"Wrestling with Death," WGN America's first unscripted reality series premieres Tuesday!
ARKANSAS (WITI) -- Morticians by day...wrestlers by night? It sounds bizarre, but it's the real story of the Lathams from Arkansas! Their world is the subject of WGN Americas first unscripted series "Wrestling with Death."
A unique family docuseries, WGN America's first unscripted series introduces you to the world of The Lathams; morticians by day who run The Wilson Funeral Home in Osceola, Arkansas and professional wrestlers by night who run The Mid-Southern Championship Wrestling League.
"I'm Lafonce Latham. My family and I run the biggest mortuary serivce in town, but my heart is in professional wrestling," LaFonce "Big Daddy" Latham says in the show's trailer.
"You're going to see different sides of our life and it's reality TV. Some is going to be humorous. Some is going to be more on the serious note when it concerns the funeral home and the families that we serve -- but it's all real-life events, and it's a part of life, on the other side of the funeral home. I hope that we have been able to serve those people in probably the worst time of their life the way that they deserve to be," Sandra "Ms. Sandra" Latham said.
"Anybody who's had a death in their family -- they've came through these doors," LaFonce Latham said.
As for the wrestling...
"That's when you take all those problems all week long, you go and you just let your hair down and have a good time," LaFonce Latham said.
And if you're looking for a theme, maybe it's helpful if the wife really expresses herself in the wrestling ring!
"Uh...it's helpful I guess! I felt lots better. It was amazing. It was great!" Sandra Latham said.
"It's all in training really. The whole thing in wrestling, in entertainment you're trained how to land. That's the key thing. You don't resist because if a 240-pound muscle man wants to pick you up, he's going to pick you up. Buf if you fight this, he'll drop you on your head. You learn to go with the flow," LaFonce Latham said.
"Wrestling with Death" premieres Tuesday night, January 12th on WGN America.