Product Details

• Actors: Baby Doll, Fabulous Moolah, Joanie "Chyna" Laurer, Gorgeous George, Jasmin St. Claire
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Big Vision
• DVD Release Date: February 19, 2008
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000YNFXUK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,623 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Step outside the ropes and into a world that has to be heard about first hand to believe!

The Glitz and Glamour! The Trials and Tribulations! The Life Of Women Trying To Make It In A "Man’s World"!

Being a woman in the pro wrestling industry is not an easy life. Very few can make it to the big time, and those that do find it a constant struggle to be treated as more than just eye candy. To most of these women, their desire is to be taken as a serious athlete and break through the incredibly low glass ceiling for female performers.

Featuring over a dozen of the most famous females ever The Fabulous Moolah, Mae Young, Talia, April Hunter, Gorgeous George, Joanie "Chyna Doll" Laurer, Ryan Shamrock, Jackie Gayda, Sherri Martell, Tammy "Sunny" Sytch, Missy Hyatt, Francine, Baby Doll, Jasmin St. Claire, and many more! Each woman has her own unique story and take on the business both on their own experiences and that of how the industry treats "the fairer sex" in general.

Hear about how different life was for Moolah and Young who broke in during wrestling’s Golden Era in the 1940s and how these matriarchs of female wrestling feel about the business today. Find out about the struggle to transition from Playboy model to wrestler for April Hunter and how wrestling success translated into Playboy covers for Joanie Laurer. Life as a female inside every major wrestling organization from the WWE to WCW and from ECW to TNA is exposed in this incredible documentary. Are the pressures of drugs and alcohol, love and lust, and insider politics the same for the ladies as they are for men in the business?

PLUS – "Divas, Glitz and Glamour" is packed with bonus features including matches starring the hottest women in independent wrestling today Sara Del Ray (WSX, ROH, Shimmer0, Nikki Roxx (TNA, Shimmer), Cheerleader Melissa (Shimmer, ChickFight), and Mercedes Martinez (Shimmer).

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Documentary, April 5, 2008

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Cactus Jay Foley - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Outside the Ropes Presents: Divas, Glitz and Glamour - The Untold Story of Women (DVD)

The footage with Sunny, Luna, and Moolah/Mae Young is well worth the price of this DVD. The matches included are of varying video quality, with the Luna vs. Alicia hardcore match standing out as the best one included. Another excellent offering from RFVideo/Big Vision.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Closer look at the Lives of Women Wrestlers, March 7, 2008

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Movie Madman (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Outside the Ropes Presents: Divas, Glitz and Glamour - The Untold Story of Women (DVD)

This dvd includes a compilation of interviews taken from the rfvideo vault. From Fabulous Moolah to Chyna to April Hunter, they are all here discussing the good, the bad, and the ugly of the wrestling business. I didn't enjoy this dvd as much as 'Life in the fast Lane", which was the men's wrestling version of this dvd. The bonuses for this dvd weren't additional interviews that had been left out, but 5 women's wrestling matches.

Overall, I thought this dvd was very well done and only wish it had included more bonuses and interviews on the dvd. The On the Road footage with April Hunter and Talia Madison was pretty cool to watch and some of the things Luna said during the dvd showed her heart and committment to the sport. Highly recommended for anyone interested in learning more about what goes on behind the scenes in women's wrestling.