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Wrestling Society X

Wrestling Society X (WSX) was a short lived professional wrestling-based television series produced in 2006 by Big Vision Entertainment. The weekly television series formerly aired on MTV, MTV2, MTV Tr3s and MTV UK. WSXtra, an additional 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 utilized 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. 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.

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 participate 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 11th 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, in order to "compete" with the second half of Extreme Championship Wrestling. 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. The fourth episode of the series was pulled by MTV after a spot featuring Rick Banderas throwing a fireball at Vampiro was deemed unairable by the network, but would air in edited form on February 27, 2007. Houston Curtis of Big Vision Entertainment announced on March 2, 2007 that Wrestling Society X had been pulled from MTV. A marathon of new episodes 5-9 aired on March 13, 2007, as MTV later announced that the marathon served as the season finale of WSX. Episode 10 (the actual season finale) has yet to air, and was quietly removed from its scheduled slot on March 20 on MTV. The unaired finale featured a double main event with The Cartel defeating Los Pochos Guapos in a Piranha Tank Deathmatch & Team Dragon Gate defeating The Filth and The Fury in an Exploding Cage Timebomb match.

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. Big Vision Entertainment has no intentions of bringing back the show for any future seasons (as indicated by the title of the DVD), and several of the stars from the series now work for World Wrestling Entertainment, Combat Zone Wrestling, TNA Wrestling, Ring of Honor and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla. Also on the DVD were scenes already recorded for the second season.

Episodes

Season 1

#	Air Date	Network	Timeslot	Rating	Main Event	Musical Guest	WSXtra
01	01/30/2007	MTV	10:30 pm ET	1.00	WSX Rumble	Black Label Society	Episode 01
02	02/06/2007	MTV	10:30 pm ET	0.70	WSX Championship: 6-Pac vs. Vampiro	Three 6 Mafia	Episode 02
03	02/13/2007	MTV	10:30 pm ET	0.50	Tables, Ladders and Cervezas	Sparta	Episode 03
04	02/27/2007	MTV	10:30 pm ET	0.60	El Hombre Blanco Enmascarado vs. Human Tornado	Clipse	Episode 04
05	03/13/2007	MTV	11:00 pm ET	0.60	Arik Cannon vs. Delikado	Jibbs	Episode 05
06	03/13/2007	MTV	11:30 pm ET	0.40	D.I.F.H. vs. That 70's Team	Good Charlotte	Episode 06
07	03/14/2007	MTV	12:00 am ET	0.40	Los Pochos Guapos vs. The Filth and The Fury	Quietdrive	Episode 07
08	03/14/2007	MTV	12:30 am ET	0.40	WSX Championship: Rick Banderas vs. Vampiro	Pitbull	Episode 08
09	03/14/2007	MTV	01:00 am ET	0.30	Human Tornado vs. Jack Evans	Styles P	Episode 09
10	Wrestling Society X DVD	MTV	Unaired	None	Exploding Cage Match	New Found Glory	Episode 10

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 26th drew a 0.43 rating, while the second preview episode on February 2nd drew 0.50. MTV discontinued preview airings beginning with the third episode in hopes of maximizing ratings for the Tuesday broadcasts.

Episodes of both Wrestling Society X and WSXtra are available through video on demand, and was announced to start airing on MTV Latin America in the upcoming months. The episodes now air on Musique Plus as "Lutte et Musique Extrême" with two veejays commentating in French.

WSX Championship

The WSX Championship was the only professional wrestling title in the short lived Wrestling Society X promotion. A ten-man WSX Rumble was held on January 30th, 2007 to decide the participants in the first WSX Championship match, with 6-Pac and Vampiro winning.

On February 6th, 2007, Vampiro defeated 6-Pac with a Tombstone Piledriver inside an exploding coffin to become the first WSX Champion.

Rick Banderas defeated Vampiro on March 14th, 2007 with a Chokeslam into an exploding coffin wrapped in barbed-wire to win the WSX Championship. Rick Banderas was stripped of the WSX Championship on the June 17th, 2007.

Title history

Wrestler:	Times:	Date taped:	Date aired:	Location:	Notes:
Vampiro	1	November 11, 2006	February 6, 2007	Los Angeles, California	Defeated 6-Pac.
Ricky Banderas	1	November 15, 2006	March 14, 2007	Los Angeles, California	Defeated Vampiro. Stripped of title upon the closure of Wrestling Society X.