Celebrity Wrestling
Format	Reality
Created by	Granada Productions
Presented by	Kate Thornton, Roddy Piper
Starring	See list
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Original run	2005 – 2005

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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 (Solitaire) and Iwan Thomas (The Dragon). ITV2 is a 24 hour a day free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV plc. ... Jack Joseph Osbourne (born November 8, 1985) is a British television personality, known as the son of musician Ozzy Osbourne and music manager Sharon Osbourne. ... Holly Marie Willoughby (born 10 February 1981) is a British television presenter, born in Bolney near Horsham in Sussex, UK. She was educated at Burgess Hill School in the town of Burgess Hill. ... Annabel Croft (born 12 July 1966 in Farnborough, London, England) is a former tennis player and television presenter. ... Iwan Thomas (born 5th January 1974) is an Olympic Athlete. ...

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.^[1] This article is about the television series. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 1. ...

It was received with a feeling of derision by professional wrestling fans, due to the lack of actual wrestling content. For the NES video game, see Pro Wrestling (video game). ...

The Teams

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The Masked Celebrity

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

• Fatima Whitbread
• John Fashanu
• Neil Ruddock
• Antonia Okonma
• Terri Dwyer
• Fran Cosgrave

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Other Participants

• Model Emma B took part in one episode as a replacement for Victoria Silvstedt using the character name Queen Bee.
• Radio DJ Toby Anstis was set to appear in the series, but had to pull out when he broke two of his fingers.

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