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Chikarasaurus Rex: How to Hatch a Dinosaur was a professional wrestling internet pay-per-view (iPPV) event produced by the Chikara promotion, that took place on June 2, 2012 at the Trocadero Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and aired live on GoFightLive, with a pre-show airing live on Ustream. The event marked Chikara's second pay-per-view, following previous November's High Noon.〔 This was the third year in which Chikara promoted a summer event under the ''Chikarasaurus Rex'' banner, with the original ''Chikarasaurus Rex: King of Show'' having taken place July 25, 2010, and the ''Chikarasaurus Rex: King of Sequel'' weekend on July 30 and 31, 2011. The event was released on DVD and downloadable MP4 by Smart Mark Video on June 4, 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chikara DVD June 2, 2012 "Chikarasaurus Rex: How To Hatch A Dinosaur" - Philadelphia, PA )〕 ==Background== Chikarasaurus Rex: How to Hatch a Dinosaur featured seven professional wrestling matches involving different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that played out on Chikara's monthly house shows and on blog entries written on the promotion's official website. Wrestlers portray villains (''rudos'' in Chikara) or heroes (''tecnicos'' in Chikara) as they follow a series of events that build tension, and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Chikara follows ''lucha libre'' traditions and is known for its colorful characters and gimmicks and family-friendly content. The first match announced for the iPPV was between Ophidian and UltraMantis Black. After High Noon, where UltraMantis managed to regain the Eye of Tyr from Bruderschaft des Kreuzes, he used its supposed magical powers to free Delirious from its spell. After destroying the Eye of Tyr, Delirious ran away and was not seen for some time. He eventually made his return on February 25, attacking UltraMantis Black and costing him and Hallowicked their match with F.I.S.T. for the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas.〔 The following night, Delirious explained that he remembered everything that had happened to him during the past two years, when he was under the spell of the Eye of Tyr, first under UltraMantis Black and then under Bruderschaft des Kreuzes. As a revenge, Delirious promised to make UltraMantis suffer for the next two years, culminating in the end of his career in 2014. Meanwhile, Ophidian, who turned ''rudo'' at High Noon, started 2012 with a win streak over the likes of Hieracon, Green Ant and Archibald Peck.〔 On March 25, Ophidian attacked UltraMantis Black, while he was distracted by Delirious, and stole his staff. Ophidian and UltraMantis Black faced each other in a singles match on April 14, with Ophidian picking up the win, after blinding his opponent with a black mist. Following the event, a rematch between the two was announced for Chikarasaurus Rex: How to Hatch a Dinosaur.〔 On June 1, Delirious announced that while on May 20 he had adopted UltraMantis Black's strategy of "selfish gain at the expense of others" by teaming with Jakob Hammermeier and Tim Donst to get his revenge, at Chikarasaurus Rex he was going to do the opposite and assist those in need, ending an unfair advantage and harnessing the true power of "those who are victim to discrimination". The first championship match announced for the iPPV would be contested for the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas, and would pit defending champions, F.I.S.T. (Chuck Taylor and Johnny Gargano), against the challengers, The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson).〔 After Taylor and stand-in partner Icarus lost the Campeonatos de Parejas to 3.0 (Scott Parker and Shane Matthews) on March 24, 2012, Taylor and Gargano came back at the following event on April 14, defeating the Bravado Brothers (Harlem and Lancelot), Jack Bonza and QT Marshall, and The S.A.T. (Joel Maximo and Wil Maximo) in a four-way elimination match, scoring all three eliminations and earning three points in one match. In Chikara, teams need three points, or three back-to-back wins, in order to be eligible to challenge for the promotion's tag team championship, the Campeonatos de Parejas.〔 On April 29, F.I.S.T. defeated 3.0 to regain the title and become the first two-time champions.〔 Meanwhile, The Young Bucks, who had previously been seen in Chikara on November 13, 2011, at High Noon, where they were defeated by The Colony (Fire Ant and Soldier Ant), losing their two points in the process, returned to Chikara on April 28, during a special weekend, where Chikara co-promoted events with Ring of Honor (ROH), one of The Young Bucks' home promotions. During the weekend, The Young Bucks first defeated Arik Cannon and Darin Corbin in a regular tag team match and then The Batiri (Kobald and Kodama), Bruderschaft des Kreuzes (Jakob Hammermeier and Tim Donst), and the Spectral Envoy (Hallowicked and UltraMantis Black) in a four-way elimination match, scoring two of the three eliminations, to earn three points. On May 4, Chikara officially announced a championship match between the two teams for Chikarasaurus Rex: How to Hatch a Dinosaur. As per ''lucha libre'' tradition, the match would be contested under two out of three falls rules.〔 This marked The Young Bucks' first shot at the Campeonatos de Parejas. In a blog entry on Chikara's official website, Chuck Taylor announced that F.I.S.T., longtime ''rudos'', were now fighting for Chikara to prevent another title from slipping away from the company, like the Chikara Young Lions Cup, which was at the time held by Osaka Pro Wrestling's Tadasuke. On May 7, Chikara announced the third match of the event, a Mask vs. Hair match contested between Hallowicked and Tim Donst.〔 The rivalry started in February 2011, when Hallowicked foiled Donst's attempt to prove that he was the greatest Young Lions Cup Champion in history. Earlier in his series of matches against former Young Lions Cup Champions, Donst had picked up a tainted win over Hallowicked, choking him out with a shoelace. During the rest of the year, Hallowicked and Donst captained opposing teams in the eighth annual ''torneo cibernetico'' match and finally met each other in a No Disqualification tag team match at High Noon, where Hallowicked teamed with UltraMantis Black and Donst with Ares.〔 After his team's win, Hallowicked left High Noon holding Donst's Young Lions Cup. After months of unsuccessful attempts at getting his trophy back, Donst began petitioning for a singles match with his rival.〔〔 After engaging in a brawl during the May 19 tenth anniversary event, the scheduled singles match between the two was changed to a Mask vs. Hair match. The fourth match announced for the event pits Sara Del Rey and Saturyne against Kobald, Kodama and Obariyon of The Batiri in an intergender three-on-two handicap match.〔 The rivalry started in early 2012, when The Batiri badmouthed Del Rey on Twitter, leading to a singles match on March 24, where Kobald defeated Del Rey, following interference from his stablemates. On April 14, Del Rey scored a singles win over Kodama, but was afterwards attacked by The Batiri.〔 After Obariyon scored another tainted win over Del Rey on April 29, all three members of The Batiri once again attacked her, leading to rookie ''luchadora'' Saturyne making the save.〔 Saturyne herself had lost a match to Kobald back on April 14 and had received threats of her own from The Batiri, so she offered to team with Del Rey at the iPPV.〔 The fifth match announced for the event would see former Campeones de Parejas, Icarus and Gran Akuma, face each other in a ladder match with Akuma's Chikara contract on the line.〔 Icarus and Chuck Taylor turned on their longtime partner Akuma on July 25, 2010, at ''Chikarasaurus Rex: King of Show'', kicking him out of F.I.S.T. and replacing him with Johnny Gargano. After spending sixteen months away from Chikara, Akuma returned on November 14, 2011, chasing Icarus out of the ring as he was assaulting Steve "The Turtle" Weiner. The following day at High Noon, Akuma attempted to attack Icarus after his match, but accidentally hit his opponent Gregory Iron instead.〔 On January 28, 2012, Akuma and Icarus had their first match against each other, which ended in a double countout. Akuma was then put in a trial series to earn his way back to Chikara's roster, which built to a three-on-one handicap match on April 28, where Akuma defeated all three members of F.I.S.T., following interference from Gregory Iron.〔 Following the event, Icarus challenged his former partner to a ladder match for his Chikara contract. On May 31, Chikara announced Gregory Iron as the special guest referee of the match. The sixth match announced for the iPPV pits Chikara Grand Champion Eddie Kingston, Jigsaw and The Colony of Fire Ant, Green Ant and Soldier Ant against Chikara's top ''rudo'' alliance Gekido of 17, assailAnt, combatAnt, deviAnt and The Shard in a ten-man tag team match.〔 On February 26, an eight-man tag team match, where Fire Ant, Jigsaw, Mike Quackenbush and Soldier Ant faced Jakob Hammermeier, Kobald, Tim Donst and Obariyon was interrupted, when the ''tecnicos'' were attacked by five unidentified men wearing masks. Posting videos on YouTube, the five men later revealed themselves as 17, The Shard and The Swarm (assailAnt, combatAnt and deviAnt), supposed equivalents of Quackenbush, Jigsaw and The Colony, respectively. The group, named Gekido, wrestled their first matches on March 24, with combatAnt and deviAnt winning a four-way tag team match and 17 and The Shard defeating Jigsaw and Quackenbush in a tag team match, with 17 submitting Quackenbush for the win.〔 Quackenbush, who legitimately broke his wrist during the match, later claimed to have figured out that the members of The Swarm were "Jose and two Franks", wrestlers who in the past trained under him at the Chikara Wrestle Factory, but dropped out before graduating. In a blog entry, deviAnt confirmed that Quackenbush had gotten their identities right, claiming that they were treated like slaves at the Chikara Wrestle Factory, while also feeling that Chikara, at the time, was a sinking ship. The Shard also revealed to have had a personal relationship with Jigsaw, claiming that the two were trained together at Kevin Knight's Independent Wrestling Federation (IWF) wrestling school, but turned down Jigsaw's invite to join him at the Chikara Wrestle Factory, when Jigsaw and, among others, Eddie Kingston were kicked out of IWF in 2002. Finally, 17 revealed that he had never met Quackenbush, but had been following his career, training under the same people and considered himself just as talented as him, but was never able to receive similar acclaim and attention. His name was a reference to the seventeen "forgotten submission holds" that even Quackenbush, nicknamed "The Master of a Thousand Holds",〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mike Quackenbush )〕 was supposedly unfamiliar with. All five men claimed to be more talented than any Chikara wrestler, but the public had been fooled by the colorful characters and masks of the likes of The Colony and Jigsaw.〔 With ''rudo'' referee Derek Sabato acting as the liaison between Chikara and Gekido, the promotion eventually agreed to the group's demands in order to stop the attacks and made 17, assailAnt, combatAnt, deviAnt and The Shard official members of Chikara's roster. Following their debuts, Gekido remained undefeated inside Chikara ring, before Jigsaw submitted combatAnt in an eight-man tag team match on April 28.〔 The seventh match announced for the iPPV would see Colt Cabana and Mixed Martial Archie face The Throwbacks (Dasher Hatfield and Mark Angelosetti) in a Loser Leaves Town tag team match.〔 After losing to Colt Cabana at High Noon, Archibald Peck started off 2012 with losses against Hallowicked, Sara Del Rey, Ophidian, Dasher Hatfield and Chuck Taylor, which led to his valet Veronica breaking off the relationship between the two.〔〔〔〔 Peck then turned into Mixed Martial Archie, adopting a gimmick of a mixed martial artist in an attempt to show Veronica that he could be tough and a winner, effectively turning ''tecnico'' in the process.〔 While Archie ended his losing streak on April 28 in a match against Kobald, Veronica aligned herself with "Mr. Touchdown" Mark Angelosetti, one half of the tag team The Throwbacks.〔 On May 19, Colt Cabana returned to Chikara, defeating Angelosetti in a singles match. The following day, the other half of The Throwbacks, Dasher Hatfield, defeated Cabana, when Angelosetti interfered in the match, while Veronica distracted Hatfield and the referee of the match.〔 On May 23, Archie and Cabana, now with a common enemy in Angelosetti, decided to team up against The Throwbacks at the iPPV. Originally announced as a regular tag team match, on May 28, Chikara announced an added stipulation, where the loser of the fall would have to leave the promotion.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chikarasaurus Rex: How to Hatch a Dinosaur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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