CHIKARA Here Come the International Invaders: 1st Stage
CHIKARA Here Come the International Invaders: 1st Stage (8/17/2007)- Reading, PA
RAHIM ALI PROMO- okay. If I were going to nitpick, I would point out that they don’t speak Arabic in Iran, they speak Farsi.
RAHIM ALI vs. SHANE STORM- 3/10
Dull. Sweeney is entertaining on commentary, though. He asks Chikarason â€"how are you doing?†Chikarason starts to say â€"I’m doing great†but Sweeney cuts him off in the middle and says â€"I don’t really care.
TIM DONST vs. ALEX â€"SUGARFOOT†PAYNE- 3.5/10
Sugarfoot looked intense here. If he had looked this good during his ROH matches, maybe he wouldn’t have gotten so many â€"worst in the world!†chants.
MOS-COW vs. U.S. APE- 2/10
In what has got to be my all-time favorite goofy finish to a wrestling match, U.S. Ape picks up the win while Mos-Cow is distracted by Moo-hamed, the terrorist cow. THAT’S F*CKING BRILLIANT!
JIGSAW vs. SHAYNE HAWKE- 3.5/10
Shayne Hawke wanted to make Jigsaw humble with the camel clutch. It didn’t work.
OLSEN TWINS & BRODIE LEE PROMO- decent
THE COLONY vs. BRODIE LEE & THE OLSEN TWINS- 4.75/10
CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI vs. AKIRA RAIJIN- 6/10
Sweeney distracts the ref while Hero jumps into the ring and hits Raijin with a chain… but Sabato sees it and DQ’s Claudio, which gets Claudio pissed.
PAC vs. RICOCHET- 6.25/10
A lot of flipping.
EDDIE KINGSTON PROMO- good stuff. Kingston REALLY wants a match with Hallowicked, and I can’t wait for when that happens. Kingston starts the match with his straps down. Maybe, in the middle of a comeback, he’ll pull them back up?
EDDIE KINGSTON vs. BRUTE ISSEI- 4.5/10
KINGS OF WRESTLING PROMO- decent
LINCE DORADO, EQUINOX, & LAS CHIVAS vs. THE KINGS OF WRESTLING (Chris Hero, Larry Sweeney, Mitch Ryder, & Chuck Taylor)- 6.75/10
Probably would have been a 7/10 with a better crowd (or maybe even just a bigger one). The hot tag didn’t get the pop it should have gotten, considering how good the heat was.
F.I.S.T. PROMO- Icarus and Akuma start to argue, then Icarus tells Akuma that they need to be on the same page in order to win. Sounds like we have the perfect conditions for an upset.
2 OUT OF 3 FALLS MATCH FOR THE CHIKARA CAMPEONATOS DE PAREJAS: Gran Akuma & Icarus(c) vs. Los Ice Creams- 6.5/10
Good storytelling leading up to one great nearfall.
This is the worst CHIKARA show I have ever seen. The crowd was bad (and very small; couldn’t have been more than fifty people), the wrestling was extremely disappointing, and everything but the top two matches felt like complete and total filler. There is no gentle way to say this: This show sucked hard.
RAHIM ALI PROMO- okay. If I were going to nitpick, I would point out that they don’t speak Arabic in Iran, they speak Farsi.
RAHIM ALI vs. SHANE STORM- 3/10
Dull. Sweeney is entertaining on commentary, though. He asks Chikarason â€"how are you doing?†Chikarason starts to say â€"I’m doing great†but Sweeney cuts him off in the middle and says â€"I don’t really care.
TIM DONST vs. ALEX â€"SUGARFOOT†PAYNE- 3.5/10
Sugarfoot looked intense here. If he had looked this good during his ROH matches, maybe he wouldn’t have gotten so many â€"worst in the world!†chants.
MOS-COW vs. U.S. APE- 2/10
In what has got to be my all-time favorite goofy finish to a wrestling match, U.S. Ape picks up the win while Mos-Cow is distracted by Moo-hamed, the terrorist cow. THAT’S F*CKING BRILLIANT!
JIGSAW vs. SHAYNE HAWKE- 3.5/10
Shayne Hawke wanted to make Jigsaw humble with the camel clutch. It didn’t work.
OLSEN TWINS & BRODIE LEE PROMO- decent
THE COLONY vs. BRODIE LEE & THE OLSEN TWINS- 4.75/10
CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI vs. AKIRA RAIJIN- 6/10
Sweeney distracts the ref while Hero jumps into the ring and hits Raijin with a chain… but Sabato sees it and DQ’s Claudio, which gets Claudio pissed.
PAC vs. RICOCHET- 6.25/10
A lot of flipping.
EDDIE KINGSTON PROMO- good stuff. Kingston REALLY wants a match with Hallowicked, and I can’t wait for when that happens. Kingston starts the match with his straps down. Maybe, in the middle of a comeback, he’ll pull them back up?
EDDIE KINGSTON vs. BRUTE ISSEI- 4.5/10
KINGS OF WRESTLING PROMO- decent
LINCE DORADO, EQUINOX, & LAS CHIVAS vs. THE KINGS OF WRESTLING (Chris Hero, Larry Sweeney, Mitch Ryder, & Chuck Taylor)- 6.75/10
Probably would have been a 7/10 with a better crowd (or maybe even just a bigger one). The hot tag didn’t get the pop it should have gotten, considering how good the heat was.
F.I.S.T. PROMO- Icarus and Akuma start to argue, then Icarus tells Akuma that they need to be on the same page in order to win. Sounds like we have the perfect conditions for an upset.
2 OUT OF 3 FALLS MATCH FOR THE CHIKARA CAMPEONATOS DE PAREJAS: Gran Akuma & Icarus(c) vs. Los Ice Creams- 6.5/10
Good storytelling leading up to one great nearfall.
This is the worst CHIKARA show I have ever seen. The crowd was bad (and very small; couldn’t have been more than fifty people), the wrestling was extremely disappointing, and everything but the top two matches felt like complete and total filler. There is no gentle way to say this: This show sucked hard.