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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Nov 14, 2022 4:34:37 GMT -5
Someone wanna explain this? This is the only other thing I can find about it, no clue if they actually talk about it more in detail on their show
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Post by Celexa Bliss 54 on Nov 14, 2022 14:18:54 GMT -5
Could someone help me out here? If possible, could we get a list of the notables from the last couple years of Chikara (post-2016) and what they've been up to since the company closed? Would be very helpful for me, especially.
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on Nov 14, 2022 15:00:26 GMT -5
Could someone help me out here? If possible, could we get a list of the notables from the last couple years of Chikara (post-2016) and what they've been up to since the company closed? Would be very helpful for me, especially. Long story overly short, AEW. A bunch of Chikara alumni made their way there, either as regulars like Bryce Remsburg and Orange Cassidy (the former Fire Ant) or one-offs like the non-sex pest two-thirds of the Batiri, wrestling as Chris Peaks and Louis Valle.
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Post by lildude8218 on Nov 14, 2022 16:31:49 GMT -5
Many have been regulars for Camp Leapfrog and Lehigh Valley Athletics Council.
Sonny DeFarge just did a Dark taping this month.
Zero, now Max Zero, lost his mask.
Xavier Faraday changed his name to Athrun Amada.
Mobius went back to working as Blaxstrom.
Josue/Joey Ibanez has worked as Kamen MK and Special K.
Joshua Wells seemingly hasn't worked since the end of 2020.
The Whisper has worked several GCW related shows.
Ophidian announced that he was taking some time away from wrestling right after Chikara closed.
Icarus also hasn't worked since Chikara closed.
Matt Makowski has worked Beyond, JCW, ROH, and Black Label Pro.
Princess Kimberlee.....no comment.
the most recent version of Lance Steel hasn't worked since 2021, not sure of his alternate gimmick if there is any.
Same for The Spoiler and Cabana Man Dan.
Green Ant and Thief Ant changed their names to Ultimo and Electro Ant. Have been working as The Colony
Red Queen/Lady Frost just finally got her release from Impact. Her husband who was One Eyed Jack went back to performing as Victor Benjamin for several bigger indies.
Blank has been working that gimmick and as Logan Easton Laroux across several promotions. Had a couple of AEW Dark Matches.
Boomer Hatfield lost his mask and works as Weber Hatfield mostly teaming with Shea (formerly Molly) McCoy as The Outfielders.
Callux the Castigator is just Big Callux now. Frantik unmasked and works as Francis Wright. Volgar has vanished since the end of 2019.
Hermit Crab upgraded to King Crab. Cajun Crawdad hasn't been active since 2021, may be working under another gimmick?
Donna Rama went back to just being Erica Leigh, has been teaming with the former Proletariat, now just The Boar.
Dasher Hatfield worked as A Very Good Professional Wrestler and Avery Good before retiring early this year.
Razerhawk and Danjerhawk are working as Razerwyng and Mach10 now.
Solo Darling hasn't worked since 2021.
EM/Matt Demorest has worked infrequently since Chikara closed.
Still Life with Apricots and Pears is now Edith Surreal.
Hallowicked hasn't wrestled since 2021. Frightmare has been working infrequently. Most recently had a 6-man tag with Eddie Kingston and Ultramantis Black against The Batiri and Tracy Williams.
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Post by Celexa Bliss 54 on Nov 14, 2022 16:57:02 GMT -5
That is extremely helpful and answers my questions about nearly everyone I was curious about. Thanks!
Edit: a few I didn't see mentioned, plus a couple of questions:
Icarus was outed for being shitty, right?
Weren't there also accusations about Amasis and Ophdian?
Were all three members of the Devastation Corporation blacklisted/problematic?
Others I'm wondering about:
Huckabee Crummels Worker Ant II Colony Extreme Force Lucas Calhoun Oleg Jaka Jakob Donst
Also, are Dasher and Touchdown both officially retired now?
Thanks in advance.
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Post by Rave on Nov 14, 2022 17:30:30 GMT -5
Joshua Wells seemingly hasn't worked since the end of 2020. Josh Wells/Wavra quit wrestling after accusations surfaced against him. Outed during #SpeakingOut, left to better support his wife. This is an interesting one. He had an accusation against him, but IIRC it was withdrawn or something?
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Post by lildude8218 on Nov 14, 2022 18:27:41 GMT -5
That is extremely helpful and answers my questions about nearly everyone I was curious about. Thanks! Edit: a few I didn't see mentioned, plus a couple of questions: Icarus was outed for being shitty, right? Weren't there also accusations about Amasis and Ophdian? Were all three members of the Devastation Corporation blacklisted/problematic? Others I'm wondering about: Huckabee Crummels Worker Ant II Colony Extreme Force Lucas Calhoun Oleg Jaka Jakob Donst Also, are Dasher and Touchdown both officially retired now? Thanks in advance. I thought I mentioned Travis Huckabee but somehow skipped him. Working regularly. Crummels hasn't worked since the end of 2021, Worker Ant II and Oleg since 2019. Arctic Rescue Ant was later Bullet Ant and then Ursa Minor in the Night Sky. IIRC he had some negative comments on Twitter and then nearly everyone in Chikara said HE was in fact the problem. Missile Assault Ant/Man was about to start a new gimmick as Victor Vigilante with Johnny Justice aka Juan Francisco De Coronado until allegations against Coronado came out. Neither has worked since. Lucas Calhoun looks like he quietly left the business, hasn't wrestled since 2020. Jake's been around the indies since he left Chikara. Most recently for FIP this year. Jakob was running a school in North Carolina that was supposed to be another branch of the Wrestle Factory but after all the allegations came out he said he would no longer work with them. Worked a 10-person tag for LVAC very recently. Tim Donst worked some dates for AIW this year. Max Smashmaster retired back in 2016 because of a heart issue but came out of retirement in 2021 and has worked some shows mostly in the Northeast. Had 2 appearances in MLW with Blaster McMassive as The Sentai Death Squad under hoods. Blaster is still making appearances in MLW as Mr. Thomas. Flex has pretty much been retired since 2017.
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Post by Lupin the Third on Nov 14, 2022 19:18:29 GMT -5
Pretty much the entire Dark Order was in Chikara at one point.
Uno & Stu were the Super Smash Bros.
Colt Cabana was.....Colt Cabana.
John Silver was The Shard.
Alex Reynolds was CombatAnt, I believe.
Brodie Lee was....Brodie Lee.
I think the only ones that didn't work Chikara were Alan Angels and 10.
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Post by Psicofreak667 on Nov 14, 2022 21:50:22 GMT -5
Just an added comment on Solo Darling, after Willow started being successful in AEW, I was wondering why Solo hadn't shown up in at least a Dark or Elevation spot. She's got some pretty risque content on Onlyfans and says she's raising money to rehab an injury.
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Post by Rave on Nov 15, 2022 0:58:02 GMT -5
Lucas Calhoun looks like he quietly left the business, hasn't wrestled since 2020. Cagematch is wrong, Calhoun is indeed still wrestling. He's currently scheduled for something called Palmhouse Pro Wrestling in the Chicago area on the 20th, and before that wrestled for Fantasy Super Cosplay Wrestling as their Wreck-It Ralph. If I'm reading his Twitter right, he's also trying to get LVAC to book him too.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Nov 15, 2022 1:05:45 GMT -5
Outed during #SpeakingOut, left to better support his wife. I wouldn't say that's the whole story. I don't think his baggage is public knowledge, but a promotion tried booking Ophidian once, and take a look at the replies to Sidney Bakabella's tweet (the likes are very telling as well). I think there was a follow up tweet from Sid saying that it wasn't his story to tell, but that if Ophidian went through with the booking, he wouldn't be silent on the matter. And that's why the tweet that was originally there got deleted. EDIT: Here's the other response from Sidney.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Nov 15, 2022 1:28:08 GMT -5
Outed during #SpeakingOut, left to better support his wife. I wouldn't say that's the whole story. I don't think his baggage is public knowledge, but a promotion tried booking Ophidian once, and take a look at the replies to Sidney Bakabella's tweet (the likes are very telling as well). I think there was a follow up tweet from Sid saying that it wasn't his story to tell, but that if Ophidian went through with the booking, he wouldn't be silent on the matter. And that's why the tweet that was originally there got deleted. So Ophidian's essentially been blackballed then? He's done something shitty but peeps are gonna be quiet on it so long as he doesn't wrestle anymore? That's what it sounds like anyway.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Nov 15, 2022 1:39:17 GMT -5
I wouldn't say that's the whole story. I don't think his baggage is public knowledge, but a promotion tried booking Ophidian once, and take a look at the replies to Sidney Bakabella's tweet (the likes are very telling as well). I think there was a follow up tweet from Sid saying that it wasn't his story to tell, but that if Ophidian went through with the booking, he wouldn't be silent on the matter. And that's why the tweet that was originally there got deleted. So Ophidian's essentially been blackballed then? He's done something shitty but peeps are gonna be quiet on it so long as he doesn't wrestle anymore? That's what it sounds like anyway. Sure sounds like it's the case. If you look at the replies at the second tweet I edited in, you can see Sidney allude to something that happened to "a couple of girls" involving Ophidian. Not exactly the best look, when you consider that it was enough to get him redacted from bookings this year.
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Post by Rave on Nov 15, 2022 1:44:22 GMT -5
So Ophidian's essentially been blackballed then? He's done something shitty but peeps are gonna be quiet on it so long as he doesn't wrestle anymore? That's what it sounds like anyway. Sure sounds like it's the case. If you look at the replies at the second tweet I edited in, you can see Sidney allude to something that happened to "a couple of girls" involving Ophidian. Not exactly the best look, when you consider that it was enough to get him redacted from bookings this year. Huh. I knew he'd cheated with multiple women, that was outright confirmed at the time, but not anything beyond that.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Nov 15, 2022 1:46:26 GMT -5
Sure sounds like it's the case. If you look at the replies at the second tweet I edited in, you can see Sidney allude to something that happened to "a couple of girls" involving Ophidian. Not exactly the best look, when you consider that it was enough to get him redacted from bookings this year. Huh. I knew he'd cheated with multiple women, that was outright confirmed at the time, but not anything beyond that. So if that's a known shitty thing then sure, enough to get him blackballed though? I don't know, might depend on the optics of it all He's still with his wife and had said to been taking a backseat to wrestling to support his wife, but if wrestlers are threatening him with blackmail to stay unbooked that sounds like more happened.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Nov 15, 2022 11:06:48 GMT -5
Didn't know Ophidian was outed during Speaking Out but I know he said he was retiring and admitted to being a pretty angry and bitter person that was difficult to be around. He seems to be in the background mostly supporting his wife's endeavors now so if they had issues they seem to be working through them.
Amasis wrestles as DeSean Pratt. He's now the head trainer for CZW and is helping them rebuild the company with new talent
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Post by carp (SPC, Itoh Respect Army) on Nov 15, 2022 12:19:00 GMT -5
Cajun Crawdad hasn't been active since 2021, may be working under another gimmick? He's CC Boost, and he works pretty frequently in small northeastern indies. And he's shockingly become pretty darn good, with a distinctive carcrash style.
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Post by drjayphd (feat. Pitbull) on Nov 17, 2022 11:38:27 GMT -5
Didn't know Ophidian was outed during Speaking Out but I know he said he was retiring and admitted to being a pretty angry and bitter person that was difficult to be around. He seems to be in the background mostly supporting his wife's endeavors now so if they had issues they seem to be working through them. His wife, by the way, is Kate Nyx, who streams her musical and puppetry endeavors, he's on screen every now and then. Don't know if either of them still make gear (she taught him how to make masks).
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Post by Celexa Bliss 54 on Nov 18, 2022 18:57:53 GMT -5
Fwiw, the stuff I saw about the Osirian Portal was vague, but alluded to them having questionable encounters with women.
I had also seen vague allusions to stuff involving Icarus, Boar, Blaster and Flex, too. I will try to find it again when I go on my laptop later.
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Post by kingoftheindies on Nov 19, 2022 11:12:27 GMT -5
Fwiw, the stuff I saw about the Osirian Portal was vague, but alluded to them having questionable encounters with women. I had also seen vague allusions to stuff involving Icarus, Boar, Blaster and Flex, too. I will try to find it again when I go on my laptop later. I've heard the Osirian Portal at their height of popularity was very difficult to deal with. But that changed real quick once they got outside of the CHIKARA bubble and got humbled a bit by non Quack guys. Would now be a good time to remind people that most CHIKARA trained wrestlers had heat in other promotions just because Quack was their trainer? ... also cause guys like Akuma and Icarus were awful to deal with but mostly Quack
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