Grit & Glitter

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)

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.

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.

Baby Likes It When It Hurts Like That

Harley & Lindsay celebrate the 10th anniversary of Lucha Underground by re-watching the first episode from October 29, 2014!
They discuss Prince Puma vs. Johnny Mundo, the incredible Dario Cueto, the vibes of the Temple, their use of intergender wrestling, and Robert Rodriguez's influence on the aesthetic.

The TNA Draft

Harley, Em, and Mayydayy are joined by guest Sienna Chanel for the TNA draft!
22 years of TNA women are up for grabs as they take turns drafting Knockouts in categories like Gold Standard, Dynamic Duos, and Surprise Return.  Who were the #1 draft picks?  Whose roster is the strongest?  And which show are you watching?

Holding Out For A Hero (w/ Stevie Brooks)

Harley asks 20 Questions to New Jersey up-and-coming wrestler Stevie Brooks!
She talks training at the Monster Factory, wrestling in front of her family, meeting Lisa Marie Varon, gauntlet matches, and her fear of birds.

Call Me Hot, Not Pretty

Em and Harley are joined by forever Glitterati member Val Quartz and first-time guest Moni Garcia to debate a hot button topic of our era: AEW wrestlers as Chappell Roan songs.
They go through the entire Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess album track by track to discuss who's a femininomenom, who's been naked in Manhattan, whose kink is watching you ruin your life, and which men are probably guilty of wearing fugly jeans.

You Can Hide Your Love Forever

On the season 12 finale, Harley and Em convince three wrestling fans to watch weekly television from a promotion they normally don't.  TNA fan Mayydayy watched NXT, WWE fan Tom Stoup watched AEW Dynamite, and AEW fan Adriana watched TNA.  What did they think?  Will they watch again?  And what were their first impressions of the respective women's divisions?
Plus: Dear Ziggy with Ziggy Haim on wearing glasses and adjusting to change.

666 With A Princess Streak (w/ Billy Dixon, Rosie Fingers, & Milhouse Malott)

Harley and Em talk to Billy Dixon (Paris Is Bumping, For The Culture), Rosie Fingers (Full Queer), and Milhouse Malott (PrideStyle) about creating queer-centric wrestling shows, finding new wrestling fans, and what we can do to help ensure the continued success of more queer and diverse shows in our own cities.