History Trivia / Chikara

*** Chuck Taylor was also Orbit Adventure Ant. Though apparently another wrestler was supposed to play the role but dropped out before debuting after falling out with Quackenbush. Taylor did mention one night another guy played the role when OAA had to wrestle Mr Azerbaijan.

* FanNickname: Even before he was officially named, Equinox III had already been dubbed "3quinox" by fans. Later [[AscendedMeme ascended]] as Kid Cyclone used it in [[http://web.archive.org/web/20140905095250/http://www.chikarapro.com/blog-kid-cyclone-7-18-14/ an official blog]].

** Had Chikara not been shut down, the company would have gone out of it's way to shed most of the goofiest and supernatural elements of previous years going forward. In particular, it would be explicitly established that there was ZERO supernatural explanation for Dasher Hatfield turning evil (as opposed to previous storylines where top babyfaces went heel and it was explained away that they were under supernatural control) and position him as the person responsible for these changes in the company's direction. Using Sidney Bakabella as his henchman, Dasher would begin seizing control over Chikara from Mike Quackenbush and use the fact that Quackenbush was struggling to keep the company afloat in a post-Covid, post-AEW world to enforce his will upon Quackenbush and making Chikara more serious and generic indie company. Molly Mccoy would eventually leave Dasher over this push, as she realizes Dasher went evil and that there was no outside force corrupting him into villainy that could be defeated to reset Dasher back to his old good guy self. Boomer and most of the new guard would try and stop Dasher for what was planned to be an open end arc with Boomer, Molly, and the others struggling to keep the spirit of old Chikara alive while Dasher would seek to turn the company into Ring of Honor-lite.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: ''King of Trios 2007 Night 2'', February 17, 2007, due to Shane Matthews' shouting [[Wrestling/ChrisBenoit "CHRIS BENOIT"]] at the end of Team IWS' (2.0 and Max Boyer) promo, four months before the tragedy.

* YouLookFamiliar: Vin Gerard resurfaced in CHIKARA at King of Trios 2015 with short, platinum-dyed hair, hawking Electric Monkey energy drink under the name Stan Malibu. After quickly being identified, he vanished not long afterward and was never mentioned again.

** Darkness Crabtree has often been played by Mike Quackenbush, maybe from the get-go or taking over the role at some point.

** The other main ant, Green Ant (later Silver Ant) also worked unmasked in Chikara as Dieter VonSteigerwalt. For many years it was wrongly assumed Dieter was an unmasked Hydra. However once he decided to leave Chikara and focus on wrestling unmasked under his real name as Tracy Williams, he no longer conceals any of this.

** The Shard's GEKIDO partner [=combatANT=] was played Alex Reynolds, who would later form a regular tag team in CZW called The Beaver Boys. Reynolds and Silver, working unmasked, participated in the 2018 Cibernetico. Ironically, Reynolds and Silver would reunite in 2020 in Wrestling/{{AEW}}'s Dark Order stable.

** According to cagematch.net at least, the same wrestler played Ursa Minor in the Night Sky, as well as the back-from-the-bus Arctic Rescue Ant who became Bullet Ant. The original Artic Rescue Ant was someone else. The guy who played Ursa Minor and [=ARA2=] also worked outside Chikara as Jixx.

** Averted by Obariyon and Kodama of The Batiri. Obariyon stuck around a little longer into 2017 after Kodama was fired, finally leaving after getting squashed by Merlok, leading to Ashley Vox channeling the darkness inside herself to become Oceanea. Played straight by Kobald, who has long since outlasted his former partners.

** "The Hot Property" Fire Ant was played by Orange Cassidy in one of the biggest cases of PlayingAgainstType in history.

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Before the Chikara 101 forums, there were the [=ChikaraFans=] forums. However, the moderators and a few of the most prominent users developed egos and started posting abusively and berating new users over pretty much everything - essentially falling afoul of the [[{{GIFT}} Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory]]. When Leonard F. Chikarason told them to cool off, the owners responded by turning violently against CHIKARA itself, deleting their archives and turning their main forum into a venue to bash the promotion. The Chikara 101 forums are as good if not better than the [=ChikaraFans=] forums, but the archives are still missed.

** "The Hot Property" Fire Ant was played by Orange Cassidy in one of the biggest cases of PlayingAgainstType in history.

** According to cagematch.net at least, the same wrestler played Ursa Minor in the Night Sky, as well as the back-from-the-bus Arctic Rescue Ant who became Bullet Ant. The original Artic Rescue Ant was someone else. The guy who played Ursa Minor and ARA2 also worked outside Chikara as Jixx.

** Tim Donst: Gary Glitter's "Rock and Roll Part 2"

* BigNameFan: To the surprise of everyone, including Mike Quackenbush and Wrestling/RecklessYouth, Wrestling/ManamiToyota had a foot out of the pro wrestling business until she was inspired to keep at it after spending sometime in Chikara.

** The Shard's GEKIDO partner [=combatANT=] was played by Silver's occasional tag team partner Alex Reynolds. Reynolds and Silver, working unmasked, participated in the 2018 Cibernetico. Ironically, Reynolds and Silver would reunite in 2020 in Wrestling/{{AEW}}'s Dark Order stable.

* YouLookFamiliar: Vin Gerard resurfaced in CHIKARA at King of Trios 2015 with short, platinum-dyed hair, hawking Electric Monkey energy drink under the name Stan Malibu. Vanished not long afterward and has not been mentioned since.

** In an interview, Wrestling/VinGerard claimed he was an indy wrestling fan and Reckless Youth mark, and had watched the first ever CHIKARA show as a fan in 2002. Then in 2005 he enrolled in the Chikara Wrestle Factory...

** 2.0: Music/MichaelJackson's "Beat It" (later switched to a cover by Music/FallOutBoy and Music/JohnMayer)

** Wrestling/DaSoulTouchaz used Music/SouljaBoy's "Crank That (Soulja Boy)"

** Wrestling/SugarDunkerton: Music/EarthWindAndFire's "Let's Groove"

* WhyFandomCantHaveNiceThings: Before the Chikara101 forums, there were the [=ChikaraFans=] forums. However, the moderators and a few of the most prominent users developed egos and started posting abusively and berating new users over pretty much everything - essentially falling afoul of the [[{{GIFT}} Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory]]. When Leonard F. Chikarason told them to cool off, the owners responded by turning violently against CHIKARA itself, deleting their archives and turning their main forum into a venue to bash the promotion. The Chikara101 forums are as good if not better than the [=ChikaraFans=] forums, but the archives are still missed.

** In recent times, Darin Corbin is more well-known as the slow motion guy and as one half of AC/DC with Arik Cannon, while Cruz hasn't appeared in CHIKARA since 2010.

** Averted by Obariyon and Kodama of The Batiri. Obariyon stuck around a little longer into 2017 after Kodama was fired, finally leaving after getting squashed by Merlok, leading to Ashley Vox channeling the darkness inside herself to become Oceanea.
** "Juke Joint" Lucas Calhoun, of the Two Masked Condor Security Guys, due to his partner Callux being destroyed by Eddie Kingston on orders from Jimmy Jacobs.

* [[BreakupBreakout The Jannetty]]:
** [=BlackJack=] Marciano, to Eddie Kingston.
** Mister ZERO, to [=UltraMantis=] Black and Shane Storm/STIGMA.
** Rorschach, to Jigsaw after the breakup of The Conundrum.
** Marc Roudin, to Ares and Claudio Castagnoli in Swiss Money Holding. CHIKARA pulled him out of retirement for ''Tag World Grand Prix 2008''.
** Melvin Snodgrass, to Darkness Crabtree

** The pre-2004 shows, which most everyone on the CHIKARA roster have referred to as varying degrees of 'bad'. Icarus in particular has said that he'll do everything he can to keep the match in which he lost the Ichabod Slayne mask from seeing the light of day.

** The biggest example though being for years it was rumored Soldier Ant and Drew Gulak were the same guy. Especially given how often wherever Gulak went in the states Soldier Ant popped up too. In late 2016 Soldier Ant suffered a "career ending injury" on the same show that Drew Gulak left due to being signed full time by WWE. Naturally, noone was fooled.

** Da Soul Touchaz used Music/SouljaBoy's "Crank That (Soulja Boy)"
** Die Bruderschaft des Kreuzes: Music/{{Rammstein}}'s "[=Engel=]"

** Sugar Dunkerton: Music/EarthWindAndFire's "Let's Groove"

** Sumie Sakai: "My Humps" by Music/TheBlackEyedPeas