Former wrestling king Christian Stucki new member of the SRF expert team
Former Schwing champion Christian Stucki will join SRF's team of Schwing experts starting in June 2025. He will make his first appearance on the show «Schwingklub» on June 23.
SRF is expanding its team of wrestling experts: Christian Stucki, wrestling king of 2019 and 134-time winner of the Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival, will be part of the broadcasts surrounding the Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival from summer 2025. The 40-year-old will make his first appearance in the "Schwingklub" show on SRF 1 on June 23.
Stucki joins the existing "royal circle" of Jörg Abderhalden, Matthias Sempach and Adrian Käser. Together, the quartet has six royal titles and a total of 387 wreaths. The Bernese is one of the few wrestlers to have won all three major titles - the ESAF, the Unspunnen and the Kilchbergschwinget. He was already a guest for SRF at the 2024 anniversary wrestling festival in Appenzell.
Stucki knows many of the active wrestlers personally and wants to offer special insights thanks to his proximity to the scene: "I can also take a look in the dressing rooms," says the former wrestling king.
According to Daniel Bolliger, Head of Live at SRF Sport, Stucki brings additional impetus, especially in the area of multimedia: "He also knows many of the current top wrestlers from his active time. That's great added value for our audience."
In addition to his role in the talk show "Königsrunde", Stucki will also be part of the new format "Königsduell" in 2025, in which he competes outside of the sawdust in typical Swiss disciplines against active wrestlers. The highlight of the season is the Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Festival at the end of August in Mollis GL. SRF is planning a total of over 100 hours of wrestling programs.
