Most ardent wrestling fans have at the very least heard the name Mildred Burke, even if they are not intimately familiar with her rise to fame in the 1930's, 40's and 50's. Many casual members of the ...

Emily Bett Rickards’ latest movie, The Queen of the Ring, has become one of the most talked-about films in the realm of professional wrestling. It is a film is a biography of wrestling legend Mildred ...

MILDRED — She's a Navarro native and a child of Corsicana, and she enters her professional career as a legacy with the kind of pedigree athletic programs can only dream about. And that's just the tip ...

The post Emily Bett Rickards and Ash Avildsen on Bringing Wrestling Pioneer Mildred Burke to Life in Queen of the Ring: Podcast appeared first on Consequence. Taking place from the 1930s to the 1950s, ...

“I can’t sing and I can’t dance,” Mildred Burke tells her future manager, husband, business partner (and later ex-husband and rival) Billy Wolfe. “But I can tell a story and beat some ass.” What a ...

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 ...

Queen of the Ring tells the story of Mildred Burke, a pioneer in women's professional wrestling. Emily Bett Rickards plays Burke, with a supporting cast featuring Josh Lucas, Tyler Posey, and Walton ...

Spoiler alert! We're discussing the ending of the sports biopic "Queen of the Ring" (in theaters now), so beware if you want to go in cold. Google Mildred Burke and you’ll find vintage pictures of the ...

Emily Bett Rickards as Mildred Burke in her white leotard in the wrestling ring in Queen of the Ring Image via Sumerian Pictures I'm usually not the biggest of biopic fans. More often than not, they ...

When she first stepped into the ring in the 1930s, Mildred Burke became one of the very first professional women wrestlers. Director Ash Avildsen's new film The Queen of The Ring explores the rise of ...