Featuring “The Master of a Thousand Holds” Mike Quackenbush
Mike Quackenbush wants to help you perform with more confidence and skill! For the first time ever, wrestling’s most in-demand coach is bringing his World Tour to Hadley, Michigan. With more than 30 years of experience, Mike has trained wrestlers of all ability levels, all around the globe. His expertise is featured in the ten books he has written on pro-wrestling, and is presented weekly on his YouTube channel “Til We Make It.” Your chance to learn from him inside the ring is coming up quickly – two unique seminars will be presented on Tuesday evening, August 4th – and you’re invited!
Date:
Tuesday, August 4 2026
Class information:
6PM: Exotic Holds from Across the Globe
8PM: Intro to Lucha Libre
Tuition Fees:
Each class is $30 a piece | 2 for $60
Location:
Camp Justice – 5327 Washburn Rd, Goodrich, MI 48438
Major Stars He DIRECTLY Trained (Primary Students)
These are wrestlers who trained under Quackenbush himself at The Wrestle Factory or through extended Chikara developmental systems.
WWE / AEW / Impact / ROH Names
- Drew Gulak (WWE)
- Orange Cassidy (AEW) – trained as Fire Ant
- Claudio Castagnoli / Cesaro (AEW, WWE) – early career training influence
- Lince Dorado (WWE)
- Ruby Soho / Heidi Lovelace (AEW, WWE)
- Kimber Lee (WWE NXT, Impact)
- Eddie Kingston (AEW) – trained with Quack and coached alongside him
- Brody Lee / Luke Harper (AEW, WWE) – early career Chikara/Wrestle Factory influence
- Chuck Taylor (AEW) – trained in the Chikara system
- Wheeler Yuta (AEW) – trained by Gulak, who was trained by Quack
- Tracy Williams (ROH, NJPW Strong)
- Green Ant / Thief Ant / other CHIKARA ants who later moved into AEW/ROH ecosystems
Other notable direct students
- Hallowicked
- Icarus
- Jigsaw
- UltraMantis Black
- Frightmare
- Dasher Hatfield
- Ophidian
- The Colony (various iterations)
These are core Chikara/Wrestle Factory products.
Stars He SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCED (Secondary Students)
These wrestlers trained with him in seminars, camps, or guest coaching sessions, or were shaped by his curriculum through other coaches.
WWE / AEW / ROH / Impact
- Johnny Gargano (WWE) – trained with Quack early in his career
- Tommaso Ciampa (WWE) – worked with Quack during NXT guest coaching blocks
- Sami Callihan (Impact) – worked in Chikara system
- AR Fox (AEW) – trained with Wrestle Factory coaches
- Shane Strickland / Swerve (AEW) – trained with Wrestle Factory affiliates
- Gran Akuma (ROH, Chikara)
- Bryce Remsburg (AEW referee) – trained and developed under Quack
- Orange Cassidy’s entire indie circle (many now in AEW)
Stars He Worked With as a WWE NXT Guest Coach
These are wrestlers he didn’t “train from scratch,” but he did coach them during their developmental cycles.
WWE NXT Talent He Coached
- Asuka
- Ricochet
- Aleister Black / Malakai Black
- Johnny Gargano
- Tommaso Ciampa
- Chad Gable
- Jason Jordan
- Bayley
- Sasha Banks
- Becky Lynch
- Charlotte Flair
- The Revival / FTR (now AEW)
- Baron Corbin
- Apollo Crews
- And many more PC talents from 2016–2018 blocks