RKMBs Forums .::Robegories::. Sports and Wrestling MTV's Wrestling Society show may be X'd out...

http://www.wrestleview.com/news2006/1172773926.shtml

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As reported late last night by Martin Hawrysko, it appears MTV has made a final decision to cancel the "Wrestling Society X" series after only four episodes.

PWInsider is reporting that MTV has already removed next week's scheduled airing of Wrestling Society X (which was to be Episode #5) and have replaced it with "High School Stories: Scandals, Pranks, Controversies." MTV's website has also removed WSX from its listing of official series as well. The official website for WSX (WSX.MTV.com) is still currently online.

Declining ratings for WSX was a strong factor in MTV making the decison yesterday to reportedly cancel the series. Here is how the ratings breakdown looked for MTV this past Tuesday (February 28) including WSX: "Bam's Unholy Union" at 8:00pm did a 0.7 rating, "Bam's Unholy Union" at 8:30pm did a 0.8 rating, "Road Rules XIV" at 9:00pm did a 0.7 rating, "Bam's Unholy Union" at 9:30pm did a 1.0 rating, "Two-A-Days" at 10:00pm did a 0.9 rating and "Wrestling Society X" at 10:30pm did a 0.6 rating.

WSX losing a third of the audience from its lead-in, "Two-A-Days", did not help its cause after returing from a one week hiatus. We will continue to follow this story as it develops.

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PWTorch.com (direct link to article)

The following statement was issued to PWTorch.com from Big Vision Entertainment, the parent company of Wrestle Society X, which as of Thursday was removed from MTV's posted schedule for next Tuesday...

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First, I want to thank all of the wrestling fans and press for their support, not only over the past few, confusing, days, but since the debut of WSX on MTV.

Earlier today we spoke with executives at MTV and can now share with you the following.

MTV is making no statement in regards to canceling Wrestling Society X. However, WSX will be pulled off the Tuesday night lineup in order to strategize the best way to bring the show back to the network and to the fans.

Although the show has not been performing as well as the network had hoped in the Tuesday night lineup, we have been told that other MTV departments including MTV 2, MTV Online, MTV Mobile, and MTV Video-On-Demand are 100% behind Wrestling Society X. Additionally, the Creative and Development executives at MTV have commended us on the production of the show and are saddened by the lack of response due to scheduling mishaps and under-promotion.

Until details are released regarding when the next NEW episode of WSX will air, all four previous episodes will be available on WSX.MTV.COM along with their WSXtra counterparts. Furthermore, fans with MTV Video-On-Demand can watch both the regular episodes and WSXtras on their TVs.

From all of us here at Big Vision Entertainment, we thank you for your continuing support and look forward to bringing you more of the evolution of sports entertainment shortly!

Sincerely,
Houston Curtis
CEO
Big Vision Entertainment

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I blame this completely on Sean Waltman