CHIKARA Top Banana (Season 15 Finale) Results

[Big Red Machine]

Chikara Top Banana results 12/6: Shocker in biggest show of the year
By Wrestling Observer Staff | @WONF4W | Dec 6, 2015 9:09 pm

By Michael Langan

1. The Snake Pit (Argus, Ophidian, & Shynron) beat Battleborn ("Juke Joint" Lucas Calhon, Missile Assault Man, & Snowflake) in 11 min when Argus p Snowflake with a leg in forward scoop slam. This was Argus' first real win in Chikara, They did a story beat where Snowflake reverted back to Kevin Condron to tell Argus that he knows him and that he shouldn't hurt him. Argus hit Snowflake anyway for the win.

2. Frightmare beat Silver Ant with a body scissors into a victory roll from an ankelock attempt by Silver in 10 min. This was really good.

Ring Announcer Gavin Loudspeaker (who was back for the finale) introduced Vladimir Rabinsky, basically passing the torch to him as the new Chikara Ring Announcer going forward.

3. The Batiri (Kobald, Kodama, & Obaryion) with a wheelchair bound Ultra Mantis Black beat The Gentlemen's Club (Orange Cassidy, Drew Gulak, & Chuck Taylor) with Swamp Monster in 9 min when Kobald p Cassidy with a spear. This was an insanely perfect mix of high paced action and comedy. There wasn't a down beat in the whole 9 minutes. Great effort.

Gavin Loudspeaker introduced Chikara's Director of Fun, Mike Quackenbush. Quack mentions the 2015 Chikara Yearbook and the lights in the arena go out. When they return up, Archibald Peck appears standing in the ring. He sees Quack and the yearbook then shoves Quack to take it. Peck reads through the yearbook and appears to find out his demise last season at the hands of Deucalion. Peck freaked out and left through the crowd yelling at people not to touch him. This was a pay off of a storyline nearly 5 years old where Peck was sent into the future and returned with the Chikara 2015 Yearbook. The crowd went crazy for this.

4. Juan Franscisco de Coronado won the 2015 Chikara Cibernetico in 41 minutes. Rules worked exactly like a normal lucha Cibernetico were once one team was eliminated, the remaining members of the winning team would fight each other. Teams were:

Rudos: Juan Franscisco de Coronado, Mr. Azerbaijan, Prakash Sabar, The Proletariat Boar of Moldova, Wani, Pinkie Sanchez, Jakob Hammermeier, & "Mr. Touchdown" Mark Angelosetti

Technicos: Dasher Hatfield, Chikara Tag Champions: NRG (Race Jaxon & Hype Rockwell), Young Lion's Cup Champion: Heidi Lovelace, Amasis, Worker Ant, Oleg The Usurper, & Farmer Frog

Eliminations:

(1) Dasher Hatfield pinned Mr Azerbaijan in about 1 minute with a small package.

(2) Hype Rockwell pinned Prakash Sabar in 21 minutes with the Hype Wheel (spinning uranage across the knee)

(3) Pinkie Sanchez pinned Hype Rockwell with a modified DDT in 22 minutes.

(4) Pinkie Sanchez pinned Amasis in 23 minutes with a missile dropkick.

(5) Jakob Hammermeier pinned Worker Ant in 25 minutes with a Worldstar! punch.

(6) Jakob Hammermeier pinned Farmer Frog in 26 minutes after a powerbomb out of the corner thanks to a Pinkie Sanchez distraction.

(7) Heidi Lovelace pinned Jakob Hammermeier in 27 minutes with a waistlock roll-up.

(8) Dasher Hatfield pinned The Proletariat Boar of Moldova in 29 minutes with a Jackhammer.

(9) Wani pinned Race Jaxon in 30ish minutes with a palm strike.

(10) Oleg the Usurper pinned Wani in 31 minutes with Off with his head.

(11) "Mr. Touchdown" Mark Angelosetti pinned Oleg the Usuper in 34 minutes after a superplex then a spear.

(12) Juan Francisco de Coronado pinned Heidi Lovelace in 36 minutes after a sitout powerbomb.

(13) Dasher Hatfield pinned Pinkie Sanchez after a jackhammer in 38 minutes.

(14) Dasher Hatfield was counted out in 40+ minutes after being knocked off the ring apron by Angelosetti accidentally. Juan ran them into each other as the count was near 20. Angelosetti tried to go after Dasher, but was pulled back into the ring by his foot by Juan.

(15) Juan Francisco de Coronado pinned Mark Angelosetti with a delayed German suplex in 41 minutes to win the Cibernetico.

5. Fire Ant with Silver Ant and Soldier Ant with Jakob Hammermeier went to a No Contest in 20 minutes. Another big payoff to a Chikara story here as Soldier went AWOL and then came back during the return brainwashed by the Flood. Soldier has been under the spell of the Eye of Tyr and Jakob Hammermeier's BDK since the dissolution of the Flood at the end of last season. Soldier (who is scarred, missing an antenna) ripped off one of Fire's antenna's during the match. Soldier's trance was finally broken when Jakob got into a fight with referee Derek Sabato (who used to be a BDK member) and went to hit him with his WORLDSTAR! punch, but accidentally hit Soldier. Solider saluted Fire Ant. He then saluted Silver Ant. Worker Ant came out and the crowd chanted "Please Be Friends!". They saluted each other. Worker returned Soldier's King of Trios medal the Colony won in 2011. Everyone embraced. People cried. This was a crazy moment only found in Chikara. So insanely good and special. I've never seen a crowd so happy to get a non-finish before.

6. Crown & Court (Princess Kimber Lee (c), Jervis Cottonbelly, & Los Ice Creams (El Hijo del Ice Cream & Ice Cream, Jr.) beat The Wrecking Crew (Jaka & The Devastation Corporation (Max Smashmaster (c), Blaster McMassive, & Flex Rumblecrunch) to win the season long Challenge of the Immortals tournament in 19 minutes when Kimber Lee pinned McMassive after a powerbomb out of the corner into an Alligator Clutch. Crowd lost it when Crown & Court won it. They were, pardon the term, the Cinderella team of the tournament and really only ended up in the finals thanks to the angle with Dasher & Mr. Touchdown forcing Dasher to vacate his team's points in the tournament. Each member of Crown & Court was presented with a Golden Opportunity, which in Chikara can usually mean anything but in this case was the form of 3 Golden Point Tokens needed to challenge for any Chikara championship.

7. Hallowicked beat Icarus and Eddie Kingston in a Triple Threat Match in 24 minutes to retain the Chikara Grand Championship for a 6th time. Wicked p Kingston after a crossed leg DDT. This was the first time a Chikara championship was defended in a 3 way and also featured all 3 Chikara Grand Champions from the company's history. Match was very good.

As referees checked on Hallowicked, Princess Kimber Lee's music hit. The crowd went crazy. Golden opportunities apparently can be used at any time and cannot be lost (in Chikara, you need 3 points to challenge for titles which means 3 wins in a row without a loss outside of special competition).

8. Princess Kimber Lee beat Hallowicked by submission in 5 minutes to become the 4th Chikara Grand Champion with the Chikara Special. This was a crazy moment. The crowd lost it.

Chikara goes out of its way to present Kimber Lee, Heidi, and any other female that comes through the company as just wrestlers. In the year plus that Kimber Lee has been on shows, my wife and I have personally seen a huge increase in young little girls coming to the shows. They leave with smiles and the general execution of her rise has been so perfectly handled that a crowd at the old ECW arena (which tends to be the most adult crowd at Chikara shows) behaved like 5 years at the finish.

[Big Red Machine]

The more I think about the Kimber Lee thing, the less I like it. She's a babyface. She shouldn't cash in MITB style when the opponent isn't fresh. It also makes Hallowicked's title reign pointless. I figured his title reign would be this big thing leading into the Nazmaldun story.

[cero2k]

It also makes Hallowicked's title reign pointless. I figured his title reign would be this big thing leading into the Nazmaldun story.

i personally felt the whole title scene was super shadowed by the challenge of the immortals tournament all season long, even the tag titles are in the hands of the NRG and have no idea who they are

[Big Red Machine]

It also makes Hallowicked's title reign pointless. I figured his title reign would be this big thing leading into the Nazmaldun story.

i personally felt the whole title scene was super shadowed by the challenge of the immortals tournament all season long, even the tag titles are in the hands of the NRG and have no idea who they are

Also, Heidi NEVER ONCE defended the YLC. Even guys like Tadasuke got one or two defenses in in CHIKARA and a bunch of defenses in other promotions. Heidi was working for CHIKARA all year and never got a single defense in because Challenge of the Immortals matches took up all of her time.

[cero2k]

she had two, one against Argus and one at KOT, not sure against who

[Big Red Machine]

she had two, one against Argus and one at KOT, not sure against who

I saw on a CHIKARA-dedicated forum that she hadn't defended the YLC at all.

[cero2k]

she had two, one against Argus and one at KOT, not sure against who

I saw on a CHIKARA-dedicated forum that she hadn't defended the YLC at all.

checking Cagematch right now

06.09.2015 CHIKARA CHIKARA Young Lions Cup Title: Heidi Lovelace (c) defeats The Proletariat Boar Of Moldova (8:00)
CHIKARA King Of Trios 2015 - Tag 3 @ The Palmer Center in Easton, Pennsylvania, USA

14.06.2015 CHIKARA CHIKARA Young Lions Cup Title: Heidi Lovelace (c) defeats Argus (6:00)
CHIKARA Shock And Aww @ Bethel Park Community Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

06.12.2014 CHIKARAWrestling Is Fun! CHIKARA Young Lions Cup Title Young Lions Cup XI Final Match (vakant): Heidi Lovelace defeats Missile Assault Ant - TITLE CHANGE !!!
CHIKARA/WIF! Tomorrow Never Dies - Pre-Show-A-Go-Go @ 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

that's pretty much the whole YLC history this year