The New York Shock Exchange (NYSE) is a men's roller derby

Roller derby

Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...

 league, based in New York City

New York City

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. The league consists of two teams, which bout against teams from other leagues.

The league was founded by Gotham Girls Roller Derby

Gotham Girls Roller Derby

Gotham Girls Roller Derby is a flat track roller derby league based in New York City, New York. Founded in late 2003, Gotham Girls Roller Derby was the first skater-operated flat track roller derby league in the metropolitan New York area...

 referee Jonathan R in 2006. He organised a bout against from Pioneer Valley Roller Derby

Pioneer Valley Roller Derby

Pioneer Valley Roller Derby is a roller derby league based in Northampton, Massachusetts. Founded in early 2006, the league was the first in the new flat-track roller derby movement that featured both women's and men's teams....

 and quickly gathered a team which won 109-51 in April 2007. Later in the year, both leagues were founder members of the Men's Derby Coalition (MDC). 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. In late 2010, National Public Radio described the Shock Exchange squad as "quite possibly the strongest men's roller derby team in the country".

During 2011, the Shock Exchange organised its bouts as doubleheaders with the women's league, the Long Island Roller Rebels

Long Island Roller Rebels

The Long Island Roller Rebels are a roller derby league based on Long Island, New York. Founded in 2005, the league currently consists of two teams, and two mixed teams which compete against teams from other leagues....

, in Bethpage, New York

Bethpage, New York

Bethpage is a hamlet located on Long Island within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, United States, as well as a census-designated place with borders slightly different from those of the hamlet...

. The Men's Derby Coalition became the Men's Roller Derby Association

Men's Roller Derby Association

The Men's Roller Derby Association is the international governing body of men's flat track roller derby. It was founded in 2007 under the name Men's Derby Coalition, and currently has 18 all-men's leagues under its jurisdiction. MRDA member leagues play using the WFTDA rules with gender-neutral...

(MRDA), and Shock Exchange hosted the 2011 MRDA Championships at the venue, successfully defending their title.