[WildAtHeart]

French show is a challenge game where contestants have to complete challenges to win prize money.  Some of these videos have team member go into a room to get a key while a female wrestler tries to prevent them.   The show was reformatted for many countries and was a precursor for shows like Fear Factor.

https://youtu.be/h2ANqZS_0yc

https://youtu.be/60SMPwCJ_H8

https://youtu.be/-0UfFnOGiF4

https://youtu.be/L3Bv9AjoLfo

https://youtu.be/9rTrnerODzg

https://youtu.be/sge26dWml0g

https://youtu.be/3t-OPcGb-vc

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[JT Edson]

Nice. I think I remember hearing something about this show a loooong time ago.

[wasteland1952]

That was pretty cool.  In a couple of those matches, the contestants looked pretty intense.

[MaskedBunny]

Any idea what the female wrestler's name was?

[Hurricane]

There were several different female wrestlers over the years:

From 1990 to 1992, the role was played by tall blonde amazon; Francoise Ringeval:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI_ylj64QXM

In 1993 she didn't participate (maternity leave, I think), so the french edition featured no mud wrestling, but the other editions had the wrestler played by Heloise Brunet!

Francoise Ringeval returned for her final season in 1994:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fr_TdKn9ER0

1995 featured a mid-season change, at the start of the year, the wrestler was played by Sabrina Francois:
https://youtu.be/TozPut51T2w

She was then dropped from the show, and replaced with the returning Heloise Brunet, who would retain the position throughout 1996!
https://youtu.be/Vwe6G0-VVDM

Brunet left the show for undisclosed reasons in 1997, and the show got another new wrestler, this time played by former bodybuilder Sylvie Manquest:
https://youtu.be/rv84YdMYZDg

The french show director wasn't too impressed with her, and opted not to retain her in 1998, so the sole fight from the French version that year featured a different character guarding the key - the bohemian/gypsy - played by Marie Pecquery:
https://youtu.be/sge26dWml0g

For all the foreign editions of the show that year though, Sylvie Manquest was still present:
https://vimeo.com/203311213

In 1999, Heloise Brunet made her return!
https://youtu.be/xwIYswABNyA?t=12m14s

The mud wrestling event was cancelled in 2000 - but returned in 2001, once again with Heloise Brunet defending the key! She would remain in this role until 2006 - when the event was cancelled "for good".
https://youtu.be/Ly6L2yKqSMI

In 2011 - the event made a surprising return and featured two new wrestlers! Unable to decide who was better, the production crew decided that with 4 series to shoot that year - each candidate would get two series to impress them, for the French & Swedish versions, judoka Fabienne Lubereilh took on the role:
https://youtu.be/Vy0RKzXgFgw

For the Dutch and Norwegian editions, the role was played by gymnast & twirler Mayanne Etchecopar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmQq9jWn2mc

In 2012 the producers had to choose, and they chose Etchecopar, as she had the stronger track record of the two.. Etchecopar bulked up and would be the show's main wrestler from 2012 to 2014:
https://youtu.be/pX_3ipj6br0

In 2015, Mayanne had other commitments while the show was being shot and the wrestler was played by buff fitness instructor Caroline Labourdette - who miiiiight have proved a tad too powerful for the candidates :
www.dailymotion.com/video/x30znro

She was replaced by Doris Rouesne in 2016 for the French edition - where she would take on future Miss Universe, Iris Mittenaere!
https://youtu.be/hITo1Jo11mA

For all the other editions though, Mayanne Etchecopar made her return:
https://vimeo.com/206584417

In 2017 yet another new wrestler was introduced - poledancer Laura Mété - who remains the main wrestler on the show to this day:
https://youtu.be/SergW1x7AQM

Although for the foreign editions in 2017 - Mayanne was still retained:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gCZQdUT0MI

It has yet to be revealed whether Mayanne or Laura will handle the foreign versions of the show this year!