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 immersing herself in its history and transforming her body for the role, she came away from the project with a newfound appreciation for the sport.

AEW TBS Champion Mercedes Mone recounts her experience at the Los Angeles red carpet premiere for "Queen of the Ring."

Queen of the Ring is now officially in theaters and the story of Mildred Burke is finally mainstream. At the end of the day, that reality was the goal for direc

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

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.

O ver the years, the best wrestling movies have featured real-life wrestlers getting in on the action. And that’s the case for Queen of the Ring, a new biographical drama about