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** Wrestling/LowKi was dubbed [[Videogame/StreetFighter The World Warrior]].

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** Wrestling/LowKi was dubbed [[Videogame/StreetFighter [[Franchise/StreetFighter The World Warrior]].
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* LongTitle:
** ''If the Airplane is Snowed in, Put Your Bloody Skis on and Get Going!''
** ''Retribution Rumble of Revenge and Rumble to Remember''
** ''Beware of Barely Badd Blasts and/or Blood Brawls on the Beach''
** ''The International Invasion of the International Invaders''
*** Later led to ''Son of...'' and ''Return of the Son of...''
** ''Laying in the Gutter, Looking at the Stars''
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** Wrestling/{{AAA}} actually did have a wrestler known as "Ice Cream", whose career as such didn't even last a year but it was in 2001, right before Chikara started.

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** The entire existence of Los Ice Creams is a shout-out to a small piece of Wrestling/{{AAA}} actually did have history. The original Ice Cream was a wrestler known as "Ice Cream", whose career as such luchador called Bobby Lee Jr., who wasn't a good worker but AAA had to keep booking him anyway [[{{Nepotism}} because his father ran most of the bookings in his home region]] and they didn't even last want to lose a year but it market. To deal with this, AAA kept repackaging him under gimmick after gimmick, changing when he inevitably failed to get over, with the KidAppealCharacter Ice Cream being the one that was in 2001, right before Chikara active around the time CHIKARA itself started.
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* ExcitedShowTitle: May 27, 2007's ''Aniversario!''
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* AlliterativeName: The September 6, 2008 show, centering around the "Lethal Lottery"[[note]]A Wrestling/DustyRhodes idea from 1991 Wrestling/{{WCW}}, where tag teams are put together by random draw, first used for the ''[=Starrcade=] 91'' [=PPV=][[/note]], was titled ''La Loteria Letal.''

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* AlliterativeName: The September 6, 2008 show, centering around the "Lethal Lottery"[[note]]A Wrestling/DustyRhodes idea from 1991 Wrestling/{{WCW}}, where tag teams are put together by random draw, first used for the ''[=Starrcade=] 91'' [=PPV=][[/note]], was titled ''La Loteria Letal.''Letal''.



* AxCrazy: Eddie Kingston in season seven (with a relapse in season fourteen), Pinkie Sanchez forever.

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* AxCrazy: Eddie Kingston Wrestling/EddieKingston in season seven (with a relapse in season fourteen), Pinkie Sanchez forever.



* {{Badass Cape}}s: The Colony wear them.

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* {{Badass Cape}}s: The Colony wear wore them.



* CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown: Chikara loves this trope. From Mike Quackenbush returning from injury as the masked Spyrazul to fool Larry Sweeney, to Ricochet tormenting Chuck Taylor as Helios, and most recently, we had The Mysterious And Handsome Stranger, who was revealed to be Archibald Peck.

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* CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown: Chikara loves loved this trope. From Mike Quackenbush returning from injury as the masked Spyrazul to fool Larry Sweeney, to Ricochet tormenting Chuck Taylor as Helios, and most recently, we had The Mysterious And Handsome Stranger, who was revealed to be Archibald Peck.



** Starting roughly with the promotions revival, characters getting Chucked has become so commonplace that it's hindering the ability for new characters to get over - nobody wants to invest their interest in someone who might vanish into thin air. It reached critical mass during Season 18, as so many people were leaving that nobody knew just who was still going to be around from month to month.

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** Starting roughly with the promotions promotion's revival, characters getting Chucked has become so commonplace that it's hindering the ability for new characters to get over - nobody wants to invest their interest in someone who might vanish into thin air. It reached critical mass during Season 18, as so many people were leaving that nobody knew just who was still going to be around from month to month.



** Shane Matthews deserves a mention here, as well. Half the time, his tag team partner doesn't even know what he's ranting about.

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** Shane Matthews deserves a mention here, as well. Half the time, his tag team partner doesn't didn't even know what he's he was ranting about.



* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Prior to being wiped completely, the CHIKARA roster page. Blue text for tecnicos, red for rudos, yellow for non-wrestlers, and light gray for alumni.

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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Prior to being wiped completely, the CHIKARA roster page. Blue text for tecnicos, técnicos, red for rudos, yellow for non-wrestlers, and light gray for alumni.



* CoolMask: Sported by much of the roster, as CHIKARA is heavily influenced by Lucha Libre. Notable examples include Ophidian's succession of masks, Dasher Hatfield's baseball mask, and Deucalion's modified gas mask.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Cavalier Jones, member of the Board of Directors for all of two shows in 2004. Bob Saget is implied to have perhaps been this as well, leading to his being replaced as commissioner by Dave Coulier in 2008. Dieter [=VonSteigerwalt=] was one too; his decisions were fairly logical and rational... except for when they involved the Bruderschaft in any way, shape, or form.

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* CoolMask: Sported by much of the roster, as CHIKARA is was heavily influenced by Lucha Libre. Notable examples include Ophidian's succession of masks, Dasher Hatfield's baseball mask, and Deucalion's modified gas mask.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Cavalier Jones, member of the Board of Directors for all of two shows in 2004. Bob Saget Creator/BobSaget is implied to have perhaps been this as well, leading to his being replaced as commissioner by Dave Coulier in 2008. Dieter [=VonSteigerwalt=] was one too; his decisions were fairly logical and rational... except for when they involved the Bruderschaft in any way, shape, or form.



* CrapSaccharineWorld: Chikara would have to be this for the wrestlers who work there - the promotion is colorful and family friendly, and you have a pretty good chance of getting possessed by a demon or murdered by a super-soldier.

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* CrapSaccharineWorld: Chikara would have to be this for the wrestlers who work there - the promotion is was colorful and family friendly, and you have had a pretty good chance of getting possessed by a demon or murdered by a super-soldier.



** 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/MikeBucci Nova]] and Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie of the blue World order[[/note]].
** Tag World Grand Prix has had the additions of Toryumon X, J'd Star, IWA Mid-South, Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}}, MUGA/Dradition, Dragon Door and World Xtreme Wrestling
** Joshi Mania has seen the additions of Ice Ribbon, WAVE, JWP, Sendai Girls, OZ Academy, Union and Mima Shimoda represented Wrestling/{{CMLL}} at King Of Sequel, where ''[=JoshiMania=]'' was first announced.
** Several UK promotions, most notably Fight Club: PRO, have either guested or hosted crossovers on the UK tours. CHIKARA's 2016 trip to Canada saw crossovers with SMASH Wrestling.
* 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)

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** 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/MikeBucci Nova]] and Wrestling/TheBlueMeanie of the blue World order[[/note]].
** Tag World Grand Prix has had the additions of Toryumon X, J'd Star, IWA Mid-South, Wrestling/{{SHIMMER}}, MUGA/Dradition, Dragon Door and World Xtreme Wrestling
** Joshi Mania has seen saw the additions of Ice Ribbon, WAVE, JWP, Sendai Girls, OZ Academy, Union and Mima Shimoda represented Wrestling/{{CMLL}} at King Of Sequel, where ''[=JoshiMania=]'' was first announced.
** Several UK promotions, most notably Fight Club: PRO, have either guested or hosted crossovers on the UK tours. CHIKARA's 2016 trip to Canada saw crossovers with SMASH Wrestling.
* CurbStompBattle: Eddie Kingston does did 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)



* DeliberatelyMonochrome: CHIKARA's Website/YouTube channel regularly featured a weekly segment called the "Throwdown Lowdown," which were clips of great moves from past shows in full color. The BDK's segment, "The VDK," on the other hand, was shown in black and white.
* [[VillainDecay Diminishing Villain Threat]]: GEKIDO in general. Individually some of the members found success (assailANT joined The Colony, The Shard won the Campeonatos de Parejas with Jigsaw, but as a stable, they only remained scary for the first few months of 2012. They ceased to be a threat after Quack injured 17 and combatANT on consecutive shows. When GEKIDO resurfaced as part of the Flood, they mostly served to give Deucalion bodies to go BadBoss on.
** deviANT and the Colony Xtreme Force unsuccessfully attempted to burn down the Wrestle Factory.
* DownerEnding: Chikara ultimately ended with the mother of all downer endings, after 21 seasons. The company's top babyface and arguably the face of the company, Dasher Hatfield, has turned evil with regards to renouncing good and fair play and crippling his best friend and betrayed his son. Even with his unmasking, Dasher continues his reign of terror and brutally defeated Razerhawk when Razerhawk bravely tried to bring him down and receives no comeuppance or redemption.

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* DeliberatelyMonochrome: CHIKARA's Website/YouTube channel regularly featured a weekly segment called the "Throwdown Lowdown," Lowdown", which were was clips of great moves from past shows in full color. The BDK's segment, "The VDK," VDK", on the other hand, was shown in black and white.
* [[VillainDecay Diminishing Villain Threat]]: GEKIDO in general. Individually some of the members found success (assailANT ([=assailANT=] joined The Colony, The Shard won the Campeonatos de Parejas with Jigsaw, but as a stable, they only remained scary for the first few months of 2012. They ceased to be a threat after Quack injured 17 and combatANT on consecutive shows. When GEKIDO resurfaced as part of the Flood, they mostly served to give Deucalion bodies to go BadBoss on.
** deviANT [=deviANT=] and the Colony Xtreme Force unsuccessfully attempted to burn down the Wrestle Factory.
* DownerEnding: Chikara ultimately ended with the mother of all downer endings, after 21 seasons. The company's top babyface and arguably the face of the company, Dasher Hatfield, has turned evil with regards to renouncing good and fair play and crippling his best friend and betrayed his son. Even with his unmasking, Dasher continues continued his reign of terror and brutally defeated Razerhawk when Razerhawk bravely tried to bring him down and receives received no comeuppance or redemption.



*** During the fan conclave for ''King of Trios 2011'', the BDK's Jakob Hammermeier dared anyone to try to slam the group's monster Tursas. Green Ant walked out dressed the same way Luger had for the Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} Bodyslam Challenge that was held on the USS Intrepid on July 4, 1993 and even used the same music. Unlike Luger, Green Ant was not successful at the time at slamming Tursas. However, during Night II, Tursas interfered in the Colony (Fire Ant[=/=]Soldier Ant[=/=]Green Ant) vs. BDK (Delirious[=/=]Hammermeier[=/=]Tim Donst) match, and Green Ant slammed him and followed by making Hammermeier tap out to the Torture Rack, which was Luger's primary FinishingMove.

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*** During the fan conclave for ''King of Trios 2011'', the BDK's Jakob Hammermeier dared anyone to try to slam the group's monster Tursas. Green Ant walked out dressed the same way Luger had for the Wrestling/{{Yokozuna}} Bodyslam Challenge that was held on the USS Intrepid on July 4, 1993 and even used the same music. Unlike Luger, Green Ant was not successful at the time at slamming Tursas. However, during Night II, Tursas interfered in the Colony (Fire Ant[=/=]Soldier ([[Wrestling/OrangeCassidy Fire Ant]][=/=]Soldier Ant[=/=]Green Ant) vs. BDK (Delirious[=/=]Hammermeier[=/=]Tim Donst) match, and Green Ant slammed him and followed by making Hammermeier tap out to the Torture Rack, which was Luger's primary FinishingMove.



* FightingInThePlayground: At ''Aniversario And His Amazing Friends'', May 21, 2011, [=UltraMantis Black=] and Chuck Taylor fought out of the Palmer Center in Easton, PA into a playground next door. The fight involved Taylor coming down the slide and Mantis chopping him.[[note]]Mantis won in the ring with the Praying Mantis Bomb.[[/note]]
* ForeignWrestlingHeel: While Chikara has had various heels from foreign nations, the only ones who've really played up their heritage for heeldom have been Claudio Castagnoli and Ares.
* FunnyAnimal: U.S. Ape, [=MosCOW=], Dragon Dragon, CP Munk, Colt [=CaBunny=]... the list goes on. Currently represented by the Colony who are masked wrestlers who represent different types of ants.

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* FightingInThePlayground: At ''Aniversario And His Amazing Friends'', May 21, 2011, [=UltraMantis Black=] and Chuck Taylor fought out of the Palmer Center in Easton, PA Pennsylvania into a playground next door. The fight involved Taylor coming down the slide and Mantis chopping him.[[note]]Mantis won in the ring with the Praying Mantis Bomb.[[/note]]
* ForeignWrestlingHeel: While Chikara has had various heels from foreign nations, the only ones who've really played up their heritage for heeldom have been were Claudio Castagnoli and Ares.
* FunnyAnimal: U.S. Ape, [=MosCOW=], Dragon Dragon, [[Wrestling/NecroButcher CP Munk, Munk]], Colt [=CaBunny=]... the list goes on. Currently represented by the Colony who are masked wrestlers who represent different types of ants.



* TheGiant: Parodied by Hydra...all 150 pounds of him. Mano Metallico and Tursas are more typical versions.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: [=UltraMantis Black=] used the Eye of Tyr to give Delirious back his free will and then smashes the Eye. Delirious declares that since [=UMB=] stole 2 years of his life, he will subject him to 2 years of Hell.

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* TheGiant: Parodied by Hydra... all 150 pounds of him. Mano Metallico and Tursas are more typical versions.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: [=UltraMantis Black=] used the Eye of Tyr to give Delirious back his free will and then smashes the Eye. Delirious declares that since [=UMB=] UMB stole 2 years of his life, he will subject him to 2 years of Hell.



** After Die Bruderschaft des Kreuzes formed at the end of 2009, the roster page was changed from ''Tecnicos'', ''Rudos'' and ''Staff'' to ''Tecnicos'', ''Rudos'', ''Bruderschaft'' and ''Staff.''

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** After Die Bruderschaft des Kreuzes formed at the end of 2009, the roster page was changed from ''Tecnicos'', ''Rudos'' and ''Staff'' to ''Tecnicos'', ''Rudos'', ''Bruderschaft'' and ''Staff.''''Staff''.

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*** This action would later lead to the blinding/forced retirement of Soldier Ant and the demise of Bullet Ant and Silver Ant, all at Frightmare's hands.



** Archibald Peck did a lot of it. First, he was hit by Eddie Kingston's "Backfist to the Future" and actually went to the future. He brought back a Chikara Almanac, which is how he knew Colt Cabana would answer his open challenge at King of Trios 2011. Later, Peck's attorney "The Barrister" RD Evans used time travel to get him reinstated in Chikara at the end of Season 11.[[note]]Peck and Evans are the same guy, though treated as two separate people.[[/note]]

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** Archibald Peck did a lot of it. First, he was hit by Eddie Kingston's "Backfist to the Future" and actually went to the future. He brought back a Chikara Almanac, which is how he knew Colt Cabana would answer his open challenge at King of Trios 2011. Later, Peck's attorney "The Barrister" RD Evans used explained said time travel to get him reinstated in Chikara at the end of Season 11.[[note]]Peck and Evans are the same guy, though treated as two separate people.[[/note]]



* TheUnintelligible: Delirious, most of the time. Also Hallowicked (until 2015) and Frightmare. (There's a reason why their team is called "Incoherence.") Finally, Hydra mostly communicated in a series of grunts and growls.

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* TheUnintelligible: Delirious, most of the time. Also Hallowicked (until 2015) and Frightmare. (There's a reason why their team is called "Incoherence.") "Incoherence".) Finally, Hydra mostly communicated in a series of grunts and growls.



* UnnecessaryRoughness: They have a rule about it, called ''"castigo excesivo''", or "excessive punishment." At ''A World Of Comforting Illusions,'' Incoherence (Hallowicked and Frightmare) d. the BDK team of Sara Del Rey and Daizee Haze by DQ for this reason after Sara gave Frightmare four consecutive piledrivers without going for a cover.

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* UnnecessaryRoughness: They have a rule about it, called ''"castigo excesivo''", excesivo"'', or "excessive punishment." At ''A World Of Comforting Illusions,'' Incoherence (Hallowicked and Frightmare) d. the BDK team of Sara Del Rey and Daizee Haze by DQ for this reason after Sara gave Frightmare four consecutive piledrivers without going for a cover.



* VillainTeamUp: The Flood was a superstable of several rudo factions, under the lead of Deucalion and Jimmy Jacobs.

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* VillainTeamUp: The Flood was a superstable of several rudo factions, factions[[note]]The Brudershaft, the Wrecking Crew, GEKIDO, the Colony: Xtreme Force, and the Odditorium[[/note]], under the lead of Deucalion and Jimmy Jacobs.



* WhamLine: The aforementioned usage of the Eye of Tyr on [=UltraMantis=] Black. Fans were aware that the Eye was capable of MindControl, and that would have been bad enough. But after joining Hallowicked and Frightmare in their prayer ritual, Mantis looked up at them and said, "My Spear, My Broadsword..." revealing something far worse-- that he had become [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by [[EldritchAbomination Nazmaldun]]

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* WhamLine: The aforementioned usage of the Eye of Tyr on [=UltraMantis=] Black. Fans were aware that the Eye was capable of MindControl, and that would have been bad enough. But after joining Hallowicked and Frightmare in their prayer ritual, Mantis looked up at them and said, "My Spear, My Broadsword..." revealing something far worse-- that he had become [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by [[EldritchAbomination Nazmaldun]]Nazmaldun]].



** The Titor Conglomerate angle had some strong worked shoot elements to it. Especially on the May 31, 2013 show, when Condor Security goons tore down the set and ring and chased the fans out of the building. Shortly after that, various Titor Conglomerate people had posted on various fora that they were liquidating the Chikara assets in their possession.[[note]]This was what led to Knight Eye 4 The Pirate Guy possessing the physical Campeonatos de Parejas belts, as the Pieces of Hate had voluntarily surrendered them and Princess Kimberlee purchased them in the sale.[[/note]]

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** The Titor Conglomerate angle had some strong worked shoot elements to it. Especially on the May 31, 2013 show, when Condor Security goons tore down the set and ring and chased the fans out of the building. Shortly after that, various Titor Conglomerate people had posted on various fora that they were liquidating the Chikara assets in their possession.[[note]]This was what led to Knight Eye 4 The Pirate Guy possessing the physical Campeonatos de Parejas belts, as the Pieces of Hate had voluntarily surrendered them and Princess Kimberlee purchased them in the sale. Theirs were the only titles to change hands in that fashion, as the Young Lions Cup for 2012 and the Grand Championship were still in the possession of their respective holders, Mark Angelosetti and Eddie Kingston.[[/note]]
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* UnfortunateImplications: Razerhawk's promo where he calls out Dasher Hatfield (who had cut a promo prior to this where he claims to be a great father while addressing fan criticism over his characters treatment of his son Boomer) had Razerhawk inadvertently implying that Dasher was secretly physically and emotionally abusing Boomer for YEARS in private, while presenting a mask of virtue to the public and his fellow wrestlers. While it's canon that Dasher didn't start physically attacking his son until Boomer officially turned on his father over his betrayal of Mr Touchdown, there was already implied signs of at least emotional abuse in the form of Dasher's "tough love" approach to training his son and Boomer's early struggles in the ring. The idea that the top babyface of the company secretly being a monster who did horrible, vile things in their personal life wasn't exactly new (Exquinox I infamously stated that he threatened to report a luchadore wrestler that was in the United States illegally to immigration and have him deported to force him to lie that Equinox was a legit Mexican luchadore), but the idea that one of the top babyfaces in the company was regularly abusing his son in private, had the plotline been explored further beyond Razerhawk's implied comments, would have pushed the company and the Dasher Hatfield heel character into some very dark territory.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Subverted hard with Dasher Hatfield's heel turn as there was no plan whatsoever to really reverse it had it failed as far as Quackenbush and Hatfield committing 100% to it and Dasher unmasking as part of the storyline.
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: One of their big annual shows is titled ''[=Chikarasaurus Rex=].''


->[[AC:"Madame de Staël said, "In life, one must choose between [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} boredom]] and [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling suffering]]." de Staël is dead. [[TakeAThirdOption There is always an alternative.]]"]]
-->--''{{Website/Botchamania}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHpAIQlK24A #194]]'', bumper ads for CHIKARA

->''"So I show up at the show, and I'm expecting a normal wrestling show... there's like a f#%ing dude in a dinosaur outfit walking around, and there was a stipulation that someone would be sent back in time."''
-->-- '''Wrestling/JonMoxley'''
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-->-- '''[[Wrestling/DeanAmbrose Jon Moxley]]'''

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-->-- '''[[Wrestling/DeanAmbrose Jon Moxley]]'''
'''Wrestling/JonMoxley'''
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* TheCheerleader: After years of trying, [[NeverLiveItDown and failing]], to overcome the stigma that came from being Spirit Squad members, Kenny, Johnny and Mikey embraced and reformed the group in 2014, ''King Of Trios'' being one of their stops through the independent circuit.
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* CreepyCoolCrosses: Employed by the Bruderschaft des Kreuzes ("Brotherhood of the Cross"), naturally.
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** Saturyne was an example for a different reason - she had naturally shapely abs that were accented on the comic book style artworks for the shows.

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** Saturyne was an example for a different reason - -- she had naturally shapely abs that were accented on the comic book style artworks for the shows.



* CutShort: The Snowflake arc disappeared for a few months, and then came back long enough for an AntiClimax ending in which all of Snowflake's "allies" walked out on him. Kevin Condron later implied on his twitter account that booking disagreements had derailed the whole angle.

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* CutShort: The Snowflake arc disappeared for a few months, and then came back long enough for an AntiClimax ending in which all of Snowflake's "allies" walked out on him. Kevin Condron later implied on his twitter Twitter account that booking disagreements had derailed the whole angle.



* [[BlackComedy Dead Baby Comedy]]: Literally. Read The Batiri's twitter. Apparently their favorite snack used to be "fetus jerky".

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* [[BlackComedy Dead Baby Comedy]]: Literally. Read The Batiri's twitter.Twitter. Apparently their favorite snack used to be "fetus jerky".



* DownerEnding: Chikara ultimately ended with the mother of all downer endings, after 21 seasons. The company's top babyface and arguably the face of the company, Dasher Hatfield, has turned evil with regards to renouncing good and fair play and crippling his best friend and betrayed his son. Even with his unmasking, Dasher continues his reign of terror and brutally defeated Razerhawk when Razerhawk bravely tried to bring him down and receives no comeuppence or redemption.

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* DownerEnding: Chikara ultimately ended with the mother of all downer endings, after 21 seasons. The company's top babyface and arguably the face of the company, Dasher Hatfield, has turned evil with regards to renouncing good and fair play and crippling his best friend and betrayed his son. Even with his unmasking, Dasher continues his reign of terror and brutally defeated Razerhawk when Razerhawk bravely tried to bring him down and receives no comeuppence comeuppance or redemption.



*** Boomer Hatfield's unmasking sadly got spoiled ahead of time by Dasher Hatfield. During an interview he gave prior to their mask vs remask match, post-Chikara closing, Dasher inadvertedly spoiled the ending of the match (where if he and Dan Champion won Boomer would have to unmask and if he lost, he would have to wear his Dasher Hatfield mask and use the name instead of his post Chikara name "Avery Good") by stating that he had turned down an offer made by unnamed folks (implied to be Mike Quackenbush) to be allowed to once again use the gimmick and mask, due to Dasher having announced he was retiring from pro wrestling in 2022.

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*** Boomer Hatfield's unmasking sadly got spoiled ahead of time by Dasher Hatfield. During an interview he gave prior to their mask vs remask match, post-Chikara closing, Dasher inadvertedly inadvertently spoiled the ending of the match (where if he and Dan Champion won Boomer would have to unmask and if he lost, he would have to wear his Dasher Hatfield mask and use the name instead of his post Chikara name "Avery Good") by stating that he had turned down an offer made by unnamed folks (implied to be Mike Quackenbush) to be allowed to once again use the gimmick and mask, due to Dasher having announced he was retiring from pro wrestling in 2022.



** Unmasking Dasher Hatfield was this to Boomer, as rather than humbling his father and making him renounce his villainy, it only made Dasher even MORE evil and viscious as far as Boomer not realizing that it was becoming world champion that made Dasher evil, not his mask.

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** Unmasking Dasher Hatfield was this to Boomer, as rather than humbling his father and making him renounce his villainy, it only made Dasher even MORE evil and viscious vicious as far as Boomer not realizing that it was becoming world champion that made Dasher evil, not his mask.



** In March 2017 Kevin Condron went on a massive anti-Mike Quackenbush rant on twitter. He accused Quack of, among other things, making the rookies work for free and pay their own travel costs. He also said that the massive roster turnover of the last couple years was because Quack fired anyone who stood up for themselves, and that Deucalion was a plot device used to intimidate the roster into silence (if they complained about anything, their characters would be killed by him). The former Leonard F. Chikarason stood up for him.

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** In March 2017 Kevin Condron went on a massive anti-Mike Quackenbush rant on twitter.Twitter. He accused Quack of, among other things, making the rookies work for free and pay their own travel costs. He also said that the massive roster turnover of the last couple years was because Quack fired anyone who stood up for themselves, and that Deucalion was a plot device used to intimidate the roster into silence (if they complained about anything, their characters would be killed by him). The former Leonard F. Chikarason stood up for him.



* UnfortunateImplications: Razerhawk's promo where he calls out Dasher Hatfield (who had cut a promo prior to this where he claims to be a great father while addressing fan criticism over his characters treatment of his son Boomer) had Razerhawk inadvertedly implying that Dasher was secretly physically and emotionally abusing Boomer for YEARS in private, while presenting a mask of virtue to the public and his fellow wrestlers. While it's canon that Dasher didn't start physically attacking his son until Boomer officially turned on his father over his betrayal of Mr Touchdown, there was already implied signs of at least emotional abuse in the form of Dasher's "tough love" approach to training his son and Boomer's early struggles in the ring. The idea that the top babyface of the company secretly being a monster who did horrible, vile things in their personal life wasn't exactly new (Exquinox I infamously stated that he threatened to report a luchadore wrestler that was in the United States illegally to immigration and have him deported to force him to lie that Equinox was a legit Mexican luchadore), but the idea that one of the top babyfaces in the company was regularly abusing his son in private, had the plotline been explored further beyond Razerhawk's implied comments, would have pushed the company and the Dasher Hatfield heel character into some very dark territory.

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* UnfortunateImplications: Razerhawk's promo where he calls out Dasher Hatfield (who had cut a promo prior to this where he claims to be a great father while addressing fan criticism over his characters treatment of his son Boomer) had Razerhawk inadvertedly inadvertently implying that Dasher was secretly physically and emotionally abusing Boomer for YEARS in private, while presenting a mask of virtue to the public and his fellow wrestlers. While it's canon that Dasher didn't start physically attacking his son until Boomer officially turned on his father over his betrayal of Mr Touchdown, there was already implied signs of at least emotional abuse in the form of Dasher's "tough love" approach to training his son and Boomer's early struggles in the ring. The idea that the top babyface of the company secretly being a monster who did horrible, vile things in their personal life wasn't exactly new (Exquinox I infamously stated that he threatened to report a luchadore wrestler that was in the United States illegally to immigration and have him deported to force him to lie that Equinox was a legit Mexican luchadore), but the idea that one of the top babyfaces in the company was regularly abusing his son in private, had the plotline been explored further beyond Razerhawk's implied comments, would have pushed the company and the Dasher Hatfield heel character into some very dark territory.
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** Dasher Hatfield was becoming this in the final years of Chikara. Having become the last remaining veteran on the roster, Dasher was set up as a heel champion that became even more ruthless after losing his mask. Had Chikara not gone out of business, Dasher would have been the focus of an open ended storyline where he would essentially hijack control over Chikara from Mike Quackenbush (using the company's in real life struggles post-Covid and post-rise of AEW, which gutted Chikara as far as signing most of it's main top talent) and through his flunkie Sidney Bakabella, begin a purge the sillier and campier aspects of Chikara to turn it into a more "respectible" wrestling company.... and succeed.
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* During Chikara's brief revival during the web series "Lockerroom Dicks", Dasher Hatfield was MIA due to longstanding behind the scenes personal animosity with Mark Haggerty. He returned for "Camp Leapfrog" to continue his feud with Boomer and Molly.

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