GLOW Review: 7 Ups And 2 Downs

5. The Actual Wrestling

A lot of the show focuses on the lives of the women outside of the ring, with GLOW initially serving as what brings them together.

The series could quite easily have put the wrestling in the background, or taken the approach that it's just something dumb and turned it into a slight mocking of the industry.

It does poke fun at the business, and the characters themselves call out the perceived stupidity of wrestling. But GLOW and its writers do a great job of presenting both sides of that argument. "It's a soap opera," one character says. "It's an art," says another.

The wrestling is camp, but it's also taken with a real degree of seriousness. The cast have clearly put in the work in-ring, and it pays off. It largely sticks to simple moves, but they're well-executed and, given they're amateurs, wholly believable.

You don't have to be a wrestling fan to enjoy the series, and if you're not there's plenty else to enjoy, and still a lot of fun and drama with the in-ring action. If you are a fan, then there's an added dimension: by the end of the series the matches are exciting to watch, and there's a host of cameos to have fun spotting.