2005: Cheech debuted in CHIKARA in 2005 alongside his long-time tag team partner Cloudy, initially representing Special K and ROH before they left the company and became full-time members of the CHIKARA roster. As a rudo duo the two didn’t advance much up the card, although they did engage in a wild feud with ROH students Matt Turner and Anthony Franco that saw Cheech execute a Shooting Star Press off a speaker.