Chris Jericho is an entertainer, musician, writer, and world-renowned wrestler. He has done it all in his career, including being a contestant on The Masked Singer as The Bride. He cut his teeth in Canada while training in the Dungeon under the tutelage of Stu Hart. He also performed in The Death Tour. A series of wrestling events in the Northern Territories of Canada in Manitoba. He knows how hard this tour can be on the men and women who go on it. Some regularly. 

Tony Condello, the owner of Monster Pro Wrestling, is the boss of this tour; he’s been running it for many years. He’s not the easiest guy to work for, though. He has rules these men and women who go on the tour must follow. This is a clean edge tour across the Northern Territories. They will face bitter-cold temperatures and blizzards to travel from town to town. Most of these men and women won’t get a lot of sleep while they are gone for two weeks. And this will take a toll on their minds and bodies. It’s not an easy task. They do it because they love doing it. That’s why all wrestlers do it for the applause of the crowd.

Candello has assembled a group of wrestlers, all with interesting back stories. Among them are Sarah Mcnicoll “Mackenzie The Scottish Warrior”, Dez Loreen “Eskimoto” , Sean Dunster “Massive Damage”, Sage Morin “The Matriarch”. They are the ones featured in the documentary. Their stories are littered with past, alcoholism, drug abuse, and dashed dreams that led them to this point in their lives.  Even with all their past struggles, the love and adulation from the kids in the crowd are enough to forget all that at this moment.

A couple of things that this film uses to set itself aside from other documentaries is the talking heads of Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega from AEW, and the struggles of the indigenous people that this tour visits in its travels. These people have been dealing with something America has dealt with for a while now, and that’s child suicide.  Anxiety and depression lead to this for a lot of youths. 

Writer/director Stephan Peterson and co-dirrctor Sonya Ballantyne takes their cameras along the long arduous trip through 1st stop: Snow Lake, Manitoba, Pauingassi Nation, Manitoba, Pimicikamak First Nation, Cross Lake Manitoba, Manto Sakahigan First Nation, God’s Lake Narrows, Manitoba, Mishi-baawitigong First Nation, Manitoba, Little Grand Rapids, Bunibonibee First Nation, Oxford House, Manitoba, Manto Sipi First Nation, Gods River, Manitoba, and ending back where they started. Along the way, viewers of this film learn a lot about this world that these men and women exist in and the communities they visit. It’s the heart of the film.

3 ½ stars

Dan Skip Allen