Wrestling Society X
Wrestling Society X | |
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Multicamera setup | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Big Vision Entertainment MTV Series Entertainment |
Original release | |
Network | MTV |
Release | January 30 March 14, 2007 | –
Wrestling Society X (WSX) was an American
WSX was presented as a wrestling-based secret society that used a venue referred to as the "WSX Bunker", complete with an artificially worn-out looking wrestling ring for its matches. All matches held within this venue were held under the falls count anywhere stipulation. The promotion and series also stood out due to its unorthodox presentation of wrestling; this included frequent use of highly expressive plants, crowd sound effects, electrical sound effects, visual effects, and camera shakes when a wrestler would fall onto "electrified weapons". Along with wrestling, WSX on MTV featured musical guests playing at the start of each television broadcast, with some band members joining the broadcast team (consisting of Kris Kloss and Bret Ernst) after the performance.
History
The WSX pilot was taped on February 10, 2006, in Los Angeles, California, and all wrestlers present were forced to sign an agreement stating that they would take part in a full season if the show was picked up by MTV. Delirious did not wrestle at the taping, despite originally being scheduled to, due to his refusal to sign the agreement, as it would have prevented him from working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. On July 8, 2006, MTV commissioned the promotion to produce a full season of episodes for their network, and WSX taped its first season of shows between November 11 and November 16, 2006, in Los Angeles, California. The tapings were booked by head writer Kevin Kleinrock, Cody Michaels and Vampiro – all formerly of Xtreme Pro Wrestling.
The series premiered January 30, 2007, on MTV. It originally aired Tuesdays at 10:30 p.m.
A marathon of new episodes, consisting of episodes 5–9, aired on March 13 and 14, 2007, with MTV later announcing that the marathon had served as the season finale of WSX. WSX was quietly removed from its scheduled MTV slot on March 20 and reruns were pulled from air.[2] A tenth episode which was set to be the original season finale never aired on television but was later released on the Wrestling Society X: The Complete First (and Last) Season DVD.[3] In the summer of 2007, all WSX wrestlers were released from their contracts and the promotion became inactive.
Roster
WSX Championship
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Promotion | Wrestling Society X | ||||||||||||||||
Date established | November 11, 2006 (aired February 6, 2007) | ||||||||||||||||
Date retired | July 17, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||
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The WSX Championship was the only
No. | Overall reign number |
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Reign | Reign number for the specific champion |
Days | Number of days held |
No. | Champion | Championship change | Reign statistics | Notes | Ref. | |||
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Date | Event | Location | Reign | Days | ||||
1 | Vampiro | November 11, 2006 | Wrestling Society X #2 | Los Angeles, California | 1 | 4 | This match aired on February 6, 2007. Vampiro defeated 6-Pac to win the inaugural championship. Vampiro and 6-Pac earned their spot in the inaugural championship match by winning the ten-man WSX Rumble match,[a] that took place on February 9, 2006 and aired on Wrestling Society X #1. | [5] |
2 | Ricky Banderas | November 15, 2006 | Wrestling Society X #8 | Los Angeles, California | 1 | 244 | This match aired on March 14, 2007. | [6] |
— | Deactivated | July 17, 2007 | — | — | — | — | The championship was retired due to the closure of the promotion. |
Episodes
# | Air date | Network | Timeslot (ET) | Rating | Main event | Musical guest |
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01 | January 30, 2007 | MTV | 10:30 pm | 1.0 | 6-Pac and Vampiro won the WSX Rumble[a] | Black Label Society |
02 | February 6, 2007 | MTV | 10:30 pm | 0.7 | Vampiro defeated 6-Pac to win the inaugural WSX Championship | Three 6 Mafia |
03 | February 13, 2007 | MTV | 10:30 pm | 0.5 | Tables, Ladders and Cervezas match |
Sparta |
04 | February 27, 2007 | MTV | 10:30 pm | 0.6 | Keepin' It Gangsta (Babi Slymm and Ruckus) defeated That 70's Team (Disco Machine and Joey Ryan) | Clipse |
05 | March 13, 2007 | MTV | 11:00 pm | 0.6 | no contest |
Jibbs |
06 | March 13, 2007 | MTV | 11:30 pm | 0.4 | That 70's Team (Disco Machine and Joey Ryan) defeated D.I.F.H. (Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black) | Good Charlotte |
07 | March 14, 2007 | MTV | 12:00 am | 0.4 | Los Pochos Guapos (Aaron Aguilera and Kaos) defeated The Filth and The Fury (M-Dogg 20 and Teddy Hart) | Quietdrive |
08 | March 14, 2007 | MTV | 12:30 am | 0.4 | WSX Championship |
Pitbull |
09 | March 14, 2007 | MTV | 01:00 am | 0.3 | Human Tornado vs. Jack Evans ended in a time limit draw | Styles P |
10 | Unaired | – | – | – | Team Dragon Gate (Horiguchi and Yoshino) defeated The Filth and The Fury (M-Dogg 20 and Teddy Hart) in an Exploding Cage match | New Found Glory |
MTV aired unadvertised previews of the first two episodes the Friday before they premiered at 11:00 pm ET. Prior to WSX debuting, this timeslot normally averaged a 0.10 rating. The first preview episode on January 26 drew a 0.43 rating, while the second preview episode on February 2 drew 0.50. MTV discontinued preview airings beginning with the third episode in hopes of maximizing ratings for the Tuesday broadcasts.
Home video
Wrestling Society X: The Complete First (and Last) Season DVD was released on November 13, 2007. The set features all 10 WSX episodes, all 10 WSXtra episodes, deleted scenes and special features. All of the musical performances were edited off of the DVD set. Also on the DVD was content already recorded for the second season, including a WSX Championship scaffold match between Ricky Banderas and Youth Suicide and footage from a feud between Nic Grimes and Mickie Knuckles.
See also
Notes
- A:Royal Rumble-style match and, when all the participants have entered the match, becomes a Ladder match.
References
- ^ "Breaking News: MTV's Wrestling Society X Cancelled". 28 February 2007.
- ^ "'Wrestling Society X': Real Story Behind MTV's Failed Attempt at Professional Wrestling". Rolling Stone.
- ^ "Online World of Wrestling: Wrestling Society X".
- ^ 411's WSXtra Report: Season 1, Episode 2
- ^ "Wrestling Society X #2 – Results – Cagematch.net".
- ^ "Wrestling Society X #8 – Results – Cagematch.net".
External links
- WSX.MTV.com – Official website
- Myspace.com/WrestlingSocietyX – Official Myspace page
- Wrestling Society X on Twitter
- Wrestling Society X: Season 1 – Wrestling Society X DVD on Amazon
- Wrestling Society X at IMDb