The Osirian Portal
Encyclopedia
The Osirian Portal was a professional wrestling
tag team
, consisting of Amasis and Ophidian. The team mainly competed in Chikara, where they held the Campeonatos de Parejas
, and Combat Zone Wrestling
(CZW). They have also made appearances in Ring of Honor
(ROH) and several other independent promotions
based in the north eastern part of the United States. The tag team eventually expanded into a stable with the additions of Escorpion Egipcio and Hieracon. Amasis was forced to retire from professional wrestling in June 2011 as a result of a non-wrestling accident, which led to the official dissolution of the team in September.
pharaoh
and Ophidian that of an anthropomorphic
King Cobra
. Part of their gimmick involves hypnosis
, wherein Amasis would hold Ophidian in a wheelbarrow hold, while the latter places his hands together and waves them in front of their opponents, hypnotizing them.
and Jigsaw
) in their first match together. Ophidian had made his debut on June 5 at an XCW Wrestling Mid-West event and had wrestled two matches on his own in Chikara, on July 4 and 21, while for Amasis this was his professional wrestling debut. In early 2008 Amasis and Ophidian entered the King of Trios tournament along with Mecha Mummy forming Team Egypt. The team lost in the first round to Mike Quackenbush, Shane Storm, and Jorge "Skayde" Rivera
. After their debut the team worked its way through the ranks and earned three points (three straight victories) which are required for a team to challenge for the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas
under Chikara rules. On May 18, 2008, at Chikara's Grit and Glory show they challenged the Campeones de Parejas, Incoherence (Delirious
and Hallowicked
), for the titles, but were defeated in two straight falls. After the title match The Portal went on a losing streak, which ended on September 7, 2008, at Style and Substance when they defeated Up In Smoke
(Cheech and Cloudy) in a Tag World Grand Prix qualifying match. They picked up two more victories over the teams of Da Soul Touchaz
(Marshe Rockett and Acid Jaz) and Atsushi Ohashi and Shinya Ishikawa to once again earn three points and a match for the tag team titles. On October 19, 2008, at Chikara's The Global Gauntlet: Night 2, just 24 hours after gaining their third point, The Osirian Portal defeated the Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno
and Player Dos
) to win the tag team titles.
(Fire Ant and Soldier Ant) and Martin Stone
and PAC. The Colony won the match after Soldier Ant forced Ophidian to tap out with the Chikara Special. Upon returning to the United States, the team turned rudo
and at the annual Torneo Cibernetico
The Osirian Portal was a part of an eight man team led by Vin Gerard
. Ophidian was the last representative on Team Gerard, but in the end tapped out to Jimmy "Equinox" Olsen
's version of the Chikara Special. During the match, Amasis injured his ankle and was therefore quickly removed from the match. Earlier in the night, Amasis and Ophidian introduced a man by the name of Escorpion Egipcio, who they claimed was sent by Osiris
to become a new member of their team. Egipcio defeated Ultimo Breakfast in his debut match and the next night at Armdrags to Riches he replaced Amasis and teamed up with Ophidian to successfully defend the tag titles against Equinox and Lince Dorado
. Afterwards, it was announced that Egipcio could no longer replace Amasis in The Portal's title defenses. Amasis had 90 days to recover, and on the first show of 2009, Revelation X, Amasis and Ophidian defended the Campeonatos de Parejas against Fire Ant and Soldier Ant of the Colony in a special one-fall match with Egipcio banned from the building. The Portal scored an upset victory and retained their titles, defeating the Colony, who came to the match with a seven match winning streak.
In March 2009, Amasis, Ophidian and Escorpion Egipcio entered the 2009 King of Trios tournament. On March 27, the first night of the tournament, they defeated Team PWG
(El Generico
and Nick and Matt Jackson
) to move on to the following night's quarter finals, where they were defeated by The Future is Now (Equinox, Lince Dorado and Helios
). The following month, after Egipcio suffered his first singles loss in a match against Helios and then a second trios loss against The Future Is Now, Ophidian wrote a blog on Chikara's official website where he blamed the losses on Egipcio and announced that he was kicked out of the team. Egipcio's profile has been since been removed from Chikara's roster page, confirming his departure. On September 13, 2009, at Hiding in Plain Sight The Colony (Fire Ant and Soldier Ant) defeated The Osirian Portal in two straight falls to win the Campeonatos de Parejas.
and quickly scored three points, earning the right to challenge for the titles again. The Osirian Portal used their three points on November 22, 2009, to get a Championship match at the Season eight finale titled Three-Fisted Tales, where The Colony ended up retaining their titles two falls to one. On April 23, 2010, The Osirian Portal got in on the 2010 King of Trios tournament through a back door, when a random draw picked them to replace Team Mexico, who no-showed the event, and face the Bruderschaft des Kreuzes
(BDK) (Ares
, Claudio Castagnoli
and Tursas) in the first round. Another random draw picked BDK member Sara Del Rey
as Portal's trios partner and in the end she cost them the match by low blowing Ophidian, when he had Castagnoli locked in the Death Grip. After their elimination from the trios tournament, both Amasis and Ophidian entered the Rey de Voladores tournament, the following day. Amasis was defeated in his four-way elimination match by Matt Cross, while Ophidian won his four-way elimination match by defeating Frightmare
, Cheech and Rich Swann. On April 25 Ophidian defeated Cross in a singles match to win the 2010 Rey de Voladores tournament. For the first half of 2010, the Osirian Portal feuded with the UnStable (Vin Gerard, STIGMA
and Colin Delaney
), during which Gerard and STIGMA managed to convince Amasis and Ophidian that they were turning tecnico and wanted no part of Delaney, only to reunite with him and attack the Osirian Portal, after defeating them in a tag team match on June 27. On July 26 at Chikarasaurus Rex: King of Show the Osirian Portal gained a measure of revenge on the UnStable, when they teamed with Drake Younger
, who also had a history with Gerard and STIGMA, and defeated Gerard, STIGMA and Delaney in a six man tag team match.
. Amasis entered the tournament on August 27 and defeated Chrisjen Hayme to make it to the semifinal six–way match, where he was eliminated by Johnny Gargano
. The following day Ophidian defeated Skull in his first round match to advance to the semifinals. In his semifinal match Ophidian outlasted four other competitors, before being defeated by BDK's Lince Dorado, after considerable help from the stable's own referee, Derek Sabato. On September 18 and 19 Amasis and Ophidian once again picked up three points by first defeating the Unstable (Vin Gerard and STIGMA), Obariyon and Kodama and Incoherence (Hallowicked and Frightmare) in a four–way elimination tag team match and then BDK representatives Delirious and Daizee Haze
in a tag team match. The Osirian Portal received their title match on October 24, 2010, but were defeated by the defending champions, Ares and Claudio Castagnoli of the BDK, in two straight falls.
At the season nine finale, titled Reality is Relative, on December 12, 2010, Amasis and Ophidian teamed with Jonathan Gresham, who was making his Chikara debut, in a six man tag team match, where they defeated BDK members Delirious, Lince Dorado and Pinkie Sanchez. At the season ten premiere, Chaos in the Sea of Lost Souls, on January 23, 2011, Gresham was made an official member of the Osirian Portal as he was rebranded Hieracon and donned a mask in a six man tag team match, where he, Amasis and Ophidian defeated F.I.S.T. (Chuck Taylor
, Icarus
and Johnny Gargano). On April 15, the Osirian Portal entered the 2011 King of Trios, defeating ¡3.0lé! (El Generico, Scott Parker and Shane Matthews
) in their first round match. The following day they defeated Team Dragon Gate
(Akira Tozawa
, KAGETORA
and Super Shisa
) to advance to the semifinals of the tournament. The following day, The Osirian Portal was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinal stage by The Colony (Fire Ant, Green Ant and Soldier Ant), who would go on to win the entire tournament.
On April 21, Amasis was named one of twelve participants in the tournament to determine first ever Chikara singles champion. However, on May 11 it was announced that Amasis had suffered "severe injuries in a non-wrestling accident" that would sideline him indefinitely and force him out of the tournament. On June 23 it was announced that Amasis had been forced to retire from professional wrestling due to his injuries. The following month Ophidian was sidelined with a severely broken jaw. On September 22, Chikara's Director of Fun, Wink Vavasseur, announced that without Amasis there would be no Osirian Portal, effectively dissolving the group. On November 13 at Chikara's first internet pay-per-view, High Noon
, Amasis returned to officially announce his retirement. Afterwards, Ophidian attacked his former partner and unmasked him, turning rudo in the process.
(ROH) debut on June 7, 2008, at the tapings of the Respect is Earned II pay-per-view
where they were defeated by the team of Shane Hagadorn and Mitch Franklin in a dark match. They returned to the company on October 25, 2008, at Ring of Homicide II where they were defeated by the ROH World Tag Team Champions
Kevin Steen and El Generico
in a non-title match.
in a match for the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship.
(CZW) on August 14, 2010, at Tangled Web 3, where they defeated The Best Around (Bruce Maxwell and T.J. Cannon) in the first round of a tournament for the vacant CZW World Tag Team Championship
. On October 9 Amasis wrestled in a four–way match, which was won by Rich Swann and also included Ryan Slater and Sabian
. At the following event on October 16, Amasis and Ophidian wrestled Irish Driveby (Rich Swann and Ryan McBride
) to a fifteen minute time limit draw. On November 13 at Night of Infamy 9: Betrayal The Osirian Portal defeated The Runaways (Joe Gacy and Ryan Slater) in the semifinals of the World Tag Team Championship tournament. The video clip of Amasis and Ophidian hypnotizing Gacy and Slater in the finish of the match gained them some major notoriety, garnering over two million hits on YouTube
and being shown ESPN
's Around the Horn
and G4
's Attack of the Show!
, and cemented Amasis' and Ophidian's spots as favorites among the CZW crowd. The finals of the tournament took place on December 12, 2010, at the Cage of Death XII pay-per-view, where The Osirian Portal was defeated by Philly's Most Wanted (Joker
and Sabian). Amasis and Ophidian returned to CZW on February 12, 2011, at Twelve: The Twelfth Anniversary Event, interfering in a six–way Best of the Best qualifying match and using hypnosis to turn it into a dance–off, before helping Jonathan Gresham pick up the win.
Professional wrestling
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tag team
Tag team
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, consisting of Amasis and Ophidian. The team mainly competed in Chikara, where they held the Campeonatos de Parejas
Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas
The Campeonatos de Parejas is a professional wrestling tag team championship contested for in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based promotion Chikara.-History:The Campeonatos de Parejas were introduced in February 2006...
, and Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling is a independent wrestling promotion. In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain began to run backyard wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence"...
(CZW). They have also made appearances in Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor
Ring of Honor ' is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in May 2011...
(ROH) and several other independent promotions
Independent circuit
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based in the north eastern part of the United States. The tag team eventually expanded into a stable with the additions of Escorpion Egipcio and Hieracon. Amasis was forced to retire from professional wrestling in June 2011 as a result of a non-wrestling accident, which led to the official dissolution of the team in September.
History
Both Amasis and Ophidian trained at the Chikara wrestling school and upon their graduation adopted their gimmick and their masks to become the Osirian Portal, a team inspired by ancient Egyptian culture, with Amasis adopting the gimmick of a break dancingB-boying
B-boying, often called "breakdancing", is a popular style of street dance that was created and developed as part of hip-hop culture among African Americans and Latino youths in New York City. The dance consists of four primary elements: toprock, downrock, power moves and freezes...
pharaoh
Pharaoh
Pharaoh is a title used in many modern discussions of the ancient Egyptian rulers of all periods. The title originates in the term "pr-aa" which means "great house" and describes the royal palace...
and Ophidian that of an anthropomorphic
Anthropomorphism
Anthropomorphism is any attribution of human characteristics to animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts, such as organizations, governments, spirits or deities. The term was coined in the mid 1700s...
King Cobra
King Cobra
The king cobra is the world's longest venomous snake, with a length up to 5.6 m . This species, which preys chiefly on other snakes, is found predominantly in forests from India through Southeast Asia to the Philippines and Indonesia...
. Part of their gimmick involves hypnosis
Hypnosis
Hypnosis is "a trance state characterized by extreme suggestibility, relaxation and heightened imagination."It is a mental state or imaginative role-enactment . It is usually induced by a procedure known as a hypnotic induction, which is commonly composed of a long series of preliminary...
, wherein Amasis would hold Ophidian in a wheelbarrow hold, while the latter places his hands together and waves them in front of their opponents, hypnotizing them.
Chikara
Amasis and Ophidian made their debut as a tag team on September 22, 2007 at the Chikara show Cibernetico and Robin, defeating ShaneSaw (Shane StormStigma (wrestler)
Stigma is an American professional wrestler, best known for his work in the Chikara professional wrestling promotion, where he is a former Young Lions Cup Champion and King of Trios winner...
and Jigsaw
Jigsaw (wrestler)
Jigsaw is an American professional wrestler currently competing in the Chikara and Dragon Gate USA professional wrestling promotions...
) in their first match together. Ophidian had made his debut on June 5 at an XCW Wrestling Mid-West event and had wrestled two matches on his own in Chikara, on July 4 and 21, while for Amasis this was his professional wrestling debut. In early 2008 Amasis and Ophidian entered the King of Trios tournament along with Mecha Mummy forming Team Egypt. The team lost in the first round to Mike Quackenbush, Shane Storm, and Jorge "Skayde" Rivera
Skayde
Jorge Rivera Serrano is a Mexican professional wrestler who is best known for Lucha Libre. He has been a tecnico throughout his wrestling career. He is currently training wrestlers at Arena Xalapa.-Professional wrestling career:...
. After their debut the team worked its way through the ranks and earned three points (three straight victories) which are required for a team to challenge for the Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas
Chikara Campeonatos de Parejas
The Campeonatos de Parejas is a professional wrestling tag team championship contested for in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based promotion Chikara.-History:The Campeonatos de Parejas were introduced in February 2006...
under Chikara rules. On May 18, 2008, at Chikara's Grit and Glory show they challenged the Campeones de Parejas, Incoherence (Delirious
Delirious (wrestler)
Hunter Johnston is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Delirious. He is currently wrestling for Ring of Honor, International Wrestling Cartel, Chikara, Pro Wrestling Noah, and Jersey All Pro Wrestling...
and Hallowicked
Hallowicked
Hallowicked is a professional wrestler, who performs primarily in the Chikara, Dragon Gate USA and Evolve Wrestling professional wrestling promotions. Throughout his career he has also worked for promotions such as Combat Zone Wrestling, Full Impact Pro, Jersey All Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling...
), for the titles, but were defeated in two straight falls. After the title match The Portal went on a losing streak, which ended on September 7, 2008, at Style and Substance when they defeated Up In Smoke
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...
(Cheech and Cloudy) in a Tag World Grand Prix qualifying match. They picked up two more victories over the teams of Da Soul Touchaz
Da Soul Touchaz
Da Soul Touchaz is a professional wrestling alliance, currently consisting of American professional wrestlers Acid Jaz, Marshe Rockett and Willie Richardson...
(Marshe Rockett and Acid Jaz) and Atsushi Ohashi and Shinya Ishikawa to once again earn three points and a match for the tag team titles. On October 19, 2008, at Chikara's The Global Gauntlet: Night 2, just 24 hours after gaining their third point, The Osirian Portal defeated the Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno
Player 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 Player Dos
Stupefied
Marc Dionne is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ringnames Stupefied and Player Dos. He currently competes most notably for the American-based promotion Chikara. He bases his gimmick, moveset, and attire around video games, more specifically games for the NES and SNES consoles...
) to win the tag team titles.
Campeonatos de Parejas and Escorpion Egipcio
In November 2008 the new champions traveled to Germany to take part in the 2008 Tag World Grand Prix 2008. In the opening round, they defeated The Thrillers (Wade Fitzgerald and Joel Redman) and in the semifinals they defeated the Chocolate City Saga (Tommy End and Andrew Patterson). The finals was a three-way elimination match between the last three teams, The Osirian Portal, The ColonyThe 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...
(Fire Ant and Soldier Ant) and Martin Stone
Martin Stone (wrestler)
Martin Harris, better known by his ring name Martin Stone is a British professional wrestler. He is best known for wrestling under Frontier Wrestling Alliance , International Pro Wrestling: United Kingdom , Real Quality Wrestling and various other promotions throughout the United Kingdom,...
and PAC. The Colony won the match after Soldier Ant forced Ophidian to tap out with the Chikara Special. Upon returning to the United States, the team turned rudo
Heel (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. In non-wrestling jargon, heels are the "bad guys" in professional wrestling; the term heel coming from the term take to you heels, which means to run away which heel champions tend to do to avoid losing their titles.storylines...
and at the annual Torneo Cibernetico
Torneo cibernetico
A Torneo Cibernetico is a type of elimination tag-team match that frequently appears in Lucha Libre promotions.The match is a 16-man elimination tag team match consisting of 2 teams of 8. It uses standard Lucha Libre tag-team rules with elimination occurring with a pinfall, submission,...
The Osirian Portal was a part of an eight man team led by Vin Gerard
Vin Gerard
Vince "Vin" Gerard Durling is an American professional wrestler currently competing in the American-based promotion Chikara.-Equinox:...
. Ophidian was the last representative on Team Gerard, but in the end tapped out to Jimmy "Equinox" Olsen
Jimmy Olsen (wrestler)
Jimmy Olsen , also known by his ring name Equinox, is an American professional wrestler, who is best known for his work in the American-based promotion Chikara.-Chikara :...
's version of the Chikara Special. During the match, Amasis injured his ankle and was therefore quickly removed from the match. Earlier in the night, Amasis and Ophidian introduced a man by the name of Escorpion Egipcio, who they claimed was sent by Osiris
Osiris
Osiris is an Egyptian god, usually identified as the god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead. He is classically depicted as a green-skinned man with a pharaoh's beard, partially mummy-wrapped at the legs, wearing a distinctive crown with two large ostrich feathers at either side, and...
to become a new member of their team. Egipcio defeated Ultimo Breakfast in his debut match and the next night at Armdrags to Riches he replaced Amasis and teamed up with Ophidian to successfully defend the tag titles against Equinox and Lince Dorado
Lince Dorado
Lince Dorado is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is best known for working for Chikara and currently performs for the several independent promotions.-Debut:...
. Afterwards, it was announced that Egipcio could no longer replace Amasis in The Portal's title defenses. Amasis had 90 days to recover, and on the first show of 2009, Revelation X, Amasis and Ophidian defended the Campeonatos de Parejas against Fire Ant and Soldier Ant of the Colony in a special one-fall match with Egipcio banned from the building. The Portal scored an upset victory and retained their titles, defeating the Colony, who came to the match with a seven match winning streak.
In March 2009, Amasis, Ophidian and Escorpion Egipcio entered the 2009 King of Trios tournament. On March 27, the first night of the tournament, they defeated Team PWG
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla is a professional wrestling promotion that is run by wrestlers themselves as it was created by Southern California wrestlers Disco Machine, Excalibur, Joey Ryan, Scott Lost, Super Dragon, and Top Gun Talwar...
(El Generico
El Generico
Rami Sebei is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name El Generico. Sebei uses the gimmick of a luchador from Mexico...
and Nick and Matt Jackson
The Young Bucks
The Young Bucks is an American professional wrestling tag team, consisting of real life brothers Matt and Nick Massie from Southern California...
) to move on to the following night's quarter finals, where they were defeated by The Future is Now (Equinox, Lince Dorado and Helios
Ricochet (wrestler)
Trevor Mann is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name Ricochet. He currently performs mainly for the American promotion Dragon Gate USA and its parent promotion, Japanese Dragon Gate. In both promotions he is a member of the Blood Warriors stable...
). The following month, after Egipcio suffered his first singles loss in a match against Helios and then a second trios loss against The Future Is Now, Ophidian wrote a blog on Chikara's official website where he blamed the losses on Egipcio and announced that he was kicked out of the team. Egipcio's profile has been since been removed from Chikara's roster page, confirming his departure. On September 13, 2009, at Hiding in Plain Sight The Colony (Fire Ant and Soldier Ant) defeated The Osirian Portal in two straight falls to win the Campeonatos de Parejas.
Tecnico turn
Over the course of the following October shows, Amasis and Ophidian turned tecnicoFace (professional wrestling)
In professional wrestling, a babyface or face or in simple words, a fan favorite is a character who is portrayed as a heroic relative to the heel wrestlers, who are analogous to villains...
and quickly scored three points, earning the right to challenge for the titles again. The Osirian Portal used their three points on November 22, 2009, to get a Championship match at the Season eight finale titled Three-Fisted Tales, where The Colony ended up retaining their titles two falls to one. On April 23, 2010, The Osirian Portal got in on the 2010 King of Trios tournament through a back door, when a random draw picked them to replace Team Mexico, who no-showed the event, and face the Bruderschaft des Kreuzes
Bruderschaft des Kreuzes
Die Bruderschaft des Kreuzes is a professional wrestling stable in the Chikara promotion.-Background :...
(BDK) (Ares
Marco Jaggi
Marco Jaggi is a Swiss professional wrestler and wrestling trainer, known by his ring name Ares , who primarily competes in European and American independent promotions. For much of his career, Jaggi teamed with Claudio Castagnoli and Marc Roudin as part of Swiss Money Holding...
, 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...
and Tursas) in the first round. Another random draw picked BDK member Sara Del Rey
Sara Del Rey
Sara Amato is an American professional wrestler, better known by her ring name, Sara Del Rey. She is a mainstay for Chikara and Shimmer Women Athletes. She has also appeared for many other independent promotions in the United States, including Ring of Honor, IWA Mid-South, All Pro Wrestling, as...
as Portal's trios partner and in the end she cost them the match by low blowing Ophidian, when he had Castagnoli locked in the Death Grip. After their elimination from the trios tournament, both Amasis and Ophidian entered the Rey de Voladores tournament, the following day. Amasis was defeated in his four-way elimination match by Matt Cross, while Ophidian won his four-way elimination match by defeating Frightmare
Frightmare (wrestler)
Frightmare is a professional wrestler, who performs primarily in the Chikara professional wrestling promotion, where he is a former Young Lions Cup Champion. He has also worked for promotions such as Evolve Wrestling, International Wrestling Cartel, IWA East Coast and Jersey All Pro Wrestling...
, Cheech and Rich Swann. On April 25 Ophidian defeated Cross in a singles match to win the 2010 Rey de Voladores tournament. For the first half of 2010, the Osirian Portal feuded with the UnStable (Vin Gerard, STIGMA
Stigma (wrestler)
Stigma is an American professional wrestler, best known for his work in the Chikara professional wrestling promotion, where he is a former Young Lions Cup Champion and King of Trios winner...
and 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,...
), during which Gerard and STIGMA managed to convince Amasis and Ophidian that they were turning tecnico and wanted no part of Delaney, only to reunite with him and attack the Osirian Portal, after defeating them in a tag team match on June 27. On July 26 at Chikarasaurus Rex: King of Show the Osirian Portal gained a measure of revenge on the UnStable, when they teamed with Drake Younger
Drake Younger
Drake Wuertz is an American professional wrestler known by his ring name Drake Younger. He has worked for a number of major independent promotions including Combat Zone Wrestling, IWA Mid-South and Chikara...
, who also had a history with Gerard and STIGMA, and defeated Gerard, STIGMA and Delaney in a six man tag team match.
Addition of Hieracon
After the match at Chikarasaurus Rex: King of Show, Amasis and Ophidian decided that being a trio felt so right that they went on to search for a new third member of the Osirian Portal. In August both Amasis and Ophidian entered the eighth annual Young Lions Cup tournamentChikara Young Lions Cup
The Young Lions Cup is a professional wrestling championship contested for in the American professional wrestling promotion Chikara.-History:...
. Amasis entered the tournament on August 27 and defeated Chrisjen Hayme to make it to the semifinal six–way match, where he was eliminated by Johnny Gargano
Johnny Gargano
John Anthony Nicholas "Johnny" Gargano is an American professional wrestler, who performs primarily in the Absolute Intense Wrestling, Chikara, Dragon Gate USA, Evolve Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Ohio professional wrestling promotions. He has also made appearances for World Wrestling...
. The following day Ophidian defeated Skull in his first round match to advance to the semifinals. In his semifinal match Ophidian outlasted four other competitors, before being defeated by BDK's Lince Dorado, after considerable help from the stable's own referee, Derek Sabato. On September 18 and 19 Amasis and Ophidian once again picked up three points by first defeating the Unstable (Vin Gerard and STIGMA), Obariyon and Kodama and Incoherence (Hallowicked and Frightmare) in a four–way elimination tag team match and then BDK representatives Delirious and Daizee Haze
Daizee Haze
Daizee Haze is an American professional wrestler. Whilst wrestling for many companies Daizee Haze is also the head trainer for the Shimmer Women Athletes promotion.-Training and Gateway Championship Wrestling:...
in a tag team match. The Osirian Portal received their title match on October 24, 2010, but were defeated by the defending champions, Ares and Claudio Castagnoli of the BDK, in two straight falls.
At the season nine finale, titled Reality is Relative, on December 12, 2010, Amasis and Ophidian teamed with Jonathan Gresham, who was making his Chikara debut, in a six man tag team match, where they defeated BDK members Delirious, Lince Dorado and Pinkie Sanchez. At the season ten premiere, Chaos in the Sea of Lost Souls, on January 23, 2011, Gresham was made an official member of the Osirian Portal as he was rebranded Hieracon and donned a mask in a six man tag team match, where he, Amasis and Ophidian defeated F.I.S.T. (Chuck Taylor
Chuck Taylor (wrestler)
Dustin Howard is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Chuck Taylor. He is currently competing most notably in Chikara, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, Evolve Wrestling and Dragon Gate USA...
, Icarus
Icarus (wrestler)
Icarus is a professional wrestler, who performs primarily in the Chikara professional wrestling promotion, where he is a former Campeon de Parejas and King of Trios winner...
and Johnny Gargano). On April 15, the Osirian Portal entered the 2011 King of Trios, defeating ¡3.0lé! (El Generico, Scott Parker and Shane Matthews
2.0 (professional wrestling)
2.0 is a Canadian professional wrestling tag team, consisting of Scott "Jagged" Parker and Shane Matthews . The team is best known for working for Chikara, where they are currently using the name 3.0, and International Wrestling Syndicate...
) in their first round match. The following day they defeated Team Dragon Gate
Dragon Gate
is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion formerly known as Toryumon Japan. Most of Dragon Gate's wrestlers are graduates from Último Dragón's Toryumon Gym, and thus the promotion is based on a Junior Heavyweight style with varying emphasis on high flying maneuvers, flashy technical grappling,...
(Akira Tozawa
Akira Tozawa
, is a Japanese professional wrestler, mainly performing for Dragon Gate, where he is currently one half of the Open the Twin Gate Champions...
, KAGETORA
Fumiyuki Hashimoto
, known by his stage name Kagetora , is a Japanese professional wrestler who works for Dragon Gate. He wrestles in independent wrestling leagues all around Japan and has wrestled in the United States for Chikara and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla...
and Super Shisa
Super Shisa
Yoshiyuki Saito is a Japanese professional wrestler best known by his ring name Super Shisa, currently wrestling for Dragon Gate. His gimmick is inspired by the Ryukyuan Shisa...
) to advance to the semifinals of the tournament. The following day, The Osirian Portal was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinal stage by The Colony (Fire Ant, Green Ant and Soldier Ant), who would go on to win the entire tournament.
On April 21, Amasis was named one of twelve participants in the tournament to determine first ever Chikara singles champion. However, on May 11 it was announced that Amasis had suffered "severe injuries in a non-wrestling accident" that would sideline him indefinitely and force him out of the tournament. On June 23 it was announced that Amasis had been forced to retire from professional wrestling due to his injuries. The following month Ophidian was sidelined with a severely broken jaw. On September 22, Chikara's Director of Fun, Wink Vavasseur, announced that without Amasis there would be no Osirian Portal, effectively dissolving the group. On November 13 at Chikara's first internet pay-per-view, High Noon
Chikara High Noon
High Noon was a professional wrestling internet pay-per-view event produced by the Chikara promotion, that took place on November 13, 2011 at the Asylum Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event marked Chikara's first ever live pay-per-view and it was headlined by the finals of a tournament...
, Amasis returned to officially announce his retirement. Afterwards, Ophidian attacked his former partner and unmasked him, turning rudo in the process.
Ring of Honor
Amasis and Ophidian made their Ring of HonorRing of Honor
Ring of Honor ' is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in May 2011...
(ROH) debut on June 7, 2008, at the tapings of the Respect is Earned II pay-per-view
Pay-per-view
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where they were defeated by the team of Shane Hagadorn and Mitch Franklin in a dark match. They returned to the company on October 25, 2008, at Ring of Homicide II where they were defeated by the ROH World Tag Team Champions
ROH World Tag Team Championship
The Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship contested for in the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor. The championship is generally contested in professional wrestling matches, in which participants usually execute...
Kevin Steen and El Generico
Kevin Steen and El Generico
Kevin Steen and El Generico are a professional wrestling tag team performing on the independent circuit.-Pro Wrestling Guerrilla:On July 29, 2007, at Giant Size Annual #4, Generico and Steen defeated PAC and Roderick Strong to become the PWG World Tag Team Champions for the first time...
in a non-title match.
Pro Wrestling Zero1
On May 5, 2010, Amasis and Ophidian made their debut for Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Zero1, defeating Munenori Sawa and Shota Takanishi in a tag team match. Three days later they were defeated by Sawa and Ikuto HidakaIkuto Hidaka
is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently performing for Pro Wrestling Zero1. Hidaka was the regular partner of Minoru Fujita, with whom he has held the Zero1-Max International Lightweight Tag Team and Intercontinental Tag Team Titles, making them the only team to do so...
in a match for the NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship.
Combat Zone Wrestling
Amasis and Ophidian made their debuts for Combat Zone WrestlingCombat Zone Wrestling
Combat Zone Wrestling is a independent wrestling promotion. In 1999, John Zandig and four of his students, Ric Blade, Lobo, Nick Gage and Justice Pain began to run backyard wrestling shows in New Jersey and Delaware, showcasing a brand of hardcore wrestling dubbed as "ultraviolence"...
(CZW) on August 14, 2010, at Tangled Web 3, where they defeated The Best Around (Bruce Maxwell and T.J. Cannon) in the first round of a tournament for the vacant CZW World Tag Team Championship
CZW World Tag Team Championship
The CZW World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling world tag team championship owned and copyrighted by the Combat Zone Wrestling promotion; it is contested for in their tag team division. It was created and debuted on February 13, 1999 at CZW's Opening Night event, where Jon Dahmer...
. On October 9 Amasis wrestled in a four–way match, which was won by Rich Swann and also included Ryan Slater and Sabian
Sabian (wrestler)
Sabian is an American professional wrestler, currently performing for Combat Zone Wrestling, where he was a founding member of The Blackout / BLKOUT with Ruckus. In addition to CZW, he also competes for several other American independent promotions, most notably Chikara.-Debut:Born in...
. At the following event on October 16, Amasis and Ophidian wrestled Irish Driveby (Rich Swann and Ryan McBride
Ryan McBride
Ryan Cluney is an American professional wrestler who has worked for such independent wrestling promotions as Combat Zone Wrestling and Maryland Championship Wrestling.-Career:...
) to a fifteen minute time limit draw. On November 13 at Night of Infamy 9: Betrayal The Osirian Portal defeated The Runaways (Joe Gacy and Ryan Slater) in the semifinals of the World Tag Team Championship tournament. The video clip of Amasis and Ophidian hypnotizing Gacy and Slater in the finish of the match gained them some major notoriety, garnering over two million hits on YouTube
YouTube
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and being shown ESPN
ESPN
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's Around the Horn
Around the Horn
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and G4
G4 (TV channel)
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's Attack of the Show!
Attack of the Show!
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, and cemented Amasis' and Ophidian's spots as favorites among the CZW crowd. The finals of the tournament took place on December 12, 2010, at the Cage of Death XII pay-per-view, where The Osirian Portal was defeated by Philly's Most Wanted (Joker
Joker (wrestler)
Joker is an American independent professional wrestler who works for the Combat Zone Wrestling promotion, IWA Mid-South, Chikara and UWA Hardcore Wrestling.-Career:...
and Sabian). Amasis and Ophidian returned to CZW on February 12, 2011, at Twelve: The Twelfth Anniversary Event, interfering in a six–way Best of the Best qualifying match and using hypnosis to turn it into a dance–off, before helping Jonathan Gresham pick up the win.
In wrestling
- Finishing tag team moves
- Eyes of Horus (Simultaneous 450° splashes)
- Osirian Sacrament (Simultaneous diving leg drop (Ophidian) / diving splash (Amasis) combination)
- Signature tag team moves
- Bearhug by Escorpion Egipcio followed by a diving crossbody by Ophidian
- Double reverse STO
- Mummification (Double ranhei)
- Pyramid–Plex (Ophidian leaps onto Amasis' shoulders with the opponent on the top rope and superplexes the opponent down with Amasis falling to his back)
- Simultaneous jumping heel kick (Amasis) / chop block (Ophidian) combination
- Slave Initiation (Ophidian performs a split-legged avalanche to a cornered opponent and then rolls back to wheelbarrow arm drag Amasis, which gives him momentum to hit a spear to the cornered opponent)
- Amasis' finishing moves
- 450° splash
- Discus forearm smash
- Egyptian Conniption (Crucifix flipped into a reverse STO)
- Twist of Funk (Jumping side slam twisted into a sitout side facebuster)
- Signature moves
- Camel clutch
- Diving crossbody
- Diving shoulder block
- Diving splash
- Lariat
- Leg lariat
- MBA (Split–legged leg drop bulldog, sometimes from the top rope)
- Reverse STO
- Running single leg high knee
- Scoop powerslam
- Slingshot into a DDTDDT (professional wrestling)In professional wrestling a DDT is any move in which the wrestler has the opponent in a front facelock, and falls down or backwards to drive the opponent's head into the mat...
- Spinebuster
- That Move I Beat Moses With (Elevated double chickenwing wheelbarrow facebuster)
- Hieracon's finishing moves
- 450° splash
- Swinging leg hook fireman's carry slam
- Signature moves
- DDTDDT (professional wrestling)In professional wrestling a DDT is any move in which the wrestler has the opponent in a front facelock, and falls down or backwards to drive the opponent's head into the mat...
to a kneeling opponent - Step-up enzuigiri
- Ophidian's finishing moves
- Death Grip (Cobra clutch with bodyscissors)
- Egyptian Destroyer (Front flip piledriver, sometimes from the second rope)
- Reverse rolling prawn hold
- Signature moves
- Bridging cradle suplex
- Bridging evasion
- Cobra clutch suplex
- Corner backflip kick
- Diving leg drop
- Double high knee, sometimes from the top rope
- Duat Driver (Victory roll flipped forward into a modified wheelbarrow facebuster, as a wheelbarrow bodyscissors counter)
- Full nelson with bodyscissors
- Gannosuke clutch
- MoonsaultMoonsaultA moonsault, moonsault press, or back flip splash is a professional wrestling aerial technique. Much of its popularity in American wrestling is attributed to The Great Muta, despite it being used in North America by "Leaping" Lanny Poffo years before Muta came from Japan.In a standard moonsault,...
- Octopus stretch
- Reverse roundhouse kick
- Skin the Snake (Skin the cat transitioned into a headscissors takedown)
- Escorpion Egipcio's finishing moves
- Plancha de Cairo (Diving splash)
- Throwing crucifix powerbomb
- Signature moves
- Diving shoulder block
- Fireman's carry cutter
- Lariat
- Overhead belly to belly suplex
- Spear
- 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 Funky Pharaoh" Amasis
- "The Venomous and Vile Serpent from the Nile" Ophidian
- 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...
- "Walk Like an EgyptianWalk Like an Egyptian"Walk Like an Egyptian" is a number-one hit from the album Different Light by The Bangles in 1986.-Origin:Liam Sternberg wrote the song after seeing people on a ferry walking awkwardly to keep their balance, which reminded him of figures in Ancient Egyptian reliefs. The opening lyrics state, "All...
" by Linea 77Linea 77Linea 77 is an Italian nu metal band formed in 1993. "Inno All'Odio," a song from their fifth studio album, Available For Propaganda was featured on the soundtrack of FIFA 06...
(Chikara) - "Walk Like an Egyptian" by Wilman de Jesus (Chikara)
- "Walk Like an Egyptian" by HakimHakim (Egyptian singer)Hakim is an Egyptian folk-singer. In addition to the number of albums he has put out, on December 11, 2006 he was the first person from an Arab country to perform at a Nobel Peace Prize event.-Biography:...
featuring Cleopatra (ROHRing of HonorRing of Honor ' is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded in 2002 by Rob Feinstein and Gabe Sapolsky. From 2004 to 2011, the promotion was under the ownership of Cary Silkin before being sold to the Sinclair Broadcast Group in May 2011...
, Chikara) - "We Want the FunkGive Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"Give Up the Funk " is a funk song by Parliament. It was released as a single under the name "Tear the Roof off the Sucker ". It was the second single to be released from Parliament's 1976 album Mothership Connection "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" is a funk song by Parliament. It...
" by George ClintonGeorge Clinton (musician)George Clinton is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and launched a solo career in 1981. He has been cited as one of the foremost...
and the P-FunkP-FunkP-Funk is a shorthand term for the repertoire and performers associated with George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic collective and the distinctive style of funk music they performed...
(Amasis) - "Do You Call My Name" by Ra (Ophidian)
- "Ophidian's Charm" by The Deadities (Ophidian)
Championships and accomplishments
- Chikara
- Chikara Campeonatos de ParejasChikara Campeonatos de ParejasThe Campeonatos de Parejas is a professional wrestling tag team championship contested for in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based promotion Chikara.-History:The Campeonatos de Parejas were introduced in February 2006...
(1 time) – Amasis and Ophidian - Rey de Voladores (2010) – Ophidian
- NWA Force One Pro Wrestling
- NWA Force One Pro Wrestling Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Amasis and Ophidian
- Pro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling IllustratedPro Wrestling Illustrated is a professional wrestling magazine. PWI is currently based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and published by Kappa Publishing Group.-History:The first issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated was released in 1979...
- PWI ranked Amasis #349 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011
- PWI ranked Ophidian #346 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2011
- Real Championship WrestlingReal Championship WrestlingReal Championship Wrestling is an independent wrestling promotion based in Baltimore, Maryland, formed in June 2009 by talents, such as, Ruckus, Derek Frazier, Steve Diaz, and others from Maryland Championship Wrestling and Eastern Wrestling Alliance.-History:RCW hosted their first show on June...
- RCW Tag Team ChampionshipRCW Tag Team ChampionshipThe RCW Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship owned by the Real Championship Wrestling promotion. The title was created and debuted on October 3, 2010 at RCW October Onslaught....
(1 time, current) – Amasis and Ophidian
- RCW Tag Team Championship