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Post by mysterydriver on Dec 31, 2007 19:39:23 GMT -5
There were also constant cutaways to get reaction shots from the fans (most likely plants). Yep. The entire audience was plants. People had to audition to be part of it. Just another thing that added to the cheesiness of the show. People trying to act instead of react. Amusing.
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Post by mcmahonfan85 on Dec 31, 2007 19:41:55 GMT -5
its a big steaming pile of s*** is what it is Kind of like the thing in your sig. so's your face (oh, snap)
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Post by mrrotten on Dec 31, 2007 20:03:49 GMT -5
I saw all of the episodes that was aired on TV, and each one I watched I just sat there saying "Wow" in a bewilder amazement. It was like a train wreck. I didn't want to watch, but I couldn't turn away either. I just felt compelled to watch just to see what was going to happen, and to see what the big explosion of the episode was going to be.
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Post by jordenisgood on Jan 1, 2008 5:18:16 GMT -5
There were also constant cutaways to get reaction shots from the fans (most likely plants). Yep. The entire audience was plants. People had to audition to be part of it.Just another thing that added to the cheesiness of the show. People trying to act instead of react. Amusing. Incorrect, kind of. Those in charge at MTV thought that the average wrestling fan didn't look "good" enough to be on their station that was suppose to appeal to a certain base audience. So yes, they did actually do an audition for the crowd, thought hey also accepted people off the streets who simply wanted to watch the wrestling. A lot of times (as explained on the alternate commentary) the "plants" would come back and watch many times over after their time or two of being paid had ended, since they actually began enjoying the show. On this board, asking what Wrestling Society X is, was, and how it's viewed by the general populas will get you such a skewed response by some, that you're opening up a bag of worms you probably wouldn't want to feed to any fish. There's Chikara fans on this board who simply hate the WSX product, or so I've found. I'm sure there's also fans of WWE, TNA, ROH, and Puro who hated WSX just as much, but it seems the Chikara fans come out in droves to bash WSX anytime it's mentioned. Me personally, I like Chikara. I also really enjoyed WSX, so much so, that I even bought the DVD. I think it's excellent. It was a different type of wrestling show then what you're going to get on television each week. It's not something you can go and watch live either, it was just different. It had one of the greatest talent rosters known to man (imo). The lists includes; Syxx Pac (Sean Waltman), Vampiro, Ricky Bandras (Judas Mesias in TNA), Youth Suicide (dunno him before or after WSX), Jack Evans, Human Tornado, Scorpio Sky, Matt Sydal with Lizzie Valentine, Matt Classic (Colt Cabana), D.I.F.H (Doing It For Her - Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black), That 70's Team (Joey Ryan 'with inhaler' and Disco Machine), Trailer Park Boyz (Josh "Abercrombie" Raymon and Nate Webb), Team Dragongate (Masato Yashino and Genki Horiguchi), Los Pochos Guapos (Joey Munoz and Aaron Aguilera), Filth & The Fury (Teddy Hart and Matt Cross), Keepin' It Gangsta (Ruckus and Babi Slymm), and finally Luke Hawx and Al Katrazz. They added in some more groups over the time the show went, such as Arik Cannon, Vic Grimes, Nic Grimes, and The Cartel. The show was actually not written by Vampiro as listed on the first page of this. The show was actually written and directed (produced) by Kevin Kleinrock and Dr. Keith Lipinski. Keith is seen at most ROH shows keeping track of the times the matches take and such, he also was the bell ringer and time keeper for WSX among his writing duties. There were plans to introduce a few characters into the show starting season two, that never came to fruition due to the show being canceled. There were plenty of cheesy effects the show had, though I personally thought they made for interesting television. I knew going into the show what to expect, so I didn't set my standards so high for traditional wrestling that seeing something explode, or the camera shake when Vic Grimes walked, that I got disappointed. I said, "Damn, another interesting quirk," and just left it at that, trying to be entertained. The storylines of the promotion were actually well done if you ask me. Most of them were very simple and easy to follow. The seasons format that the show used, allowed for them to build up to a final blow-off event, therefore culminating their feuds. I suggest finding the DVD and buying it, for the price and the amount of wrestling and extra features jam packed on the four discs, it's hardly a waste of money.
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Jan 1, 2008 10:23:08 GMT -5
It was entertaining to a small group of people, but it didn't stand a chance of lasting.
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Post by Jake, The Jake, Jake on Jan 1, 2008 11:46:12 GMT -5
AWESOME! That's what WSX was!
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Jan 1, 2008 12:03:29 GMT -5
I remember watching a match with Team Dragon Gate and the announcers kept saying that these little Jap guys run really fast because they eat fried rice and eggrolls all the time.
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Jan 1, 2008 12:04:57 GMT -5
I remember watching a match with Team Dragon Gate and the announcers kept saying that these little Jap guys run really fast because they eat fried rice and eggrolls all the time. Off-topic a bit, I remember at Royal Rumble 2000 when Kaientai kept doing run-ins, how Lawler would make comments about both being "Chinese" and "if there were any Chinese hospitals nearby".
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Post by NIXON on Jan 1, 2008 12:13:49 GMT -5
I remember watching a match with Team Dragon Gate and the announcers kept saying that these little Jap guys run really fast because they eat fried rice and eggrolls all the time. Off-topic a bit, I remember at Royal Rumble 2000 when Kaientai kept doing run-ins, how Lawler would make comments about both being "Chinese" and "if there were any Chinese hospitals nearby". Lawler instilled that same tact for race relations in his son if you'll recall. I remember once when "Too Sexy" was doing commentary during a Taka match he kept calling him a jap until Vince said "Excuse me that's Japanese" in a stern voice. Which was odd because thats when he just an announcer so i didn't even know he had a stern voice. So the following week Too Sexy brings out El Pantera to fight Taka, and the first words out of his mouth were "Looky here! I went out and got me a MexiCan!!!"
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Post by derrtaysouth95 on Jan 1, 2008 13:05:36 GMT -5
It was misunderstood.
Some never gave it at chance. Some did and hated it. Others didn't care. Some loved it.
I personally loved it and bought the dvd. The tv matches were short & spotfests, but the extra matches were longer and had more wrestling.
It was a niche promotion. It doesn't appeal to everyone, but we need that variety in the wrestling world.
If your interested in it, I say buy the dvd, I picked my copy up for $25 and have no regrets other than not getting it sooner. If it turns out you don't like it, I'm sure you can sell it off to someone and make up some of your loss. And if you like it, you own the only piece of WSX merchandise available (as far as I know)!
This is the synopsis of the dvd from the company putting out the dvd: "“WSX will join Freaks & Geeks, Undeclared, Firefly and other TV greats in the pantheon of shows Americans were too stupid to ‘get’.” – Derek Burgan of F4Wonline.com
In January of 2007, the pro wrestling industry was shaken to its core when MTV launched “Wrestling Society X.” Rumors ran rampant throughout the industry about the front offices of other wrestling promotions fearing what would happen if this hip new take on their business filled with younger, more entertaining, more spectacular wrestlers and matches caught on. Luckily for them, like all great revolutions, it was misunderstood by many, including the very network that stood to benefit most from it’s success.
But, for 9 glorious episodes (and one absolutely unbelievably %$@#* crazy season finale that never aired) WSX change the way people thought wrestling HAD to be presented. Those who “got it,” loved it! Those who didn’t still could not believe the quality of the matches compared to what was being offered by the established wrestling companies.
WSX offered the best in high flying, no limits, aerial assaults with a new generation of wrestling stars including “The Aerial Emperor” Jack Evans, “The Cocky Coverboy” Matt Sydal with his main squeeze Lizzy Valentine, and “The P-I-M-P of W-S-X” the Human Tornado. WSX offered the best tag team division in the world including The Filth & The Fury, Los Pochos Guapos, D.I.F.H., Luke Hawx & Alkatrazz, K.I.G., and The Cartel. And, WSX offered the most brutal bouts over the WSX Championship imaginable as Vampiro, Sean “6-Pac” Waltman, and Ricky Banderas sacrificed flesh and blood and limbs battling throughout the WSX Bunker and with light tubes, barbed wire, and exploding coffins, to prove who was worthy of being champion!
Plus, each episode features a special guest band joining hosts Kris Kloss and Bret Ernst at the broadcast table including Three-6 Mafia, New Found Glory, Good Charlotte, Pitbull, Zakk Wylde, Clipse, Jibbs, Styles P, Sparta, and Quietdrive!
This COLLECTOR’S EDITION DVD set features over 10 HOURS of WSX action on 4 DISKS packed with ALL 9 EPISODES WHICH AIRED ON MTV, the NEVER BEFORE AIRED SEASON FINALE featuring a PIRANHA DEATHMATCH and an EXPLODING STEEL CAGE TIMEBOMB DEATHMATCH, 10 WSXtra Bonus Shows, Deleted/Unaired Scenes, Alternate Commentary featuring the cast and crew, all 15 WSX Virtual Trading Cards, casting tapes/matches of stars before they were in WSX, music videos, Lizzy Valentine and Lacey bikini videos, Featurettes including “The Transformation of Fabian Kaelin: World’s Most Hated Announcer,” photo galleries, script galleries (YES SCRIPTS), and MORE!!!!! This is your ALL ACCESS pass inside the meteoric rise and fall of an international wrestling phenomenon. There has never been a DVD release like it before and most likely will never be again. . . " - credit goes to Big Vision Entertainment.
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Post by BrodietheSlayer on Jan 1, 2008 16:55:28 GMT -5
It wasn't perfect, but I liked it.
I think had it not been on MTV, it would have lasted longer. MTV is currently a network geared towards 13-18 year old girls, and most 13-18 year old girls don't really get into watching wrestling.
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Post by Alucard on Jan 1, 2008 23:07:18 GMT -5
It was awesome.
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