Chikara High Noon
High Noon | |||
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Promotion | Chikara | ||
Date | November 13, 2011 | ||
City | Philadelphia,Pennsylvania | ||
Venue | Asylum Arena | ||
Attendance | 864[1] | ||
Tagline(s) | On November 13th Someone Has a Date with Destiny! | ||
Pay-per-view chronology | |||
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High Noonwas aprofessional wrestlinginternetpay-per-view(iPPV) event produced by theChikarapromotion,that took place on November 13, 2011, at theAsylum ArenainPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania. The event marked Chikara's first ever live pay-per-view and it was headlined by the finals of a tournament to determine the first everChikara Grand Champion.[2][3][4]The event aired on GoFightLive, with a pre-show airing live onUstream.[2]The event broke Chikara's attendance record, drawing 864 fans into the Asylum Arena, and drew more than 1,000 buys online, beatingRing of Honor's previous iPPV,Death Before Dishonor IX,which drew 972 buys.[1][5]The event was released on DVD by Smart Mark Video on November 25, 2011.[6]
Background
[edit]High Noon featured sevenprofessional wrestling matchesinvolving different wrestlers from pre-existingscriptedfeuds,plots,andstorylinesthat were played out onChikara's monthlyhouse showsand on blog entries written on the promotion's official website. Wrestlers will portrayvillains(rudosin Chikara) orheroes(tecnicosin Chikara) as they follow a series of events that build tension, and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Chikara followslucha libretraditions and is known for its colorful characters andgimmicksand family-friendly content.[7][8]
On February 3, 2011, Chikara's newDirector of FunWink Vavasseur announced that the promotion would be determining their first ever singles champion, nine years after the promotion was founded in 2002.[9]The twelve participants in the championship tournament were determined by a voting process, with each member of the Chikara roster being allowed to cast one vote for any other member of the roster.[9]On April 21 the twelve participants were announced asAmasis,Brodie Lee,Claudio Castagnoli,Eddie Kingston,Fire Ant,Hallowicked,Icarus,Jigsaw,Mike Quackenbush,Sara Del Rey,UltraMantis BlackandVin Gerard.[10]The participants were then divided into two blocks for around-robin tournamentwith the winners of each block facing each other in the finals.[10]The tournament, named the12 Large: Summit,afterChikara Wrestle FactorygraduateLarry Sweeney,who died by suicide on April 11, ran from May 21 to October 30.[11]Chikara founder andbookerMike Quackenbush won Block A with four wins and one loss, securing the top spot on October 7, with a win over Sara Del Rey.[12]Chikara Wrestle Factory graduate Eddie Kingston won block B, also with four wins and a loss, securing the top spot on October 8, when Jigsaw defeated UltraMantis Black, the only man who could have tied his score.[12]This set up a final match between the twotecnicosand longtime members of the Chikara roster.[2]On October 28 it was announced that Kingston's idol and the man whom he had inducted into theHardcore Hall of Famein July 2010,Tommy Dreamer,would accompany him to his title match.[13]On October 30, the previously undefeated Kingston was defeated in the final round-robin match of the tournament by Vin Gerard via submission. After the match Gerard hit Kingston in the knee with a steel chair, putting his spot in the finals into question.[12]Following the event, Gerard was, in storyline, fired from Chikara and his profile removed from the promotion's official website.
The longest-running storyline in Chikara involves UltraMantis Black and the Eye of Tyr, which started in May 2007. The first part of the storyline involved the allegedly unbreakable wrestling hold, theChikara Special,invented by Mike Quackenbush, and his longtime rival,Chris Hero,who surprisingly managed to finally break the hold in November 2007.[14]It was later revealed that Hero had received the counter to the move from UltraMantis Black, who in turn had gotten it from Quackenbush's allyShane Stormin exchange for a win to end his losing streak.[14]UltraMantis agreed to teach the counter to Hero in exchange for him going to work for Dr. Cube at theKaiju Big Battelpromotion.[14]In exchange for Hero's contract, Dr. Cube handed UltraMantis the Eye of Tyr, a mysteriousScandinavianartifact, which could be used to control people's minds.[14]UltraMantis ended up using the artifact in April 2009 to brainwashDeliriousinto joining his Order of the Neo-Solar Temple, abandoning UltraMantis' former Dark Breed partner, Hallowicked.[15]After months of threats from a mysterious man dressed in white, on November 22, 2009, a new toprudostable,Bruderschaft des Kreuzes(BDK), was formed, withAresand Claudio Castagnoli as its leaders. Ares claimed that the Eye of Tyr had been stolen from his family and managed to regain it with help fromTim Donst,who had infiltrated the Order of the Neo-Solar Temple.[16]On February 28, 2010, Ares used the Eye of Tyr to recruit Delirious into BDK, crushing UltraMantis' dreams of winning theChikara Campeonatos de Parejasand theKing of Triosin the process.[17]
BDK dominated early 2010, which eventually led to UltraMantis acknowledging his past mistakes, accepting responsibility for the formation of the BDK and turningtecnico,reuniting with Hallowicked and his new protégéFrightmareas the Spectral Envoy of the Final Judgment.[18]Ares and UltraMantis had two big grudge matches on May 22 and November 21, 2010, with Ares picking up wins in both, the first with help from Delirious and the second with help from BDK stablemate Tursas.[12]As atecnico,UltraMantis was determined to right all his past wrongs and saw curing Delirious as his final challenge, however, in order to accomplish this goal, he needed the Eye of Tyr back.[19]After ending his side rivalry withSinn Bodhi,who was also after the Eye of Tyr, UltraMantis began attacking members of BDK, demanding a match with Ares. After Ares refused a match at High Noon, UltraMantis offered to put his mask on the line against the Eye of Tyr.[20]On October 20, it was announced that the challenge had been accepted and that at High Noon, UltraMantis Black and Hallowicked would face the BDK team of Ares and Tim Donst in aNo Disqualification match,where UltraMantis and Hallowicked wage their masks, Ares the Eye of Tyr and Donst his hair.[2][21]Problems between Hallowicked and Donst date back to February 2011, when Donst was taking part in a series of matches, which he intended to use to prove that he was the greatestChikara Young Lions Cup Championin history. Having already defeated former champions Hallowicked andJimmy Olsen,Donst's series ended in a humiliation, when he was defeated byMax Boyerin a Chikara record time of four seconds, following a pre-match attack from Hallowicked.[22]After being pinned by Hallowicked in a six-man tag team main event on March 12, Donst retaliated on June 25, attacking Frightmare with a steel chair, sidelining him from in-ring competition.[12][23]The day prior to High Noon, Hallowicked and Donst captained opposing eight-man teams in the eighth annualtorneo ciberneticoinEaston, Pennsylvania.[24]The match was eventually won by Team Hallowicked's Sara Del Rey, who pinned Donst for the win.[12]
On August 29, 2010,The Colony's rookie member Green Ant broke his arm during a match withKeita Yanoand upon his return in February 2011, Chikara started a storyline similar to that used byWorld Wrestling FederationwithLex Lugerin 1993, where it was claimed that Green Ant had a metal plate inserted into his arm, which caused more damage, when used to strike an opponent.[25][26]On April 16, during a fan conclave, Chikara held a contest to see if anyone could be able tobodyslamthe 375 lb (170 kg) BDK member Tursas. Green Ant entered the contest, once again copying a storyline the WWF had used with Lex Luger andYokozunain 1993, but before he could complete the bodyslam, he was tripped by BDK member Jakob Hammermeier.[27]The following day, during the second round of the2011 King of Triostournament, Green Ant successfully bodyslammed Tursas, before submitting Hammermeier with Luger's trademark finisher, theTorture Rack,for the win.[12][28]In July Green Ant started a "Flex Express" bus tour, featured on Chikara's video podcasts, in preparation for his singles match with Tursas, again imitating a similar tour Luger had done in 1993. One of the episodes even featured a cameo from Luger himself.[29]The match took place on July 30 and saw Tursas defeat Green Ant following interference from Jakob Hammermeier.[30]On October 13, Green Ant challenged Tursas to a rematch at High Noon, which he accepted five days later.[2][31]In preparation for the match, Mike Quackenbush agreed to teach Green Ant a new hold to help him in his upcoming battle.[32]
While also wrestling in the12 Large: Summit,Icarus started a rivalry withGregory Iron,who defeated him in back-to-back matches on June 25 and September 18, leading Icarus to publicly accuse Iron of faking hiscerebral palsyto gain sympathy from the audience.[33][34][35]The fourth, and what is billed as the final confrontation between the two, will take place at High Noon.[2]The12 Large: Summitalso ignited problems within BDK, culminating on July 31, when BDK member Sara Del Rey defeated stablemate Claudio Castagnoli, which led to him dismissing both Del Rey andDaizee Hazefrom the group, before leaving Chikara himself, having been eliminated from contention in the tournament.[36]Del Rey spent the next months feuding with her former stablemates, including defeating Ares via submission and Tursas via disqualification in singles matches, before challenging Jakob Hammermeier to a match at High Noon.[12]The match was made official on November 4.[2]On November 2, a match between The Colony (Fire Ant and Soldier Ant) andThe Young Bucks(Matt and Nick Jackson) was made official for High Noon.[2]In Chikara, tag teams compete for points; a win earns a team one point, while a loss takes them all away. In order to challenge for the promotion's tag team championship, the Campeonatos de Parejas, a team needs three points.[8]The Young Bucks earned two points by defeatingThe Batiri(Kodama and Obariyon) on August 27 and BDK (Tim Donst and Tursas) on September 18, while The Colony earned their two points by defeating Momo no Seishun Tag (Atsushi KotogeandDaisuke Harada) on October 8 and by scoring the deciding pinfall over the Roughnecks (Brodie Lee and Grizzly Redwood) in afour-way elimination tag team matchon October 30, setting up the match at High Noon to determine the next challenger for the Campeones de Parejas,Chuck TaylorandJohnny Garganoof F.I.S.T.[12]On the day of High Noon, the champions themselves were working forDragon Gate USAinManhattan, New York.[37]
After months of hype,Archibald Peckmade his Chikara debut on March 12, 2011, and quickly went on a win streak, earning victories, often through cheating, over the likes ofColt Cabana,Frightmare, Sugar Dunkerton andDasher Hatfield.[38][39][40][41]On October 7, Peck and hisvalet,Veronica, introduced their new mascot Colt Cabunny, a man in a bunny costume dressed in a Colt Cabana singlet.[42]The character had been previously seen in Chikara in early 2006, when it was portrayed byWilliam Posada,better known as Joker.[43]On October 20, a rematch between Peck and Cabana, who is not a regular member of the Chikara roster, was made official for High Noon, with Cabana claiming that Peck was mistreating Cabunny.[2][44]
On May 11, 2011, it was announced that Amasis, a member of longtime Chikara groupThe Osirian Portal,had suffered "severe injuries in a non-wrestling accident" that would sideline him indefinitely, forcing him out of the12 Large: Summit.[45]On June 23 it was announced that Amasis had been forced to retire from professional wrestling due to his injuries.[46]Chikara's Director of Fun Wink Vavasseur, who had broughtHieraconto Osirian Portal and had backed him as Amasis' replacement in the12 Large: Summit,was dismayed when fans instead votedOphidianto take his place in the tournament, and announced that with Amasis gone and the fans turning on Hieracon, he was disbanding The Osirian Portal.[47][48]It was later announced that Amasis would return at High Noon to speak about his injury and reveal the future of the team.[2]
Event
[edit]Role: | Name: |
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Commentators | Bryce Remsburg |
Gavin Loudspeaker | |
Leonard F. Chikarason | |
Dr. Keith Lipinski(Pre-show) | |
Steven Weiner(Pre-show) | |
Ring announcers | Gavin Loudspeaker |
Jakob Hammermeier | |
Referees | Bryce Remsburg |
Derek Sabato | |
Jonathan Barber | |
Nick Papagiorgio |
Pre-show
[edit]45 minutes before the start of the pay-per-view, Chikara presented a special "Pre-Show-A-Go-Go", which aired live onUstream.Hosted by Dr. Keith Lipinski and Steve "The Turtle" Weiner, the show featured video packages hyping matches for the iPPV, interviews with Gregory Iron, Tim Donst, Jakob Hammermeier and Green Ant as well as the first match of the evening, betweenEl Genericoand Jigsaw. In the finish of the match, El Generico performed anexploder suplexinto the turnbuckles on Jigsaw, before setting up for anOlé Kick.Jigsaw, however, managed to stop his attempt with asuperkickand followed up with adiving double foot stompfor the win.[12]
Preliminary matches
[edit]The first match on the iPPV itself was atag team matchbetween Fire Ant and Soldier Ant of The Colony and Matt and Nick Jackson of The Young Bucks, who were accompanied to the ring by one of their trainers,Marty Jannetty,who made his Chikara debut. Towards the end of the match, The Young Bucks performeddouble superkickson both members of The Colony and then went for their finishing maneuverMore Bang for Your Buck,which Soldier Ant managed to block with his knees, beforerolling upMatt for the win. With the win, The Colony earned the right to challenge for the Campeonatos de Parejas.[12][49]
The second match on the iPPV saw Sara Del Rey facing former BDK stablemate, ring announcer Jakob Hammermeier, who performed his own ring announcement prior to the start of the match. Following a short, one-sided match, Del Rey pinned Hammermeier with theRoyal Butterflyfor the win.[12][49]
After a video package, which hyped the upcoming debut of "Mr. Touchdown",The Osirian Portal of Amasis and Ophidian made their way to the ring for Amasis' announcement regarding his future in professional wrestling. Amasis' announcement was that he could not wrestle again as his doctor had told him that by wrestling he would risk having to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. After recapping the history of The Osirian Portal and claiming that they were the best tag team in the world, Amasis called for the team's signature dance routine. However, Ophidian surprised Amasis with amistand then attacked him. After unmasking his former partner, the nowrudoOphidian was led out of the ring by Chikara officials.[49]
The final match before intermission was a grudge match between Green Ant and Tursas, who was accompanied to the ring by the referee of the match, BDK member Derek Sabato. Towards the end of the match, Tursas hit Green Ant with acrossbodyand aKreuz Bomb,which resulted in anear-fall.After stopping his opponent on the top rope, Green AntsuperplexedTursas to the mat for a nearfall, before locking him in a new variation of theChikara Special,later namedChikara Special: Green,which gave him a submission win over theFinn.[12][49]
The first match after intermission saw Colt Cabana taking on Archibald Peck, who was accompanied to the ring by Veronica and Colt Cabunny. As a result of Peck's animal testing of a new medicine for male pattern baldness, some of Cabunny's hair had turned green.[50]At the end of the comedy match, Peck threw Cabunny in the ring and told him to attack Cabana, but he refused. Veronica then threw Peck's baton to the ring, which ended up in the hands of Cabunny. With the referee distracted, Cabunny considered his options and then hit Peck with the baton. This was followed by Cabana pinning Peck for the win. After the match Cabana and Cabunny shared a hug.[12][49]
The fifth match featured Icarus taking on Gregory Iron in the fourth match the two had against each other in 2011, with Iron leading the series 2-1. In the end, Icarus, who was throughout the match heckled with chants of "worst in the world" by the fans in attendance, hit Iron with a loaded fanny pack outside the ring as the referee of the match was busy taking a steel chair away from him. After returning to the ring, beating a countout, Iron was hit with theWings of Icarus,which was good for a near-fall. Iron then mounted a comeback and locked in aCrippled Crossface,which Icarus, however, managed to escape from. Iron then went for aGerman suplex,but Icarus blocked it by grabbing the referee and thenkicking Iron in the groin.Icarus followed this up with theBlu-Ray,which gave him a three count and the win in the match. After the match, Icarus was looking to continue his attack on Iron, but was stopped by his former tag team partnerGran Akuma,who had made his return to Chikara, after a 16-month absence, the previous night. Akuma then went for a kick on Icarus, but ended up hitting Iron instead as Icarus ducked out of the way. The segment ended with Akuma checking on Iron as Icarus fled the arena.[12][49]
Main event matches
[edit]The first main event of the evening featured BDK members Ares and Tim Donst taking on the Spectral Envoy's Hallowicked and UltraMantis Black in a No DisqualificationLucha de Apuestas.During the match Jakob Hammermeier ran out and attacked Hallowicked, but was quickly taken out by Spectral Envoy member Crossbones. Donst tried to take advantage of the weakened Hallowicked, but was stopped by UltraMantis, who gave him aPraying Mantis Bomb.Ares managed to break up the resulting pinfall attempt and hit UltraMantis with asitoutdouble underhook powerbomb,which gave him a near-fall. Ares then went to perform the same move again, this time on a steel chair, but was stopped by Hallowicked's big boot. As he was about to re-enter the ring, Donst came face to face with Hallowicked and, instead of continuing the match, decided to leave the ringside area, abandoning his stablemate to save his hair. This was followed by UltraMantis dropping Ares on a steel chair with aNorthern Lights Bomb,which resulted in a three count and a win for the Spectral Envoy. As a result, UltraMantis won back the Eye of Tyr. With the win, UltraMantis and Hallowicked also earned their third point and the right to challenge for the Campeonatos de Parejas.[12][49]
The seventh and final match of the iPPV saw Eddie Kingston taking on Chikara founder Mike Quackenbush in the finals of the12 Large: Summitto crown the first ever Chikara Grand Champion. Kingston was accompanied to the ring by Tommy Dreamer and Quackenbush by his tag team partner Jigsaw. The majority of the match saw Quackenbush targeting crowd favorite Kingston's injured knee. Towards the end of the match, the locker room emptied as current Chikara wrestlers like Hallowicked, UltraMantis Black, Frightmare, The Colony, Dasher Hatfield, Sugar Dunkerton, Sara Del Rey, Icarus, The Batiri, and more along with former Chikara wrestlers likeReckless Youth,Dragonfly, Mister Zero, Rorschach,Hydra,and others gathered around the ringside area. After surviving aQuackendriver III,Kingston locked Quackenbush in acloverleaf.Despite the fans in attendance chanting for Quackenbush to submit, he managed to reach the ropes to force Kingston to break the hold. After both men got back on their feet, Quackenbush hit Kingston with apalm strike.Kingston answered back with aclothesline,a series ofsuplexesand twoBackfists to the Future,after which he covered Quackenbush and scored the win to become the first ever Chikara Grand Champion.[12][49]
Following the match Oliver Whybrow, the brother of the deceased Alex Whybrow, better known as Larry Sweeney, and Amy, a close friend of Alex's, entered the ring to present Kingston with the Grand Championship belt. Kingston, who was trained at the Chikara Wrestle Factory with Whybrow and who had referred to him as his best friend,[51]appeared emotional as he received the belt, while the crowd chanted for Sweeney. Kingston then got on a microphone and proceeded to challenge wrestlers from WWE andTNA,includingJohn Cena,CM Punk,Triple HandA.J. Styles,before claiming that no one can touch Chikara. The iPPV ended with Kingston celebrating in the ring.[49]
Aftermath
[edit]The DVD release of the event included apost-credits scene,where UltraMantis Black fooled Sinn Bodhi into leaving Chikara by handing him a fake replica of the Eye of Tyr.[52]On November 16, it was announced that The Colony would be cashing in their points and challenging F.I.S.T. for the Campeonatos de Parejas on December 2 at the Asylum Arena in Philadelphia, during Chikara's special post-seasonJoshiManiaweekend.[53]In the end, F.I.S.T. managed to retain the title, defeating The Colony two falls to one in atwo out of three falls match.[54]
Reception
[edit]Pro Wrestling Torch's Sean Radican praised the event not only for its match quality, but also for the video packages, graphics and event commercials, noting that other promotions like Dragon Gate USA andRing of Honorhave not presented anything like them on their own iPPV's, claiming that they made the event feel "like a big show and not a series of matches played out in front of a live crowd".[49]Radican gave the main event the highest score, calling it "simply an incredible match with a big time atmosphere".[49]Pro Wrestling Insider's Mike Johnson called High Noon "a tremendously entertaining iPPV show".[55]411Mania's Kevin Ford gave the event an overall score of 8 out of 10, writing "this may be the most well-rounded Chikara show ever in terms of all the different styles it provided".[52]Reviewing the event for theWrestling Observer Newsletter,Joe Babinsack wrote that "Chikara's first iPPV promised that it would take it to the next level, and it delivered", claiming that with High Noon, "Chikara has put its name at the highest levels of the indy promotional scene".[56]
Results
[edit]No. | Results[12][49] | Stipulations | Times[12] | ||
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1P | JigsawdefeatedEl Generico | Singles match | 07:58 | ||
2 | The Colony(Fire Ant and Soldier Ant) defeatedThe Young Bucks(Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) (withMarty Jannetty) | Tag team match | 13:32 | ||
3 | Sara Del Reydefeated Jakob Hammermeier | Singles match | 05:21 | ||
4 | Green Antdefeated Tursas | Singles match | 12:27 | ||
5 | Colt CabanadefeatedArchibald Peck(with Colt Cabunny and Veronica) | Singles match | 11:34 | ||
6 | IcarusdefeatedGregory Iron | Singles match | 12:19 | ||
7 | The Spectral Envoy (HallowickedandUltraMantis Black) defeatedBruderschaft des Kreuzes(AresandTim Donst) | No Disqualificationtag teamLucha de Apuestas | 12:47 | ||
8 | Eddie Kingston(withTommy Dreamer) defeatedMike Quackenbush(with Jigsaw) | 12 Large: Summitfinals for theChikara Grand Championship | 17:52 | ||
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