page_title: Max Boyer
section_title: Chikara (2006–2007, 2010–2011)
hierarchical_section_title: Max Boyer / Professional wrestling career / Chikara (2006–2007, 2010–2011)
caption_attribution_description: English: Professional wrestlers Max Boyer and Mike Quackenbush at the Chikara King of Trios 2007.
context_page_description: Maxime "Max" Boyer is a Canadian professional wrestler, best known for his time in the Chikara and International Wrestling Syndicate professional wrestling promotions. Boyer is a former Chikara Young Lions Cup Champion and a two–time IWS Canadian Champion and has also wrestled for promotions such as Combat Zone Wrestling, Inter Species Wrestling and UWA Hardcore Wrestling. Boyer retired from professional wrestling in May 2008, but made his return two and a half years later in October 2010 and has remained active on the independent circuit ever since.
context_section_description: On February 26, 2006, Boyer made his debut for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania–based Chikara in a ten-man tag team match, where he, Player Uno, SeXXXy Eddy, Dragon Dragon and Retail Dragon defeated Jagged, Shane Matthews, Larry Sweeney and Phil and Sean Davis. On June 23 Boyer entered the Young Lions Cup IV tournament, defeating Brandon Thomaselli in his first round match. Later that same day, Boyer was eliminated from the tournament in the six–way elimination semifinal match by Arik Cannon, who would go on to win the entire tournament. On October 28 Boyer defeated Cannon in a return singles match to win the Young Lions Cup. He then went on to successfully defended the Cup against Josh Daniels and Ricochet. On February 17, 2007, Boyer teamed with fellow IWS performers Jagged and Shane Matthews in the first ever King of Trios tournament. The team, billed as Team Canada, was eliminated from the tournament in the first round by the eventual King of Trios, Mike Quackenbush, Jigsaw and Shane Storm. After three more defenses of the Young Lions Cup against Sal Thomaselli, Soldier Ant and Create-A-Wrestler, Boyer was forced to vacate the title in time for the fifth annual Young Lions Cup tournament. As a former champion, Boyer would never again be allowed to challenge for the Cup. Boyer's five successful defenses of the Young Lions Cup would remain a Chikara record until March 2011, when it was broken by Frightmare.
  After his final Young Lions Cup defense against Create-A-Wrestler on May 26, 2007, at Aniversario?, Chris Hero appeared ringside seemingly trying to recruit Boyer into his The Kings of Wrestling stable, but before he could do so, Icarus and Gran Akuma, who had recently been battling Hero and Larry Sweeney over the leadership of the Kings of Wrestling, entered the ring and asked Boyer to join them instead. Boyer accepted the offer and aligned himself with Icarus, Akuma and Chuck Taylor, the trio also known as Team F.I.S.T. The following day at Aniversario!, Boyer accompanied Taylor, Icarus and Akuma to the ring for a six-man tag team match, where they defeated Hero, Sweeney and Claudio Castagnoli, who were accompanied by Hero's newest associate Mitch Ryder. After the match Ryder managed to convince the two groups to bury their hatchet and re–unite, forming the Kings of Wrestling superstable. However, Boyer's run with the Kings of Wrestling did not last long as he wrestled only three more matches for Chikara in June and July, including a July 21 match, where he, Icarus and Akuma were defeated by The Colony (Fire Ant, Soldier Ant and Worker Ant), which would turn out to be his final match for the promotion for over three years.
  On November 20, 2010, Boyer returned to Chikara, taking part in the "Golden Dreams" eight man elimination tag team match, a match consisting entirely of former Young Lions Cup Champions. Boyer was the second man eliminated from the match by the man, whom he had defeated to win the Cup four years earlier, Arik Cannon. On February 7, 2011, Chikara announced that Boyer would return to the promotion on February 20 in Reading, Pennsylvania, where he would face another former Young Lions Cup Champion, Tim Donst, who had announced his intention of proving himself to be greatest Young Lions Cup Champion of all time by beating all the other holders of the Cup. However, following interference from Hallowicked, another former Young Lions Cup Champion, Boyer managed to defeat Donst in a new Chikara record time of four seconds.
caption: Boyer in the ring with Mike Quackenbush
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