Media personality Simon Cowell has reportedly expressed interest to revive British wrestling according to The Sun Newspaper. Cowell best known for American Idol and X-Factor grew up a huge pro wrestling fan in the 1970’s. An insider told The Sun on Sunday newspaper:
“Now American wrestling’s big, I think it’s a good idea to bring it back. But you have to bring back really big people. Simon seemed really excited about bringing back wrestling. If anyone can get it back on the box, he can.”
At the height of its popularity more than 10 million viewers tuned into watch professional wrestlers take on each other on ITV's World of Sport in the United Kingdom. Watch some classic moments below:
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