CHIKARA/YMMV


 * Badass Decay: The Bruderschaft, excluding Claudio, Ares and Donst, came down with a pretty severe case of it. Pinky Sanchez and Death Haze got the worst of it, although Sara Del Rey recovered after turning face.
 * Creator's Pet:
 * Lince Dorado had a severe case of it after his debute. He seemed to veer from being booked entirely too strongly to being booked realistically to being booked entirely too strongly again periodically, and he was never popular enough to justify his mega-push. This reaction even spilled over to the other two members of The Future Is Now (Equinox and Helios), making them the least popular tecnicos on the roster to the point where, after being beaten by super-rudos FIST during the King of Trios 2009 event, the fans chanted "THANK YOU FIST!"
 * Jigsaw. Some fans find it strange that Jigsaw, after his stunt quitting Chikara, joining the Vulture Squad, unmasking and burying his gimmick and chikara itself, was allowed back into the company, let alone made into the #2 hero behind only Quack himself. The fact that he's one of the blander babyfaces on the roster doesn't help much.
 * And the QuackenSaw team is a funny sort of Scrappy. Because they don't compete much outside Chikara, the team draws in outside fans from Ring of Honor and the like, and they always get great reactions on the shows. But check the forums dedicated to Chikara, and it at least appears the homebase is getting tired of "Quackensue" and was not at all enthused at them winning the tag belts.
 * Hieracon. Jonathan Gresham was re-gimmicked to become the third member of the Osirian Portal. But while Amasis and Ophidian had insane chemistry with each other, Hieracon lacked that chemistry. Add to that that the storyline behind him joining was "hey he's pretty good let's give him a mask and an Egyptian gimmick now", and the whole thing came across as horribly forced.
 * Crowning Moment of Awesome: Yoshiaki Yago vs Necro Butcher at Tag World Grand Prix 2006. What really put this over the top was Eddie Kingston on commentary totally marking out the whole time.
 * Night One of the 2007 King Of Trios. Team Japan vs The Thomasellis. Miyawaki and Sal slug it out. Then...
 * Crowning Moment of Funny: The match in slow motion mentioned under Rule of Funny below.
 * Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: Hydra's farewell.
 * Ear Worm / So Bad It's Good: Tim Donst's song "Who Is The Man?" Have a listen!
 * Narm: Jigsaw's promo on Armdrags to Riches, due to his delivery and some rather unfortunately phrased sentences ("we've done everything you can possibly do in a ring together!").
 * Replacement Scrappy: Right now, Johnny Gargano for Gran Akuma in Chikara. Made worse by the absolute lack of anyone talking about Akuma's reason for leaving, and Akuma's apparent good health in his appearances for Dragon Gate USA and other indies.
 * Rescued From the Scrappy Heap: Lince Dorado's heel turn when he joined the Bruderschaft. Now, instead of the commentators marking out over his high flying, they have Jakob Hammermeier holding up score cards declaring his dives a 10.0. And they're being careful not to overpush him - he failed to beat Frightmare for the Young Lions Cup, and he was the member of the Bruderschaft left off their Cibernetico team.
 * ...then went right back into the Scrappy Heap after his March 2010 no shows and his subsequent removal from the Chikara roster. To say that fans were not happy would be an understatement.
 * They Changed It, Now It Sucks: The fans reaction to Gran Akuma being kicked out of Team F.I.S.T. and being replaced by Johnny Gargano at Chikarasaurus Rex: King Of Show.
 * The Woobie: