Storyline

An exploration of the wrestling world's underground. Traveling from First Nations communities in rural Manitoba to Mexico's Lucha Libre scene in Juarez, the series sees Damian Abraham exploring the personalities involved in the sport of pro wrestling.

First Aired

2019-05-22
Last Aired

2019-07-31
Creator
Genre

Documentary
Seasons

1
Episodes

12
Status

Returning Series
Language

English
Network

Viceland

Keywords:

wrestling sports sports documentary

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Season 1

1. The Best New Talent in America

Few people have had a larger impact on pro wrestling than veteran promoter Gabe Sapolsky. Damian follo...More

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.Less

2019-05-22

2. The Changing Face of Wrestling

Damian documents the handoff of one generation to the next by visiting a famed wrestler at the close o...More

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.Less

2019-05-29

3. Japan's Finest Wrestlers

Japan boasts the finest women's wrestling in the world. Damian visits Tokyo to learn what makes these ...More

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.Less

2019-06-05

4. Death Match

On the fringe of wrestling is Deathmatch, where wrestlers battling with barbed wire, razor blades and ...More

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.Less

2019-06-12

5. The Powerful Women of Wrestling

Damian travels to Florida and Bolivia to learn how women wrestlers around the world are using professi...More

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.Less

2019-06-19

6. 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,...More

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.Less

2019-06-19

7. The Craziest Wrestling In Japan

Invisible wrestlers, blow-up dolls, and waterpark matches: welcome to the weird and wild world of Japa...More

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.Less

2019-06-26

8. Wrestling On Canada's Reserves

Damian heads to northern Quebec to join a crew of wrestlers who brave weather and isolation to bring p...More

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.Less

60mins 2019-06-26

9. Voodoo Wrestling

In war-torn Congo, a cultural collision has made one of wrestling's strangest subgenres: voodoo wrestl...More

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.Less