WOW, a New Women’s Wrestling Show With a Heavy Dose of Empowerment
On a new television show, a character named the Beast hoists her opponents onto her shoulders before slamming their backs to the canvas in a signature move called a power bomb. Outside the ring, the Beast is Twana Barnett. She works as an emergency medical technician and Covid compliance officer. Local television stations, reeling in their fight against online entertainment, are now tagging the Beast and her colleagues into the ring. They’re the stars of a syndicated weekend program called “WOW—Women Of Wrestling”…