THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RING Review: A Tale Of Brutal Spills And Alluring Thrills That Know No Gender

Documentary filmmaker Jeremy Norrie’s latest piece of work, The Other Side Of The Ring, begins in just the way that you’d hope if you were anyone who loves wrestling: An opening shot of Keta Meggett (a.k.a. Keta Rush) throwing a Hurricanrana to a roaring crowd of WOW wrestling fans. Meggett is one of four subjects introduced in the documentary, spotlighting the seperate lives and trajectories taken by several woman who’ve each had their own moments of inspiration driving them to become professional wrestlers. Such include Katrina Waters who began her wrestling career London, whereas the bubbly Sarah Jean Greaves who launched her career in 2014, and we also meet retired wrestler Shelly Martinez who grew up around wrestling in her family and debuted in 2000. Each interviewee dives into their own motivations for getting into the profession, respectively pointing to things from certain staples like legendary WWF/WWE prospect, Chyna and […]

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