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Chaos in the Sea of Lost Souls

January 23, 2010 ~ Philadelphia, PA

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~ Amasis, Ophidian and newest Osirian Portal member Hieracon cut the year’s very first promo. It goes well. Hieracon’s worried about his beak being crooked, but Ophidian says it’s all good. APPROVED.
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~ Remember when those crazy Egyptians debuted in their gold & pale blue gear and everyone was all, “That’s weird.”? It’s strange how fitting I find it now. The crowd chants for Icarus to keep his shirt on, so naturally he takes it off to a chorus of boos. Ick, undeterred, accepts Amasis’s challenge to a dance-off. You’d barely know it with Gavin blabbering over them talking in-ring…so thanks for that, Loudspeaker. “Poker Face” hits and Icarus gives us quite a two-step. Amasis is about to get going when Bryce Remsburg starts dancing like a maniac! He tries to no-sell his own awesomeness, but the chants cut right through it. The Osirian Portal poses together and F.I.S.T. attacks them to start the match.
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1. 6-Man Tag: Amasis, Ophidian & Hieracon vs. Icarus, Chuck Taylor & Johnny Gargano – ***1/4
Ophidian drops Taylor with a déjà vu headscissors. Amasis drills Gargano with a roundhouse and he & Ophidian hit a dancing elbow drop. Ick enters and wants the newbie.  They try some amateur mat wrestling, but it goes poorly for Icarus so he elbows Hieracon. Ick misses his 98, 422nd dropkick and eats a nice lucha armdrag. Amasis and Ophidian hit Slave Initiation in the corner and Amasis plants Ick with a spinebuster. 1…2…Icarus kicks out. Icarus uses Bryce as a shield to distract Hieracon, allowing the rest of F.I.S.T. to take over. Chuck gets his ridiculous clap over, Gargano tags in wearing a sock monkey hat and they do their own little dance and attack move. That’s just too awesome. Er, I mean…BOOOO THESE MEN! After a long F.I.S.T. beating, Hieracon surprises Ick with a stunner. Amasis enters but eats the slingshot sear / lionsault combination. 1…2…Amasis gets the shoulder up. Chuck locks on a submission and grabs his partners for leverage, but Bryce finally spots it and kicks Gargano’s hands away! Chuck pushes Bryce so Remsburg shoves him to the mat! Respect his authority! Chuck misses a moonsault and Amasis drops Icarus with a spinebuster, allowing Hieracon to enter take out Gargano and Ick. Hieracon eats the lawndart from Gargano but Ophidian drops him with the Duat Driver! 1…2…Taylor breaks it up! Omega Driver…but it’s turned into the Death Grip! Gargano interjects and goes for the Hurts Donut but Ophidian turns THAT into the Death Grip! Nice! Johnny breaks it up but eats a huge series of double teams from Ophidian & Hieracon ending with a baby DDT! 1…2…Gargano gets the shoulder up. Hieracon eats the lungblower / Yakuza Kick combination and Icarus covers. 1…2…Amasis breaks it up but eats sole food from Taylor. F.I.S.T. hits a corner triple team and Ophidian goes for double knees but Icarus shoves him off, allowing Gargano to cover for two.  Johnny sets him up-top but Ophidian finally hits the double knees and goes for a moonsault, but Taylor blocks and F.I.S.T. hits Shooty McGee! 1…2…Amasis & Hieracon break it up! The Portal takes out Taylor & Ick, leaving Gargano alone. The Osirian Portal obliterates him with strikes and Ophidian drills him with a top rope leg drop. 1…2…Taylor breaks it up.  Icarus hits a release Tiger Suplex on Ophidian but Hieracon plants him with a terribly sloppy Lightning Spiral. 1…2…3! The Osirian Portal is victorious over F.I.S.T. in a crazy match. It went a little too long for my taste, but only because it got really sloppy at the end. Once Hieracon learns how to hit that move, it’s gonna get over quick. The new F.I.S.T. looked incredibly sharp, especially in their execution of Shooty McGee, a fantastic maneuver. This was only their second time teaming but The Portal already show a lot of promise…and we haven’t even seen the triple 450 Splash yet. It’s coming folks…it’s coming.
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~ Madison Eagles gets promo time. Unlike a LOT of other incoming females, she actually makes the most of it. Color me impressed.
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~ Jakob Hammermeier comes down for the BDK entrance and goes after Gavin Loudspeaker for giving him a stunner at the previous season’s finale. His neck is healed, so he can be as loud as he wants now. Boos erupted.
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2. SHIMMER Showdown: Daizee Haze vs. Madison Eagles – **1/2
Daizee asks for a handshake and fans boo her. They shake hands and begin on the mat, with Madison showcasing her superior size and strength. Eagles locks on a cross armbreaker but Daizee gets to the ropes. Madison hits a drop toe hold and Haze scrambles away clutching her nose. It was broken back at the season finale and this is her first match back since. She continues to complain about it as she reenters. She then blindsides Madison, clipping her knee and laying boots to her. Haze was faking…and I’m shocked. Like, so totally shocked. Haze continues to assault the knee of Eagles in the corner. Madison fights back with two boots, several kicks and a gordbuster. She throws some nice elbows and counters a wheelbarrow from Daizee into a sit-out slam. 1…2…Haze kicks out. Madison continues to sell her leg brilliantly as she drills Haze with a kick and plants her with a delayed brainbuster! 1…2…Haze kicks out! Daizee fights out of two DVD attempts, using Madison’s tights to pull her into a waist lock! Bridging German Suplex! 1…2…3! Haze wins and Madison sells out the door to a much-deserved round of applause. Wrestlers always win points with me for selling all the way to the back, as Eagles did. The story was solid, the selling was great and it didn’t overstay its welcome. Fun, if not very memorable.
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3. Grudge Rematch: Brodie Lee & Grizzly Redwood vs. Dasher Hatfield & Sugar Dunkerton – ***1/4
Gavin accidentally announced Lee & Grizz as The Throwbacks. He is forced to run and hide from the angry Roughnecks. The real Throwbacks emerge and they fight immediately. A chop / double axe handle combination but Dasher down for two as The ‘Necks corner Hatfield and go to work. Dasher drops Grizzly with a neckbreaker and The Throwbacks double team him in the corner. Hatfield sends Redwood outside and follows up with a baseball slide. Brodie sneaks up and drills Dasher with a big boot on the floor! Dasher’s out! Sugar fights off both men, ducks a Brodie boot but eats one from Grizz. The Roughnecks hit an assisted splash on Sugar for two. Brodie hits a standing suplex for another two. Lee keeps trying to throw Dunkerton outside, which would force a near unconscious Dasher to enter, but Sugar keeps fighting his way back in. Dasher finally gets to his feet outside and sees Dunkerton in trouble. He tries to pull him outside but now The Roughnecks are pulling him back in! Dasher gets help from fans at ringside and pulls him out, sending Grizzly to the mat and Brodie outside! He flapjacks Redwood and Sugar drops Lee on the outside. Dasher tosses Grizzly up and Dunkerton catches him with a Complete Shot! High-low bulldog! Suicide Squeeze! SENTON BOMB! Before the ref can even count, Brodie pulls Sugar outside and drops him on the ringsteps with a gutwrench powerbomb! Dasher ends up on Redwood’s shoulders and Lee knocks him off with a big boot! 1…2…3! The Roughnecks upend the Throwbacks, standing tall over the ‘Backs for once again. I honestly think this was just as good as their last match. It wasn’t as fluid as the one at the season finale, but it was more intense, told a better story and had a couple of nice spots. The Throwbacks are looking like future tag champions right now and The Roughnecks continue to be the most entertaining rudo tag team in Chikara.
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~ Marshe Rockett, Acid Jaz & Willie Richardson, Da Soul Touchaz, cut a group promo letting The Bruderschaft know they mean business: no Superman dance, no hot chocolate and no more games. The BDK ended the careers of stablemates and mentors C.Red & Dymond, and DST wants revenge. Strong promo, if a little short.
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4. Chikara vs. BDK: Da Soul Touchaz vs. The BDK (Dorado/Del Rey/Tursas) – ***
BDK official Derek Sabato is one again officiating, so expect shenanigans. DST rushes the ring and, like the previous match, a huge brawl breaks out. The dust settles and Del Rey is left against all three opponents. Sabato stops them from attacking, allowing Tursas to drag Willie outside. Rockett drops Del Rey with a powerslam, Lince with a flapjack and a dropkick to Tursas, leg dropping Dorado on the way down. Tursas retakes control though, and the BDK works over Marshe. After a lengthy beating, Rockett tags out but Sabato says he never saw it and Rockett eats a dropkick from Tursas! 1…2…Marshe kicks out. Rockett finally plants Dorado with a DDT and tags out to Jaz, who takes down Lince with a swinging neckbreaker and a break dancing fist drop. 1…2…Dorado kicks out.  Acid hits a swinging Lethal Combination and goes north, but Tursas catches him and drops him with a powerslam. 1…2…Acid gets the shoulder up. Now it’s Jaz getting worked over in the Bruderschaft’s corner. He drills Sara with a stiff right and tags Richardson! He and Tursas trade blows and Willie sends him outside with a dropkick. Richardson nails Sara with a sitout atomic drop and catches Lince coming off the top with a Manhattan Drop. Jaz and Rockett send Dorado into Willie, who’s perched up top! SUPER RYDEEN BOMB! Sabato is “distracted” and isn’t counting the pin! Marshe dives over the top onto Tursas! Willie’s calling for The Pounce on Lince, but Dorado stops him by tossing his mask at him! Sabato sees the mask in Willie’s hand and calls for the bell. The Bruderschaft win via disqualification. Afterward, Willie obliterates Dorado with a Pounce, but the damage was done. There was a lot of workover stuff, which got a tad boring. However, the end stretch was awesome and the Da Soul Touchaz showed some really strong team work. Lince just deciding not to sell anymore post-match and pre-Pounce was really annoying, but overall this show has been really good.
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5. A Nightmarish Confrontation: Obariyon & Kodama vs. Hallowicked & Frightmare – **
Our third straight true grudge match tonight. Frightmare and Kodama start things off and they botch a step up rana spot. Kodama is standing on the outside and Frightmare hits him with the Kneecolepsy! Obariyon enters and locks a satellite armbar on Hallowicked but Frightmare breaks the hold by leg dropping Obariyon from the top! Yikes! Frights hits Obariyon with a slingshot dragonrana and Incoherence drops him with a sick series of double teams. 1…2…Kodama breaks it up and enters. He hits a nice armdrag but once again botches a step up rana. His arm looks injured. Obariyon rushes in to attack Hallowicked as Kodama stays on the outside. He hits a nice sliding kick for two. Kodama tags in and yeah, he’s really hurt. The Batiri double teams Hallowicked successfully despite Kodama looking seriously injured. Hallowicked escapes and tags in Frightmare, who drops The Batiri with a double missile dropkick. Deke neckbreaker to Kodama! Crucifix Bomb to Obariyon! 1…2…Obariyon kicks out. Go 2 Sleepy Hollow from Hallowicked! Frightmare suplexes Obariyon onto Hallowicked’s knee! Shades of Arrogance there. Carnival music starts to play and it’s Sinn Bodhi with Kobald. Frightmare (sort of) dives out onto both of them, allowing The Batiri to choke out Hallowicked. UltraMantis Black runs down to fight off Bodhi. Wicked goes for Sleepy Hallow again on Kodama, but he reverses it into a lung blower! Deep Impact from Obariyon! 1…2…3! The Batiri are victorious and now have three points. I guess that makes them the next challengers to the belts. Kodama got injured and the crowd went into the toilet fairly quickly. The match was getting good and winning the crowd back, but then Kizarny showed up and it went to hell again. I don’t like rating matches with injuries and stuff, but I’m not going to ignore it or give it a pass. Should I ignore botches, too, because it wasn’t what was supposed to happen? Didn’t think so. I hope we get this rematch sooner than later, as these guys seem to have some chemistry. I must say again how much better Obariyon is than Kodama, but kudos to the latter for fighting through what looked like a painful injury.
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~ Sinn Bodhi continues his assault on UltraMantis Black, bending a steel rod in his mouth to choke Mantis. Derek Sabato runs down, calling for the bell! This match starts NOW!
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6. Out for Vengeance: UltraMantis Black vs. Sinn Bodhi – *
Crowd is huge into Mantis as he eats a grounded leg lariat and is tossed outside. Bodhi hangs upside down, Mantis stumbles over to him and Sinn hits a double throat chop. That was…really stupid, not unlike the steel rod thing. Mantis fights back with a crossbody as The Batiri and Incoherence continue to brawl. Hallowicked is injured or something, I don’t know. Bryce, Papagiorgio and Director Wink all come out to check on him. No doctor for some reason. Daizee “hurts” her nose and Doc’s all over it but Wicked’s dying and he’s nowhere to be found? Grounds for dismissal, I say. I’m talking about the outside action because the in-ring stuff is first day material. Mantis goes for the Praying Mantis Bomb but The Batiri stop him. Kobald hits a spear. Sabato’s just letting it go on, finally calling for the bell at the behest of Wink. UltraMantis wins via disqualification. For some reason, this shocks Sinn. The match was barely one, with needless distractions and shenanigans muddying everything up. What was there wasn’t very good, and a couple of Bodhi’s moves just outright annoyed me. I’m still on the “Bodhi in Chikara” boat, but I’m very aware of where the life rafts are. I originally rated this “A Hot Mess”, but I think that might negate what I said at the end of the match write-up that preceded this one. It was a hot mess though…
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~ UltraMantis Black gets on the mic and demands a six-man tag next month. Bodhi spouts some cringe-worthy carnie nonsense and mercifully leaves, not really answering the question. Yep, that did it: consider me off the Bohdi boat.
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~ Eddie Kingston cuts a long promo on the year that was, Claudio Castagnoli and his opponent for the night, El Generico. This guy could make a thirty second yawn fascinating, he’s that good. It’s all rambling and earnestness, but he just flat-out makes it work. All hail the King.
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7. First Time Ever: Eddie Kingston vs. El Generico – ****1/4
Generico offers a hand but then tries to “speak Kingston’s language”, offering a pound instead. Kingston slaps him. Generico slaps him back. NOW he’s speaking King’s language, and Eddie applauds him. King offers a clean break in the corner. Generico does the same, but he rethinks it and offers Eddie a chop and a couple of armdrags instead. Kingston chops away at Generico but he eats a leg lariat for an early two. Generico heads north and hits a high crossbody for another two. Generico chops King, but Eddie hits a knee lift to take control. He stomps away at Generico in the corner. “The Generic Luchador” comes back with a dropkick but King once again puts him down, this time with a belly-to-belly suplex. Eddie locks on a Stretch Plum but Generico gets him to the ropes. Nobody tell him that Chris Hero uses that move regularly. Machine gun chops in the corner followed by a bridging northern lights suplex. 1…2…Generico kicks out. They trade shots and Generico hits his rope-walk tornado DDT! 1…2…Kingston kicks out. Generico goes for the Olé Kick but Eddie drills him with a gamengiri! That’s new! Generico catches him off the ropes with a Michinoku Driver. 1…2…Eddie gets the shoulder up. King blocks the Olé Kick again and hits a tornado DDT of his own! 1…2…Generico BARELY gets the shoulder up. The both head to the top and King drops him with a second rope Ace Crusher! 1…2…Generico kicks out! Elbows from Kingston followed by a SICK Yakuza Kick…but Generico won’t go down! King hits another one but it just fires Generico up! Generico tries one and Eddie catches it, planting him with a capture suplex! CORNER YAKUZA FROM KINGSTON! That was nasty. He calls for one more but he turns around into one from Generico! Both men are down! They get to their feet and Kingston looks for the Backfist to the Future. Generico blocks with a boot but Eddie uses the momentum and drops him with a lariat! 1…2…Generico kicks out! SLIDING D! 1…2…NO! Generico kicks out again! King goes for a corner Yakuza but Generico counters with an exploder suplex into the turnbuckles! Olé Kick! HALF-AND-HALF SUPLEX! 1…2…NO! Eddie kicks out! Generico is in shock. He follows Kingston out to the apron. Another Olé Kick to Eddie! BRAINBUSTAAAAHHHH ON THE APRON! OH MY! Generico tries to drag him in but King is out. Generico slides in as the count gets closer to 20! The time ticks down…but Eddie slides in at 19! Generico is trying to drag King inside but he’s having a ton of trouble, as Eddie is dead weight at this point. He fights to his feet as the crowd gets behind him! Olé Kick…King blocks! BACKDROP DRIVER INTO THE TURNBUCKLES! Backdrop Driver in the center of the ring! Generico is back up! Backfist to the Future! AND ANOTHER! 1…2…3! Kingston is victorious in an absolute war. After the match, Eddie screams at Generico and, just like the match’s beginning when you thought Eddie would get mad when Generico slapped him only to laugh, Eddie stumbled toward him and hugged him, thanking him in a very low voice. Generico raised his hand in congratulations. Another season premiere, another match I’ll be accused of overrating I’m sure! I don’t care…I freakin’ LOVED this match! The story was perfect. In most of King’s “dream matches” last year, he would get worked over fairly early and have to work the match from a hole. This time, he used an array of new moves to keep this from happening with Generico. He made the mistake of relying on the Yakuza, something Generico knows all too well. Then, these two just threw bombs and sold like maniacs, Generico in his love-it-or-hate-it manner (I love it) and King as his emotional, crippled warrior. Chikara rarely does this, so it was extra sweet. Plus, we got Bryce calling the action and doing his best Gus Johnson impression. Or does Gus mimic Bryce? The crowd was a little dead at times, but after the two stinkers that preceded this I can’t harp too much. They got up for the big moments. I could seriously watch this match a million times and still enjoy it. Thus is the power of El Generico.
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8. Main Event 8-Man: The BDK (Claudio/Ares/Donst/Delirious) vs. QuackenSaw & The Colony – ***1/2
It’ll be tough to follow Generico/Kingston. Soldier Ant and Tim Donst start us off, with Donst tossing him and Claudio Castagnoli demanding to see “the guns” of Big Tim. That was great. The crowd chants for him to put his shirt on. Donst really has gained weight. Soldier does some pushups so Donst does some clapping pushups. He exhausts himself and loses the battles of strength. Now he’s too tired to get up, so Soldier hits a saluting headbutt. Soldier & Fire Ant double team him and then Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw take their turn. Donst rolls out and Claudio enters, uppercutting Quack. Claudio starts yelling in Quack’s ear. Wow, more Claudio hilarity! Quack drops him with some nice lucha stuff but Ares enters to take control. The entire Chikara team attacks Ares, with Fire Ant covering for two. Fire hits Stop, Drop & Roll, a Skayde roll-up for two and dekes Ares with a dive. Delirious enters and eats a huracanrana to the outside. Jig follows up with a huge dive as Claudio & Ares targets Quack. He takes them out and The Colony tries to double team Ares, but they eat a double clothesline. Crossbody from Jigsaw onto Ares but Donst fires back with an STO, dragging Jig to the Bruderschaft corner. Claudio hits a crazy military press snake eyes. 1…2…Jigsaw kicks out. Donst hits a deadlift gordbuster. 1…2…Jigsaw kicks out again. Donst hits the Donst Cap and Claudio drills him with an uppercut! Hangman’s German Suplex! 1…2…Jig gets the shoulder up. Jig blocks a splash and drops Donst with a German of his own! Tag to Fire Ant! He drills Delirious with Heat of the Moment and counters an Ares powerbomb into Burning Down the House! Yahtzee Kick to Ares! Backrolling satellite DDT to Delirious! 1…2…Delirious kicks out. The Colony hits Ants Go Marching! 1…2…Claudio breaks it up. Delirious drops Soldier with a hard lariat and Castagnoli kills him with the Bicycle Kick. 1…2…Soldier Ant kicks out. Claudio goes for a chokeslam , but Soldier Ant reverses it and locks on The Chikara Special! Ares breaks it up almost immediately though. Claudio locks on the Inverted Chikara Special in awesome fashion, but Fire Ant breaks it up. Claudio & Ares hit the King Swing (German Swing?) and Ares plants him with a Samoan Driver. 1…2…Quack breaks it up. He hits a springboard dropkick on Ares but gets caught during a crossbody and planted with the Acquisition Neckbreaker! 1…2…Quack kicks out. Ares looks for the Swanton Bomb but Quack meets him there and tosses him off the top with a butterfly suplex! 1…2…Ares kicks out. Jigsaw hits a double jump ace crusher and Quack hits a springboard Swanton! 1…2…Claudio breaks up the count. Quack tosses Claudio outside and holds up the ropes for The Colony, who hit stereo dives! Quack hits an Asai Moonsault onto Claudio, ending up in the front row! Jig looks to dive but Ares runs in and plants him with the Blue Thunder Bomb! 1…2…Jig kicks out. Jigsaw hits Ares with a superkick, Claudio obliterates Jig with Swiss Death, Quack hits the Shotei on Castagnoli and Delirious headbutts him in the gut, dragging Ares on top of Jigsaw for the cover. 1…2…Soldier Ant breaks the count. Donst hits him with the SDT, Fire Ant drills him with a brainbuster, Delirious hits Fire Ant with a chokebomb but Jigsaw KILLS him with a superkick! One for Ares as well! 1…2…Donst breaks it up. Donst hits the Gator Roll for two and argues with Bryce. We’re getting duel chants for Jigsaw and the BDK. Sigh. Superkick to Tim Donst! Top Rope Double Stomp! 1…2…3! Team Chikara gets the dubya in the main event. This was a super fun match, but it suffered from a frustrating crowd and a real lack of beginning, middle and end. However, EVERYONE looked strong here. Seriously, there was not one missed spot or botch that I can recall. Ares really shines in these big matches, and I think he’s been one of the most solid guys in the company going back to the last few months of Season 9. The Colony seems to have shaken the rust off from their long absences. Quack is…he’s Quack, one of the best. Jigsaw’s offense, outside of Double C, is the best and most exciting in Chikara. That last double stomp looked great, so I approve of it as a new finisher. Then there’s Claudio, who oozed personality here. That used to be a weak point for him, but he’ll probably end up turning that into a strength, too.
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Overall – 8.25 / 10

This was an improvement over last year’s season premiere, thanks in large part to the last two matches. Generico/Kingston dragged the show out of the cellar after two straight disappointing matches. In fact, those were the only real disappointments. Haze/Eagles was what I expected, DST/BDK was solid, Portal/F.I.S.T. & Roughnecks/Throwbacks were really fun and the main event eight-man tag was fast-paced, high-flying awesomeness. It’s a shame that Incoherence/Batiri & Bodhi/Mantis crushed the crowd like it did, but you can’t plan on injuries and the Bodhi stuff may have been necessary to get the character over. It went the over way with me, but I’m reading live fans who say he’s great. Time will tell. This is well-worth a purchase for all Chikara fans and most indy fans, too. I’ve already seen some who didn’t care for King/Generico as much, probably because they see this level of head-dropping, no-selling craziness in ROH, PWG, DG, etc. all the damn time. To me, that’s like living on chocolate. Still, if you can’t grasp the context of that match, there’s still plenty to love here.
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The All-Important M’s

Match: Kingston versus Generico. I think I’m giving this the highest grade of anyone I’ve seen, but I have peculiar tastes in wrestling. I like freshness with strong selling and storytelling. I like seeing emotions like frustration, anguish and desperation in the squared circle, rather than merely false bravado coupled with screaming. I like huge spots and no-selling as a rarity to be enjoyed as such, rather than the baseline that a company operates, thereby saturating an entire card with overkill, rendering it meaningless. I like fat, angry New Yorkers and impossibly-flexible Tijuanan luchadors. I likes what I likes.
Move: Oh come now. That Brainbustaaahhh on the apron was absolutely nuts. Kingston proved once again that he is not only completely nuts but possesses the selling skills of a true wrestling artist. He kept his left arm dangling lifelessly in front of him from match end to exit. The guy is phenomenal. Kudos to Generico as well…for not killing Eddie.
Moment: Claudio’s comments about Donst’s “guns” and his screaming in Quack’s ear had me rolling, but how could I vote against the dance contest from the opener? We got Icarus two stepping, Amasis riling up the crowd, Bryce showing some fancy footwork, and The Portal’s first group pose. It also got F.I.S.T. mega heat when they ended it all.
MVP: Part of me wants to give it to Generico & Kingston, but someone else helped made that match special. That same guy showed he wasn’t afraid of dancing to Lady Gaga, shoved Chucky T to the mat, slapped Jakob on the shoulder causing him to scream in pain, officiated the manic main event beautifully and did a million other little things throughout this fantastic show. He’s a big reason Chikara’s so amazing. It’s Bryce, fool.
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Please leave any comments or questions you might have and I’ll do my best to respond with as many hypnotic Japanese lullabies as I can conjure. I’d like to do a contest or something cool like that, but I’m not sure how much interest there’d be. Let your voice be heard! Also, let me know if there’s anything you’d like to see in the column, like fantasy booking, treasure hunts, wish-lists, secret handshakes, etc.

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