{"id":3665,"date":"2017-01-28T17:21:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T17:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3665"},"modified":"2017-01-28T17:21:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T17:21:31","slug":"holds-to-astonish-mike-quackenbush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=3665","title":{"rendered":"Holds to Astonish – Mike Quackenbush"},"content":{"rendered":"

As mentioned on our last episode, Paul and I sat down this week to talk with Mike Quackenbush, the creative mind behind the heavily comic book influenced independent wrestling promotion Chikara Pro<\/a>. We had a great discussion, taking in the upcoming National Pro Wrestling Day<\/a>; the shifts Mike’s seen in Chikara over the past few years both in terms of the wrestlers they’ve trained<\/a> and the business and distribution models independent promotions have adopted; the crossover between wrestling and comic books; the 2015 and 2016 Chikara UK tours; their 2013\/2014 shutdown angle and accompanying ARG<\/a>; the ins and outs of IDW’s Revolution\u00a0<\/em>and much more besides.<\/p>\n

The episode is here<\/a>, or here<\/a> on Mixcloud, or you can stream it through the embedded player below. Let us know what you think, in the comments, on Twitter, via email or on our Facebook fan page.<\/a> We’ll be back with a regular episode of House to Astonish next week (probably), so keep an eye out for that. And remember, a dog is for life, not just for Christmas, and one of our t-shirts<\/a> is for a good couple of years at least.<\/p>\n

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