Competition: ‘The Queen of the Ring’ Mildred Burke Biography

We are giving away a copy of the new biography about Mildred Burke — ‘The Queen of the Ring: Sex, Muscles, Diamonds and the Making of an American Legend‘. Burke is considered one of the founding mothers of women’s wrestling in North America; active between 1935 and 1955, she is a former NWA World Women’s Champion and is recognised as the first ever WWWA World Heavyweight Champion which was held nearly 50 years later by one Awesome Kong.

Burke was posthumously inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2002, after passing away in 1989 and was also inducted in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996.

Her personal life was just as notable as her wrestling career, it’s safe to say Burke, real name Mildred Bliss, lived a fascinating life. A quick look at her Wikipedia page should give you some background on that.

For details on how to win a copy of the book, follow the cut:

For your chance to win ‘The Queen of the Ring’ book, simply answer the following question:

Which former WWE Women’s Champion did Mildred Burke train?
A) The Fabulous Moolah
B) Bull Nakano
C) Bertha Faye

Send us an e-mail to divadirt@gmail.com with a subject line of ‘Mildred Burke Competition‘ and the following in the body:

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Deadline: Saturday, August 15th at 23:59pm UK.

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