List of episodes of the series «The Wrestlers»

  • Seasons count: 1
  • Episodes count: 12
  • Total viewing time: 1 h.
The Best New Talent in America
Release date: 5/22/2019

The Best New Talent in America

  • User score: 7
  • Episode number: 1
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Changing Face of Wrestling
Release date: 5/29/2019

The Changing Face of Wrestling

  • User score: 7
  • Episode number: 2
  • Episode description:
    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.
Japan's Finest Wrestlers
Release date: 6/5/2019

Japan's Finest Wrestlers

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 3
  • Episode description:
    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.
Death Match
Release date: 6/12/2019

Death Match

  • User score: 9
  • Episode number: 4
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Powerful Women of Wrestling
Release date: 6/19/2019

The Powerful Women of Wrestling

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 5
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Next Wave of Mexican Luchadores
Release date: 6/19/2019

The Next Wave of Mexican Luchadores

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 6
  • Episode description:
    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.
The Craziest Wrestling In Japan
Release date: 6/26/2019

The Craziest Wrestling In Japan

  • User score: 10
  • Episode number: 7
  • Episode description:
    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.
Wrestling On Canada's Reserves
Release date: 6/26/2019

Wrestling On Canada's Reserves

  • Episode number: 8
  • Episode duration: 60 min.
  • Episode description:
    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.
Voodoo Wrestling
Release date: 7/3/2019

Voodoo Wrestling

  • Episode number: 9
  • Episode description:
    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.
Body Slamming Homophobia In Mexico
Release date: 7/3/2019

Body Slamming Homophobia In Mexico

  • Episode number: 10
  • Episode description:
    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.
Life After Wrestling
Release date: 7/31/2019

Life After Wrestling

  • Episode number: 11
Making a Wrestler
Release date: 7/31/2019

Making a Wrestler

  • Episode number: 12