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The New York Shock Exchange (NYSE) is a men's roller derby league, based in

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. The league consists of four teams, two interleague teams and three intra-league teams. The league was founded by

Gotham Girls Roller Derby Gotham Roller Derby is a flat track roller derby league based in New York City, New York (state), New York. Founded in late 2003, Gotham is the first flat track roller derby league in the metropolitan New York area and a founding member league of ...

coach Jonathan R in 2006. He organized a bout against from Pioneer Valley Roller Derby and quickly gathered a team which won 109-51 in April 2007.Thomas Gerbasi,
Stocks Falling? Not on this New York Shock Exchange
",

, 9 August 2011 Later in the year, both leagues were founder members of the Men's Derby Coalition (MDC).Chelsey Pollock,
Flamboyant, full-contact -- and dead serious
, '' Hampshire Gazette'', 9 August 2009 They went on to win their first 23 bouts, including the 2010 MDC Championships, before finally succumbing to the St Louis GateKeepers at the Spring Roll tournament in early 2011.Justice Feelgood Marshall,
Preview: MRDA Championships
", ''

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'', 21 October 2011 In late 2010,

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described the Shock Exchange squad as "quite possibly the strongest men's roller derby team in the country". During 2011, the Shock Exchange organized its bouts as doubleheaders with the women's league, the

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. The Men's Derby Coalition became the

Men's Roller Derby Association The Men's Roller Derby Association (MRDA) is the international governing body of men's flat track roller derby. It was founded in 2007 under the name Men's Derby Coalition (renamed to Men's Roller Derby Association in 2011), and currently has 59 ...

(MRDA), and Shock Exchange hosted the 2011 MRDA Championships at the venue, successfully defending their title. In 2012, a New York Shock Exchange travel team played in the first modern intercontinental men's roller derby game as part of its "Shock the UK" tour of England. In 2015, the New York Shock Exchange made a history again by becoming the first men's roller derby league to send a travel team from the US to Australia and play in multiple games as part of its "Shock Down Under" tour.

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{{NYCMetroSports Sports clubs and teams in New York City Men's roller derby Roller derby leagues in New York (state) Roller derby leagues established in 2006 2006 establishments in New York City