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MTV's Wrestling Society X News and Stuff
Topic Started: Oct 26 2006, 09:38 AM (2,777 Views)
Scrooge McSuck
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Blech. Please, I just ate the pepperoni.
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Scrooge McSuck,Feb 14 2007
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Blech. Please, I just ate the pepperoni.

That's weird...since you usually eat the sausage (*rimshot*)

But have you EVER seen anything like this?!

And just for you:
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Scrooge McSuck
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Will you stop?!
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So this week's show drew like a .50 rating. Guess that .43 was a truer rating than the first two weeks were.
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In the midst of major shakeups within the network's executive end, MTV has pulled the fourth episode of MTV Wrestling Society X from next week's scheduled airing at 10:30 PM.

While the actual yanking of the episode was due to an issue with the MTV's standards and practices department, sources claim that the network is also trying to change their strategy moving forward, both with WSX and other first-run programming. A program titled "Scarred" will run next Tuesday in WSX's usual timeslot.

The pulled WSX episode was slated to feature the debut of IWA Puerto Rico star Ricky Banderas, during which he would throw a fireball into WSX champion Vampiro's face. MTV initially approved the storyline and stunt when it was filmed during WSX's taping in Los Angeles. Once the network received and reviewed the episode, the decision was made to not allow it to air due to concerns over children possibly recreating the stunt. Since the fireball angle was one of the company's main storylines for the length of their episodes, the situation went back and forth within the network and has yet to be resolved, thus the pulling of the episode.

In a January interview with PWInsider.com, Wrestling Society X producer Kevin Klinerock discussed the MTV issues with producing a product that would feature violent stunts, commenting, "The biggest issue that standard and practices, and everyone at MTV has - and it's understandable. The concern is, 'How easy is it for some kid, some viewer, to replicate what they are seeing?' They don't want us swinging light tubes. Understood. An exploding casket, however, is not seen in the same light on the same scale of sheer violence of swinging a light tube; a kid's not going to be able to get an exploding casket in their backyard. That's their concern. It doesn't come from a sake of wanting or not wanting something to be seen on television, they have real series concerns. They've lived through a number of lawsuits from kids watching and imitating "Jacka**" and similar things, and it's just their set of standards that the entire network lives by. It doesn't matter if it's a wrestling show or "The Real World." It's just a standard of rules that everyone has to live by. "The standard [MTV uses] is how easy is it for someone to replicate it. That's what we have to look at when it comes to stunts and violence. It's not a whitewash WCW using cotton candy as weapons by any stretch of the imagination. It's definitely got your mix of extreme and your mix of entertaining in-ring high flying action. We give a little bit of each in each episode, the extreme violence and the excellent high flying technical in-ring wrestling. I think we accomplish that. Most episodes were laid out that way."

Additionally, MTV as a network is in a major state of flux at the moment with ratings for their original programming down across the board. In response, parent company Viacom has let go of 250 employees in the last several days including several high ranking executives, with some given two week notices and other departments being completely shut down.

Among those fired according to today;s edition of entertainment trade publication The Hollywood Reporter was Paul DeBenedittis, who held the position of Executive Vice President of "multiplatform programming, content strategy and scheduling at MTV", was among those fired. DeBendittis was responsible for MTV's programming decisions, including placing WSX up against WWE's ECW on Sci Fi.

Sources claim the network is re-evaluating the programming currently airing on the network. Its possible that moving forward, WSX may be moved to another timeslot to get it away from the competition of ECW.

When asked whether the series was in danger of being canceled after garnering just a 0.5 rating this week, WSX sources noted MTV had already paid for the production of the 10 filmed episodes and that it wouldn't make sense for the network to not air what they had already invested in.

As of now, those sources indicate that Wrestling Society X is scheduled to return on Tuesday 2/27 at 10:30 PM, although that could conceivably change as things evolve from the standards and practices end.

PWInsider.com will have more on the state of Wrestling Society X as the story continues to develop
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Mad Dog
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Wow. MTV sucks.
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So does WSX.
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They deserve each other?
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But they aren't worried about kids that grow up and become douchebags like the ones on all of their shitty dating shows???
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Mad Dog
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I was going to say something similar. And didn't they used to air Jackass?
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Mad Dog,Feb 16 2007
08:46 AM
I was going to say something similar. And didn't they used to air Jackass?

Yes.

I guess that is probably the reason why they are worried about it. As long as there is a "Don't try this at home" warning at the beginning of the show, I honestly don't see why they would care.
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Funny thing is that if he had come out and fucked Vampiro on the show they wouldn't have a problem with it.
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I guess people will no longer be able to see action like this!!

Or at least until the 27th.


The news item doesn't look good for WSX's longevity (big surprise). Or at least the chances of seeing all episodes in order.

Best case for them: the show comes back on the 27th and things go on.

Mediocre case for them: the show gets a new timeslot or jumps to MTV2.

Worst case for them: the show never comes back on the air and all remaining episodes are slated to "air exclusively on MTV.com!!"
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You reversed best and worst case scenarios.
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Scrooge has a point.
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