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The Wrestlers

Season 1 · 12 episodes · May 22, 2019

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    Episode 1

    The Best New Talent in America

    May 22, 2019

    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.

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    Episode 2

    The Changing Face of Wrestling

    May 29, 2019

    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.

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    Episode 3

    Japan's Finest Wrestlers

    Jun 5, 2019

    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.

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    Episode 4

    Death Match

    Jun 12, 2019

    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.

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    Episode 5

    The Powerful Women of Wrestling

    Jun 19, 2019

    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.

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    Episode 6

    The Next Wave of Mexican Luchadores

    Jun 19, 2019

    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.

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    Episode 7

    The Craziest Wrestling In Japan

    Jun 26, 2019

    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.

  8. Episode 8

    Wrestling On Canada's Reserves

    Jun 26, 2019

    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.

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    Episode 9

    Voodoo Wrestling

    Jul 3, 2019

    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.

  10. Episode 10

    Body Slamming Homophobia In Mexico

    Jul 3, 2019

    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.

  11. Episode 11

    Life After Wrestling

    Jul 31, 2019

  12. Episode 12

    Making a Wrestler

    Jul 31, 2019