That Must Have Been A Really Hot Start

Northern Arizona University
Lady Lumberjacks basketball
I can't say I've ever watched a Sixers game that inspired such a reaction.

The Twelfth Angel

Leliel
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Episode 16 (1996)

"No one can justify life by linking happy moments into a rosary."

- Leliel

Cross Town Double Header In South Philly

The first shots of an inter-promotional war between ROH and CZW have officially been fired this weekend.  Both companies had a Saturday show in Philadelphia across town from each other. CZW was first with an afternoon show at the former ECW Arena, followed by an ROH show later in the evening at the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory on Southampton Road.  Each company invaded the other's turf during the show, which culminated in a title match between ROH World Heavyweight Champion, "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson and one half of the CZW Tag Team Champions, Chris Hero.

CZW: An Afternoon Of Main Events

ECW Arena - Philadelphia, PA

Results:

• Excalibur defeated "Sweet & Sour" Larry Sweeney

• Niles Young defeated Cloudy

• Adam Flash defeated Heretic*
  *Nate Webb was originally scheduled to be Flash's opponent in this match

• Six Man Tag Team Match
  BLK-OUT (Ruckus, Sabian and Eddie Kingston) defeated The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli) and Super Dragon

• CZW Junior Heavyweight Championship Match
  Derek Frazier defeated Cheech

• Joker defeated Justice Pain

• CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship Match
  Barbed Wire Triple Threat Match
  Nick Gage* defeated JC Bailey and Necro Butcher
  *new champion 

Ring of Honor
PA National Guard Armory - Philadelphia, PA

Results:

• ROH Top Of The Class Trophy
  Four Corners Match
  Derek Dempsey defeated Shane Hagadorn, Pelle Primeau and Smash Bradley

• Jack Evans defeated Trik Davis

• Austin Aries defeated Ricky Reyes

• ROH Pure Championship Match
  Nigel McGuinness defeated Tony Mamaluke

• The Embassy (Alex Shelley and Jimmy Rave) defeated Claudio Castagnoli and Azrael*
  *Colt Cabana was originally scheduled to be Claudio's partner in this match

• FIP World Heavyweight Championship Match
  Three Way Dance*
  "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson** defeated Homicide and Roderick Strong
  *originally scheduled to be a singles match of Homicide defending the title against Strong
  **new champion

• "The Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels defeated Jay Lethal

• Six Man Mayhem Match
  Jack Evans defeated Trik Davis, "Scrap Iron" Adam Pearce, Sal Rinauro, Jason Blade and Kid Mikaze

• Samoa Joe defeated BJ Whitmer

• AJ Styles defeated Matt Sydal

• ROH World Heavyweight Championship Match
  "The American Dragon" Bryan Danielson (ROH) defeated Chris Hero (CZW)

Update: Both of these shows have been released on DVD.  The first is called "An Afternoon of Main Events" and is available on CZWrestling.com.  The second is called "Hell Freezes Over" and is available on ROHWrestling.com.

No Chili Peppers Were Harmed In The Washing Of This Dog

War of the Coprophages
The X-Files (1996)
In the 12th episode of Season 3, Dana Scully washed her dog with an amusing pet shampoo called Die Flea Die.  The plot for this episode was turned into an X-Files novel for teenagers which was titled Die Bug Die.

Rage In The Cage

WWE Velocity and Smackdown TV Taping
Wachovia Arena - Wilkes-Barre, PA
This was kind of a last minute decisions so my seats weren't too great, but I did get to see my first WWE cage match.  Also, two wrestlers from WXW in Hazleton appeared on the show: "Smooth" Tommy Suede and Supreme Lee Great, who worked under his real name, Jon Trosky.  It was also the debut of The Shane Twins from OVW who were promoted and repackaged as The Gymini.  The matches were decent, but the show was centered around a dopey soap opera storyline in which Melina has accused Batista of sexual harassment.

The Smackdown matches were recorded to air on the UPN Network this Friday, January 6th.  The Velocity matches will be streamed on WWE.com as of Saturday, January 7th.

WWE Velocity results
Singles Match	Sylvain Grenier defeated "Smooth" Tommy Suede
Tag Team Match	The Dicks (Chad Dick and James Dick) defeated Fred Sampson and Scotty Charisma
Singles Match	Jamie Noble defeated Scotty 2 Hotty
Singles Match	Bobby Lashley defeated Havoc
Tag Team Match	The Mexicools (Psychosis and Super Crazy) defeated The Full-Blooded Italians (Big Vito and Nunzio)
WWE Smackdown results
Falls Count Anywhere Singles Match	John Bradshaw Layfield defeated Matt Hardy
One On Three Gauntlet Match	Mark Henry defeated Rob Eckos, Jon Trosky and Gus Harlacher
WWE Cruiserweight Championship Match	Kid Kash defeated Juventud Guerrera
WWE United States Championship Match (Best of 7 Series - Match 6)	Chris Benoit defeated Randy Orton* *substituting for Booker T
Tag Team Match	The Gymini* (Jake Gymini and Jesse Gymini) defeated Paul London and Brian Kendrick *Simon Dean introduced The Gymini, who were making their WWE debut in this match
WWE Tag Team Championship Steel Cage Match	MNM (Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury) defeated Batista and Rey Mysterio Jr Mark Henry ran in, ripped the door off of the cage to attack Batista and Mysterio to cost them the match.

Update: This was Juventud Guerrera's last appearance in the WWE.  He had a number of backstage altercations, and he performed moves that he was told not to do (including the 450 Splash) in his match against Kid Kash.  He was fired from the company after the show.

One of the jobbers on Velocity (Fred Sampson) would go on to become a member of the Nexus and a WWE Tag Team Champion, Darren Young.  Also, one of the jobbers who faced Mark Henry on Smackdown (Rob Eckos) would go on to become Robbie E, a TNA Tag Team Champion, Television Champion and X-Division Champion.