Grit & Glitter

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.

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.