Rick Del Santo’s Classic Wrestling Talk w/GLOW’s Roxy Astor

On this episode of Rick Del Santo’s Classic Wrestling Talk Podcast, Rick welcomes former GLOW Girl Roxy Astor for a fun, honest, and surprisingly heartfelt conversation about her time in the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, how she found her way into the business, what made GLOW so different, and how that wild, campy, colorful wrestling world continues to live on decades later.Roxy talks about growing up in Auburn, Washington, having no real background as a wrestling fan, actress, or athlete, and then discovering GLOW after moving to Los Angeles. She explains that her performance instincts came more from beauty school than acting class, joking that learning how to talk to clients and make them feel great was its own kind of acting training.The heart of the episode is Roxy explaining that she did not come into GLOW as a polished actress or trained wrestler. She simply saw something that looked fun, bold, and different, and decided she wanted to be part of it. Once she got there, the pressure was real: training, bumping, running ropes, building a character, learning raps, and getting ready for television with very little room for error.The conversation also gets into preserving the memory of GLOW. Roxy discusses the documentary, the reunion around Mount Fiji, the AfterGLOW fan party, and her work with Robert Wynn on a play honoring Matilda the Hun, which won Broadway World Awards and served as a promise kept to Matilda during a difficult time.Look, the final stretch of the episode shows who Roxy Astor is beyond wrestling. Her work with animal rescue takes center stage as she talks about fostering dogs, working with Melita’s Dream Rescue, creating Wrestling is for the Dogs, bringing wrestlers and rescue animals together, raising money, and helping dogs find homes. It is a feel-good ending to a conversation that starts in the bright, strange world of GLOW and lands somewhere very real.By the end, this episode is more than a GLOW nostalgia interview. It is a conversation about taking chances, finding your character, keeping memories alive, honoring the women who made GLOW special, and using whatever platform you have now to do something good.Roxy Astor was part of GLOW.But this episode shows there is a whole lot more glow still coming from her today. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★