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[Shawn]

New C.A.W. gimmick.

Meet, Dasher Hatfield.

[Dan]

The full results:

Preshow Notes: Don’t expect many details on the matches until after the show, as results are coming in via text message thanks to Whittle, over to a very sick Smurf. Still, we’ll at least find out who the winners and losers are tonight! Doors have opened, plenty of first row seats still available at the door; the first Friday show with front row seating for $20, though, so hopefully that’s the reason. Crowd seems very hushed entering the building as the Cup itself sits high upon a platform in center ring. Louden comes out to the ring with a puppet made in the likeness of himself – incredibly accurate, “very well done”. Attendance is low, typical for a Friday night show. Under 100, though people are still coming in. Also of note – a new ring! Blue mat and ropes, black posts, apron and turnbuckles. The competitors for night one are being introduced now. Stinky the Homeless Guy is incredibly over with the crowd, getting a pretty big pop. The typical picture of that night’s competitors is taken, minus Create-a-Wrestler and his new gimmick.

1. Young Lions Cup ~ Opening Round: Brendan Michael Thomas vs. Frightmare: The first upset of the weekend comes in the very first match, as Frightmare is defeated by BMT in about eight minutes! Frightmare missed his patented double knee moonsault from the top rope, then BMT took advantage and hit a cross body from the same corner to make his name in CHIKARA with a huge win over one of the top names in the tournament.

2. Young Lions Cup ~ Opening Round: Hydra vs. Tim Donst: In about nine minutes, the Sea Monster Hydra fools Tim Donst into a loss. Lots of comedy all around, including Bryce being thrown into a headlock. Finish saw Donst apply the Hydralock on Donst, but Hydra backed him into the corner and dazed Donst long enough to roll him up for the win.

3. Young Lions Cup ~ Opening Round: Dasher Hatfield vs. Jason Hades: Dasher Hatfield is this year’s Create-a-Wrestler winning gimmick, submitted by…myself and George! Image of the Old Timey King of Swing on the boards! Dasher Hatfield comes out on top after kicking out of Jason Hades’ Killswitch maneuver, then hitting the reversal that he hit back at Aniversario weekend on Mantis to get the win!

4. Young Lions Cup ~ Opening Round: K.C. “Cloudy” Day vs. Chimaera: Cloudy comes down to the ring with the theme from the television show “Baywatch” playing over the PA, performing a quite fitting slo-mo run. Cloudy beats Chimaera in what was arguably the best match of the night so far, clocking in at about 11 minutes. Cloudy went for a headscissor, Chimaera reverse into a tombstone, but Cloudy reversed said reversal into a spike ‘rana for the win.

5. Young Lions Cup ~ Opening Round: Stinky the Homeless Guy vs. Colin Delaney: An awesome match that showcased Stinky’s skills as a big man against Colin’s wacky bumping. Stinky goes for a top rope shoulderblock, but Colin grabs him in mid-air with an RKO for the win in under eight minutes.

6. Young Lions Cup ~ Opening Round: Lince Dorado vs. Prince Mustafa Ali: These two went all out, including a spot where Lince headscissored Ali off the apron and to the floor. Lince having more issues jumping outwards, but at least he has the height on his jump to avoid being the next Marek Brave. Lince over Ali in what is EASILY the best match of the night so far, Ali is so awesome. Lince missed the SSP, Ali missed his WMD…Ali goes to the top again, Lince leaped up to the top and hit him with a Spanish Fly for the pin.

Intermission.

7. Brodie Lee vs. Cheech: A close match with Cheech nearly getting the win with an armbar, only for Brodie to counter that to a Michinoku Driver II. Brodie continued with his winning ways from the last Reading show here, coming out on top with a deadlift powerbomb in around 10 minutes.

8. Fire Ant & Soldier Ant [The Colony]vs. Jagged & Shane Matthews [2.0]: With points in play, Fire and Soldier emerged as the winners after using the Ants Go Marching neckbreaker/powerbomb combo on Jagged in around 13 minutes. That’s their third point if you consider the Japanese shows!

9. Young Lions Cup ~ Semi-Final ~ 6-Way Elimination Match: Brendan Michael Thomas vs. Hydra vs. Dasher Hatfield vs. K.C. “Cloudy” Day vs. Colin Delaney vs. Lince Dorado Lince stuck to the sidelines in the early going, playing it safe and spending limited time in the ring. That worked for a while, as Lince eliminated Hydra with the Lynxsault, only for Colin to sneak up behind him and immediately force him to tape out to the STF. Dasher then upped his chances considerably, wiping out Cloudy and eliminating him from the match with a top rope powerslam. Not only that, but he reduced the field to him and Colin, using the CHIKARA Special and forcing BMT to give up! Colin countered the sheer-drop Beach Break and used numerous finishers on Dasher – the temple punt, the Twist of Fate and the Swanton Bomb – but Dasher kicked out of the lot. He also countered a tornado DDT, an FU and a Dreamer DDT, but Colin reversed the top rope powerslam into an avalanche-style Canadian Destroyer for the win. Colin Delaney will be going to the finals of the Young Lions Cup but Dasher Hatfield, the rebranded Create-A-Wrestler, arguably put in the best performance of his career.

[Dan]

Night 2 results. Note, Vocatur was later officially confirmed as Vocotor:

Preshow Notes: Show’s starting a bit late than usual. Lince Dorado is out for his match with Arik Cannon after last night’s knee injury suffered in his match with Prince Mustafa Ali. Also, Turbo is out after some issues traveling into the country. Replacements will be made for both matches. All 12 of tonight’s competitors are brought out; Bret Race mysteriously didn’t come out when his name was announced.

1. Young Lions Cup ~ Opening Round: Bret Race vs. Yellow Dog: Bret Race is, in fact, Lester Crabtree trying to sneak his way into the YLC. He came out to “I Believe in a Thing Called Love” and proclaimed himself to be young and cool. He was disqualified, and his replacement was pulled out of a hat – Vocatur, the secret agent detective that’s been at recent CHIKARA shows, working a very heelish manner. Photo available at this link! Vocatur gets the win over Yellow Dog in quick fashion, around three and a half minutes with a move that was “set up like a DDT, but he fell forward”.

2. Young Lions Cup ~ Opening Round: Soldier Ant vs. Carpenter Ant: A very competitive match between the two members of the Colony. Soldier Ant hit a top rope belly to belly suplex, while Carpenter Ant matched him with a ton of neat and wacky submissions. However, it was Soldier Ant that came out on top, tapping out Carpenter with the CHIKARA Special. Fun match!

3. Young Lions Cup ~ Opening Round: Darin Corbin vs. Ryan Cruz: Match kicks into gear with a tribute to Young Lions Cup as Corbin and Cruz hit slo-mo against one another, complete with slo-mo “this is awesome” chant. Surely done just to get under the skin of Les Thatcher yet again. In a bit of an upset, Ryan Cruz puts down Corbin in 12 minutes. The less successful member of NSE in singles action reigns supreme tonight!

4. Young Lions Cup ~ Opening Round: Shane Hollister vs. Trik Davis: Fun match with both guys busting out their usual stuff. Exactly what you’d expect, except for a finish that is guaranteeing that Trik never works in this town again. Trik Davis gets the win over Shane Hollister with a QD3.

5. Young Lions Cup ~ Opening Round: Grizzly Redwood vs. El Leonino: Very much your standard fare match, nothing spectacular. The Grizz advances to the six-way semis with a Fisherman’s DDT.

6. Young Lions Cup ~ Opening Round: Player Uno vs. Player Dos: Uno looking great, quite clearly training for this Super Smash square-off as he’s lost quite a bit of weight heading into this. Looks like a new man! The two of them packed a whole lot into their eight minute match that “felt like it went twenty”, when Dos put down Uno with a frog splash.

Intermission. Skayde is feeling under the weather, but it wasn’t clarified if the match was scrapped or what’s up.

7. Arik Cannon vs. Jigsaw: Tag World ‘06 collision between two former Young Lions Cup holders here in this surprise singles matchup! Jigsaw gets the victory in ~10 minutes via superkick, very good match that may be the best of the night so far!

8. Mascarita Dorada vs. Pierrothito: Due to the unfortunate circumstances around Skayde and Turbo, Easton gets the benefit in the end and gets Philly’s big mini singles showdown that was set for tomorrow. An awesome match, Pierrothito wins in 11 minutes, tapping out Dorada with a cobra stretch. After the match, Pierrothito used some very foul language that would be a cardinal sin to repeat here. That may be your third Mexican down for the weekend after that.

9. Young Lions Cup ~ Semi-Final ~ 6-Way Elimination Match: Vocatur vs. Soldier Ant vs. Ryan Cruz vs. Trik Davis vs. Grizzly Redwood vs. Player Dos: The winner of this match goes on to face Colin Delaney tomorrow in the finals of the tournament. Vocatur wastes no time, eliminating Ryan Cruz with the move he beat Yellow Dog with in four minutes. Soon after, Grizzly Redwood goes for a suplex on Soldier Ant, but Soldier rolls through to get the pin to eliminate the Grizz. Vocatur is “gaining robotic powers” as the match goes on. Vocatur pins Trik with the DDT-ish move, but then Player Dos takes him out with the Final Smash. Soldier Ant and Player Dos are the final two left…and Dos pins Soldier Ant with the Frog Splash to advance to the finals! Player Dos vs. Colin Delaney is your big main event for tomorrow’s third night of Young Lions Cup!

Aaaand night 3:

Preshow Notes: Really strong attendance today, the line outside longer than for your average Philly show on a Sunday. Might possibly be related to the rave reviews of the CHIKARA product at the Dragon Gate USA show last month. Estimated number is 350-375, not bad at all.

1. Dasher Hatfield, Player Uno & Yellow Dog vs. Tim Donst & Hydra [Sea Donsters] & K.C. “Cloudy” Day: How far Create-a-Wrestler has come in one weekend; the guy’s leading off his own trio now as the unofficial captain as his squad enters to the ring to the sounds of “Tessie”. The old timey king of swing backs up that nickname with pure strength, lifting the man-monster Hydra up and swinging him like a Louisville Slugger at Donst and Cloudy! Dasher maintains dominance by pinning Hydra following his patented Grand Slam. However all doesn’t stay happy for long as after the match, Tim Donst takes out his mounting frustrations by throwing Hydra with a German suplex, then hitting Cloudy with a belly-to-belly and heelin’ it up all over the place.

2. Grizzly Redwood & Brodie Lee [The Roughnecks] vs. Darin Corbin & Ryan Cruz [North Star Express: Another really fun match, though nothing too outstanding. However, the Roughnecks gain their third point and their own title shot as Grizzly comes off the top with the Axehandle Doomsday Device on Cruz to get them the win.

3. 4-Corners Elimination Tag Team Match: UltraMantis Black & Delirious [The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple] vs. Gran Akuma & Icarus [F.I.S.T.] vs. Soldier Ant & Green Ant [The Colony] vs. Halcon Guerrero & Chiva VI: Before we even had time to figure out if this was actually the sixth Chiva, Mantis put the goat away with a Cosmic Disaster to eliminate the random Mexican team. Not too long after, Delirious puts down Green Ant with the Praying Mantis Bomb. This now moves Mantis and Delirious up to two points, meaning that the winner of the fall between the Neo-Solar Temple and Team F.I.S.T. will also gain their third point. Icarus rolled up Ultramantis Black to get the win and F.I.S.T.’s third point as Mantis was distracted by a man in all white. This man delivered a mysterious white box with a note in it; Mantis threw the box into the crowd after the match.

4. Mascarita Dorada vs. Pierrothito: In a very similar match to the one in Easton the night before, Mascarita Dorada regained the honor of his mother by putting away Pierrothito with a wacky lucha pin.

Intermission.

5. Mike Quackenbush & Jorge “Skayde” Rivera vs. Frightmare & Turbo: Turbo fought down the dastardly border guards with the help of his friend in small stature Frightmare, and now they take on the biggest challenge yet – two thirds of the Masters of 1000 Holds! In a complete lucha clinic that saw all four guys push themselves to their limits, Quackenbush pinned Turbo with the Quackendriver. Best match so far tonight!

6. Eddie Kingston vs. Claudio Castagnoli: One heck of a match here, tons of drama like you’d only expect these two to bring in the CHIKARA rings. Kingston hits a Backfist to the Future and a Saito Suplex, Claudio rolls out of the ring to recover. In a move of desperation, Kingston attempts a tope but misses. Claudio rolls back into the ring at the count of nineteen to win via countout.

7. Golden Dream Triple Threat Trios Match: Vin Gerard, STIGMA & Chuck Taylor vs. Jimmy “Equinox” Olsen, Helios & Jigsaw vs. Fire Ant, Hallowicked & Arik Cannon: Remember that hair tonic that Chuck Taylor got from the Big Japan young boy in exchange for the Green Ant costume? Well, it has turned his entire head green, much to the comedic delight of the tecnicos. Reportedly one of the best CHIKARA matches of the year! Fire Ant was launched to the outside by his teammates Wicked and Cannon, shooting him into the barricades so hard that they were bent to a ridiculous degree. Wicked pinned STIGMA with a top rope fisherman’s buster for the win. “This was awesome!”

…Intermission #2?! The Curse of the Golden Dream continues, as the ring was broken for the second time in a row in Golden Dream matches, the last one being when Max Boyer’s face broke the ring back in 2005. To make time for the ring crew, Bryce and Louden did a quick song and dance number.

8. Young Lions Cup ~ Final: Colin Delaney vs. Player Dos: We’ll be sure to get more details when our fans on the board head home, but Player Dos is your new Young Lions Cup champion, defeating Colin Delaney with a very bizarre move off the top rope. “Strangely anticlimactic” finish, though it seems that the Cup didn’t come without a price as Dos may have hurt his left shoulder in the process.

The Golden Dream match was apparently one of the best matches in CHIKARA all year. Fire Ant got launched to the floor by Cannon and Wicked, presumably like the Colony's Antapult thing, and he flew so high and far that he landed on the rail ass-first and bent the thing out of shape.

Also, Green Ant in a weird mask.

[Gonzalez]

Also, Green Ant in a weird mask.

I'm a little color blind, but I'd guess you have to call him Winter Green Ant now.

[Red is Dead]

I hope this sets a trend for this years Cibernetico war betwixt ONST and the other team - some randoms start showing up in white masks or outfits (all four members of the colony for example - against the black masked (or outfitted, in the case of the blue jeans squad) team.

[DailyKos]

Chikara might have shit attendances but it sounds like they guaranteed me buying another dvd when it comes out. Chikara is so kid friendly that it's a shame they don't get huge crowds that vendors would love to have buy their stuff.

[Dan]

Chikara might have shit attendances but it sounds like they guaranteed me buying another dvd when it comes out. Chikara is so kid friendly that it's a shame they don't get huge crowds that vendors would love to have buy their stuff.

If the attendance for the YLC show is any indication, attendances might be going up. 393 people is a low end KOT attendance and those cards are usually loaded, whereas this one had a little bit more filler and less "names". Hopefully the DGUSA exposure gets more fans to turn up to the Arena shows.

[odessasteps]

Chikara might have shit attendances but it sounds like they guaranteed me buying another dvd when it comes out. Chikara is so kid friendly that it's a shame they don't get huge crowds that vendors would love to have buy their stuff.

If the attendance for the YLC show is any indication, attendances might be going up. 393 people is a low end KOT attendance and those cards are usually loaded, whereas this one had a little bit more filler and less "names". Hopefully the DGUSA exposure gets more fans to turn up to the Arena shows.

it had lucha fly-ins, which could have brought in lucha fans and/or Hispanic folks not inclined to go to chikara shows.

[Novacain]

Danielson/Claudio vs. Jigsaw/Quack signed for New Hampshire. This should be quite awesome.

[Shawn]

From Monday, September 28th through Saturday, October 3rd at SmartMarkVideo, you can purchase a 2 hour CHIKARA Sampler DVD for the incredibly low price of $1.99. Listed below is what you will find on this DVD:

1) Mike Quackenbush, Jigsaw, Helios & Lince Dorado
vs. Hallowicked, Frightmare, Hallowickedcito & Frightmarecito [from "Aniversario Yang"]

2) Eddie Kingston vs. Claudio Castagnoli [from "Aniversario Yang"]

3) F.I.S.T. vs. The Future is Now [from "King of Trios 2009 - Night 3"]

4) Kota Ibushi vs. Jigsaw vs. El Generico vs. Nick Jackson [from "King of Trios 2009 - Night 2"]

5) The Osirian Portal vs. The Colony [from "Revelation X"]

Plus these bonus materials will round out the disc:
a) Previously at CHIKARA: September 2009 Edition
b) Official Trailer for the DVD release of "Aniversario Yang"
c) CHIKARA Podcast-A-Go-Go, Episode # 173

[Red is Dead]

And seriously - the $1.99 price tag is worth it for match four alone - jesus christ, but its fucking awesome.

[Hail Sabin]

That is really awesome, I think I wil have to make my first purchase from SMV in years next week.

[Novacain]

From Monday, September 28th through Saturday, October 3rd at SmartMarkVideo, you can purchase a 2 hour CHIKARA Sampler DVD for the incredibly low price of $1.99. Listed below is what you will find on this DVD:

1) Mike Quackenbush, Jigsaw, Helios & Lince Dorado
vs. Hallowicked, Frightmare, Hallowickedcito & Frightmarecito [from "Aniversario Yang"]

2) Eddie Kingston vs. Claudio Castagnoli [from "Aniversario Yang"]

3) F.I.S.T. vs. The Future is Now [from "King of Trios 2009 - Night 3"]

4) Kota Ibushi vs. Jigsaw vs. El Generico vs. Nick Jackson [from "King of Trios 2009 - Night 2"]

5) The Osirian Portal vs. The Colony [from "Revelation X"]

Plus these bonus materials will round out the disc:
a) Previously at CHIKARA: September 2009 Edition
b) Official Trailer for the DVD release of "Aniversario Yang"
c) CHIKARA Podcast-A-Go-Go, Episode # 173

Honestly, not even going into the RDV match, the Portal vs. Colony match was fantastic stuff, and I personally thought TFIN vs. FIST was the first sign that TFIN could develop into the best trio in CHIKARA history. Holy god dammit were they on fire, esspecially Helios

[Shawn]

The Sampler DVD is available to order here.

And, it's really $1.99. No shipping charges. Right now it is for U.S. customers only. They are working on an international solution.

[Novacain]

Well, the Cibernetico paritipcants have been announced. I'm hyped.

[odessasteps]

Is the rest of the card going to be rudo vs rudo matches?

That's 16 tecnicos right there in one match.

[Robert]

That is AWESOME. Reyes Del Aire level awesome! Let's hope we get some nice little teases of rudo turns during the match to keep things fresh though. Too many tecnico vs tecnico mirror spots will get annoying.

Rob

[Shawn]

Let's hope we get some nice little teases of rudo turns during the match to keep things fresh though.

It may be the time for Carpenter Ant to reveal himself as....Buck Hawke.

[dok]

It may be the time for Carpenter Ant to reveal himself as....Buck Hawke.

Is it too much to hope that one day Jimmy Jacobs shows up as the emo Cutter Ant?

[JMULL]

Added to Easton: Young Bucks vs. X vx. X vs. X in an elimination tag match. The Bucks could concievably grab 3 points here and be lined up for a title shot. I'm hoping for the Portal, Cheech and Cloudy, Icarus and Taylor.