Hulk Hogan Goes Extreme

Saturday 27th February 2010 - 14:00:56

Hulk Hogan and TNA Wrestling have a new home on UK TV.

Satellite station The Extreme Sports Channel, which is available on Sky and Virgin cable, will be broadcasting the promotion's US pay-per-view events free of charge from March 26 starting with three-hour extravaganza 'Destination X'.

TNA President Dixie Carter said: "The UK has become a battleground for professional wrestling fans as TNA's ratings have continued to climb. This is another important moment for TNA and is another step to become the number one professional wrestling company in the world."

The UK has become a battleground for professional wrestling fans as TNA's ratings have continued to climb. This is another important moment for TNA and is another step to become the number one professional wrestling company in the world.

Grappling fans will also be able to see 'TNA Xplosion', a one-hour weekly programme featuring highlights and new matches, on The Extreme Sports Channel.

As well as multi-time world champion Hulk the company's roster is bursting with wrestling legends including Kevin Nash, Ric Flair, Kurt Angle, Mick Foley and Sting.

Next month the promotion's flagship show 'TNA iMPACT!' - which airs on Bravo in the UK - goes head-to-head with rival programme 'WWE Raw' on Monday nights.

Hulk - who recently released his autobiography 'My Life Outside The Ring' - shot to fame in the 80s as the World Wrestling Federation champion and with appearances in a string of films, including 'Rocky III' in which he fought the title character. He also dominated wrestling in the 90s as part of WCW.

His most famous match against Andre the Giant - real name Andre Rene Roussimoff - at Wrestlemania III in 1987 drew a crowd of around 93,000 and several million TV viewers.