CHIKARA 5/1/2020 Action Arcade #6

CHIKARA 5/1/2020 Action Arcade #6

Razerhawk does a promo. He says Dasher Hatfield pinned Dangerhawk 2 weeks ago and says he's at a loss for words. He says he can't do this and he hates interviews. He says everything he hates about these interviews is what he hates about Dasher. He says Dasher only cares about himself and not the young talent. He says his niece blinded him and says this match will be an asterisk when he pins the champ and wins the belt.

Cabana Man Dan vs Terry Zeller

Dan trips him and goes for a pin. Dan backslides him for 2. Dan goes up and over. Dan knees him in the face and russian legsweeps him for 2. Dan is rammed in to the corner. Dan rolls into an STO on him for 2. 

Dan lariats him down then leg lariats him.Dan drops him on his butt then double mule kicks him for 2. Dan is tripped into the bottom buckle and goes out. They each grab one of Dan's flip flops. Dan chops Terry with it then spanks him with it. Dan bottom rope sunset flips him and pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like it so much. Dan should have been DQ'd for using the flip flop. It wasn't real serious either.

Special Report: Cibernetico

Ophidian does a promo. He says he wants Devontez on his team as the anchor for the cibernetico. Mike Quackenbush says Devontez is a fine anchor and he is choosing Zero as his anchor. 

Boomer Hatfield does a promo. He says he wants to take his 38 cents and buy gum, but he says Sonny DeFarge needs it to buy soap or socks. He says Sonny mentioned his dad and he needs to step far away or they will have a real problem.

We get a fake ad for an ice cream bar.

Various wrestlers talk about who inspired them. 

We get a video on The Young Lions Cup. 

Young Lions Cup XVI First Round Four Way Elimination Match - Donna Rama vs. ZERO vs. Noah Striker vs. Oswald Project

They say Project is only 40 months old.

Rama dropkicks OP and spin kicks the others. Rama throws OP into Zero and Zero powerbombs OP. Rama then spears Noah. Rama pump kicks Zero. OP takes a backstabber then OP is curbstomped. OP gets german'd by Rama then takes a backdrop from her.

Rama backdrops Zero. Rama slips as he lifts Zero. Noah and Rama trade shots. Rama germans Noah. Noah step up enzugiri's Rama and the guys dogpile pin Rama. Rama is eliminated.

Noah boots OP and sends him out. Noah hits leg kicks and a low dropkick on Zero for 2. Noah and Zero trade shots. Zero goes to slam OP but Zero puts him down. Noah monkey flips Zero into an armbar. Zero sitout bombs him to break it up.

Zero takes his tie off and lariats Noah hard from behind. Zero suplexes Noah for 2. Noah boots Zero out of the corner. Noah drops Zero off the 2nd rope with a headbutt. Noah top rope splashes Zero for 2. 

Zero gutwrench tilt-a-whirl drops Noah for 2. Zero tags in OP, despite this not being a tag match. OP forward handspring splashes Noah and does a split-legged powerbomb on him. OP then cartwheel standing moonsaults Noah. Zero shining wizard's Noah and pins him.

OP goes to high five Zero. Zero michinoku drivers him on his chest. Zero then pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like this one. I couldn't buy Rama beating up all the guys. OP acts like he's special needs and it's a shame because he's actually quite athletic. Zero hit a nasty lariat from behind here.

The Scoreboard

Note - You need to have 3 points to get a title shot, so this is like a rankings update.

Cabana Man Dan has 1 point and joins Sonny DeFarge, Boomer Hatfield and The Spoiler. The Spoiler says he's on the board and talks about possible opponents. He writes them all off and makes raspberry sounds as he names them. 

Matt Makowski, Ophidian and The Whisper are also on the scoreboard. The Whisper says he keeps hearing people question him about how he could be with The Crucible. He says everything he does is with calculated precision. He says this is only the beginning. He says he learned that superiority sometimes gets the better of you.

Lucas Calhoun has 2 points and is on top of the scoreboard. He does a promo. He says he heard Travis Huckabee say he would get run over. He shows off his medal signifying his 2 points. He says he thinks the 3rd point will be the easiest to get. He says he has all the moment going forward and with one more point, it's Grand Championship time.

Ophidian does a promo. He says he's on a path to the Grand Championship and no one can stop him. He says failure won't be tolerated and doing so again will result in dire consequences. 

Crucible Rules Match - Tunku Amir vs. Bobby Perez

There's no ropes for this match. It's 2 minutes long and it's knockout, submission or ringout rules.

Amir dropkicks BP to start. BP hits bad shots and is taken down. Amir double stomps BP's back. Amir slams him and legdrops him. Amir backdrops him and throws him on a side slam. Amir spears him and bangs his face off the mat multiple the times. The ref calls it a knockout. Amir wins via knockout.

Thoughts: It wasn't good. Almost everything they did looked like play wrestling here.

Event Center

Green Ant does a video. He says he's not the first Green Ant to wrestle in Chikara. He says he pressed the right people and they thought he had enough drive and heart. He says his success in training didn't translate to the main roster. He says he never had a Grand Championship shot and lost in the opening round of The Young Lions Cup. He says if he can win The Young Lions Cup this year, he might not be the right ant for this job.

Sonny DeFarge does a promo. He asks what Boomer has done. 

Masked Enforcer #2 does a promo. He says we may not know who he is. He says they may think he's the guy who screams at The Spoiler and gets thrown out. He says he is the Masked Enforce #2. He says it's been a while since he's been in the ring. He says he doesn't like The Spoiler billing himself as The Spoiler. He says he won't steal someone else's good name. He says he doesn't like The Spoiler, but he learned to respect him. He says nothing gets him madder than disrespect. He says he's coming after The Spoiler. He says he will learn respect.

Dasher Hatfield does a video. He says wrestling for the people got him nowhere and he accomplished more wrestling for himself. We then see clips of his recent activity. 

Dasher Hatfield vs. Razerhawk

Dasher side headlocks him. Razer reverses it. Dasher blocks a springboard diving armdrag and stomps Razer. Razer armdrags him then flying headscissors him. Dasher facekicks him down. Razer then kips up. 

Razer hits chops and kicks. Razer flying headscissors him. Razer topes him outside. Razer dropkicks him in the knee. Dasher hits him on a 619 attempt. Dasher fisherman busters him for 2. Dasher back body drops Razer for 2.

Dasher full nelson's him. Razer hits back elbows. Dasher baseball slides him in the back of the head for 2. Dasher back body drops him for 2. Razer hits chops on him. Razer walks up the buckles and is swept up top. Razer takes a gori bomb into the buckles for 2. 

Razer flips out of a back body drop. Razer hurricanrana's him. Razer 619's him. Razer springboard crossbodies him. Razer top rope dropkicks him. Razer top rope diving ddt's him for 2. Razer sunset flips him for 2. Razer misses a top rope swanton. Dasher ddt's him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was the best match on here but that doesn't say that much. The action was fine here and they kept it moving. Razer did a decent job flying and Dasher acted as the base for him. That wasn't bad.

A masked wrestler covered in blood then talks. He says it's time to live his dream. He then shows off a newer costume.

Overall thoughts: This was terrible. Everyone on this show came off like they were special needs and everything they did this felt like an ironic callback to comics or 80's WWF. I'm sure everything here made sense to someone and I'm sure a lot of thought was put into it, but if you hadn't watched for years, you would not understand it...nor would you care to. 

And it's a shame. This was well produced. They had nice graphics and a nice set. All the Chess pieces were aligned neatly on the board...but it was a Scrabble board, not a Chess board. This was way too meta and no one on this has any business doing wrestling. I'd give this 2 out of 10. They totally missed the forest for its trees here. The main was the only thing that really resembled an acceptable match here.