In 2011, Heather Bandenburg moved to London with a degree in Gender Studies and a job in a call centre. While dealing with crippling anxiety and zero-hours contracts, she stumbled on Lucha Britannia, a group of wrestlers who train and perform under a railway arch in East London. Despite knowing nothing about wrestling and an almost heroic aversion to exercise, Heather had finally discovered something that she was good at.
Six years later, she'd made a name for herself as La Rana Venenosa - the Queen of the Sewer, performing in London, and acting as a referee for two other leading UK women's promotions. Since then, her writing on women's wrestling has been featured in the Guardian, DIVA and the Independent; and she has contributed to articles in Vanity Fair and a variety of TV and radio shorts.