MTV Celebrity Deathmatch

MTVs Celebrity Deathmatch lampooned popular sports and event coverage and featured all the pre-game and post-game activities of fights; such as one-on-one interviews; press conferences and hilarious moments in the locker room. The first Celebrity Deathmatch premiered in a fall 1997 episode of Cartoon Sushi; MTVs animated variety series. The singular bout was a fantasy fight between Charles Manson and Marilyn Manson who competed for the title of Most Evil Man in America. MTV went on to debut a Super Bowl Half-Time special; Celebrity Deathmatch Deathbowl 98; featuring fantasy slugfests with Howard Stern vs. Kathie Lee Gifford; Pamela Anderson Lee vs. RuPaul and Hanson vs. The Spice Girls.

• Characters take damage throughout fights and appear bruised; bloody; dented; deformed; or hacked apart.
• Original Show hosts Nick Diamond and Johnny Gomez provide color commentary while ref Mills Lane calls the shots.
• Each celebrity has their o