| Celebrity Wrestling | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Kate Thornton Rowdy Roddy Piper |
| Starring | Ian Freeman |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60mins (inc. comms) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 23 April (2005-04-23) – 12 June 2005 (2005-06-12) |
Celebrity Wrestling is a British television programme, broadcast onITV in 2005. It involved two teams of celebrities, competing against each other inwrestling style events. The series was presented byKate Thornton andRowdy Roddy Piper. Britishmixed martial arts fighterIan Freeman was the show's referee.
The aftershow programme onITV2, calledCelebrity Wrestling: Bring It On was presented byJack Osbourne andHolly Willoughby. The winning team wasThe Warriors and the winning wrestlers wereAnnabel Croft (Solitaire) andIwan Thomas (The Dragon).
It was received with a feeling of derision byprofessional wrestling fans, due to the lack of actual wrestling content. The show featured heavily upon games which involved grappling and the real life interactions of team members in training (and usually not the training process itself).
After five weeks the show was moved from its primetime Saturday evening slot to a graveyard Sunday morning slot due to its extremely poor ratings and being comprehensively beaten in audience share byDoctor Who onBBC One.[1]
Bold indicates that the celebrity won their gender championship
Crusaders[edit]This team was trained by wrestlerD'Lo Brown
| Warriors[edit]This team was trained by wrestlerJoe Legend
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Each week there was a "mystery celebrity" who joined in the wrestling. The celebrities included: