On The Air: The Wrestlers (2017-9)

In the wake of the just-concluded miniseries, The Dark Side of The Ring, Viceland dusts off a new docuseries that has taken two years to reach the air.

The Wrestlers takes a look at independent wrestling here in the US, and charts the course of the business in other countries, including Canada, Japan, Mexico, Bolivia, & the Congo. Wrestling fan Damian Abraham is the host-narrator. The series airs Wednesdays on Viceland through July 10 at 10 pm (ET), and is available On Demand.

In the following episode, Abraham takes a look at Evolve, a popular indie that has a working relationship (not mentioned on the show) with WWE. Promoter Gabe Sapolsky used to work for Ring of Honor in its early years. Parental discretion is advised. The video comes from Vice's YouTube channel.

Edit, 9/19/21: The episode has been deleted. In its place is a trailer:

I am reminded of Barry Blaustein's "Beyond The Mat", which was quite the sensation 20 years ago, but goes much further than Blaustein ever dared dream.

Rating: A.