History Wrestling / CHIKARA

* UpgradeVsPrototypeFight: Lucas Calhoun and Jeremy Leary (former test subjects of the Proteus Wheel) vs. Volgar II, Callux II, and Frantik (improved versions and current test subjects of the Proteus Wheel).

** The ''King of Trios'' tournaments have regularly featured teams from other promotions, including Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam, Wrestling/{{CZW}}, [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]][[note]]Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr, Hotstuff Hernandez and Homicide of LAX[[/note]] [[GarbageWrestler Big Japan Pro Wrestling]], Osaka Pro, Kaientai Dojo, El Dorado, IPW: UK, BSE (Blood Sweat and Ears in Canada), IWS (International Wrestling Syndicate in Canada), [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]][[note]]Wrestling/{{Demolition}} and Wrestling/TheOneManGang in 2008[[/note]], EPIC WAR, [=F1RST=], Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla, Perros del Mal, Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling, Wrestling/{{AAA}}, Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling[[note]]Wrestling/AJStyles and The Young Bucks of Wrestling/BulletClub[[/note]] and Wrestling/{{ECW}}[[note]]Wrestling/StevieRichards, Wrestling/{{Nova}} and Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie of the blue World order[[/note]].

* CatFight: Parodied at ''Grit and Glory'', May 18, 2008. There was a mixed tag match with Sweet N Sour Inc. (Wrestling/SaraDelRey and Bobby Dempsey)[[note]]Sweet N Sour Inc. was Wrestling/LarrySweeney's Wrestling/RingOfHonor PowerStable[[/note]] vs. Chuck Taylor and Wrestling/DaizeeHaze, and it was the ''guys'' who got into a catfight.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The current CHIKARA roster page. Blue text for tecnicos, red for rudos, yellow for non-wrestlers, and light gray for alumni.

* AntiquatedLinguistics: Dasher Hatfield, the Old Timey King of Swing, who speaks in the requisite old timey accent.

** For Seasons 7 and 8, Vin Gerard, leader of the [=Unstable=] (briefly a duumvirate with Mitch Ryder)

* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Sara Del Rey as the first woman to win a Torneo Cibernetico (2011), [[Wrestling/RubyRiott Heidi Lovelace]] as the first female Young Lions Cup Champion, Wrestling/PrincessKimberlee as the first female Grand Champion, Team Sendai Girls as the first Queen of Trios...

* AssKicksYou: Los Ice Creams and their finishing move El Asesino. This was also a staple of Pinkie Sanchez's offense until he donned the Carpenter Ant mask.

* TheChessmaster: [=UltraMantis=] Black. He wanted the Eye of Tyr, which was in the possession of Kaiju Big Battel's Dr. Cube. So he found out what Dr. Cube wanted (Chris Hero to work for him), convinced Hero to work for Dr. Cube in exchange for the counter to the Chikara Special submission hold, and then broke Shane Storm's losing streak in exchange for the counter.

** The Throwbacks: Sugar Dunkerton (wrestling basketball player), Dasher Hatfield (wrestling baseball player) and "Mr. Touchdown" Mark Angelosetti (wrestling football player).

** Early Season 16 established Jakob Hammermeier as a contender for the title, as he drafted Jaka into the BDK to replace the departed Nøkken, then used the Eye of Tyr on Hallowicked, effectively drafting the Nightmare Warriors as well. Unfortunately, drawing the ire of Eddie Kingston then having the Eye stolen from him by the Warriors (with Hallowicked faking his brainwashing) knocked him completely out of the running, and soon [[PutOnABus out of CHIKARA as a whole]].

** For Seasons 9 and 10, Ares, leader of Die Bruderschaft des Kreuzes with Sinn Bodhi, leader of the Dark Army, becoming a fellow BigBad in Season 10.

* BreakingTheGlassCeiling: Sara Del Rey as the first woman to win a Torneo Cibernetico (2011), Heidi Lovelace as the first female Young Lions Cup Champion, Princess Kimberlee as the first female Grand Champion, Team Sendai Girls as the first Queen of Trios...

* BaldOfEvil: Gran Akuma, Wrestling/ClaudioCastagnoli post-FaceHeelTurn both meet it, but Ares could be the trope codifier.

* [[AnyoneCanDie Anyone Can Suffer a Career-Ending Injury]]: The theme of season 14. The final list: Kobald, deviANT, Tursas, Callux, Estonian Thunderfrog, the Latvian Proud Oak, Equinox III, Create-a-wrestler II, Ares, The Shard, Archibald Peck, and Deucalion.

** The [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Super Smash Brothers]] from "The Mushroom Kingdom"

* CatchPhraseSpoutingDuo: 3.0. BOOYAH!

* BackFromTheDead: The Estonian Thunderfrog (via reincarnation), Tursas (escaped Valhalla behind the Thunderfrog), and Kobald (via a ritual by [=UltraMantis=] Black and the Batiri).

Sometime after Chikara's 'closure', a series of Chikara-related videos, titled [[http://theashesof.com/ Ashes]], started being put up. Among other things, these mainly chronicle Wrestling/{{The Colony|Wrestling}}'s search for Soldier Ant, 3.0's search for Archibald Peck, and Icarus' search for allies to help revive Chikara. These, in extended form and along with footage that wasn't included in the web series, were compiled into a [[http://chikarapro.com/chikaratopiafiles/ashes-chikara-theatrical-release full-length feature film]], which, according to Mike Quackenbush and along with everything that happened from the closure to National Pro Wrestling Day 2014, is considered to be season 13. In October 2013 Chikara signed an agreement with Creator/NeonAlley, the anime streaming service, to release a weekly wrestling program on their Saturday lineup. This deal expired at the end of March 2014.

Sometime after Chikara's 'closure', a series of Chikara-related videos, titled [[http://theashesof.com/ Ashes]], started being put up. Among other things, these mainly chronicle the Colony's search for Soldier Ant, 3.0's search for Archibald Peck, and Icarus' search for allies to help revive Chikara. These, in extended form and along with footage that wasn't included in the web series, were compiled into a [[http://chikarapro.com/chikaratopiafiles/ashes-chikara-theatrical-release full-length feature film]], which, according to Mike Quackenbush and along with everything that happened from the closure to National Pro Wrestling Day 2014, is considered to be season 13. In October 2013 Chikara signed an agreement with Creator/NeonAlley, the anime streaming service, to release a weekly wrestling program on their Saturday lineup. This deal expired at the end of March 2014.

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** The ''King of Trios'' tournaments have regularly featured teams from other promotions, including Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Wrestling/DramaticDreamTeam, Wrestling/{{CZW}}, Wrestling/{{TNA}}[[note]]Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr, Hotstuff Hernandez and Homicide of LAX[[/note]] [[GarbageWrestler Big Japan Pro Wrestling]], Osaka Pro, Kaientai Dojo, El Dorado, IPW: UK, BSE (Blood Sweat and Ears in Canada), IWS (International Wrestling Syndicate in Canada), [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]][[note]]Wrestling/{{Demolition}} and Wrestling/TheOneManGang in 2008[[/note]], EPIC WAR, [=F1RST=], Wrestling/ProWrestlingGuerilla, Perros del Mal, Wrestling/DragonGate, Wrestling/MichinokuProWrestling, Wrestling/{{AAA}}, Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling[[note]]Wrestling/AJStyles and The Young Bucks of Wrestling/BulletClub[[/note]] and Wrestling/{{ECW}}[[note]]Wrestling/StevieRichards, Wrestling/{{Nova}} and Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie of the blue World order[[/note]].

* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: 2014 had ''tecnicos'' (The Colony, The Throwbacks, The Spectral Envoy, etc.), ''rudos'' (Chuck Taylor, Juan Francisco de Coronado, The Bloc Party, etc.) and...The Flood.

* LegionOfDoom: The Flood, an alliance of GEKIDO, Dr. Cube's Posse, Sinn Bodhi's Odditorium, BDK, Sidney Bakabella's Wrecking Crew, The Colony: Xtreme Force (A unit of Condor operatives) and Jimmy Jacobs alongside Condor operatives Volgar and Callux (with Eddie Kingston later taking Callux's place) certainly gave off this vibe.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Sara Del Rey and Daizee Haze as part of the BDK. As of 2016, this dynamic has been inherited by Wrestling/HeidiLovelace and Princess [=KimberLee=].

* CurbStompBattle: Eddie Kingston does this to people a lot. Notable examples include his feuds against Lince Dorado in season seven, Tim Donst in season six, and BLK-OUT vs. The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple at King of Trios '08. In 2010 the all-girl team of Death Haze beat former Campeones De Parejas the Osirian Portal in 5 minutes. (Death Haze later themselves lost in that exact time to the Colony, but the match was intended to go 15+ minutes before Daizee suffered a legit broken nose from a Fire Ant kick and they stopped it early)

* AerithAndBob: The Death Match Kings at ''King of Trios 2009'' were Necro Butcher, Brain Damage and..."Mr. Insanity" Toby Klein.

* ViewersAreGeniuses: Simply being able to keep up with the numerous {{Shout Out}}s and {{Take That}}s in an average event, from the wrestlers AND the announcers, requires a ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' meets Creator/QuentinTarantino meets Wrestling/JoeyStyles-level of cultural and wrestling literacy and attention span.