Wrestling with the North

Every year for the past 26 years a courageous team of semiprofessional wrestlers goes on what has been called the toughest wrestling tour on Earth Rookies with stars in their eyes join toughasnails veterans like ChiChi Cruz Leatherface Eric the Lumberjack and Crash Crimson to pack into a van and head for the far northern reaches of Manitoba Only accessible in winter by frozen lake roads these remote First Nations communities get a rare show of live wrestling entertainment complete with stunners and body slams Wrestling with the North captures all the pain glory and determination of these diehard wrestlers and through the wrestlers eyes we glimpse northern aboriginal communities holding fast to their traditions while embracing a popculture circus with zeal