Meet the British wrestling collective with 'queer joy' at its core

Prices at the Pumps - May 8, 2024 #saltwire #pricesatthepumps #gaspricesLONDON - Think fishnet tights, silver hot pants and long false eyelashes, then add in bodies bouncing off ropes and into takedowns which land with bottoms on faces. This is queer wrestling outfit Fist Club.

The group's founders - Daisy Lang, Ash Wilk and Heather Brandenburg - shared a love of wrestling, but wanted a space that was accepting of those not aligned with the conventional image of a wrestler, so they created one. That joy comes as much from the costumes and make-up, incorporating drag and cabaret elements, as it does from the clinches and joint lock moves performed in the ring.

"My identity doesn't fit with the cis-straight man identity of your kind of typical wrestler," said Lang, whose characters include drag king Rocky Rhodes.

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