The Grudge Match is a 1991 syndicated television game show that invited feuding people to settle their issues in a boxing ring using various implements of revenge.
Michael Buffer was the ring announcer and comedian John Pinette refereed the bouts.
The Grudge Match later was revived for British television, with Nick Weir and Lisa Rogers hosting and boxer Barry McGuigan as the referee.
Each participant wore a uniform consisting of a helmet, T-shirt, shorts, and Chuck Taylor All-Stars of the same colour.
Prior to the bout, the competitors chose which of the implements they wanted to use during the three round match.
Both fighters were introduced with a nickname by Buffer, and Pinette explained the rules before each bout.
The two opponents after the match (and sometimes interviews from Ventura) would hug or give a handshake to one another, and the winner got a bonus prize.
From 4 September 1999 to 15 April 2000, London Weekend Television made a British version of Grudge Match (which did not have the word the in its title), hosted by Nick Weir and Lisa Rogers, and featured former boxing champion Barry McGuigan as the referee.
The contenders, both wearing specially designed sumo suits so that when they fall, people will have to help them back up, race to be the first to score 5 balls in the correct colour bucket.
When letting go of the rope whether or not they have a block, they get "twangoed" (rapidly pulled) back to the start.
The trouble is that running back and forth in the inflatable sausage may cause contenders to lose their footing and struggle to keep it.
The players must balance themselves using two tightropes above the pool, holding a ball in their mouths while going back to the other side.
The first to press the buzzer wins, and when doing so, activates a tank that dumps water onto the loser's slide and flushes away all the losing contender's blocks.
Two players drive bumper cars around while trying to grab a huge ball that Barry throws into the middle of the arena to start to the game.
These words are also the chorus lyrics of the show's theme tune, composed by prolific UK TV composer Paul Farrer, whose other game show music compositions include The Chase and Weakest Link.