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#Post#: 624--------------------------------------------------
Icarus will be in Easton on 7/20
DIR By: miamidolphins
Date: July 8, 2013, 8:36 pm
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Icarus posted this on 101:
"I've spent the past month reminiscing about CHIKARA and the arc
of my life these last 11 years. There is one memory that stands
out more than any other: the year CHIKARA ended.
The bureaucrats got the better of us. After a hard fought battle
with the Allentown Zoning Board, we were denied our right to run
events out of the Wrestle Factory because we lacked adequate
parking for the venue. So that was it. The Wrestle Factory moved
on and CHIKARA, barely even out of the gate, was put down.
In that down time, the family grew. We should have been
scattered, broken apart. But the fight with the zoning board
actually brought us together. We hit the road here and there but
in the end, we focused on bringing CHIKARA back. We came to
understand that when each of us is working tirelessly for the
same end goal, together, we can change the world. Even in those
dark days, we knew we were at the dawn of something special. So
we regrouped. We fought to bring our vision for wrestling to
life, we fought for our ideas, and eventually we won.
And now here we are 11 years later, shut down by a group of
bureaucrats. And I look at this forum and where are my brothers
in arms crying "fight!" like we did back in 2002? I see
whimpering posts that seem to be saying "I accept this fate." It
makes me sick, and heart-broken. It makes me angry. CHIKARA
isn't some shadowy corporate suits pulling the strings behind
the scenes. I am CHIKARA. You are CHIKARA. Are you forgetting
that?
I was given a family that quite honestly, I can't stand. So I
spent my adult life creating and molding a new one. A family
that I respect and love. You can shut the doors, liquidate the
assets, and slap a "for sale" sign on a company, but not a
family. Not my family.
On my calendar July 20th is marked "Easton, PA." That's where my
family was supposed to be that day. And I do not accept this
fate. If Easton is where CHIKARA was supposed to be, then that's
where I'll be. The Palmer Center. 7:00 pm.
I am CHIKARA. Are You?"
Hopefully this is just the beginning
#Post#: 625--------------------------------------------------
Re: Icarus will be in Easton on 7/20
DIR By: Babs
Date: July 8, 2013, 9:21 pm
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I was just coming over to post this. ;D I'm going to be there.
I think everyone who can go, should. If you can't, we'll fill
you in so you're not left out.
Everyone wanted something to happen - well, this is something.
#Post#: 626--------------------------------------------------
Re: Icarus will be in Easton on 7/20
DIR By: canenigma
Date: July 8, 2013, 10:47 pm
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Wish I could be there. But I have to work. That's what happens
when you "cancel all future events", I go back to work. This is
right around my birthday so what an awesome birthday gift for
me. Chikara is alive!!!
This was actually a theory I had the night of the ippv. Of
coarse that's when I believed it was all a work. I thought that
Chikara could easily go dark for almost the entire time in
between events then start something (with very little promotion
and have the Easton show as scheduled. They could go dark up
until a week before the Easton show and still pack the Palmer
Center at the same time announcing NOTHING. And look what
happens. 12 days away and Icarus shows us signs of life. I was
starting to think we wouldn't have anything until 2014. I hope
this is the start of an "underground" Chikara
#Post#: 627--------------------------------------------------
Re: Icarus will be in Easton on 7/20
DIR By: DJChrisX
Date: July 9, 2013, 2:17 am
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see y'all there. #WeAreCHIKARA
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Re: Icarus will be in Easton on 7/20
DIR By: lokithemadtitan
Date: July 9, 2013, 2:49 pm
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my wife and i will be there. and yes i am still angry but i will
admit i do feel excitement for the first time since june 2.
#Post#: 632--------------------------------------------------
Re: Icarus will be in Easton on 7/20
DIR By: canenigma
Date: July 9, 2013, 2:58 pm
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I was never going to be angry as long as we got Chikara back. I
love a good story. Right after the ippv I was patient and felt
it was all a work. Like I said before, I predicted they would
come back after going "dark" long enough to get all of us to
believe it's over. After only a short period of time, I felt
like Chikara was in fact over. I was upset only because I felt
like he left us with way too many questions. Leave on a
cliffhanger....ok maybe. But he left us with WAY too many
mysteries. I have a good friend over at 101 who kept telling me
it wasn't over. I loved the fact that he was so positive because
I lost hope. That's why I love Chikara. I knew better and yet
they still worked me. We are all smart and yet they got us. I
knew deep down inside that as long as they came back and what
they did at the ippv made sense than I would forgive them. In
fact if they didn't come back until 2014, I would still forgive
them. I would only stay angry if it really was the legit end of
the company. But now we have Icarus leading a rogue version of
Chikara and I LOVE IT!!! I don't feel stupid for falling for
Quack's tricks. I follow Chikara because of that reason. They
can turn me into a believer. It's rare that I get that feeling I
used to get as a kid watching wrestling. I miss that feeling of
just being emotionally involved in storylines but Chikara gives
that to me. And I love it. I'm glad Icarus has shown us signs of
life. I can't wait to see what's next. I can't wait to go to a
show again.
#Post#: 633--------------------------------------------------
Re: Icarus will be in Easton on 7/20
DIR By: Fourze
Date: July 9, 2013, 3:59 pm
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If I didn't work on the weekends, my ass would be there. I
always wanted to go to an Easton show...it was the only PA place
they go to I haven't been to.
#Post#: 634--------------------------------------------------
Re: Icarus will be in Easton on 7/20
DIR By: MVKronus
Date: July 9, 2013, 4:06 pm
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I really wish I didn't live so far away. I would show up and be
there if I could. #CHIKARALives
#Post#: 635--------------------------------------------------
Re: Icarus will be in Easton on 7/20
DIR By: Yata-Garasu
Date: July 9, 2013, 4:17 pm
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--- Quote from: MVKronus link ---
>
> I really wish I didn't live so far away. I would show up and
be there if I could. #CHIKARALives
>
--- End Quote ---
I live in Va and Im gonna be there. I need to be there.
#WeAreCHIKARA
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Re: Icarus will be in Easton on 7/20
DIR By: lokithemadtitan
Date: July 9, 2013, 10:57 pm
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based on the 101 thread many chikara peeps are booked elsewhere
so this should be interesting.
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