The Wrestlers

Documentary 2018

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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.

Documentary 2018

TV-MA

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.

43 min · Jun 19, 2019 TV-MA
EPISODE 2

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.

43 min · May 22, 2019 TV-14
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.

43 min · Jul 3, 2019 TV-MA
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.

42 min · Jun 19, 2019 TV-14
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.

42 min · Jun 26, 2019 TV-MA
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.

43 min · Jun 26, 2019 TV-MA

Damian Ford Abraham

Host
Alex Craig

Producer
David Galloway

Producer
Michael Kronish

Producer

About

The Wrestlers

DOCUMENTARY

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.

Information

Studio: Special Broadcasting Service
Released: 2018
Rated: TV-MA

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio and Subtitles: English (United States) (AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.