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CHIKARA is known for its colorful wrestlers, febrile-minded gimmicks, and lucha-style action.
Not only are they competently-written, but they tend to have a weird spice to them.
Here are ten of my favorite storylines from CHIKARAs decade-plus existence.
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The team introduced Tursas, a 68 mountain of a man in a bearded Viking mask.
In the finals, the BDK defeated the Colony with the help of a crooked referee.
He eventually returned with a metal rod inserted into his arm.
BDK would be entered intoKing of Trios2011.
Or, at least, a group of lesser members.
Still, Tursas remained in the 2011 teams corner and helped them advance to the second round.
Various fans and wrestlers tried, but no success.
The two stared down, shoved each other, and got into a brawl.
That night, the Colony faced the BDKs team as part of the tournament.
Not only did the Colony win, but when Tursas tried to interfere, Green Ant bodyslammed the giant!
The Colony went on to winKing of Trios 2011and Green Ant continued his rivalry with the massive Tursas.
To hype up for it, Green Ant traveled the country in his bus, the Flex Express.
One of these videos showed that Green Ant had support from none other thanLex Luger.
Unfortunately, Green Ant lost the match thanks again to Jakobs interference.
Yes, sadly, Green Ants bus trek was just as successful as Lugers.
The two continued to meet up in tag matches, getting more and more heated.
In the 8-on-8 elimination tag match known as Cibernetico, Tursas unfairly eliminated Green Ant.
The following night wasHigh Noon, the companys first ever internet PPV.
Green Ant and Tursas had their final battle, this time with Jakob nowhere in sight.
Shamed by his loss, Tursas left the company, never to return.
Things started to hit the skids in 2011.
Ophidian kept the two masks as trophies, screaming at everyone who brought it up that Amasis was dead.
He fought on his own for a while until being inducted as second-in-command of Delirious macabre Dark Army stable.
It didnt outright cause Ophidian to lose, but he was most definitely spooked by this turn of events.
In the following months, Amasis would stalk Ophidian at shows, getting into his head more and more.
The big blow-off match came in CHIKARAs final showNever Compromise, where they fought in a Sarcophagus Match.
Amasis sealed him into the sarcophagus, putting an end to their rivalry.
FIST vs.MEN@WORK(2005-2006)
FIST andMen@Workwere two popular teams back in 2005.
The two teams had a match against each other that reached the time limit.
A rematch was signed with a longer time limit that once again led to a draw.
Finally, they were given another match atAniversario Bluewith an hour-long time limit.
Despite how competitive things had been in the past,Men@Workgot the surprise win within minutes.
Icarus and Akuma were none too pleased and refused the post-match handshake.
During intermission, they attacked Storm and ZERO out of frustration and injured ZERO.
Shane Storm was left to fend for himself and started to rack up wins as a singles competitor.
ZERO returned as he and Storm took part in a Cibernetico match with FIST on the other teams side.
The match went nearly two hours and ended with Akuma as the sole survivor after defeating Storm.
The heated rivalry led to a singles match atRunning in the Redwhere it was mask vs. mask.
Storm won, causing Akuma to unmask for good.
He looks better without it anyway.
Icarus horribly injured ZERO once again, allowing Akuma to pin Storm.
FIST would eventually go on to become tag champs that year, but at leastMen@Workgotsomerevenge.
Equinox surprised Hero with a backslide pin and Hero was livid.
T
hey already had a singles match planned, but Hero demanded to make it hair vs. mask.
He defeated Equinox and made him unmask, revealing…a guy who was in no way Mexican.
He started acting like some kind of vengeful emo hobo, loitering outside of shows from there on.
Meanwhile, Shane Storm was having a bad time.
He felt horrible about the whole thing until Gerard told him not to.
No longer was he Shane Storm.
It was the time of STIGMA.
Then there was the Olsen Twins, Jimmy Olsen and fraternal twin Colin Olsen.
Jimmy tried unmasking various wrestlers (an immediate disqualification), still unable to find his missing brother.
Colin did come back and Jimmy was incensed that Gerard used him with his lies.
Colin turned on Jimmy and joined with Gerard and STIGMA.
They were the UnStable.
It was pretty great.
Their logo was the CHIKARA symbol upside-down, resembling a lower-case U.
This time, Equinox II won and became the new Young Lions Cup champion.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention.
Shane Storm was revealed as the betrayer seconds after he and Quackenbush won their third point.
Though to be fair, the seeds had been planted far earlier.
Even GEKIDO-hating Quackenbush took to the Blue Bruiser when assailANT sacrificed himself to endure a superkick meant for Quack.
assailANT continued to wrestle with the Colony until CHIKARAs demise.
It became known that the two didnt keep assailANT in their company because they flat out didnt trust him.
deviANT demanded assailANT burn the Wrestle Factory training facility to the ground, but assailANT refused.
While GEKIDO was about destroying CHIKARA inside-out, all assailANT ever wanted was respect and he received it.
assailANT stood with CHIKARA against the Flood and Green Ant later confronted him about it.
It wasnt the fans or the locker room that drove him to be a better person.
assailANT revealed a photo on his phone of his newborn son.
Finally, assailANT was fully accepted by his partners.
With the BDKs help, Donst became Young Lions Cup champion and became far too full of himself.
Donst had to shave his head and the whole experience broke him.
Donst became a depressed shell of himself and hated everything and everyone.
Yet during all of this, Jakob remained loyal.
Donst brought in more members to his entourage with Veronica and Steve The Turtle Weiner.
He hated them, but wanted them around for the sake of hating them.
Another shot at the Young Lions Cup ended with Donst preventing the win and berating him for trying.
Jakob told him to mind his own business and Donst became confrontational.
Loudspeaker took advantage and squeaked out a victory.
He was from medieval times, having come to the present via a time rift.
It…it was a decade ago, you know?
He needed a new tag team partner, but who?
You see, Lance used time travel to pull a slightly younger version of himself out of the timeline.
About a week younger, give or take.
Together they formed Lancelot and fought hard through the tag team divisions ranks.
Sadly, like many great tag teams, cracks formed in their relationship.
There was a generation gap between the two…a one week generation gap…Anyway!
Older Lance didnt approve of his younger self befriending a damn dragon.
The two turned on each other and had a couple of matches.
He was just a bad guy who hated Chris Hero and his goons.
If Claudio won, Hero would have to be his butler.
Through a low blow that the ref didnt see, Hero won the match.
Claudio went after his partners and came out on top.
This ended with Claudio handily defeating Chris Hero in what became Heros final match in the company.
Claudio became the top hero of CHIKARA, spending the next couple of years punishing those he considered bullies.
ARCHIBALD PECK VS. MR. TOUCHDOWN (2012-2013)
This ones just silly.
Loud-mouthed band leader and delusional goofball Archibald Peck started out 2012 badly with a never-ending string of losses.
This is my finishing move!
before going on a lengthy monologue until Ophidian rolled him up.
Veronica left Archie, causing him to go into a downward spiral.
Archie dropped the band gimmick and decided to go for something manlier, like MMA.
Due to Veronicas backstabbing, Archie took the pin and had to leave CHIKARA for good.
With nobody the wiser (the crowd would chant, WE DONT KNOW YOU!
This led to 2012s finale iPPV show, the aptly-namedUnder the Hood.
You know, because he was fired.
Even CHIKARA did this in 2007 with Ricochet putting on a mask as Helios.
Its a straightforward wrestling angle.
Ergo, he couldnt be fired!
He hadnt lost that match yet!
Either way, Archie was allowed to return.
During this match, Sapphire was brought out in a wheelchair with a neckbrace on to show her support.
Archie won the battle and the war, leading to Touchdown and Veronica breaking up on the spot.
THE RISE OF THE BDK (2009)
CHIKARA vs. 2009 in CHIKARA felt like a year where nothing really happened, while at the same timeeverythinghappened.
There were a million different storylines going on, but none of them were memorable on a marquee level.
They even had a fake museum website to explain the artifact, which was a nice touch.
The man unmasked to reveal himself as Ares, an old partner of Claudio Castagnoli from years back.
Claudio suddenly attacked Mike Quackenbush.
Tursas started wrecking everyone nearby.
The group posed with a cross-armed gesture together, shut off the lights in the arena, and left.
There are hints all over 2009 so its not even that it comes completely out of nowhere.
Of course, nobody took his words seriously because Kingston was seen as a ruthless thug who hated everyone.
Ares has some new members who will be at war with UltraMantis and his ilk this Sunday.
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