Grit & Glitter

Kisses And Love Won't Carry Me (w/ Kings Of The District)

Harley flew from Toronto to Pittsburgh to join Glitterati members Em, Laz, and Don in attending Enjoy Wrestling's Dearly Beloved!
Harley and Em talk his weekend in Pittsburgh and spoiler-free thoughts on DARK Sheik presiding over the wedding of Billy Dixon and Sonny Kiss, MV Young vs. Jack Pollock in career vs. career, and more.
Plus: Harley sits down with Jordan Blade and Eel O'Neal to discuss intergender wrestling, what makes them so unique, and why now was the right time for the Best Business Bureau to reform.

Take The Time, Do It Right (w/ Elle Valentine)

Harley's back with another round of 20 Questions and this time he's joined by “The Nϋ Thing” Elle Valentine!
She discusses life in Boston, starting out with BLOWW, The Substance, career highs and lows, what her family thinks of her being a wrestler, and meeting Gangrel.

Loud Bark, Deep Bite (w/ Ray Lyn & Kayla Carroll)

It's the season 14 premiere and we're (finally) talking about customs matches!
Em finally chases down a dream as she gets Ray Lyn and Kayla Carroll to sit down and talk about the stigma and misconceptions around customs.  They discuss working for New England Female Wrestling, the opportunities customs afford, networking, and the sisterhood of wrestling.  And, yes, Ray's got some stories about the bad apples in the bunch as well.

Women's Wrestling Entertainment ep. 9 - "World Championship Women"

Women's Wrestling Entertainment is a G&G Patreon podcast where Harley Vasquez, Em Fear, and Meg James chronicle the history of women in WWE, WCW, and ECW in chronological order.
Ahead of our upcoming 24th episode, featuring the introduction of the WCW Women's Championship, we throw back this week to our 9th episode, chronicling the early days of WCW and women like Misty Blue, Bambi, Madusa, and Missy Hyatt!
 
WATCH LIST
Dusty Rhodes, Magnum T.A., & Baby Doll vs. The Midnight Express & Jim Cornette in a steel cage match
NWA The Great American Bash (7/5/86)
 
“highlights of the Sunshine/Precious rivalry”
WCCW (5/5/84)
 
David Crockett interviews Misty Blue; Misty Blue vs. Linda Dallas
NWA World Championship Wrestling (2/28/87)
 
NWA U.S. Women’s Champion Misty Blue vs. Kat LeRoux
NWA World Championship Wrestling (7/11/87)
 
Misty Blue & Heidi Lee Morgan vs. Kat LeRoux & Linda Dallas
NWA World Championship Wrestling (12/24/88)
 
Misty Blue, Heidi Lee Morgan, & Zula vs. Kat LeRoux, Linda Dallas, & Mad Dog Debbie
NWA World Championship Wrestling (12/31/88)
 
"Missy Hyatt goes shopping"
WCW Clash Of The Champions 8 (9/12/89)
 
"Robin Green explains her actions"
WCW Saturday Night (9/30/89)
 
LPWA Women’s Champion Susan Sexton vs. Bambi
WCW Clash Of The Champions 12 (9/5/90)
 
"The York Foundation adds a new member"
WCW Clash Of The Champions 15 (6/12/91)
 
Miss A & Miki Handa vs. Mami Kitamura & Itsuki Yamazaki
WCW WrestleWar (2/24/91)
 
Missy Hyatt vs. “The Psycho Yuppie” Paul E. Dangerously in an arm-wrestling contest
WCW Clash Of The Champions 14 (1/30/91)
 
Missy Hyatt vs. Madusa in a pageant contest
WCW Beach Blast (6/20/92)
 
Madusa vs. Paul E. Dangerously w/Michael Hayes
WCW Clash Of The Champions 21 (11/18/92)

Stupid Cupid, Stop Picking On Me

On the season 13 finale, love is in the air because it's time for Valentine's Vavoc!  We redecorated our Halloween wheel and turned it into a shimmering circle of love, romance, and sexiness.  Harley, Em, Val Pancakes, and Lindsay take turns spinning for options like unwrapped, bound by love, boy/girl party, and holy matrimony.  Which match types will they get?  And how much time will they spend talking about their taxes?
 
WATCH LIST
The Terror Twins (Damian Priest & Rhea Ripley) vs. The Judgment Day (Dominik Mysterio & Liv Morgan)
WWE Bash In Berlin  (August 31, 2024)
Peacock
 
Victoria vs. Molly Holly, title vs. hair for the WWE Women’s Championship
WWE WrestleMania XX  (March 14, 2004)
YouTube
 
TNA Knockouts Championship #1 Contender Battle Royal
TNA Impact!  (February 6, 2025)
YouTube
 
Kimber Lee vs. Masha Slamovich
Beyond Fête Forever  (December 5, 2021)
IWTV

The Swamp Ruler

The Glitterati check in for our court-mandated, once-a-year WWE coverage as we break down the 2025 women's Royal Rumble!
We talk Charlotte Flair winning, Roxanne Perez setting records, where Jordynne Grace goes from here, the WWE/TNA partnership, and potential WrestleMania matches.

Shadow, Take Me Down (w/ Rufi Thorpe)

Em and Harley talk to author Rufi Thorpe about her latest novel, Margo's Got Money Troubles, in which a struggling single mom turns to OnlyFans with the advice of her retired pro wrestler father.  Soon to be an 8-episode TV series from Apple TV, A24, and David E. Kelley starring Elle Fanning, Nick Offerman, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Nicole Kidman.
Plus: Dear Ziggy with Ziggy Haim on how David Lynch and Twin Peaks influenced her aesthetic and style as a wrestler.

Wicked In The West (w/ B3CCA)

It's the return of 20 Questions as Harley sits down with international pop star/professional wrestler B3CCA.
She dishes on her current fixations, greatest fears, the worst moments of her career, and how she spoils herself.  And we play her latest single, "Best In Da West."  (By the way, you're fired, Producer Steve.)

It's Enough (To Make A Girl Blush)

Em and Don check in with the riot grrrls of wrestling for Pro Wrestling Eve's Wrestle Queendom VII!
Eve Champion Nina Samuels and Eve International Champion Yuu both defend their titles in the one-night She-1 tournament against Alex Windsor, Rayne Leverkusen, Emersyn Jayne, Millie McKenzie, and Safire Reed.  Plus: new tag champs, Debbie Keitel has lost her smile, and a big name announced for February's Multiverse Rumble.

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.