Icarus

[2.0] "Another Chikara staple and lifer as he did not due much after the end of Chikara which I learned was due to accusations against him that helped lead to the end of Chikara. Shame because early in his career he was one of their top heels with good in ring skills and crowd interactions. Towards the end of his career his quality decreased and really seemed to be phoning it in."

[7.0] "I thought he was an incredible rudo, one of the best. He just had every element of a heel that it felt natural. He had a level of arrogance about him and disdain for the crowd, which in Chikara the fans would take the bait and insult him which he worked with to get even more heat. It was so easy to dislike his character, and frankly his in-ring work was great. At worst I'd consider his work solid through the year, turn it on for PPVs, and then had amazing matches at King of Trios. The Chikara angle where they shut down for a year was a nice turn for him initially to be tecnico and "revive" Chikara. Unfortunately didn't move me as much as a tecnico. But the base of his character was pretty serious and even then it seemed like he was too mature for the sillyness his partners had. It wore of quick for me. Like he would deadpan those moments and his promos seemed forced. Hard to tell if he WAS that serious or a silly side inside him that really wasn't translating to his character. Around 2015-onward is where I thought his in-ring work seemed to be more about going through the motions, maybe because the other talent was greener than he was used to. But he wasn't telling much of a story anymore, just coasting on his reputation."

[6.0] "A CHIKARA lifer, Icarus was a solid long-term presence on that company's roster. His ring work was always of a decent quality, he wasn't the most charismatic or the best speaker but he could nonetheless play either a babyface or heel well, and he was able to claim 300+ day reigns with the Campeonatos de Parejas (with Gran Akuma) and then the company's Grand Championship. He was something of a big fish in a small pond, however; he did sometimes venture outside CHIKARA - more in the early parts of his career than the later - but usually for only a few matches at a time, and not having nearly as much success outside of home, and his career seemingly ended with the end of CHIKARA in 2020."

[6.0] "this dude is so mid i do not know what quackenbush saw it him goddamn. sorry, nothing really stuck with me besides a decent worker and a decent heel."

[10.0] "Awesome worker. He almost can't do a bad match and always delivers what is expected. His Chikara Grand Champion Run was too short, but good. He could turn from the worst rudo to the best tecnico and that was really well made. He is the perfect marquee player for Chikara with Hallowicked, there since night 1. Lot of love for this guy."

[6.0] "Icarus is a very localised phenomenon : Inside of his home promotion of Chikara, he managed to be the most playfully hated individual by sticking through to years to his antics as a consummated jerk, commited to lenghtily berating the audience, to cheating and to being generally displeasant. For better or for worse, Icarus as been 100% himself in the ring, which might be far from the greatest, but is being the most he can be and is commited to fill his position on a permanent basis."