Mildred Burke paved the way for Rhea Ripley ... She competed against and beat renowned female wrestler June Byers in 1948. In 1950, at the Coral Gables Coliseum in southern Miami, she defeated ...

Up-and-coming actress Emily Bett Rickards is cast as the three-time world champion wrestler Mildred Burke in the upcoming ...

Emily Bett Rickards is a force to be reckoned with. The Arrow actress stars as real-life pro wrestler Mildred Burke in the ...

She helped bring it to Japan during a tour in the 1950s and trained future grapplers ... to furthering women’s wrestling, Mildred Burke was announced as one of the first-ever Legacy inductees ...

Rickards, 33, tells PEOPLE, "Mildred Burke was a woman who refused to stop ... Burke also helped bring women's wrestling to Japan in the 1950s, according to the WWE. The trailer for Queen of ...