Women's wrestling was at one time an anomaly and not taken too seriously. In fact there are several exploitation films made about it including "Pin Down Girls" from 1951.
I have always been a huge fan of females in the ring and man have things changed thru the years. This show opens with Mildred Burke taking on Mae Weston. I have no date on the match, but I believe it's from the 1940's. Burke held the Women's Wrestling Title for an astounding 18 years!!!
We then get to see June Buyers going against Betty Hawkins from the 1950's, and these women don't play around. Pretty interesting stuff. Debbie Combs takes on Donna Day in a very low key, but nonetheless classic confrontation. Donna made a great heel!!
We then get introduced to a tag team match between Barbara Ovens and The Masked Beauty vs. Beverly Shane and Bonnie Steele. I think The Masked Beauty was the only masked female wrestler I have ever seen, unless my mind is forgetting someone. It makes the match unique indeed.
The next match was rare for back in the day, and it still is since wrestling has become PC. It's a mixed tag team match between Kay Kasey and Ali Baba vs. Sheila Reeves and Jim Wilson. It's really gets out of hand and Baba is always attacking Reeves which really gets the crowd angry. He seems to be a very good heel.
We travel to the great state of Texas for Sherri Martel Vs. Judy Martin and you can really see that Sherri had greater things lying ahead for her in the wrestling world.
The final match is Sherri Martel going against Candy Divine and it's an entertaining match. As I said, women's wrestling has changed a LOT over the years and this show gives you an excellent look at how it all began.
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