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Post by lokithemadtitan on Jan 8, 2018 13:11:44 GMT -5
What a damn shame about Fake Chuck Taylor, the character was incredibly over at CHIKARA shows, he didn't need to be a flashy wrestler because he was funny and over, but his main storyline just seemed to be dropped like nothing and then he just disappeared Yet ANOTHER victim to CHIKARA's brick wall booking. i mean he is still listed on the roster page but we know how fast they are at changing that stuff. if he is gone perhaps it has to do with regular chucky's increased outside bookings. i dunno.
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Post by The 1Watcher Experience on Jan 8, 2018 16:40:37 GMT -5
Pinkie Sanchez has also deleted his twitter. Feels like Amasis / Desean Pratt has started a trend. Dragonfly rebranded his a while back. I wonder if any other characters will be deleted or will scrub their profile clean like Blind Rage did.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Jan 8, 2018 18:43:24 GMT -5
The thing is, most of these new gimmicks don't need much changing. Oceanea/Merlock works fine. Rumblebees works fine. Dez Peloton just needs to be heels (obnoxious health guys). Crummels/Defarge just need to drop the confusing sneezing thing and be Victorian conmen, which is a great gimmick. Xyberhawkx just need distinct 90s personalities (it baffles me why they haven't done this; it'd be so easy).
The Whisper is a damn mess, and Hermit Crab / Cajun Crawdad bore the living hell out of me, but otherwise, the new batch of wrestlers is totally fine.... and some of them are quite good in the ring. Certainly better than a lot of the old timers ever were. People aren't WRONG that the roster turnover hurts things... I miss Jaka and Green Ant and Smashmaster... but that's not really new to Chikara, either (though, to be fair, it IS new after having a year-long storyline encouraging fans to see meaning in every time little thing anyone has ever done).
The real problem with Chikara is just that it's self-perpetuating that there's a problem with Chikara. The intertia and positive energy are gone. That's hard, because what on earth could they do to get it back? They can't do a really good storyline, because really good storylines need to FEEL like they're really good while you're watching it, and that can't happen if every fan is just meh about everything.
It is weird, though, I hear so much negativity online, but the Chikara shows I've gone to the past few years have had big crowds and everyone these seems to have a blast. I can't tell if it's the same people in a different mood, or just two different crowds.
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Post by lokithemadtitan on Jan 8, 2018 18:53:01 GMT -5
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 8, 2018 19:20:03 GMT -5
Warren Barksdale- Boy this dude feels aimless. It felt like they had a legit team for a second but his partner seemingly left as soon as he arrived and took the dog with him who was the most over part of the act.
Dog hasn't gone anywhere. Has made an appearance whenever Barksdale has been on a show.
From my understanding it is Solo Darling's dog.
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Jan 8, 2018 19:47:05 GMT -5
Dog hasn't gone anywhere. Has made an appearance whenever Barksdale has been on a show.
From my understanding it is Solo Darling's dog. It also shouldn't be on the roster, since it clearly hates being in front of crowds.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 8, 2018 19:52:18 GMT -5
Sea Friends should stick together...
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Post by theaman44 on Jan 9, 2018 15:20:15 GMT -5
Sea Friends should stick together... Wouldn't shock me if Crab and Crawdad bend the knee after the match.
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 9, 2018 16:02:02 GMT -5
Robert Evans on the phone to Quack telling him that Vince is gonna fire Roman and Quack can turn him into Aquaman
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 9, 2018 16:04:21 GMT -5
Then Quack brings all of The Bloc Party back so they can go and invade Atlantis
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Post by lokithemadtitan on Jan 10, 2018 20:11:20 GMT -5
now i want hype to win just to blow everyones mind.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 10, 2018 21:21:40 GMT -5
now i want hype to win just to blow everyones mind. Hype winning the Grand Championship is The Jinder Mahal Title win of CHIKARA if it happens. Also I had no clue Hype even had three points... geez this roster.
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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Jan 10, 2018 21:22:21 GMT -5
now i want hype to win just to blow everyones mind. I actually don't mind Hype, he was definitely the more tolerable NRG member, but man...this title has really dropped in prestige when he's the challenger.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 10, 2018 21:23:56 GMT -5
now i want hype to win just to blow everyones mind. I actually don't mind Hype, he was definitely the more tolerable NRG member, but man...this title has really dropped in prestige when he's the challenger. Both the title and the Roster Remember when CHIKARA had no tag teams so NRG just kept getting title shots? We've reversed that, with the Grand Championship.
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Post by Rave on Jan 11, 2018 1:42:10 GMT -5
now i want hype to win just to blow everyones mind. Ugh. Between my dislike of JFDC's one-note reign and my dislike of Hype, this main doesn't do anything for me at all. Should've put that title on Dasher, it would've salvaged something of this.
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Post by lildude8218 on Jan 11, 2018 8:53:57 GMT -5
I want Hype to win and then cut a Shane Douglas promo
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Post by sushiburrito on Jan 11, 2018 10:08:28 GMT -5
I actually don't mind Hype, he was definitely the more tolerable NRG member, but man...this title has really dropped in prestige when he's the challenger. Both the title and the Roster Remember when CHIKARA had no tag teams so NRG just kept getting title shots? We've reversed that, with the Grand Championship. NRG received two tag team title shots in 2015. Yeah that's a crazy amount for sure. And Race had one grand title shot in season 17. This is Hypes first. Again a crazy amount of grand title shots. But hey you're the guy who said Officer Magnum disappeared when Meloni did so it doesn't seem you're really up with the current product anyway. 👍
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2018 12:19:09 GMT -5
The thing is, most of these new gimmicks don't need much changing. Oceanea/Merlock works fine. Rumblebees works fine. Dez Peloton just needs to be heels (obnoxious health guys). Crummels/Defarge just need to drop the confusing sneezing thing and be Victorian conmen, which is a great gimmick. Xyberhawkx just need distinct 90s personalities (it baffles me why they haven't done this; it'd be so easy). The Whisper is a damn mess, and Hermit Crab / Cajun Crawdad bore the living hell out of me, but otherwise, the new batch of wrestlers is totally fine.... and some of them are quite good in the ring. Certainly better than a lot of the old timers ever were. People aren't WRONG that the roster turnover hurts things... I miss Jaka and Green Ant and Smashmaster... but that's not really new to Chikara, either (though, to be fair, it IS new after having a year-long storyline encouraging fans to see meaning in every time little thing anyone has ever done). The real problem with Chikara is just that it's self-perpetuating that there's a problem with Chikara. The intertia and positive energy are gone. That's hard, because what on earth could they do to get it back? They can't do a really good storyline, because really good storylines need to FEEL like they're really good while you're watching it, and that can't happen if every fan is just meh about everything. It is weird, though, I hear so much negativity online, but the Chikara shows I've gone to the past few years have had big crowds and everyone these seems to have a blast. I can't tell if it's the same people in a different mood, or just two different crowds. I feel like most of the time, it's two different crowds. You have to remember that most of the crowd there are the young'uns since parents know that they can take their kids to the shows and not have a difficult time with it.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Jan 11, 2018 13:25:26 GMT -5
Both the title and the Roster Remember when CHIKARA had no tag teams so NRG just kept getting title shots? We've reversed that, with the Grand Championship. NRG received two tag team title shots in 2015. Yeah that's a crazy amount for sure. And Race had one grand title shot in season 17. This is Hypes first. Again a crazy amount of grand title shots. But hey you're the guy who said Officer Magnum disappeared when Meloni did so it doesn't seem you're really up with the current product anyway. 👍 I'm pretty up with the current product dude, I guess I forgot about the 2015 tag title scene because it was kind of just dominated by Dev Corp and then NRG held the belts for awhile if my memory serves me correctly, that Tournament made that whole year a blur And I wasn't talking about NRG getting a crazy amount of grand championship shots, I meant how the Grand Championship Title scene has begun to shape out with contenders for the belt with how the roster has become, reminds me of the scarce tag title scene in around the 2015 area. I thought the Meloni had actually had Magnum as a pet in reality therefore when Meloni left Magnum did too, also considered with the fact the dog is apparently terrified of live crowds. So my mistake. In closing. Please don't think I'm not up with the current product because I got ONE FACT wrong about a dog, your whole message comes off condescending to me and I don't appreciate it.
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Post by sushiburrito on Jan 11, 2018 22:45:43 GMT -5
NRG received two tag team title shots in 2015. Yeah that's a crazy amount for sure. And Race had one grand title shot in season 17. This is Hypes first. Again a crazy amount of grand title shots. But hey you're the guy who said Officer Magnum disappeared when Meloni did so it doesn't seem you're really up with the current product anyway. 👍 I'm pretty up with the current product dude, I guess I forgot about the 2015 tag title scene because it was kind of just dominated by Dev Corp and then NRG held the belts for awhile if my memory serves me correctly, that Tournament made that whole year a blur And I wasn't talking about NRG getting a crazy amount of grand championship shots, I meant how the Grand Championship Title scene has begun to shape out with contenders for the belt with how the roster has become, reminds me of the scarce tag title scene in around the 2015 area. I thought the Meloni had actually had Magnum as a pet in reality therefore when Meloni left Magnum did too, also considered with the fact the dog is apparently terrified of live crowds. So my mistake. In closing. Please don't think I'm not up with the current product because I got ONE FACT wrong about a dog, your whole message comes off condescending to me and I don't appreciate it. It's good bro.
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