An obscure pro wrestling-adjacent reality show from 2001 was mired in scandal. Was it really rigged?

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Show notes:
<ul>
 <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/16/business/another-reality-tv-show-is-under-fire.html">Another Reality TV Show Is Under Fire</a> (New York Times)</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0299349/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm">Manhunt on IMDB</a></li>
 <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040211082906/http://www.thestingray.net/home.htm">The Stingray</a> (Wayback Machine)</li>
 <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-One_(game_show)">Twenty-One</a> (Wikipedia)</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCODE-2015-title47/USCODE-2015-title47-chap5-subchapV-sec509/summary">Prohibited practices in contests of knowledge, skill, or chance</a> (FCC)</li>
 <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20011111164458/http://thestingray.net:80/jkletter2.jpg">JK’s letter to the FCC</a> (Wayback Machine)</li>
 <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20031108073147/http://www.thestingray.net:80/beverlyletter2.jpg">Steve Beverly’s letter to the FCC</a> (Wayback Machine)</li>
 <li><a href="https://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/2010/05/survivor-rule-book/">Survivor rules: the contract that details pay, tie-breakers, prohibited behavior, and more</a> (Reality Blurs)</li>
</ul>

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