TNA British Boot Camp | |
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Genre | Reality television |
Starring | See below |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 14 (as of 7 December 2014) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Jeremy Borash |
Location(s) |
Orlando, Florida, United States London, United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom Nashville, Tennessee, United States Louisville, Kentucky, United States |
Running time | 30 minutes (season 1) 60 minutes (season 2) |
Production company(s) | TNA Productions |
Release | |
Original network | Challenge |
Original release | 1 January 2013 | – 7 December 2014
TNA British Boot Camp is a British reality television programme focusing on the professional wrestling industry. The programme documented the careers of four British professional wrestlers seeking a contract with the American professional wrestling promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). The series was commissioned from TNA Productions by BSkyB and started airing on Challenge from 1 January 2013.
TNA British Boot Camp was both the first non-game show commissioned for Challenge by BSkyB and the first American professional wrestling programme exclusively created and broadcast for the British market. The commissioning of the series reflected a commitment by BSkyB to invest £600 million in British-made television content by 2014. The programme's executive producer is veteran TNA ring announcer Jeremy Borash, who created the show and edited the programme himself.
The programme followed "four of Britain's most promising wrestlers" - Rockstar Spud, Marty Scurll and The Blossom Twins - who competed to receive a contract from TNA. The wrestlers were mentored by veteran professional wrestlers such as Hulk Hogan and Rollerball Rocco.