DAVE Danger Zone TV

DAVE Danger Zone TV (stylized as DAVE: Danger Zone TV) is a professional wrestling television program that was produced by the defunct Magisterian professional wrestling promotion Danger And Violence Extreme (DAVE) composed of footage of fresh new matches and recorded interviews. It ran in syndication from 16 March 1995 to 26 December 2002, before moving to the basic cable channel Extreme on 2 January 2003, and became the network's highest-rated sports-related show up until its cancellation in 2007. All episodes are available on the American digital video streaming service FITE.

History
Prior to Danger Zone TV 's creation, DAVE ran a weekly event that was sold from DVDs named 'Highway to the Danger Zone'. The weekly event was a critical and commercial success, generating about M$25,000-M$50,000 while being well-regarded by fans and critics alike. The success of the weekly event led to head booker Phil Vibert creating the successor of the weekly event, Danger Zone TV.

From 1995 to 2000, Danger Zone TV was edited from footage of DAVE's live events from every location DAVE goes. It also included backstage promos & vignettes, which were not shown to the live crowd or included on home video releases of the events. Music videos from major musical acts were sometimes shown, interspersed with footage detailing the history of current feuds, as well as spectacular spots.

In 2000, Danger Zone TV went into a massive overhaul and completely abandoned the old format from previous years, although there were features from the old format that remained in the new format, including the music videos.

The show began broadcasting live in 2003 after being granted a 2-hour timeslot with the Extreme network, as part of the network's sports line-up during the network's rebranding. Danger Zone TV made its Extreme debut on 2 January 2003 and drew a 1.4 rating, the highest in the 2 January 2003 schedule.

From 2003 to 2005, Danger Zone TV consistently had one of the highest TV ratings for Extreme. Danger Zone TV 's success from those years included ticket sales, as a number of live events sold out and grossed gates over M$50,000-M$75,000.

During its final years, Danger Zone TV remained one of the network's highest rated shows but occassionally struggled to enter the top 10. From 2006 up until its cancellation in 2007, the show often placed in the distant tenth place. In 2007, Danger Zone TV was cancelled due to unable to 'meet the network's expectations'; the show aired its final episode on 5 April 2007. Just a month after the show's cancellation, Danger And Violence Extreme closed its doors due to bankruptcy.

Format
From 1995 to 2002, where the show was one hour long, the show features two to three matches, as well as pre-taped vignettes and promos interspersed between the matches. When Danger Zone TV was briefly ninety minutes long, the show began to feature three-to-four matches. The show soon featured five-to-seven matches after its premiere on Extreme in 2003.