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'''CHIKARA''' (also Chikara or Chikara Pro),
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▲CHIKARA (also Chikara or Chikara Pro), is a [[Professional Wrestling]] promotion based in Philadelphia, PA that chiefly tours the northeastern United States, known for its light tone, sense of humor, and high-flying action. It was established in 2002.
CHIKARA is also notable for being [[Lighter and Softer|about as family-friendly as wrestling can be]]: in addition to the wacky over-the-top-and-then-some characters and [[Rule of Funny|the comedy bits within matches]], CHIKARA and its fans
▲It's heavily influenced by not only the American style of pro wrestling, but also Japanese ''puroresu'' and Mexican ''lucha libre'', as well as a heavy dose of [[Superhero]] comics and [[Godzilla]] films. Unlike most wrestling promotions, CHIKARA has a defined season and off-season, and its season is built around 4 annual events: King of Trios (a weekend-long tournament of three-man teams), Aniversario, the Young Lions' Cup (a tournament to crown the new holder of the Young Lions Cup, a title that can only be held by wrestlers 25 years old or younger), and the Torneo Cibernetico (a 16-man ''lucha libre'' elimination match that serves as the show's main event). CHIKARA also operates the Wrestle Factory, a wrestling training school; many of CHIKARA's wrestlers are Wrestle Factory graduates.
▲CHIKARA is also notable for being [[Lighter and Softer|about as family-friendly as wrestling can be]]: in addition to the wacky over-the-top-and-then-some characters and [[Rule of Funny|the comedy bits within matches]], CHIKARA and its fans do their best to keep adult language out of the shows (a popular story goes that when a fan tried to start a "Holy shit" chant at a show, he was met with the rest of the crowd chanting "Shut the heck up!"), and there's virtually no kind of sexual content. If [[WWE]] is TV-PG, CHIKARA could be TV-Y7.
CHIKARA's events can be seen via DVD or MP4 download, the former sold from [http://www.chikarapro.com their website] and both available from [http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/ Smart Mark Video]. Additionally, you can pay to watch each show on the [http://smvod.com Smark Mark Video On Demand] website. The promotion also produces a weekly video podcast - "CHIKARA Podcast-A-Go-Go" - that can be viewed on their official [[YouTube]] channel.
CHIKARA was cross-promoting with [[Kaiju Big Battel]] for a time, though nowadays the only remnant of said cross-promotion is Louden Noxious (now Gavin Loudspeaker), who serves as an announcer for both companies. CHIKARA
Currently their Grand Championship is held by Eddie Kingston. The Campeonatos de Parejas (tag team champions) are 3.0 (Scott "Jagged" Parker and "Big Magic" Shane Matthews).▼
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* [[The Bus Came Back]]: Crossbones, who was absent for about a year and a half, recently made his return in a Big Damn Heroes moment to help Ultramantis Black against Sinn Bodhi and The Batiri.
** As of the final weekend of 2011, Gran Akuma has returned from a year's hiatus with Icarus in his crosshairs.
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: Season Nine.
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: Tim Donst dips into this, including a rare babyface example. He "betrayed" the babyfaces after feigning amnesia, after which he joined The Order of the Neo Solar Temple, who he betrayed after being a mole for the babyfaces. Then he teamed with Hydra, who he betrayed in frustration resulting in a legitimate heel turn, then betrayed Chikara in total by joining the Bruderschaft. AND, during the latter days of THAT stable, he was beginning to show serious Starscream tendencies.
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** Crossbones at the hands of Delirious via kayfabe broken collarbone.
** Gran Akuma getting kicked out of FIST by Icarus and Chuck Taylor.
** Amasis, who was legitimately injured in a car crash in April 2011, though he wasn't put on a bus properly until the end of the season, when Ophidian turned on him during his retirement speech
** Daizee Haze, who was suffering from an unspecified legitimate health issue, was kayfabe injured off a chokeslam from Claudio Castagnoli.
*** And then Claudio left for WWE a month later, with the explanation being that he was too embarrassed by losing to Icarus to stick around.
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** Does the fact that the entire promotion is basically a live action version of ''[[Kinnikuman]]'' count?
** The team finisher for The Colony is "Ants Go Marching", which - in addition to using "Ants Marching" as their theme - is a [[Shout-Out]] to Dave Matthews.
** Archibald Peck's animated portrait on the roster page is nearly a dead ringer for [https://web.archive.org/web/20140804235155/http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-8-most-baffling-food-mascots-all-time_p3/ Popsicle Pete].
** Another example involving Archibald Peck. Archie used to be in a relationship with Veronica. [[Archie Comics|Sound familiar?]]
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Buck Hawke.
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