Burke was the first millionaire female athlete in history, putting her body on the line in the early days of professional ...

Director of "Queen of the Ring," Ash Avildsen, credits AEW's Jim Ross for making him aware of the story he fell in love with ...

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 ...

Up-and-coming actress Emily Bett Rickards is cast as the three-time world champion wrestler Mildred ... pro wrestling in his life. He said he would have loved to have known the influence Burke ...

when Mildred Burke held the NWA title for nearly 20 years. Putting women’s pro wrestling on the map, literally and figuratively, Burke became the first female athlete in any sport to earn $1 ...

The Arrow actress stars as real-life pro wrestler Mildred ... true story of Burke and adapted from Jeff Leen's 2009 novel of the same name, the film is set "in a time when pro wrestling for ...

The movie is set to hit theaters March 7 and centers around Mildred Burke, a woman largely forgotten by society who truly started women's wrestling in America.

"I had never heard of Mildred Burke but I read the book and became enchanted by her story and the history of the Golden Era of women's wrestling, which even as a pro wrestling fan I was not aware ...