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It's cool to hear of academic papers being written about wrestling. There aren't a lot of them, especially in academic journals. I once wrote a paper in my communications class entitled: "Pro Wrestling as an Empowering Text for the Working Class", built around the notion that on TV most scripted shows generally focus on upward mobility and middle class families, and how in wrestling if you're rich, you're generally an asshole/bad guy (Ted DiBiase, McMahon).
Anyway, here's a link to the trailer for a documentary based on these cholita wrestlers, called Mamachas Del Ring:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8CbhUww3hU
And here's an article about the documentary:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cynthia-ellis/imamachas-del-ringi-a-wre_b_661417.html
I saw the documentary on the Indie Crush channel on Roku for free. So you have Roku, definitely check it out. Hope it helps.
Don't know how extensive your paper is , but this book is also worth looking into: Steel Chair to the Head. It's a collection of essays focusing on different cultural aspects associated with wrestling.
http://www.amazon.com/Steel-Chair-Head-Professional-Wrestling/dp/0822334380
Good luck!
I assume you know about Steel Chair to the Head?
https://www.amazon.com/Steel-Chair-Head-Professional-Wrestling/dp/0822334380
If not, that will definitely be useful for any professional wrestling writing you do.
As a start, I'd recommend having a read of Steel Chair to the Head and Performance and Professional Wrestling. They're both books full of academic writing about wrestling. There's a really pertinent essay by Sharon Mazer in Steel Chair that you could use as a foundation for your argument, and then have a look at what she's cited in her references and who else has cited her online to help branch your research out from there.
Also, I did my dissertation on wrestling last year, so if you need a hand at all, drop me a line.
I did mine about pro wrestling and Shakespeare.
This book was quite useful:
https://www.amazon.com/Steel-Chair-Head-Professional-Wrestling/dp/0822334380
Steel Chair to the Head
Published by Duke University Press. Has an article by Henry Jenkins, who was at MIT for years, among others.
Steel Chair to the Head: The Pleasure and Pain of Professional Wrestling is a collection of amazingly insightful media studies essays of wrestling as a cultural form, and actually treats it seriously and respectfully.