Welcome to the live results for “A Touch of Class”, the CHIKARA season nine premiere. As a wise, but sometimes childish man once said, “this one needs no hype.” The world’s waiting to see what’s going to happen in the first CHIKARA action since the Bruderschaft formed. What’ll happen? Find out when “A Touch of Class” starts up at approx. 4:00 PM EST.

Preshow Notes: Really strong attendance; probably around 300. Chikarason’s your new ticket ripper, shoved down the chain of command to the rock bottom. Show started late, new host is “Gavin Loudspeaker”…oh wait.

1. Pink Ant vs. Green Ant: New Bruderschaft ring announcer in German just for the BDK guys. Pinkie takes off his mask to reveal a bright head of pink hair. Green Ant coming out strong, but Pinkie’s keeping up with him. Both guys look pretty impressive. Green Ant comes close to a win with a Texas cloverleaf but Pinkie grabs the ropes. Pinkie gets the win with some crazy Burning Hammer variation that killed Green dead. Good opener.

Apologies, but phone errors have put an end to today’s live results. Check our buddy Whittle – over at twitter.com/dlomyhero for official results! Again, we apologize!

Back in October, Sara del Rey and Daizee Haze came to the conclusion that they are the best female wrestlers in the world, and that perhaps they were the best wrestlers in the world regardless of gender. It’s hard to disagree; any challenge they’ve faced in CHIKARA, they’ve walked out on top. However, it’s not as if they had their chance at facing off against the men of the locker room in the ring. When they joined Die Brüderschaft, they sent a message to CHIKARA – Sara del Rey and Daizee Haze are ready to take on anyone that is put in front of them. On January 31st at “A Touch of Class”, they’ll get a chance to prove their point against some top competition – former Campeones de Parejas Ophidian and Amasis – The Osirian Portal. Will Sara and Daizee begin their steamroll over the competition and to the Campeonatos de Parejas? The road starts in Philadelphia in a little under four weeks.

- CHIKARA “A Touch of Class”
January 31, 2010 ~ The Arena, Philadelphia, PA
1. CHIKARA Campeonatos de Parejas ~ V3: Fire Ant & Soldier Ant [The Colony] (c) vs. Icarus & Gran Akuma [Team F.I.S.T.]
2. UltraMantis Black, Delirious & Crossbones [The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple] vs. Pelle Primeau, Grizzly Redwood & Andy Ridge
3. Sara del Rey & Daizee Haze [Das Brüderschaft] vs. Ophidian & Amasis [Osirian Portal]

Just a few days ago, UltraMantis Black wrote a blog where he mentioned that him and his cronies in the Order of the Neo-Solar Temple were all set to face top competition come January’s “A Touch of Class”, and that’s what was going to prevent them from squaring off with any Brüderschaft der Kreuzes members. This was promised to be some of the stiffest competition that the Temple had ever seen, a match that was going to truly test their limits and put them in prime condition for King of Trios, whether they walked out on top or were humbled in defeat.

When we fired up the ol’ CHIKARA Fans computers today and saw the match…needless to say, we were a bit underwhelmed by the promise that Mantis had made. The return of Pelle Primeau for the first time since Young Lions Cup VI and the concussions that put him out of wrestling soon after? Surely something to be excited about. The return of Grizzly Redwood after Brodie Lee’s big boot took him out last October? Fun times. The debut of “Right Leg” Andy Ridge, who is supposed to be one of the ROH Academy’s top students in recent years? Cool! But to say this trio is one of the strongest teams that the independent scene could muster up to face the Neo-Solar Temple? A ridiculous claim. It’s clear to us that UltraMantis Black is running scared from the Brüderschaft, and it’s only a matter of time until they catch up to him.

- CHIKARA “A Touch of Class”
January 31, 2009 ~ The Arena, Philadelphia, PA
1. CHIKARA Campeonatos de Parejas ~ V3: Fire Ant & Soldier Ant [The Colony] (c) vs. Icarus & Gran Akuma [Team F.I.S.T.]
2. UltraMantis Black, Delirious & Crossbones [The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple] vs. Pelle Primeau, Grizzly Redwood & Andy Ridge

The first main event of season nine has been signed, sealed and delivered to the fans, and while CHIKARA’s management may be more corrupt than Congress, they surely haven’t given up on giving the fans quality wrestling matches.

Team F.I.S.T. – Icarus and Gran Akuma – have been sitting on three points for quite a while, dating back to September when they were originally scheduled to get a title shot against former champions the Osirian Portal in West Springfield, Massachusetts. Unfortunately, fate had its way with Gran Akuma’s physical well-being and put a delay to F.I.S.T.’s hopes of regaining the Campeonatos de Parejas. In that time? Fire Ant and Soldier Ant capitalized on F.I.S.T.’s delays and the Portal’s injuries and grabbed up the belts for themselves.

Now, these two duos face off again, adding yet another chapter to their storied rivalry. We all know the history between these two squads is deep. F.I.S.T. are the most dangerous duo in all of CHIKARA, and The Colony know this better than anyone. They took out their partner Worker Ant with one quick move on the outside. They won King of Trios, a tournament that The Colony were heavy favorites to take home. Even though they didn’t win the match and eventually lost their hair, F.I.S.T. even took The Colony to limits they had never reached before in a lucha de apuestas. Now, they look to take home the belts one more time.

January 31st. Philadelphia. Team F.I.S.T. vs. The Colony. One more time.

- CHIKARA “A Touch of Class”
January 31, 2009 ~ The Arena, Philadelphia, PA
1. CHIKARA Campeonatos de Parejas ~ V3: Fire Ant & Soldier Ant [The Colony] (c) vs. Icarus & Gran Akuma [Team F.I.S.T.]

Sorry for the lack of updates up here as of late…we’ve been incredibly busy working on a new project that we hope to roll out within the next day or two. I think it’ll deliver on expectations. You’ll know when it hits! But hey, we’ve got a LOT of CHIKARA news to catch up on…so let’s do that!

First off, the schedule for the first quarter of 2010 has rolled out, and it’s a heavy one! While King of Trios has been confirmed for season nine, it’s gonna be a long road to get there as there are five big events in the first three months of the year that see CHIKARA expand into new territory and revisit some old ones! January 31st sees the year kick off in Philadelphia as CHIKARA presents “A Touch of Class”. Then, the convoy steamrolls through Pennsylvania in February as Reading gets hit with “The Mint Condition” on the 27th, and Schuylkill County gets its first CHIKARA action since Barnesville’s “New Star Navigation” all the way back in 2007 with “A World of Comforting Illusions”. Finally, fret not, all Lehigh Valley fans, as you’ll see the return to Easton on March 20th with “Wit, Verve and a Bit o’ Nerve” which is complimented with CHIKARA’s New Jersey debut the following day as Westville, NJ hosts “Testimony of Evil”. A packed schedule in the first quarter of the year, and we’ll have all updates on those cards as they roll out right here!

However, the biggest news from CHIKARA so far in the off season relates to both the ever-expanding Brüderschaft der Kreuzes and the future of Leonard F. Chikarason. It was announced that Chikarason has been moved to strictly commentary duty, as the election for Director of Fun for 2010 was won by none other than Dieter VonSteigerwalt, a man who the public knows nothing about except for his seeming affiliation with the Brüderschaft. What will 2010 bring under the rule of VonSteigerwalt?

The DVD’s for the 2009 Season Finale events have been released. Head over to Smart Mark Video now to pick up “Throwing Life’s Instructions Away” and “Three-Fisted Tales”.

- CHIKARA “A Touch of Class”
January 31, 2009 ~ The Arena, Philadelphia, PA

- CHIKARA “The Mint Condition”
February 27, 2009 ~ Reading, PA

- CHIKARA “A World of Comforting Illusions”
February 28, 2009 ~ Pottsville, PA

- CHIKARA “Wit, Verve and a Bit o’ Nerve”
March 20, 2009 ~ Palmer Community Center, Easton, PA

- CHIKARA “Testimony of Evil”
March 21, 2009 ~ Westville, NJ