Show Date: 12/27/2008
Venue: Greensboro Coliseum
City: Greensboro, N.C.

Estimated Attendance: 8,000

Tallest wrestler ever in an opening match in the forty-five year history of wrestling in the Greensboro Coliseum: The Great Khali

Alleged height of the tallest wrestler ever in an opening match in the forty-five year history of wrestling in the Greensboro Coliseum: 7 feet, 3 inches

Number of wrestlers who brought title belts to the ring: 5

Number of wrestlers who brought Slammy Awards to the ring: 2

Percentage of wrestlers from the Carolinas on the show: 17%

Most wrestlers from the Carolinas in one match: 3

Most wrestlers, by percentage, from the Carolinas on that match: 100%

World Champions from the Carolinas at the show: 2

World Champions from the Carolinas wrestling on the show: 1

Number of wrestlers on the show who have held World Championships: 9

Percentage of wrestlers on the show who have held World Championships: 39%

Percentage of main-eventers on the show who have held World Championships: 83%

Percentage of champions at the time of the show who won their match: 100%

Percentage of babyfaces not facing champions who won their match: 100%

Cumulative number of World Championships held by wrestlers on the show: 31

Average number of World Championships held by wrestlers on the show: 1.3

World Champions on the show who headlined the Boys Club a mile down the road five years ago in front of 400 fans: 1

World Champions on the show who once worked the mid-card under the mask at a show at Grimsley High School three miles from the Coliseum: 1

Number of offensive moves Kizarny got in during his math with MVP: 1

Winner of the match between Kizarny and MVP: Kizarny

Number of drunken fans forcibly removed at intermission by police: 1

Number of ECW wrestlers on advertised WWE Smackdown/ECW combination show: 0

Number of fans who noticed there were no ECW wrestlers on advertised WWE Smackdown/ECW combination show: 0

Best house show match I can remember seeing in years and years: Jeff Hardy vs. Edge

Tom Suiter WRAL TV Extra Effort Award: Jeff Hardy

Record set on show for number of women involved in one match on a non-G.L.O.W wrestling at the Coliseum: 6

Number of times a steel chair was brought into the ring: 3

Number of times a wrestler was hit with a steel chair: 0

Number of unnecessarily dangerous spots on the show: 0

Number of wrestlers bloodied in the steel-cage main event: 0

Number of Dusty Rhodes-inspired "Flip, Flop, and Flies": 1

Number of minutes Triple H slapped hands with fans around the Coliseum after his match: 5

Number of hats worn by wrestlers on the show: 0

Number of toboggans worn by wrestlers on the show: 1

Number of wrestlers who got high-pitched Superstar screams: 3

Most Over Wrestler on the Show: Jeff Hardy

Most Over Wrestler with both kids and grown-ups: Triple H

Number of Survivor contestants at Hooters on High Point Road after the show: 2

Number of Survivor contestants at Hooters on High Point Road after the show rescued from a beating by their wives: 1

Number of wrestlers who made girls cry at Hooters on High Point Road after the show just by signing autographs and taking pictures: 1

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