Grit & Glitter

The AEW Draft

Harley and Em are joined by returning guests Moni Garcia and Zach Funk for the AEW draft!
6 years of elite women are up for grabs as they take turns drafting wrestlers in categories like Gold Standard, Dynamic Duos, and Women Of Honor.  Who were the #1 draft picks?  Whose roster is the strongest?  And which show are you watching?

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On September 5, 2025, beloved Oakland promotion Hoodslam disappeared from the face of the Earth.  The few who lived to walk away that night are reticent to talk about what happened.  But Harley managed to find one survivor to speak on the record.
Over its 15-year history, the ragtag crew of Hoodslammers were preyed on by countless outside forces from aliens and transdimensional demons to evil doppelgangers and fallen angels.  How do they all connect?  What does it all mean?
Whatever happened to Hoodslam?

What Is It About Dust In The Corners?

In the second installment of our new "Glitterati primers" series, Em chooses four matches to get to know her and makes Harley, Lindsay, and long-lost guest Bridget Clark watch them.
 
Her watch list for this episode:
The Fabulous Moolah, Velvet McIntyre, Rockin’ Robin, & The Jumping Bomb Angels vs. Sensational Sherri, Donna Christanello, Dawn Marie, & The Glamour Girls in a Survivor Series match
WWF Survivor Series (11/26/87)
 
Kana vs. Meiko Satomura
Kana Pro Mania (2/25/14)
 
Trish Adora vs. Lee Moriarty for the Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Wrestling Championship
BCP May The Franchise Reign (5/29/21)
 
Alex Windsor vs. Charlie Morgan in a loser leaves Eve fight to the finish match
Eve Wrestle (Wo)mania (4/5/24)

The Sun Will Always Shine On This Palomine

Em, Don, & Val Pancakes chat with Pro Wrestling Illustrated editor Kevin McElvaney about all the women who ranked on the 2025 installment of the PWI 500!
Plus: speculation on who could be the first duo to hold the new AEW women's tag team championship.

Feel Your Pulse At Last

Harley was live at AEW All Out in Toronto and Meg was watching at home!
They discuss merch opportunities, not knowing how they're supposed to feel about Kris Statlander, who could possibly end Mercedes Moné's title run, and whether Beth Phoenix is here to stay.  Plus: Harley explains what tailgating is to our Welsh correspondent.

Hounds Of Love Are Hunting Me (w/ Brie Montoya)

It's the sixth anniversary of G&G and the debut of a new segment we're calling "Glitterati primers"!  On this edition, Harley chooses four matches to get to know him and makes Em, Lindsay, and returning guest Brie Montoya watch them.
 
His watch list for this episode:
Marlena vs. Sunny in an arm-wrestling match
WWF Monday Night Raw (2/24/97)
 
Momo Watanabe vs. Jungle Kyona for the Wonder Of Stardom Championship
Stardom Stardom World In Nagoya (3/3/19)
 
LuFisto vs. Allysin Kay vs. Priscilla Kelly vs. Cheerleader Melissa
Shimmer/Rise/Smash/Femmes Fatales The Summit (8/10/19)
 
Masha Slamovich vs. Edith Surreal in an unsanctioned Soviet deathmatch
Camp Leapfrog Matt Makowski’s Frogsport (4/25/21)

All I Needed Was The Love You Gave (w/ Melanie Dahling)

It's the return of 20 Questions as Harley chats with comedian, actress, and wrestling ring announcer Melanie Dahling!
She discusses becoming a wrestling fan as an adult, her love of Jody Threat, Can't Hardly Wait, career highlights, and working with the Toronto Wrestling Club.

Time Is On My Side

Harley is joined by Meg and her partner Jim to discuss AEW Forbidden Door 2025!
Meg & Jim talk being live in attendance in the O2 Arena in London, Toni Storm vs. Athena, the TBS Championship four-way, whether Athena will disappear back to ROH now, and early indicators that the first women's Blood & Guts match may be coming.

It Just Takes One Shot To Kill Me (w/ Kate Meizner of Jobber)

Em and Harley welcome back Kate Meizner, singer and principal songwriter of Brooklyn power pop band Jobber, ahead of the release of their debut album To The Stars!
They discuss wrestling as a metaphor for slave-wage capitalism, wrestling music videos, wrestling as catharsis, and manifest a collab with B3CCA.

Like I Was Just Your Practice (w/ Chakara)

Originally conducted August 17, 2021 for the website Bell To Belles.  Never before heard.  Harley spoke with British wrestler Chakara on the theme of "momentum."
 
"What does a goddess do on her time off?  21-year-old Chakara was taking England by storm in the tail end of 2019 after two standout matches against Big Swole for Riptide Wrestling.  Then a pandemic hit.  For 16 months she was forced to sit on the sidelines and watch the world pass her by.  All the momentum gone, through no fault of her own.  How do you recover?  How do you return into the thick of it?  How does the Golden Goddess find her way back on the track to gold?"