The Wrestlers
2019
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- Season 1
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Season 1 episodes (11)
1 The Best New Talent in America
5/22/19
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
5/29/19
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
6/5/19
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
6/12/19
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 Powerful Women Of Wrestling
6/19/19
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
6/19/19
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
6/26/19
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
6/26/19
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
7/3/19
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
7/3/19
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.
101 Series Trailer
5/16/19
Hardcore musician Damian Abraham documents the vibrant subcultures of professional wrestling around the world.
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George Findlay
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June 30, 2019
great look into wrestling. Damien is a god among men.
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