CHIKARA! CHIKARA! CHIKARA!
It has been eight long months since that chant has echoed through an arena halls. Eight long months since Condor Security (at the behest of Director of Fun Wink Vavasseur) descended upon the Trocadero Theatre just as Icarus seemed poised to win the CHIKARA Grand Championship from Eddie Kingston. Condor Security tore down everything in sight and sent everyone packing as they went about dismantling CHIKARA before our very eyes.
The final nail was seemingly put in the sarcophagus when it was announced that all of CHIKARA's "scheduled" events were immediately canceled. All that was left was a backlog of memories, the Wrestling Is... family of promotions, and an overwhelming sense of melancholy. Melancholy over the prospect of a future that wouldn't include the creative and unabashed fun that CHIKARA brought to this fine art.
Then a small spark of hope started to emerge from an unlikely source- Icarus. The eternal rudo had been transformed by the fall of CHIKARA into its lone savior. While many of the CHIKARA greats seemed resigned to the fate of a world without CHIKARA, Icarus struggled to organize a resistance.
As Icarus was striving to save CHIKARA, the landscape was plunged further into darkness. Condor Security gained new allies from longtime CHIKARA enemies- Dr. Cube, Bruderschaft des Kreuzes, Gekido, and Sinn Bohdi. The evil alliance spent little time dallying about as they set to work dismantling the last vestiges of CHIKARA- the Wrestling Is... promotions.
With the majority of the Wrestling Is... promotions forcibly shutdown by the evil alliance and Icarus' campaign gaining ground, National Pro Wrestling Day appeared to be the day that destiny had set for CHIKARA's salvation to be won or lost.
Destiny came through in a significant way.
As Heidi Lovelace and Joe Pittman battled over La Copa Idola, Condor Security and its alies raided the match and staked their position as the most powerful force in the CHIKARAverse. The once maligned Submission Squad took a stand in the name of CHIKARA. They were quickly overwhelmed as the head of Condor Security revealed himself as the one and only Jimmy Jacobs.
The Submission Squad was only saved due to the timely arrival of Icarus leading a merry band man and ants. Fans that had long chanted "Worst in the World" at Icarus, were now chanting his name in celebration of his heroic feat. Although Icarus had been successful in organizing a resistance, Jacobs rightfully pointed out that the tecnicos were vastly outnumbered. Icarus acknowledged this fact and then revealed his ace in the hole.
At Icarus' command, many of the evil alliance's masked minions revealed themselves to be CHIKARA's rudos led by Ultra Mantis Black and they proceeded to launch a two pronged attack on the invaders. The combined efforts of the tecnicos and rudos forced a stalemate with Condor and its allies, until a Delorean appeared out of the space-time continuum carrying Archibald Peck and 3.0. With this added boost, the CHIKARA forces were able to send the Jacobs led alliance into retreat.
Tecnico and rudo alike came together as long time rivals such as Mr. Touchdown and Archibald Peck embraced each other in displays of overwhelming joy. As the groundswell of celebration peaked, the man whose singular hope and drive saved CHIKARA got to deliver the news we had all been waiting for. Icarus informed us that the promotion was returning and held up a simple sign with the date 5-25-14 scribbled upon it. All amongst chants of...
CHIKARA! CHIKARA! CHIKARA!