| 1 | 25.04.2020 | Sandmann | 7.0 | Wirklich eine gute CHIKARA Show. Da waren schon einige tolle Matches dabei. Ordentlicher Opener zwischen den Schwestern und dem Gentleman's Club. Ist natürlich immer etwas schwierig mit dem Monster zu wrestlen aber das haben sie wirklich ganz gut gelöst. Auch Barksdale gegen Argus fand ich für die kurze Zeit sehr unterhaltsam. Mein Match des Abends ist das Tag Team Match zwischen dem Portal und TDT. Super Tag Team Wrestling, tolle Double Team Moves. Einfach sehr unterhaltsam. Hauptteil der Show war natürlich das erste Infinite Gauntlet Match. Viele kleine Fehden die weitergeführt werden. Viele untschiedliche Wrestler und mit Hallowicked ein verdienter Sieger. Ich mochte vor allem Touch Philips sehr. Hat mich gut unterhalten. Das wichtigste vielleicht auch die Auseinandersetzung zwischen Mr. Touchdown und Hatfield. Auf jeden Fall ein sehr schönes Rumble Match hier. Dazu gab es dann noch ein kurzes Bonusmatch. Nicht wirklich erwähnenswert und mehr für die Zuschauer in der Halle. |
| 2 | 22.08.2016 | Mizzle Assault Ant | 10.0 | One of my favorite events I have seen this year! Three fantastic matches carry this show, all good in totally different ways. The opener is absolutely hilarious, one of the best comedic based matches I have seen in a long time. The Portal vs. TDT match was hard hitting and creative, and built nicely off their previous encounter, and I left even more impressed with both excellent teams than I was before. The Infinite Gauntlet itself rounded out a great card, it was chock full of interesting entrants and the action was consistently engaging throughout, and HEY, the storytelling was awesome and advanced almost every thread CHIKARA is following through with right now! The other two matches can safely be skipped, but they are so short they are hardly noticeable anyway. A 3way showcase of what CHIKARA has to offer: great comedy, great indy action, and great storytelling, all rolled into one package. Awesome! |
| 3 | 04.08.2016 | jboyaquar | 7.0 | The allure of the Infinity Gauntlet drew me to my first Chikara show since the alienating, forced title win of 'Princess' Kimber Lee from the previous season. Though the first couple of matches appeared to prove my belief that Chikara entertainment in the mid 2010's is third-rate, the show picked up with a keen interview segment that furthered Missle Assault Ant's character and then a pretty good tag that, from commentary I learned, had a decent backstory. Of course the meat and reason to purchase this show is the first, that I recall, Chikara style Royal Rumble that featured good, if monotonous, action but more importantly the return of a ripe Jigsaw who was sharper here than in the Evolve match against ZSJ a couple months later. Another appealing aspect of this show was that unlike many Chikara shows, the entirety of the roster was on-display. Too often many Chikara shows serve as proving grounds for new trainees instead of providing the fans with the best possible competition Chikara would have to offer. This show featured the quality performers, among them Mr. Touchdown, Heidi Lovelace, as well as the pathetic goofs like Steve 'The Turtle' Weiner. One sour note was the booking of the final elimination. It is a major pet peeve of mine to allow an eliminated competitor to legimitately eliminate someone still in the match... aka R Rumble '92. Anyway, at least the show ends with Owen Hart... or at least his ripped-off theme. |
| 4 | 23.07.2016 | DanTalksRasslin | 8.0 | The bulk of the show revolved around the Infinite Gauntlet, which was a whole lot of fun. A very well-put-together Rumble-style battle royal with a great lineup, fun interactions between participants and a cool surprise or two (Jigsaw? Snitsky of all people? ! ) The undercard was pretty decent too, most notably with a strong rematch between the Osirian Portal and TBT. (The encore match could be skipped, though. ) Overall, one of my favorite shows of the season so far. |
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