The "Arrow" star breaks down how she trained to play wrestling trailblazer Mildred Burke in the biopic.Emily Bett Rickards knew very little about professional wrestling before signing on to play one of its most important female trailblazers,
"Queen of the Ring" star Damaris Lewis broke kayfabe as she told the crowd at AEW Revolution that wrestling matches were predetermined.
Josh Lucas, Francesca Eastwood and Deborah Ann Wohl co-star in an arch and inspiring film about athlete Mildred Burke.
Writing in her Mone Mag, Mercedes Mone said she was approached to be part of the project, but was sidelined with an injury. Before AEW Revolution, I made my way to LA for the red
AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Mone recounts her experience at the Los Angeles red carpet premiere for "Queen of the Ring."
Mercedes Mone nearly had a role in the Queen of the Ring film on the life of Mildred Burke. In her Mone Mag newsletter, Mone said that she was approached about
Emily Bett Rickards plays the title role in “Queen of the Ring,” based on the true story of Mildred Burke, the pioneering wrestler who began her “not fixed, scripted” fights when women were still banned from wrestling in every state. She became a world champion and the first woman athlete to earn $1 million.
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.