Mortal Combat

The rechristened show is a fusion between fiction and non-fiction and is owned by Endemol. 100% will have 13 combat fighters and be shot in South Africa. “The world’s greatest sport takes to the screen with a unique twist,” says Ashvini Yardi,programming head,Colors.

Names of WWE superstars— Kilimanjaro,Nightmare,Skull,Fury,Exterminator,Daemon,Kwaicokid,Blacksmith,Murat,Jason Steele,Tornado and Ananzi— are being tossed about as participants. The show is scheduled to go on air August-end,but its shoot is yet to commence.

According to Yardi,“It is a fusion concept where drama meets reality,muscle power meets willpower,anger meets angst,confidence meets forced composure,force meets fear and fate meets about-face. It’s one show where you’ll be forced to take sides – you want be with the ‘icons’ or do you want to support the ‘I-cans’?”

100% Lucha originally premiered in Argentina on 1 January,2006,as a bi-yearly kids entertainment show. But after successfully mopping up ratings,the show started adapting many elements from WWE to widen the target audience.