Jerome Cusson and Ryan Rozanski are joined by the Goldberg of “Guess Who,” the current Absolute champion, and most importantly, a three-time guest of the podcast, Johnny Gargano. He discusses his thoughts on recent matches with Bryan Danielson and his NXT cameo before giving Ryan some advice on dealing with the ladies. They also go over  the recent LeBron James debacle. Strong words from Mr. Gargano on this situation. Then it’s time to look at the weekend ahead. It’s a big weekend for Mr. Gargano as he could potentially join two factions and dispatch of Adam Cole. Oh… Ryan and Jerome also preview the big triple shot weekend for Ring of Honor too .

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Look! CHIKARMY Insider is back! Seriously…you’re staring at it right now. In this week’s edition, you get must-have info on three new Chikara DVDs, a potential break-up for one of Chikara’s best triumvirates, details on this year’s Cibernetico event, a sleek visual aid that updates this year’s Young Lions Cup VIII participants, a full rundown on Chikara’s monumental show next week, Chikarasaurus Rex: King of Show, featuring Dragon Gate stars such as CIMA, Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, and Dragon Kid! Tickets are selling like warm muffins, as Chikara has already stated that this will be the biggest event in Chikara history! HISTORY! So hop aboard your starship and set a course for The Awesome Nebula. Also, if you could swing by my house, that’d be great. My address is 427 [EDIT: Justin, don’t list your actual address, ya dingus]. Once again, that’s 427 [EDIT: Why would you type this twice?!]. WOOSH!

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Slap my credit card! I bought another wrestling DVD!

-Ring of Honor on HDNet has been a mixed bag. In some ways, the show has been successful because there have been a number of very good matches and minimal commercial breaks allow for uninterrupted action. However, the lack of crowd reaction to a lot of the show and the announcing prevent ROH on HDNet from becoming the best hour of wrestling on a weekly basis. Dragon Gate’s Infinity has that distinction in my view. Nonetheless, there have been some excellent matches, and ROH has finally released a volume of the best of the first three months. Since the term “Volume 1” implies more volumes, there is no doubt we’ll get a whole volume dedicated to the greatness that is the Necro Butcher vs. Embassy feud. For now… Read the rest of this entry

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It’s another CHIKARMY Insider! This week, it’s fully new and super detailed reports on this past weekend’s Chikara show featuring the return of Bryan Danielson! Not convinced you should read more? Some über cool stuff: a shower of ties for Danielson, a certain Kentuckian steals a woman’s purse, Bryan arguing for PG wrasslin’, the audience saving a wrestler by crowd surfing him back into the ring, WAR ULTRAMANTIS, The UnStable storyline taking a shocking turn, and Bryan Danielson…GOING TO TNA?!?! Find out more by reading the whole shebang. I’ve totally got you on the hook now, I’m sure of it. A special thanks goes to all those who texted and typed up results on Twitter and various other websites & forums, especially Mushroom Jones and JaKyL25 from the GameFaqs forum. I can take zero credit for the information provided, only for gathering and organizing it in one place for everyone to enjoy!

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.           . Yesterday was Father’s Day, a day that, for many dads around the world, is a cause for celebration of the laziest kind. Some golf, a tryptophan-laden feast, maybe a movie, a new tie, and just a lot of well-deserved relaxation. For my father, the day is a bittersweet reminder of just how difficult life can be, even on a day predicated by family and happiness. My grandfather, my father’s father from whom he was given the name John, died on Jan. 13, 2009 after a long and arduous battle with cancer. This is my father’s second year without a dad to celebrate the occasion with, as well as the second in which he does not have a job. Times are tough for him and his, as they are on many of us. I’ve recently seen my bank account shrink enigmatically over the past few months, so I wasn’t able to offer anything to my pops other than company. We had a good meal after he came back from church, we raided the candy section at a local Kroger’s, shoved the loot into our pockets and made our way into the 2:25 showing of “Toy Story 3” in 3D. Just like “Wall-E” and “Up” before it, if you don’t find yourself shedding or fighting off tears at least twice, you simply don’t have a heart. We collected ourselves afterward, left the theater, quickly got out of the searing sun, and went home. I didn’t get a lot of sleep the night before, so I went home and crashed. I woke up fairly early today feeling as if I didn’t do enough for my father on His day. I suddenly remembered something that I all too often forget: I’m a freaking writer. I write for a website. My dad reads that website. So, I booted the computer, got a glass of water, gathered the leftover candy I didn’t eat at the theater, placed it in front of me, and I got to work. This is for him.

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Welcome to an exciting and shiny new CHIKARMY Insider! This week is, in LOST terms, a Bryan Danielson-centric episode. Chikara had an opening to fill in the ol’ schedule due to Darkness Crabtree injuring his hip in a nursing home accident and, as luck would have it, the WWE lost their minds and fired Daniel Bryan! So Chikara officials canceled the match between Crabs and Green Ant, called up Daniel Bryan, got transferred to Mr. Danielson, and new matches were born. The Kingston/Delirious match was broken apart and they were each given new opponents. To find out who faces “American Dragon”, click the link below, ya dingus. I warn you: reading my write-up on “AmDrag” could cause you to overdose on hyperbole. You’ve been warned. I’ve also got the full cards for next week’s shows, which look awesome I might add. No bias. Also without prejudice: Danielson truly is the best wrestler on Erf and I hope he enjoys his short stint back on the indys. It won’t last. He’ll be back to blowing the minds of viewers worldwide in no time at all. Until then, savor this moment, wrestling fans. If you asked me who I thought would come back first, Jesus to save us or Danielson to the indys…I’d have abstained. I’ve upset Jesus enough this week. To the Batcave!

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Welcome to another edition of CHIKARMY Insider, the on-line Chikara article that dares to use the word “indubitably” in a sentence despite it’s propensity to draw open mockery. We use “propensity”, too. This whole Daniel Bryan Danielson mess involving Triple H? Balderdash and codswallop derived from rumpus scuttlebutts of the hoi polloi. I CAN’T STOP! Okay, I’ll stop. This week, we get blog posts from UltraMantis Black and referee Nick Sabato, minor updates on two big future Chikara events and major match updates for the June Chikara shows. Pinkie up, fools. We’re in Mannersville not Slob City!

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