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The Best Episodes of The Wrestlers Season 1

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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...
Genre:Documentary
Network:Viceland

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Best New Talent in America" is the best rated episode of "The Wrestlers" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 33 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/22/2019. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "The Changing Face of Wrestling".

  • The Best New Talent in America
    7.9/1033 votes

    #1 - 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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Changing Face of Wrestling
    7.3/1019 votes

    #2 - 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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Japan's Finest Wrestlers
    10.0/101 votes

    #3 - 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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Death Match
    7.5/1015 votes

    #4 - 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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Powerful Women of Wrestling
    7.1/1016 votes

    #5 - 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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Next Wave of Mexican Luchadores
    7.1/1018 votes

    #6 - 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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Craziest Wrestling In Japan
    8.0/1020 votes

    #7 - 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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Wrestling On Canada's Reserves
    7.4/1015 votes

    #8 - 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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Voodoo Wrestling
    NaN/100 votes

    #9 - 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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Body Slamming Homophobia In Mexico
    7.5/1023 votes

    #10 - 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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Life After Wrestling
    7.9/1019 votes

    #11 - Life After Wrestling

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 7/31/2019

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Making a Wrestler
    6.4/1014 votes

    #12 - Making a Wrestler

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 7/31/2019

    No description available

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A