As usual, I'll go ahead and remind everyone that there's probably like a total of three people in all of EAW who really give a fuck about CHIKARA in the slightest, but I will continue to post stuff like this just in case anyone else may take interest since it's something new and different and I thought it sounded pretty cool, so without further adieu:
On February 16th, there was a roster-wide Draft held by CHIKARA in which ten selected Captains would each draft someone until every team consisted of four competitors. Here are the Teams after the drafting and trading was finished:
The Wrecking Crew (Max Smashmaster [Captain], Blaster McMassive, Flex Rumblecrunch, Jaka)
Dasher's Dugout (Dasher Hatfield [Captain], Mr. Touchdown, Icarus, Heidi Lovelace)
The Arcane Horde (UltraMantis Black [Captain], Kodama, Obaryion, Oleg the Usurper)
The Gentleman's Club (Chuck Taylor [Captain], Drew Gulak, Orange Cassidy, The Swamp Monster)
Nightmare Warriors (Hallowicked [Captain], Frightmare, Silver Ant, Blind Rage)
Bruderschaft des Kreuzes (Jakob Hammermeier [Captain], Soldier Ant, Nokken, Pinkie Sanchez)
Battle Hive (Amasis [Captain], Fire Ant, Worker Ant, Ashley Remington)
The Snake Pit (Ophidian [Captain], Eddie Kingston, Shynron, Argus)
United Nations (Juan Francisco de Coronado [Captain], Mr. Azerbaijan, Prakash Sabar, The Proletariat Boar of Moldova)
Crown & Court (Princess KimberLee [Captain], Jervis Cottonbelly, El Hijo del Ice Cream, Ice Cream Jr)
The rules state that the teams are going to be taking part in a round robin tournament that begins at "Out on a Limb" on March 7th.
Each team must face every other team twice. The captains must agree on a type of match: singles, tag, trios or atomicos. But, they must have a different type of match the second time - so if Team A faces Team Z in a singles match - the second match in their competition must be one of the others, it cannot be a singles match.
Every time a team wins, they get 1 point. Lose a match, no points.
Every member of the winning team, beyond bragging rights, gets what Quackenbush is calling "A Golden Opportunity" - For example, you want a Grand Championship Match but don't have 3 points (CHIKARA Championship Matches are Awarded on a points system requiring you to have won three matches in a row) - cash in your Golden Opportunity and you you get your match.