Serving the community over the holidays is Matt Cross's favorite part of the year. Cross recognizes that he is extremely lucky to be living the life he does, so he wants to be able to give back in large ways. To do this, paired with his good friend and teammate Jimi DeSoto, they created the Philly 12 Day's of Christmas service event. During this 12 day period, to start out Cross and DeSoto volunteer at food banks, give out scholarships to college students, and donate to homeless shelters. As the days continued, the service events got more involved and intricate, and the donations got bigger and bigger. On Days 7-11, they held their theatrical performance of "Twas the Night Before Christmas" to raise money for their local food banks. All these events led up to Day 12, when the main event was held, a grand wrestling match between Cross and DeSoto. Ticket sales for the event would be donated to homeless shelters across Philadelphia, and with the venue being sold out, they were able to raise 25 million dollars from this single event alone. As far as how the event went, it begun with Cross entering the arena to a Christmas rendition of the song "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff. This would get the crowd hyped up to kick things off. The match would then promptly start, and during the majority of the duration, it consisted with Cross tossing DeSoto around the ring, and performing moves such as the Moonsault and Sunset flip. To end the match, Cross performed the Shooting Star press, a move where he leaped from the top rope, tucking in his knees while doing a back flip mid-air, to then land on DeSoto in the standard splash position. It was a wildly popular move which sent the crowd roaring in their entertainment. After the event's conclusion, Jimi DeSoto was quoted as saying "While raising money for charity was a big highlight, my favorite part was being pinned down by Matt."
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