World of Sport Wrestling World of Sport Wrestling World of Sport Wrestling (frequently shortened to WOS Wrestling) is a British professional wrestling television series and occasional promotion. It is promoted as a relaunch of the popular wrestling segment of the "World of Sport" sports programme which ran on ITV between 2 January 1965 and 28 September 1985. The present programme was launched on New Year's Eve 2016. It was formerly associated with the United States-based promotion, Impact Wrestling. A nine date live tour of the show's stars has been announced for January/February 2019. ITV transmitted British professional wrestling for over 33 years from November
Associated Television four trombones, drums and vibraphone in a twelve beat fanfare for the station, by Jack Parnell and arranged by Wally Stott. In addition to this, a variation was produced which only featured a black dot growing and transforming into the white shadowed eye for programmes still being shown in black and white. This ident was used from the introduction of colour in 1969 right until the ATV name ceased to be used in 1982. Company names: On-air names: Initials used: In 2015, ITV Broadcasting Ltd surrendered its rights to the ATV trademark and it was acquired by Associated Television Productions