Chikara

Wrestling can change the world - and when we celebrate National Pro Wrestling Day this year, our goal is to show the positive power of professional wrestling! NPWD '17 will be host to the complete Young Lions Cup tournament, the oldest recurring tradition in CHIKARA history!

Don't even blink. Blink and you're missing Sonny Defarge & Cornelius Crummels attempt to escape the long arm of the law with their Campeonatos de Parejas as they defend against The Force! The unlikely duo Chuck Taylor & DUSTIN try to earn their third point at the expense of Travis Huckabee and Solo Darling. In singles action Jeremy Leary faces off against the master of Snake Style, Ophidian.

Max Smashmaster attempts to capture the ultimate prize as he takes on the CHIKARA Grand Champion UltraMantis Black! CHIKARA's hottest property Fire Ant tries to be the first to defeat the powerful piranha known as Merlok in singles competition! Also: an action-packed Relevos Atomicos that will make you cry out for mummy.

CHIKARA invades Orlando, Florida and los Camponatos de Parejas are on the line as the unlikely duo of Chuck Taylor™ & DUSTIN challenge Cornelius Crummles & Sonny Defarge. The Lowlander Grado makes his CHIKARA debut to face the Grand Champion UltraMantis Black in a non-title bout! A massive 10-person tag team collision determines who leaves the biggest weekend in wrestling with bragging rights!

Will "Bad Wolf" mean the end of the reign of UltraMantis Black? The Grand Champion defends against the Ecuadorian aristocrat, Juan Francisco de Coronado. At the special request of Zack Sabre, Jr., "The Master of a Thousand Holds" dons his robe once more for an unexpected encounter, that results in a scientific wrestling showdown!

You can pray to Santa for a Golden Opportunity...but instead you get The Infinite Gauntlet! Two competitors start, a new one enters every 88 seconds until all 33 enter. Elimination is by pinfall, submission, or tossing your opponent over the top rope. The last competitor standing walks away with a Golden Opportunity! There are no friends, only foes in The Infinite Gauntlet.

Join us as we commemorate 15 full years of CHIKARA, and kick off our 16th year in style - with a return to one of our very favorite haunts of old, the American Legion in Hellertown! A few familiar faces from our long and storied past return to grace the ring once more for this very special card.

A loaded card featuring the debut of Michinoku Pro's Kenbai and two championship title bouts! ! In the main event, reigning Grand Champion Juan Francisco de Coronado faces a challenger unlike any other he's seen thus far - the dangerous and demonic Obariyon! Plus: the final encounter in the two-year-long rivalry between Frightmare and Silver Ant leads to an outcome no one could have predicted.

A one day, single elimination tournament featuring eight of the world's finest scientific wrestlers, all to honor our friend and a man of legendary stature, Johnny Kidd.

The Grand Championship is on the line, when Juan Francisco de Coronado defends against long-time rival, Missile Assault Man! They've split their past two encounters, but with The Whisper offering to help Missile Assault Man overcome the effects of his post-traumatic stress disorder, will it give him the clarity he needs to claim the biggest win of his entire career?

Frightmare's reign of terror has endured for more than 2 years at CHIKARA, but Fire Ant looks to put the "spectre of violence" down for the count in a Last Man Standing match! Solo Darling uses her Golden Opportunity to put The Rumblebees in line for a shot at Los Campeonatos de Parejas, but the dirtiest players in the game aren't likely to let go of their prized baubles without a fight!

Rory Gulak only needed seconds to make Juan Francisco de Coronado tap out at the Johnny Kidd Invitational, but at Chikarasaurus Rex, the Grand Championship is on the line. Can the Ecuadorian aristocrat evade the Dragon Sleeper and emerge with the Big Gold Belt still around his waist?

The biggest tournament in all of professional wrestling crosses the Atlantic Ocean to conquer England! In all, 16 teams from around the globe converge on Wolverhampton, but by the end of Night One, only 8 will survive, and advance into the Quarter Final round.

The King of Trios tournament continues with the quarter-final matches! The Rey de Voladores mini-tournament begins, and we discover the new shape of The Whisper, as he makes good on his threat to "wear the snake's skin." Plus, two masters of the mat finish what they began last year in Manchester - Johnny Kidd and Mike Quackenbush lock up for the very last time.

9 tag teams battle for points in the annual Tag Team Gauntlet, but the 10th team, Los Ice Creams, is looking to fend off future challengers! Kobald requests the chance to face Fire Ant, but bites off more than he can chew! Jody Fleisch and Ophidian battle to determine who will leave Wolverhampton as Rey de Voladores!

It's Ecuador vs. Touchdown City as the CHIKARA Grand Champion Juan Francisco de Coronado defends his title against "Mr. Touchdown" Mark Angelosetti. Ashley Vox is looking to exact revenge as she battles Merlok in a grudge match and trios action sees Team Bike Cops take on The Furies. Plus: Gen-1 Original Hallowicked locks up with Rory Gulak for the very first time!

Dasher Hatfield battles Moose in his CHIKARA debut. Oleg The Usurper and his #1 fan Kolbald take on the "regenerated" Osirian Portal. In a hard-hitting slugfest Missile Assault Man goes to war with Merlok! The literal dirtiest players in the game Cornelius Crummels & Sonny Defarge match wits with The Carnies in a first-time encounter.

Fire Ant challenges Juan Francisco de Coronado for the CHIKARA Grand Championship! The Proletariat Boar of Moldova attempts to earn his third point at the expense of Mr. Touchdown! Solo Darling faces the tallest task of her CHIKARA career as she squares off against the "Nightmare Warrior," Hallowicked. Los Campeones de Parejas Los Ice Creams battle Dez Peloton in a special, non-title encore bout.

Our return to the Pine Tree State sees two top tag teams collide, as the acrobatic Xyberhawx2000 look to soar over all the dirty tricks of the so-called "legitimate businessmen" Cornelius Crummels and Sonny Defarge! The Maine State Posse makes their CHIKARA debut, and rematched from Chicago are Rory Gulak and Icarus, determined to discover who is the superior grappler!

Mike Quackenbush steps back into the ring to finish a rivalry that dates back years! Complicating matters is the addition of an "enforcement official," that being Sidney Bakabella. Dasher Hatfield joins forces with The Rumblebees to take on the treacherous trio of Juan Francisco de Coronado with Crummels and Defarge. Plus, the Young Lions Cup is defended for the final time in Season 18!

"Limitless" Keith Lee makes his CHIKARA debut, and he's the only obstacle between Dasher Hatfield and a shot at the Grand Championship! The new Osirian Portal are confronted by a specter of CHIKARA's past, one that The Whisper helped unearth. Plus: in the biggest bout of his entire career, the Proletariat Boar of Moldova cashes in his 3 points for a title bid against Juan Francisco de Coronado!

Ghosts from CHIKARA's storied past return from dark corners to haunt anew at our epic finale event! Dasher Hatfield's ascension can only be complete by capturing the Grand Championship, and defeating long-time foe Juan Francisco de Coronado. After losing everything, Ashley Vox at last embraces the darkness within her, but after undertaking such a journey, what comes out the other side?