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Wrestling Society X on MTV Results: 1-26-07
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Wrestling Society X on MTV
January 26, 2007
Report by Mike Roe, Torch contributor
Alright kids, let's take a look at the wacky world of Wrestling Society X, which debuted Friday night. After watching this, I'm still searching for the words to describe it (you'll see more of my attempt at the end of this report), but should be fun!
***
The cold open hyped up that the show would feature wrestling's hottest young stars and "lethal legends." We saw highlights from the show, and they hyped up the two matches on the show. They had a cool animated intro that reminded me of Eminem's "Mosh" music video.
Zack Wylde's Black Label Society played to open things up. They played the shortest song in the world.
The announcers introduced the show.
The most annoying man in the world served as the ring announcer and was far more concerned with getting himself over than anything else. He even apparently had the power to set off pyro. Zack Wylde, who played to start things off, went up to join the commentary team.
(1) Jack Evans defeated Matt Sydal (with Lizzy Valentine).
Pre-match: Matt Sydal came out with his girl, Lizzy Valentine, who's playing his college sweetheart. She looked very yum. They came out to wacky pop music, since he's a prep. Jack Evans was up next, and did neat flips on his way down to the ring, coming out from the crowd. Evans busted out some breakdancing when he got in the ring.
Match: They did a bunch of highspots. I think we're going to be saying that a lot here. Evans went for a hurracanrana, but Sydal tossed him to the outside. Sydal hit a corkscrew plancha on Evans over the top rope to the outside. Evans hit a back handspring elbow in the corner, but jumped into the ring into a spin kick from Sydal. Sydal covered, but Evans kicked out. Sydal put on his submission, the Siamese Twin, stretching Jack's back over his shoulder. Evans countered a pin attempt and hit a heel kick to the head, then hit a springboard flip onto Sydal on the outside. Evans swept Sydal's leg and went for a corkscrew shooting star press, but Sydal moved out of the way and hit a pumphandle slam into an inverted powerbomb, but only got a two count. Sydal hit a high standing moonsault, but Evans kicked out again. Evans kicked Sydal in the head, but Sydal's girl grabbed Evans' leg. Evans escaped and hit a tornado DDT, then went up top and hit a 630 splash and picked up the three count!
Post-match: Evans hit on Sydal's girl Lizzy Valentine after the match. Evans flipped off the apron to the outside as Valentine helped Sydal out of the ring.
They showed highlights of the various tag teams that will be in WSX, including graphics showing their team name and their slogan. These included Keepin' It Gangsta ("Opponents better know they're getting K.T.F.O."), D.I.F.H. ("Get ready for an emotional explosion." This tag team includes Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black.), Trailer Park Boyz ("Fighting for the American dream: A sweet double wide."), Team Dragon Gate ("Japan's finest tag team, imported to WSX").
They hyped up the WSX rumble for after the break, including a couple video clips of the participants getting ready.
(Commercial break.)
*** Justin Credible (and yes, he was advertised as that) did a promo for the rumble. New Jack did a promo as well, threatening Hamrick. Then a couple seconds with Teddy Hart, saying he's the past, present, and future of professional wrestling. Then Kaos and Aguilera (aka Jesus/Aaron Aguilera), with Kaos interrupting Aguilera, who was on his cell phone. Most of these were just a few seconds, with Aguilera and Credible getting the longest promos.
(2) The WSX Rumble: Teddy Hart vs. Vampiro vs. Justin Credible vs. 6-Pac vs. Alkatrazz vs. Kaos vs. Youth Suicide vs. New Jack vs. Puma vs. Chris Hamrick ended with 6-Pac and Vampiro getting the two contracts.
Pre-match: They ran down the rules for the WSX rumble very, very quickly. The rules, as shown in the very fast on-screen graphics:
* Wrestlers 1 and 2 start the match
* A new wrestler enters every 45 seconds thereafter
* Once all 10 men have entered the two contracts will be in play
* Wrestlers are eliminated if they are thrown over the top rope and onto the floor
They have tables, live electrical wire, and a steel cage on one side covered with explosives. The first two to get the two contracts above the ring will face off to decide the first champion.
Match: Justin Credible was out first. They have graphics that come up that show everyone's hometown, signature move, and titles they've won elsewhere. Teddy hart was out next and he threw a bottle at Credible, who threw the bottle back at him. Hart took down Credible and hit a dropkick. Hart did a flip off top, showboating, but then got a superkick from Credible, who followed it with some crotch chops. Hart hit a springboard moonsault onto Credible. The announcers said they need to pace themselves, which for this promotion, was hilarious. Kaos was up next, and Hart and Credible both turned to go after him. Kaos ducked a double clothesline and hit a double clothesline to his two opponents. Hart hit a modified DDT. Credible set up Kaos, and Hart hit a shooting star press onto Kaos off of Credible's knee. Vampiro was out next and ran wild, clotheslining everyone. Hart went after him, but Vampiro dodged a splash and superkicked Credible, then hit a spinning heel kick to Kaos and delivered the chokeslam to Hart.
(Commercial break.)
We saw highlights from during the break. Puma came down, but was eliminated by Vampiro sending him through a table to the outside. We also had Alkatrazz and his partner, as well as "6-Pac" (aka Sean Waltman/X-Pac). Pac took down Credible, then hit the X-Factor on Vampiro. The announcers talked about him being in DX. Pac delivered an X-Factor to Credible, then delivered the bronco buster to Sydal in the corner. Pac also delivered some chops around, including to Vampiro. Chris Hamrick and New Jack both ran down to the ring. New Jack had a small guitar with him. Jack hit a clothesline to Hamrick. Jack tried to eliminate Hamrick. He paused on the apron, but Jack hit him through a table on the outside. Jack left the ring and went after Hamrick, which led to him being eliminated. Jack got in the ring with his guitar, then smashed it over one of the ref's heads, leading to a "Holy BLEEP" from one of the announcers. Vampiro hit a powerslam on Kaos, who also got an elbow drop from Alkatrazz and a moonsault from Hart. Alkatrazz got hung up on the top rope. Luke interfered for his friend Alkatrazz. Someone got sent into the live electrical wires. New Jack did a flip off the set onto Alkatrazz. Teddy Hart hit a spinning DDT off the top rope. Credible threw Hart over the top to the outside. The ladders were now in the ring. Youth Suicide, entrant number 10, came in and spilled thumbtacks. (They noted that this is his first professional match. He was the most indy looking guy on the show.) He put his tack bucket over Credible's head, then kicked him in the balls. Suicide tried setting up the ladder. However, Vampiro grabbed him off the ladder and delivered a powerbomb, sending Suicide into the tacks. We got another bleep. While Vampiro was busy, Pac got one of the contracts. Vampiro stomped Suicide's head into the tacks. Pac got booed. Credible was still in the ring. Suicide tried climbing up the ladder, but Credible pushed the ladder over, sending Suicide into the explosives on the steel cage/fence on the outside. Vampiro kicked Credible in the head. They both tried climbing a ladder to get the contract above the ring. Pac tried knocking over the ladder, but Vampiro got the contract!
Next week, WSX title match between 6-Pac and Vampiro!
We saw a bunch of highlights from later in the season, including tons of gimmick matches and highspots. They hyped that there's WSXtra, a bonus online show.
Post-match: Afterwards, Pac and Vampiro continued to brawl as the show went off the air.
Show thoughts: A very different show than any other currently available wrestling program. It's tough to judge it without watching more, seeing what future shows are like, and watching the ratings. I think it has potential to be a success, but it's always hard to read the tastes of the young people who drive MTV programming. There's not much psychology here, but when you don't have to build to a pay-per-view and are simply trying to get noticed, that may be less important. I'd say it's worth watching once for anyone to see if you can get over the insane pace and enjoy it for what it is. If you like your shows to be slowly paced, logical, and meaningful, this may not be the show for you, but if you don't mind spotfests and fast paced action, you could be pleasantly surprised. It's also nice to see some indy workers getting national exposure, and I wouldn't be surprised to see at least a couple of them end up in TNA, if not WWE.
PWTorch.com (direct link to results)
Wrestling Society X on MTV
January 26, 2007
Report by Mike Roe, Torch contributor
Alright kids, let's take a look at the wacky world of Wrestling Society X, which debuted Friday night. After watching this, I'm still searching for the words to describe it (you'll see more of my attempt at the end of this report), but should be fun!
***
The cold open hyped up that the show would feature wrestling's hottest young stars and "lethal legends." We saw highlights from the show, and they hyped up the two matches on the show. They had a cool animated intro that reminded me of Eminem's "Mosh" music video.
Zack Wylde's Black Label Society played to open things up. They played the shortest song in the world.
The announcers introduced the show.
The most annoying man in the world served as the ring announcer and was far more concerned with getting himself over than anything else. He even apparently had the power to set off pyro. Zack Wylde, who played to start things off, went up to join the commentary team.
(1) Jack Evans defeated Matt Sydal (with Lizzy Valentine).
Pre-match: Matt Sydal came out with his girl, Lizzy Valentine, who's playing his college sweetheart. She looked very yum. They came out to wacky pop music, since he's a prep. Jack Evans was up next, and did neat flips on his way down to the ring, coming out from the crowd. Evans busted out some breakdancing when he got in the ring.
Match: They did a bunch of highspots. I think we're going to be saying that a lot here. Evans went for a hurracanrana, but Sydal tossed him to the outside. Sydal hit a corkscrew plancha on Evans over the top rope to the outside. Evans hit a back handspring elbow in the corner, but jumped into the ring into a spin kick from Sydal. Sydal covered, but Evans kicked out. Sydal put on his submission, the Siamese Twin, stretching Jack's back over his shoulder. Evans countered a pin attempt and hit a heel kick to the head, then hit a springboard flip onto Sydal on the outside. Evans swept Sydal's leg and went for a corkscrew shooting star press, but Sydal moved out of the way and hit a pumphandle slam into an inverted powerbomb, but only got a two count. Sydal hit a high standing moonsault, but Evans kicked out again. Evans kicked Sydal in the head, but Sydal's girl grabbed Evans' leg. Evans escaped and hit a tornado DDT, then went up top and hit a 630 splash and picked up the three count!
Post-match: Evans hit on Sydal's girl Lizzy Valentine after the match. Evans flipped off the apron to the outside as Valentine helped Sydal out of the ring.
They showed highlights of the various tag teams that will be in WSX, including graphics showing their team name and their slogan. These included Keepin' It Gangsta ("Opponents better know they're getting K.T.F.O."), D.I.F.H. ("Get ready for an emotional explosion." This tag team includes Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black.), Trailer Park Boyz ("Fighting for the American dream: A sweet double wide."), Team Dragon Gate ("Japan's finest tag team, imported to WSX").
They hyped up the WSX rumble for after the break, including a couple video clips of the participants getting ready.
(Commercial break.)
*** Justin Credible (and yes, he was advertised as that) did a promo for the rumble. New Jack did a promo as well, threatening Hamrick. Then a couple seconds with Teddy Hart, saying he's the past, present, and future of professional wrestling. Then Kaos and Aguilera (aka Jesus/Aaron Aguilera), with Kaos interrupting Aguilera, who was on his cell phone. Most of these were just a few seconds, with Aguilera and Credible getting the longest promos.
(2) The WSX Rumble: Teddy Hart vs. Vampiro vs. Justin Credible vs. 6-Pac vs. Alkatrazz vs. Kaos vs. Youth Suicide vs. New Jack vs. Puma vs. Chris Hamrick ended with 6-Pac and Vampiro getting the two contracts.
Pre-match: They ran down the rules for the WSX rumble very, very quickly. The rules, as shown in the very fast on-screen graphics:
* Wrestlers 1 and 2 start the match
* A new wrestler enters every 45 seconds thereafter
* Once all 10 men have entered the two contracts will be in play
* Wrestlers are eliminated if they are thrown over the top rope and onto the floor
They have tables, live electrical wire, and a steel cage on one side covered with explosives. The first two to get the two contracts above the ring will face off to decide the first champion.
Match: Justin Credible was out first. They have graphics that come up that show everyone's hometown, signature move, and titles they've won elsewhere. Teddy hart was out next and he threw a bottle at Credible, who threw the bottle back at him. Hart took down Credible and hit a dropkick. Hart did a flip off top, showboating, but then got a superkick from Credible, who followed it with some crotch chops. Hart hit a springboard moonsault onto Credible. The announcers said they need to pace themselves, which for this promotion, was hilarious. Kaos was up next, and Hart and Credible both turned to go after him. Kaos ducked a double clothesline and hit a double clothesline to his two opponents. Hart hit a modified DDT. Credible set up Kaos, and Hart hit a shooting star press onto Kaos off of Credible's knee. Vampiro was out next and ran wild, clotheslining everyone. Hart went after him, but Vampiro dodged a splash and superkicked Credible, then hit a spinning heel kick to Kaos and delivered the chokeslam to Hart.
(Commercial break.)
We saw highlights from during the break. Puma came down, but was eliminated by Vampiro sending him through a table to the outside. We also had Alkatrazz and his partner, as well as "6-Pac" (aka Sean Waltman/X-Pac). Pac took down Credible, then hit the X-Factor on Vampiro. The announcers talked about him being in DX. Pac delivered an X-Factor to Credible, then delivered the bronco buster to Sydal in the corner. Pac also delivered some chops around, including to Vampiro. Chris Hamrick and New Jack both ran down to the ring. New Jack had a small guitar with him. Jack hit a clothesline to Hamrick. Jack tried to eliminate Hamrick. He paused on the apron, but Jack hit him through a table on the outside. Jack left the ring and went after Hamrick, which led to him being eliminated. Jack got in the ring with his guitar, then smashed it over one of the ref's heads, leading to a "Holy BLEEP" from one of the announcers. Vampiro hit a powerslam on Kaos, who also got an elbow drop from Alkatrazz and a moonsault from Hart. Alkatrazz got hung up on the top rope. Luke interfered for his friend Alkatrazz. Someone got sent into the live electrical wires. New Jack did a flip off the set onto Alkatrazz. Teddy Hart hit a spinning DDT off the top rope. Credible threw Hart over the top to the outside. The ladders were now in the ring. Youth Suicide, entrant number 10, came in and spilled thumbtacks. (They noted that this is his first professional match. He was the most indy looking guy on the show.) He put his tack bucket over Credible's head, then kicked him in the balls. Suicide tried setting up the ladder. However, Vampiro grabbed him off the ladder and delivered a powerbomb, sending Suicide into the tacks. We got another bleep. While Vampiro was busy, Pac got one of the contracts. Vampiro stomped Suicide's head into the tacks. Pac got booed. Credible was still in the ring. Suicide tried climbing up the ladder, but Credible pushed the ladder over, sending Suicide into the explosives on the steel cage/fence on the outside. Vampiro kicked Credible in the head. They both tried climbing a ladder to get the contract above the ring. Pac tried knocking over the ladder, but Vampiro got the contract!
Next week, WSX title match between 6-Pac and Vampiro!
We saw a bunch of highlights from later in the season, including tons of gimmick matches and highspots. They hyped that there's WSXtra, a bonus online show.
Post-match: Afterwards, Pac and Vampiro continued to brawl as the show went off the air.
Show thoughts: A very different show than any other currently available wrestling program. It's tough to judge it without watching more, seeing what future shows are like, and watching the ratings. I think it has potential to be a success, but it's always hard to read the tastes of the young people who drive MTV programming. There's not much psychology here, but when you don't have to build to a pay-per-view and are simply trying to get noticed, that may be less important. I'd say it's worth watching once for anyone to see if you can get over the insane pace and enjoy it for what it is. If you like your shows to be slowly paced, logical, and meaningful, this may not be the show for you, but if you don't mind spotfests and fast paced action, you could be pleasantly surprised. It's also nice to see some indy workers getting national exposure, and I wouldn't be surprised to see at least a couple of them end up in TNA, if not WWE.
