ITV Sport that, wrestling was shown as a programme in its own right, moving to a lunchtime slot. This continued until 1988. Its many stars included Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks, and it received viewing figures of 8 million every week. World of Sport Wrestling returned on New Years Day 2017 with a new generation of British Wrestlers and commentary from legendary WWE commentator Jim 'JR' Ross and former British Wrestler Alex Shane. ITV Sport ITV Sport is a sport producer for ITV. It was formed following the merger between Granada Sport and Central Sport. The majority of ITV Sport programmes are
Associated Television awarded the franchise to provide a seven-day Independent Television service for the Midlands region which started on Tuesday, 30 July 1968 and was finally extended until 00:34 on Friday, 1 January 1982. The company was formed from the merger of the "Associated Broadcasting Development Company" (ABDC) under the control of Norman Collins, and the "Incorporated Television Programme Company" (ITC) under the control of Prince Littler and Lew Grade, two showbusiness agents. Both companies had applied for a contract to become one of the new ITV stations. ABDC won the contract but had insufficient money to operate it; ITC failed to