MTV and its Canadian counterpart, MuchMusic, each agreed to acquire the English language version of a Japanese series. Over here, it was known as Silent Library, which aired mostly at night, with reruns on Saturday mornings, hence its placement here.
The series started off with just civilian contestants, but, predictably, as ratings began to flail away, MTV decided to up the ante by doing crossovers with some of their own shows (i.e. Jersey Shore) and other celebrities, including, in this March 2011 installment, a half dozen WWE superstars, only one of which, Dolph Ziggler, is still with WWE nine years later. Curt Hawkins (Brian Myers) is returning to Impact Wrestling. Trent Beretta, now known simply as Trent?, is with AEW. Chris Masters, JTG, & Caylon Croft, Beretta's partner at the time, are either in the indies or off the grid.
Four "seasons" were produced over a two year period (2009-11), and the above episode was an example of how Silent Library had jumped the shark. As for Zero, the show's host, sorry, man, but this IS a game show of a sort. Changing the show to an all-star format is usually a bad sign.
Rating: C-.
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