{"id":591098,"date":"2023-09-13T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-wrestlers-review-netflix-docuseries-is-a-body-slam-dunk\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T17:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T14:15:00","slug":"watch-wrestlers-review-netflix-docuseries-is-a-body-slam-dunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-wrestlers-review-netflix-docuseries-is-a-body-slam-dunk\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;Wrestlers&#8217; Review: Netflix Docuseries Is a Body Slam Dunk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41a32773887\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a41a32773887\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-wrestlers-review-netflix-docuseries-is-a-body-slam-dunk\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Wrestlers_Review_Netflix_Docuseries_Is_a_Body_Slam_Dunk%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Wrestlers&#8217; Review: Netflix Docuseries Is a Body Slam Dunk&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-wrestlers-review-netflix-docuseries-is-a-body-slam-dunk\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Wrestlers_Review_Netflix_Docuseries_Is_a_Body_Slam_Dunk%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Wrestlers&#8217; Review: Netflix Docuseries Is a Body Slam Dunk&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Wrestlers_Review_Netflix_Docuseries_Is_a_Body_Slam_Dunk%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Wrestlers&#8217; Review: Netflix Docuseries Is a Body Slam Dunk&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Wrestlers_Review_Netflix_Docuseries_Is_a_Body_Slam_Dunk%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Wrestlers&#8217; Review: Netflix Docuseries Is a Body Slam Dunk&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Everyone loves an underdog, but it\u2019s possible nobody loves one more than Greg Whiteley. With Netflix hits \u201cCheer\u201d and \u201cLast Chance U,\u201d the documentarian trained his eye on undergraduate athletes whose programs lack the resources or respect of a Big Ten institution. Each show made a compelling case for its subjects\u2019 skill, tenacity and right to a bigger spotlight; \u201cCheer,\u201d in particular, made stars of its protagonists, a charismatic squad of Texas students who performed death-defying stunts with a smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    The second season of \u201cCheer\u201d was forced to reckon with the fallout of its own success, taking some focus away from its namesake sport to address squad member Jerry Harris\u2019 being sentenced to prison for soliciting sex from minors, as well as coach Monica Aldama\u2019s stint on \u201cDancing With the Stars\u201d and the uncomfortable transition from challenger to heavy favorite. Thankfully, Whiteley\u2019s latest effort offers a fresh start. \u201cWrestlers\u201d trades the college campus for the Louisville, Kentucky headquarters of Ohio Valley Wrestling, a small and scr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y remnant of what was once a national network of regional wrestling circuits. But while its namesake performers are technically professionals, \u201cWrestlers\u201d retains the DNA of what made Whiteley\u2019s prior portraits of amateurs so compelling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    OVW, as it\u2019s known, is a far cry from World Wrestling Entertainment, the powerhouse Vince McMahon gradually built into a quasi-monopoly. Even All Elite Wrestling, the WWE\u2019s main competitor, is backed by billionaire scion Tony Khan. But what OVW lacks in scale or financial might, it partly makes up for in prestige. Before they graduated to bigger platforms, John Cena and Dave Bautista got their start at OVW, honing their ability to work a crowd and sell a story as well as their athleticism. Much of that acumen traces back to Al Snow, a former wrestler and OVW\u2019s longtime proprietor. \u201cWrestlers\u201d positions Snow as a kind of anti-McMahon, a mentor figure sincerely, if gruffly, invested in his talent\u2019s well-being in and out of the ring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Snow can motivate proteg\u00e9s and craft a master narrative with the best of them, earning OVW a dedicated local fanbase. He is not, however, a gifted businessman, leading Snow to sell a majority stake in the organization to sports radio host Matt Jones and Jones\u2019 business partner Craig Greenberg in 2021. This sets up a natural contrast between the creatively minded Snow and his more pragmatic backers. But while \u201cWrestlers\u201d is happy to use this potentially adversarial relationship as a hook, the seven-episode season complicates that dynamic, turning Snow and Jones into equally nuanced anchors of a rich ensemble.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Like \u201cDrive to Survive,\u201d the Netflix show almost single-handedly responsible for popularizing Formula 1 racing in the United States, \u201cWrestlers\u201d seems geared toward an audience unfamiliar with the conventions of scripted combat. Snow bills his vocation as \u201cphysical storytelling,\u201d and Whiteley employs talking heads to explain the art\u2019s history and context, including basic terms like \u201cheel,\u201d \u201cbabyface\u201d and \u201cheat.\u201d (Disclosure: one of the interview subjects, wrestling commentator David Shoemaker, is a former colleague of mine.) But as \u201cWrestlers\u201d immerses the audience ever deeper into its characters\u2019 world, these expert witnesses fade away. Before long, they\u2019re no longer needed to sell the audience on the action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Snow presides over a ragtag troupe of personalities who seem destined for the \u201cCheer\u201d treatment. (Book a Cameo while you can; their prices are about to go through the roof.) Our introduction to OVW comes via HollyHood Haley J, a heel whose troubled family history spills into in-ring storyline. As a single parent, Haley\u2019s mother Maria sold drugs to make ends meet before breaking into professional wrestling; now a producer and on-air presence at OVW, Maria dramatizes her relationship with Haley for the crowd as a means of making amends. All of wrestling is a head-spinning blend of reality and fiction, on the players\u2019 part, and savvy know-how with a willing suspension of belief, on the viewers\u2019. Haley and Maria epitomize that unstable mix; it\u2019s unclear, to them or us, how much they\u2019re inventing and how much they\u2019re just venting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Volatile, gung-ho and compulsively likable, Haley is a natural lead. But she\u2019s flanked by figures like Mahabali Shera, an Indian wrestler trying to make it in America, and Ca$h Flo, a paternal type who acts as an informal team captain. Some characters are more developed than others; we don\u2019t learn much more about the so-called Mr. Pectacular besides his habitual use of a hoverboard. Yet the nuance afforded to someone like Jones, a former lawyer from Harlan County with an earnest passion for the OVW product, shows the gaps in \u201cWrestlers\u201d are more for lack of time than empathy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    Wrestling is a different kind of enterprise from football or even cheerleading. It\u2019s nominally competitive, but the competition is carefully coordinated behind the scenes, which is not a knock on its authenticity so much as another layer on which the OVW squad can exercise their creativity and flair for showmanship. In \u201cWrestlers,\u201d it\u2019s less individual contenders who are underdogs \u2014\u00a0though many are, with checkered pasts and chronic injuries and side gigs to pay the bills \u2014\u00a0than OVW itself, a lone David squeaking by in a system of Goliaths. It\u2019s why we take Al at his word when he says what\u2019s best for his employees is what\u2019s best for OVW, even when they leave the roster for other promotions, and why we worry just a bit about what a mass audience may mean for the group. But that\u2019s a question for later. Snow, Jones and Greenberg spend the season fretting over how to boost attendance and revenue to make OVW a sustainable enterprise. I doubt that\u2019ll be a problem after this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n    <em>All seven episodes of \u201cWrestlers\u201d are now available to stream on Netflix.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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