Wrestling Society X

Tonight was the debut of Wrestling Society X and while I was curious to see what Vince McMahon would say on ECW, I changed the channel in the hopes of going from a crappy product (although I must admit, the match in progress when I left, RVD VS Hardcore Holly, was pretty good.) to a good one. What follows is a as it happens review of the first episode of WSX.

The show opened with a performance by Black Label Society It was cool, but not necessary. Understandable though since this is MTV.

Matt Sydal VS Jack Evens
I've heard some good stuff abut these guys, and they didn't disappoint. A good match tat could have lasted longer, but was I said was still good. Jack Evens won it with the 630 Splash.

During the match, Zack Wylde joined the announcers.

Footage of some of the tag teams were shown. I've always loved tag team action, and so I was interested. Never heard of any of the teams, but it looks like one of the teams is from Dragon Gate. I've heard some good things about Dragon Gate, so it should be interesting.

During the commercial break I turned back to ECW in time to see some Divas dancing. quickly switched back to WSX.

Next up was the WSX Rumble. 10 men fighting over 2 contracts, with the winners facing each other next week to become the first WSX Heavyweight Champion. Surrounding the ring were tables, a box with live wires, and a cage section rigged with explosives, as well as some ladders for retrieving the contracts.

During the first segment, Justin Credible, Teddy Hart, Kaos, Vampiro, all entered the ring. I've wanted to see Teddy in action for a long time, and I wasn't disappointed. He may do some controversial stuff from time to time, but there is no denying that he is a Hart. Lots of good action during the first segment.

During the commercial break, I switched back again. Vince was talking, saying how the new ECW, the old ECW, and the ECW fans sucked. switched back in time to see that Old Spice commercial with Bruce Campbell in it. Bruce rocks.

One more check into ECW and saw that the Originals had interrupted Vince and took out Elijah Burke. That was kind of fun to see. Back to WSX.

Rest of the guys showed up, Puma, Alkatrazz, 6-pac, Chris Hamrick, New jack are now in the ring. Youth Suicide was the last to enter and dumped a bunch of thumbtacks into the ring, so of course he ended up being power bombed into them before being sent into the cage section. Not sure who ended up going into the live wires, but New Jack sent Hamrick through a table before smashing a guitar over the ref's head. He then set Hamrick on another able, climbed to a platform about 20 feet off the ground and nailed an Elbow Drop, sending Hamrick through another table.

In the end, 6-Pac and Vampiro got the contracts and kept fighting as WSX went off the air.

One last check in with ECW, just in time to see Bobby Lashely retain the title against Test. As he celebrated, The Undertake showed up, hinting that he might be going after the ECW Heavyweight title.

Over all, WSX wasn't that bad. the arena tried (maybe a little too hard) to look like an underground wrestling arena. While the one announcer wasn't too bad, the other sucked. Zack Wylde was pretty good though.

Can't wait till next week.