Tonight: Chuck Norris’s World Combat League [TV]

First it was Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling which cropped up on SABC 3 earlier this year, and now we get to see the legendary Chuck Norris with his show, World Combat League.

It’s a full contact sport, where two teams, each consisting of five men and one woman, take on each other, with various disciplines included - basically like mixed martial arts like UFC, minus the cage.  The only thing out of bounds is, ironically, wrestling – seeing as it goes against the idea of a fast paced match.

The team who gains the most points wins.

The WCL was originally founded by Chuck Norris back in 2005, and the television series came about later. Season one was strictly an American affair it seems, but season two is said to be airing worldwide.

It’s destined to be a major hit here in SA, seeing as ETV in particular goes nuts over anything to do with wrestling, fighting, and Chuck Norris.

For those of you who are interested, Season One of World Combat League is available to own on DVD, along with the special edition, called “Greatest Knockouts and Knockdowns”.

Let the corny Chuck Norris jokes commence.

World Combat League debuts on ETV tonight, May 24, 2010, at 20:00.

Tonight: Chuck Norris’s World Combat League [TV]

The Wrestler

The movie, The Wrestler, is now showing here in S.A. I suppose wrestling is going to explode now more than it ever has, with e-TV showing about one installment, sometimes two, every day, much to the chagrin of everybody who isn’t a wrestling fan.

It tells the tale of a washed up, burnt out guy named Randy “The Ram” Robinson, who fills the stereotype of wrestlers nowadays- long, blond hair and tights, and his journey from zero back to hero. Sounds like a Rocky movie, or Mickey Rourke's real life, but it's not about boxing (although Mickey was once a 'professional boxer' for about eight fights in five years).

The fact that Randy “The Ram” Robinson wrestled The Ayatollah at Madison Square Garden twenty years ago in the film just reeks of Hulk Hogan and The Iron Sheik, and the rivalry they had back in the 80's.

The Wrestler