THE QUEENS OF WRESTLING
They can and could be extremely brutal. They are muscular. They are sensually and physically expressive. Some of them are mothers, good mothers. Others are hustlers. But they all meet in the ring and try to kick ass and outsmart each other. Some have authored books, taught in universities and became spokeswomen. Others, faded in total obscurity. Some made millions by endorsing products, pausing for magazines, wrestling and doing the whole nine yards. Others are still penniless and struggling. Their life is not only tough in the arena. It is sometimes tougher outside the ring. Some are classy and gorgeous. Others below average and red neck. Some drive Ferraris and Jaguars in Palm Beach and Beverly Hills. Others drive truck and pickups with an expired license in Alabama and Mississippi. Some are messy. Others very organized.
Photo, right: Cyndi Lauper, a former
professional wrestler and wrestling manager.
Female
and male professional wrestling in America is a multi billion Dollars
industry-empire with annual proceeds and profits that exceed all the
revenues, earnings, proceeds, income, royalties, wages and commissions of
Julia Roberts, Opra Wimphrey, David Letterman, Jay Leno, Johnny Carson, Tom
Brokaw, Dan Rather, Robert Di Nero, Al Paccino, Pavarotti, Cher, Madonna,
Dixie Chicks, Michael Jackson, Cameroon Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Magic Jackson,
Kobe Bryant, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barbra Streisand combined together!
Thanks to the genius of one man: Vince MacMahon, the modern godfather of
American professional wrestling in general and to the gorgeous and
outrageous American female wrestlers, divas of the ring.
Photo:
Caryn Mower, American professional wrestler, model, stuntwoman, actress,
lecturer, you name it!
No
one in the history of entertainment and showbiz made more money than the
stars (males and females) of American wrestling. All the money Clark Gable,
James Cagney, Robert Taylor, Johnny Wayne, Elizabeth Taylor, Erol Flynn,
Rita Hayworth, Liberace, Elton John, Judy Garland, Maria Callas, Caruso, Al
Johnson, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley… all the money those superstars made
in their lifetime are a drop in the bucket when you compare it to the big
time “real” money professional wrestling generates annually in America. So,
don’t assume that professional women’s wrestling is a vanity fair or a
comedy. It is among the world’s biggest shows and most watched mass
entertainment production-display in 169 countries. Those ladies are the
divas of the ring. The divas of the biggest show on earth. They are the
sublime mistresses of showmanship; queens of the tragicomic sport
transvestia, perfect actresses of the human comedia, outrageous and
talkative announcers, ring announcers extraordinaire, mistresses of
ceremonies, leather, techno, hi fi, ultra modern half psychodellico-half
mind twisted futuristic moda human runways mannequins, priestesses of pain,
fantastic performers at an acrobatic and monumental esthetics…they glitter,
they attack with lightening force and speed, they are well built with a lot
of steel muscles and tanned sparkling flesh to show. In short, they are
real artists and world class performers, whether you like it or not.
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