Still Game’s Boaby the barman stars in Insane Championship Wrestling advert

Scottish TV legend Gavin Mitchell, best known for playing Boaby the barman in sitcom Still Game, is back behind a Glasgow bar in a new advert for Insane Championship Wrestling.
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The 2-minute advert aired today across ICW’s digital channels to promote the company's Barred event at The Garage on Sunday, April 24, where every match will take place inside a steel cage.

What happens in the advert?

It shows a chaotic scene in Glasgow pub Lebowskis, as a slew of professional wrestlers brawl through the venue, avoiding flying pints along the way.

Boaby is back behind the bar.Boaby is back behind the bar.
Boaby is back behind the bar.
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The final straw for the barman - whose back is turned to the carnage throughout - is when a wrestler dives off a table, landing on a sea of patrons below.

The camera cuts to the bar as the barman turns round to reveal himself as Mitchell, who delivers his iconic line: “You’re barred!”.

Fellow BBC Scotland star Lee Greig - known to wrestling fans as Jack Jester - makes a cameo at the end to condemn his colleague's actions.

Tickets for Barred go on sale at 10am on Monday, February 14, at ticketmaster.co.uk.

Fans can also watch ICW on-demand on Peacock in the US and WWE Network in the UK.

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