Wrestling Society X (WSX) is a short-lived American professional wrestling promotion and professional wrestling-based television series created in 2006 by Big Vision Entertainment. The weekly television series formerly aired on MTV, MTV2, MTV Tr3s, and over a dozen other MTV outlets throughout the world. WSXtra, an extra program featuring WSX matches and interviews not broadcast on television, was available on the promotion's MTV website and Video on Demand.
WSX was presented as a secret society of wrestling that used a venue referred to as the WSX Bunker, complete with an artificially worn-out looking ring for its matchups. In matches held within this venue, falls count anywhere was the stipulation. The program also stood out due to its unorthodox approach to pro wrestling; this included frequent use of highly expressive plants, crowd sound effects, electrical sound effects, visual effects, and camera shaking when a wrestler would fall prey to electrical weapons. Along with wrestling, WSX 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.
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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 was not used at the taping 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.
The series premiered January 30, 2007 on MTV. It originally aired Tuesdays at 10:30 p.m. ET, to compete with the second half of ECW on Sci Fi. The WSX Championship was the only title featured and defended on the program, but announcer Kris Kloss hinted (towards the end of the series) at the arrival of WSX Tag Team Championships in the future during tag team matches and on the unaired season finale it was announced the creation of an X Division-style title for the second season. The fourth episode of the series was pulled by MTV after a spot featuring Ricky Banderas throwing a fireball at Vampiro was deemed unairable by the network, but would air in edited form on February 27, 2007. On February 28, 2007, it was announced that Wrestling Society X had been canceled by MTV.[1]
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.
Wrestling Society X: The Complete First (and Last) Season DVD was released on November 13, 2007. The set features all 10 episodes, all 10 WSXtra episodes, deleted scenes and special features. All of the musical performances were edited out of the DVD set. Also on the DVD were scenes already recorded for the second season, including a season opener WSX Title Match between Ricky Banderas and Youth Suicide in a scaffold match and a feud between Nic Grimes and Mickie Knuckles.
The WSX Championship was the only professional wrestling title in the short-lived promotion. A ten-man WSX Rumble, which aired on January 30, 2007, was held to decide the participants in the first WSX Championship match, with 6-Pac and Vampiro winning. On November 11, 2006 (aired February 6, 2007), Vampiro defeated 6-Pac with a Tombstone Piledriver inside an exploding coffin to become the first WSX Champion.[4] Rick Banderas defeated Vampiro on November 15, 2006 (aired March 14, 2007) with a Chokeslam into an exploding coffin wrapped in barbed-wire to win the WSX Championship. The promotion closed in March 2007, and Banderas was stripped of the championship on June 17, 2007. Statistically, Banderas held the title the longest.
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The show was filmed on a sound stage made up to look like an underground fight club with a worn-out wrestling ring in the center and random bits of graffiti. Before filming started, we got the first taste of the oil-and-water situation that would make the show so awkward. Taping took place in the middle of the week, in the middle of the day, which is not optimal for getting a bunch of wrestling fans to check out your show. To fill up the WSX Bunker, they sent out a bunch of ads in the area asking for extras. Namely, attractive extras.
The match ended with veterans 6-Pac (Syxx/X-Pac/1-2-3 Kid) and Vampiro each grabbing a contract and the show immediately cutting to the credits because, again, half-hour format. What was funny about this episode was that even though it was strong enough for MTV to agree to pick it up and have them tape nine more episodes nine months later, only six of the ten men in that main event actually returned!
As a promotion, WSX was essentially two shows. One was, of course, the MTV series Wrestling Society X, a rushed wrestling show that featured guest musical performances from the likes of Three 6 Mafia, Good Charlotte, and Pitbull. After performing, the band members would join commentary for the rest of the episode. Quiznos would occasionally get product placement at the most questionable of times.
Then there was WSXtra, a companion show that appeared online. If Wrestling Society X made your blood boil with its rapid cuts and production gimmicks, WSXtra might calm you back down with what was essentially a solid wrestling show. They no longer had to edit their matches into oblivion, so you had a place where you could watch Ruckus matches in full and take the time to enjoy them.
Anyway, Wrestling Society X continued on for the next few weeks. Each episode would be introduced by the obnoxious Fabian Kaelin, a hype-filled announcer who gradually transformed into a carnival barker while conjuring up lightning bolts and multiple pyres of flame. Even with the show long dead, he was able to keep the spirit of that character alive years after by being that old-timey announcer guy who introduced the Vaudevillains before they petered out.
But the king of ridiculous special effects would happen at the end of the fourth episode. It would also be the moment that cut down anything resembling momentum and killed the series. By that I mean the infamous Vampiro fireball spot.
Instead, Wrestling Society X became a near-forgotten novelty buried in wrestling history. Which is a shame in my eyes, since although the main show was a chopped-up sprint to get a wrestling show over and done with, the WSXtra web stuff really complemented it all and turned it into a unique alternative with potential.
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