Chikara DVD Review: King of Trios 2010 (Night 2)

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Viagra soft tab no prescriptionstyle=”text-align: center”>King of Trios 2010 (Night 2)

April 24, 2010 ~ Philadelphia, PA

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– My DVD Review of King of Trios (Night 1)

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– My interview with “Very European” Claudio Castagnoli

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Eight Semifinal Teams

1. Bruderschaft Leaders – Claudio Castagnoli, Ares and Tursas
2. Bruderschaft Lions – Lince Dorado, Tim Donst and Pinkie Sanchez
3. F.I.S.T. – Gran Akuma, Chuck Taylor and Icarus
4. Team Big Japan – Daisuke Sekimoto, Kankuro Hoshino and Yuji Okabayashi
5. Team Osaka Pro – Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Tadasuke
6. Team Perros Del Mal – Alebrije, Cuije and El Oriental
7. The Colony – Fire Ant, Soldier Ant and Green Ant
8. The Future Is Now – Jigsaw, Jimmy “Equinox” Olsen and Helios
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1. Open Challenge Match: Brodie Lee vs. Grizzly Redwood – *1/4
Brodie Lee comes out and issues an open challenge, so it’s an Open Challenge Match. It’s simple. Grizzly Friggin’ Redwood answers the call! He’s Brodie’s former tag partner who got laid out by Lee the last time he was in Philly. Grizz applies a sleep hold early, but he is shoved off. Grizzly continues to assault Brodie, but he gets nailed with a nasty chop. Brodie works over Redwood as the crowd gets behind The Grizz. Brodie lays into Grizz with chops and punches. Grizzly counters a slam and chops Brodie out of the ring. Lee tries to reenter but Redwood hits a baseball slide and a huge dive to the outside! Back inside, Grizzly goes for the top rope double axe handle, but Brodie catches and slam him with a swinging sideslam! Oh my! Grizzly ducks a roaring lariat, and eats the Big Boot! 1…2…3! Brodie Lee demolishes his former friend in awesome fashion. This gets extra love for Grizzly selling out the door and that AMAZING swinging side slam, but it was undoubtedly a squash.
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2. Semifinal Match: Team Big Japan vs. The Future Is Now – ****
Kankuro Hoshino, Yuji Okabayashi & Daisuke Sekimoto shocked the Chikara fans by besting Team Frightning in the opening round while The Future is Now managed to best The Jackson 3 in a Who Can Do The Most Flips Match. I love TFIN in styles clash matches, so I’d expect this to be good. Jigsaw and Sekimoto start, and the smile is already on my face. Colin Delaney on commentary can’t even bring me down. It’s power vs. speed, and it ends in a stalemate and a round of applause. Hoshino versus Helios tells the same story. Equinox takes on Okabayashi, and Colin continues to say really dumb stuff on commentary. Okabayashi is double teamed by Jimmy and Helios, getting two off of a hurricanrana to a kneeling Yuji. Okabayashi counters with a big powerslam, and Team Big Japan goes to work on Olsen. They work over his arm and body, with Sekimoto hitting the most painful-looking standard suplex I’ve ever seen. Equinox hits several elbows on Okabayashi and gets the tag to Jigsaw, who takes it to Okabayashi. Jigsaw wiggles free from a torture rack and drills Yuki with a top rope double stomp. 1…2…Okabayashi kicks out. Jigsaw off the ropes…HUGE lariat from Okabayashi! Folding Powerbomb on Jigsaw! 1…2…Helios breaks up the pinfall. Helios goes up top, but Okabayashi cut him off. Jigsaw stops Okabayashi, and it looks like Jigsaw is going to try a double German suplex! He’s not strong enough, but Daisuke Sekimoto grabs his waist from behind! TRIPLE GERMAN SUPLEX!!!!! THE BUILDING IMPLODES!!! Jimmy drops Sekimoto with a missile dropkick and hits Hoshino with a big elbow as the crowd recovers from what they just saw. Hoshino drops Olsen with a palm strike, a corner splash and a second-rope senton! 1…2…Jigsaw stops the count. Jigsaw hits a leaping enzuigiri to Hoshino that sends him to the floor. Sekimoto and Jigsaw square off and Jigsaw throws every strike he has at him. Sekimoto is unaffected! Sick elbows from Daisuke. He goes for the Deadlift German, but Jigsaw blocks, allowing Equinox to land a knockout punch! Superkick from Jigsaw! 630 Splash from Helios! 1…SEKIMOTO KICKS OUT AT ONE!!! Equinox and Jigsaw dive to the outside onto Hoshino and Okabayashi! Helios tries to hit the Sasuke Special, but Sekimoto catches him in mid-air! BRIDGING GERMAN SUPLEX! 1…2…3! Team Big Japan advances in a crazy, crazy match. Truthfully, this was an okay match that was booked remarkably well. The action in the beginning and middle was good, but it was the three INSANE spots that made this must-see for Chikara and all other wrestling fans. Daisuke Sekimoto adds to his legend. A proper singles match between Sekimoto and Castagnoli would be most desirable.
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3. RDV Eliminator #1: Amasis vs. Matt Cross vs. Flip Kendrick vs. Malachi Jackson – *3/4
This is the “tournament with a tournament” for the best high flyers in the world, the Rey de Voladores, wherein the survivors of the two Elimination Matches go to the finals. Last year, the Eliminators were amazing. Since you really don’t want your smaller tourney showing up your bigger one, I expect these to be toned down. Unfortunately, Amasis has to work with the two worst wrestlers in their respective Night 1 matches, Malachi and Flip, and an overrated gymnast in Matt Cross. I don’t expect to love this. Amasis and Malachi start and Jackson basically does what he did to begin last night’s main event. Either that or I’m having flashbacks from that horrendous contest. Flip and Matt Cross go at it, with Cross getting the better of Flip. He does that feint dive that Kofi Kingston stole to screw with Kendrick and the move highlights just how awful Matt’s hair is. Why isn’t Mdogg20 in his Spartan character? He’s much more amusing that way. Cross ducks an Amasis springboard and hits the dive he faked right before. Malachi jumps on Amasis but eats a clothesline that he SELL LIKE A ****ING IDIOT. Just like Night 1, Malapuke cowers at EVERY strike like a frightened child. There are many worse wrestlers out there, but outside of his attire, Malachi is most left unscathed and I don’t understand why. He is blatantly, consistently, almost purposefully bad. Cross dumps Amasis and enters to wail on Malachi, so he’s my new hero. Flip reenters and the three men in the ring do a sloppy sequence that was actually kind cool. Amasis returns and hits a tombstone facebuster on Flip. 1…2…Kendrick kicks out. Malachi hits a modified stunner and a single-leg dropkick for two. COLIN IS ON COMMENTARY DOING THE ****ING JACKSON JOKES AGAIN. Lord, beer me strength. Cross dumps Malachi and “hits” his Sasuke Special to the outside and then does the Pee Wee Herman dance on the guardrail. More of this Matt Cross please. Flip goes up top and does his crazy dive onto everyone but Matt, who moves. Kendrick and Amasis are trading nice strikes, and Kendrick hits Human Tornado’s DND on Amasis! Flip goes for some standing flippy thing and Cross just shoves him away in mid-air and covers Amasis! Nice! 1…2…Malachi breaks it up. He hits an overdrive on Cross for two and that is just random as hell. Amasis beats the tar outta Kendrick & Jackson, hitting a Busaiku knee on Flip as he DDTs Malachi. Big high roundhouse kick on Flip puts him down and both Cross & Amasis head to the top rope. Cross hits an SSP and Amasis hits the 450 Splash! 1…2…3! Malachi Jackson & Flip Kendrick are both eliminated in a pretty great spot. Winner here gets to the finals, and Colin is cheering for Cross. They trade strikes and Amasis hits That Move I Beat Moses With, the greatest name for a move ever! 1…2…Cross kicks out! Twist of Funk from Amasis! 1…2…NO! Cross kicks out again! Amasis runs the ropes and gets caught with a release German suplex! Buzzsaw kick from Cross! 1…2…Amasis kicks out! Cross hits an enzuigiri from the apron and his springboard double stomp to the back of Amasis. Instead of dragging him to the other side of the ring, Cross decides to pose for the crowd, meaning Amasis has to do the work for Matt and roll to the other side. Wow. Cross then botches a moonsault double stomp and hits a standing SSP for the win. Matt Cross advances to the Night 3 Finals. *vomits* Just an awful display of “high-flying action” and I can’t help but feel bad for Amasis. He deserves a lot better than this gaggle of goobers and was clearly a level above everyone in this match. There were very few parts that didn’t completely suck, but outside of the immediate ending, the Amasis/Cross portion was pretty good. If the goal was to devalue the RDV and make KOT look amazing by comparison…MISSION ACCOMPLISHED BANNER.
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4. Semifinal Match: Team Perros Del Mal vs. Bruderschaft Leaders – ***1/4
Team Perros Del Mal cut a promo, but Cuije doesn’t speak, so I don’t care. The three luchadors beat Team Delicioso in the first round while the BDK Leaders bested the makeshift unit of The Osirian Portal and the BDK’s own Sara Del Rey. Man, Alebrije is a big dude. He’s just about the size of Tursas. How did I not notice this on Night One? Claudio and El Oriental start things off, with Oriental trying to lucha and Claudio making it quite clear he is uninterested. Ares comes in to assist but Oriental dodges him and tricks them into hitting Tursas. Double takedown followed by a double armdrag! Oriental hits a Déjà Vu like armdrag on Claudio, sending him outside. Alebrije and Tursas face off for the first time, but Tursas just pushes him out of the ring. That was anticlimactic. Alebrije returns and tries to slam him, but Tursas delivers one of his own. Claudio enters and little Cuije sinks his claws into his derrière. Cuije distracts Claudio, allowing Alebrije to hit a missile dropkick for two. Alebrije hits Ares with a modified spinning headlock elbow drop and he grabs Cuije for a double leg drop! Cuije and Alebrije pose, but Tursas attacks from behind. The BDK targets the damaged Alebrije with perhaps the nastiest corner whip I’ve ever seen. It sounds ridiculous but it’s totally true. Cuije comes in to attack but they beat him down. Tursas just crushes him with a mid kick in the corner, scrapes him off the bottom of his shoe and they go to work on Oriental. He dodges a Tursas splash and sends Claudio outside with a satellite armdrag. He and Alebrije hit a double dropkick on Ares, but Tursas takes Alebrije out with a big lariat and covers Oriental after a big front slam. 1…2…Cuije breaks it up! He all alone with the BDK and Tursas just kicks him out of the ring. Alebrije fight all three guys off, sending Claudio and Ares to the floor. He revs the engine and hits a suicide dive onto both guys. Oriental stumbles for a moment but eventually hits a moonsault to the floor on Ares & Claudio! Cuije is left alone against Tursas! He tries leg kicks, but they are useless. Tursas insinuates he’s going to toss him into the crowd, but he hits front kick that kills the tiny Cuije instead. He’s not done! BIG SPLASH ON CUIJE! 1…2…3. The Bruderschaft Leaders advance to the next round. This was basically a match to get a ton of heat on the Bruderschaft, and man did it work. Alebrije sold Cuije’s death brilliantly, really driving home his love for the little guy. Once again, no matter how I feel about him as a performer, I respect the hell out of El Oriental for getting on his plane and honoring his commitment despite the wishes of Jorge “Dead to Me” Rivera. Actually, Oriental looked pretty good here. Fun match overall.
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5. Special Singles Match: Christopher Daniels vs. Hallowicked – ***
Daniels cuts a fantastic promo to start us off in this surprise singles contest. Daniels and Hallowicked start the feeling off process, with some solid lucha and mat work. Nice to see Hallowicked get this opportunity. Hallowicked continues to counter the much more experienced Daniels admirably, sending him outside with an armdrag. Daniels does some innocent stalling and the fans start to boo. He works them a bit, showing the subtlety of a true veteran. How this talented a guy never made it in the WWE is just absurd. He reenters and locks up with Daniels once again. Once again, ‘Wicked sends him to the floor and he jaws a little with fans, with more and more slowly turning on him. Daniels comes back in again and offers Hallowicked a hand. Hallowicked tries to but Daniels just slaps him instead, completing this great heel turn. Hallowicked charges and Daniels stops him with a huge boot. “Fallen Angel” stomps away at ‘Wicked and hits his trademark leg lariat, scoring himself one in the win column. He hits a modified reverse DDT for two. He continues to work over Hallowicked’s neck. Daniels loses momentum for a second but takes it back when he starts clawing at ‘Wicked’s mask. He chokes him on the ropes and hits a second rope elbow and berates the ref. The chants of “Hallowicked” have overtaken those of Daniels. He continues to choke Hallowicked. He hits a nice quebrada for two and continues to argue with Papagiorgio. Hallowicked ducks a clothesline and hits Go 2 Sleepy Hollow! Both men get back to their feet and ‘Wicked takes it to Daniels. Hallowicked hits a corner face kick and covers. 1…2…Daniels kicks out. Someone tries to start a TNA chant and gets boos. Nice. Daniels gets clotheslined to the floor and Hallowicked hits a bad looking suicide dive to take both guys out. Hallowicked goes north but Daniels cuts him off and hits Fall From Grace! 1…2…Hallowicked kicks out! Daniels hits a charging knee and a Death Valley Driver! 1…2…Hallowicked kicks out again. Hallowicked blocks Angels Wings and hits a slick Yakuza kick! 1…2…Daniels gets his foot on the ropes. ‘Wicked goes for the Graveyard Smash, but Daniels pulls Papagiorgio into Hallowicked and nails a standing uranage! BEST…MOONSAULT…EVER! 1…2…3! Christopher Daniels wins a really fun match. It’s been said before and it’ll be said again: Daniels is a consummate professional. His fairly quick build to a heel was executed very well. Hallowicked look fantastic outside of the poor dive, and proved that he belonged in the same ring as a veteran such as the “Fallen Angel”. People complain about Daniels and his inability to kick things into gear, but this was the perfect post intermission match.
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6. Semifinal Match: F.I.S.T. vs. Team Osaka Pro – ****
Last year’s champions F.I.S.T. beat The Throwbacks to advance while Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Tadasuke shocked The UnStable with a big win. Kotoge and Taylor start off and Chuck requests silence from the crowd. Kotoge obliterates Chuck with one of the fastest running dropkicks I’ve ever seen and it’s Icarus and Tadasuke. Icarus eats a few really hard chops and begins to cry. He is consoled by his teammates. It’s all very sweet. Harada and Akuma now, and they trade really hard strikes. Daisuke wins the battle with an elbow strike and in comes Kotoge. Team Osaka make multiple tags and work over Akuma in their corner. Taylor trips up Tadasuke and Akuma hits a buzzsaw kick to ground Team Osaka’s biggest member. F.I.S.T. isolates Tadasuke in their corner. Very strangely, Johnny Gargano is sitting in the aisle way with a F.I.S.T. shirt on. Icarus goes for a Pedigree, but Tadasuke turns it into a backdrop, runs Ick into the Osaka corner and makes a double tag to his partners! They destroy Icarus with a gamengiri and spear combination and turn their attention to the other members of F.I.S.T. They use a flurry of tag moves to dispose of F.I.S.T., finally hitting a bridging suplex & springboard splash combo on Chuck! 1…2…Taylor kicks out. They continue the onslaught on Chuck with a superkick from Kotoge, spinebuster from Tadasuke and a diving elbow drop from Harada! 1…2…Icarus & Akuma break it up. They target Kotoge, but he ducks a double clothesline and dive out onto Chuck and ends up in the front row! Harada hits a running corner elbow on Icarus and hits a corner belly-to-belly suplex on Akuma that sends him crashing onto his own partner! He covers Akuma! 1…2…Akuma kicks out. Harada goes after Icarus but eats a DVD instead. Frog Splash from Gran Akuma! 1…2…Tadasuke breaks up the count. Tadasuke hits a stalling suplex on Akuma but Icarus breaks up the count. Harada hits a disgusting Biel toss into a knee strike! Bridging North Lights Suplex! 1…2…Taylor breaks it up. Kotoge dumps Chuck Taylor but gets caught on the apron by Akuma. Akuma runs the ropes and gets caught with a rolling ace crusher. Kotoge sets up for a moonsault, but Icarus low bridges him. F.I.S.T. sets up for Shooty McGee, but they screw it up and Chuck just hits Kotoge with a standing Blood Fall onto the knees of Gran Akuma and Icarus hops off the top and covers. 1…2…Kotoge kicks out. Considering they’ve teased dissention in F.I.S.T. and Gargano’s in the aisle way, this actually works really well storyline-wise. Tadasuke obliterates Taylor with a lariat. Icarus hits the Shiranui on Tadasuke. Harada hits a nice standing overhead belly-to-belly on Icarus. Akuma hits a spike Complete Shot on Harada and heads to the top, but Kotoge meets him there. SPANISH FLY ON AKUMA! 1…2…NO! Akuma kicks out! Osaka tries to triple team but F.I.S.T. turns the tables with a triplet corner kicks on Tadasuke. Akuma hits a chest kick, Taylor hits a Yakuza and Icarus hits a lung blower! That’s how they beat The Throwbacks! 1…2…TADASUKE KICKS OUT! Icarus hits a suicide dive on Kotoge! Akuma hits a flying DDT to the outside on Harada! Taylor hits Sole Food and goes for the Awful Waffle…but Tadasuke turns it into a roll-up with a fistful of tights! 1…2…3~! Team Osaka Pro upsets the defending champions! This was bell to bell action and I loved every second. No prolonged heat segments or stalling or anything truly frustrating; just unyielding, action-packed mayhem. I flirted with a higher rating, but a few miscues brought it down slightly. It’s still must-see and the best match of the tournament thus far.
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7. RDV Eliminator #2: Frightmare vs. Ophidian vs. Cheech vs. Rich Swann – ***1/2
I hated the first RDV match, so the bar is set almost absurdly low. This is Cheech’s first Chikara appearance since OCTOBER…of 1994. Yeah. This is also Ophidian’s first non-tag match since November and Rich Swann’s first Chikara match since…ever. He’s bringing major energy, and I like it. He does a silly, late-90’s hand signal, and he’s back to square one with me. Frightmare gets the biggest response, and a win by anyone else will surely elicit boos. Cheech and Ophidian trade come cool lucha pinfalls and come to a momentary stalemate before Ophidian wisely sends Cheech outside. Frightmare enters and step-up ranas Ophidian out, allowing Rich Swann to enter. Frightmare backflips to dodge a clothesline and hits a neckbreaker for an early two. Swann sends Frights to the apron and knocks him off with a Yakuza kick. Swann turns into a Thesz Press from Cheech, but he shoves him out of the ring and follows him out with a moonsault into an armdrag on the floor! It’s Frightmare and Ophidian once again, and this time it’s Ophidian getting the better with a second rope hurricanrana. Ophidian then slides out and headscissors Cheech on the floor! Frightmare follows to the outside with a no-hands flip dive onto them both and Rich Swann hits a second rope twisting senton onto everybody! Swann rolls in Frightmare and, after trading reversals, hits a hip toss backbreaker, a rolling fireman’s carry slam and a standing moonsault. 1…2…Frightmare kicks out. Ophidian eats a sole butt kick from Swann and Rich hits QD3! 1…2…Ophidian kicks out! Swann calls for his signature Standing 450 Splash, but eats knees! Kneecolepsy from Frightmare! 1…2…3. Rich Swann is eliminated and the crowd seems a little disappointed. Cheech hits a double stunner on Ophidian and Frightmare getting two counts on both men. Cheech is dumped to the floor by Frightmare but Ophidian hits him with an awesome handstand code breaker and Cheech follows with a 619 from the floor! Ophidian tries to hit a hurricanrana to the floor on Ophidian, but Cheech catches him. POWERBOMB ON THE GUARDRAIL! Cheech rolls in quickly to cover Frightmare. 1…2…Frightmare kicks out. Cheech hits a lunging corner spear and a fisherman’s suplex for another two. He calls for The Deluxe, but Frightmare counters into a satellite DDT. 1…2…Cheech kicks out. Cheech comes back with a sloppy looking Noshigami for two. Cheech heads to the top rope but is stopped by Ophidian. Frightmare charges but runs into Ophidian. Cheech tries a cartwheel into a superkick, but Frightmare evades and turns it into a crucifix bomb! 1…2…Cheech kicks out! Cheech sends Frights out with a high knee and Ophidian enters. Déjà Vu Prawn Hold on Cheech! 1…2…3! Cheech is eliminated. Ophidian immediately launches himself into Frightmare on the outside with a crazy plancha! They trade stiff strikes on the outside. Ophidian leaps to the guardrail and hits a moonsault onto Frightmare! They get back to their feet and Ophidian tries a handstand rana, but Frightmare counters into a modified Go 2 Sleepy Hollow! They finally make it back inside, where Frightmare hits a leaping MADE IN JAPAN! 1…2…Ophidian kicks out! They continue to trade hard strikes, and Frightmare hits a leg trip. Ophidian avoids the Kneecolepsy and turns it into a reverse hurricanrana! SPIN KICK TO FRIGHTMARE’S FACE! 1…2…Frightmare kicks out. Frightmare counters a corner charge with a boot and a cartwheel into a leaping enzuigiri. He tries a rana, but Ophidian counters and hits a roundhouse kick. Ophidian runs the ropes and eats a sick spike rana! 1…2…Ophidian kicks out! Ophidian and Frightmare exchange a really convoluted series of reversals and Frightmare hits the Kneecolepsy. 1…2…NO. Ophidian kicks out…somehow. Little ridiculous if you ask me. Ophidian hits the Duat Driver and Frightmare kicks out at two. Ophidian drops Frightmare with a roundhouse kick and hits quebrada variation, but his midsection is too inured and he can’t cover. A lot of fans groan at this, a sign that maybe the match should be over by now. Ophidian hits a Death Grip Suplex! 1…2…FRIGHTMARE KICKS OUT AGAIN! Frightmare climbs to the top to follow Ophidian, where Ophidian nails the Avalanche Egyptian Destroyer for the win. Ophidian advances to face Matt Cross tomorrow night in a really long match. Don’t get me wrong; they did some top shelf stuff. It was a crazy fun match…but it went on a bit too long. This probably would’ve received the same rating if they had ended four minutes sooner, but it doesn’t lose anything either. Still, this was everything the first RDV Eliminator wasn’t and totally makes up for that crapfest.
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8. Semifinal Match: The Colony vs. Bruderschaft Lions – ***3/4
Tim Donst, Lince Dorado & Pinkie Sanchez beat the fan favorite F1RST Family to make it to the Night 2 main event while The Colony beat Jack of All Trios winner Team Oreo to advance. The BDK guys cut a good promo before the match, mainly because Donst does the talking. When the match begins, they try to jump the Colony, but the Ants avoid it and all three hit suicide dives! They are brawling all over the arena floor. Donst and Sanchez toss Green Ant into the ringpost and he goes limp. Donst rolls him inside and pins him. 1…2…Fire Ant breaks it up. Fire and Soldier keep rescuing Green Ant only to be tossed soon after. The three men hit a superkick & double Russian legsweep combination, but turn their backs to celebrate, giving Soldier Ant a chance to enter and take them out. Donst creeps up from behind and plants Soldier with an STO. 1…Soldier Ant kicks out. This is going to be a long one methinks. The traitorous trio targets Soldier Ant, running traffic and working Soldier over with submissions. The fans chant for Donst to put his shirt back on, so he tags in, locks on a leg choke and starts doing sit-ups. He then turns Soldier Ant over, starts doing push-ups and then just plants Soldier Ant on the canvas with his legs. Amazing crowd work here. Pinkie tries to suplex Soldier Ant outside, but Soldier holds on and they both go over the top, allowing Fire Ant to enter the ring! He hits a huge crossbody on Lince and dropkicks him out, but Donst once again sneaks up and hits a big move, this time a Complete Shot. 1…2…Fire Ant kicks out. Donst works over the nipples of Fire Ant…because ants have nipples. The BDK Lions work over Fire Ant now, forcing him to do their signature cross-armed pose and then dropkicking him in the face. Donst hits a Diamond Head like move and Lince hits a standing moonsault. They celebrate instead of going for the pin, and Fire Ant rolls to the floor. However, no Ants are healthy enough to come in. Lince gets on Donst shoulders to do the BDK sign while Pinkie steadies them. The crowd wants him to fall and die. Seriously, they chant this and it’s awesome. Green Ant pulls himself to his feet and the crowd gets behind him. He starts reeling off some sick headbutts, beating the tar out of all three guys. He tries to lock on his Texas Cloverleaf, but Lince breaks it up. The BDK Lions go for their Doomsday Bulldog but the other Ants stop them and Green Ant gets a victory roll on Donst. 1…2…Donst kicks out. The Colony hits a triple dropkick in the corner, sending Donst to the outside. Ant-apult to the outside on the Bruderschaft! Back inside, Green Ant gives Pinkie Sanchez a wrist-clutch Samoan drop, Donst hits Greenie with a full nelson facebuster, Soldier Ant hits Donst with a Samoan drop, Lince hits Soldier with a Shooting Star Press and reverses a Fire Ant wheelbarrow into a sitout mat slam. He goes for the Lionsault, but Fire Ant kips up and drop kicks him out of the air! All six guys make it to their feet and start trading elbows. Lince and Pinkie are eventually tossed and The Colony gives Donst a triple boot. They set up for the Anthill! However, Lince springboards onto Fire Ant, breaking up the attempt. Donst gets a roll-up with a handful of tights! 1…2…Soldier Ant kicks out. Bulldog from Donst to Soldier Ant, but Soldier comes back with the TKO! 1…2…Donst kicks out. Lince hits a running blockbuster on Soldier Ant for two. Dorado sets up for the SSP once again, but he eats knees when he lands. Fire Ant hits Heat of the Moment and Burning Down the House! BRAINBUSTER! 1…2…Pinkie breaks it up and call for the Burning Snicklefritz. Green Ant stops the move with elbows, but Pinkie turns it into the Inverted Chikara Special! Fire Ant breaks it up and Green Ant locks on the Texas Cloverleaf! Lince breaks it up and places Green Ant on the top rope. He tries for a leaping Spanish Fly, but Green Ant headbutts him off and he lands on Fire Ant. Donst runs to Green Ant and gives him an Avalanche Donstitution! 1…2…No! Green Ant kicks out. Pinkie and Fire Ant fight on the apron and Sanchez teases a Burning Snicklefritz, but Fire Ant blocks it. BEACH BREAK ON THE APRON! Donst is back in with Soldier Ant behind him. Donst counts how many people he sees and realizes he’s an ant short. He turns and eats a roaring saluting elbow! SOLDIER LOCKS ON THE CHIKARA SPECIAL! Donst is trying to fight out of it! HE TAPS OUT! The Colony advances and, for the first time, someone has beaten a member of the Bruderschaft. The match was pretty good, but once again the storytelling elevates it. The Chikara Special had been pretty devalued the last few months, so I don’t think anyone really bought that it would finish, but man did the building explode when it did. Really good match that was just shy of the other two four star contests but was a great ending to Night 2.
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Overall – 8.5 / 10

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In a word, WOW. With two must-see matches and two really fantastic ones, this is Chikara’s best show of the year so far. I only gave low ratings to two matches, and one of those was a designed squash…and I even loved that! What I adore about Chikara, and I’m sure I’ve said this before, but what I love is how they can have four amazing matches and they can be so very different from one another. You know how you saw Teams from BJW and Osaka Pro and thought, “I don’t know…where’s a Team Uppercut or Team WWF?” Once you see these guys in action, you’ll be thinking, “They better be back next year, too”. While there’s no Bryan Danielson, Austin Aries, El Generico or Kota Ibushi on this show, prepare to fall in love with a lot of guys you’ve never heard of. Chikara Pro once again delivers a helluva show, and it just may end up the Chikara DVD of the Year. If you have cash, a credit card or access to someone’s wallet…BUY THIS SHOW!
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The All-Important M’s

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Match: Tough one here, but I’ll go with F.I.S.T./Osaka. While the BJW/TFIN match had some crazy moments and moves, the contest between F.I.S.T. and Osaka was just barely better. Seriously, between the bells, the action didn’t stop and the crowd was white hot.
Move: The Triple German Suplex, of course. The roof lifted about eight inches off the walls when he hit that German. It was like something out of a dream…or, if you were Jigsaw, Okabayashi or Helios…a nightmare.
Moment: Soldier Ant tapping out Tim Donst in the Chikara Special and the celebration afterwards. “The beer flowed like wine that day…”
MVP: Malachi Jack– I’m completely kidding. I’m going with Daisuke Sekimoto, not only because of the three amazing moments he was a part of during his match, but he’s so good that he makes you want to see Night 3 just to find out what he’ll do next. He was the brightest spot in a terrific match, so he gets the nod.
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