The Wrestling Society Xperience - WSXtra Episode Three (2/13/07)
The review voted "Mostly Likely To Succeed" by Montclair High's graduating class.
WSXtra - Episode Three
Good day!
In the cold open, some fella named Markus Riot meets Jack Evans outside the WSX Bunker™ and gives him a DVD of his matches. Evans promises to check it out before kicking him in the nuts. THAT'S MY PURSE! I DON'T KNOW YOU!
I don’t know much at all about Riot. From what I could research, he worked chiefly in smaller California indies before retiring in 2018.
Fabian Kaelin and Lacey welcome us to another episode of WSXtra and throw it to highlights of the earlier Tables, Ladders, and Cervezas match. Kaelin says the episode was the greatest 30 minutes ever on television. The line between “hard sell” and “pure delusion” is a thin one.
Scorpio Sky vs. Matt Classic
A former AEW TNT and tag titleholder in Sky makes his first appearance in WSX, having been a PWG regular at this point. The gimmick du jour is “arrogant jock who peaked in high school”, and he carries around two plaques he got from Montclair High. Sky was apparently voted “Best Athlete” and “Most Likely to Succeed”.
During the ring announcements, Kaelin refers to him as “Scorpio Sky Andrews”. Schuyler Andrews is his shoot name, but I don’t remember him using “Andrews” very much.
Classic dominates at the onset, even backing Sky down with a DUCK WALK. Sky comes back with a dropkick and evades some Classic offense before landing a headscissors. Classic catches a leapfrog and gets THE AIRPLANE SPIN!
Moments later, Classic hits a Mr. Wrestling-style kneelift before landing the dreaded heart punch! After some butt stuff in the corner, Classic goes for a splash off the bottom rope, but Sky moves! Sky scores with a hurricanrana and a tope con hilo, but Classic fights back. However, Sky quickly gets a spinning implant DDT (The Top of The Class) for three!
The Take: I can't imagine the character would have a long shelf life if the promotion continued on, but Classic continues to be fun in this role. Sky isn’t exactly replete with “rizz” as the kids might say, but he definitely has the athleticism and is more than competent between the ropes. The match was fine if barebones, but it oddly didn’t feel like much of a showcase for Sky other than a few aerial moves and his finisher.
The Vibes: Rather lukewarm.
D.I.F.H. vs. That 70’s Team
Luckily, Disco Machine was able to replace his disco ball after Team Dragon Gate destroyed it in Episode 2 of the main show. The announcers inform us that Jimmy Jacobs has access to his MySpace account on his flip phone, or he can use it to order Quizno’s. Could this BE any more mid-2000’s?
Tyler Black and Disco start off, with Black getting a quick dropkick. Jacobs comes in and armbars Disco in a decidedly non-aggressive fashion, so Black comes in and hurls Jacobs feet-first into him. Jacobs stomps and elbows Disco, then hits on some of the plants in the front row, allowing Joey Ryan to paste him with a boot. The 70’s fellas briefly take control, hitting Jacobs with a double-gourdbuster for two. Disco hits a nice powerslam for two, but Jacobs comes back with a front-fall neckbreaker on Ryan. Joey goes for the inhaler, but he’s no Mr. Asthma.
Black tags in and Joey again gets his trunks pulled down. Black hits a spinning neckbreaker for two, then D.I.F.H. hit a double-team elbowdrop/spinning Landslide for the dub.
The Take: Another short match, especially for the standards of WSXtra. At least the action was decent and D.I.F.H. picks up a surprise win. The emo kids continue to be entertaining. WSX did have a promising tag division, though there is a lot of 50/50 booking so far.
The Vibes: Generally fine.
Lacey and Fabian run down next week’s WSX card before we get a backstage segment with Keepin’ It Gangsta (Babi Slymm & Ruckus). They were apparently late for the show despite Slymm’s $20,000 spinner watch.
Slymm promises that they’ll make it next week, then Ruckus carries a ladder out with him.
I haven’t seen much of Slymm, but he was another SoCal regular, notably in XPW, UPW, and PWG. He also spent time in Dragon Gate as part of the Muscle Outlaw’z faction. He wrestled under the monikers Cyber Gang (when he was in a short-lived team with Cyber Kong) and as Muscle Gang when Kong left the Outlaw’z to join rivals New Hazard.
Ruckus was a fixture in the northeast independent scene, having runs in CZW, CHIKARA, JAPW, and Ring of Honor, among other places. From what I’ve seen, he’s been a very entertaining high-flyer.
NEXT TIME: Wrestling Society X, Episode Four - The one with THAT fireball. Plus, Matt Sydal vs. Scorpio Sky and musical guest Clipse!