ITV's Celebrity Wrestling from 2005. Anyone remember this?

[TheScarlettChad]

I saw on X, The Getty best Brit pics showed a pic of Piper at the premire for this show. I have zero memory of it. Anyone remember it?  

Every ep is on youtube. D-Lo Brown is on there too!

[Just Some Guy]

Yes, IIRC it went out opposite Dr Who and got next to zero ratings.

So much so that the final episodes were moved to the graveyard shift.

Despite never having seen any of it I seem to remember Iwan Thomas winning the mens competition and James Hewitt being a contender.

[deathrey]

Yeah I never watched it but remember it being a thing. It was on fairly prime time on a Saturday early evening. I think Kate Lawler may have been a contestant on it?

[JNLister]

Yeah, it wasn't just "opposite Dr Who", it was "opposite the return of Dr Who after 16 years off screen".

The joke at the time was that it featured neither celebrities nor wrestling.

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

31 minutes ago, deathrey said:

. I think Kate Lawler may have been a contestant on it?

Kate The Brawler Lawler. There were some real noughties b list people involved and Razor Ruddock. 

[SuperBacon]

I would like a series where Astro reviews every single episode please.

[LCJ]

I vaguely remember this and not being very impressed at the time either. The main highlight for me being the late Roddy Piper’s involvement.

[JNLister]

Full teams from possibly the least important section of my itvwrestling.co.uk site:

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

The Warriors

This team was trained by wrestler Joe Legend

Marc Bannerman - El Diablo

Annabel Croft - Solitaire 

Kate Lawler - The Brawler

Shauna Lowry - Tigress

Victoria Silvstedt - Ice Maiden

Oliver Skeete - Rebel Rider

Iwan Thomas - The Dragon 

Phill Turner - The Handy Man

[Lion_of_the_Midlands]

They had a masked celebrity every week as well didn't they John?

[IANdrewDiceClay]

Lee Sharpe broke his ribs. None of them knew what they were doing. And none of the audience knew what they were watching. It was like shit Gladiators.

[Hannibal Scorch]

9 minutes ago, SuperBacon said:

I would like a series where Astro reviews every single episode please.

Why do you hate him so much you meanie

[wordsfromlee]

There was a D-Lo Brown vs. Joe Legend match at Universal Uproar in Coventry which was off the back of this show too I think.

[deathrey]

I was just about to say that I remember at the time thinking it looked a bit like Gladiators. Did they actually wrestle or was it silly games?

[Statto]

23 minutes ago, wordsfromlee said:

There was a D-Lo Brown vs. Joe Legend match at Universal Uproar in Coventry which was off the back of this show too I think.

FWA did the "Celebrity Carnage" tour around the dates the show was aired - the only link being the they booked Joe & D'lo.

[Jesse]

I have distinct memories of this being an Alex Shane joint, I at least remember him spending time at his training school talking about how he was bringing wrestling back to ITV and this might not be perfect but it was the start of a relationship. We all watched the first episode and I don't recall anyone watching the second.