run shows again.

[Stiva]

I love Chikara, but this nonsense is getting out of hand. You can only pretend to be out of business for so long before you actually go out of business. Talent and staff aren't just going to chill indefinitely while you run an alternate reality game for the benefit of say me and 12 other people. Would hate to see the headstone on this promotion read "worked themselves into a shoot bankruptcy"

Dude, the fact a wrestling company can do that in 2013 is the most awesome pro wrestling move imaginable and I hope it happens. And this is someone who enjoys Chikara's approach to storyline continuity and would hate to see it die out. Sometimes, things are just so ingrained into the fibre of professional wrestling, that you just have to applaud this beautiful, crazy sideshow.

[rovert]

A recap of the recent happenings

http://olewrestling.com/chikara-wrestling/...ith-chikara.htm

 

The strangest one was a guerilla CHIKARA show last Saturday that just had one match as it was abandoned. As a fan was kidnapped by the bad guys essentially - Condor Security. It was broadcast on a blurry UStream live feed. Fans/CHIKARA employees/hangers on instead of calling the cops decided to walk around the park looking for clues. It was lamer than I can ever possibly hope to describe.

 

A proper video of it is here with the fans looking for clues edited out:

[Badlittlekitten]

Is there any kind of consensus on what the best Chikara matches are? I've seen a few shows and Kingston vs Quackenbush and Claudio vs Sara Del Rey are the only matches I really enjoyed. Does anything come close to the Kingston/Quack match? Anything else good that involves the above workers (or Brodie Lee, El Generico etc.) that has a sense of drama without the 'comedy' rubbish? I only ask because I'm putting together a match list and don't fancy going through all the shows. Thank yous in advance.

[Jimmy Redman]

Bryan/Claudio vs Quack/Jigsaw from Bryan's Indy Farewell Tour 2009.

[Blehschmidt]

Danielson/Claudio/Dave Taylor vs Quack/Jorge Rivera/Johnny Saint

 

El Generico vs. Nick Jackson vs. Jigsaw vs. Kota Ibushi

 

Austin Aries vs. Matt Jackson vs. Player Dos vs. Fire Ant

 

 

All from King of Trios 2009 are very good

[rovert]

This sounds like a hell of wheeze:

 

Following their 11/30 scavenger hunt that sent fans running all over Philadelphia in support of the "#IamCHIKARA" storyline, an email sent out by CHIKARA's parent "company" The Titor Corporation announced that they were liquidating the company and that they were currently seeking bidders looking to buy the intellectual property and company assets.

The email reads:

 

The Titor Conglomerate, the well-respected global alternative asset manager, is currently qualifying potential buyers to participate in the immediate sale of sports-entertainment brand CHIKARA, its related intellectual properties and remaining physical assets. Interested parties will need to complete the application on our site no later than 11:59:59 PT on Sunday, 22 December 2013. This property will be sold to the highest bidder of the qualified buyers.

If Quack takes money off fans to bring the promotion back then he is a first ballot inductee in the Carny Hall of Fame.