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32-441: WSX may refer to: Wrestling Society X , a short-lived professional wrestling television series that was broadcast on MTV in 2007 Westsound/WSX Seaplane Base , a seaplane base with IATA code WSX FS-A1WSX , a home computer Interleukin-27 receptor , a cell receptor Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

64-609: A controversial fashion, with Young winning the championship thanks to the referee's help. Management Director Jim Cornette stripped Young of the belt and announced the tournament to crown the new champion. The tournament final took place at Genesis . On the January 27, 2011, edition of Impact!, TNA started a tournament to determine a new number one contender for the TNA X Division Championship , held by Kazarian . The tournament consisted of three three–way semifinal matches, taking place on

96-435: A five-man Ultimate X match for the X Division Championship. This indicated that the 230 lb. weight limit was also quietly revoked. The X Division was generally regarded as one of the key attractions of TNA. Due to TNA focusing more on the heavyweight and main event picture, the X Division has been placed on the back-burner in recent memory. A 2005 three-way match between Christopher Daniels , Samoa Joe and A.J. Styles

128-834: 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

160-418: A promotion that TNA has a partnership agreement with. X Division wrestlers are generally the only TNA wrestlers that compete in the TNA X Cup Tournaments . The first such tournament was the TNA 2003 Super X Cup Tournament , which was won by Chris Sabin. The tournament was the result of a match for the TNA X Division Championship at Final Resolution between Eric Young and Sheik Abdul Bashir ending in

192-697: A respective country that most or all of the wrestlers are from. Members of the team competed in a variety of matches, including singles matches and tag team matches, which accrued points for their side. The World X Cup tournament was an expansion on the Americas X Cup, in which four teams of four wrestlers competed. In the World X Cup, TNA always hosts a home team for the United States , with other countries such as Japan , Mexico , and Canada being represented by either TNA-contracted wrestlers or wrestlers from

224-493: A shot at the Impact World Championship it was announced that there will be an eight-man tournament to determine who will be the new Impact X Division Champion on November 18, 2022, at Impact Pay-per-view Over Drive . The Ultimate X match is the signature gimmick match of the X Division. It is similar to a ladder match except that two cables attached to truss towers adjacent to the ring posts cross above

256-639: A tournament to determine a new TNA X Division Champion , since the title was vacated after Austin Aries traded it in for a shot at the World Championship . The tournament consisted of three three–way semifinal matches, taking place on the July 31 edition of Impact! , with the finals, another three-way match, taking place on August 7, 2014. On the Destination X 2015 edition of Impact! TNA started

288-462: A tournament to determine a new TNA X Division Champion , since the title was vacated after Chris Sabin traded it in for a shot at the World Championship . The tournament consisted of three three–way semifinal matches, taking place on the July 18 edition of Impact! , with the finals, another three-way match, taking place on July 25, 2013. On the Destination X edition of Impact! TNA started

320-516: A tournament to determine a new TNA X Division Champion , since the title was vacated after Rockstar Spud traded it in for a shot at the World Championship . The tournament consisted of three three–way semifinal matches, taking place on the June 10th edition of Impact! , with the finals, another three-way match, taking place on June 27, 2015. On the September 23 episode of Impact! , Impact started

352-478: A tournament to determine the new Impact X Division Champion , since the title was vacated after Josh Alexander invoked Option C to challenge for the Impact World Championship . The tournament consist of three three–way semi-final matches, with the finals, another three-way match, will taking place at Bound for Glory . On October 20, 2022, after Frankie Kazarian vacated the Impact X Division Championship for

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384-511: 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. 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

416-507: Is a high-flying, high-risk, fast-paced professional wrestling division utilized in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and in various National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) member promotions. Its tagline is that "It's not about weight limits, it's about no limits!" The high-flying, high risk style of wrestling had become one of the features of World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling in

448-438: The independent circuit . TNA contracted wrestlers Douglas Williams , Kid Kash and Zema Ion were given automatic spots in the first round of the tournament. The eighth and final spot in the tournament would be filled by the winner of a four-way between the losers of the qualifying matches. At Destination X the eight wrestlers will face each other in four singles matches, with the winners advancing to an Ultimate X match for

480-504: The August 11, 2011, edition of Impact Wrestling , TNA authority figure Eric Bischoff announced that X Division would have a weight limit of 225 lb (102 kg). However, when Hulk Hogan became the new on screen GM in March 2012, the weight limit was quietly repealed, as heavier wrestlers like former champion Samoa Joe and eventual champion Rob Van Dam were able to compete for

512-433: The January 27, February 3 and February 10 editions of Impact! , with the finals, another three-way match, taking place at Against All Odds on February 13. The finals ended with a double countout, after Jeremy and Max Buck failed to make it to the event due to travel issues. On the June 16, 2011, edition of Impact Wrestling , TNA started a twelve-man tournament for a contract in the promotion's X Division. The finals of

544-445: The X Division Championship. On the January 3, 2013, edition of Impact! TNA started a tournament to determine a new number one contender for the TNA X Division Championship , held by Rob Van Dam . The tournament consisted of two singles semifinal matches, taking place on the January 3 and January 10 editions of Impact! , with the finals taking place at Genesis on January 13. On the Destination X edition of Impact! TNA started

576-525: The center of the ring and the item of value is hung at the intersection of the cables. The winner is the competitor who can retrieve the item of value from the cables. It was originally created in August 2003 and pitted Michael Shane , Frankie Kazarian , and Chris Sabin . Since then, twenty-four Ultimate X matches have taken place, some for the X Division championship, some for the TNA World Tag Team Championship , and some with

608-413: The division after the X Games . Until 2011, there was no upper weight limit on the X Division or its title, though in practice, most of the wrestlers in this division were cruiserweights, with Sonny Siaki , Samoa Joe , Kurt Angle , and Abyss being notable exceptions. To further emphasize this point, the slogan "It's not about weight limits, it's about no limits" was used to describe the division. On

640-503: The first WSX Champion. 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. MTV aired unadvertised previews of

672-560: 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. Wrestling Society X: The Complete First (and Last) Season DVD

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704-509: The late 1990s. Rather than emphasizing the fact that most wrestlers who perform this style are under 220 lb (100 kg) by calling it a cruiserweight division, TNA decided to emphasize the high-risk nature of the stunt like moves that the wrestlers performed only in TNA where no restraints were placed on them. As such, according to Bob Ryder in The History of TNA: Year 1 , they named

736-515: 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. 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. In the summer of 2007, all WSX wrestlers were released from their contracts and

768-459: The promotion became inactive. The WSX Championship was the only professional wrestling championship in the short-lived Wrestling Society X promotion. A ten-man WSX Rumble, 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

800-513: 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

832-447: The title WSX . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WSX&oldid=919967124 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wrestling Society X WSX

864-613: The title. On the March 21, 2013, episode of Impact Wrestling , new rules were implemented for the X Division: On the April 18, 2013, episode of Impact Wrestling , a new feature called the X Cam was introduced, giving viewers a first-person look at every X Division match. On the August 22, 2013, episode of Impact Wrestling , it was announced that the triple threat match rule had been revoked and that X Division matches may also be contested under one on one matches again. On October 20, 2013, at Bound for Glory , 280 lb. Samoa Joe took part in

896-524: The tournament would take place on July 10 at Destination X . First round Finals On the June 28, 2012, episode of Impact Wrestling , TNA announced a tournament for the TNA X Division Championship , which would take place at Destination X , where Austin Aries would vacate the title for a shot at the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . The tournament was preceded by four qualifying matches featuring wrestlers from

928-473: 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. A marathon of new episodes, consisting of episodes 5–9, aired on March 13 and 14, 2007, with MTV later announcing that

960-470: Was given the rare rating of 5 stars by the Wrestling Observer . TNA maintains three different styles of tournament referred to as "X Cup" tournaments. The Super X Cup tournament is a standard single-elimination tournament featuring one-on-one matches. The Americas X Cup tournament was a team-format points-based tournament featuring two teams of four wrestlers each, with each team representing

992-507: 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

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1024-616: 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 . X Division Mid 20th Century 1970s and 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s and 2020s The X Division

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