Joint Promotions held exclusive rights to ITV television coverage until the end of 1986, when they rotated with tapings of All Star Wrestling and occasional WWF special editions.
[citation needed] The distinct British wrestling style of Admiral-Lord Mountevans rules has persisted in the United Kingdom to the present day.
[citation needed] ITV screened World Championship Wrestling (WCW) programming in the early hours and from 1992 to 1995 in their old Saturday afternoon slot, but no homegrown promotion ever received regular syndicated coverage.
[citation needed] A pilot for a television series called World of Sport Wrestling was filmed at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon in November 2013.
[citation needed] Branding itself as a direct revival of World of Sport on its old slot, WOS Wrestling was hosted by veteran ring announcer Lee Bamber.
[citation needed] After it was rejected by ITV, the pilot was eventually uploaded to YouTube on 12 June 2015 by creator John Chapman.
The show would featured independent wrestlers such as Grado and Sha Samuels, and commentary from former WWE announcer Jim Ross.
He would lose to Dave Mastiff in a match to become inaugural champion before eventually winning the belt in a rematch at the end of the broadcast.
[5][17] Advertised as appearing are Adam Maxted, Iestyn Rees, Joel Redman, Eddie Ryan, Sheikh El Sham, Niwa Niwa, Nathan Angel, Jake McCluskey, Ashton Smith, Session Moth Martina, Nightshade and SoCal Val advertised as appearing.
[18] Fightful reported that, due to trademark issues with ITV, the official name of the promotion would be shortened to WOS Wrestling.
[21] In the United States, Series 1 was screened on Stadium on Sunday nights 7pm EST, starting 12 May 2019, the first ever purchase of a UK wrestling programme by a US television channel.