The costumes were flamboyant, Liberace style. ... This was Sukeban, a new women’s wrestling league featuring Japanese performers — the first of its kind in the United States.

The wrestling league, which is planning a fight night in Miami on Dec. 6, was founded by American and Japanese entrepreneurs heavily into Joshi, the term for Japanese female wrestling.

The women's wrestling league in Japan is way more intense than WWE. ... Stardom consists of real, full-on body slams, kicks, and bright, colorful costumes.

The new Netflix series GLOW, which stars Alison Brie, drew its inspiration from a real-life women's wrestling TV program in the 1980s. ... For years, they got to wear outlandish costumes, ...

A group of young women is turning wrestling conventions upside down. Sure, they arrive with loud mouth managers, and big entourages, and costumes, like you’d expect. But when they take the stage ...

'GLOW' creators and star Alison Brie open up about recreating the golden age of female-wrestling TV – and why it's a female-empowerment touchstone.

Respect Women’s Wrestling. Professional women’s wrestling matches, 6 and 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at The Oriental Theater, 4335 W. 44th Ave. Tickets: $15. Ages 21 and up. 720-420-0030 or ...

While the WWE's Wrestle Mania involves a lot of violent action, Stardom consists of real, full-on body slams, kicks, and bright, colorful costumes. Japanese women's professional wrestling is an ...