US television program
Wrestling Society X
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Created by
| Kevin Kleinrock
Houston Curtis
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Developed by
| Big Vision Entertainment
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Presented by
| Kris Kloss
Bret Ernst
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Starring
| WSX roster
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Opening theme
| "Goin Postal" by Will Hummel
(from
Extreme Music
)
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Ending theme
| "Dickin' Around" by Nicholas Joseph Nolan
(from Extreme Music)
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Country of origin
| United States
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No.
of episodes
| 9 (1 unaired)
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Executive producers
| Houston Curtis
Sam Korkis
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Production location
| WSX Bunker in
Los Angeles, California
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Camera setup
| Multicamera setup
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Running time
| 30 minutes
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Production companies
| Big Vision Entertainment
MTV Series Entertainment
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Network
| MTV
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Release
| January 30
(
2007-01-30
)
?
March 14, 2007
(
2007-03-14
)
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Wrestling Society X
(
WSX
) was an American
professional wrestling promotion
owned by Big Vision Entertainment.
Wrestling Society X
(
WSX
) also refers to the promotion's short-lived television series produced in 2007 by Big Vision Entertainment and
MTV Series Entertainment
. The weekly television series aired on
MTV
,
MTV2
,
MTV Tr3s
, and over a dozen other MTV outlets throughout the world.
WSXtra
, a program featuring WSX matches and interviews not broadcast on MTV, was available on the MTV website and on television via
video on demand
services.
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
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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
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.
ET
, to compete with the second half of
World Wrestling Entertainment
's
ECW on Sci Fi
program. 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 the WSX Tag Team Championship, which would've been defended in
tag team matches
during future seasons. Additionally, on the unaired season finale, the creation of an
X Division
-style title was announced for the show's 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 the episode would later air in edited form on February 27, 2007. On February 28, 2007, it was announced that
WSX
had been canceled by MTV.
[1]
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
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WSX Championship
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WSX Championship
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Promotion
| Wrestling Society X
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Date established
| November 11, 2006
(aired February 6, 2007)
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Date retired
| July 17, 2007
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The WSX Championship was the only
professional wrestling
championship
in the short-lived Wrestling Society X promotion. A ten-man WSX Rumble,
[a]
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 aired its last episodes on MTV in March 2007, and Banderas was stripped of the championship on July 17, 2007 when the promotion closed. Statistically, Banderas held the title the longest.
Key
No.
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Overall reign number
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Reign
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Reign number for the specific champion
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Days
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Number of days held
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Episodes
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#
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Air date
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Network
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Timeslot (ET)
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Rating
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Main event
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Musical guest
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01
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January 30, 2007
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MTV
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10:30 pm
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1.0
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6-Pac
and
Vampiro
won the
WSX Rumble
[a]
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Black Label Society
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02
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February 6, 2007
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MTV
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10:30 pm
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0.7
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Vampiro
defeated
6-Pac
to win the inaugural
WSX Championship
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Three 6 Mafia
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03
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February 13, 2007
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MTV
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10:30 pm
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0.5
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Alkatrazz
and
Luke Hawx
defeated Los Pochos Guapos (
Aaron Aguilera
and Kaos) in a
Tables, Ladders and Cervezas match
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Sparta
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04
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February 27, 2007
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MTV
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10:30 pm
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0.6
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Keepin' It Gangsta (
Babi Slymm
and
Ruckus
) defeated That 70's Team (
Disco Machine
and
Joey Ryan
)
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Clipse
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05
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March 13, 2007
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MTV
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11:00 pm
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0.6
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Arik Cannon
vs.
Delikado
ended in a
no contest
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Jibbs
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06
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March 13, 2007
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MTV
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11:30 pm
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0.4
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That 70's Team (
Disco Machine
and
Joey Ryan
) defeated D.I.F.H. (
Jimmy Jacobs
and
Tyler Black
)
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Good Charlotte
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07
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March 14, 2007
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MTV
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12:00 am
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0.4
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Los Pochos Guapos (
Aaron Aguilera
and Kaos) defeated The Filth and The Fury (
M-Dogg 20
and
Teddy Hart
)
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Quietdrive
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08
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March 14, 2007
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MTV
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12:30 am
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0.4
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Ricky Banderas
defeated
Vampiro
(c) to win the
WSX Championship
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Pitbull
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09
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March 14, 2007
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MTV
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01:00 am
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0.3
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Human Tornado
vs.
Jack Evans
ended in a
time limit draw
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Styles P
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10
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Unaired
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?
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?
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?
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Team Dragon Gate (
Horiguchi
and
Yoshino
) defeated The Filth and The Fury (
M-Dogg 20
and
Teddy Hart
) in an
Exploding Cage match
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New Found Glory
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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
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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
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Notes
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References
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