CHIKARA S12/Thread 4: After the Wink-calypse

[Johnny B. Decent]

Nov 2, 2013 15:29:02 GMT -5 @jinxed said:

Condor just sped up in a van and abducted someone during a match.

Strangely, it seemed to have been a fan?

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

Nov 2, 2013 15:29:02 GMT -5 @jinxed said:

Condor just sped up in a van and abducted someone during a match.

[Johnny B. Decent]

So, to sum it up, Icarus, Hallowicked and assailANT faced Kobald and Los Ice Creams with Bryce as the ref in a six-man, someone said they might have saw Wink incognito and Condor Security kidnapped some random dude.

[Chuck Conry]

Still watching the stream..lord have mercy.

[Chuck Conry]

So they kidnapped Reckless Youth?

[Deleted]

I missed the first hour. What happened?

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

Remind me if I ever stream something not to have a chat channel.

[Steveweiser]

Yeah apparently it was Reckless Youth who Condor kidnapped.

[Johnny B. Decent]

Also, it's a good thing that finally some other wrestlers are supporting Icarus with this now. Some actual progress!

[Rave]

Nov 2, 2013 15:50:02 GMT -5 Johnny B. Decent said:

someone said they might have saw Wink incognito.

Wasn't Wink. Dude looked so much like him, though. Someone who was at the rally said that Icarus saw the guy and said "I thought you were Wink, I was gonna kick you in the dick!".

Nov 2, 2013 16:22:37 GMT -5 Steveweiser said:

Yeah apparently it was Reckless Youth who Condor kidnapped.

This is speculation, since we haven't identified just who got nabbed beyond possibly their 101 name. They were wearing this hat, though...

[Johnny B. Decent]

On one hand, it certainly would be odd for Reckless Youth to show up out of nowhere, but remembering what Wink said, if Titor still wants Condor Security to be trained and Quack won't do it, why not settle for second-best with Reckless Youth?

[Johnny B. Decent]

Someone at the 101 put together a nice bunch of info detailing some of the tidbits of this Saga:

2010 - Wink Vavasseur is hired as an internal auditor for CHIKARA after concerns are raised about corrupt Director of Fun, Dieter von Stiegerwalt, and begins investigating and reporting on behalf of CHIKARA by undermining the BDK. He removes BDK ref Derek Sabato from a tag title match, allowing Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush to defeat Claudio Castagnoli and Ares.



2011 - Dieter von Stiegerwalt is removed from the Director of Fun position and the Worldwide Media Development Corporation, a subsidiary of Titor Conglomerate, buys CHIKARA, but not the Wrestle Factory. Wink Vavasseur is installed as Director of Fun. Wink's father, Conrad Vavasseur, is on the board of Titor. Ostensibly, this was to give Conrad's ne'er-do-well son something to do. The Titor Conglomerate is named for a loon who claimed to be a time traveller.

The Titor Conglomerate is a shadowy business empire with ties to Elohim City, Oklahoma and a desire to build their own private army. They also own Condor Security, a Private Military Corporation which serves as the enforcer for the Congolomerate in general. CHIKARA was purchased to fuel, train and front their own private army, Condor Security. CHIKARA wrestlers are seen as ideal candidates because of their “exceptional tolerances for pain and physical exertion. With few family ties. All under a candy coating.” (Wink)

At the King of Trios, Wink hands Sabato a blue CHIKARA ref shirt, replacing his white BDK shirt, telling him "you know what this means."

A tournament, the 12 Large Summit, is held to determine CHIKARA's top singles wrestler. Eddie Kingston emerges victorious.

UltraMantis Black regains the Eye of Tyr from Ares, and destroys it. The Eye of Tyr is a Scandinavian relic named after the Norse God of War, Tyr, which allows its possessor to control the mind of others.



2012 – GEKIDO, a team of dark reflections of CHIKARA's most popular wrestlers, appears. The Swarm are ex-Wrestle Factory trainees, The Shard is from the same group that emigrated from Kevin Knight to Mike Quackenbush that incuded Eddie Kingston and Jigsaw and 17 comes from the same background as Mike Quackenbush, but never got the big breaks like he did. They also have ties to the Titor Conglomerate, which is later revealed to have seemingly organized their invasion of CHIKARA. Wink makes Derek Sabato the liaison for GEKIDO. Midway through the season, Sabato is removed from his post and disappears. Archibald Peck loses a loser leaves town match and returns under a hood as The Mysterious and Handsome Stranger.

Wink starts mixing and matching teams up. Outside of GEKIDO, Titor has targeted members of the CHIKARA roster as potential soldiers. The intent is to break their spirits so that they can be rebuilt in the image of Condor soldiers. assailANT, perceived as the weakest member of The Swarm, is placed with the Colony “to adulterate their team.” Soldier Ant is moved to The Swarm. Wink places Gran Akuma with 3.0, hoping that the history between Shane Matthews and Akuma will play out in some way that drives one or the other over the edge. Eddie Kingston, the Grand Champion and “prime candidate,” is forced to face a series of challenges from Wink, who openly hopes to see Kingston lose the title.

Mike Quackenbush refuses to participate in Titor's training scheme. He refuses to allow the Wrestle Factory to be used for training these recruits. What's more, he takes GEKIDO seriously and personally, and eliminates two members, combatANT and 17. The Titor Conglomorate pays their medical bills while they recuperate.

At the season finale, The Mysterious and Handsome Stranger is unmasked, and is taken out of the building by Condor Security. The same night, Tim Donst fails to win the championship from Eddie Kingston.

Conrad complains to Wink that Condor Security was exposed by being seen in CHIKARA. Wink says he needs their muscle for credibility, Conrad says "no more screwups."

Archibald Peck is allowed to return, after his attorney, RD Evans, gives Wink a convoluted time travel explanation involving Eddie Kingston's backfist to the future.

A pair of individuals in hazardous materials suits enter what appears to be Delirious’s lair, and recover what appear to be fragments of the Eye of Tyr.




2013 - Archibald Peck scores multiple wins over Tim Donst. Peck's former majorette, Veronica, allies herself with Donst.

The Colony Xtreme Force, another group of Titor recruits, appears in CHIKARA. They are assigned to work with Soldier Ant. While they fail to get along, Soldier Ant resigns from CHIKARA and leaves the country, rather than continue until Titor successfully molds him into what they want.

At Wrestlecon, Mike Quackenbush is given an envelope by someone wearing an NPA hat. The No Private Army is a dissident group out to expose and undermine Titor and Condor. In turn, Quackenbush passes a photograph from the envelope to Derek Sabato.

Wink makes Kingston defend the title at every card, but Kingston turns back every challenger. At TWGP, he faces Archibald Peck. When Kingston hits the backfist, Archie disappears after a doppelganger appears in the balcony, with The Swamp Monster and Lance Steel.

At the midseason iPPV, Sabato reveals the photograph Quackenbush sent him. It shows the board of Titor Conglomorate at a groundbreaking ceremony in Elohim City. Sabato encourages those who would seek the truth to google their names - Kirk Walters, James Miller, Martin Woods, Conrad Vavessuer. Tim Donst wrestles Gavin Loudspeaker in a hair match, which Wink takes a keen interest in, openly rooting for Donst. Donst loses the match and is humiliated.

Sabato’s “stunt” ignites a “firestorm” with Wink’s superiors and “drama” breaks loose backstage.

Shortly thereafter, Kingston defends the championship against Icarus. As Icarus appears to have the match won, Condor security appears again, stopping the match and bringing an abrupt end to the iPPV. Wink, supervising Condor, appears disheveled. Sabato explains Wink's appearance as being the result of knowing "what all this means."

Gavin is seen laid out behind the curtain. Some claim to have seen Archibald Peck during the chaos.

All future CHIKARA events are canceled. Wink admits that he panicked and shut down the show, but maintains that he did not shut down the company.

Fire Ant and Green Ant search for Soldier. 3.0 go in search of Archibald Peck.

On September 15th, GEKIDO returns and in one night, destroys CHIKARA spin-off, Wrestling is Intense. On October 6th, Dr. Cube's Posse shows up and also in one night, destroys another spin-off, Wrestling is Awesome. And on November 10th, it looks like Sinn Bodhi and a new Dark Amy will also show up and destroy another spin-off, Wrestling is Art.

Wink Vavessuer also has spoken put on twitter against his father, revealing several of their secrets.

Icarus refuses to let CHIKARA die. He goes in search of CHIKARA stars of like mind, and recruits an army of fans from the 101 message boards. After visiting a disinterested Chuck Taylor and a seemingly overmedicated and paranoid Tim Donst, he puts together a rally on November 1st and a trios match involving himself, Hallowicked, assailANT, Los Ice Creams, and Kobald. During the match, a fan (“themightythom” on 101) is abducted by Condor Security.

[Deleted]

I think the Peck bit at Anniversario was to cover for Pieces of Hate being seen mask-less when they tore the stage down. Nice to see it take a life of it's own.

[Deleted]

Kobald (who was in the trios match) is claiming he was attacked and his car was struck by "a white enterprise van" which would be Condor.

[Johnny B. Decent]

Also, a new student of the Wrestle Factory named "Kid Cyclone" was there. His twitter feed also says Private Eye Jr. is also training with him.

[Rave]

Nov 2, 2013 21:41:46 GMT -5 @jinxed said:

Kobald (who was in the trios match) is claiming he was attacked and his car was struck by "a white enterprise van" which would be Condor.

LFC's car was also struck. No word if anyone else was subjected to vehicular mayhem.

[EyeofTyr]

Nov 2, 2013 22:03:12 GMT -5 Johnny B. Decent said:

Also, a new student of the Wrestle Factory named "Kid Cyclone" was there. His twitter feed also says Private Eye Jr. is also training with him.

Worth noting too that the guy's name, and mask, are both inspired by a book character that's a luchador, who fights the devil.

[ayrek]

Nov 3, 2013 0:54:19 GMT -5 EyeofTyr said:

Nov 2, 2013 22:03:12 GMT -5 Johnny B. Decent said:

Also, a new student of the Wrestle Factory named "Kid Cyclone" was there. His twitter feed also says Private Eye Jr. is also training with him.

Worth noting too that the guy's name, and mask, are both inspired by a book character that's a luchador, who fights the devil.

[Apricots And A Pear Tree]

[Johnny B. Decent]

Probably a video of that guy's fingernails getting ripped out or something.