CMT has announced Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling, a new reality competition series that will follow 10 celebrity contestants as they are trained to be professional wrestlers will premiere Saturday, October 18 at 8PM ET/PT.
Each hour-long episode will follow the participants as they are divided into two teams of five and compete in various team challenges, training scenarios and elimination matches that include mastering complex wrestling moves, trash talking and working a live audience.
At the end of each episode, the contestants will be judged by Hogan, wrestling promoter and former World Championship Wrestling president Eric Bischoff and wrestling manager Jimmy Hart. The winner will be crowned "Celebrity All-Star Wrestling Champion."
The cast consists of former child actor Danny Bonaduce; former NBA star Dennis Rodman; former Saved by the Bell actor Dustin "Screech" Diamond; former Diff'rent Strokes actor Todd Bridges; super-heavyweight boxer ButterBean; former The Real World: Las Vegas roommate Trishelle Cannatella; ex-Bewitched actress Erin Murphy; singer and actor Frank Stallone; 1980s pop star Tiffany; and Playboy playmate Nikki Ziering. |
