Celebrity Wrestling


Celebrity Wrestling is a British television programme, broadcast on ITV in 2005. It involved two teams of celebrities, competing against each other in wrestling style events. The series was presented by Kate Thornton and Rowdy Roddy Piper. British mixed martial arts fighter Ian Freeman was the show's referee and American sports presenter Jim Nantz was the commentator.
The aftershow programme on ITV2, called Celebrity Wrestling: Bring It On was presented by Jack Osbourne and Holly Willoughby. The winning team was The Warriors and the winning wrestlers were Annabel Croft and Iwan Thomas.
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 by Doctor Who on BBC One.
It was received with a feeling of derision by professional 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.

Teams

Bold indicates that the celebrity won their gender championship

Crusaders

This team was trained by wrestler D'Lo Brown
CelebrityRing Name
Jeff BrazierPocket Rocket
Tiffany ChapmanPrincess of Power
Leilani DowdingThe Vixen
Mikey GreenWild Boy
Michelle HeatonInferno
James HewittGentleman Jim
Jenny PowellThe Avenger
Lee SharpeSharpe Shooter
Scott WrightSnake Eyes

Warriors

This team was trained by wrestler Joe Legend
CelebrityRing Name
Marc BannermanEl Diablo
Annabel CroftSolitaire
Kate LawlerThe Brawler
Shauna LowryTigress
Victoria SilvstedtIce Maiden
Oliver SkeeteRebel Rider
Iwan ThomasThe Dragon
Phil TurnerThe Handy Man
Mark SpeightThe Quickdraw Kid

Masked Celebrity

Each week there was a "mystery celebrity" who joined in the wrestling. The celebrities included: