Line #25 WebVideo/Cultaholic


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4	Cultaholic is a Website/YouTube channel and independent website founded by British wrestling fans Adam Pacitti, Jack King, Ross Tweddell and Sam Driver. The group started after all four men, and their colleague Adam Blampied[[note]]Before the channel's launch, Blampied's contract was terminated after he had confessed on Twitter that he had used his status as an internet celebrity to request nudes from female fans; this was following stories and allegations accusing him of sexually harassing women, which he had confirmed. Blampied would later put himself on a self-imposed exile from the internet for more than 2 years, only returning in early 2020 to work for fellow British wrestling channel [=WrestleTalk=].[[/note]], resigned from their jobs at ''WebVideo/WhatcultureWrestling''. During their more than two years with that company, each of the members became well-known as the channel's official faces, thanks to their videos and content about news from the world of wrestling (particularly WWE) and eventually had a hand in forming the channel's own independent wrestling promotion, [=WhatCulture=] Pro Wrestling (later renamed Wrestling/DefiantWrestling). Beyond starting with similar content to that channel, Cultaholic has expanded to include some of the shows listed below.
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6	The channel also features video essays and histories of subjects such as Worst Shows Ever, Wrestling Lost Media, Wrestling True Crime and other matters. The channel also includes various wrestling tier lists and rankings. You can find the [=YouTube=] channel [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjcPJbFDwVZZELGG38q2cLQ here]], and the website [[https://cultaholic.com/ here]].
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8	Beyond the original four, other presenters added over the years include Tom Campbell, Andrew Hodkinson, Owen Mawson, and Fraser Porter. Other writers also work for the company and its website. The company Cultaholic Ventures Ltd. also has a sister channel, [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY5xhpH29hcQudilieKD63Q/featured Triple Jump]], which focuses on video game-related content instead and is run by fellow [=WhatCulture=] alum, Ben Potter and Peter Austin. Both have collaborated on various videos where there is an overlap in their interests.
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10	[[folder:Current shows on the channel include:]]
11	* '''Top 10 Lists''' - Lists from the various members about different pro-wrestling topics.
12	* '''News Videos''' - Two to three videos per day aggregating news from around the largest promotions of the wrestling world.
13	* '''Cultaholic Wrestling Podcast''' - Adam, Ross, and Maffew from Website/{{Botchamania}} discuss various wrestling news items, review ''Wrestling/WWERaw'' and ''Wrestling/WWESmackDown'', answer fan mail, and induct members into their own hall of fame.
14	* '''Predictions, Reactions and Punishments''' - The group comes together to predict the results of an upcoming WWE pay-per-view, and filming their reactions to the show while engaging in a drinking game. Losers end up being subjected to a punishment decided in prediction video as decided by their Patreon contributors.
15	* '''Desert Island Graps''' - Tom interviews people about their favorite matches of all time, amongst other things.
16	* '''War Stories''' - A series hosted by Sam Driver about key moments from the Wrestling/MondayNightWars.
17	* '''WTF Moments''' - Hosted by Ross Tweedell, who has taken it upon himself to point out the most absurd moments of wrestling pay-per-views.
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20	[[folder:Previous shows on the channel include:]]
21	* '''Straight To Hell''' - Ross Tweedell spearheads a series where his guests offers five things from wrestling that should be sent [[TitleDrop STRAIGHT TO HELL]]...
22	* '''Top 10 Wrestlers Of The Week''' - Jack gives his top 10 wrestlers for each week while holding overall rankings for every wrestler whose ever made the list.
23	* '''This Day in Wrestling''' - Jen Louise talks with a guest (either Adam, Jack, Ross or Sam) about the significant events that occurred on that particular day.
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26	!! Cultaholic shows examples of:[[note]]Tropes related with Adam Blampied, Adam Pacitti, Jack the Jobber, Ross Tweedell and Sam Driver are found at [[Characters/{{Cultaholic}} the Character sheet]].[[/note]]
27	* AbortedArc: Their ''A to Z of WWE'' series initially appeared to be building to Tom (who many commenters noted was basically cosplaying Wrestling/BrayWyatt in his ''Firefly Funhouse'' role) playing a Fiend-esque character, but it seemingly went nowhere.
28	* AccidentalInnuendo: Pointed out InUniverse during Michael Cole's commentary of the hotdog contest from ''I Got An AI To Write An Episode Of WWE Raw'', where he says that hotdogs are famously known for being extra sweaty and that Wrestling/ReyMysterio loves to [[DoubleEntendre chow down on a few of them after a hard match]].
29	->'''Adam Pacitti''': This is pornographic Sam.
30	* AccentuateTheNegative: Whenever Ross does his ''WTF Moments''.
31	** Sometimes subverted - once in a while, he'll make an especially impressive move a WTF Moment.
32	* AffectionateParody:
33	** The Big Dog Bebop anime sequences in the intros of ''WTF Moments'' are this, with it having ShoutOut after ShoutOut to popular anime such as the Anime/CowboyBebop name to the images from Anime/FairyTail being photoshopped with Ross' head.
34	** The intro to the "What happened to..." videos from Pacitti is one to Music/BillyJoel's [[WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies "We Didn't Start the Fire"]].
35	* AnimeOpeningParody: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eetB4T0wS74 Big Dog Bebop]], a series of openings for the channel's "WTF Moments" shows, which parodied anime openings, complete with {{Engrish}} subtitles, Japanese-spoken songs, and still images of the show's host Ross Tweedell, Wrestling/RomanReigns, [[Wrestling/RusevAndLana Rusev]] and [[spoiler:Wrestling/{{Edge\|Wrestler}}]].
36	* AscendedExtra: Sam and Jack are now this, due to being given their own set of prediction, reaction and punishment videos as well having more screen time in general.
37	* AscendedMeme: Their habit of singing "Don't You Forget About Keith" (a parody of "Don't You Forget About Me" by Music/SimpleMinds about [[Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}} NXT]] wrestler Wrestling/KeithLee, which they even made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kceGpHPuF6I a full music video for]]) ascended when Wrestling/BethPhoenix quoted it on commentary on the 11 December 2019 episode of NXT, causing the Full Sail crowd to take up the chant themselves.
38	* BadFuture: PlayedForLaughs in "I Got An AI To Write An Episode Of WWE Raw", [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin where]] Sam uses an AI to write a future episode of RAW and then claims that this is how RAW will look like when Skynet takes over. As Adam and Tom find out, it's [[NightmareFace absolutely horrifying]].
39	* BaitAndSwitch: One of their {{Running Gag}}s when Tom Campbell is doing a news story with Sam Driver is to introduce him as "the man named after a wrestling move" and clarify that of course he meant "Sam [a wrestling move that is NOT a driver]". Possibly the silliest was the time he labeled him "Sam Forward-Russian-Leg-Sweep".
40	* BigEater: Rey Mysterio and Randy Orton manage to eat 16 and 14 hot dogs respectively during their hot dog eating contest in ''I Got An AI To Write An Episode Of WWE Raw''. It's even more impressive for Rey, whose small stature doesn't hinder him in the slightest.
41	* OrphanedSeries: Video game pundit [[{{WebVideo/Jimquisition}} Jim Sterling]], who had recently actually begun training and working as a wrestler for Pro Wrestling EGO, did two episodes of a new show in collaboration with the site, "[=WreSterling=]," but abandoned it shortly thereafter due to CreativeDifferences, including his decision to stop watching any and all {{Wrestling/WWE}} programming due to their going ahead with Saudi Arabia shows following the murder and dismemberment of a journalist at the order of the regime's crown prince.
42	* ReplacementScrappy: Invoked by Ross in the WTF Moments for ''[=SmackDown=] Live'', calling Wrestling/TheRiottSquad "AAAABSOLUUUUUTION[[note]]A PowerStable composed of Wrestling/{{Paige}}, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville[[/note]] 2.0" and its leader Wrestling/RubyRiott a "rubbish Wrestling/{{Paige}} pal".
43	* ShoutOut: In the Fastlane 2019 punishment video, in which Adam has to spend a night in the 'worst hotel in Britain' (according to reviews), he makes a joke about there being [[WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror an identical Adam who lives on fish heads]] behind one of the doors in his hotel room.
44	* TakeThat: Towards the members' [[WebVideo/WhatCultureWrestling past channel]]:
45	** Every use of [=WhatCulture=] ends up being named "NAME REDACTED".
46	** The very first list done on the channel was about defections of wrestlers to other companies, [[LampshadeHanging which Adam Pacitti is quick question why they're doing that particular list]].
47	** The ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzplN2qbln0 WTF Moments]]'' for ''Elimination Chamber 2018'' included this gem:
48	---> (#2 is sign saying "I Like [[Wrestling/SeanWaltman X-Pac]] [[XPacHeat #1 Fan]]") ''"Now I don't know about you, but I will sleep well tonight, knowing what that sign says there. Imagine thinking something just like that had to be shared with the entire world, I might just be like post a video on your Website/YouTube channel, classisly telling people [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CGakAjnwkI "10 things that will happen after Vince McMahon dies"]]. I don't know about you, but [[DudeNotFunny some things are better off being kept to yourself than being shared with the entire world]]."'' [[note]]And yes, [=WhatCulture=] actually did release a video titled just like that, complete with said video beginning with a ''[[SarcasmMode classy]]'' mock-up picture of Vince in a hospital bed {{flatlin\|e}}ing.[[/note]]
49	* TookALevelInBadass: Jack, Going from [[WebVideo/WhatCultureWrestling WhatCulture's]] resident ButtMonkey to [[spoiler: Inaugural Cultaholic Champion]], though he is still a bit of a ButtMonkey.
50	* TopTenList: [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLautigPhNOrMj25opqIHePAPhG2J6-xgO Here's the playlist]].
51	* WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yuLS5ICFdA "What Happened to That Wrestler?"]] is the opening theme for [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLautigPhNOrNIsbJzVx4taEsnm_rb_DsE their series of videos of the same name]] about the fate of old wrestlers.
52	* WordSaladHorror: ''I Got An AI To Write An Episode Of WWE Raw'' has a lot of these, with the AI-generated Michael Cole's brief dialogue about [[ItMakesSenseInContext hearing voices in his head]] and not being afraid of killing somebody taking the cake.
53	->'''Michael Cole''': I hear voices in my head, they tell me what to do! I can't help but listen to them! They're just trying to get through! I'm like a snake in the grass, ready to strike at any moment! I'm not afraid to take a life, [[CrypticBackgroundReference I'm just like my father]].
54	->'''Adam Pacitti''': [[WhatTheHellHero Jesus Christ, Michael]]!
55	->'''Tom Campbell''': I'M JUST LIKE MY FATHER? CHRIST!

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