Grit & Glitter

As spooky season comes to a wraps, Em and Don cruise to the drive-in... from hell!

They were live at GCW Shotzi Blackheart's Drive-In From Hell to see Vipress vs. Dani Mo, Priscilla Kelly vs. Slade, and Shotzi & Lio Rush vs. Megan Bayne & Joey Janela in a doorway to hell match!

In the 13th installment of our primers series, Pro Wrestling Torchcolumnist Rich Fann returns to the show to choose four matches to get to know him and make Em and Harley watch them.

His watch list for this episode:

Utami Hayashishita vs. Syuri for the World Of Stardom Championship

Stardom Tokyo Dream Cinderella (6/12/21)

Manami Toyota vs. Aja Kong for the WWWA World Championship

AJW Zenjo Movement (6/27/95)

Asuka vs. Ember Moon for the NXT Women’s Championship

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III (8/29/17)

Shayna Baszler w/Zoey Stark vs. Masha Slamovich w/Jordynne Grace

GCW Bloodsport X (4/4/24)

(Originally aired October 29, 2019.)

On the first G&G Halloween episode, Em and Harley run a 16-woman tournament to determine the spookiest woman in wrestling. Featuring Rosemary, Su Yung, Bull Nakano, Luna Vachon, Daffney, Priscilla Kelly, & more!

Living Legends is a series where Harley and Em deep dive into the careers of overlooked women in wrestling to explain why they deserve their flowers. This time: featuring special guest Mayydayy.

From the Detroit indies through pink cages, Made In Sin, wrestling in Japan and China, being renamed after a crayon, holding Global Force gold, her career nearly ending abruptly, podcasting about horror movies, and teaming with Marti Belle as The Hex to become the first NWA women's tag champions in 37 years, this is the life and career of "AK-47" Allysin Kay!

WATCH LIST

Allysin Kay vs. MsChif

ROH Wrestling (11/17/2012)

Allysin Kay vs. Mia Yim

WWE Mae Young Classic (9/19/2018)

Miyu Yamashita vs. Allysin Kay for the Shine Championship

TJPW Girls Shining, I Will Fly To Sapporo! (5/6/2019)

Allysin Kay vs. Thunder Rosa for the NWA Women’s World Championship

NWA Hard Times (1/24/2020)

Pretty Empowered vs. The Hex in a street fight for the NWA World Women’s Tag Team Championship

NWA 74 (8/28/2022)

In the second installment of G&G TV Club, Harley and Em are joined by returning guest Jenny Catlin to break down the 1995 Boy Meets World episode "The Thrilla' In Philla"!

They discuss straight white boy representation in the '90s, the legend of Big Van Vader, amateur wrestling team policies and procedures, and the Topanga of it all. Featuring Cory "The Cory" Matthews, Rilo Kiley, confettiweight divisions, Robert Goulet, and a young Adam Scott. You are you and we are we.

In the 12th installment of our primers series, Pro Wrestling Illustrated pundit Kristen Ashly returns to the show to choose four matches to get to know her and make Em and Laz watch them.

Her watch list for this episode:

Sasha Banks vs. Bayley for the NXT Women’s Championship

NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn (8/22/15)

Saya Kamatani vs. Tam Nakano for the World Of Stardom Championship & Tam’s career

Stardom All-Star Grand Queendom (4/27/25)

Toni Storm vs. Mariah May for the AEW Women’s World Championship in a Hollywood ending

AEW Revolution (3/9/25)

Utami Hayashishita vs. Syuri for the World Of Stardom Championship

Stardom Tokyo Dream Cinderella (6/12/21)

Grit & Glitter turns 7 years old! In celebration, the Glitterati swap prompts and task each other to come up with their own top 7 lists on topics including spooky women, gimmick names, memorable hairstyles, TNA changes, wrestler re-brands, entrance theme pitches, and softcore women.

Harley is joined by Meg and their partner Jim (of Clwb Reslo fame) to discuss them being live in Wembley for AEW All In!

They discuss Willow Nightingale vs. Mercedes Moné in the likely 2026 match of the year, questions around the future of the tag division, the return of Britt Baker, the surprising shallowness of the AEW women's division at the moment, and the continued ratio of five times as many men as women competing on the show.

(Originally aired June 7, 2022.)

Living Legends is a series where Harley and Em deep dive into the careers of active wrestlers to explain why they should be getting their flowers now.

From 2000 in New England, to Shimmer, Shine, and Stardom, back and forth from WWE to AEW to WWE to AEW, to setting (and breaking) the record for longest women’s wrestling match in history, this is the life and career of "The Latina Sensation" Mercedes Martinez!

WATCH LIST

Mercedes Martinez vs. Sumie Sakai

date & promotion unknown

Mercedes Martinez vs. Sara Del Rey

Shimmer Volume 1 (11/6/2005)

Mercedes Martinez vs. Victoria

WWE Heat, 6/12/2006

Maria Toro vs. Tyler Texas

Wrestlicious Takedown (4/14/2010)

Mercedes Martinez vs. Meiko Satomura

WWE Mae Young Classic (10/3/2018)

Mercedes Martinez vs. Kylie Rae in a no ropes submission match for the Phoenix Of Rise Championship

Rise Legendary (3/29/2019)

Retribution promo

WWE Raw (9/14/2020)

Mercedes Martinez vs. Deonna Purrazzo for the ROH Women’s Championship

AEW Dynamite (5/4/2022)

In the 11th installment of our "Glitterati primers" series, former Glitterati advice columnist Ziggy Haim returns to the show to choose four matches to get to know her and make Em, Harley, and Mikey Montgomery watch them.

Her watch list for this episode:

Edith Surreal vs. Ziggy Haim – mask vs. hair

Enjoy Night Moves (10/8/21)

Pentagon DARK vs. Reklusa

Lucha Underground S4E18 – “Spiders And Skeletons” (10/10/18)

Asuka vs. Dana Brooke vs. Shayna Baszler vs. Carmella vs. Nia Jax vs. Lacey Evans in a ladder match for the WWE Raw Women’s Championship

WWE Money In The Bank (5/10/20)

Combat Toyoda vs. Megumi Kudo in a no ropes barbed wire current blast deathmatch for the FMW Independent Women’s Championship & WWA Women’s Championship

FMW Fighting Creation (5/5/96)

In the first installment of G&G TV Club, Harley and Lindsay are joined by guest Jenny Catlin to break down the 1994 Family Matters episode "Psycho Twins"!

They discuss the legacy of Urkel, how Family Matters became the first TGIF show to do a wrestling episode, and why the Bushwhackers got the gig. Featuring WWF Magazine, sexy nurses, melatonin drinks, broken eggs, ref bumps, and Luke and Butch saying ACAB.

(Originally exclusive to Patreon on October 23, 2021.)

Women's Wrestling Entertainment is a Patreon-exclusive series where the Glitterati trace the history of women in WWE, WCW, and ECW in chronological order.

On this fourth episode, Harley and Em covered spring to fall 1985 in the WWF including the Fabulous Moolah driving Mad Maxine out of the WWF, the WWF losing interest in the women's division once Cyndi Lauper wasn't involved, Penny Mitchell becoming the Spider Lady, and Moolah and Vince McMahon publicly humiliating Wendi Richter and screwing her out of her title, 12 years before he would do the same to Bret Hart.

Women Of Wrestling? WOW Superheroes? Call it what you want, it's draft day!

Lindsay, Em, and Laz compete to draft their rosters, drawing wrestlers in categories like Poster Girls, Indie Cred, and Crossover with each of them trying to build the strongest all-around roster.

Who will be their #1 draft picks? Which wrestlers will be the most coveted? Which stars will go unclaimed? And who are the wild card fantasy signees?

In spring 2008, a 19-year-old construction worker from South Carolina wins the Powerball jackpot of $35 million and promptly moves to Florida to get into the wrestling business. When he meets former GLOW producer Johnny Cafarella, Wrestlicious is born.

What happens when a washed-up wrestling promoter from the '80s teams with Jimmy Hart to try to recreate GLOW in 2008 using the stars of Shimmer and the cringiest humor you've ever heard, somehow with worse production values than GLOW? You get this. This is what you get. This is what you deserve, America.

In the tenth installment of our "Glitterati primers" series, former Glitterati member Val Quartz (of Daryl Apparyl) returns to the show to choose four matches to get to know her and make Em, Harley, and Lindsay watch them.

Her watch list for this episode:

Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon in fall counts anywhere inside Hell In A Cell

WWE Hell In A Cell (10/8/17)

The Young Bucks vs. The World’s Cutest Tag Team in guerrilla warfare for the PWG Tag Team Championship

PWG Eleven (7/26/14)

Hana Kimura vs. Giulia

Stardom Year-End Climax (12/24/19)

Thekla vs. Kris Statlander in a 2 out of 3 falls match for the AEW Women’s World Championship

AEW Revolution (3/15/26)

(Originally exclusive to Patreon on August 21, 2025.)

X Marks The Spot was a Patreon-exclusive 20-episode limited series where Harley and Lindsay covered cult MTV wrestling show Wrestling Society X.

On this first episode, they covered how the show came to be and watched the first episode of television including Jack Evans vs. Matt Sydal, a rumble, and cartoon explosions.

On the season 16 finale, Harley is joined by author, journalist, and former Incredibly Strange wrestler Bob Calhoun!

He discusses competing as Count Dante, Dante The Baptist, and... others... in ISW, where ISW existed within the wrestling ecosystem of the late '90s, finding himself as a commentator, favorite characters, and what he'd like the legacy of Incredibly Strange Wrestling to be.

It's the return of 20 Questions as Harley talks to "The Wicked Witch Of The Ring" Jay Alejandra about vegan food, why they live in North Carolina (and will never live in New Jersey), favorite gear, VHS tapes, untrained opponents, and animals rights activism!

Em, Harley, and Lindsay take a look at three women who surpassed patriarchal expectations to show that being hot doesn't mean you can't also wrestle.

WATCH LIST

Nikki Bella vs. Natalya

WWE Elimination Chamber (2/12/17)

Arisa Hoshiki vs. Tam Nakano for the Wonder Of Stardom Championship

Stardom Shining Destiny (6/16/19)

Becky Lynch vs. Tiffany Stratton in an extreme rules match for the NXT Women’s Championship

NXT No Mercy (9/30/23)

In the ninth installment of our "Glitterati primers" series, Brian Bell (host of our sibling podcast, LGBT In The Ring) chooses four matches to get to know them and makes Em, Lindsay, and Val Pancakes watch them.

Their watch list for this episode:

Razor Ramon vs. Goldust w/Marlena for the WWF Intercontinental Championship

WWF Royal Rumble (1/21/96)

Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori

AJW Dream Slam 1 (4/2/93)

Combat Toyoda vs. Megumi Kudo in a no ropes barbed wire current blast deathmatch for the FMW Independent Women’s Championship & WWA Women’s Championship

FMW Fighting Creation (5/5/96)

The Caution (DARK Sheik & Anton Voorhees) vs. The Stoner Brothers (Rick Scott Stoner & Scott Rick Stoner) in a drowning match

Hoodslam Fuck The Fans X (10/4/19)