Vampiro Speaks On WSX, Going Head-to-Head with ECW, WCW, More
Posted by Ashish on 01.30.2007
WSX star speaks out!
Former WCW World Tag Team Champion, Mexican legend, & one of the stars of MTV's Wrestling Society X, Vampiro, was the special guest on this past week's edition (1/29/07) of Monday Night Mayhem (w/The Big Mosh, Blade, & The Angry Hero), which can be heard in streaming audio every week (and live at 9PM ET/8PM CT every Monday night) exclusively on The Monday Night Mayhem Radio Network (www.MondayNightMayhem.com, www.ObsessedWithWrestling.com, www.AllWNYRadio.com, & www.AudioWrestling.com -- your official home of "The Spring Break Incident" Video-On-Demand, featuring former WWE Diva, Stacy Keibler).
Vampiro's first Mayhem appearance/interview is now available to hear for FREE in Real Audio!
Here are some of the highlights from the interview conducted by The Big Mosh & Blade (courtesy: Mayhem listener & official recapper, RaVaGe!):
Vampiro starts off the interview by asking if The Mayhem (as a show, upon their five-year anniversary) has hit puberty? After Blade responds in typical Blade fashion, the interview was off & running. Vampiro congratulated Mosh, Blade, Hero, & the rest of the crew on their anniversary, and gave the listening audience some big news on his band...that they will have a new CD out in the next month or so. For more information on where you can find it, you have to listen in to the entire January 29th edition of The Mayhem.
The discussion then moved onto Wrestling Society X, and Mosh asked what everyone's impression was of the pilot episode (that aired this past Friday night) that he has talked to personally. Vampiro says that he is been "blown away" so far, and that about 90% of the feedback has been positive. And believe it or not, it has been more positive feedback that he honestly expected. He said that some of the talent they have is "possibly the best talent in the world," and that they really gave it their all on the shows -- the fans watching it live & on MTV were shocked at how good it was.
Blade said that one of the things that he has heard was that WSX is being compared a lot to XPW, and followed up with the question of what does Vampiro think the differences are between the two feds/promotions. Vampiro says that the letters are different first off. No one laughed (Mosh, Blade, or Hero) at his joke, and Vampiro said again "that was a joke," and still no one gets it -- that's five years of humor for you. After a little explanation, Vampiro went on to say that the talent the management, & the creative team are what set it apart from everyone else. Vampiro says that some of WSX could even be considered on par with what Vince McMahon is doing.
Mosh added in that one of the people that is making waves on the internet scene (again) is WSX's very own, Teddy Hart. On a live interview this past Saturday night on The Mayhem's sister show, "WTR: Sunday Nights" (heard exclusively at www.WrestleTalkRadio.com & www.AudioWrestling.com every Sunday night), Teddy said that "he sees the WSX as kind of a feeding system to the WWE, "and "that when his services are done," he will be going to the WWE. Mosh asked Vampiro about the comments, and if he thinks Teddy is loyal to WSX. Vampiro said that his personal & professional opinion on Teddy different. He believes that Teddy Hart to him is an amazing athlete, and that he hasn't seen anyone who can do some of the things that Teddy Hart can do. He said that when he was Teddy's age that he was more out of control than Teddy, so he can kind of see where Teddy is coming from. Vampiro also added that even though Teddy is from the Hart family, he doesn't think that he has put in enough time on the road to get that experience. His attitude might need to be fixed.
Mosh & Blade asksed Vampiro how much he is looking forward to going head-to-head with WWE's "ECW On Sci-Fi "television show on Tuesday nights, and how exciting/challenging is it to go head-to-head with the WWE? He looks as it as a true "challenge" to bring WSX to the public and try to make it worldwide successfully. Vampiro wished to add that the talent in this generation is incredible (in all promotions & feds), and that it's an honor & challenge to be part of Wrestling Society X.
Blade, Hero, & Mosh then asked Vampiro that with his ties with Mexico & other places overseas, how much of a player does he think that WSX will be in the overseas markets? Vampiro said that it will indeed "be a major player." He said that he is negotiating with people in Japan, Mexico, & other places to bring WSX overseas. Vampiro went on record by saying that it is his specific goal, besides movies & music, is to do shows with other promoters, as well as interchanging talent & added television tapings to bring WSX worldwide to the masses.
We move on to some World Championship Wrestling talk, as The Angry Hero brought up The Misfits. Hero says that him & Blade are big Misfits fans, that he read an interview with one of the band members, and then asked what was the vibe with working with The Misfits. Vampiro said that the idea was to try & present the Vampiro character slowly. With The Misfits playing in the area of one of his wrestling shows, he wanted to see if he could get them to play live during his entrance. Management asked "if those guys could fight each other," they did some interference, and it got over -- the rest is history. Vampiro said that one of the guys in the band thought "that there were no politics in wrestling," that he almost got in trouble a few times as a result, and that he ruined the deal.
As a parting shot, Vampiro said that he doesn't have a problem with anything now, and that his life overseas in wrestling & WSX are doing great. In closing, he said that he wants to try to improve, do the best he can, & just try to entertain the fans.
More goodness is included in this 35+ minute interview with Vampiro, including: his comments on CM Punk's rise to rapid stardom in the WWE & what he is facing now in the locker room, as well as clearing up the internet rumors about his heat (past & present) with Konnan, Raven, & Sting. Pretty interesting comments, but again you have to check out the entire interview to hear Vampiro at his finest. Will the former member of The Dark Carnival become a WSX correspondent for The Mayhem, per his request at the end of the interview? Only time will tell. Stay tuned!
*You can check out Vampiro's official MySpace page at: www.MySpace.com/Vampcore.
*The primetime debut of MTV Wrestling Society's X will air tonight (1/30) at 10:30PM ET, just in case you missed the special preview last Friday
The first episode features Jack Evans vs. Matt Sydal, a musical performance by Black Label Society performance, and an Over-The-Top Rope Elimination/Ladder Bout with 2 WSX contracts for a WSX championship bout suspended above the ring: featuring Vampiro, Six Pac (Sean Waltman), Teddy Hart, New Jack, Youth Suicide, Kaos, Puma, Al Katrazz, Justin Credible, & Chris Hamrick.
For more about Wrestling Society X, visit www.WSX.MTV.com.
