It rarely fails to deliver top-notch entertainment and it helps raise the profile of the Championship with much-needed TV coverage too, so why is the future of the Summer Bash so insecure?
It has hosted brutal battles, breathtaking comebacks and off-field controversy - and the Summer Bash will be back in Blackpool this May.
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