Celebrity Deathmatch is a claymation television show that depicts celebrities against each other in a wrestling ring, almost always ending in the loser's gruesome death. It was known for its excessive amount of blood used in every match and exaggerated physical injuries. The series was created by Eric Fogel; with the pilots airing on MTV on January 1 & 25 1998. The initial series ran from May 14, 1998 to October 20, 2002, and lasted for a 75-episode run. There was one special that did not contribute to the final episode total, entitled "Celebrity Deathmatch Hits Germany", which aired on June 21, 2001. Professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin gave voice to his animated form as the guest commentator. Early in 2003, a film based on the series was announced by MTV to be in the making, but the project was canceled by the end of that year. In 2005, MTV2 announced the revival of the show as part of their "Sic 'Em Friday" programming block. Originally set to return in November 2005, the premiere was pushed back to June 10, 2006 as part of a new "Sic'emation" block with two other animated shows, Where My Dogs At and The Adventures of Chico and Guapo. The show's fifth season was produced by Cuppa Coffee Studios and the premiere drew over 2.5 million viewers, becoming MTV2's highest rated season premiere ever.
"It's the season's ending episode! The fights are Kelsey Grammer vs. Roseanne, Brandy vs. Courtney Love, and then Jackie Chan vs. Jean-Claude Van Damme with Chuck Norris as a guest referee!"
"It features fights that are about the elements of movies. The fights are Martin Scorsese vs. Oliver Stone in Fight 1, Fight 2 is Groucho Marx vs. John Wayne, and the Main Event is Cameron Diaz vs. Meryl Streep."
"It's comedian time! 1. Dennis Miller vs. Carrot Top 2. Rodney Dangerfield vs. Don Rickles Main Event: Billy Crystal vs. Robin Williams vs. Whoopi Goldberg"
"1. Ben Affleck vs. Matt Damon 2. Ozzy Osbourne vs. Rob Zombie 3. Marilyn Manson vs. Ricky Martin\n\nThe second fandemonium:\n\nSummary:\n\n1 - Ben Affleck vs. Matt Damon\n\nThey each had to build machines from a bag of parts, after a while Damon builds a meat slicer, Affleck asks him how it works, so Damon bends over to show how it works, but then Affleck kicks him into the machine, and he is sliced up.\n\n2 - Ozzy Osbourne vs. Rob Zombie\n\nOzzy rips out Rob's brain and turns him into a zombie, then he makes him do disgusting things, like licking Ozzy's feet clean, but then the zombie freaks out, and starts attacking Ozzy, but Ozzy throws the zombie's brain to the zombie, and he starts playing with it, and slam dunks it into the floor, which destroys the brain, and he dies.\n\n3 - Marilyn Manson vs. Ricky Martin\n\nThis was actually a musical number preformed by Marilyn Manson (Astonishing Panorama of the Endtimes), a while into the song, Ricky Martin jumps up on the stagem and starts kicking Marilyn's a"
"Nick and Johnny are sent to meet the U.S. Congress to argue about the violence on the show, featuring Stone Cold as their defendant. The Congress shows many clips of various violent moments on the show, and Nick and Johnny shows some to defend themselves."
"1. Melissa Joan Hart vs. Alyssa Milano 2. Mary-Kate Olsen vs. Ashley Olsen 3. Ryan Phillipe & Reese Witherspoon vs. Jennifer Love Hewitt & Scott Wolf"
"The line-up was the Rage Against the Machine vs. The Machine, then John Malkovich vs. John Cusack, and the Main Event was Al Gore vs. 'Weird Al' Yankovic."
"The fights are Nick Nolte vs. Eddie Murphy, Macaulay Culkin vs. Haley Joel Osment, and then Dave Grohl & Billy Corgan vs. Courtney Love for the Main Event."
"1. Sigourney Weaver vs. Linda Hamilton 2. Potato Kahn vs. Cousin Grimm 3. Harrison Ford vs. Samuel L. Jackson\n\nNick and Johnny presents an entirly science fiction lineups this evening, the fights also takes place on a science fiction convention in New York.\n\nFight Summary:\n\n1 - Sigourney Weaver vs. Linda Hamilton\n\nSigourney pops Linda's mucle built arms with a nail, but then Linda writes down \"\"I'm the king of the world\"\" in blood, and makes Sigourney say it. This freaks Linda out since \"\"I'm the king of the world\"\" is the tagline for Titanic, directed by James Cameron, who was married to Linda, but left her. Linda is so freaked out she bites Sigourney in her ear, spins her around, and send her away, and she lands, and gets impaled on a \"\"chest-buster\"\" (plastic hand)\n\n2 - Potato Kahn vs. Cousin Grimm\n\nThe finale of the freakfights.\n\nCousin Grimm knocks Potato Kahn into the ceiling, and when he falls down, Cousin Grimm holds up a slicer, and Potato is turned into potato chips. The potato"
"This special features eleven fights made entirely in German:\n\n1 - Sabrina Setlur vs Anke Angelke 2 - Harald Schmidt vs Stefan Raab 3 - Stefan Kretzschmar vs Mario Basler 4 - Udo Lindenberg vs Harald Juhnke 5 - Michael Schuhmacher vs Boris Becker 6 - Campino vs Bela B 7 - Joschka Fischer vs Gerhard Schroder 8 - Gronemeyer vs Muller-Westernhagen 9 - Sven Vaeth vs Westbam 10 - Thomas Gottschalk vs Kai Pflaume 11 - Xavier Nadoo vs Thomas D"
"It's Survivor time! All the cast members from seasons 1 and 2 fought in the deathmatch ring, one by one they were voted into the ring by the audience, until only one was left."
"Lenny Kravitz vs Jimi Hendrix Shaggy vs Bob Marley Dave Matthews vs Keith Richards\n\n1. Lenny Kravitz vs Jimi Hendrix Using the time machine, Stone Cold Steve Austin brings back Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix claims that Kravitz ripped him off and starts beating him up. Hendrix rips off Kravitz's sunglasses, to reveal his big bug eyes. He runs out of the ring and climbs the lighting rig, and pours sulphuric acid onto Hendrix's head. Then he climbs down and pours vomiting medicine down Hendrix' throat. Hendrix replies by vomiting down Kravitz's throat, then he throws him against the ropes, Kravitz bounces back and Hendrix smashes his throat to pieces.\n\n2. Shaggy vs Bob Marley The time machine is used to bring back Bob Marley. Bob Marley too claims to be ripped off by Shaggy. They fight for a while and Marley grabs one of the turnbuckles and starts impaling Shaggy with it, and starts asking Shaggy about who the best reggae singer was, Shaggy replies by naming a lot of artists, this p"