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 "Daily Mirror" newspaper. The company structure was changed several times until 1966, when ATV and ITC both became subsidiaries of the "Associated Communications Corporation" (ACC), formed by turning the old structure on its head. This marked the point where Lew Grade advanced from being the greatest influence over the company to taking control. ATV's main impact was in variety and light entertainment. In the contract and region changes in 1968, ATV lost the weekend franchise in London to the London Television Consortium, later renamed London Weekend Television, but its Midlands contract was renewed and extended for the full seven days.