The wrestling world has been a highly reputed and prestigious sport since its early beginnings. While modern fans do not remember many of the larger-than-life personalities who competed inside the ...

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

Some of Burke’s students include WWE Hall of Famer The Fabulous Moolah and former WWE Women’s Champion Bertha Faye. For her incredible contributions to furthering women’s wrestling, Mildred ...

The approaching sports biopic titled Queen of the Ring, which stars the Arrow actress Emily Bett Rickards as professional wrestling icon Mildred Burke is all set to shine bright upon a spotlight on on ...

This is the true story of Mildred Burke, the first ever million dollar female athlete and champion pro-wrestler who pioneered the sport in a time when all girl wrestling was banned in most of America.

Ash Avildsen’s "Queen of the Ring" brings the extraordinary story of Mildred Burke to the big screen, chronicling the life of a true pioneer who defied the odds to change the face of sports forever.

Book synopsis: “The Queen of the Ring is the story of Mildred Burke, the longest reigning champion of female wrestling. In this in-depth account, Pulitzer Prize?winning journalist Jeff Leen ...

However, after being inspired by staples of the women’s wrestling scene, such as Mildred Burke, Combs began training and entered the world of sports-entertainment. Combs also competed under a ...

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