With the sale of WCW to the WWF last spring, and the folding of ECW around the same time, many "wrestling analysts" (read: losers) have been postulating what the new "number 2" wrestling federation will be. If you ignore the possible misuse of the word "postulating," I'll ignore the misuse of the word "federation" in terms of wrestling.
Around the summer, some guy who's name I never bothered to remember decided to start a federation called MECW (Main Event Championship Wrestling, I believe). They put on one or two shows, gave Curt Hennig the title, didn't pay any of the wrestlers, the guy claimed to have had a heart attack, and then dissapeared from the face of the earth. All the sites that praised them as the new #2 fed. and covered them extensively (despite a lack of newsworthy events) then patted themselves on the back for predicting their demise. This is a very common thing in online wrestling nonsense.
The WWA also had a PPV in Australia at this time, which may or may not have been booked by Russo. It aired for the first time the other day, and Super Shane Spear watched it. I really wish I had. I had heard that Disco Inferno was gonna fight a Kangaroo at it, but apparently that fell through. I think the Kangaroo was booked at 3 or 4 shows that night, a la Sabu.
The WWA has Jeff Jarret, and Jerry Lawler commentated on the PPV. Also, Bret Hart apparently comes out at every show and continues to live in the past and make false claims about who has and hasn't beaten him in a "sport" with predetermined conclusions. They claim to be having another PPV soon. I guess I'll believe them.
Then the XWF came around. Kind of. I don't remember when, but at some point they taped a whole lot of shows in Universal Studios featuring a lot of out of work wrestlers, like Curt Hennig. Hulk Hogan actually showed up and made Hennig job to him, despite not being part of the fed. Way to help, Hulkster. I think this one is booked by Kevin Sullivan and one of the Nasty Boys, but I could be wrong. They, too, had Jerry Lawler commentating. That is, until Vince McMahon decided that WWF tv didn't have enough high pitched squealing and brought him back.
So, the XWF taped these tv things, and then didn't do much of anything. Oh, I should point out now that there are 2 XWFs. There's the one I'm discussing, and this other one out of SoCal that is run by a porn producer. It recently challenged any internet wrestlign reporter to fly out there to cover it's big show this weekend. I sincerely doubt any site is gonna spend $400 on a plane ticket and another $100 or so on food and lodging just to promote some sleazy indy fed, but if the kind staff here at Weekly Visitor thinks we need to defend our proffesional intgrity by covering the fed that lit some kid on fire in the ring, and then exploited his very serious injury, then I will go. As their press release states: "no one ever set the world of journalism was easy."
Anyway, back to the other XWF. So, they taped these tv shows or something, and then really did nothing. Until now. Or a month ago. Deciding that sitting on 4 hours of wrestling material doesn't generate fan interest, the XWF launched their website. The wackiness is just beginning. Not listed on most search engines, the XWF website has an amazing display of "under construction" pages, and a few notes on other things. For example, it lists the roster, despite it probably being in their better interest to not let people know the "talent" they are about to be paying money to see. It has a hideous banner thing. It has it all. They claim that the site is up in response to fan reaction. See:We are still proceeding with our plans for an incredible cutting edge, "In Your Face" web site, but in response to the e-mails that have filled our mailboxes asking for more info on the XWF, we are presenting this beta version to get you started. That means you will be with us every step of the XWF's evolution. So make sure you play your part by sending us your opinions and suggestions we will listen. You only have yourselves to blame.
Now, the point: The XWF started putting on house shows recently, and this is 100% true news that I have gathered from said show.
"What does the X in XWF stand for?" Some of our staffers say the X stands for eXcitement. By that same token, I think the X must stand for eXhausting. Truth be known, the X equals the missing variables from the current wrestling scene. Stay tuned and you’ll see what I mean.
So, to answer your question, the "x" stands for "eXtremely lame hype machine." If I had put more effort into that joke, it may have been funny. Let's just move on.While it would seem that there is room for another large wrestling federation in America, I don't know if any of these half assed collections of older wrestlers are really gonna' cut it. As is common in a lot of entertainment fields, everybody is trying to imitate the past (ECW or WCW), instead of trying to create something new that would catch on.