Just as I’ve got in the mood to brighten up celebrity TV with a flutter, ITV announce that Saturday night will never be the same again thanks to Celebrity Wrestling which starts this spring. No doubt royalists will be backing whoever takes on ex-Diana-lover James Hewitt, but a salivating Megastar explains best what it’s really all about; ‘Girl-liking grapple fans will be buoyed by… vapour-headed ex-Brekkie telly bird “Kinky Kate” Lawler, Michelle “I’ll do anything” Heaton from Liberty X, posh tennis totty Annabel Croft, estuary-gobbed eyeful Jenny Powell and Swedish sizzleball Victoria Silvstedt.’ All will be clad in lycra, naturally.

This is, of course, the final confirmation that family orientated Saturday night TV is dead, that ITV is desperate and that certain people will do anything to cling on to a tiny bit of fame. I’m reminded of the early S4C I saw as a teenager living in purgatory. The struggling Welsh TV channel showed female wrestling on weekends, around pub kicking out time. And vicious stuff it was too; for some reason language was no barrier.

Anyway. Even more than Big Brother, this is the kind of TV that lends itself to betting and the Betfair system means you can exchange bets even after the bout’s begun. Wow. I’m sure they’ll be opening the book just as soon as the z-listers have confirmed, as will more traditional online bookies Totesport.
Betfair: Bet on Big Brother & make it interesting……Who killed (Saturday Night) TV?

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