Grit & Glitter

Science Is Golden

The HarEm is back together with Harley and Em reunited to discuss Wrestlers' Lab 7 Years Of Science and Uncanny Attractions Drags & Dropkicks 3 including Heel O'Neal, the Chikara effect, The WOAD's unbreakable rear end, Billy Dixon's heel turn press release, and Edith Surreal risking her shot at capturing the Glitter Bomb for Favorite Wrestler for the third year in a row.

Stomaching A Good Thing (w/ Rozie The Ref & Nix Wilde)

Em and Don chat with fellow yinzers Nix Wilde and Rozie The Ref about their involvement with MV Young's two burgeoning Pittsburgh foundations: 880 Wrestling and the T2T Wrestling Academy.

Sink My Teeth Into Honeycomb

Harley, Don, and the returning Val Quartz talk the women's action that was and wasn't at WWE SummerSlam 2023.
They discuss Ronda and Shayna's makeup choices, the triple threat for a women's championship, Iyo Sky cashing in Money In The Bank, how long Iyo will hold onto the title for, how long until Bayley turns on her, Becky Lynch vs. Trish Stratus getting struck from the card, and Rhea Ripley spending more time valeting for men than wrestling.

There’s More Than One Answer To These Questions (w/ Gina Femia)

Em chats with award-winning playwright, screen writer, and author Gina Femia about their debut YA novel, the queer teen wrestling title Alondra!
 
Gina talks about their own wrestling fandom, which wrestlers influenced the fictitious wrestlers in their novel, queer and nonbinary representation, and which indie wrestling promotions they love and frequent.

TKO (Hear It On The Radio)

Harley, Em, and Don are talking honor with women main eventing an ROH pay-per-view for the first time ever.  It was Death Before Dishonor with MOTY candidate Athena vs. Willow Nightingale and Leyla Hirsch vs. new Infantry member Trish Adora.  They also talk how flat weekly ROH has been, who's left after Athena's already beaten everybody, and the reinvention of Athena.
Plus: Em and Don were live at Wrestlers' Lab for their seventh anniversary show!

Feed My Magical Soul

Celebrating 21 years of Impact Wrestling, it's Slammiversary!
Harley and Mayydayy discuss Trinity tapping out Deonna Purrazzo to capture her first singles gold in six years, Masha Slamovich & Killer Kelly taking off the dog collar to put on some gold, Jody Threat hanging out with Death Dollz, and Gisele Shaw's embarrassing performance on The Amazing Race Canada.  We are bound for Bound For Glory and it all starts here.

Will You Swing Up To The Sun With Me?

Em and Lindsay discuss the legendary deathmatch wrestling of Megumi Kudo, focusing on several matches from her iconic run in FMW.
 
This episode really has everything: barbed wire rings, tiny hatchets, hair drags & powerbombs into more barbed wire, accidental pins, and more.  And at the heart of it, an all-time great joshi whose name deserves ranking among the very best of the best.
 
Our watch list for this episode:
Combat Toyoda vs. Megumi Kudo for the FMW Women’s Championship in a No Ropes Barbed Wire Current Blast Death Match
FMW Fighting Creation ‘96  (5/5/1996)
 
Megumi Kudo & Bison Kimura vs. Lioness Asuka & Shark Tsuchiya in a Scramble Bunkhouse Match
FMW Winning Road 1997  (3/28/1997)
 
Megumi Kudo vs. Mayumi Ozaki in a No Ropes Barbed Wire Barricade Mat Double Hell Death Match
FMW Fighting Creation  (4/18/1997)
 
Shark Tsuchiya vs. Megumi Kudo for the FMW Women’s Championship in a No Ropes Barbed Wire Current Explosion Barricade Double Hell Death Match
FMW Fighting Creation  (4/29/1997)

Summer Swallowed Us Whole (w/ the Enjoy Wrestling roster)

It's the 200th episode of Grit & Glitter!!
Harley drives from Toronto to Pittsburgh to meet up with Em and go backstage at Enjoy Wrestling's Something To Write Home About.  They chat with a cavalcade of stars including Enjoy Champion Edith Surreal, Ray Lyn, GummiBoar, and The Runway as well as Enjoy staff members AJ Small and Maxx Gregg.
Thank you everyone for helping guide us to 200 episodes.  We love you more than words can say.  Here's to 200 more!

California Über Alles: The Lives & Career Of DARK Sheik

Harley and Em are joined by returning guest Brian Bell to present the seventh 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: it’s DARK Sheik!  From starting training at age 14 to playing heel Sheik Khan Abadi in a post-9/11 world, founding Hoodslam, dying and being reborn, being replaced by an evil robot, training wrestlers like Shotzi and Mansoor, transitioning in front of the world, teaming with The Caution and Thrussy, founding the Church of Wrestling, and palling around with Lita, this is the story of the master mold, the mother brain, the DARK Sheik.
 
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 & Pears
GCW Effy's Big Gay Brunch (10/10/20)
 
El Chupacabra vs. DARK Sheik w/Pollo Del Mar 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)

I Know You Could Be A Danger (w/ The DangerKid)

Jacqui chats with one half of MSP, The DangerKid!
DangerKid talks how he came to his genderfluid nonbinary identity, performing drag for the first time, parallels between drag and wrestling, escapism through art, and his new home away from home at Deadlock Pro Wrestling.