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
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