Grit & Glitter

Crucify The Insincere

Harley, Em, and Meg kick off 2025 with our annual wrestlutions!
First, we check in on last year's New Year's resolutions to see where we succeeded and where we fell short.  Then, we make some goals for the year to come including wrestling watching, podcast plans, and thinking ahead about our impending 300th episode.

The Glitter Bombs VI

It's the sixth annual Glitter Bombs, our year-end award show honoring the best in women's wrestling!
Harley, Em, and the rest of The Glitterati are joined by a surplus of special guests to reveal your picks.  Effy hosts!  Edith Surreal is presented with our inaugural Flowers award!  Who was your favorite wrestler of 2024?  What was your match of the year?  Find out on an emotional, surprise-filled edition of The Glitter Bombs.

I Don't Behave: The Life & Career Of Edith Surreal (w/ DARK Sheik)

Harley & Em present the tenth installment in G&G series "Living Legends."  With this series, we strive to present a definitive look at the lives and careers of some of your favorite active independent wrestlers.  Where did they come from?  How did they get to where they are today?  And why are they so beloved?
This time they are joined by the legendary DARK Sheik to cover Edith Surreal!  From watching ECW at a farmer's market as a child to becoming a living work of art, through Chikara, Camp Leapfrog, and Enjoy, wrestling Masha Slamovich in the snow, and winning the Cassandro Cup, this is the story of the Ephemeral Queen.
 
Our playlist for this episode:
Still Life With Apricots And Pears vs. Penelope Ford
Chikara National Pro Wrestling Day (2/10/2019), IWTV
 
Still Life With Apricots And Pears vs. BLANK
Chikara King Of Trios (10/5/2019), IWTV
 
Still Life With Apricots And Pears vs. DARK Sheik
GCW Effy’s Big Gay Brunch (10/10/2020), Triller
 
Edith Surreal vs. Masha Slamovich in an unsanctioned Soviet deathmatch
Camp Leapfrog Matt Makowski’s Frogsport (4/25/21)
 
Edith Surreal vs. Ziggy Haim – mask vs. hair
Enjoy Night Moves (10/8/2021)

California Über Alles: The Lives & Career Of DARK Sheik

In honor of DARK Sheik topping the 2024 QWI 200, revisit our seventh installment of "Living Legends," the series where we strive to present a definitive look at the lives and careers of some of your favorite active independent wrestlers.  Where did they come from?  How did they get to where they are today?  And why are they so beloved?
Follow us as we trace her journey from wrestling at age 14 as Persian Tiger to being typecast as a Middle Eastern heel, founding Hoodslam, transitioning in a public space, appearing in Superman comics, and starting the Church of Wrestling.
 
Our playlist for this episode:
Sheik Khan Abadi vs. Wild Storm
Big Time Wrestling (10/21/07) 
 
 
The Joker & Harley Quinn vs. Bat Manuela & The Cereal Girl
Hoodslam Femmed Out: Total DIVAstation (2/5/16)
 
DARK Sheik vs. Still Life With Apricots And Pears
GCW Effy’s Big Gay Brunch (10/10/20)
Triller
 
El Chupacabra vs. DARK Sheik for the Golden Gig Championship
Hoodslam Fights Into Dreams (6/3/22)
 
Thrussy vs. Cole Radrick & Brat Pack
GCW Scene Of The Crime (4/22/23)
Triller

Flowing Over 'Til I'm Emptied Out (w/ Shitty Wizard & Pammmmmmmmmmmmy)

Em and Harley return to Boston and check in with the Boston League Of Wicked Wrestlers, talking with Pammmmmmmmmmmmy and Shitty Wizard!
They discuss how they came to BLOWW and found their characters, the philosophies behind the organization, trading in gym mats on bar floors for a professional wrestling ring, and approaching the silly and the stupid with heart and soul.

Gigantic (A Big, Big Love)

With voting now open for The 2024 Glitter Bombs, it's time again for our annual Match Of The Year special!
The Glitterati are joined by friends Missy, Brian, Megan, Zach, Moni, Lizzy, Tess, and Adriana to share their favorite women's matches from this year including Toni Storm vs. Mariah May, Jordynne Grace vs. Masha Slamovich, and a whole lot more.

Used To Be One Of The Rotten Ones

As the 2024 Glitter Bombs approach, Em & HARL3Y take a look at some of the top potential vote-getters in our forthcoming sixth annual year-end awards.
Was Mercedes Moné the top signing of the year, or has Mariah May had a bigger impact?  How does Giulia compare?  Are Damage Ctrl the #1 faction?  Will Renee Paquette ever best Veda Scott?  And can AEW capture Match Of The Year for the first time?

B3CCA With A 3 ‘Cause She’s Cool

Em and Don take a look at the career of our favorite pop star, B3CCA, including her Basic early days in BLOWW, traveling The Road during the pandemic, her music career, and her year-long disappearance and recent return.
 
Our watch list for this episode:
B3CCA vs. Alec Price – fans bring the weapons
Beyond Heavy Lies The Crown (12/31/22)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQdxc7qQo9I
 
Best Hoes vs. Bird Law
Fight Life Still Standing (6/14/23)
Triller
 
Gay Best Friends vs. Miracle Generation for the IWTV tag titles
Beyond Americanrana ’23: Perfect Day (8/13/23)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnveLjWvPy8
 
Y2Kuties vs. The Savage Gnomes
Beyond Pop Culture (11/9/24)
IWTV

What It Feels Like To Be Upside-Down From Here (w/ KZT)

Lindsay welcomes back KZT a.k.a. Karen Tran a.k.a. Exodus!
Karen talks going to art school, moving from Australia to America, getting into wrestling, her time as Exodus in WOW Superheroes, wrestling in Bloodsport, working backstage for NWA and AEW, and the future of her in-ring career.

You Cry, You Learn, You Luh-ose, You Learn

It's Election Day in the USA so Harley turns our attention to Canada, just in case.
He takes a look at the relaunch of Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling and their two-night debut, Forged In Excellence, with a history of the original Maple Leaf Wrestling, thoughts on all the women's matches, and questions about the murkiness around what exactly is the new MLP brand.