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Old 07-28-2018, 05:37 PM   #1
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Did anyone else watch the first episode on ITV this evening?

Was slightly less impressed than I had hoped given the talent they had.

The five way opener was a bit dull. Wasn't familiar with any of the names in the match, nor massively impressed by any of them. The commentators kept bigging up the fact that bloke was from Love Island (which I'm sure had nothing to do with the fact it is another ITV show) which was just annoying, although he did at least look like he belonged there. The fact none of them even really got an entrance or introduction meant it was hard to care about who won.

Osprey vs Bulldog was actually a great match, although Osprey is the most recognizable name from an actual wrestling fan perspective so odd decision to job him out. Should be used to promote the legitimacy of the company by having a big international star involved.

Tag match was meh. Nothing good nor bad but an opening round of a tournament so not going to complain to much.

I get the logic of moving the belt off of Grado, but again, no build for Rampage means it is difficult to care. Didn't care about Grado either so just all around apathy for that decision.

It all felt a bit rushed and like they were trying to cram a lot of action into an hour. The whole show seemed to act like everyone watching would know who these stars were and be familiar with the names. Given I watch British indie wrestling and still hadn't heard of half of them that seemed an odd decision for a show mostly aimed at a casual audience. Should have done similar to how WWE approached introducing the UK stars and given each a bit of time to introduce themselves and build their character up, and left the title change for a few weeks time.

Still hopeful, but certainly not the start I wanted to see. Be interesting to see how it compares to the NXT UK stuff being taped tonight.
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Old 07-28-2018, 05:51 PM   #2
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I fell asleep through the tag match , enjoyed the Ospreay match and the rest was pretty average. Seemed like the just plucked the crowd from Ninja Warrior, they were obviously told who to cheer and boo for.

Interesting that including Grado , 4 of the 6 guys in the first segment were involved at some point in the second season of TNA British Boot Camp.
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Old 07-29-2018, 04:06 PM   #3
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Yeah certainly seemed the crowd had been primed on how to react. Seemed lazy rather than giving us an opportunity to find out why someone should be cheered or booed.
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Old 07-29-2018, 05:53 PM   #4
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Plus I remember SoCal Val calling that Justin guy ‘the hero’ a few times.
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Old 07-29-2018, 06:23 PM   #5
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I'll watch it when it gets on Youtube or something. Did they have Davey Boy Junior??
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Old 07-30-2018, 10:16 AM   #6
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I'll watch it when it gets on Youtube or something. Did they have Davey Boy Junior??
They did, vs Will Ospreay. Good match.
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Old 07-30-2018, 10:23 AM   #7
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Apparently 1.2m viewers.

I've had a look and can't find any reliable figures for how many UK viewers RAW gets each week, but the closest I could find suggested about 112,000. If WOS can maintain getting 10x the number of viewers RAW gets that would be a hell of a performance.

Massive when compared with the potential number of viewers NXT UK will have, even if it is a success.

More interestingly, that is about 50% of the viewers RAW gets in the US, at peak time in a country about 10x the size.

Proves the point I've said for a while that the traditional big four channels in the UK are a massive potential audience for any wrestling show, rather than going for the pay off which Sky can bring.
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I quite enjoyed it, it was a good way to introduce the series. Osperay vs Bulldog was defo match of the night in my opinion and I liked the finish.

In my opinion they need to polish on the constant action replays and crowd shots especially during important parts of the match. Plus I don't see Alex Shane as a play by play commentator, they would be better off with an actual commentator there (shame it's not JR like in the pilot)

It's nice to see some British Wrestling on free tv and I'm looking forward to see how the rest of the series pan out.
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Old 08-05-2018, 07:06 PM   #9
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Meh episode this week.

Not sure why they jumped straight into a women's title match without establishing any of the contenders first.

Didn't get Joe Hendry coming out to randomly have a match with Rampage, only to next week actually follow-up on the feud with Kirby. And again, what is the point if not setting a feud for the champion?

Matches have been fine, but still just seem to not be doing much character building or establishing much in the way of feuds.
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I forgot that it was on, read on the main page that they lost half the viewers but will be interested to see what the viewers would be with on demand.
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I haven't gotten a chance to watch the show yet, anyone have any online links? I remember the first set of tapings they did back in 2016... but they lost alot of the talent they seemed to be building around to the WWE.
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I haven't gotten a chance to watch the show yet, anyone have any online links? I remember the first set of tapings they did back in 2016... but they lost alot of the talent they seemed to be building around to the WWE.
It's available here: https://www.itv.com/hub/categories/sport

Although if you're outside the UK then I have no idea if it will work.

Also, if you're outside the UK and have never watched ITV before, I strongly recommend not clicking on any other ITV programme. That stuff is trash.
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