CHIKARA Purchased

[Xero]

From PWInsider:

The following press release was issued on 1/3, announcing that CHIKARA, one of the more original and unique independent groups running today, was purchased by the California-based Worldwide Media Development Corporation, a company which describes itself as "one of the world's leading and most respected entertainment development companies."

January 3, 2011 - Philadelphia, PA

Worldwide Media Development Corporation (WMDC) of Reseda, CA is proud to announce the acquisition of CHIKARA, Inc./Five Star Promotions of Philadelphia, PA, effective today. Robert Lippincott, Executive Director for WMDC finalized the agreement of sale through the assistance of Karen Wright, acting vice-president of acquisitions.

"Karen (Wright) and Anton (Frady) deserve all the credit for bringing this exciting property to Worldwide. After nine seasons of reinventing an entire genre from the bottom up, CHIKARA is the premiere brand in its field, and it's time for the rest of the world to find out why."

It is expected that some of the directors from CHIKARA/Five Star will remain on during the transitional period. "I understand that Dave Coulier has an office there," Lippincott remarked, "and I'd really look forward to doing lunch with him (laughs.)"

[ooTin]

what is this about CHICKLETS?

[Chavo Classic]

Cool! Good news for Chikara and its fans. This should keep the fed going for a few more years as long as it maintains its niche status.

[Sixx]

Wonder what Karen and Anton will do when they sober up.

[Rammsteinmad]

This is awesome! So what, will Chikara get a TV deal or something?

I'm a huge Chikara mark, so this is great news for me.

:D

[#BROKEN Hasney]

So have they got some cash now? If so, say hello to the new #2.

[The Pope]

They will shut it down :shifty:

[thecc]

http://www.wmdcorp.net/press132011.html

Definitely a storyline. The page looks pretty much the same as all the ones chikara has done in the past.

[thecc]

I'm really excited to see where this is going though.

[Blitz]

Yeah looks like a work for an angle, which is cool. Would be sweet if Chikara got some money behind them though.

In related news I've got about 20 Chikara shows to watch from the past year now. Dark Cibernetico was amazing :y:

[tjmidnight420]

That website is as fake as it gets.

WHOIS information for wmdcorp.net (http://wmdcorp.net/) :

[Querying whois.verisign-grs.com]
[whois.verisign-grs.com]

Whois Server Version 2.0

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered
with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net
for detailed information.

Domain Name: WMDCORP.NET
Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com
Name Server: NS1.HOSTMONSTER.COM
Name Server: NS2.HOSTMONSTER.COM
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientRenewProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 23-dec-2010
Creation Date: 17-nov-2010
Expiration Date: 17-nov-2013

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[Xero]

From PWInsider:

After looking into the release, it appears this is actually some well thought out angle of some sort on CHIKARA's end, as there's no record of the company that I was able to find outside of the CHIKARA-related business and their website was launched just a few weeks ago. So, I apologize for any confusion.

[CSL]

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[Heisenberg]

Ty Xero for the Daff pic, whoo!!!

[CSL]

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It'll change your life

[Gertner]

Is this the fed where fat virgins spend their Saturday nights watch Gandolf wrestle Godzilla?

[Volare]

Yeah, in a Princess Peach on a pole match, for the Triforce Title.