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Now more than ever, the world needs a good dose of positivity. We here at Cageside Seats will do our small part to bring that positivity on a daily basis. Throughout the entirety of 2017, we’ll say something nice about wrestling and everything around it, past, present, and future.
As a reminder, only positive comments are allowed here. No negative comments, no troll comments, no back-handed compliments. None of that here. You have the rest of the site for that. Any comments that are not in the spirit of this feature will be flagged, deleted, and posters of said comments may be subjected to a ban.
Well, if you have Netflix, today’s a good day, as you can now watch the complete first season of Glow, based on the 1980s all-female fed (and today’s subject), the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. Or... GLOW.
NOTE: This is in reference to the series that ran from 1986-1990. We’ll do the Netflix series GLOW at a later date.
For the many issues it has (and it has many), GLOW could not have worked at any time other than the mid-1980s (for proof, I point to actual successor WOW from 2000 and 2001 and spiritual successor Wrestilicious from 2010).
But it did not pretend to be anything more than what it was, which was a comedy show disguised as a wrestling show. It was cheesy 80s fun.
To quote James Maybury, president of the GLOW Fan Club (no, I wasn’t a member), it “had an energy none of the other wrestling leagues had. It was a moment in time. You were there and understood it, or you missed it. And I feel sorry for you if you missed it.”
But there’s always Youtube. And now the Netflix series. And if you get a chance to check out the documentary, do so. It’s really good.
But seriously... an all-female fed in the 1980s blew your mind, didn’t it? I know it did mine.
Your turn. Say something nice about the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
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