Gaea Girls (Part 1)

BBC Copyright 2000 - written and directed by Kim Longinotto and Jano Williams

A documentary about women's pro wrestling in Japan and the girls who pass through its hard training in their quest to join the ranks of fully fledged women pro-wrestlers. Set at the Gaea Japan's Training camp, young trainee Saika Takeuchi struggles to pass her final tests.

Cast - Chigusa Nagayo, Meiko Satomura, Saika Takeuchi

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• gaea girls
• joshi wrestling
• women's wrestling

[wweranda]

Thanks for posting!

[Chuloloc]

Awesome. Great way to start an amazing documentary. Interesting revelation. Chiggy-san has no children. Time for Part 2. Hail GAEA.

[benelgermosen]

@rockbot2222 Why? So all the fitness models would quit?

[Reaf3289]

its funny chiggy's the nicer one of the crush gals imagine Lioness Asuka training the girls lol

[MDStarman]

whose gaea Ellen Degeneres or Rosie o'donell? lol j/k man I wish WWE and TNA pushed their female divisions to this limit!

[KingGhidzilla]

thank you so much for posting this. In some ways this is probably the best film on professional wrestling out there.

[lanpingpug]

I have waited 11 years to be able to watch this again...it took me ages to find it but here it is...Thank you sooo much!

[ToruKun1]

Chiggy's sentiments about her students remind me of my Japanese teacher...DAT MELANCHOLY NOSTALGIA.

This looks to be a pretty awesome documentary! :D

I'll love it just as much as I do Wrestling with Shadows~~<3

[choice2099]

@rockbot2222 Better for the WWE divas! That way no one goes to the concession stand whenever the divas wrestle.

[SirIsaac52672]

MAN, I thought Verne Gagne's and Taz's schools were tough!

[toadie48]

2:36 - too cute! :)

[SolidMike84]

I have been looking for this for YEARS! Finally! XD

To quote M. Bison:

"You have made me a happy man."

And I found this by a fluke of all things! Never knew the name before, but now I do