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COMEDY wrestler Grado is set to say “It’s yersel” to a global audience after landing his big break in the US.

The Ayrshire grappler, who shot to fame after a BBC Scotland documentary on the cult of Insane Championship Wrestling, has won a place on American TV show TNA Impact’s British Boot Camp.

The call centre employee, whose real name is Graeme Stevely, will entertain crowds in massive wrestling venues in Virginia, North and South Carolina and New York’s Hammerstein Building.

Grado, 25, said: “I’ll be on the tour with heroes I grew up watching and idolising. They’ve all got big muscles and long blond hair like Disney models. Then there’s me in my leotard with my beer belly and double chin.

“I don’t know if they’ll get me. But loads of Yanks have seen the documentary and have been in touch to say they loved it … but that they’ve no idea what I’m saying.”

The Challenge TV show will be aired in October and Grado will also join the team on their UK tour next year, including a TNA show at Glasgow’s Hydro.

Meanwhile, Scots fans have a chance to appear alongside the star in Channel 4’s referendum mockumentary Scotland In A Day, which will be shown on September 18.

Grado will be climbing Ben Nevis for the sketch show but producers Comedy Unit are also inviting viewers to submit their own 30-second videos of themselves performing everyday tasks.