Celebrity Wrestling
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| Celebrity Wrestling | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Creator(s) | ? |
| Starring | See list |
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Original channel | ITV1, ITV2 |
| Original run | 2005–2005 |
Celebrity Wrestling was an ITV1 show broadcast in 2005, which involved two teams of celebrities, competing against each other in wrestling style events. The series was presented by Kate Thornton and Roddy Piper. The aftershow programme on ITV2, called Celebrity Wrestling: Bring It On was presented by Jack Osbourne and Holly Willoughby. The winning team was The Warriors and the winning wrestlers were Annabel Croft (Solitaire) and Iwan Thomas (The Dragon).
After five weeks the show was moved from its primetime Saturday evening slot to Sunday mornings, due to its extremely poor ratings and being comprehensively beaten in audience share by Doctor Who on BBC One.
It was received with a feeling of derision by professional wrestling fans, due to the lack of actual wrestling content. It was effectively a poor, dumbed-down relation of Gladiators.
Contents |
[edit] The Teams
[edit] The Crusaders
This team was trained by wrestler D'Lo Brown
- Jeff Brazier - Pocket Rocket
- Tiffany Chapman - Princess of Power
- Leilani Dowding - The Vixen
- Mikey Green - Wild Boy
- Michelle Heaton - Inferno
- James Hewitt - Gentleman Jim
- Jenny Powell - The Avenger
- Lee Sharpe - Sharpe Shooter
- Scott Wright - Snake Eyes
[edit] The Warriors
This team was trained by wrestler Joe Legend
- Marc Bannerman - El Diablo
- Annabel Croft - Solitaire - female winner
- Kate Lawler - The Brawler
- Shauna Lowry - Tigress
- Victoria Silvstedt - Ice Maiden
- Oliver Skeete - Rebel Rider
- Iwan Thomas - The Dragon - male winner
- Phil Turner - The Handy Man
- Mark Speight - The Quickdraw Kid
[edit] The Masked Celebrity
Each week there was a "mystery celebrity" who joined in the wrestling. The celebrities included:
[edit] Trivia
- Radio DJ Toby Anstis was set to appear in the series, but had to pull out when he broke two of his fingers.
- British mixed martial arts fighter Ian Freeman was the show's referee.
