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

The Wrestlers

Programa de TV · Documental · Deportes

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

Reparto Damian Abraham

EPISODIO 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.

44 min
EPISODIO 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.

44 min
EPISODIO 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
EPISODIO 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
EPISODIO 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.

44 min
EPISODIO 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.

44 min