Wrestlemania UK

**addy2hotty** · 01-12-2010, 01:54 PM

The first PPV I watched on Sky was the Survivor Series in 1991 (still have the recording on video), and I'm pretty sure that the following Wrestlemania VIII was the first WM shown in the UK and it was all on Sky Movies at that point. Although Sky had the rights to WWF from 1989, I'm pretty sure they starting showing PPVs in mid-1991 as they marketed it around The British Bulldog.

Sky's Sports channel became encrypted in August 1992 and then the PPVs moved there.

All the other WWF programming was mixed between the Sky Sports channel and their entertainment channel.

Raw debuted with it's first episode on Sky Sports and this has continued ever since. Albeit the early episodes were cut down (probably international versions).

01-12-2010, 01:54 PM	#21
addy2hotty yes. yes. yes. Posts: 2,753	The first PPV I watched on Sky was the Survivor Series in 1991 (still have the recording on video), and I'm pretty sure that the following Wrestlemania VIII was the first WM shown in the UK and it was all on Sky Movies at that point. Although Sky had the rights to WWF from 1989, I'm pretty sure they starting showing PPVs in mid-1991 as they marketed it around The British Bulldog. Sky's Sports channel became encrypted in August 1992 and then the PPVs moved there. All the other WWF programming was mixed between the Sky Sports channel and their entertainment channel. Raw debuted with it's first episode on Sky Sports and this has continued ever since. Albeit the early episodes were cut down (probably international versions). Last edited by addy2hotty; 01-12-2010 at 01:56 PM.

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