Emily Bett Rickards knew very little about professional wrestling before signing on to play one of its most important female trailblazers, Mildred Burke, in the biopic Queen of the Ring. But after immersing herself in its history and transforming her body for the role, she came away from the project with a newfound appreciation for the sport.

A new wrestling movie featuring stars from the hit television series Arrow and Fallout debuts on Rotten Tomatoes with a solidly Fresh score.

Ash Avildsen adapts Jeff Leen's Pulitzer Prize-winning book following the life of the first million-dollar female athlete, Mildred Burke, in Queen of the

Toni Storm and Mariah May took their AEW blood feud from the ring to the red carpet on Thursday night. At the Queen of the Ring movie premiere, Storm and May br

Actress Francesca Eastwood chatted about playing Mae Young in the new wrestling film “Queen of the Ring,” which was directed by Ash Avildsen.

During a recent interview with Rock Feed (as transcribed by ThePRP ), Avildsen revealed that he’s in the process of rebranding the previously annual Mayhem Festival with a new vision: ‘Miss Mayhem.’ Not only that, but he’s got seven of eight potential acts on board and ready to go.

Rather randomly, Mildred stumbles upon a wrestling match in Kansas City and proclaims the sport her destiny. The story continues chronologically, tracking Mildred and her manager turned husband Billy Wolfe (Josh Lucas) as they graduate from circus sideshows to professional matches to national renown.

The same can’t be said about the big screen. With scattered exceptions – “ . . . All the Marbles” (1981), “Fighting with My Family” (2019), “Racket Girls” (1951), and “Below the Belt” (1980), which features an extended cameo by then-retired wrestler Mildred Burke as a trainer — there’s generally been a dearth of films featuring women wrestlers.