"when Ed Gamble stormed in, knocked everyone out, and swanned off with the belt. Well, corrects the comedian and Clash co-founder Max Olesker, we were knocked down by his henchman. Hulking pro wrestler Bullit was the one to clothesline him and his comedy partner, Ivan Gonzalez. I think I could have taken Ed if he'd been on his own, huffs Olesker."
"At the start of this year, WWE made the leap on to Netflix with an eye-watering $5bn (4bn) deal, inching the skimpily clad, heavily muscled combat sport higher in the public consciousness. In Britain, it has a rich working-class history, growing from the grassroots to raising some of the greatest international contenders such as Will Ospreay and Zack Sabre Jr."
Phil Wang nearly won a championship belt at Clash of the Comics before Ed Gamble interrupted and left with the belt, with pro wrestler Bullit physically intervening. Max Olesker and Ivan Gonzalez combined wrestling and comedy after Olesker introduced Gonzalez to wrestling in university, creating larger-than-life pantomime matches. The Wrestling show won an Edinburgh comedy award and grew in popularity, later renamed Clash of the Comic[s]. WWE’s Netflix deal and Britain’s grassroots wrestling history have boosted public interest, while UK productions now blend wrestling with comedy, queer cabaret and provocative performance art.
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