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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

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7.9/1036 votes
The Best New Talent in America
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/22/2019
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.2/1023 votes
The Changing Face of Wrestling
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 5/29/2019
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
10.0/101 votes
Japan's Finest Wrestlers
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/5/2019
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.2/1018 votes
Death Match
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/12/2019
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.4/1016 votes
The Powerful Women of Wrestling
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/19/2019
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.8/1021 votes
The Next Wave of Mexican Luchadores
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 6/19/2019
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.8/1024 votes
The Craziest Wrestling In Japan
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/26/2019
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.9/1017 votes
Wrestling On Canada's Reserves
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 6/26/2019
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
N/A/100 votes
Voodoo Wrestling
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 7/3/2019
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.5/1026 votes
Body Slamming Homophobia In Mexico
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 7/3/2019
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.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.9/1020 votes
Life After Wrestling
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 7/31/2019
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Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.4/1015 votes
Making a Wrestler
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 7/31/2019
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Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown