The Wrestlers

Season 1

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Tracing professional wrestling's global impact, from Florida's bright lights to Japan's spotless streets and the Congo's chaos, as Damian Abraham dives into how cultures worldwide have embraced this American export.

Where to Watch The Wrestlers • Season 1

12 Episodes

  • The Best New Talent in America
    E1
    The Best New Talent in AmericaFew 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.
  • The Changing Face of Wrestling
    E2
    The Changing Face of WrestlingDamian 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.
  • Japan's Finest Wrestlers
    E3
    Japan's Finest WrestlersJapan 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.
  • Death Match
    E4
    Death MatchOn the fringe of wrestling is Deathmatch, where wrestlers battling with barbed wire, razor blades and broken glass, challenge the idea that wrestling is fake.
  • The Powerful Women of Wrestling
    E5
    The Powerful Women of WrestlingDamian travels to Florida and Bolivia to learn how women wrestlers around the world are using professional wrestling to battle inequality, misogyny, and domestic abuse.
  • The Next Wave of Mexican Luchadores
    E6
    The Next Wave of Mexican LuchadoresAs 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.
  • The Craziest Wrestling In Japan
    E7
    The Craziest Wrestling In JapanInvisible wrestlers, blow-up dolls, and waterpark matches: welcome to the weird and wild world of Japan's DDT, the world's strangest wrestling promotion.
  • Wrestling On Canada's Reserves
    E8
    Wrestling On Canada's ReservesDamian 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.
  • Voodoo Wrestling
    E9
    Voodoo WrestlingIn 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.
  • Body Slamming Homophobia In Mexico
    E10
    Body Slamming Homophobia In MexicoExoticos, male wrestlers who embrace the feminine and dress in drag inside the ring, have been defying the macho side of Lucha Libre for decades.
  • Life After Wrestling
    E11
    Life After Wrestling
  • Making a Wrestler
    E12
    Making a Wrestler
  • Damian AbrahamHimself

 

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