The Washington Capitals, despite not even making the Stanley Cup finals last season, are probably one of the two or three “hottest” teams in the NHL. And hey, with a player like Alex Ovechkin leading the charge, why not? The Caps don’t have the tradition of the Original Six by any stretch, but they’ve assimilated themselves into the current NHL about as well as any expansion team from the last 35 years.

(Let’s just get this over with, pal.)

Case in point: even MTV’s getting in on the Caps’ high Q rating. To that end, the cast of The Real World, which is a much better name for a show than Hysterical Self-Centered Alcoholics On Camera, now includes an intern with the team. And oh yes, there’s plenty of bleeding through between the two. Did we say bleeding? We mean synergy!

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“Bully Beatdown“, which just ended a petite six-episode season on MTV, promises the targeted 12-24 year old suburban male demo the opportunity to watch mean boys get their comeuppance through the well-trained abuse of a real MMA fighter.

In the end, though, the desires of the downtrodden can’t be completely fulfilled by reality show king Mark Burnett’s trifle of a revenge fantasy due to deeply discounted production values, overscripting to the point of preciousness, and an utter lack of reality.

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When you hear the name Michael Westbrook, you might think, “Hey, he’s a pretty good running back for the Philadelphia Eagles.” And you would be wrong, because that would be Brian Westbrook. No, Michael’s main claim to fame is that he’s the former Washington Redskin who beat up teammate Stephen Davis during practice.

Well, Mike figures if he’s gonna fly his fists into other people’s faces, he might as well get paid for it. So now it’s come to this - Michael Westbrook, cagefighter!

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