July 26, 2002
Welcome back CHIKARA fanatics to another episodic episode from the CHIKARA Event Center! I’m your host, CHIKARA Senior Offical
Bryce Remsburg!
As well you kids know, last week saw CHIKARA run its biggest show to date, the immensely vast and appetizingly huge,
Young Lions Cup Tournament over three crazy, hazy but certainly not lazy, summer nights at the New Alhambra in Philly; and WHAT a Tournament it was!
“The Beast from the East” Bam Bam Bigelow advanced all the way to the Finals to meet Calgary’s Bret “Hitman” Har…wait no, sorry *shuffles notes nervously*…ahem, lets try that again!
“Lightning” Mike Quackenbush emerged victorious as the first ever YLC Champion after seeing off the considerable challenges of
“The Funky Pharaoh” Amasis,
“The Winged Ring Warrior” Icarus,
“The Venomous & Vile Serpent from the Nile” Ophidian and in the Tournament Finals,
“The Angry Insect Evildoer” UltraMantis Black!
“Lightning” Mike wasn’t all smiles and sunshine though, despite his historic win. Along with his partner,
Jigsaw, the Young Lions Cup Champion has promised to stop
“The King of Diamonds” Eddie Kingston and the
"Snobby Swiss Aristocrat" Claudio Castagnoli from terrorizing the CHIKARA roster!
Quack and Jigsaw have signed to team up with
Dasher Hatfield and
Sugar Dunkerton of The Throwbacks against Kingston and Castagnoli at our next show to be held in Pittston, Pennsylvania this coming Friday night! “The King of Diamonds” and Double C will be partnered by Ophidian - sure to be seeking revenge on the new YLC Champion having lost to “The Master of a Thousand Holds” in the Young Lions Cup Semis - and that “Delicious Dairy Deviant” from Mexicali, Mexico,
Ice Cream, Jr. in an Atomico match of explosive proportions!
Probably the most chagrined man in all of CHIKARA right now though is Team F.I.S.T’s
Icarus. After gaining an impressive pinfall win over
Tim Donst in the Second Round of the Young Lions Cup Tournament, Icarus went down to a, ahem, *pulls shirt collar* somewhat dubious refereeing decision in the Quarter Finals against “Lightning” Mike Quackenbush…
Prior to the match, Icarus had been very vocal about how he was going to beat his former trainer. The Rudo will team with his partner
“The Kentucky Gentleman” Chuck Taylor in Pittston and attempt to vent his frustrations on
Fire Ant and
Soldier Ant of The Colony!
CHIKARA fans will be aware that the ICW/ICWA Tex-Arkana Television Champion
“Sweet & Sour” Larry Sweeney threw down the gauntlet, or at least a feather boa, to
Hallowicked and
Delirious during the Young Lions Cup Tournament, challenging Incoherence to a tag team duel in Pittston, along with his partner,
Daizee Haze!
There is absolutely no love lost between Sweeney and Wicked in this heated rivalry - “Sweet & Sour” is still raging over having his TV strap stolen by “The Nightmare Warrior”, but can the same be said of Hallowicked and Daizee Haze? The actions of both Wicked and Daizee in recent weeks tend to suggest that we might just have ourselves a budding romance blooming in CHIKARA!
With us being only a few weeks away from the 11th anniversary of “Macho Man” Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth’s SummerSlam ‘91 “Match Made in Heaven” wedding, can CHIKARA look forward to the sound of church bells in the near future?!
That’s all we have time for this week, fans! We’ll see you next Friday at The Staircase in Pittston, PA for our next show,
“On Spaghetti Legs”! I’ve been Bryce Remsburg and you most certainly haven’t. Peace out!