Wrestling With Ghosts | |
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![]() Cast of Wrestling With Ghosts Season Three | |
Genre | |
Created by |
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Written by |
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Directed by | Vinnie Vineyard |
Starring |
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No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 15 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Big Luke Walker |
Producer |
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Cinematography |
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Editor | Vinnie Vineyard |
Camera setup | Multiple |
Running time | 42 minutes |
Production company | Big N Funky Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ASY TV |
Release | June 30, 2017 present | –
Wrestling With Ghosts is an American television series about the paranormal that premiered as a web-series on June 30, 2017. Since then, the show's concept won the Destination America nationwide search for a new creative paranormal team. The show has since been picked up and is now being aired on the ASY TV [1] According to the original introduction, [2] season one follows a paranormal investigator, directly after he loses his original ghost hunting team to what he calls "a demonic attack" and subsequent fist-fight. He then hires three professional wrestlers as protection on future investigations. In 2021, the series started airing on the Intrigue Channel.
In 2019, Luke Walker and Vinnie Vineyard co-wrote a script for the movie The Hike based on their Episode 3.1 experiences trying to find Spearfinger in the Great Smoky Mountains coupled with a few of Vinnie's brother's amazing hiking stories. In 2020, production started on the movie, with Luke Walker directing, Vinnie Vineyard producing and editing, and the entire cast (including Kandi Thompson, and Travis Graves) starring in the lead roles. [3]
Wrestling With Ghosts started when a paranormal investigator was eating at a restaurant in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. During the meal, he asked the manager on duty, Travis Graves, if there were any local ghost stories that would make for interesting television. Travis then referred him to a fellow employee, a long time resident, and former police officer Luke Walker. Walker had several stories and suggested than rather shooting one project in Gatlinburg for a documentary, that they should consider making a paranormal series. He then suggested that they should add entertainer Funkmaster V to the mix. The group then started shooting the series soon thereafter.
The permanent members of the cast and crew are Big Luke Walker, Funkmaster V, and Travis Graves.
Season One
Season Two
Season Three
Walker and Vineyard were among several citizens who helped save lives and properties during the Gatlinburg Fires of November 28, 2016. Walker's Facebook live broadcast was the first report that Gatlinburg's Ski Mountain was on fire. [10] meaning the city of Gatlinburg was surrounded by fire on all sides. His footage and interviews, along with Vineyard's, have been used in documentaries. One entitled "Firestorm", is being funded by HBO and is in post-production.[ citation needed] Vineyard, who owns the taxi cab company "Funkmaster V's Uptown Cabs of Renown", went into Gatlinburg to rescue people who were trapped or overcome with smoke. [11] [12] [13] The exploits of their night and their tag team match for charity can be seen on the last two segments of Wrestling With Ghosts season one - episode 5, "The Giant That Saved Gatlinburg". [14]
On the 5th episode, "The Giant That Saved Gatlinburg", [14] some members of the team allegedly tampered with evidence as a joke. Although the show is heavily comedic, the remaining members of the show did not think the joke was professional. [15] Walker said on a radio interview on Parasearch UK "You fake one thing, you faked everything." [16] Some members of the cast and crew were replaced after this episode.[ citation needed]
In the world of pro wrestling, Walker and Vineyard have been outspoken critics of southern living, culture, and the overall way of life of native Tennesseans on YouTube with their "Punch Tha South In Da Mouth" series. [17] But truth be told, they prefer living in East Tennessee over the big cities they hail from.[ citation needed]
2016 winners of Destination America's Parasearch competition for brand new Paranormal Team
2018 Wrestling With Ghosts was the most illegally downloaded show in Gabon, Africa.
2021 ASY TV's 2020 Year End Award "Biggest and Funkiest of 2020" [18]
Wrestling With Ghosts | |
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![]() Cast of Wrestling With Ghosts Season Three | |
Genre | |
Created by |
|
Written by |
|
Directed by | Vinnie Vineyard |
Starring |
|
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 15 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Big Luke Walker |
Producer |
|
Cinematography |
|
Editor | Vinnie Vineyard |
Camera setup | Multiple |
Running time | 42 minutes |
Production company | Big N Funky Productions |
Original release | |
Network | ASY TV |
Release | June 30, 2017 present | –
Wrestling With Ghosts is an American television series about the paranormal that premiered as a web-series on June 30, 2017. Since then, the show's concept won the Destination America nationwide search for a new creative paranormal team. The show has since been picked up and is now being aired on the ASY TV [1] According to the original introduction, [2] season one follows a paranormal investigator, directly after he loses his original ghost hunting team to what he calls "a demonic attack" and subsequent fist-fight. He then hires three professional wrestlers as protection on future investigations. In 2021, the series started airing on the Intrigue Channel.
In 2019, Luke Walker and Vinnie Vineyard co-wrote a script for the movie The Hike based on their Episode 3.1 experiences trying to find Spearfinger in the Great Smoky Mountains coupled with a few of Vinnie's brother's amazing hiking stories. In 2020, production started on the movie, with Luke Walker directing, Vinnie Vineyard producing and editing, and the entire cast (including Kandi Thompson, and Travis Graves) starring in the lead roles. [3]
Wrestling With Ghosts started when a paranormal investigator was eating at a restaurant in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. During the meal, he asked the manager on duty, Travis Graves, if there were any local ghost stories that would make for interesting television. Travis then referred him to a fellow employee, a long time resident, and former police officer Luke Walker. Walker had several stories and suggested than rather shooting one project in Gatlinburg for a documentary, that they should consider making a paranormal series. He then suggested that they should add entertainer Funkmaster V to the mix. The group then started shooting the series soon thereafter.
The permanent members of the cast and crew are Big Luke Walker, Funkmaster V, and Travis Graves.
Season One
Season Two
Season Three
Walker and Vineyard were among several citizens who helped save lives and properties during the Gatlinburg Fires of November 28, 2016. Walker's Facebook live broadcast was the first report that Gatlinburg's Ski Mountain was on fire. [10] meaning the city of Gatlinburg was surrounded by fire on all sides. His footage and interviews, along with Vineyard's, have been used in documentaries. One entitled "Firestorm", is being funded by HBO and is in post-production.[ citation needed] Vineyard, who owns the taxi cab company "Funkmaster V's Uptown Cabs of Renown", went into Gatlinburg to rescue people who were trapped or overcome with smoke. [11] [12] [13] The exploits of their night and their tag team match for charity can be seen on the last two segments of Wrestling With Ghosts season one - episode 5, "The Giant That Saved Gatlinburg". [14]
On the 5th episode, "The Giant That Saved Gatlinburg", [14] some members of the team allegedly tampered with evidence as a joke. Although the show is heavily comedic, the remaining members of the show did not think the joke was professional. [15] Walker said on a radio interview on Parasearch UK "You fake one thing, you faked everything." [16] Some members of the cast and crew were replaced after this episode.[ citation needed]
In the world of pro wrestling, Walker and Vineyard have been outspoken critics of southern living, culture, and the overall way of life of native Tennesseans on YouTube with their "Punch Tha South In Da Mouth" series. [17] But truth be told, they prefer living in East Tennessee over the big cities they hail from.[ citation needed]
2016 winners of Destination America's Parasearch competition for brand new Paranormal Team
2018 Wrestling With Ghosts was the most illegally downloaded show in Gabon, Africa.
2021 ASY TV's 2020 Year End Award "Biggest and Funkiest of 2020" [18]