The Fight Network (UK & Ireland)
For the channel in Canada, see Fight Network
The Fight Network | |
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Launched |
15 March 2004, (pre-launch 1 December 2003) (Relaunch on Showcase TV as a block on Sky 192/292 July 2018) January 5th 2017 - October 10th 2017 (Start of UK GWN as the On Demand Fight Network of the British Region Jan 5 is when it was Total Access TNA Wrestling by Fight Network GWN on October 10th was when they started adding more Fight Network shows and become the true UK On Demand version) |
Closed | 1 December 2008 |
Audience share | Not zero (December, 2007, ) |
Slogan | All Fights All The Time. Get It On! |
Formerly called |
The Wrestling Channel (until October 2005), TWC (until December 2006), TWC Fight! (until January 2008) |
Sister channel(s) |
The Wrestling Channel Re:Loaded (launched October 2004, ceased March 2005) was replaced with Movies 333 |
The Fight Network (formerly The Wrestling Channel, TWC and TWC Fight!) was a free-to-air digital satellite television sports channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland, devoted to airing programming related to boxing, mixed martial arts, pro-wrestling and other combat sports. Launched on 15 March 2004, it was the first international channel from the Canadian-based The Fight Network. The UK & Ireland variant evolved from TWC Fight! (originally The Wrestling Channel) after they acquired the channel.
The Fight Network ceased transmission on 1 December 2008 at 00:00 UTC. They were removed from Sky Digital's EPG at 06:00 UTC on 1 December. The former frequency of this channel on Eurobird, 11.260Ghz (Vertical, Symbol Rate 27.5 megabaud, FEC 2/3) currently carries a standard colour bar test pattern.
As of July Fight Network has returned officially on TV as a block of programs currently on showcasetv maybe it's testing trials for bringing the real all day channel back or maybe not but it's back and with a new logo in between programming to boot.
The Fight Network in the UK is also online under the names GWN for On Demand Content and of course showcasetv online as it's an online tv channel as well as being on a sky box.
The new logo has a red background and a sort of interlocking FN with Fight Network text below.
So far the Fight Network Block is only showing old Impact, MMA and Classic St. Louis Wrestling out of what it shown so far listed under titled everything else is named Wrestling in listings at this moment in time.
Programming
Professional Wrestling
- The Bagpipe Report
- Irish Whip Wrestling
- Shoot interviews
- 3PW
- Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
- Classic Memphis Wrestling
- Combat Zone Wrestling
- Frontier Wrestling Alliance
- Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling
- GAEA Japan
- Icons of Wrestling
- LDN Wrestling: Capital TV
- Major League Wrestling
- Memphis Wrestling
- Pro wrestling Noah
- ChickFight
- Real Quality Wrestling
- Ring of Honor
- NWA:Total Nonstop Action
- UWA Hardcore Wrestling
- Women's Extreme Wrestling
- World of Sport
- Wrestling at the Chase
- Wrestling Reality
- Xcitement Wrestling Federation
Combat Sports
- After The Bell
- Ballroom Boxing
- Before The Bell
- Cage Rage Championships - Cage Fighter
- Hardcore Championship Fighting
- ICON Sport
- Knockout News
- One on One
- ROUGH
- So You Wanna Fight
- TKO Championship Fighting
- Tough Guy Cinema
- UK Boxing
- UK MMA
- Ultimate Combat Experience
- X-treme Fighting Championship