ITV 1963 is the first yearbook for wrestling every Saturday Afternoons-Wednesday Nights until 1988.
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That we know of. In the last couple of years we've found evidence of a couple of earlier TV broadcasts that had been lost to time.
We also had midweek shows in early afternoons in the Tyne Tees area in the early 1970s.
The Wednesday evening broadcasts ended in December 1977 with a broadcast from the Royal Albert Hall in the presence of the Duke of Kent who has just reached 90 years
In 1955 one of the reasons ITV chose to broadcast wrestling was probably because they were looking for cheap entertainment to fill their schedules. By 1963 it was a popular programme as wrestling audiences in the halls were nearing their peak. The inclusion of a mid week show was evidence of the growing popularity of the wrestling.