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Sheri Whitlow

2014-01-12T17:51:47Z

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Sheri Whitlow was the queen of 8mm film amateur wrestling in the first half of the 1970s. Judell Dulong, who never wrestled Sheri, even though there was an offer from the Dulong camp for a match, overtook her in popularity, most likely due to her ability and the authenticity of her matches. Sheri was no slouch. She did wrestle competitively, but most of that was done privately. One of her competitive matches was her rematch with Kathy Patronis, possibly the top girl on the underground wrestling circuit when Sheri beat her in 1970. Sheri also had a number of mixed matches, wrestling Dave to a 1-1 draw for Milco, beating a different Dave twice for Triumph, and conquering Ric for Triumph as well. Her best hold was her scissors, and unlike some of the other 70s girls who looked more like models than wrestlers, Sheri was not afraid to mix it up with the kind of mat wrestling that was more the exception than the norm. But Sheri's primary appeal was her beauty. To this day she remains as beautiful as any girl in the wrestling business. She made films for Milco, California Supreme, which has a 90-minute video of most of her matches for the company in the late-60s and 70s), Triumph Studios, and Sundance Studios. Sheri also tried to start her own wrestling company and even sent hand-written notes to fans, but the venture never really got off the ground. But she is an iconic figure in the history of amateur female wrestling, a lady many of us who were around then still have on a pedestal.

[[Sheri conquers Dave]]

[[Sheri pins Phil]]

[[Legendary Sheri vs Kathy match]]

Sheri Whitlow

2014-01-12T17:49:29Z

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Belgian Fighting Women

2012-01-19T05:11:57Z

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| name = Belgian Fighting Women
| image = Belgian Fighting Women.jpg
| caption = Belgian fighting women lined up before a tournament.
| location = Brussels, Belgium
| years_active = 1998 - 2005
| website =
}}

Belgian Fighting Women was female submission wrestling club and video production company founded in 1998 and operating in Brussels, Belgium. It stopped functioning in 2005.

== Notable Wrestlers ==

Submission wrestlers who have either started their careers at Belgian Fighting Women or been an integral part of the company include the following:

[[Anita]], [[Nadia]], [[Linda]], [[Fatou]], [[Doris]], [[Steffi]], [[Cathy]], [[France Hudon]].

Mildred Burke

2012-01-19T05:09:36Z

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| name = Mildred Burke
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| birth_name = Mildred Bliss
| birth_date = August 5, 1915
| birth_place = New Mexico
| death_date = February 18,1989
| death_place = Northridge Ca.
| death_cause = Stroke
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| nationality = USA
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| wrestles_for_1 = Billy Wolfe
| wrestles_for_2 = NWA
| wrestles_for_3 = WWWE
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| years_active = 1935-1960s
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| mix_wins = 200+
| mix_losses = 3
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Mildred Burke was one of the pioneers of modern women's wrestling. She began her career wrestling for promoter Billy Wolfe in circus and carnival side shows (wrestling all comers, and defeating over 200 men in the process), became the women's pro champion three times, and ended her career by operating Millie's Gym, an early source for training female wrestlers and producing 8mm female wrestling films.

While Mildred was a pro and not strictly a submission wrestler as the term is conceived today, she was the inspiration for many women in the sport and opened the doors to wrestling for numerous women, including Judell Dulong and Roselyn Royce, who went on to make their own niche by founding wrestling companies of their own. She was a true trailblazer for women's wrestling, submission or otherwise, and without her pioneering work, the field would not be what it is today. Mildred could very well be considered the grandmother or maybe godmother of modern female wrestling.