Documentary+ Lands 'WrestleHer' Girls' Wrestling Series
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- Documentary+ acquired WrestleHer, an 11-part nonfiction series on the rise of girls' high school wrestling, premiering September 10 on Documentary+ and Allez! Sports as students return for fall term
- WrestleHer is set in Ohio, considered one of the nation's most competitive wrestling states, and follows female wrestlers during the historic final season before girls' wrestling became officially sanctioned and they could compete for their own state championship
- Ryan J. Kelly developed, directed, and showran WrestleHer, producing alongside Adam J. Wilde and Geoff Yaw for Substance, Jon LaGuardia and Grace Nowak for Fusion Filmworks, Madison Craft and Geoff Clark for Documentary+, and Melissa Forman and Allyson J. Davis for Allez! Sports
- The series features appearances from Olympic gold medalist Helen Maroulis, Olympic champion Kurt Angle, Olympic silver medalist Clarissa Chun, and wrestlers Sally Roberts, Tela O'Donnell Bacher, and Vanessa Oswalt
- Documentary+ CEO Geoff Clark said the series represents exactly the kind of storytelling the platform exists to champion, noting the athletes are "fighting for recognition, equality, and a place in the future of the sport"
- WrestleHer joins Documentary+'s expanding original roster including The Price of Milk, A Man With Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole, Still Single, THC, Inc, and the Oscar-shortlisted A Swim Lesson
Why it matters: Documentary+ is making WrestleHer its biggest series to date on a streaming platform that distributes free via Samsung TV Plus, DirecTV, Sling, Fubo, and others — giving a national audience to a sport that only just earned its own state championship pathway in Ohio, with a September 10 launch timed to the new school year and freshman sign-ups.
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