The Wrestlers

Name: The Wrestlers
Released: 2018-01-02T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Damian Ford Abraham

TV Show · Documentary · Sports

Hardcore musician and diehard wrestling fan Damian Abraham travels the globe to document the vibrant, fascinating, and bizarre subcultures of professional wrestling around the world.

2018 · 44m

Starring Damian Ford Abraham

EPISODE 1

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.

44m
EPISODE 3

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.

44m
EPISODE 4

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.

42m
EPISODE 5

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.

42m
EPISODE 6

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.

44m
EPISODE 7

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.

44m

Damian Ford Abraham

Host
Alex Craig

Producer
David Galloway

Producer
Michael Kronish

Producer

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