April 25, 2009

Rival Angels Webcomic Blurs Reality/Kayfabe Lines

Reality TV meets women's wrestling in a webcomic about a girls-only mega promotion.

Rival Angels, the name of the comic and its fictional WWE-like wrestling federation, centres around rookie Sabrina "Ultragirl" Mancini and her three roommates as they try to climb the pro ranks. It is a mix of storyline and kayfabe, for the wrestlers actually compete to win in the ring, and yet at the same time, the owner of the federation talks about who she wants to "push."

"The story lines of pro wrestling but the reality of, for example, mixed martial arts," explained creator and artist Alan Evans. "The description I like to use is, 'Reality TV meets women's wrestling.'...More?

source: slam wrestling

Rival Angels website

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