This actress, director, writer, pro wrestler is featured in ‘The Other Side of the Ring’

Multitalented Katarina Leigh Waters — Katie Lea Burchill in WWE, Katarina and Winter in Impact Wrestling, Temptress in WOW — is one of four women featured in a gripping and poignant pro wrestling documentary “The Other Side of the Ring,” released globally on digital platforms May 20.

This fascinating film, directed by Jeremy Norrie, showcases four women (Katarina Leigh Waters, Keta Rush (Meggett), Delilah Doom and Shelly Martinez) within the male-dominated world of professional wrestling.

Each one has a unique story to tell in their pursuit to become a professional wrestler, where it has taken them and the journey that continues today.

In my video interview, Waters discusses the documentary, how she got involved in the project, what it means to her and more.

A beautiful woman who can act, write, direct and wrestle, she also talks about getting started in pro wrestling, her acting chops, performing in pro wrestling and performing in movies, acting in the theater, directing films, vampires, being The Temptress in WOW, Lex Luther, good & evil, her four cats, ground-breaking TV series “La Femme Nikita” and more.

Katarina wrestled on the independent circuit, particularly in Britain for the Frontier Wrestling Alliance, using the ring name Nikita, inspired by “La Femme Nikita.”

Katarina was born and raised in West Germany (which later became Germany after reunification). She relocated to England to attend university, where she graduated with honors in earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in film and drama. She is fluent in English and German.

“The Other Side of the Ring,” which runs 81 minutes, is available on Tubi TV, Vimeo on Demand and Google Play, with other platforms to follow.

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This story was originally published May 19, 2021 at 12:10 PM.

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Jim Varsallone writes a high school sports column twice a week, featuring top performers in all varsity sports (boys and girls) in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. He also covers pro wrestling, something he’s done since his college days in the late 1980s. Now in his fifth decade of coverage, he currently follows WWE (Raw, SmackDown and NXT), AEW, Ring of Honor, TNA Impact Wrestling, MLW, WOW, NWA, and the South Florida indies, mainly CCW. He writes MMA, too -- mostly profile stories and video interviews with American Top Team and Sanford MMA fighters in South Florida. As for pro wrestling, he writes feature stories and profile pieces, updates upcoming show schedules in South Florida, photographs the action and interviews talent (audio and video) -- sharing the content here and via social media on his Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channel: jim varsallone (jimmyv3 channel). Support my work with a digital subscription