{"id":31314,"date":"2025-06-18T16:37:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T21:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/?p=31314"},"modified":"2025-06-18T16:38:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T21:38:34","slug":"the-queen-of-the-ring-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/the-queen-of-the-ring-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Queen Of The Ring Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"31314\" class=\"elementor elementor-31314\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f56a50 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"9f56a50\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36e95be\" data-id=\"36e95be\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bece39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9bece39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I saw the movie Queen Of The Ring and enjoyed it, but it made me want to read the book about it.<\/p><p>Called Queen Of The Ring:\u00a0 Sex, Muscles, Diamonds, and the Making of an American Legend (released in 2009, author Jeff Leen went into a lot more detail about the life and times of wrestler Mildred Burke.<\/p><p>This book talks about how Burke got into wrestling and her relationship with her manager Billy Wolfe, both good and bad.<\/p><p>It talks about various wrestlers Burke faced and knew over the years, holding the women&#8217;s championship for many years, eventually getting away from Wolfe and training wrestlers, and so much more.<\/p><p>The movie is very good, but as usual, books cover a lot more, and this book is no different.<\/p><p>I highly recommend it.\u00a0 Even if you are not a wrestling fan, that&#8217;s OK.\u00a0 This is a book about a person who wanted to achieve something and she achieved more than she could have ever imagined.<\/p><p>Seek out this book.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-290da6e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no 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