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This article is about the UK TV series of the late 2010s. For the wrestling segment of the original World of Sport programme, see World of Sport (UK TV series) § Features. For the traditional style of Professional wrestling in Britain, see Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom.
World of Sport Wrestling
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryProfessional wrestling
Founded31 December 2016
FounderITV
Headquarters
Manchester, England
ProductsTelevision
ParentITV, Former partner Anthem[1]
Websitewoswrestling.co.uk

World of Sport Wrestling is a British professional wrestling television series. It is promoted as a relaunch of the popular wrestling segment of the World of Sport sports programme which ran on ITV between 2 January 1965 and 28 September 1985. The present programme was launched on New Year's Eve 2016. It was formerly associated with the United States-based promotion, Impact Wrestling.

History

Development and pilots

The mid 2010s saw an increasing drive to return British Wrestling to ITV. A pilot for World Of Sport Wrestling (branding itself as a direct revival of the old slot on the World Of Sport programme) was filmed at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon in 2013 but rejected by ITV. This was eventually posted to YouTube in mid 2015.[2]

On 17 October 2016 ITV announced that they would be bringing back professional wrestling, arguably World of Sport's most popular segment. They announced they would be recording a pilot episode on 1 November 2016, being filmed at MediaCityUK in Salford, Greater Manchester. The show featured independent wrestlers such as El Ligero, Grado and Sha Samuels. ITV also announced that former WWE commentator Jim Ross would call the pilot episode. It aired on New Year's Eve on ITV.[3]

The following year, on 23 March, Impact Wrestling announced that they would be teaming with ITV to yet again bring back the show with Jeff Jarrett as an executive producer as a ten episode series. The show was announced to be taping at Preston Guild Hall on 25 and 26 May. Impact Wrestling talents such as Grado, Rockstar Spud, and Magnus along with independent wrestlers such as El Ligero, Dave Mastiff and Sha Samuels, were confirmed to be part of the roster.[4] The tapings were cancelled in April [5] and were eventually rescheduled for 2018.

Series 1

In April 2018 ITV announced World of Sport would air a ten part series later in the year on Saturday afternoons. The shows were taped in Norwich, on May 10, 11 and 12 and broadcast from July 28, only on ITV and STV.[6] Jim Ross is not involved and neither is Impact Wrestling. Instead, the hosts are Alex Shane and SoCal Val.

Episodes

New Years Eve 2016 special

No. Recording date Recording location Transmission date Matches
1 1 November 2016 Media City, Salford, Greater Manchester 31 December 2016
  • Vacant World of Sport title: Dave Mastiff defeated Grado by pinfall to win the WOS Championship
  • Kenny Williams defeated Sam Bailey, CJ Banks and Danny Hope in a Ladder match
  • Viper defeated Alexis Rose by pinfall
  • Joe Coffey and Mark Coffey deafeated Rampage and Ashton Smith by pinfall
  • El Ligero defeated Zack Gibson by pinfall
  • Grado won a Battle Royal, defeating Williams, Coffey, Coffey, Ligero, Sha Samuels, Johnny Moss and Davey Boy Smith Jr.
  • World of Sport championship: Grado defeated Mastiff by pinfall to win the WOS championship

Series 1

No. Recording date Recording location Transmission date Matches
1 10-12 May 2018 Norwich 28 July 2018
  • Justin Sysum won a Five-Way elimination match over Crater (disqualified), Sha Samuels, Rampage and Adam Maxted (all counted out at the same time) to win a shot at WOS Champion Grado. After the match, WOS Executive Stu Bennett ruled that instead, Sysum would face Rampage and Grado in a triple threat match for the title as the referee had missed Rampage also beating the count.
  • Davey Boy Smith Jr. defeated Will Ospreay
  • WOS Tag Team Championship tournament quarter final: Kip Sabian and Iestyn Rees defeated Martin Kirby and Joe Hendry
  • Rampage defeated Grado and Justin Sysum to win the WOS Championship in a triple threat match
2 4 August 2018
3 11 August 2018
4 18 August 2018
5 25 August 2018
6 1 September 2018
7 8 September 2018
8 15 September 2018
9 22 September 2018
10 29 September 2018

Titles

WOS Championship

WOS Championship
Details
PromotionWorld of Sport
Date established2 November 2016
Current champion(s)Rampage
Date won10 May 2018
(aired 28 July 2018)
Statistics
First champion(s)Dave Mastiff
Most reignsAll champions (1 reigns)
Longest reignGrado (628 days)
Shortest reignDave Mastiff (<1 day)

The current champion is Rampage, who is in his first reign. Rampage defeated Grado win the title.

No. Champion Reign Date Days held Location Event Notes Ref.
1 Dave Mastiff 1 2 November 2016 0 Manchester, England World of Sport Wrestling Defeated Grado to become the inaugural champion. Aired on Saturday, 31, December 2016 [7]
2 Grado 1 2 November 2016 628 Manchester, England World of Sport Wrestling Aired on Saturday, 31, December 2016 [7]
3 Rampage 1 10 May 2018 2,310+ Norwich, England World of Sport Wrestling Aired on Saturday, 28, July 2018 [7]

WOS Tag Team Championship

A tournament was launched on Episode 1 of Series 1 to crown tag team champions.

See also

References

  1. ^ "- ITV WOS Wrestling". ITV WOS Wrestling.
  2. ^ "411Mania - New Information on World of Sport Wrestling's Revival Pilot". New Information on World of Sport Wrestling’s Revival Pilot.
  3. ^ "World Of Sport Wrestling". "ITV Press Centre". Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  4. ^ "Iconic 'WOS' British Wrestling to Return to ITV". IMPACT Wrestling. 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  5. ^ "ITV World of Sport tapings postponed". 28 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Pro-wrestling to return to British TV". 25 April 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ^ a b c Kreikenbohm, Philip. "CAGEMATCH » Events Database » World Of Sport Wrestling". Cagematch.net. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
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