History Fridge / Chikara

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVIQORVUHlU match]] between UltraMantis Black and Mr. Azerbaijan at ''For British Eyes Only'', April 3, 2015, featured a spot where Azerbaijan injured his butt and Mantis actually worked on it over the course of the match. On the surface, this may seem like a parody of WrestlingPsychology. However, since Mr. Azerbaijan was supposed to be the Wrestling/BillyGunn {{Expy}} of the [[Wrestling/{{DGenerationX}} D-Generation X]]-inspired Bloc Party, one of Gunn's {{Red Baron}}s was "Mr. Ass" and people called Azerbaijan "Mr. Az"...

* In hindsight, Wrestling/{{Hallowicked}} and Wrestling/{{Frightmare}}'s [[FaceHeelTurn Tecnico-Rudo turns]] at the 2014 SeasonFinale ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' should have been seen coming a mile away. The fact that Wicked, who has been in CHIKARA since Day One, was ''not'' booked for a match on such a big event should have been a sign. Crossed with TheProducerThinksOfEverything: The cover art for the ''Aniversario: Never Compromise'' DVD had various CHIKARA wrestlers tied to crosses. Hallowicked was shown with a red and white design, as opposed to the orange and black or green and black masks he wore at the time, which should have been taken as a sign of things to come. Quack leaves the trail of crumbs, it's up to us to follow them.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVIQORVUHlU match]] between Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}} and Mr. Azerbaijan at ''For British Eyes Only'', April 3, 2015, featured a spot where Azerbaijan injured his butt and Mantis actually worked on it over the course of the match. On the surface, this may seem like a parody of WrestlingPsychology. However, since Mr. Azerbaijan was supposed to be the Wrestling/BillyGunn {{Expy}} of the [[Wrestling/{{DGenerationX}} D-Generation X]]-inspired Bloc Party, one of Gunn's {{Red Baron}}s was "Mr. Ass" and people called Azerbaijan "Mr. Az"...

* In hindsight, Wrestling/{{Hallowicked}} and Wrestling/{{Frightmare}}'s [[FaceHeelTurn Tecnico-Rudo turns]] at the 2014 SeasonFinale ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' should have been seen coming a mile away. The fact that Wicked, who has been in CHIKARA since Day One, was ''not'' booked for a match on such a big event should have been a sign. Crossed with TheProducerThinksOfEverything: The cover art for the ''Aniversario: Never Compromise'' DVD had various CHIKARA wrestlers tied to crosses. Hallowicked was shown with a red and white design, as opposed to the orange and black or green and black masks he wore at the time, which should have been taken as a sign of things to come. Quack leaves the trail of crumbs, it's up to us to follow them.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqOUbC_KIdA first]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7EL6vm2XsQ two]] BDK videos posted to Website/YouTube had their titles spelled out seemingly in JapaneseRanguage ([="urutoramantisu burakku"=] and "neo soraa tempura"), even though the mastermind of the BDK would later turn out to be Ares, who was Swiss. However, although the person speaking in the video was clearly Caucasian, the voice was so impossibly distorted that it was impossible to identify him from it.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqOUbC_KIdA first]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7EL6vm2XsQ two]] BDK videos posted to Website/YouTube had their titles spelled out seemingly in JapaneseRanguage ([="urutoramantisu burakku"=] and "neo soraa tempura"), even though the mastermind of the BDK would later turn out to be Ares, who was Swiss. However, although the person speaking in the video was clearly Caucasian, the voice was so impossibly distorted that it was impossible to identify him from it.





[[AC:FridgeLogic]]



* CHIKARA started the Whisper-blackmailing-Princess Kimberlee storyline during the "lost" Season 17, even though they knew Kim had her bags packed for ''Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}''. Why bother starting a big storyline with someone who is leaving, especially because there would have been no way to know if she would actually make it to ''Wrestling/{{WWERAW}}'' or ''Wrestling/WWESmackDown'' or not. Granted, it worked out for CHIKARA that she was released, but, if she ''had'' made it to one of the main shows, CHIKARA would have been left with a big storyline with nowhere to go with it.
** It was a subset of Whisper's "has dirt on everyone" gimmick and was specifically to write her off, as Season 17 was a transitional Season due to the amount of people who were leaving at the same time. If she didn't come back, well and good. If she did, it could always be brought up again. It was recently incorporated into the Crucible storyline, so it wasn't forgotten about.
* CHIKARA having a lot of its Season 20 events at UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} stadiums when its Grand Champion, wrestling baseball player Dasher Hatfield, is a ''{{Heel}}''. If you are having events at baseball stadiums, wouldn't you want your baseball player character to be a {{Face}}?
** Dasher was unmasked the month before the start of the baseball events. His son Boomer, who's pretty much inherited the same gimmick, is a {{Face}} and has had a pretty prominent spot on each of those events so far.
* Why take such a beloved character as Bryce Remsburg, make him Director of Fun, and have him be totally inept? What could that possibly accomplish?

** Dasher was unmasked the month before the start of the baseball events. His son Boomer, who's pretty much inherited the same gimmick, is a {{Face}} and has had a pretty prominent spot on each of those events so far.

* CHIKARA having a lot of its Season 20 events at UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} stadiums when its Grand Champion, wrestling baseball player Dasher Hatfield, is a ''{{Heel}}''. If you are having events at baseball stadiums, wouldn't you want your baseball player character to be a {{Face}}?

* FridgeBrilliance: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqOUbC_KIdA first]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7EL6vm2XsQ two]] BDK videos posted to Website/YouTube had their titles spelled out seemingly in JapaneseRanguage ([="urutoramantisu burakku"=] and "neo soraa tempura"), even though the mastermind of the BDK would later turn out to be Ares, who was Swiss. However, although the person speaking in the video was clearly Caucasian, the voice was so impossibly distorted that it was impossible to identify him from it.
* FridgeLogic: CHIKARA started the Whisper-blackmailing-Princess Kimberlee storyline during the "lost" Season 17, even though they knew Kim had her bags packed for ''Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}''. Why bother starting a big storyline with someone who is leaving, especially because there would have been no way to know if she would actually make it to ''Wrestling/{{WWERAW}}'' or ''Wrestling/WWESmackDown'' or not. Granted, it worked out for CHIKARA that she was released, but, if she ''had'' made it to one of the main shows, CHIKARA would have been left with a big storyline with nowhere to go with it.
** CHIKARA having a lot of its Season 20 events at UsefulNotes/{{Baseball}} stadiums when its Grand Champion, wrestling baseball player Dasher Hatfield, is a ''{{Heel}}''. If you are having events at baseball stadiums, wouldn't you want your baseball player character to be a {{Face}}?