The Wrestlers

Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 12

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.

The Wrestlers

Episodes(12)

The Best New Talent in America

1. The Best New Talent in America

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.

Air Date : 2019-05-22

The Changing Face of Wrestling

2. The Changing Face of Wrestling

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.

Air Date : 2019-05-29

Japan's Finest Wrestlers

3. Japan's Finest Wrestlers

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.

Air Date : 2019-06-05

Death Match

4. Death Match

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.

Air Date : 2019-06-12

The Powerful Women of Wrestling

5. The Powerful Women of Wrestling

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.

Air Date : 2019-06-19

The Next Wave of Mexican Luchadores

6. The Next Wave of Mexican Luchadores

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.

Air Date : 2019-06-19

The Craziest Wrestling In Japan

7. The Craziest Wrestling In Japan

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.

Air Date : 2019-06-26

Wrestling On Canada's Reserves

8. Wrestling On Canada's Reserves

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.

Air Date : 2019-06-26

Voodoo Wrestling

9. Voodoo Wrestling

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.

Air Date : 2019-07-03

Body Slamming Homophobia In Mexico

10. Body Slamming Homophobia In Mexico

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.

Air Date : 2019-07-03

Life After Wrestling

11. Life After Wrestling

Air Date : 2019-07-31

Making a Wrestler

12. Making a Wrestler

Air Date : 2019-07-31

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