A report on Mike Quackenbush and Lince Dorado

Quackenbush in October 2019
Dorado in January 2016
(Left to right) Quackenbush, Shane Storm and Jigsaw, the 2007 King of Trios
Dorado in 2008
Quackenbush at a Chikara show in June 2008
Dorado in his BDK attire, holding the Young Lions Cup, before he went on to lose it to Frightmare
Quackenbush with Manami Toyota in April 2011
Lucha House Party - Dorado (right), Gran Metalik (left), and Kalisto (middle) in April 2018
Quackenbush performing the Chikara Special on the Great Sasuke
Quackenbush going for a high-angle senton bomb on the Great Sasuke
Quackenbush performing a Mexican surfboard on Stupefied in 2008

The team made an impressive impact, as they advanced to the semi-finals before falling to the team of Mike Quackenbush and ShaneSaw (Shane Storm and Jigsaw).

- Lince Dorado

2007 started with Quackenbush, Jigsaw and Storm defeating Team Canada (Jagged, Shane Matthews and Max Boyer), Team TNA (Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin and Sonjay Dutt), Team Mucha Lucha (Lince Dorado, El Pantera and Sicodelico, Jr.) and finally Miyawaki, Yoshiaki Yago and Kudo to win the inaugural King of Trios tournament.

- Mike Quackenbush
Quackenbush in October 2019

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Chikara (professional wrestling)

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American professional wrestling promotion based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

American professional wrestling promotion based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Mike Quackenbush, one of the founders and the trainer until the promotion's closure
The Chikara roster of 2004
Juan Francisco de Coronado, a former Grand Champion and trainer

It was founded in 2002 by professional wrestlers Mike Quackenbush and Reckless Youth, who also served as trainers and in-ring performers.

Lince Dorado

(From left to right) Mike Quackenbush, Shane Storm and Jigsaw, the 2007 King of Trios

King of Trios

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Three-night tournament promoted by the Chikara professional wrestling promotion.

Three-night tournament promoted by the Chikara professional wrestling promotion.

(From left to right) Mike Quackenbush, Shane Storm and Jigsaw, the 2007 King of Trios
Lince Dorado, one third of the 2008 King of Trios, along with Incognito and El Pantera
(From left to right) Chuck Taylor, Icarus and Gran Akuma of F.I.S.T., the 2009 King of Trios
(From left to right) Claudio Castagnoli, Tursas and Ares of the Bruderschaft des Kreuzes, the 2010 King of Trios
(From left to right) Soldier Ant, Fire Ant and Green Ant of The Colony, the 2011 King of Trios
Frightmare (back left), Hallowicked (front left) and UltraMantis Black (right) of the Spectral Envoy, the 2012 King of Trios
(Left) Max Smashmaster and (right) Blaster McMassive of the Devastation Corporation, the 2014 King of Trios
(From left to right) Pete Dunne, Tyler Bate and Trent Seven, the 2017 King of Trios

Mike Quackenbush and ShaneSaw (Jigsaw and Shane Storm)

Team Mucha Lucha (Lince Dorado, El Pantera and Sicodelico, Jr.)

Kingston in December 2019

Eddie Kingston

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American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

Kingston in December 2019
Kingston in 2008.
Kingston in 2009
Kingston (bottom) with Volgar (left) and Jimmy Jacobs (right) as part of the Flood in September 2014
Kingston in March 2020, at 16 Carat Gold
Kingston at a PWG show in 2008.
Kingston and Homicide as the JAPW Tag Team Champions in April 2012.

After Moore was kicked out of the school, he became part of the second class of students to train at the Chikara Wrestle Factory, where he was taught by Mike Quackenbush and Chris Hero.

Kingston, along with fellow BLKOUT stable members Joker and Ruckus, went on to the finals of the 2008 King of Trios tournament, coming up short against the team of El Pantera, Incognito and Lince Dorado, when Kingston tapped out to Dorado's Chikara Special.

Jigsaw at an independent wrestling show in July 2012

Jigsaw (wrestler)

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American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Jigsaw.

American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Jigsaw.

Jigsaw at an independent wrestling show in July 2012
Jigsaw at a Chikara show in 2007
Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush in April 2011
Jigsaw in August 2010
An unmasked Jigsaw in 2008
Jigsaw holding a Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas belt in April 2011

Jigsaw was originally trained as a professional wrestler at the Chikara Wrestle Factory by Mike Quackenbush.

With Quackenbush out with a knee injury, he positioned Jigsaw as the mentor for the stable of younger wrestlers, called The Future Is Now, which consisted of Equinox, Helios and Lince Dorado.

Taylor in 2018

Chuck Taylor (wrestler)

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American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), competing under the ring name Chuck Taylor.

American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), competing under the ring name Chuck Taylor.

Taylor in 2018
Team F.I.S.T. (from left to right: Taylor, Icarus, and Gran Akuma) in 2008
Mr. Azerbaijan in 2015
The Kentucky Gentleman at PWG's Battle of Los Angeles show in 2008
Taylor at Smash Wrestling in 2015
Taylor as one-half of the Chikara Campeones de Parejas in March 2012

Despite the loss, Taylor rebounded by entering the first-ever Rey de Voladores tournament on April 22, 2007, defeating the likes of PAC, Ricochet, Retail Dragon en route to the finals of the tournament, where he defeated Lince Dorado.

On September 18, Taylor and Gargano defeated Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush to win the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas for the first time.

Castagnoli (left) and Ares (right) as the Campeones de Parejas in April 2010, with Tursas (center)

Bruderschaft des Kreuzes

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Professional wrestling stable in the Chikara promotion.

Professional wrestling stable in the Chikara promotion.

Castagnoli (left) and Ares (right) as the Campeones de Parejas in April 2010, with Tursas (center)
UltraMantis Black (right) controlling Delirious with the Eye of Tyr
Vökoder in May 2009
(From left to right) BDK members Dieter VonSteigerwalt, Jakob Hammermeier and Derek Sabato
Pinkie Sanchez (left) and Lince Dorado (right) posing next to Ryan Cruz as Tim Donst holds him in a straight jacket choke
Lince Dorado holding the Young Lions Cup
Jakob Hammermeier in April 2011
Tursas in October 2010
Claudio Castagnoli and Ares as the Campeones de Parejas

On May 27, 2007, at Aniversario? Mike Quackenbush defeated longtime rival Chris Hero in a match two years in the making with a new submission maneuver called the Chikara Special.

After Lince Dorado, El Pantera, Equinox and Claudio Castagnoli had all used the move to defeat Hero, he was booked to wrestle Equinox in a hair vs. mask match on November 11, 2007, at The Sordid Perils of Everyday Existence.

Ophidian (left) and Amasis (right) before a JAPW show in 2010

The Osirian Portal

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Professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Amasis and Ophidian.

Professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Amasis and Ophidian.

Ophidian (left) and Amasis (right) before a JAPW show in 2010
Amasis in 2008
Ophidian in 2008
Hieracon in April 2011

The team lost in the first round to Mike Quackenbush, Shane Storm, and Jorge "Skayde" Rivera.

Egipcio defeated Ultimo Breakfast in his debut match and the next night at Armdrags to Riches he replaced Amasis and teamed up with Ophidian to successfully defend the tag titles against Equinox and Lince Dorado.

Stigma in November 2008

Stigma (wrestler)

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American professional wrestler, best known for his work in the Chikara professional wrestling promotion, where he is a former Young Lions Cup Champion and King of Trios winner.

American professional wrestler, best known for his work in the Chikara professional wrestling promotion, where he is a former Young Lions Cup Champion and King of Trios winner.

Stigma in November 2008
(From left to right) Mike Quackenbush, Shane Storm and Jigsaw
(From left to right) Colin Delaney, Stigma and Vin Gerard; The UnStable

Stigma received his initial training from Chikara founder Mike Quackenbush at the Chikara Wrestle Factory, where he was trained on the fourth term of the school.

The following day Storm, Jigsaw and Quackenbush defeated Team Mucha Lucha (Lince Dorado, El Pantera and Sicodelico Jr.) first in the semifinals and then Team Kaientai Dojo (Kudo, MIYAWAKI and Yoshiaki Yago) in the finals to become the first ever Kings of Trios.

Hero in December 2013

Chris Hero

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American professional wrestler and trainer.

American professional wrestler and trainer.

Hero in December 2013
Hero in 2009
Hero (right) in the ring with Excalibur at the 2008 Battle of Los Angeles
Hero making his ring entrance in 2008
(Left to right) Claudio Castagnoli, Sara Del Rey and Chris Hero as The Kings of Wrestling in 2011
Hero in August 2011
Hero at ROH taping in January 2014
Hero (right) with Claudio Castagnoli as The Kings of Wrestling on Pro Wrestling Noah's European Navigation tour
Hero posing on the turnbuckles at Revolution Pro Wrestling's Global Wars UK event in November 2016
Spradlin as Kassius Ohno in May 2018
Ohno getting hit with a powerbomb by Keith Lee

On May 25, 2002, at Chikara's inaugural event, Hero teamed with CM Punk and Colt Cabana, calling themselves the Gold Bond Mafia, in a losing effort against The Black T-shirt Squad of Reckless Youth, Mike Quackenbush and Don Montoya.

Quackenbush won the match with his new submission maneuver, the Chikara Special, a move that Lince Dorado, El Pantera, Equinox and Claudio Castagnoli all used to defeat Hero during the summer of 2007.

Frightmare in September 2012

Frightmare (wrestler)

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American professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Frightmare.

American professional wrestler, better known under his ring name Frightmare.

Frightmare in September 2012
Hallowicked and Frightmare in May 2009
Chikara locker room celebrating Frightmare's Young Lions Cup victory over BDK's Lince Dorado
Frightmare holding the Chikara Young Lions Cup

Frightmare received his training from Mike Quackenbush, Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli at the Chikara Wrestle Factory, where he was trained on the ninth term of the school, the last term taught by Hero.

On August 29 Frightmare defeated BDK member Lince Dorado to win the eighth Young Lions Cup tournament and score Chikara's first major victory in its war against BDK.