Many CHIKARA fans were excited when it was announced that CMLL stars Pierrothito and Mascarita Dorada would be wrestling for in Easton at the Young Lions Cup, with many assuming that they would only be working a singles match against one another. However, the stakes have been raised with the addition of two more familiar faces to their match, as Dorada will be teaming with Turbo and Pierrothito will be teaming with the legendary Jorge “Skayde” Rivera! This adds another element to the match, as Turbo is arguably Skayde’s current top student and they have clashed in CHIKARA in the past (at Aniversarioct last year), but they are both strictly tecnicos, while Mascarita Dorada and Pierrothito are separated by the tecnico/rudo divide. Whether Skayde will go over to the dark side for this match is yet to be seen, but rest assured that this match will be fast-paced and not one to miss!

Also, in a late update from last week, Cheech and Cloudy have made it well known that they’re after their third point towards championship contendership, and they’ll be going for it in Reading as they’re up against the Roughnecks of Brodie Lee and Grizzly Redwood. The Roughnecks come into this match with a single point after they defeated Los Ice Creams last month, and they also hold a recent win over Cheech and Cloudy after they eliminated them from this year’s King of Trios weekend tag team gauntlet match.

Aaaaand in final update for the day, another update from Friday, Ophidian has been added to the Dragon Gate USA card in Philadelphia on July 25th, completing the rudo squad for the CHIKARA showcase match. Ophidian is the other half of the current Campeones de Parejas alongside Amasis and together with various F.I.S.T. combinations the Osirian Portal have formed quite a talented foursome for past 8-man tags, so The Colony will have quite a task in picking partners to form a comparable unit.

Icarus has a new blog up claiming that Carpenter Ant is, in fact, Worker Ant.

- Dragon Gate USA Debut Show
July 25, 2009 ~ The Arena, Philadelphia, PA
0. The Fray – Featuring: Flip Kendrick, Johnny Gargano and more!
1. CHIKARA Showcase Match: Fire Ant & Soldier Ant [The Colony] & X & X [CHIKARA Tecnicos] vs. Gran Akuma & Icarus [F.I.S.T.] & Amasis & Ophidian [The Osirian Portal]
2. CIMA & Susumu Yokosuka [Warriors-5] vs. Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson [The Young Bucks]
3. Masato Yoshino vs. Dragon Kid
4. Shingo Takagi vs. Naruki Doi

Also scheduled to appear: YAMATO, 2 Cold Scorpio, Dawn Marie and more!

- CHIKARA “Never Kneel at the Altar of Conformity ~ Fan Appreciation Night” July 31, 2009 ~ Riverside Beneficial Assoc. Building, Reading, PA
1. Daizee Haze vs. Rayna Von Tash
2. Brodie Lee & Grizzly Redwood [The Roughnecks] vs. KC “Cloudy” Day & Cheech Hernandez
3. Hallowicked & Frightmare [Incoherence] & Hydra vs. Vin Gerard, STIGMA & Colin Delaney [The UnStable]