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The Bucks have found their venue for All In Photo Credit: Scott Finkelstein The show that started out as a friendly bet with Dave Meltzer has found a venue, and now feels like a real thing that is going to happen. All In, the independent wrestling show promoted by Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks, will take place at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, IL, a suburb of Chicago. The 11,000+ seat arena currently is home to the Windy City Bulls of the National Basketball Association's developmental league, the G-League, the Chicago Mustangs of the Major Arena Soccer League, and the Chicago Bliss of the Legends Football League (formerly Lingerie Football League). The arena has hosted pro wrestling before, as it was the home of TNA's Bound For Glory in 2008. The arena announcement is the last major piece of the puzzle to be announced, after the date (September 1) and the headline talent. The first wrestlers to be named for the show are Rhodes, the Bucks, Marty Scurll, Hangman Pa...

Was Coronado's title reign a positive or negative for Chikara? Photo Credit: Scott Finkelstein Welcome to the beginning of the YEAR-END BLOWOUT, where The Wrestling Blog takes a look back at the previous year and ahead to 2018. Usually, I do a comprehensive year end review for several promotions, but this year, I fell pretty much behind following anyone except WWE adjacent companies, and let me tell you, even that was rough. I won't get into the reasons, but still, wrestling is hard to totally ignore. So I'm going to take a cursory look at some of the promotions I think were worth checking out last year and may make some waves in the coming year, starting with, you guessed it, Chikara. The year 2017 was tumultuous for Chikara to say the least. It experienced a lot of roster turnover, exported King of Trios not only outside of Eastern Pennsylvania for the first time, but out of the United States altogether, and it crammed two seasons into one year, including a secretly-taped...