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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 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 [[World Wrestling Entertainment|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.

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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).

** 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.