The Wrestlers

From the bright lights of Florida to the spotless streets of Japan and the chaos of the Congo, Damian Abraham dives headlong into the fascinating ways cultures around the world have embraced one of Americas greatest exports: professional wrestling.

2019 HD United States English

Damian Abraham

Documentary

sports sports documentary wrestling

S1E1 - The Best New Talent in America 2019-05-22

Few people have had a larger impact on pro wrestling than veteran promoter Gabe Sapolsky. Damian follows Gabes crew on an American tour as he trains the next crop of superstars.

S1E2 - The Changing Face of Wrestling 2019-05-29

Damian documents the handoff of one generation to the next by visiting a famed wrestler at the close of his career, and profiling the rise of one of wrestlings newest stars.

S1E3 - Japan's Finest Wrestlers 2019-06-05

Japan boasts the finest womens wrestling in the world. Damian visits Tokyo to learn what makes these women so good and meet the upcoming generation of female wrestlers.

S1E4 - Death Match 2019-06-12

On the fringe of wrestling is Deathmatch, where wrestlers battling with barbed wire, razor blades and broken glass, challenge the idea that wrestling is fake.

S1E5 - The Powerful Women of Wrestling 2019-06-19

Damian travels to Florida and Bolivia to learn how women wrestlers around the world are using professional wrestling to battle inequality, misogyny, and domestic abuse.

S1E6 - The Next Wave of Mexican Luchadores 2019-06-19

As Mexico copes with an ever-present drug war and Trump’s Wall, Lucha Libre is more popular than ever, and some wrestlers see Lucha as their ticket to America.

S1E7 - The Craziest Wrestling In Japan 2019-06-26

Invisible wrestlers, blow-up dolls, and waterpark matches: welcome to the weird and wild world of Japans DDT, the worlds strangest wrestling promotion.

S1E8 - Wrestling On Canada's Reserves 2019-06-26

Damian heads to northern Quebec to join a crew of wrestlers who brave weather and isolation to bring professional wrestling to remote and disadvantaged First Nations communities.

S1E9 - Voodoo Wrestling 2019-07-03

In war-torn Congo, a cultural collision has made one of wrestlings strangest subgenres: voodoo wrestling, in which suplexes and powerbombs mix with hexes and deadly black magic.

S1E10 - Body Slamming Homophobia In Mexico 2019-07-03

Exoticos, male wrestlers who embrace the feminine and dress in drag inside the ring, have been defying the macho side of Lucha Libre for decades.

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