{"id":24192,"date":"2018-08-17T17:43:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T21:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=24192"},"modified":"2018-08-17T17:44:01","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T21:44:01","slug":"andnew-mr-touchdown-captures-the-chikara-grand-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/08\/17\/andnew-mr-touchdown-captures-the-chikara-grand-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: Mr. Touchdown Captures the CHIKARA Grand Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On August 11th at the Wrestle Factory, a new <strong>CHIKARA<\/strong> Grand Champion was crowned in <strong>Mr. Touchdown<\/strong>. A journeyman CHIKARA competitor, he ended <strong>Juan Francisco de Coronado<\/strong>\u2019s historic 497-day reign (second longest behind <strong>Eddie Kingston<\/strong>&#8216;s 924 day reign in 2011). At CHIKARA\u2019s summer classic, <em><strong>Chikarasaurus Rex \u2013 A Deadly Secret<\/strong><\/em>, Mr. Touchdown took Coronado to the End Zone for the win and the title.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/CHIKARApro\/status\/1029174805176696832<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Touchdown embarked on CHIKARA\u2019s 19th season on a downturn. He had back-to-back losses at <em><strong>Beware The Snowman<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>National Pro Wrestling Day 2018<\/strong><\/em>. At <strong>Young Lion\u2019s Cup XIV<\/strong> \u2013 2nd Stage though, he and <strong>Dasher Hatfield<\/strong> began their march to the <strong>Tag World Grand Prix<\/strong>. To get past the first round, they beat <strong>Frightmare<\/strong> and <strong>Hallowicked<\/strong>, the <strong>Legion of Rot<\/strong>. At the Tag World Grand Prix event, they beat the teams of <strong>Dez Peloton, Cornelius Crummels &amp; Sonny Defarge<\/strong>, and finally <strong>Oceana<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>&amp; Merlok<\/strong>. This gave The Throwbacks their second Tag World Grand Prix win, the only team in CHIKARA\u2019s history to do so.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AndNew?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AndNew<\/a> Chikara Grand Champion, Mr. Touchdown wins it at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CRex2018?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CRex2018<\/a>, ending Juan&#39;s reign at 497 days. Whole roster came out towards the end of it. Maybe the loudest ovation I ever heard in the Wrestle Factory.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brian :: PW Chronicle\u23cf (@pwchronicle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pwchronicle\/status\/1028398208584695808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While they were not successful in winning the Campeonatos de Parejas, Mr. Touchdown didn\u2019t give up. He commenced on a summer packed with big names and big matches. At the <em><strong>Infinite Gauntlet<\/strong><\/em>, he upset former WWE and TNA star <strong>Mr. Anderson<\/strong>\u2026Anderson. This contest earned him his first point towards a Grand Championship title shot. Mr. Touchdown and <strong>Solo Darling<\/strong> were the sole survivors in a five on five elimination match at <em><strong>Aniversario \u2013 Heroes Shed No Tears.<\/strong><\/em> They bested The Legion of Rot, The Whisper, Rory Gulak and Cajun Crawdad. At <em><strong>Go Eat Worms!<\/strong><\/em>, Mr. Touchdown took on rumored-NXT signee Matt Riddle in a great match. Though Mr. Touchdown did not defeat the King of Bros, he made a good showing and earned his second point towards a title shot.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[Free Match] Matt Riddle vs. Mr. Touchdown Mark Angelosetti | CHIKARA #GoEatWorms (Beyond Wrestling)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DKHLU_Yncs8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>July started a mega-hot streak for Mr. Touchdown. He beat <strong>BLANK<\/strong> at <em><strong>Live at First Energy Stadium<\/strong><\/em> on July 13th. On the 14th at <em><strong>Clan Feuds<\/strong><\/em>, Mr. Touchdown was the clincher for Team CHIKARA. He beat <strong>Tracy Williams<\/strong> of <strong>Beyond Wrestling<\/strong> in the final contest for inter-promotional glory. This win gave CHIKARA the victory, 3 wins to 2 over Beyond.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CHIKARA: You&#039;re Gonna Get Lost! [Clan Feuds]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OePjMMZp7T0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He earned his third and final point towards a Grand Championship title shot at <em><strong>Egg Monsters From Mars<\/strong><\/em>. Here he took on the very popular <strong>David Starr<\/strong> in his CHIKARA debut in another stellar contest.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TOUCHDOWN CITY!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/klQUr9ApAE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/klQUr9ApAE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CHIKARA (@CHIKARApro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CHIKARApro\/status\/1028398305649324032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Touchdown then cashed these points in at <em>Chikarasaurus Rex<\/em> and brought home the gold. After his big game win, he celebrated with the CHIKARA roster and the fans. Following the point system for CHIKARA, it looks to be that his first challenger will be <strong>Travis Huckabee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 11th at the Wrestle Factory, a new CHIKARA Grand Champion was crowned in Mr. Touchdown. A journeyman CHIKARA competitor, he ended Juan Francisco de Coronado\u2019s historic 497-day reign (second longest behind Eddie Kingston&#8216;s 924 day reign in 2011). At CHIKARA\u2019s summer classic, Chikarasaurus Rex \u2013 A Deadly Secret, Mr. Touchdown took Coronado to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2695,"featured_media":24199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,2,6],"tags":[66,2772,3247],"class_list":["post-24192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chikara","category-featured","category-north-america","tag-chikara","tag-juan-francisco-de-coronado","tag-mr-touchdown"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2695"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}