LOOK: The members of the Manny Pacquiao-led Team Philippines in Netflix's 'Physical: Asia'
Netflix has announced the members of boxing legend Manny Pacquiao's team in Physical: Asia, a spinoff of the South Korean reality television competition Physical: 100.
Team Philippines comprises Pacquiao, national team sambo athlete Mark Mugen, strongman Ray Jefferson Querubin, national team rugby player Justin Coveney, national team hurdler Robyn Lauren Brown, and CrossFit athlete Lara Lorraine Deang Liwanag.
"LFG Team Philippines!!" the streaming giant said in a post.
On its website, Netflix also revealed the other seven participating countries: Korea, Japan, Thailand, Mongolia, Türkiye, Indonesia, and Australia.
Leaders of their respective six-man teams are UFC trailblazer Dong-hyun “Stun Gun” Kim (Korea), MMA fighter Yushin Okami (Japan), former UFC Middleweight Champion Robert “The Reaper” Whittaker (Australia), Muay Thai world champion Superbon (Thailand), traditional wrestling star Orkhonbayar Bayarsaikhan (Mongolia), Four-time oil wrestling champion Recep Kara (Türkiye), and physique powerhouse I Igedz “Executioner” (Indonesia).
Check out all of the participating teams below:
The original two-season Physical: 100 first aired in 2023. It received critical acclaim for "shattering the gender barrier" as women also competed on par with male athletes. It also made history as the first Korean reality TV show to top Netflix's Global Top 10 Non-English TV Series list.
Unlike Physical: 100, where only one winner will emerge out of 100 participants, Physical: Asia will be a team game. The entire group is eliminated if one team member falls.
Netflix noted that Physical: Asia will blend elite athleticism with cultural tradition, spotlighting disciplines from combat sports and ball games to track and field. There will also be heritage events like Korean ssireum, Mongolian wrestling, Turkish oil wrestling, and Muay Thai.
Physical: Asia, which was first announced in February, will premiere in October.