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The Wrestlers

  • 2019
  • Returning Series
  • Documentary
  • 1 season
  • 9.7/10

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.

Latest: Season 1 · 2019

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  1. E1. The Best New Talent in America

    May 22, 2019

    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. E2. The Changing Face of Wrestling

    May 29, 2019

    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. E3. Japan's Finest Wrestlers

    Jun 5, 2019

    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. E4. Death Match

    Jun 12, 2019

    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. E5. The Powerful Women of Wrestling

    Jun 19, 2019

    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. E6. The Next Wave of Mexican Luchadores

    Jun 19, 2019

    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.

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