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The film follows the year-long journey of the Boston League of Wicked Wrestlers, a sports entertainment wrestling league created by and for people of marginalized gender and sexual identities. Inside the ring, wrestlers clash and perform bold, consensual athletic feats. Outside the ring, they lead multifaceted lives as artists, parents, athletes, and activists—all while facing the challenges of sustaining a grassroots wrestling league.

The film’s structure is inspired by the classic wrestling match framework, where faces (heroes) take on heels (villains). In the case of the film, the heel is the collection of external challenges that BLOWW faces, like injuries, financial struggles in a gentrifying city, and overall rising political attacks on queer and trans lives in the country. The face is the BLOWW community itself, which comes together to reclaim bodily autonomy, defend queer art, and form a one-of-a-kind, hilarious, empowering collective.

The film’s narrative weaves between the league’s collective odyssey, preparing for three sold-out shows ripe with both pageantry and political commentary, and the individual arcs of select wrestlers outside it. These individual scenes explore how queer wrestling intersects with drag, parenthood, indie pro wrestling, and day jobs, creating a collective portrait of working-class artistry amidst dark and difficult times. Despite occasional injuries, the healing power of this subversive community keeps wrestlers and fans coming back for more.