ous ▁Lad ies ▁of ▁Wrestling ▁( ab bre vi ated ▁G . L . O . W . ▁or ▁G LOW ), ▁a ▁women ' s ▁wrest ling ▁promotion . ▁G LOW ▁st aged ▁live ▁events ▁that ▁were ▁fil med ▁and ▁then ▁shown ▁on ▁American ▁television ▁for ▁four ▁seasons ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁The ▁document ary ▁includes ▁foot age ▁from ▁the ▁TV ▁series , ▁combined ▁with ▁then - re cent ▁inter views ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁participants . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁directed ▁by ▁Bre tt ▁Whit comb ▁and ▁written ▁by ▁Brad ford ▁Thom ason . ▁It ▁premier ed ▁on ▁April ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁at ▁the ▁Hot ▁D ocs ▁Canadian ▁International ▁Document ary ▁Festival . ▁ ▁It ▁won ▁the ▁Best ▁Document ary ▁award ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁San ▁Diego ▁Com ic - Con ▁film ▁festival . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁DVD ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁on ▁March ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁It ▁became ▁available ▁for ▁streaming ▁on ▁Net fli x ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁Syn opsis ▁▁ ▁G orge ous ▁Lad ies ▁of ▁Wrestling ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁women ' s ▁professional ▁wrest ling ▁TV ▁show . ▁It ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁David ▁Mc L ane ▁and ▁directed ▁by ▁Matt ▁C im ber . ▁M ando ▁Gu err ero ▁trained ▁the ▁wrest lers , ▁most ▁of ▁whom ▁were ▁asp iring ▁actors ▁and ▁models ▁with