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The Wrestling Channel, also known as TWC, is the world's first dedicated professional wrestling television channel that launched on March 15, 2004. It shows many different promotions from the wrestling spectrum, with daily new content. The channel is Free-To-Air from the Eutelsat Eurobird 1 satellite and carried via the Sky Digital platform on EPG channel 427 for viewers in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. It does not require any subscription to view this service. The channel is produced for Dolphin Television by Maxtron Media, a Dublin-based production company. The Wrestling Channel logo File links The following pages link to this file: The Wrestling Channel ...
March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ...
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Professional wrestling is generally any form of wrestling in which the wrestlers receive payment for participating. ...
March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Free-to-air is a phrase used to describe television and radio broadcasts which are available without subscription and without decryption (pay-TV). ...
Eutelsat S.A. is a French corporation which operates 24 telecommunications satellites in geosynchronous orbit. ...
Eurobird 1 is a Eutelsat operated satellite, used for digital television. ...
U.S. military MILSTAR communications satellite A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications using radio at microwave frequencies. ...
Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcastings digital satellite television service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28. ...
The Sky Digital EPG in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. ...
WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...
Programming
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Overview
2003
December 2003 Starting on December 1, the channel aired preliminary television programming on Friendly TV (channel 268) to establish the audience reach and engage feedback. The one-hour shows transmitted at 7AM, 4PM and 7PM on weekdays, with an additional two-hour slot for weekends at 9AM and 6PM. New shows were aired daily. December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Friendly TV is a British television station, owned by Hi2 Ltd. ...
An audience is a group of people who participate in and experience or encounter a work of art, literature, theatre, music or academics in any medium. ...
Feedback is (generally) information about actions. ...
In communications and information processing, a transmitter (sometimes abbreviated XMTR) is an object (source) which sends information to an observer (receiver). ...
The 12-hour clock is a timekeeping convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem (AM, Latin for before noon) and post meridiem (PM, Latin for after noon). Each period consists of 12 hours numbered 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...
The 12-hour clock is a timekeeping convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem (AM, Latin for before noon) and post meridiem (PM, Latin for after noon). Each period consists of 12 hours numbered 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...
Weekdays are the days of the week which are not part of the weekend, i. ...
The weekend is a part of the week lasting one or two days in which most paid workers do not work. ...
A day (symbol: d) is a unit of time equal to 24 hours. ...
2004
January 2004 The Wrestling Channel revealed their intentions on running live shows in the United Kingdom and Ireland to complement their programming. They would not be a promotion but merely running live events that involved the promotions featured on the channel. Elsewhere, talk of a muted weekly news show was first mentioned.
February 2004 The Mediabullet web site stated that The Wrestling Channel would be renamed as Wrestling TV. There appeared to be no truth on this what so ever. Mediabullet continued to refer to the station as Wrestling TV in the coming months, when clearly it was not.
Due to positive feedback, the preliminary Friendly TV broadcasts was extended for another month starting on February 2, leading up to the official channel launch where selected programming would be simultaneously broadcast on both channels. February 2 is the 33rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
On February 28, The Wrestling Channel stated they would launch on March 15 on the Sky Digital platform on channel 432. Broadcast hours would be from 10AM until 3AM, seven days per week, with new daily content. February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
March 2004 After a week of testing and several hours of programming previews through the day, the worlds first ever wrestling channel - The Wrestling Channel (TWC) - launched on Sky Digital on channel 432. The first show was Total Nonstop Action Wrestling Xplosion at 9PM. A few hours of selected programming would be simultaneously played on Friendly TV each day. Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett in May 2002 and now owned by Panda Energy International. ...
April 2004 The Wrestling Channel web site is now be used by 2,000 people everyday. Viewing figures have ranged from zero to 20,000 over the last three weeks since the channel launched. They stated that for the channel to be a success, 10,000 viewers would need to be watching at any one time.
May 2004 The Wrestling Channel stated on May 8, that 37,000 viewers watched the Total Nonstop Action Super X Cup tournament that was transmitted via the Friendly TV tests. Elsewhere, approximately 14,000 regularly watched Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Ring of Honor and World of Sport programming on the channel. May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ...
Ring of Honor (ROH) is an independent professional wrestling promotion created in 2002. ...
World of Sport was a British television sport anthology programme launched on ITV on January 2, 1965 in response to Grandstand. ...
On May 11, The Wrestling Channel invited fans to apply for the job of presenting their new weekly news show. A videotape of yourself presenting a mock news type show was requested from applicants.
Due to general channel expansion of the Sky Digital platform - The Wrestling Channel moved from channel 432 to channel 427, on May 18. May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ...
In the first of The Wrestling Channel's irregular e-mail newsletters, it was reported that over 1,400,000 had tuned in during the launch period. Audiences had peaked at almost 50,000 viewers for programming such as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, Frontier Wrestling Alliance and Combat Zone Wrestling. Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...
Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) began as a professional wrestling company run by John Zandig. ...
July 2004 The world's first wrestling television based talk show and The Wrestling Channel's first in-house produced programme - The Bagpipe Report (originally with working title Inside Wrestling) - launched on July 9. Hosted by Blake Norton, it brought fans the latest insider news and guest interviews; the first interview was with Diamond Dallas Page. The Bagpipe Report with Blake Norton presenting in the studio The Bagpipe Report is the worlds first weekly professional wrestling magazine show that broadcasts via The Wrestling Channel. ...
July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ...
Page Falkenberg (born April 5, 1956 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey) was an American professional wrestler under the name Diamond Dallas Page (or, DDP for short); the name on his current SAG and AFTRA cards is Dallas Page. ...
In their July newsletter, it stated the channel would not be broadcasting any new Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre due to poor ratings for this programme; the first programme to be dropped on the channel. NWA Wildside was however to be added to its programming line-up. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) (Spanish for Worldwide Wrestling Council) is a Lucha Libre promotion based in Mexico City while running cards in Guadalajara, Puebla and elsewhere in central and southern Mexico. ...
NWA Wildside was an American independent professional wrestling promotion based in Cornelia, Georgia, with an office in Atlanta, Georgia, operating between September 1999 and April 2005. ...
September 2004 Jimmy Hart discussed in Slam Wrestling that he would hopefully be hosting an exclusive special show around his defunct X Wrestling Federation promotion for The Wrestling Channel. This was also later reported in The Wrestling Channel's September newsletter. The Mouth of the South Jimmy Hart (also known as The Colonel) (born January 1, 1943 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a professional wrestling manager, executive, composer and musician. ...
X Wrestling Federation - commonly known as XWF - was a short lived professional wrestling promotion from late 2001 to early 2002. ...
October 2004 On October 10, The Wrestling Channel announced they would be launching the world's second wrestling channel called The Wrestling Channel Reloaded (TWC Reloaded). It would feature action from their library whilst experimenting with new shows, promotion screen testers and schedule formats. Interactive SMS games would be introduced during selected programming. One possible idea was for fans to choose matches via SMS. Also Mixed Martial Arts would be introduced at some stage on the new channel. October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ...
SMS arrival notification on a Siemens phone Short Message Service (SMS) is a service available on most digital mobile phones (and other mobile devices, e. ...
Ryan Purwick (top) works the guard of Joaquin Velasco. ...
On October 22, the channel hyped a major announcement as the biggest since the launch of the station itself, for their October 29 edition of The Bagpipe Report. October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ...
October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ...
The Wrestling Channel Reloaded (TWC Reloaded) was launched on October 25, starting at 9AM with GAEA Japan. October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. ...
For their October 29 major announcement - to mark their first anniversary - The Wrestling Channel would host the world's first interpromotional pro-wrestling supershow for March 2005 at Skydome Arena, Coventry, England. October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Precinct in Coventry city centre. ...
December 2004 December 22: Former World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler Mick Foley was unveiled as the "international superstar" who had signed up to be part of the supershow - now called International Showdown. Foley was involved with Ring of Honor, a promotion featured on the channel. December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Mick Foley (born Michael Francis Foley on June 7, 1965 in Bloomington, Indiana) is an American professional wrestler and author. ...
Leslie Cornelius Arends (September 27, 1895 - July 17, 1985) was a Republican politician from Illinois. ...
December 5: The Wrestling Channel was represented by TNA:UK webmaster Kurt Higham at the December Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-view event, TNA Turning Point 2004. December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett in May 2002 and now owned by Panda Energy International. ...
Pay-per-view is the name given to a system by which television viewers can call and order events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes later. ...
Turning Point 2004 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, originally broadcast held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from SoundStage 21 at Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida on December 5, 2004. ...
2005
January 2005 January 24: The Wrestling Channel Reloaded was reduced to a minimum level of programming due to a number of potential partners seeking to re-programme and develop the slot. The channel would thereafter run for three hours per day, starting at 3AM. January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
February 2005 February 24: The Wrestling Channel moved satellite frequency from 11.623 GHz Horizontal to 11.680 GHz Vertical. February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
U.S. military MILSTAR communications satellite A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of telecommunications. ...
According to the Broadcaster's Audience Research Board (BARB) - for the week of February 27, The Wrestling Channel recorded its biggest ever rating with 811,000 viewers (2.2% reach). This was higher than several other established entertainment and sports channels. BARB, the Broadcasters Audience Research Board, is the organisation that compiles television ratings in the UK. It was created to replace a previous system, where the BBC and ITV companies compiled their own ratings. ...
February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
March 2005 The Wrestling Channel's sister station—The Wrestling Channel Reloaded (TWC Reloaded)—ceased on March 3. None of the anticipated innovations or experimental programming came to be. This was replaced by Movies 333 that occupied their 428 channel number slot before moving to channel 333 on March 21. March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ...
Movies 333, now called True Movies, shows movies based upon true stores (in a dramatised format). ...
March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ...
On March 19, The Wrestling Channel presented International Showdown, a live wrestling event with various superstars featured on the channel in competition. The event at Skydome Arena, Coventry, England, was a phenomenal success with a reported attendance of 3,401—only 93 people short of a venue sell-out. March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ...
Leslie Cornelius Arends (September 27, 1895 - July 17, 1985) was a Republican politician from Illinois. ...
April 2005 After numerous schedule changes since its launch, The Wrestling Channel transmitted continuously 24 hours per day for its first time, on 4 April. April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ...
May 2005 May 26: The Wrestling Channel moved frequency from 11.680 GHz Vertical to 11.264 GHz Horizontal. May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ...
July 2005 July 26: The Wrestling Channel moved frequency from 11.264 GHz Horizontal to 11.260 GHz Vertical. July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ...
August 2005 August 14: The Wrestling Channel was represented by TNA:UK webmaster Lee Cherry at the August Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-view event, TNA Sacrifice 2005. August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ...
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett in May 2002 and now owned by Panda Energy International. ...
Pay-per-view is the name given to a system by which television viewers can call and order events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes later. ...
Sacrifice 2005 was the tenth monthly professional wrestling pay-per-view event held by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. ...
November 2005 The first non-wrestling programme - Big Brawl, a boxing competition for the general public - started on November 18 at 9pm. Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Dominguez (left) vs. ...
Competition is the act of striving against another force for the purpose of achieving dominance or attaining a reward or goal, or out of a biological imperative such as survival. ...
November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar with 43 days remaining. ...
December 2005 After a press release at the start of the month, Cagewarriors Fighting Championship - a mixed martial arts organisation—starting broadcasting from December 2 on the channel. As well as new weekly programming, the deal included Cagewarriors back catalogue of events. Also released was the news that The Wrestling Channel (TWC) had brought viewers the perfect Christmas gift by signing a deal to broadcast up-to-date TNA Wrestling shows just seven days after their original US airdates. Ryan Purwick (top) works the guard of Joaquin Velasco. ...
December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
The deal took effect from Saturday 21 January 2006 with TNA Impact, while the Final Resolution pay-per-view aired the following evening, both on just a one-week delay. All Impact shows and pay-per-views from that point on would continue to air just a week after their original US broadcast. January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Although TNA programming then currently aired on a five-week delay on TWC, viewers did not need to worry about missing any shows because of the new deal. TWC would broadcast a double-bill of Impact on Saturday 7 January, while the usual Sunday Supercard slot on Sunday 15 January would feature four episodes to bring viewers up to date.
Sean Herbert, director of programming at TWC, said viewer response was the driving force behind the deal. "When we ask viewers what changes they'd like to see at the channel, the most common response is up-to-date TNA. This deal means fans will now find it far easier to avoid reading results or reports from the shows before they air on TWC, meaning they can enjoy TNA programming with an 'as live' feel."
March 2006 1 Pro Wrestling was pleased to announce that they had signed a deal with The Wrestling Channel. The deal came just weeks before 1PW’s biggest show (at the time); All or Nothing, where an 8-man single elimination tournament would declare 1PW’s first ever World Champion. 1 Pro Wrestling (or 1PW) is a new wrestling promotion that is based in Doncaster, England. ...
Towards the end of March, TWC would air a 4-hour 1PW "Supercard Special" featuring the stars of 1PW, including highlights from previous 1PW events, including the crowning of the 1PW World Champion, as well as special guest interviews and exclusive promos.
All new star promos, would appeare on TWC during the month. These would air at the beginning and end of commercial breaks on the channel.
Also The Wrestling Channel celebrated it's 2nd Birthday, quite an achievement considering many people predicted the Channel would not survive past 6 months.
April 2006 Though TWC would originally air TNA iMPACT! at a one week delay from Spike TV in America in April 13 this would change as TNA iMPACT! would change timeslots in America so that the show would be aired on Thursdays at 11pm EST. TWC would continue to broadcast TNA iMPACT! on Saturday nights at 9pm, as of April 13th, there would be a 9 day delay. April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ...
See also Leslie Cornelius Arends (September 27, 1895 - July 17, 1985) was a Republican politician from Illinois. ...
The Bagpipe Report with Blake Norton presenting in the studio The Bagpipe Report is the worlds first weekly professional wrestling magazine show that broadcasts via The Wrestling Channel. ...
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