| Starring: | Rio Ferdinand |
| Runtime: | 75 mins |
| Company: | ITV Granada Next Generation TV & Film |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Num Episodes: | 1 |
| Network: | ITV1 |
Rio's World Cup Wind-Ups was a short hidden camera practical joke show hosted by English footballer Rio Ferdinand which was filmed shortly before the 2006 FIFA World Cup.[1] The show strongly resembled the American show Punk'd which is hosted and produced by Ashton Kutcher. Ferdinand chose certain English footballers to play a prank on. The pranks would usually end with the catchphrase — You got merked!.
Neville comes for training (with Ryan Giggs) and parks his car. The police stop him and charge him for speeding and a number of traffic offences and proceed to interrogate him.
Cole is visiting a music recording studio for a charity deal. The sound engineer's American partner then accuses him of deleting the track vocal parts and messing things up.
Wright-Phillips accidentally gets a waiter fired. (John Terry was supposed to be the victim but he found out after seeing the message in his wife's mobile phone explaining the prank. Terry then found Wright-Phillips as a substitute.)
Crouch is offered an investment deal by an Indian businessman whose Russian business partners later barge in and demand money.
Rooney is visiting a dogs' home with his wife Colleen when a little boy's dog dies.
James goes to an art gallery and he is accused of breaking a piece of artwork made by a French artist.
Beckham is picked up by a driver that takes a detour to make him late for his meeting.