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Mildred Burke (August 5, 1915 – February 18, 1989) was an American professional wrestler. She is overall a three-time women's world champion under different incarnations and recognitions. Burke's heyday lasted from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s, when she held the NWA World Women's Champion for almost twenty years.
Due to her victory, Burke was recognized as the inaugural NWA champion in 1950. [5] 2 June Byers: August 20, 1954: Live event: Atlanta, GA: 2 [Note 1] Byers wrestled Mildred Burke for the NWA World Women's Championship in a two out of three falls match. The commission stopped the match between Burke and Byers at the end of the second fall ...
DeAlva Eyvonnie Sibley (May 25, 1922 – July 20, 1998), better known by her ring name June Byers, was an American women's professional wrestler famous in the 1950s and early 1960s. She held the Women's World Championship for ten years and is a member of the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame .
June Byers: August 20, 1954: House show: Atlanta, GA: 1 2563 Byers defeated Mildred Burke for the NWA World Women's Championship and continues to be recognized by AWA after it splits from NWA in 1960. [1] 2 Penny Banner: August 26, 1961: House show: Angola, IN: 1 493: AWA ceased to recognize June Byers as women's
Mildred Burke: April, 1937 N/A N/A 2 [5] 6 June Byers: April 14, 1953 N/A Baltimore, MD: 1 Byers won a 13-woman tournament to win the vacant championship. [9] — Deactivated 1954 — — — — Byers and Burke wrestled a two out of three falls match in 1954. The bout went to a no contest.
Wrestler Mildred Burke, whose life the film is based on. The film is written and directed by Ash Avildsen, inspired by the 2010 book The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend by Jeff Leen, and Burke's own manuscripts. [1] Jim Ross is executive producer on the film. Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins of ...
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Women's wrestling has maintained a recognized world champion since 1937, when Mildred Burke won the original World Women's title. [4] She then formed the World Women's Wrestling Association in the early 1950s and recognized herself as the first champion, although the championship would be vacated upon her retirement in 1956.