The demise of ITV wrestling 30 years ago still brings a lump to the throat. In truth, Max Crabtree let too many quality wrestlers (Rocco, Saint, Quinn, St Clair, Kung Fu to name but a few) defect to All Star, just so Big Daddy couldn't be outdone, and the quality of the last 2 years of televised Joint Promotions shows veered from the mediocre to the abject, with maybe a good bout or two here and there. Th All Star shows on ITV were excellent though, it was good to see the aforementioned names back on the box after years of absence. But then the odious Greg Dyke decided to axe wrestling, and come up with nonsensical piffle that it was dated and stuck in the 1960's. And what did he replace wrestling with? WWE/F rubbish, and repeats of garbage such as Knight Rider, Street Hawk, Airwolf and Chips. I mean, Chips for heaven's sake!
Rant over.
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Jan 02, 2019
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It got uncancelled in '92 when WCW got moved to daytime.
No WWF ever got shown on ITV after the cancellation except the remaining late night episodes of Challenge. Heat on Sunday nights on CH4 2000-2001 was the only terrestrial WWF show ever other than the run of Challenge episodes 1988-89, the Sat lunchtime WWF Specials 1987-88 and a few bits of Shea Statium in '76.
The demise of ITV wrestling 30 years ago still brings a lump to the throat. In truth, Max Crabtree let too many quality wrestlers (Rocco, Saint, Quinn, St Clair, Kung Fu to name but a few) defect to All Star, just so Big Daddy couldn't be outdone, and the quality of the last 2 years of televised Joint Promotions shows veered from the mediocre to the abject, with maybe a good bout or two here and there. Th All Star shows on ITV were excellent though, it was good to see the aforementioned names back on the box after years of absence. But then the odious Greg Dyke decided to axe wrestling, and come up with nonsensical piffle that it was dated and stuck in the 1960's. And what did he replace wrestling with? WWE/F rubbish, and repeats of garbage such as Knight Rider, Street Hawk, Airwolf and Chips. I mean, Chips for heaven's sake!
Rant over.