The Wrestlers
An exploration of the wrestling world's underground. Traveling from First Nations communities in rural Manitoba to Mexico's Lucha Libre scene in Juarez, the series sees Damian Abraham exploring the personalities involved in the sport of pro wrestling.
Seasons
1. The Best New Talent in America
Air Date: 2019-05-22
Few people have had a larger impact on pro wrestling than veteran promoter Gabe Sapolsky. Damian follows Gabe's crew on an American tour as he trains the next crop of superstars.
2. The Changing Face of Wrestling
Air Date: 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 wrestling's newest stars.
3. Japan's Finest Wrestlers
Air Date: 2019-06-05
Japan boasts the finest women's wrestling in the world. Damian visits Tokyo to learn what makes these women so good and meet the upcoming generation of female wrestlers.
4. Death Match
Air Date: 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.
5. The Powerful Women of Wrestling
Air Date: 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.
6. The Next Wave of Mexican Luchadores
Air Date: 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.
7. The Craziest Wrestling In Japan
Air Date: 2019-06-26
Invisible wrestlers, blow-up dolls, and waterpark matches: welcome to the weird and wild world of Japan's DDT, the world's strangest wrestling promotion.
8. Wrestling On Canada's Reserves
Air Date: 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.
9. Voodoo Wrestling
Air Date: 2019-07-03
In war-torn Congo, a cultural collision has made one of wrestling's strangest subgenres: voodoo wrestling, in which suplexes and powerbombs mix with hexes and deadly black magic.
10. Body Slamming Homophobia In Mexico
Air Date: 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.
11. Life After Wrestling
Air Date: 2019-07-31
12. Making a Wrestler
Air Date: 2019-07-31
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Rating
9.7/10
Release Date
2019-05-22
Episodes
12 (1 seasons)
Status
Returning Series
