Hydra (wrestler)
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Hydra is an American professional wrestler
who is best known for his time in the wrestling promotion Chikara. Here he was a member of the tag teams The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple and The Sea Donsters before his departure from the company on 21 November 2009 at CHIKARA's Throwing Life's Instructions Away.
. He was featured in a match teaming with UltraMantis Black
, Icarus and Dr. Cheung in a winning effort against Angel de Fuego, Lance Steel, Lance Steel and Mister ZERO. He would become UltraMantis Black
's protégé however Black shortly became inactive. On the 19th of November 2005, Hydra received his first loss in CHIKARA when his team consisting of him, The Punisher and Dr. Cheung lost to Lance Steel, Dragon Dragon and The Equinox. On the 25th of February, with Equinox, Hydra lost in the first round of a tag team tournament to Chris Hero
and Claudio Castagnoli
.
Hydra then teamed with Los Ice Creams to defeat The Colony
and The Equinox on the 22nd of September 2006. Crossbones would then make his first appearance with The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple when the three of them defeated The Colony and The Equinox on the 28th of October. The stable would continue their winning streak when they defeated The Equinox, Retail Dragon and Trik Davies on the 12th of November. Five days later, Incoherence finally received their revenge when they defeated the Neo-Solar Temple. Also that night, the Temple lost again, this time teaming with Blind Rage, to Incoherence who teamed with Cheech and Cloudy.
The stable were unfortunate at the beginning of 2007 as they lost to Los Ice Creams on the 16th of February. On the 22nd of April however the faction managed to defeat Andy Sumner, Drew Gulak and Tim Donst. On May the 16th, Hydra had his first singles match in months when he lost to Worker Ant. The next day, Black and Hydra defeated The Olsen Brothers. On the 22nd of June, Hydra participated in the fifth Young Lions Cup however he lost to Moscow in the first round. During the third night of the Young Lions Cup, the Temple defeated Moscow, Player Dos and Super Xtremo. On the 22nd of September 2007, the Temple were once again defeated by Incoherence. On the 26th of October, the temple defeated Dragon Dragon USApe and Moscow.
defeated UltraMantis Black and Shane Storm. At CHIKARA's event The Sordid Perils of everyday Existence, Black seemingly turned on Hydra causig him to lose to Shane Storm whom Black would later align himself with. However heading in 2008, the Temple appeared functional. The Temple were defeated by The Colony on the 9th of December 2007.
On the 27th Of January 2008, Hydra scored one of his biggest victories in CHIKARA when he defeated Moravain Greyhound and Pablo the Zombie Plantain in a triple-threat match. The Temple then participated in the King of Trios tournament until they were eliminated in the quarter-final. On April 19, 2008, UltraMantis defeated Tim Donst
, whom he had dropped on his head in Donst's debut the previous year, with the Praying Mantis Bomb. After the match, the Neo-Solar Temple kidnapped the concussed Donst and managed to convince him to become the fourth member of the faction. However, this would all be revealed to be a plan created by Mike Quackenbush as he had sent Donst to infiltrate the Neo-Solar Temple in order to find out who had leaked the secret of the Chikara Special to Chris Hero
. Quackenbush had been feuding with Hero and in the course of the feud, Quackenbush invented a move which Hero could not break. After defeating him in a singles match, Quackenbush taught the move to every tecnico on the Chikara roster. However, on November 17, 2007, Hero had been able to break the hold and use it himself to win his feud against Equinox
. On June 18, 2008, Donst left the Neo-Solar Temple and with information gathered undercover, he was able to reveal to Quackenbush that Shane Storm, Quackenbush's long time tag team partner, had been the one who had leaked the move and the counter to it to UltraMantis Black, who in turn taught the move to Hero. After being given an ultimatum by UltraMantis, Hydra left the Order with Donst and together they would form the tag team known as the Sea Donsters, resulting in the Neo-Solar Temple being dwindled down to a tag team.
and Stupified the next day. On the 23rd of May, the Donsters were victorious against Grudyin and Tucor. The next day they defated Los Ice Creams. The Sea Donsters teamed with UltraMantis Black to defeat Gran Akuma, Icarus and Chuck Taylor during the first night of the sixth addition of CHIKARA's Young Lion's Cup. Tim Donst then finally faced Black and was successful in his endeavours. On the 9th of August 2008 at CHIKARA's All that Glitters event, The Sea Donsters teamed in the main event (marking Hydra's first CHIKARA main event) in a losing effort when they challenged Incoherence for their Campenatos de Parejas (Tag team Championships) when the Temple interfered.
The Sea Donsters then began feuding with The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple, starting with a losing effort when they teamed with Mike Quackenbush in a six-man tag team match that saw the Temple team with Dr. Cube. On the 6th of September 2008, Hydra was defeated by Brodie Lee
via a Big Boot. The next day, Hydra teamed with Helios and Incoherence to defeat The Neo-Solar Temple, TJ Cannon and Bruce Maxwell. The Sea Donsters seemingly appeared inactive until the pairing lost to two of the three members of The UnStable (Colin Delaney
and STIGMA) on the 19th of October. Individually Donst and Hydra participated in the Torneo Cybernetico, however both of them were eliminated in the first round by UltraMantis Black and STIGMA respectively. The next day (November 16, 2008), The Sea Donsters defeated Icarus and Gran Akuma. Finally, on December 12, 2008, The Sea Donsters finally faced The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple in a tag team match which they won. The following night, Hydra defeated his former teacher Black whilst Donst was injured in a tag team match, thus starting a feud with STIGMA.
won the match in the end. The pairing were then against each other when Player Dos, STIGMA, Tim Donst & Brodie Lee defeated Player Uno, Vin Gerard
, Hydra and Buck Hawke on the 25th of April 2008. On Night 3 of the Young Lions Cup
, the Sea Donsters teamed with KC "Cloudy" Day
and wrestled Player Uno, Yellow Dog and Dasher Hatfield which Hydra's team lost. After the match Tim Donst attacked Hydra, Donst said that he was tired of losing and that he was the backbone of the team, which ended the Sea Donsters. On November 21, 2009, Hydra wrestled Tim Donst in a Loser leaves CHIKARA match
on Throwing Life's Instructions Away, which Hydra lost forcing him to leave the company.
Professional wrestling
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who is best known for his time in the wrestling promotion Chikara. Here he was a member of the tag teams The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple and The Sea Donsters before his departure from the company on 21 November 2009 at CHIKARA's Throwing Life's Instructions Away.
Debut
Hydra made his debut for Chikara, as a rudo on the 13th of November, 2005 at an event at Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaPennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. He was featured in a match teaming with UltraMantis Black
UltraMantis Black
UltraMantis Black is a professional wrestler, who performs primarily in the Chikara professional wrestling promotion, where he is the leader of the Order of the Neo–Solar Temple, while also regularly commentating on matches in which he is not competing...
, Icarus and Dr. Cheung in a winning effort against Angel de Fuego, Lance Steel, Lance Steel and Mister ZERO. He would become UltraMantis Black
UltraMantis Black
UltraMantis Black is a professional wrestler, who performs primarily in the Chikara professional wrestling promotion, where he is the leader of the Order of the Neo–Solar Temple, while also regularly commentating on matches in which he is not competing...
's protégé however Black shortly became inactive. On the 19th of November 2005, Hydra received his first loss in CHIKARA when his team consisting of him, The Punisher and Dr. Cheung lost to Lance Steel, Dragon Dragon and The Equinox. On the 25th of February, with Equinox, Hydra lost in the first round of a tag team tournament to Chris Hero
Chris Hero
Chris Spradlin is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Hero. He is a mainstay of many independent wrestling promotions, including Ring of Honor, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as well as Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan...
and Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio Castagnoli
Claudio Castagnoli is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is currently signed to WWE, working in its developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling under the ring name Antonio Cesaro...
.
The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple
Hydra would then form a stable with UltraMantis Black, who would later include Crossbones in October 2006, on the 25th of June 2006 when Black attacked his old, and now technicos, partner Hallowicked during the Young Lions Cup. Hallowicked had begun teaming with Delirious to form the team Incoherence. On the 22nd of July, Hydra and UltraMantis defeated Fire Ant and Soldier Ant. However on August 22, they were defeated by Ryan Cruz and Darin Corbin.Hydra then teamed with Los Ice Creams to defeat The Colony
The Colony (professional wrestling)
The Colony is a professional wrestling stable wrestling for Chikara. Their gimmick is, as their name suggests, a colony of ants.-Debut:After being trained by both Mike Quackenbush and Chris Hero, Fire Ant and Soldier Ant debuted as Team Colony at the 2006 Tag World Grand Prix, where they lost in...
and The Equinox on the 22nd of September 2006. Crossbones would then make his first appearance with The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple when the three of them defeated The Colony and The Equinox on the 28th of October. The stable would continue their winning streak when they defeated The Equinox, Retail Dragon and Trik Davies on the 12th of November. Five days later, Incoherence finally received their revenge when they defeated the Neo-Solar Temple. Also that night, the Temple lost again, this time teaming with Blind Rage, to Incoherence who teamed with Cheech and Cloudy.
The stable were unfortunate at the beginning of 2007 as they lost to Los Ice Creams on the 16th of February. On the 22nd of April however the faction managed to defeat Andy Sumner, Drew Gulak and Tim Donst. On May the 16th, Hydra had his first singles match in months when he lost to Worker Ant. The next day, Black and Hydra defeated The Olsen Brothers. On the 22nd of June, Hydra participated in the fifth Young Lions Cup however he lost to Moscow in the first round. During the third night of the Young Lions Cup, the Temple defeated Moscow, Player Dos and Super Xtremo. On the 22nd of September 2007, the Temple were once again defeated by Incoherence. On the 26th of October, the temple defeated Dragon Dragon USApe and Moscow.
End of affiliation with UltraMantis Black
On the 27th of October, Hydra and JigsawJigsaw (wrestler)
Jigsaw is an American professional wrestler currently competing in the Chikara and Dragon Gate USA professional wrestling promotions...
defeated UltraMantis Black and Shane Storm. At CHIKARA's event The Sordid Perils of everyday Existence, Black seemingly turned on Hydra causig him to lose to Shane Storm whom Black would later align himself with. However heading in 2008, the Temple appeared functional. The Temple were defeated by The Colony on the 9th of December 2007.
On the 27th Of January 2008, Hydra scored one of his biggest victories in CHIKARA when he defeated Moravain Greyhound and Pablo the Zombie Plantain in a triple-threat match. The Temple then participated in the King of Trios tournament until they were eliminated in the quarter-final. On April 19, 2008, UltraMantis defeated Tim Donst
Tim Donst
Timothy "Tim" Donst is an American professional wrestler, performing primarily in Chikara, where he is a former Young Lions Cup holder. He is known for his amateur wrestling background, which became the focal point of his persona....
, whom he had dropped on his head in Donst's debut the previous year, with the Praying Mantis Bomb. After the match, the Neo-Solar Temple kidnapped the concussed Donst and managed to convince him to become the fourth member of the faction. However, this would all be revealed to be a plan created by Mike Quackenbush as he had sent Donst to infiltrate the Neo-Solar Temple in order to find out who had leaked the secret of the Chikara Special to Chris Hero
Chris Hero
Chris Spradlin is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chris Hero. He is a mainstay of many independent wrestling promotions, including Ring of Honor, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla as well as Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan...
. Quackenbush had been feuding with Hero and in the course of the feud, Quackenbush invented a move which Hero could not break. After defeating him in a singles match, Quackenbush taught the move to every tecnico on the Chikara roster. However, on November 17, 2007, Hero had been able to break the hold and use it himself to win his feud against Equinox
Vin Gerard
Vince "Vin" Gerard Durling is an American professional wrestler currently competing in the American-based promotion Chikara.-Equinox:...
. On June 18, 2008, Donst left the Neo-Solar Temple and with information gathered undercover, he was able to reveal to Quackenbush that Shane Storm, Quackenbush's long time tag team partner, had been the one who had leaked the move and the counter to it to UltraMantis Black, who in turn taught the move to Hero. After being given an ultimatum by UltraMantis, Hydra left the Order with Donst and together they would form the tag team known as the Sea Donsters, resulting in the Neo-Solar Temple being dwindled down to a tag team.
The Sea Donsters
On the 20th of April 2008, Hydra lost to Chuck Taylor. For one night only, The Temple and Sea Donsters briefly merged to defeat The Colony and Pantera on the 17th of May. Now a technico, The Sea Donsters made their tag team debut defeating Player UnoPlayer Uno
Nicolas Dansereau is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ringname Player Uno, who currently competes most notably for the Chikara and Inter Species Wrestling promotions. He bases his gimmick, moveset, and attire around video games, more specifically games for the NES and SNES...
and Stupified the next day. On the 23rd of May, the Donsters were victorious against Grudyin and Tucor. The next day they defated Los Ice Creams. The Sea Donsters teamed with UltraMantis Black to defeat Gran Akuma, Icarus and Chuck Taylor during the first night of the sixth addition of CHIKARA's Young Lion's Cup. Tim Donst then finally faced Black and was successful in his endeavours. On the 9th of August 2008 at CHIKARA's All that Glitters event, The Sea Donsters teamed in the main event (marking Hydra's first CHIKARA main event) in a losing effort when they challenged Incoherence for their Campenatos de Parejas (Tag team Championships) when the Temple interfered.
The Sea Donsters then began feuding with The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple, starting with a losing effort when they teamed with Mike Quackenbush in a six-man tag team match that saw the Temple team with Dr. Cube. On the 6th of September 2008, Hydra was defeated by Brodie Lee
Brodie Lee
Jon Huber is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Brodie Lee, who performs primarily in the Chikara, Dragon Gate, Dragon Gate USA, Evolve Wrestling and Jersey All Pro Wrestling professional wrestling promotions...
via a Big Boot. The next day, Hydra teamed with Helios and Incoherence to defeat The Neo-Solar Temple, TJ Cannon and Bruce Maxwell. The Sea Donsters seemingly appeared inactive until the pairing lost to two of the three members of The UnStable (Colin Delaney
Colin Delaney
Colin Matthew Delaney is a American professional wrestler, best known for wrestling for World Wrestling Entertainment. He has also wrestled for promotions such as 2CW Squared Circle Wrestling, Chikara, NWA Upstate, Pier 6 Wrestling, Buffalo Championship Wrestling, NWA Empire, LakeShore Wrestling,...
and STIGMA) on the 19th of October. Individually Donst and Hydra participated in the Torneo Cybernetico, however both of them were eliminated in the first round by UltraMantis Black and STIGMA respectively. The next day (November 16, 2008), The Sea Donsters defeated Icarus and Gran Akuma. Finally, on December 12, 2008, The Sea Donsters finally faced The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple in a tag team match which they won. The following night, Hydra defeated his former teacher Black whilst Donst was injured in a tag team match, thus starting a feud with STIGMA.
Feud with Tim Donst and Departure
Following Donst's feud with STIGMA, the Donsters returned to action on the 21st of February 2009 teaming with Create-a-Wrestler in a losing effort to The Un-Stable. During the final night of CHIKARA's 2009 King of Trios, the Donsters participated in a tag team gauntlet that saw them pick up a victory over Tony Kozina and Ryan Drago however they were eliminated by The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple. Mike Quackenbush and JigsawJigsaw (wrestler)
Jigsaw is an American professional wrestler currently competing in the Chikara and Dragon Gate USA professional wrestling promotions...
won the match in the end. The pairing were then against each other when Player Dos, STIGMA, Tim Donst & Brodie Lee defeated Player Uno, Vin Gerard
Vin Gerard
Vince "Vin" Gerard Durling is an American professional wrestler currently competing in the American-based promotion Chikara.-Equinox:...
, Hydra and Buck Hawke on the 25th of April 2008. On Night 3 of the Young Lions Cup
Young Lions Cup
The Young Lion Cup is an in-frequent professional wrestling tournament promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling as a means of showcasing the younger talent on their roster. The tournament is the successor to the Karl Gotch Cup that NJPW promoted in the 1970s. The Young Lion Cup is a round-robin...
, the Sea Donsters teamed with KC "Cloudy" Day
The Miracle Ultraviolence Connection
The Miracle Ultraviolence Connection is an American professional wrestling stable consisting of Cheech, Cloudy, and Brodie Lee. The team has gone by several names and are known for their work in Combat Zone Wrestling, Ring of Honor, Chikara and other independent promotions.-In wrestling:*Brodie...
and wrestled Player Uno, Yellow Dog and Dasher Hatfield which Hydra's team lost. After the match Tim Donst attacked Hydra, Donst said that he was tired of losing and that he was the backbone of the team, which ended the Sea Donsters. On November 21, 2009, Hydra wrestled Tim Donst in a Loser leaves CHIKARA match
Professional wrestling match types
Many types of matches, sometimes called "concept" or "gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, can be found in the form of performing art that is professional wrestling....
on Throwing Life's Instructions Away, which Hydra lost forcing him to leave the company.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- HydraLock (Full nelson)
- Signature moves
- ChokeslamChokeslamA chokeslam refers to a type of body slam in professional wrestling in which the wrestler grasps their opponent's neck, lifts them up, and slams them to the mat. It is common in televised wrestling because it is simple and relatively safe, yet looks powerful on camera...
- Gorilla press
- PowerbombPowerbombA powerbomb is a professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted up and then slammed back-first down to the mat. The standard powerbomb sees an opponent first placed in a standing headscissors position...
- Chokeslam
- NicknameNicknameA nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
s- "The Creature of the Deep"
- Entrance themesMusic in professional wrestlingMusic in professional wrestling serves a variety of purposes. The most common uses of music in professional wrestling is that of the entrance theme, a song or piece of instrumental music which plays as a performer approaches the ring...
- "Godzilla"Godzilla (song)"Godzilla" is a song by Blue Öyster Cult from their 5th album Spectres. The lyrics are a tribute to the popular movie monster of the same name. The song is, along with " The Reaper" and "Burnin' for You", one of Blue Öyster Cult's best known songs and has become a staple of their live performances...
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(CHIKARA - final appearance)
- "Godzilla"