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Chikara (professional wrestling)
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Chikara is an American professional wrestling promotion based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company takes both the name and logo from the Japanese kanji meaning strength and it was founded in 2002 by professional wrestlers Mike Quackenbush and Reckless Youth, who also served as trainers and in-ring performers. The company focuses on promoting tag team matches, with emphasis on the high-flying lucha libre style and their other major events include Aniversario, held in May, and the Young Lions Cup tournament, held between June and August. The company crowned its first singles champion in 2011, with the introduction of the Chikara Grand Championship, influenced by the lucha libre style, Chikara performers are grouped into tecnicos and rudos. Just as in lucha libre, many performers in the promotion have also performed under masks and with unique gimmicks. Originally, the school was to be called Impact Wrestling, but when Montoya decided not to put up money for its foundation and left the project, Carter, the Wrestle Factory was founded by Carter and Quackenbush in Allentown, Pennsylvania on January 7,2002. The first class included UltraMantis, Mister Zero, Dragonfly, Hallowicked, in May of the same year, Chikara expanded into a wrestling promotion with the intent of showcasing its students. The main event of the first show featured Quackenbush and Youth joined by Don Montoya as the Black T-shirt Squad defeat the Gold Bond Mafia of Chris Hero, CM Punk, and Colt Cabana. In the early days, Blind Rage, Hallowicked, and Ichabod Slayne formed a stable known as the Night Shift and they frequently feuded with tecnicos Quackenbush, Youth, and UltraMantis. 2002 was also marked by a lawsuit against Chikara for promoting shows out of the Wrestle Factory, neighborhood activists claimed that the building was not properly zoned for assembly, and that the shows detracted from the complexion of the community. It was eventually ruled that Chikara provided inadequate parking for their shows and this deterred Chikara from holding any more shows until October. Chikara soon reached an agreement with St. John’s Lutheran Church in Allentown to hold shows there, Chikara also began a second Wrestle Factory class, but lost trainer Reckless Youth at the beginning of the class, as he left the wrestling business. Chikara soon debuted a concept that lasts to this day in their promotion, commonly abbreviated as the YLC, the tournament was designed to showcase the best of the Wrestle Factory graduates. It continues to be a showcase of talent from the independent circuit. Hallowicked defeated Mister ZERO to win the first tournament, Chikara took a two-week break during Christmastime before returning in 2003, establishing a tradition of seasons that they maintain today. In 2004, Chris Hero became a co-trainer at the Chikara 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 and they then took over the training for Combat Zone Wrestling, leading to the schools new name of CZW/Chikara Wrestle Factory. After the schools split in 2007, the center became once again simply known as the Chikara Wrestle Factory
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WrestleMania
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WrestleMania, WWEs flagship event, is the most successful and longest-running professional wrestling event in history. It contributes to the commercial success of WWE through media, merchandise. WrestleMania was conceptualized by WWE owner Vince McMahon and long time WWE ring announcer, WrestleManias widespread success helped transform professional wrestling. The event has facilitated the rise to stardom of several top WWE wrestlers, celebrities such as Aretha Franklin, Cyndi Lauper, Muhammad Ali, Mr. The first WrestleMania was held in Madison Square Garden in New York City, WrestleMania III in the Detroit suburb of Pontiac, Michigan was the highest-attended indoor sports event in the world, with 93,173 fans in attendance. In 2016, WrestleMania 32 surpassed WrestleMania III as the professional wrestling event ever held in America. All editions of the event have been hosted in North American cities, with 30 in the United States, most WrestleMania events have taken place in sports arenas in large cities, with some in large stadiums. Since moving to large stadiums and running WrestleMania Axxess, the event produces a local economy boost for the host cities, other WWE championships are also contested for, while gimmick matches and personal feud matches also take place on the match card. Since 1993, the winner of the annual Royal Rumble match has been able to receive a guaranteed WWE Championship match at the same years WrestleMania. With the introduction of the World Heavyweight Championship in 2002, the winner was given the option to choose between the world title or the WWE championship. The creation of the ECW brand in June 2006 gave the Rumble winner a third option and this option was made available from 2007 until the brand was retired in 2010. However, this option was never chosen, WrestleMania 21 saw the introduction of the Money in the Bank ladder match. This lasted until 2010 when the Money in the Bank pay per view was introduced, for five of the first six WrestleManias Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura served as the color commentators, while Bobby Heenan, Gene Okerlund, Lord Alfred Hayes and others filled guest roles. For WrestleMania VII and VIII, Monsoon and Heenan provided color commentary, in the mid to late 1990s the commentator team comprised Vince McMahon, Jim Ross and Jerry The King Lawler. At WrestleMania XXV the first three-man inter-brand commentary team since the WWE Brand Extension was used, and consisted of Jim Ross, Jerry The King Lawler, the following year Jim Ross was replaced by Matt Striker at WrestleMania XXVI. Four French commentators were at ringside, Jean Brassard and Raymond Rougeau, Phillippe Chéreau, the World Wrestling Federation staged the first WrestleMania on March 31,1985 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In attendance were business celebrity Sy Sperling and broadcasting executive Tony DAngelo, WrestleMania 2 was held the following year and took place in three venues across the country. The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, the Rosemont Horizon in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois, and the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles
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WWE
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Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd. was an American professional wrestling promotion and the sanctioning body for the World Wide Wrestling Federation and later World Wrestling Federation. Founded by Jess McMahon and Toots Mondt in 1953, Capitol Wrestling Corporation is the precursor to todays WWE, run by Jess grandson, Jess McMahon was a successful boxing promoter who began working with Tex Rickard in 1926. With the help of Rickard, he began promoting boxing at the third Madison Square Garden, a few years prior, professional wrestler Toots Mondt had created a new challenge of professional wrestling that he called “Slam Bang Western Style Wrestling”. He convinced wrestler Ed Lewis and his manager Billy Sandow to implement this new solution, after much success, a disagreement over power caused the trio to dissolve and, with it, their promotion. Mondt later formed partnerships with other promoters, including Jack Curley in New York City. Mondt eventually took over the New York wrestling scene, due to the fact Curley was dying, with the aid of several bookers, together, McMahon and Mondt created the Capitol Wrestling Corporation Ltd. which later joined the National Wrestling Alliance in 1953. In November 1954, Jess McMahon died and Ray Fabiani, one of Mondts associates, both men left the company in protest following the incident and formed the WWWF in the process, awarding Rogers the new WWWF World Heavyweight Championship in April of that year. He lost the championship to Bruno Sammartino a month later on May 17,1963, after gaining a television program deal and turning preliminary wrestler Lou Albano as a manager for Sammartinos heel opponents, the WWWF was doing sell out business by 1970. Mondt left the company in the late 1960s and although the WWWF had withdrawn from the NWA, Vince McMahon, at the annual meeting of the NWA in 1983, the McMahons and WWF employee Jim Barnett all withdrew from the organization. By March 1979, for marketing purposes, the World Wide Wrestling Federation was renamed the World Wrestling Federation and that same year, Vincent J. McMahons son, Vincent K. McMahon, founded Titan Sports, Inc. incorporated on February 21,1980, originally in Massachusetts. In 1982, Titan Sports Inc. acquired Capitols operations, effectively relocating its headquarters to Greenwich, in an attempt to make the WWF the premier wrestling promotion in the world, McMahon began an expansion that fundamentally changed the industry. In the end, the elder McMahon would never live to see his company grow from a promotion to what is now a worldwide organization. He died from cancer at 69 years old on May 24,1984. By 1985, Titan moved to Stamford, Connecticut then establishing a new entity in 1987 in Delaware which later merged with the old company in 1988. Titan later changed its name to World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. before finally becoming World Wrestling Entertainment, list of independent wrestling promotions in the United States
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Jigsaw (wrestler)
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Ed McGuckin is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Jigsaw. He is currently working most notably for Global Force Wrestling but also competes in the UK. Jigsaw was originally trained as a wrestler at the Chikara Wrestle Factory by Mike Quackenbush. On May 22,2004, at Aniversario 3, Dodging the Sophomore Jinx The Toxic Trio faced Mike Quackenbush, Gran Akuma, during the match, which The Toxic Trio lost, Kingston and Marciano turned on Jigsaw, effectively turning him into a tecnico. On October 30 Jigsaw led an eight man team to face Sweet n Sour International in the torneo cibernetico match. Jigsaw won the match by pinning Sweeney, after one of Sweeneys stable mates, named Spyrazul, turned on him, at the following show Fear of Music on November 19,2004, Jigsaw defeated Sweeney to win the Young Lions Cup. Jigsaw successfully defended his title for a year and was forced to vacate it for the 2005 edition of the Young Lions Cup tournament. Jigsaw feuded the rest of the year with fellow Chikara veteran Hallowicked and defeated him in a two out of three falls match on November 13,2005. In early 2006 Jigsaw entered the Tag World Grand Prix teaming with Arik Cannon, Jigsaw would then enter a feud with Icarus, whom he would defeat on July 22,2006, in a mask vs. hair match. The remainder of the year Jigsaw spent teaming with Mike Quackenbush,2007 started off with Jigsaw, Quackenbush and Storm winning the inaugural King of Trios tournament. Afterwards the trio went on a streak and on October 27,2007, Jigsaw turned on Storm. After competing in a match on November 16,2007, Jigsaw left Chikara. In 2006, he competed in Combat Zone Wrestlings annual Best of the Best tournament, losing to Austin Aries and he, however, defeated Sonjay Dutt on September 9,2006 at Expect the Unexpected for the World Junior Heavyweight Championship. He held the championship until Out with the Old, In with the New in April 2007, Jigsaw joined Ring of Honor in 2007, forming The Vulture Squad alliance with Jack Evans, Ruckus, Julius Smokes to combat The Age of the Fall alliance. The Vulture Squad teamed together in a tag team match against The Age of the Fall at Glory by Honor VI on November 1,2007. The following month, female wrestler Mercedes Martinez also joined The Vulture Squad on December 20 at Final Battle 2007, at Breakout in January 2008, Jigsaw teamed with Matt Cross to take on The Briscoe Brothers. After Jigsaw and Ruckus failed to win the World Tag Team Championship from the No Remorse Corps, at a Dragon Gate/ROH supercard in March, Jigsaw and Ruckus defeated the team of Kenny King and Sal Rinauro by pinfall. On April 11,2008 at Bedlam In Beantown, Jigsaw was defeated by Eddie Edwards, in May at the pay-per-view event Take No Prisoners, Ruckus and Jigsaw defeated Adam Pearce and B. J. Whitmer in a dark match
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Mike Quackenbush
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Michael Mike Spillane, is an American author, podcaster, professional wrestling trainer, and semi-retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Mike Quackenbush. He is the host of The Grizzly Bear Egg Cafe, CHIKARA Podcast-A-Go-Go and he is the former host of the podcasts The Trending Show and Daddy on Board, both of which are now defunct. He has written seven books including the two memoirs Headquarters and Secret Identity, Essays From Both My Lives, Both memoirs were re-released as e-books for the Kindle in May 2010. From 1998 to 2008, Quackenbush penned a column entitled From Bell To Bell for The Wrestler magazine and The International Report for Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Quackenbush is the founder of both The Wrestle Factory and Chikara, in wrestling, he is a former NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion and one half of the Chikara Campeones de Parejas with Jigsaw. Quackenbush is best known as the patriarch of the Chikara family and for his work on the independent wrestling circuit, in 2016, Sports Illustrated ranked him number 78 on their Top 101 Wrestlers of All Time list. Quackenbush began taking bookings for multiple local independent companies, including PCW and SCW in late 1998, growing up, Quackenbush idolized Japanese professional wrestler Jushin Thunder Liger and adopted the nickname Lightning in tribute to him. Entering the business untrained, Quackenbush received training from wrestler Ace Darling, in 1999, he was ranked #128 by Pro Wrestling Illustrated in the annual PWI500 as well as being named the June Flavour of the Month by the publication. Quackenbush eventually befriended independent wrestlers Reckless Youth and Don Montoya, Quackenbush started taking most bookings with his fellow stablemates opposed to performing as a singles wrestler. Quackenbush first appeared in Combat Zone Wrestling on June 19,1999, at Down In Flames, where he defeated Reckless Youth and Ric Blade in the opening three-way dance. On May 14,2005, he won CZWs Best of the Best 5 elimination tournament in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after defeating Arik Cannon, Claudio Castagnoli, B-Boy, Kevin Steen and he also held the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship twice. Quackenbush founded a wrestling school branded The Wrestle Factory in January 2002 along with Reckless Youth. They opened the promotion Chikara in May of the same year, at the inaugural show on May 25,2002, Quackenbush teamed with fellow BTS stablemates Reckless Youth and Don Montoya in a match, where they defeated the Gold Bond Mafia. On the last show of 2002 Quackenbush finished his first feud in Chikara, the following year Quackenbush formed the SuperFriends tag team with Chris Hero and went the whole year undefeated. In 2004 Quackenbush teamed up with Team F. I. S. T. the two teams faced each other on May 22,2004, at Aniversario 3, Dodging the Sophomore Jinx, where Quackenbush and F. I. S. T. Were victorious and as per stipulation of the match, Kingston, in the spring of 2004 Quackenbush started disappearing from Chikara shows, just as Larry Sweeneys Sweet n Sour International rose to prominence. He returned on October 30 during the first annual torneo cibernetico match at The Cibernetico Cometh under a mask and the ringname Spyrazul as a member of the Sweet n Sour International. However, at the end of the match Spyrazul attacked his own team mates, removed his mask and walked out on Sweeney, in March 2005 the Chikara Wrestle Factory assumed control of the Combat Zone Wrestling wrestling school
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Stigma (wrestler)
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Stigma is an American professional wrestler, best known for his work in the Chikara professional wrestling promotion, where he is a former Young Lions Cup Champion and King of Trios winner. He was previously known as Shane Storm and has wrestled for other independent promotions such as Combat Zone Wrestling, Full Impact Pro. Stigma received his training from Chikara founder Mike Quackenbush at the Chikara Wrestle Factory. He was later trained by Chris Hero and Jorge Skayde Rivera. At the following show on April 9 Storm scored an upset by defeating Young Lions Cup Champion Hallowicked in a non-title match to earn his spot in the second Young Lions Cup tournament. Storm entered the tournament on July 10 by defeating Ash, but was eliminated the day in the quarterfinals. After the tournament Storm formed the tag team Men@Work with Mister Zero, the feud culminated on October 30 in the first ever torneo cibernetico match, where Chikara defeated Sweeneys stable. On February 19,2005, Men@Work entered the 2005 Tag World Grand Prix, defeating Sweeney, however, later that same day Storm and Zero were eliminated from the tournament by Necro Butcher and Mad Man Pondo. On March 18 Men@Work fought Team F. I. S. T. to a time limit draw, which led to a rematch on April 15. On May 20 at Aniversario Blue Men@Work faced Team F. I. S. T. for the third time and this time Storm managed to score the pinfall on Icarus in less than five minutes. After the match Icarus and Akuma stormed out of the ring, refusing to shake hands with Storm and Zero, only to return during the intermission, Icarus attack on Zero left him sidelined for months and forced Storm to become a singles competitor. On June 17,2005, Storm defeated Gran Akuma to qualify for the third Young Lions Cup tournament, after the tournament Storm aligned himself with Mike Quackenbush and Jigsaw in their battle with The Kings of Wrestling. On September 16 Storm successfully defended his title against Icarus in a rematch, on October 22 Storm entered the second ever torneo cibernetico, where, after lasting 104 minutes, he was the last man eliminated by the winner of the match, Gran Akuma. Mister Zero made his return in the match, but was eliminated by Icarus, after the match Storm challenged Akuma to a Mask vs. Mask match, which Chris Hero accepted on his protégés behalf. On November 13 Storm defeated Akuma, who was then as a result, on February 25,2006, Men@Work reunited for the 2006 Tag World Grand Prix. After defeating 2.0 in the first round of the tournament, during the match Icarus once again injured Mister Zero, after which Akuma pinned Storm with the Yoshi Tonic. With Mister Zero being forced into retirement, Storm went on to form the tag team ShaneSaw with Jigsaw, after two successful defenses, Storm was forced to vacate the Young Lions Cup on June 25,2006, for the fourth Young Lions Cup tournament. On February 17,2007, Storm, Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush entered the first ever King of Trios tournament, defeating Team IWS in the first and Team TNA in the second round of the tournament
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Sin Cara
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Jorge Arias is a Mexican-American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE on the Raw brand and competes on the Cruiserweight Division. He currently portrays the Sin Cara character and was known as Hunico in WWE. He is the wrestler to use the name Sin Cara in WWE as the first was Mexican born star Místico. Born to Mexican immigrant parents in El Paso, Texas, Arias began wrestling in Burges High School where he was a state champion multiple times. He then embarked onto a career, as he managed to continue working for his familys funeral home and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. In early 2004 he began working regularly for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración, with minor adjustments to his mask and tights Mystico became known as Incognito instead. While he was signed to AAA for over a year Incognito made few wrestling appearances, Incognito first made a name for himself in the United States when he participated in Total Nonstop Action Wrestlings 2006 World X-Cup Tournament. As part of Team Mexico, Incognitos only match in the World Cup tournament was a 16-man gauntlet match that all four World Cup teams. Incognito was eliminated by Sonjay Dutt, Team Mexico finished in third place out of four teams. Following his appearance for TNA Incognito began working regularly for the National Wrestling Alliance, often teaming with fellow Luchador Sicodelico Jr. The two participated in a tournament to crown new NWA World Tag Team Champions, but lost to Joey Ryan and Karl Anderson in the final match, a match that also included Billy Kidman and Sean Waltman. On September 22,2007, Incognito made his first appearance for the Lucha Libre inspired Chikara promotion when he participated in their annual 16-man torneo cibernetico tournament, Incognito was part of an eight-man team consisting only of masked wrestlers. The team lost to The Kings of Wrestling, Incognito returned to Chikara in 2008 for a series of appearances. He teamed with El Pantera and Lince Dorada to form the team Los Luchadores de Mexico winning Chikaras 28-team King of Trios 2008 tournament when they defeated BLKOUT in the finals. Incognito went on to win the 2008 Rey de Voladores tournament when he defeated Helios in the finals on May 18,2008, in April,2009 Incognito made two appearances for Ring of Honor, working on the same shows where his friend Blue Demon Jr. worked. On December 14,2009 Arias worked a try out match for World Wrestling Entertainment working without a mask, under his real name, shortly after Arias signed a developmental deal with WWE following his try out match and started in WWEs Farm League Florida Championship Wrestling. He later changed his name to Hunico although his mask. In April Hunico began teaming with Tito Colon, wrestling Florida Tag Team Champions The Uso Brothers but were unsuccessful
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Lince Dorado
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Lince Dorado is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler currently signed to WWE and performs under the Raw brand. Dorado is, perhaps, best known for working for Chikara and his ring name is Spanish for Golden Lynx. Dorado began his training in Mexico under El Pantera until he made his way to the United States in early 2007, on February 17, Dorado, Pantera and Sicodelico, Jr. made their Chikara debuts as a part of Chikaras first-ever King of Trios tournament. The team made an impact, as they advanced to the semi-finals before falling to the team of Mike Quackenbush. Shortly after the tournament, he moved to the U. S. despite advancing to the finals, including an upset win over established Chikara wrestler Jigsaw, Dorado lost the tournament Chuck Taylor. During the course of the feud, Dorado scored an upset victory over Chris Hero via submission with the Chikara Special. The feud culminated when Dorado defeated Ryder in November in a hair vs. mask match, post-match, Dorado began suffering a seizure and was tended to by Chikaras founder Mike Quackenbush and Daizee Haze before he was unmasked and subsequently taken away from the arena in an ambulance. In December, Dorado was released from the hospital and returned to Chikara that same month, Dorado would return to the ring in January, teaming with Claudio Castagnoli and Ophidian to defeat Mike Quackenbush, Tim Donst and Amasis in a Trios Increibles match. During the match, Dorado utilized a more grounded style of wrestling instead of his high flying style. Dorado then entered the King of Trios tournament, where he rejoined El Pantera, the team would go on to win the tournament, lastly defeating The BLKOUT after Dorado made Kingston submit with the Chikara Special. Following the tournament, Kingston was not seen for a couple of months afterwards, when Kingston returned, he immediately targeted Dorado and defeated him several times but was repeatedly unsuccessful in keeping him down, driving Kingston into to the point of total insanity. Aside from his feud with Kingston, Dorado joined former enemy Jimmy Olsen, in late 2008, Olsen and Dorado won the first-ever La Lotería Letal and were thus granted the three points required to compete for the Campeonatos de Parejas. Olsen and Dorado, challenged the champions The Osirian Portal at Chikaras Armdrags to Riches event on November 16,2008 in a two out of three falls match, although Dorado gained the first pinfall, the Portal ultimately retained the title after pinning Dorado and then Equinox. On November 22,2009, at the season eight finale Three-Fisted Tales Dorado challenged Player Dos for the Young Lions Cup, after the match Dorado was carried backstage by Equinox and Helios in a scene reminiscent of the events of two years prior. On January 31,2010, at the season nine premiere Dorado, afterwards Dorado explained his turn by claiming that the Chikara audience never accepted him, despite his superior athleticism and his two serious injuries suffered inside the Chikara ring. On March 20 at Wit, Verve, and a Bit o Nerve, Dorado, now sporting a new white and BDK-themed attire, the following day Dorado was defeated in the finals by Frightmare. In October 2010 Dorado made his first tour of Japan with Osaka Pro Wrestling, Dorado was advertised to take part in Chikaras shows on March 12 and 13,2011, but ended up not appearing at the shows. Following the weekend, Dorados profile was removed from Chikaras website
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Pantera (wrestler)
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Pozas made his wrestling debut in 1985, working as an enmascarado with a panther-inspired mask to go with his ring character of El Pantera. In 2006 Pantera lost his mask as a result of a match and he, however, continued wearing the mask when working for Chikara and in 2011 also began wearing it again in Mexico. Francisco Pozas made his wrestling debut in 1985, adopting the ring name El Pantera. After the title loss Pantera began teaming with Águila Solitaria and Ciclón Ramírez to form a group known as Las Saetas del Ring. Together Las Saetas won the Nuevo León State Trios Championship and the Veracruz State Trios Championship, la Saetas later lost the Distrito Federal Trios title to Los Metalicos. In 1992 Pozas changed his character, adopting a colorful yellow, red and blue outfit and mask. On March 8,1992 América defeated Fuerza Guerrera to win the CMLL World Welterweight Championship, América held the title for 131 days before losing the title to El Felino. In 1993 Pozas abandoned the América ring persona and became El Pantera once more, CMLL even acknowledge the change in characters as he was billed as a two time CMLL World Welterweight Champion when he defeated El Felino on June 21,1994. Pantera held the title for over 600 days, with successful defenses in the period. By March 1996 Pantera had decided to leave CMLL and lost the Welterweight title to Super Delfin while on tour in Japan, the title change was not sanctioned by CMLL, who stripped Pantera of the title and vacated it. Pantera held the title for 157 days in total before being defeated by El Hijo del Gladiador in early 1998, by 2001 Pantera had mended fences with CMLL and began working for the promotion due to a working agreement between CMLL and IWRG. On March 2,2001 Pantera defeated Nosawa to win his third CMLL World Welterweight Championship, after his brief run with the CMLL title Pantera focused more on IWRG winning their Middleweight title once more, defeating Ultimo Vampiro on January 24,2002. 90 days later he lost the championship to Bombero Infernal, the trio held the title for 88 days until they lost to the Casas brothers. On July 14,2006 Pantera lost a Lucha libre#Luchas de Apuestas to Misterioso, Jr. and as a result he was forced to unmask, only 16 days later Pantera became a double champion as he pinned El Venero to win the IWRG Middleweight title for the third time. His reign was ended by Nitro on October 9,2006, the team of Pantera and Felino defended the title on several occasions until the CMLL/IWRG working agreement ended in 2007 and the team lost the titles to Los Junior Capos on May 31,2007. Pantera began making appearances for the U. S. based Chikara, in 2008 Pantera teamed up with Lince Dorado and Incognito to win the 2008 King of Trios tournament. On September 16,2015 Los Panteras lost the IWRG tag team titles to Los Gringos VIP in a Steel cage match also included Los Traumas
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Chuck Taylor (wrestler)
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Dustin Howard is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chuck Taylor. He most notably wrestles for Chikara, Evolve Wrestling, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and he also serves as an assistant trainer at The Wrestle Factory, operated by Chikara founder Mike Quackenbush. Howard began his training at age 15 under the tutelage of Brandon Walker at the Old School Wrestling Training Academy in Hardin. Due to age requirements for wrestling licenses in Kentucky, he was unable to wrestle during shows in-state until age 18, during which time he wrestled for promotions in Tennessee and Illinois. The most prominent of these was the then-newly restarted Chaos Pro Wrestling in Brookport, Illinois, the next night, he teamed up with Cloudy to defeat Ricochet and Player Uno in a non-tournament tag team match, with the four receiving a standing ovation after the match. However, Taylor would quickly become a villain during his match with Eddie Kingston at the Brick event on November 17, gaining an upset victory with some help from an interfering Larry Sweeney. After impressing Sweeney, Taylor was allowed to replace Chris Hero in the 2007 King of Trios tournament, the Kings made it to the semi-final round before losing to the team of Miyawaki, Yoshiaki Yago and Kudo. I. S. T. Once again became a separate team, event in May, the Kings and F. I. S. T. Met in a tag team match, which F. I. S. T. Despite losing, the Kings reunited with F. I. S. T. Taylor would win the match, seemingly ridding his rival for good. However, Taylors momentum would come to a halt after he was eliminated in the Torneo Cibernetico match by Lince Dorado, a month later, he was defeated by Claudio Castagnoli in singles competition at the October 26 event Bruised. Later that night, Taylor replaced an inactive Icarus to team with Akuma in a Campeonatos de Parejas title defense against Incoherence, the next night, Taylor lost his Young Lions Cup to the debuting newcomer, Helios, who bore a striking resemblance to Ricochet. Taylor once again teamed up with Icarus and Akuma in the 2008 King of Trios tournament, following the King of Trios, Taylor returned singles competition but still remained a member of F. I. S. T. Occasionally tagging with either Akuma or Icarus, for the first half of 2009, Taylor, Icarus and Akuma feuded with The Colony, defeating them on February 20 in a King of Trios qualifying match. After the match Taylor gave Worker Ant the Awful Waffle on the floor of the arena, entered their third King of Trios, defeating The Death Match Kings in the first round of the tournament. After defeating The F1rst Family in the quarter-finals, F. I. S. T, advanced to the semifinals of the tournament, where they would defeat the team of Equinox, Lince Dorado and Helios, the team known collectively as The Future is Now. Defeated Team Uppercut in the finals, when Taylor forced Danielson to tap out to the Cross Crab, on May 24,2009, at Aniversario Yang F. I. S. T. Ended their feud with The Colony, when Taylor and Icarus lost a Double Mask vs, Double Hair match against Fire Ant and Soldier Ant, and were both shaved bald
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Gran Akuma
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Gran Akuma is a professional wrestler, best known for his work in Chikara. He has also worked for Combat Zone Wrestling, Dragon Gate USA, in Chikara, he was a member of The Kings of Wrestling stable, while also being a part of Team F. I. S. T. On November 17,2006, Akuma and Icarus defeated Chris Hero, Gran Akuma debuted as a masked wrestler at a Chikara show on October 12,2002 in Allentown, Pennsylvania and went on to take part in the inaugural Young Lions Cup later that year. In 2003 Akuma found a tag partner in Icarus. The team competed in the 2003 Tag World Grand Prix but were defeated in the semi-finals by The Night Shift, Team F. I. S. T then went on to feud with The Wildcards, leading to an Ultimate Jeopardy match at the 2004 Anniversario show. This match consisted of Team F. I. S. T, as a result of these stipulations, after Akuma forced Kingston to submit, The Wildcards were shaved bald. After a second loss to Claudio Castagnoli and Arik Cannon in the 2005 Tag World Grand Prix. They then joined up with the Kings of Wrestling and this led to a vicious feud between Akuma and Storm, culminating in a Mascara contra Mascara match at Running in the Red in November which Akuma lost, forcing him to remove his mask. On November 17,2006 at Brick, Team F. I. S. T, defeated their stablemates Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli for the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas. Held the titles until October 26,2007, when they were defeated by Incoherence at Chikaras Bruised event, Gran Akuma was injured and had to watch from ringside as his Team F. I. S. T. Stablemate Chuck Taylor wrestled in his place, Gran Akuma won the 2009 King of Trios tournament with his two partners Icarus and Chuck Taylor when they beat Team Uppercut in the final during the Night 3 of the event in March 2009. Entered the 2010 King of Trios tournament, attempting to become the first two-time King of Trios winners, after defeating The Throwbacks in the first round, F. I. S. T. was eliminated in the second round by Team Osaka Pro. Taylor caused even more dissension in F. I. S. T. by offering himself to Dragon Gate USAs World–1 stable, a competitor of Kamikaze USA, Gran Akumas stable in the company. On July 26 at Chikarasaurus Rex, King of Show F. I. S. T. was defeated in a six man tag match by Cima, Masaaki Mochizuki and Super Shenglong. After the match Icarus and Taylor turned on Akuma, kicked him out of both F. I. S. T. and Chikara and gave his spot in the stable to Johnny Gargano. After the match Akuma turned on his fellow Chikara wrestlers Quackenbush and Jigsaw, on September 6 at the second PPV titled Untouchable Akuma and Yamato were defeated in a tag team match by Quackenbush and Jigsaw. On December 11 at Cage of Death XII Akuma defeated Alex Colon, Jonathan Gresham, Rich Swann, Ruckus, on April 9, Akuma was eliminated from the Best of the Best tournament in the first round by Zack Sabre, Jr. ending his undefeated streak in CZW. On November 12,2011, Akuma made his return to Chikara, the following day at Chikaras first internet pay-per-view, High Noon, Akuma again tried to attack Icarus, after he had defeated Gregory Iron, but accidentally hit Iron instead
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Icarus (wrestler)
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Icarus is an American professional wrestler. He performs primarily in the Chikara professional wrestling promotion, where he is a former Grand Champion, Campeon de Parejas and he has also wrestled for Combat Zone Wrestling, Dragon Gate USA, Evolve Wrestling, Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Grams and Hallowicked were childhood friends and entered the school with the intention of becoming a tag team. Grams made his wrestling debut on May 25,2002, at Chikaras first ever show as Ichabod Slayne. In their first professional wrestling match, Slayne and Hallowicked were defeated by Beauty, when Hallowicked began gaining success as a singles wrestler, Slayne and Blind Rage were left to represent Night Shift in the companys tag team division. On December 7,2002, Slayne and Blind Rage faced each other in a Mask vs. Hair match, Icarus received his shot at the Young Lions Cup on April 12, but was unable to dethrone Hallowicked. On June 13 Icarus defeated Hallowicked in another match, this time contested under Sudden Death rules. On July 5,2003, Icarus entered the first ever Tag World Grand Prix with a new tag team partner, after the tournament Team F. I. S. T. began feuding with the Wildcards. 2003 ended with the Wildcards taking advantage of a fracture in Akumas ankle. In 2004 the feud evolved with Jigsaw joining the Wildcards to form the Toxic Trio, after a disappointing 2005 Tag World Grand Prix, where Team F. I. S. T. The following day Chris Hero invited Icarus and Akuma to join him, Claudio Castagnoli, on July 22 Icarus entered the third Young Lions Cup tournament. On September 16 Icarus received a rematch for the Young Lions Cup,2005 ended with Icarus witnessing at ringside how Storm defeated his tag team partner Gran Akuma in a Mask vs. Mask match. In 2006 Icarus targeted Jigsaw and started going after his mask on multiple occasions, Icarus bounced back on October 28 by winning the third annual torneo cibernetico match. Cashed in their match at the following event on November 17 and defeated Hero. After the match Icarus, Akuma and Hero kicked Castagnoli out of the Kings of Wrestling,2007 began with Icarus and Akuma overthrowing Hero as the leader of the Kings of Wrestling, kicking him out of the stable and naming Chuck Taylor as their new third member. Icarus, Akuma and Taylor won the match, when Akuma pinned Sweeney, during the rest of the year the six were also joined by Mitch Ryder, Shayne Hawke and Max Boyer. Then began a feud with Los Ice Creams, which culminated in the torneo cibernetico match. The following month at Bruised Icarus and Chuck Taylor, who replaced the injured Gran Akuma in the match, lost the Campeonatos de Parejas to Incoherence
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Bruderschaft des Kreuzes
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Bruderschaft des Kreuzes is a professional wrestling stable in the Chikara promotion. On May 27,2007, at Aniversario, Mike Quackenbush defeated longtime rival Chris Hero in a match two years in the making with a new submission maneuver called the Chikara Special. Following the match Quackenbush announced that since he knew Hero would never be able to break the hold, he would teach it and the counter to it to all tecnicos on the Chikara roster. During the match Equinox managed to lock in the Chikara Special, only for Hero to counter out of it and apply the move himself to force Equinox to tap out and lose his mask. Quackenbush, wanting to find out who had leaked the move, the artifact which had gone missing from Switzerland had suddenly appeared in possession of Dr. Cube, a rudo manager in Kaiju Big Battel. Cube, a fan of Chris Heros, agreed to swap the Eye for the chance to have Hero wrestle for him, according to legend, once the Eye is used, it must be given away, or the user would face bad luck and tragedy. However, UltraMantis didnt believe this and refused to let go of the Eye. On August 16,2009, during the night of the annual Young Lions Cup. Inside of the box was a message stating that a war was coming and that same man then began sending messages over the internet to UltraMantis saying that he and his Temple would be destroyed if he didnt return the Eye of Tyr to the family. Green Ant and Carpenter Ant came out to support their fellow Colony members, UltraMantis handed the Eye of Tyr to Vökoder before entering the ring, where he said that he was sick of the men and claimed to not even know who they were. This led to both men removing their masks, the man revealed another mask with a helmet, horns and beard, while the man with the microphone unmasked as Ares. Immediately following this Castagnoli, fellow Swiss and Ares longtime tag partner, blasted Quackenbush with a European uppercut. Once the fight had subdued with the new group on top, Carpenter Ant unmasked as Pinkie Sanchez and Vökoder unmasked as Tim Donst, both of whom had a history with the Order of the Neo-Solar Temple. The group saluted in a formation, before the masked man cut the lights. A week later, the Chikara website added a section to the website specifically for the Bruderschaft des Kreuzes alongside the tecnico, rudo. On the page, they confirmed the mystery masked man to be a Finn named Tursas, chikarason, who was reassigned as a commentator. During the season break, Sanchez began wearing a pink and white version of the ant mask worn by The Colony, at the event, BDK also debuted their own ring announcer named Jakob Hammermeier. On April 23, BDK entered the 2010 King of Trios tournament with two trios, the first one consisting of Ares, Castagnoli and Tursas and the second of Donst, Dorado and Sanchez
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Ares (wrestler)
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Marco Jaggi is a Swiss professional wrestler and wrestling trainer, known by his ring name Ares, who primarily competes in European and American independent promotions. For much of his career, Jaggi teamed with Claudio Castagnoli, one of the top tag teams in Europe during the 2000s, the trio won titles in Germany, France, the United Kingdom and their native Switzerland. Under the Freebird Rule, Jaggi held the IPW, UK Tag Team Championship with Castagnoli and they eventually toured the United States in 2003, appearing for IWA Mid-South and Chikara, and took part in the 2003 Tag World Grand Prix. After returning to Europe, Castagnoli decided to return to the United States to regularly compete for Chikara, Jaggi then brought in Marc Roudin to fill in for Castagnoli and spent several years teaming together. He would also have a career as a singles competitor, wrestling in countries as far away Algeria, South Africa and Japan. After his marriage to Allison Danger in 2008, Jaggi followed Castagnoli to the United States, born in Biel, Switzerland, Marco Jaggi was a fan of wrestling growing up and became interested in entering the business as a teenager. Jaggi trained 6-hours a day for three weeks prior to making his debut in June 1998, but wrestled in four matches during the next three years. He was unable to attend the school year round and could only visit Germany during summer holidays where he would train for a period, wrestle one opponent. Between 2001 and 2005, Jaggi attended numerous wrestling clinics held by the likes of Jorge Skayde Rivera, Mike Quackenbush, Ian Rotten, Joe E. Legend and Ecki Eckstein. He later claimed to regret starting his career too early and, later as a trainer, in 2001, Jaggi joined westside Xtreme wrestling based in Essen, Germany. It was shortly after his debut that his trainer SigMasta Rappo, Swiss Money Holding made its debut against Euro Threat at wXws Taste It Twice supercard on May 13,2001. He and Castagnoli, another Swiss wrestler, worked together and their heel in-ring personas. They defeated Euro Threat two months later to become the first wXw Tag Team Champions, and would win the two more times within a year. On September 29,2002, Jaggi won the Swiss Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Championship, and with Castagnoli, became the first German Stampede Wrestling Tag Team Champions on March 29,2003. The two often faced each other in matches, most notably, in a 4 Way Dance against American wrestlers Chris Hero. They also faced Hero and Quackenbush as Swiss Money Holding, impressed by their performance, Chris Hero invited Jaggi and Castagnoli to perform in the United States. That summer, the two toured the country appearing at shows for a number of independent promotions on the East Coast and Midwestern United States. On July 4,2003, Swiss Money Holding made their US debut for IWA Mid South defeating Chris Hero and Mark Wolf at the We Are Family supercard in Clarksville, the following night, they participated in Chikaras 2003 Tag World Grand Prix in Allentown, Pennsylvania
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Cesaro (wrestler)
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Claudio Castagnoli, better known by his ring name Cesaro, is a Swiss professional wrestler who is currently signed to WWE and performing on the Raw brand. He was previously known for his work in Ring of Honor, various independent promotions including Pro Wrestling Guerrilla and Combat Zone Wrestling, Castagnoli and Hero were voted as the 2010 Tag Team of the Year by Wrestling Observer Newsletter readers. Castagnoli is known for his feats of strength in the ring and is mentioned as one of WWEs best and most underrated performers. He was consequently recognized by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter as the Most Underrated Wrestler in the world a record four times, Castagnoli first used a Japanese gimmick before becoming a Swiss banker along with Ares, together known as Swiss Money Holding. While performing in England, Castagnoli received training from Dave Taylor, in Switzerland, Castagnoli met Chris Hero and Mike Quackenbush, who invited Swiss Money Holding to perform in the United States. They competed in IWA Mid-South and Chikara and received training from Hero before returning to Europe, Castagnoli and Ares made their Chikara debuts on July 5,2003, at the 2003 Tag World Grand Prix, from which they were eliminated after drawing with the SuperFriends. Castagnoli returned to Chikara in 2004 as a member of Larry Sweeneys Sweet n Sour International faction, the following year Castagnoli teamed up with Arik Cannon to form AC/CC. The team entered the 2005 Tag World Grand Prix and ended up winning the tournament after Hero turned on his partner Quackenbush in the final of the tournament, together, Castagnoli, Cannon, and Hero formed the Kings of Wrestling faction. Cannon left the promotion at the end of 2005, leaving Hero and Castagnoli to form a regular tag team. On November 17,2006 at the Chikara show Brick in Reading, Pennsylvania, Castagnoli, following the match, Hero and Team F. I. S. T. Turned on Castagnoli and attacked him, shortly after, Castagnoli was released from his WWE contract. Castagnoli returned to Chikara on February 16,2007, as a character named A Very Mysterious Ice Cream. Afterward Castagnoli started feuding with his former partner Chris Hero, on April 22,2007, at Rey de Voladores Hero defeated Castagnoli and as per stipulation of the match Castagnoli was forced to re-join the Kings of Wrestling. The following month Hero, Castagnoli and Larry Sweeney joined forces with Team F. I. S. T. to form the Kings of Wrestling superstable, which was later joined by Mitch Ryder, Max Boyer and Shayne Hawke. On September 22,2007, at Cibernetico & Robin the Kings of Wrestling faced Los Luchadores in the torneo cibernetico match. The Kings won the match with Hero, Castagnoli and Mitch Ryder as the survivors, Castagnoli forced Hero to tap out and then pinned Ryder to win not only the match, but also his freedom from the Kings of Wrestling. On December 9,2007, Castagnoli defeated Hero to finally end their long feud, after the match, Hero left the company and Castagnoli took over his training duties at the Chikara Wrestle Factory. In 2008, Castagnoli started a new feud, this time with Brodie Lee, on September 7, Castagnoli defeated Lee in the first steel cage match in Chikara history to win the feud
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The Colony (professional wrestling)
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The Colony is a professional wrestling stable currently performing for Chikara. As their name suggests, their gimmick is that of an ant colony, originally debuting at the 2006 Tag World Grand Prix as a tag team consisting of Fire Ant and Soldier Ant, The Colony later grew to include a number of new members. Since debuting, The Colony has seen success in singles, tag team. In addition to Chikara, the group has seen success in other promotions, Silver Ant is a one time Wrestling is Fun. 24/7 Champion and won Chilanga Masks 2015 Torneo de Parejas alongside Ophidian, Banana Champion, and Fire Ant won the 2014 Forza Lucha Cup. After being trained by both Mike Quackenbush and Chris Hero, Fire Ant and Soldier Ant debuted as Team Colony at the 2006 Tag World Grand Prix, where they lost in the first round to Lancelot. Soon after their debut, Team Colony immediately became technicos on the undercard, later in the year, Fire Ant made a brief singles run as he participated in the fourth Young Lions Cup tournament, which he did not win. Soon after joining, Worker Ant became the mouthpiece, as he spoke for them in their promos. At the Young Lions Cup tournament on June 15, Fire Ant defeated Gerard for the Cup in a match that garnered significant praise from both the company and fans. Soon after the loss, Gerard successfully managed to manipulate technico Shane Storm into aligning with him, effectively renaming him STIGMA. Gerard and STIGMA would feud with The Colony until September 7, at the 2008 Tag World Grand Prix, Fire Ant and Soldier Ant represented The Colony as the stable made its second appearance in the tournament. Now with a staggering seven points towards Campeonatos de Parejas contention, Fire Ant, due to the amount of points they accumulated, Director of Fun Leonard F. Chikarason allowed the Colony to choose their own stipulations for the match. They decreed that the match would be one fall instead of the conventional two-out-of-three falls, despite the stipulations, the Colony failed to win the title. On February 20, the Colony lost to Team F. I. S. T, after Worker Ant was pinned by Icarus. After the match, Taylor performed his Awful Waffle on Worker Ant onto the floor outside the ring, resulting in Worker Ant suffering cranial injuries. Soon after the attack, a fourth Ant, later identified as Green Ant and it was then announced on Chikaras website that Worker Ant retired from wrestling due to the severity of his injuries and that Green Ant would fill in for his absence. On May 24, Fire Ant and Soldier Ant, with Green Ant in their corner, defeated Icarus and Chuck Taylor in a Mask vs. Hair match, resulting in Icarus and Taylor having their heads shaved. When Gran Akuma attempted to interfere in the moments of the match
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Frightmare (wrestler)
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Frightmare is an American professional wrestler. He performs primarily in the Chikara professional wrestling promotion, where he is a former Young Lions Cup Champion and he has also worked for promotions such as Evolve Wrestling, International Wrestling Cartel, IWA East Coast and Jersey All Pro Wrestling. Just like his mentor Hallowicked, Frightmare wears a monster-themed mask, Frightmare made his Chikara debut on November 16,2008, accompanying Hallowicked and Delirious to the ring on a chain leash. On January 25 Frightmare picked up his first victory, pinning Grizzly Redwood in a tag team match, the following day Lee defeated Frightmare in a rematch singles match between the two. On April 26 Incoherence faced the Roughnecks in a tag team match. On November 22 Incoherence and the Order of the Neo–Solar Temple faced each other for the first time, with Delirious and UltraMantis Black coming out victorious, Frightmare first year in wrestling was capped off, when the highly acclaimed Wrestling Observer Newsletter named him 2009s Rookie of the Year. In 2010 Incoherence began feuding with Bruderschaft des Kreuzes, in Chikara, tag teams need three points in order to challenge for the Campeonatos de Parejas. For the 2010 King of Trios Frightmare and Hallowicked teamed with Mike Quackenbush to form Team Frightning, despite their status as one of the favorites of the tournament, the team was eliminated in the first round by Team Big Japan Wrestling, when Okabayashi forced Frightmare to tap out. On the third and final night of the tournament Incoherence entered a ten tag team gauntlet match, during the match Incoherence eliminated first Team F. I. S. T. Then the Order of the Neo-Solar Temple and finally Sara Del Rey and Daizee Haze of BDK to earn their second, third and fourth point respectively. After the tournament Chikara announced that Incoherence would challenge for the Campeonatos de Parejas, held by BDKs Claudio Castagnoli and Ares, after managing to pin Crossbones in an eight-man tag team match on March 20, Mike Quackenbush suggested that Frightmare should start going after the Young Lions Cup. Frightmare received his shot at the Cup on June 26, but was defeated when the champion, BDK member Tim Donst, choked him out with a necktie. On August 27 Frightmare entered the eighth annual Young Lions Cup tournament, defeating Brendan Michael Thomas, later that same night he defeated Christian Abel, Kaio, Amasis, Johnny Gargano and Akira Tozawa in a six–way elimination match to advance to the finals of the tournament. On August 29 Frightmare defeated BDK member Lince Dorado to win the eighth Young Lions Cup tournament, Frightmare made his first successful defense of the Young Lions Cup on September 19, defeating BDKs Pinkie Sanchez. On October 23 Frightmare successfully defended the Young Lions Cup against Johnny Gargano, the following week Frightmare made his first tour of Japan with Osaka Pro Wrestling. On December 12,2010, at the season nine finale, Reality is Relative, Incoherence aligned themselves with Hallowickeds long–time rival UltraMantis Black by saving him from Sinn Bodhi and The Batiri. On March 13,2011, Frightmare broke Max Boyers record from 2006 for most successful defenses of the Young Lions Cup, when he defeated Batiri member Obariyon to make his sixth successful defense. On April 15, Frightmare, Hallowicked and UltraMantis Black, now collectively as the Spectral Envoy, were eliminated from the 2011 King of Trios in the first round by Team Dragon Gate
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Hallowicked
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Robert Goodwin is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Hallowicked. He performs primarily in the Chikara professional wrestling promotion, where he started his career in May 2002 and he currently also serves as an assistant trainer at The Wrestle Factory, operated by Chikara founder Mike Quackenbush. He is known for his looks and incoherent speech pattern. Hallowicked and Icarus were childhood friends and entered the school with the intention of becoming a tag team. Hallowicked made his wrestling debut on Chikaras inaugural show on May 25,2002. In their first professional wrestling match, Hallowicked and Slayne were defeated by Marshal Law, on the second show on May 31 Night Shift picked up their first victory in a six-man tag team match against Don Montoya and their trainers Mike Quackenbush and Reckless Youth. On November 9 Hallowicked entered Chikaras first ever Young Lions Cup tournament, after the tournament, Hallowicked decided to side with Blind Rage, when he and Ichabod Slayne had a falling out. Slayne left the stable and spent the rest of the feuding with Blind Rage. On April 12,2003, Hallowicked successfully defended his Young Lions Cup against his stable mate. On July 5 Hallowicked and Blind Rage entered Chikaras first ever Tag World Grand Prix, in the opening round of the tournament, they defeated Team IWA-MS and in the semifinals Team F. I. S. T. On July 26 Night Shift defeated Ultra/Zero in the finals of the tournament to win the first ever Tag World Grand Prix, Night Shifts success was not limited only to Chikara, as during this time they were also able to win North American Wrestling Federations Tag Team Championship. When Blind Rage left Chikara in October 2003, Hallowicked was forced to find himself a new tag team partner. In early 2004 he formed the tag team Dark Breed with the man he had defeated in the finals of the Tag World Gran Prix, as a former champion Hallowicked was not allowed to enter the tournament or ever again challenge for the Cup. In October 2004 the Dark Breed joined Larry Sweeneys stable Sweet n Sour International for the first annual torneo cibernetico match, after both Hallowicked and UltraMantis failed to win the match, the Dark Breed broke away from Sweeneys stable. When UltraMantis was sidelined with an injury, Hallowicked teamed with the returning Blind Rage in the 2005 Tag World Grand Prix, after defeating Eye Candy, Hallowicked and Blind Rage were eliminated from the tournament by the SuperFriends. The rest of the year Hallowicked feuded with Jigsaw, ending on November 13, Hallowickeds apparent tecnico turn did not sit well with UltraMantis Black as after the tournament he announced the death of the Dark Breed and declared a war on his former partner. However, Hallowickeds year would end on a low note, as on November 18 Kingston defeated him in a Falls Count Anywhere match to win their feud. After dominating Chikaras tag team division for almost a year, Incoherence lost the Campeonatos de Parejas on September 21 to the Super Smash Bros, Incoherence holds the record for most successful Campeonatos de Parejas title defenses, with five
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UltraMantis Black
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UltraMantis Black is a professional wrestler, who performs primarily in the Chikara professional wrestling promotion. He is a former one-time Chikara Grand Champion and winner of the 2012 King of Trios tournament, throughout his career he has also worked for promotions such as Big Japan Pro Wrestling, Combat Zone Wrestling, Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South and Jersey All Pro Wrestling. As part of his gimmick, he wears a mantis mask, as UltraMantis, his original red and green attire was based on the main protagonist from the Kamen Rider series, while his ring name was derived from another Japanese television program, Ultraman. In May 2004 he renamed himself UltraMantis Black and adopted a new mask, in June 2006 he formed his own stable, the Order of the Neo–Solar Temple and adopted the dark look he has used to this day. UltraMantis started his wrestling training in 2002 at the brand new Chikara Wrestle Factory. He trained on the first term of the school alongside the likes of Hallowicked, on May 25,2002, UltraMantis made his Chikara debut as a tecnico superhero on the promotions first show, where he was defeated by fellow Wrestle Factory graduate Blind Rage. Afterwards, he teamed up with another Wrestle Factory graduate, Mister Zero, to form the tag team Ultra/Zero, the long feud ended on July 5,2003, when Ultra/Zero defeated The Wildcards in the semifinals of the inaugural Tag World Grand Prix. The duo would lose in the finals against Night Shift after Zero suffered an injury, on September 27,2003, UltraMantis received a shot at the Chikara Young Lions Cup, but was defeated by the defending champion Hallowicked. In early 2004, UltraMantis began showing signs of a becoming a rudo after adopting an aggressive style. Finally, on April 9,2004, UltraMantis turned on Zero and abandoned him during a tag match against Joker. At the following show on May 15, he debuted a new black mask and he would then form a tag team with Hallowicked, known collectively as the Dark Breed, and together they would feud with Mister Zero and his new tag team partner Shane Storm. For the 2004 torneo cibernetico, the Dark Breed joined Larry Sweeneys faction Sweet n Sour International, but after neither of them managed to win the match, they left the faction. In early 2005, UltraMantis Black began suffering from injuries that would force him to take on the roles of a commentator, a role he continues to hold, on November 13,2005, UltraMantis Black debuted his newest protégé, Hydra. With UltraMantis out with an injury, Hallowicked became a tecnico after forming the tag team Incoherence with tecnico wrestler Delirious, beginning in 2006, Ultramantis debuted an entirely new mantis mask. In October of that year, Crossbones joined UltraMantis and Hydra as the third member of the stable. UltraMantis, Hydra and Crossbones spent 2007 wrestling together on the undercards of Chikara events, towards the end of the year, the team started to grow apart and on November 17, UltraMantis inexplicably helped Shane Storm, who had been on a long losing streak, defeat Hydra. On April 19,2008, UltraMantis defeated Tim Donst, whom he had dropped on his head in Donsts debut the previous year, after the match, the Neo–Solar Temple kidnapped the concussed Donst and managed to convince him to become the fourth member of the faction. Quackenbush had been feuding with Hero and in the course of the feud, after defeating him in a singles match, Quackenbush taught the move to every tecnico on the Chikara roster
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Dash Chisako
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Chisako Jumonji is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Dash Chisako. She was trained by Meiko Satomura and has worked for her Sendai Girls Pro Wrestling promotion since her debut in July 2006, Sachiko retired from professional wrestling in January 2016, forcing Chisako to start a singles career. Chisako has also wrestled in the United States for the Chikara promotion, on October 2,2005, Jumonji, along with her sister Sachiko, took part in a professional wrestling audition held by Meiko Satomura. For the next six months, Kanari was unable to pick up her first win, instead losing to the likes of Chikayo Nagashima, Mariko Yoshida and Meiko Satomura, finally, on January 10,2007, Kanari picked up her first win, defeating Yurie Kaneko. On December 21, the Jumonji sisters made it to the finals of a one night tag team tournament, before losing to the team of Devil Masami and Ryo Mizunami. In May 2009, Chisako was forced to restart her singles career, the rest of the year, Chisako feuded with Misaki Ohata, whom she faced in matches in both Sendai Girls and Ibuki. In early 2010, Chisako also began working for the Oz Academy promotion, on April 9,2010, Sachiko made her return, losing to Chisako in the first round of the 2nd Battle Field tournament. Later that same day, Chisako was eliminated from the tournament in the round by Yoshiko Tamura. The following month, the Jumonji sisters reformed their tag team, while Chisako debuted a new look, inspired by her favorite professional wrestler, Jeff Hardy. From March to May 2011, Chisako worked exclusively for JWP, on July 7, Chisako returned to Sendai Girls, working at the promotions first event since the disaster. On September 24, Chisako and Sachiko entered the one night tournament, first defeating Hikari Minami and Riho in the first round and then the Lovely Butchers in the semifinals. Finally, Chisako and Sachiko defeated the team of Manami Toyota and Tsukushi in the finals to win the vacant International Ribbon Tag Team Championship, the first title for both of the sisters. From January to March 2012, the Jumonji sisters took part in JWPs Tag League the Best, contested for the JWP, after two wins and two losses, Chisako and Sachiko failed to advance to the finals of the tournament. On March 12, Sendai Girls Pro Wrestling presented an exhibition tag team match at a Dragon Gate event in Sendai, in which the Jumonji sisters were defeated by Kagetsu. On March 19, Chikara announced that Chisako, along with Kagetsu, Meiko Satomura and Sendai Sachiko, during the first night of the weekend on May 19 in Easton, Pennsylvania, the Jumonji sisters were defeated in a tag team match by Kagetsu and Satomura. The following day in Manhattan, New York, the Jumonji sisters defeated the Bravado Brothers in an tag team match. On June 25, Sendai Girls held its event in the promotions home arena, Zepp Sendai. In the main event of the show, Chisako and Sachiko picked up a win over the veteran tag team of Kyoko Inoue
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Meiko Satomura
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Meiko Satomura is a Japanese professional wrestler. She co-founded Sendai Girls Pro Wrestling, Satomura made her professional wrestling debut for all female promotion Gaea Japan on April 15,1995, defeating Sonoko Kato. On September 23,2009, Satumora participated in the Splash J & Running G tournament along with Kaoru, in the Semi Final, Satumoras team defeated the Dynamite Kansai, Makie Numao and Yasuko Kuragaki to advance to the final. In the final, they defeated the team of Hikari Fukuoka, Kanako Motoya, Satomura appeared in the 2000 documentary Gaea Girls made for the BBC by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams. Io Shirai on December 23 Meiko Satomura at the official Chikara website
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Hellertown, Pennsylvania
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Hellertown is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. Hellertown is located in the Lehigh Valley region of the state, the population of Hellertown was 5,898 at the 2010 census. Hellertown is home to Lost River Caverns, Hellertown is located at 40°35′3″N 75°20′17″W. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has an area of 1.3 square miles. As of the census of 2000, there were 5,606 people,2,448 households, the population density was 4,180.8 people per square mile. There were 2,570 housing units at a density of 1,916.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the borough was 98. 20% White,0. 30% African American,0. 07% Native American,0. 20% Asian,0. 68% from other races, hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 48% of the population. 30. 5% of all households were made up of individuals, the average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.85. In the borough the population was distributed, with 20. 2% under the age of 18,6. 6% from 18 to 24,29. 0% from 25 to 44,21. 2% from 45 to 64, the median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 89.3 males, for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $39,651, males had a median income of $37,935 versus $26,322 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $20,119, about 4. 1% of families and 4. 6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6. 5% of those under age 18 and 3. 3% of those age 65 or over. Hellertown Borough and Lower Saucon Township are served by the Saucon Valley School District, Saucon Valley School District is made up of an elementary school, middle school and high school. Home of Allen Woodring,1920 Olympic gold medalist in the 200m, birthplace of the mathematician and professor Carl Benjamin Boyer Home of Ted Poley, Lead singer of the 1980s rock band Danger Danger Solved episode titled Sin on Investigation Discovery network. This documentary profiles the murder of Hellertown resident Rhonda Smith, who was dead in Trinity Lutheran Church at Springfield Township. Hellertown is mentioned in the Kurt Vonnegut novel Slaughterhouse Five Hellertown travel guide from Wikivoyage Borough website Community website Hellertown Historical Society website
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Barnesville, Pennsylvania
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Once built to support nearby rust belt industries fashionable in years gone away, the hamlet is centered between the center and eastern thirds of the Southern Anthracite Coal Region. All these places lie within the Southeastern Anthracite Coal Region, residents who live in Rush Township may attend either Tamaqua Area School District or Mahanoy Area School District, while Ryan Township residents attend Mahanoy Area School District. Barnesville includes Hosensock, Grier City, and Locust Valley, the community is in Area code 570 served by the 467 exchange
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Philadelphia
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In 1682, William Penn, an English Quaker, founded the city to serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony. Philadelphia was one of the capitals in the Revolutionary War. In the 19th century, Philadelphia became an industrial center. It became a destination for African-Americans in the Great Migration. The areas many universities and colleges make Philadelphia a top international study destination, as the city has evolved into an educational, with a gross domestic product of $388 billion, Philadelphia ranks ninth among world cities and fourth in the nation. Philadelphia is the center of activity in Pennsylvania and is home to seven Fortune 1000 companies. The Philadelphia skyline is growing, with a market of almost 81,900 commercial properties in 2016 including several prominent skyscrapers. The city is known for its arts, culture, and rich history, Philadelphia has more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other American city. Fairmount Park, when combined with the adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park in the watershed, is one of the largest contiguous urban park areas in the United States. The 67 National Historic Landmarks in the city helped account for the $10 billion generated by tourism, Philadelphia is the only World Heritage City in the United States. Before Europeans arrived, the Philadelphia area was home to the Lenape Indians in the village of Shackamaxon, the Lenape are a Native American tribe and First Nations band government. They are also called Delaware Indians and their territory was along the Delaware River watershed, western Long Island. Most Lenape were pushed out of their Delaware homeland during the 18th century by expanding European colonies, Lenape communities were weakened by newly introduced diseases, mainly smallpox, and violent conflict with Europeans. Iroquois people occasionally fought the Lenape, surviving Lenape moved west into the upper Ohio River basin. The American Revolutionary War and United States independence pushed them further west, in the 1860s, the United States government sent most Lenape remaining in the eastern United States to the Indian Territory under the Indian removal policy. In the 21st century, most Lenape now reside in the US state of Oklahoma, with communities living also in Wisconsin, Ontario. The Dutch considered the entire Delaware River valley to be part of their New Netherland colony, in 1638, Swedish settlers led by renegade Dutch established the colony of New Sweden at Fort Christina and quickly spread out in the valley. In 1644, New Sweden supported the Susquehannocks in their defeat of the English colony of Maryland
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Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania /ˌpɛnsᵻlˈveɪnjə/, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle, Pennsylvania is the 33rd largest, the 5th most populous, and the 9th most densely populated of the 50 United States. The states five most populous cities are Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, the state capital, and its ninth-largest city, is Harrisburg. Pennsylvania has 140 miles of shoreline along Lake Erie and the Delaware Estuary. The state is one of the 13 original founding states of the United States, it came into being in 1681 as a result of a land grant to William Penn. Part of Pennsylvania, together with the present State of Delaware, had earlier been organized as the Colony of New Sweden and it was the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, on December 12,1787. Independence Hall, where the United States Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution were drafted, is located in the states largest city of Philadelphia, during the American Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg, was fought in the south central region of the state. Valley Forge near Philadelphia was General Washingtons headquarters during the winter of 1777–78. Pennsylvania is 170 miles north to south and 283 miles east to west, of a total 46,055 square miles,44,817 square miles are land,490 square miles are inland waters, and 749 square miles are waters in Lake Erie. It is the 33rd largest state in the United States, Pennsylvania has 51 miles of coastline along Lake Erie and 57 miles of shoreline along the Delaware Estuary. Cities include Philadelphia, Reading, Lebanon and Lancaster in the southeast, Pittsburgh in the southwest, the tri-cities of Allentown, Bethlehem, the northeast includes the former anthracite coal mining communities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston City, and Hazleton. Erie is located in the northwest, the state has 5 regions, namely the Allegheny Plateau, Ridge and Valley, Atlantic Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and the Erie Plain. Straddling two major zones, the majority of the state, with the exception of the corner, has a humid continental climate. The largest city, Philadelphia, has characteristics of the humid subtropical climate that covers much of Delaware. Moving toward the interior of the state, the winter climate becomes colder, the number of cloudy days increase. Western areas of the state, particularly locations near Lake Erie, can receive over 100 inches of snowfall annually, the state may be subject to severe weather from spring through summer into fall. Tornadoes occur annually in the state, sometimes in large numbers, the Tuscarora Nation took up temporary residence in the central portion of Pennsylvania ca. Both the Dutch and the English claimed both sides of the Delaware River as part of their lands in America
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Joker (wrestler)
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William Bill Posada is an American independent professional wrestler best known under the ring name Joker. He worked for the Combat Zone Wrestling promotion, IWA Mid-South, Chikara, Joker started his wrestling career in Dangerously Intense Wrestling where he was formally trained by Jay Tee Wilcoxson who helped him develop his unique and intense wrestling style. Joker went on to team with Sabian and Karnage to form The Dark Karnavil and they held the DIW Tag Team Champions and were one of the most intense wrestling groups in the Philadelphia wrestling community. Joker began his CZW wrestling career in Combat Zone Wrestling in 2002 and he is a member of The Blackout stable with Ruckus, Eddie Kingston, Sabian and Robby Mireno. In June 2004, Joker put his career on hold to fight in the Iraq war. His last match was a match against John Zandig and they wrestled in a secluded garage whilst the other members of Blackout watched on. The match was ended early as Blackout, getting upset watching their friend and partner receive a bloody beating, Joker returned to Combat Zone Wrestling, on November 14,2004. Despite leaving Combat Zone Wrestling, Joker still wrestled under the stable of The Blackout in other promotions, Joker won the UWA Tag Team Championship with Sabian on October 28,2006. Upon joining Pro Wrestling Unplugged, Joker formed a tag team with Ricky Reyes. Their union came about during The Pitbull/Public Enemy Tag Team Tournament which Ricky Reyes entered with partner Homicide, Homicide and Ricky Reyes faced Jay Briscoe and Joker in the second round. Homicide and Ricky Reyes won the match when Joker turned on his partner, Joker and Ricky Reyes would later win the PWU Tag Team Championship at the PWU vs. JCW event, Cuffed & Caged on January 20,2007. The team would lose the two months later. On July 14,2007, Joker returned to CZW and won the Best of the Best 2007 tournament and he was Maven Bentleys second pick and beat Drake Younger in round one, Ricky Reyes, Vortekz, and Human Tornado in the semi-finals, and B-Boy in the finals. Since this event, Joker has continued to wrestle in CZW and has added to the roster page of the website. Joker won the match for his team, pinning Ricky Reyes, at CZW Night of Infamy on November 10,2007, Joker defeated DJ Hyde to win the CZW Iron Man Championship. On September 13,2008 he wrestled during a show held by CZW to honor Chri$ Ca$h. On the first show he, alongside Team BLKOUT, lost to Team Ca$h, on the second show, Joker teamed with Sabian to defeat B-Boy and Derek Frazier. Shortly after Joker announced that it was his wrestling match as he was being ordered to return to active duty in the Iraq war
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Ruckus (wrestler)
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Claude Marrow is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Ruckus. He performs in Combat Zone Wrestling, Ring of Honor, Maryland Championship Wrestling, Chikara, while often appearing at a number of other independent promotions, Ruckus is a member of the Blackout/BLKOUT stable with Eddie Kingston, Sabian, Joker, and Robbie Mireno. Ruckus began training in September 1998 at Brainbusters, a former backyard wrestler with Hardcore Championship Wrestling, Ruckus made his professional wrestling debut against Chad Olsen on April 18,1999 for the Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation. Ruckus and The Hurricane Kidd were hired by Combat Zone Wrestling when owner John Zandig saw them working for Power House Wrestling and was impressed by their ability, when Ruckus started in CZW he weighed nearly 300 lbs. but has since dropped over 75 pounds. He began wrestling in CZW around 2001 and became known for doing high flying moves, such as the 450 Splash, that are not normally done by people of his size. He won his first title, the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship, on December 2,2001 and he regained this title on January 18,2003 at Live Again. During his second reign, Ruckus began teaming with Sonjay Dutt and they wrestled many matches as a team, but Ruckus became jealous of Sonjay and turned on him at Night of Infamy 2. This led to a match at Cage of Death V which Sonjay won to become the new Junior Heavyweight Champion, in 2004, Ruckus and Robbie Mireno formed a stable called The Blackout. The stable also featured Sabian and Joker and they feuded with Chri$ Ca$h, Eddie Kingston would later join them. On June 12,2004, Ruckus and Sabian won the CZW World Tag Team Championship from Nick Gage, Ruckus competed in the Cage of Death match at Cage of Death VI against Team Ca$h. Not only was Ruckus eliminated, but his team also lost the CZW Tag Team Title, on February 5,2005, at Only The Strong, Ruckus defeated Messiah for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship. He held the title for some time, defending it against wrestlers such as Sonjay Dutt, B-Boy, SeXXXy Eddy. Later in 2005, Ruckus and the rest of the BLKOUT began a feud with The Kings of Wrestling, at Night of Infamy 4, Ruckus successfully defended the title against Claudio Castagnoli. At the next show, Cage of Death 7, Ruckus lost the title to Super Dragon, Ruckus, Sabian, and Kingston won a six-man tag match against the Kings and Super Dragon at An Afternoon of Main Events on January 14,2006. At CZWs next show, Ruckus regained the World Championship, with his allies Joker, on May 13,2006, Ruckus won the Best of the Best tournament by defeating Sabian, Claudio Castagnoli, and Austin Aries in the final match. After Ruckus won the tournament, Chris Hero came out demanded a title shot, in August 2006, Kingston was kicked out of the BLKOUT and his half of the title was given to Ruckus, making Ruckus and Joker the new champions. Once Joker left CZW, however, the BLKOUT was stripped of the title, the same night they were stripped, Ruckus and the debuting Ricky Reyes helped Eddie Kingston win the World Championship and welcomed him back into the fold. At the Best of the Best tournament on July 14,2007, on December 8,2007, at CZW Cage of Death IX, Ruckus lost the CZW World Heavyweight Title to the returning Nick Gage in a Triple Threat match also featuring the returning Messiah
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Sabian (wrestler)
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Darnell Kittrell is an American professional wrestler. He currently performs for Combat Zone Wrestling under the ring name BLK Jeez, in addition to CZW, he also competes for several other American independent promotions under either the Sabian or BLK Jeez ring names. After completing his training, Kittrell made his wrestling debut on February 26,2000 under the ring name Sabian. He then won his first championship, the Hybrid Pro Wrestling Junior Heavyweight Championship, after wrestling on the independent circuit for three years, Sabian made his Combat Zone Wrestling debut on May 4,2004 with a victory over Sean Bishop. On August 14, Eddie Kingston joined the Blackout as they defeated Gage, Hatred, on September 11, the Blackout retained their title against The S. A. T. during the day show while wrestling the H8 Club to a no contest during the night show. On December 11, the Blackout lost the World Tag Team Title in a Cage of Death to rival Chri$ Ca$h, bailey, Nate Webb and SeXXXy Eddy. Despite the title loss, Sabian managed to defeat Mike Quackenbush on April 2,2005 to win the World Junior Heavyweight Championship, Sabian would go on to hold the title until June 11, when he re-lost the title to Quackenbush in a match involving B-Boy. On July 9, the Blackout defeated B-Boy and their rivals SeXXXy Eddy, on October 8, Sabian was unsuccessful in regaining the World Junior Heavyweight Title in a match involving the champion Derek Frazier, Heretic, Niles Young and Mike Quackenbush. On December 10, Sabian and Eddie Kingston lost to The Kings of Wrestling in a match for the Kings World Tag Team Title, beginning in 2006, the Blackout gained revenge against the Kings by defeating them and Super Dragon on January 14 in a six-man tag team match. Less than a month later on February 11, Sabian won a match to earn a shot the World Junior Heavyweight Title. Later in the night, Sabian faced Frazier for the title, on March 11, Sabian was again unsuccessful in his bid for the title as Niles Young defeated him, Heretic, Cheech and Cloudy to win the title. On May 13, both Sabian and Ruckus entered the sixth annual Best of the Best tournament, Ruckus managed to defeat Sabian, Aries and Castagnoli to retain his title for the third time that night and thus win the Best of the Best tournament. Despite the title loss, the Blackout recovered as Sabian and new member Robbie Mireno defeated the Kings of Wrestling for the World Tag Team Title. Less than a month later on December 11, the Blackout lost the title to Onyx and Rainman, in response, Sabian teamed up with Ruckus instead of Merino and the Blackout defeated Onyx and Rainman on January 13 to reclaim the title. Over the next few months, the Blackout defeated several other teams in matches before losing to Team AnDrew in a non-title match on June 9. Team AnDrew continued their pursuit of the World Tag Team Title, later on in the night, Team AnDrew defeated both the Blackout and Young and Frazier for the World Tag Team Title. The feud between the Blackout and Team AnDrew expanded to include Young and Frazier and it intensified further after Young defeated Sabian. On October 13, Sabian defeated Cloudy before defeating Danny Havoc later on in the night to win the World Junior Heavyweight Title for the second time, after winning the title, Sabian began a small feud with female wrestler LuFisto
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The Kings of Wrestling
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The Kings of Wrestling were a professional wrestling stable that worked on the independent circuit. It was formed in Chikara as a stable, but also appeared in numerous promotions mainly as a tag team of Chris Hero. Heros manager Larry Sweeney and valet Sara Del Rey were also part of the group at differing times, cannon left the group in December of that same year. Hero and Castagnoli are also known for teaming in Combat Zone Wrestling, on September 10,2005, they won the CZW World Tag Team Championship from The Tough Crazy Bastards, Necro Butcher and Toby Klein. In 2005, Chris Hero became involved in a feud with Eddie Kingston and this feud involved Heros partner Castagnoli as well as Kingstons stablemates from BLKOUT. In February 2006, the Kings of Wrestling lost the titles to Eddie Kingston, in late 2005, Chris Hero began a war with Ring of Honor. Castagnoli, who was a member of the ROH roster at the time, said he would be loyal to ROH despite his relationship with Hero. However, at the 100th Show during a CZW vs. ROH six man tag match, Castagnoli came to the ring and turned on ROH, helping CZW win the match. They went on to team together as the Kings of Wrestling to face and defeat B. J. Whitmer and Adam Pearce at How We Roll. On July 15,2006, at Death Before Dishonor 4 Team ROH (Samoa Joe, B. J. Whitmer, Adam Pearce, Ace Steel, in August 2006, the Ring of Honor tag title belts were stolen and later returned from champions Austin Aries and Roderick Strong. Hero revealed on his LiveJournal that he and Castagnoli were the culprits, on October 14,2006, the Kings of Wrestling defeated three other teams in a one night tournament at the CZW show Last Team Standing to become two-time CZW Tag Team Champions. They defeated Team Masturbation in the first round, the BLKOUT in the round. This has made the Kings of Wrestling the only Independent Triple Crown Tag Champions ever, around this time, it was announced that Castagnoli would be going to World Wrestling Entertainment. At Night of Infamy 5, the Kings lost the CZW tag championship to Sabian and Robbie Mireno after Eddie Kingston eliminated Hero from the match, on November 17, they lost the Campeonatos de Parejas to F. I. S. T. Afterwards, Hero turned on Castagnoli and kicked him out of the stable and they lost the ROH Tag Team Championship to Matt Sydal and Christopher Daniels on November 25 at Dethroned. On December 22,2006, Larry Sweeney debuted in ROH to help the Kings of Wrestling defeat The Briscoe Brothers, the following night at Final Battle 2006, Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli lost a rematch to the Briscoes. After the match, Castagnoli announced that he would not be going to WWE, but Sweeney said he was only representing Chris Hero, for whom they had big plans, in February 2007, Chikara held the first annual King of Trios tournament. Originally, the Kings of Wrestling team was made up of Hero, but Hero was replaced with Chuck Taylor
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Larry Sweeney
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Alexander K. Whybrow was an American professional wrestler and manager, better known by his ring name Larry Sweeney. He performed primarily on the American independent circuit, but also competed in Canada, Mexico, Japan, Sweeneys first professional match took place at the Windy City Pro Wrestling Battle of the Belts 2000 on May 20,2000, at the Hammond Civic Center in Hammond, Indiana. He wrestled under the ring name El Zapatista and participated in a 3-ring, Sweeney also received training from Buddy Rose and Colonel DeBeers in Portland, Oregon, before debuting on May 1,2004, in Ludlow, Massachusetts. On June 16,2005, he defeated veteran wrestler Glen Osbourne for the PWE Heavyweight Championship in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. He went on to hold the title for 11 months before losing it to Mike Quackenbush in May 2006, in July 2006, he represented Chikara at MXWs InterPromotional Incident. On July 31,2006, Sweeney made an appearance on Raw, broadcast live from the Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey, later that year, he was the subject of the Introducing feature article in the national magazine The Wrestler. 2007 saw him go on to a feud with Bryan Alvarez over the ICW/ICWA Texarkana Television Championship. On May 11,2007, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, he won the IWC Super Indy Title after defeating Black Machismo Jay Lethal, Azrieal and he has since gone on to feud for the title with Fabulous John McChesney, who defeated him for the title on July 7. After chasing McChesney for over six months, Sweeney regained the title on January 19,2008, on July 20,2007, Sweeney was crowned the first CWE Undisputed Champion after defeating Eddie Kingston and Chris Hero in separate matches in Youngstown, Ohio. He also participated in a Boxer vs Wrestler match against Larry Barnes on April 5,2008, in New Rochelle, New York, in November 2008 he announced the formation of his own company, Bad Brothers of Wrestling. Sweeney promoted two shows, in April 2007 and October 2008, at Colgate University and announced plans to run shows at schools and carnivals, primarily in the Midwest. Throughout the tournament Sweeneys stable mates interfered in his matches and in the end he defeated Jigsaw to win the Chikara Young Lions Cup in only his seventh professional match. Jigsaw was looking for a rematch with Sweeney, but he was interested in the bigger Chikara names, such as Chris Hero. On October 30,2004, Sweeneys stable met a group led by Jigsaw in an eight on eight torneo cibernetico match, Sweeney was pinned by Jigsaw, after his stable mate Spyrazul turned on him and then unmasked himself as Quackenbush. On November 19 Sweeney lost the Young Lions Cup to Jigsaw in his first defense, Sweeney entered the 2005 Tag World Grand Prix with Share Cropper, but they were eliminated from the tournament in the first round by Shane Storm and Mister ZERO. Sweeney refused to do this and after Crossbones pulled off his towel to reveal the diaper, Sweeney fired all of his stable mates, the following month Sweeney brought his ICW-ICWA Texarkana Television Championship to Chikara and debuted his new bodyguard, Mana the Polynesian Warrior. On March 31 Sweeney lost the Texarkana Television title to Milano Collection A. T. and after Sweeney and Mana were defeated on April 21 by Lance Steel and Lance Steel, Mana turned on Sweeney. The following month Sweeney debuted his new talk show segment, Winners Circle, Sweeney then started a feud with Eddie Kingston, to whom he would lose the Texarkana title on July 22
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Robbie Ellis
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From January to November 2007, he went on tour with Italian Championship Wrestling. At age 63, he was the oldest wrestler on the roster and he is the subject of a feature-length documentary Canvasman, The Robbie Ellis Story directed by Gary Robinov. On May 12,2011, it was screened on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network preceded by a half hour interview, in 2014, Ellis returned to Chikara as the promotions new storyline owner. Does That Grappler Look a Bit Familiar, from the canvas to the mat, Gallery owner gets in the ring as pro wrestler. In the Ring, Robbie Ellis, A Maine Professional Wrestling Legend, making it in the world of professional wrestling. Robbie Ellis, Professional Wrestler, official website Robbie Ellis at the official Chikara website Canvasmanmovie. com, official website of the documentary Canvasman, The Robbie Ellis Story
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Leslie Butterscotch
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Andrew Dinsmore is an American retired professional wrestler best known as, Leslie Butterscotch, and for his time in the wrestling promotion Chikara. During his time in Chikara, he performed as Hydra and was part of The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple, Hydra made his debut for Chikara, as a rudo on 13 November 2005 at an event at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was featured in a match teaming with UltraMantis Black, Icarus and Dr. Cheung in an effort against Angel de Fuego, Lance Steel, Lance Steel. He would become UltraMantis Blacks protégé however Black shortly became inactive, on 19 November 2005, Hydra received his first loss in CHIKARA when his team consisting of him, The Punisher and Dr. Cheung lost to Lance Steel, Dragon Dragon and The Equinox. On 25 February, with Equinox, Hydra lost in the first round of a tag team tournament to Chris Hero, hallowicked had begun teaming with Delirious to form the team Incoherence. On 22 July, Hydra and UltraMantis defeated Fire Ant and Soldier Ant, however, on August 22, they were defeated by Ryan Cruz and Darin Corbin. Hydra then teamed with Los Ice Creams to defeat The Colony, crossbones would then make his first appearance with The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple when the three of them defeated The Colony and The Equinox on 28 October. The stable would continue their streak when they defeated The Equinox, Retail Dragon. Five days later, Incoherence finally received their revenge when they defeated the Neo-Solar Temple, also that night, the Temple lost again, this time teaming with Blind Rage, to Incoherence who teamed with Cheech and Cloudy. The stable were unfortunate at the beginning of 2007 as they lost to Los Ice Creams on 16 of February, on 22 April, however, the faction managed to defeat Andy Sumner, Drew Gulak and Tim Donst. On May 16, Hydra had his first singles match in months when he lost to Worker Ant, the next day, Black and Hydra defeated The Olsen Brothers. On 22 June, Hydra participated in the fifth Young Lions Cup however he lost to Moscow in the first round, during the third night of the Young Lions Cup, the Temple defeated Moscow, Player Dos and Super Xtremo. On 22 September 2007, the Temple were once defeated by Incoherence. On 26 October, the temple defeated Dragon Dragon USApe and Moscow, on 27 October, Hydra and Jigsaw defeated UltraMantis Black and Shane Storm. At CHIKARAs event The Sordid Perils of everyday Existence, Black seemingly turned on Hydra causing him to lose to Shane Storm whom Black would later align himself with, however heading in 2008, the Temple appeared functional. The Temple were defeated by The Colony on 9 December 2007, on 27 January 2008, Hydra scored one of his biggest victories in CHIKARA when he defeated Moravain Greyhound and Pablo the Zombie Plantain in a triple-threat match. The Temple then participated in the King of Trios tournament until they were eliminated in the quarter-final, on April 19,2008, UltraMantis defeated Tim Donst, whom he had dropped on his head in Donsts debut the previous year, with the Praying Mantis Bomb. After the match, the Neo-Solar Temple kidnapped the concussed Donst, Quackenbush had been feuding with Hero and in the course of the feud, Quackenbush invented a move Hero could not break
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Dramatic Dream Team
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DDT Pro-Wrestling is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 1997 by Sanshiro Takagi. DDT, also written as D2T, stands for Dramatic Dream Team and it became one of the top names in Japanese indy wrestling by creating a unique Sports Entertainment style with a Japanese puroresu flair to the matches. The cards matches tend to be a mixture of Japanese lucharesu, worked shoot-style, hardcore brawling, DDT was the parent promotion of Union Pro Wrestling, which held events approximately twice a month, and is the parent of Tokyo Joshi Pro, which was founded in June 2012. DDT celebrated its 15th anniversary on August 18,2012, by holding its first ever event in Nippon Budokan, on August 17,2015, it was announced that Union Pro would be folding after its 10th anniversary event on October 4,2015. Three days after its folding, Union was replaced by a new promotion named Pro Wrestling Basara, in October 2016, DDT announced DDT Universe, a new streaming service for events held by DDT, DNA, Basara, Tokyo Joshi Pro and Ganbare☆Puroresu. The service launched on January 23,2017, DDT currently has 6 recognized championships, the top titles being the KO-D championships. Professional wrestling personalities make appearances at the bar, professional wrestling in Japan List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan Official website DDT Universe http, //www. wrestling-titles. com/japan/ddt/ - Title history of all DDT championships
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Danshoku Dino
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Akiru Miyashita is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Danshoku Dino. Dino primarily competes for Dramatic Dream Team, where plays an overly exaggerated homosexual character and his ring name comes from the Japanese name for the character Baron Dino from the manga series Sakigake. Dino was trained in shoot fighting prior to training to be a wrestler, in February 2007, Dino made his first excursion overseas, as he debuted for a few American independent promotions such as Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling and International Wrestling Cartel. E. T
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International Wrestling Syndicate
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International Wrestling Syndicate is a professional wrestling promotion based out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Originating from the Dawson Wrestling Federation, it was known as the Internet Wrestling Syndicate. In April 1998 SeXXXy Eddy organized the Dawson Wrestling Federation to perform on the grounds of Dawson College in Montreal and he became the promotion’s first champion. After the show on April 23,1999 wrestling was banned from being performed on Dawson College property, Eddy joined with Manny Elefthriou and Nic Paterson to form the World Wrestling Syndicate. The WWS had their first show Blood, Sweat & Beers 1999 at Wallys on June 17,1999, the last WWS show was Praise the Violence on April 8,2000. In 2000, Manny entered into a partnership with Wild Rose Productions, the company was renamed Internet Wrestling Syndicate. The first show was Change at the Just For Laughs Cabaret on November 10,2000, in the main event, PCP Crazy FN Manny wrestled Danny Dallas in the first of only three No-Rope Barbed Wire matches in IWS history. IWS held its first seasonal Medley show, Praise the Violence on March 31,2001 in Montreal, on May 25,2001 the IWS also began promoting shows at Le Skratch in Laval, becoming its primary venue for the next two years. Two months later IWS held Un FN Sanctioned, featuring the its first Fans Bring the Weapons Match, on November 10,2001 at Born to Bleed, Justice Pain defeated Hardcore Ninja #1 and Hardcore Ninja #2, retaining his CZW World Heavyweight Championship in a Triple Threat Match. In Spring 2002, IWS held the Extreme Dream Tag Team Tournament, the tournament was won by the unlikely team of Maxx Fury & Hardcore Ninja #1, on March 16,2002 at Extreme Dream Part 2. On May 18,2002 at Freedom To Fight, The Green Phantom won his first IWS Heavyweight Championship in a 4-Way Elimination Match defeating PCP Crazy FN Manny, The Arsenal & former champion SeXXXy Eddy. On July 14,2002 at Scarred For Life, The Generic Luchador El Generico made his debut in a count out victory. On August 16,2003, Pierre Carl Ouellet and Kevin Steen made their IWS debuts at Born to Bleed, Pierre Carl Ouellet defeated El Generico and Kevin Steen at Blood, Sweat and Beers, in a Triple Threat Match on October 18,2003. On November 15,2003 at Paybacks A Bitch, El Generico defeated Kevin Steen in their singles match against each other. The last show of the first-run at Le Skratch was Seasons Beatings held on December 13,2003, Kevin Steen defeated El Generico, also winning his first IWS Heavyweight Championship. On September 11,2004 at CZW High Stakes II, SeXXXy Eddy defeated Kevin Steen, El Generico & Excess 69 in an IWS 4-Way Match, at Un FN Sanctioned on March 26,2005, The Green Phantom defeated Chris Hero, while Beef Wellington beat Super Dragon. IWS performed Freedom to Fight at the Viking Hall, in Philadelphia on July 9,2005, IWS held on July 23,2005 the preliminary matches for Extreme Dream Tournament II, inaugurating the IWS Canadian Championship. On August 20,2005 at Extreme Dream II, Chris Bishop defeated El Generico in the Extreme Dream Tournament Final Match, becoming the first IWS Canadian Champion
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3.0 (professional wrestling)
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3.0 is a Canadian professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Scott Jagged Parker and Shane Matthews. The team, originally billed as 2 and they have also worked for Ring of Honor and WWE NXT. Parker and Matthews are former two-time holders of both the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas and the IWS Tag Team Championship,2.0 began working for Montreal, Quebec-based International Wrestling Syndicate in June 2004. For the first six months in the promotion, Jagged and Shane Matthews worked as faces and this set up a rubber match for August 20, when 2.0 finally defeated the Flying Hurricanes to win the IWS Tag Team Championship. After five successful defenses and an eight month reign,2.0 lost the IWS Tag Team Championship to the Hardcore Ninjaz on June 2,2006. Shortly afterwards Matthews tore his cruciate ligament, which would sideline him for the rest of the year. On September 30,2006, Jagged defeated Player Uno to win the IWS Canadian Championship, Matthews made his return as a face on March 24,2007, to face Jagged in the first IWS match between the former members of 2.0. In the finish of the match Matthews turned heel and defeated Jagged, after an interference from Uncle Manny, on the following show Matthews explained that Jagged, unlike Manny, had shown no concern for him while he was out with his injury. After missing the next couple of shows, Jagged returned on June 16,2007, however, Jagged then turned on Twiggy, reunited with Matthews and announced that at the next event they would be challenging for the IWS Tag Team Championship. However, in the end The Untouchables were able to retain the titles, in their first match together Jagged and Paysan lost the IWS Tag Team Championship to the Rock N Roid Express. At the event 2.0 defeated the Super Smash Bros. to end their IWS careers on a high note, when IWS returned in 2014, Matthews and Parker once again became part of the promotions roster. On May 28,2016 at Bloodstream Vol.2, Parker defeated Shayne Hawke for the IWS Canadian Championship. On February 4,2017, at Freedom to Fight 2017, Parker defeated Black Dynomite in a title match to retain the IWS Canadian Championship. On March 23,2007,2.0 picked up their first tag team victory in Chikara, despite being rudos,2.0 quickly gained a cult following due to their entertaining promos and comedic behaviour, but were unable to win another match in 21 months. However, on May 23 Incoherence defeated 2.0 in a rematch, after the loss Jagged and Matthews declared that they would give no more interviews until they were able to pick up their first point. In Chikara tag teams need three points to become eligible to challenge for the tag team championship, the Campeonatos de Parejas. This didnt take long, as the next day 2.0 scored a victory over the Sea Donsters. In their first Chikara match, The Badd Boyz defeated Fire Ant, on November 21 The Badd Boyz defeated The Future is Now, but on February 28,2010, once again failed in their attempt to earn a championship match
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Max Boyer
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Maxime Max Boyer is a Canadian professional wrestler, best known for his time in the Chikara and International Wrestling Syndicate professional wrestling promotions. Boyer retired from wrestling in May 2008, but made his return two and a half years later in October 2010 and has remained active on the independent circuit ever since. Boyer began training in wrestling in May 2002, when he entered Jacques Rougeaus wrestling school Lutte Internationale 2000 in Montreal. He trained at the school for two years before suffering a concussion that sidelined him for a year and a half. Boyer returned in 2005, when Kevin Steen got him a match with Montreal–based International Wrestling Syndicate. In his first dark match for IWS on July 23,2005, Boyer teamed with Dave Trips and Shayne Hawke in a six man tag team match, on August 20, Boyer wrestled another dark match, where he was defeated by Jimmy Stone. Boyer made his show debut for IWS on September 3,2005, in a four tag team elimination match. At the following event on September 17 Boyer and Hawke aligned themselves with Fred La Merveille as the newest incarnation of the villainous alliance SLI–USA, the stable, which was later joined by Jagger W. Bush, would then engage in a feud with La Merveilles previous ally Viking. On December 3,2005, Boyer wrestled his breakout match, on January 28,2006, Boyer unsuccessfully challenged Kid Kamikaze for the IWS Canadian Championship. As a result of the loss, Boyer was forced to fight to keep his spot in SLI–USA and at the event on March 11. On June 3,2006, Boyer was defeated by Lionel Knight, afterwards, Boyer attacked La Merveille and walked out on SLI–USA, turning babyface in the process. At the following event on July 8, Boyer defeated the three remaining members of SLI–USA in a gauntlet match. Boyer then formed a new alliance with rival, IWS Heavyweight Champion Viking. On December 2,2006, the two collided in a match for the IWS Heavyweight Championship, which saw Viking retaining his title. Afterwards, Boyer and Viking began feuding with Matthews, Pierre-Carl Ouellet, in the first match between the two teams on January 20,2007, Ouellet and Matthews defeated Boyer and Viking. With Boyers feud with Ouellet, Matthews and Manny behind him, he went on to win his first championship in IWS. Boyer went on to successfully defended the title against Kid Kamikaze, Exess, Jimmy K. Damian, on February 16,2008, Boyer confronted new IWS Heavyweight Champion, El Generico, and demanded a shot at his title. Instead, Kevin Steen, who had just lost the title to El Generico, announced that at the following show, the three of them would wrestle for the title in a three–way match
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Kaientai Dojo
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Kaientai Dojo is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion and training facility owned and promoted by Taka Michinoku. The promotion places emphasis on a style of puroresu that combines high-flying, technical wrestling and this style was largely contributed to by Taka Michinoku and is gaining popularity in Japan and abroad. K-DOJO is also influenced by American-style wrestling and places a large amount of importance on presentation. On April 1,2013, the arena was again renamed Blue Field, Kaientai Dojo originated in 2000 as a small wrestling school in Puerto Rico run by Taka Michinoku. After Taka returned to Japan in 2002, he established the Japanese branch of Kaientai Dojo, until recently, K-DOJO was separated into two distinct sides, GET and RAVE, which ran separate shows but often joined together during large shows and tours. GET was led by Taka Michinoku while RAVEs leader was Hi69, after Hi69s departure, Taka Michinoku became commissioner of RAVE and 296 became commissioner of GET. On April 22,2007, RAVE ran its last show, a particular aspect of K-DOJO is that it is one of the few wrestling promotions to feature both men and women. Women can wrestle in the ring as men, either during mixed tag matches or even singles matches. Also, they can challenge for championship belts, something that would be unheard of in most wrestling promotions, professional wrestling in Japan List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan K-DOJO Official Site K-DOJO Fan Site K-DOJO Fan Site
