LGBT In The Ring

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome 1/2 of the decorated UK tag team Act Two, Benjamin Harland! He & Brian Bell chat his Barracks origins, the evolution of his relationship with tag partner Jack Knudsen, finding confidence & authentic queer expression through wrestling, winning the TNT Extreme Tag Team titles, building on the work of UK queer trailblazers & more!Follow Benjamin Harland on Twitter & Instagram: @sweetprincebhFollow Brian Bell on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @WonderboyOTMFollow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @LGBTRingPod Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/lgbtringpodGrab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster TeesBig thank you to Edith Surreal (@edithsurreal) for the LGBT In The Ring logoHuge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT

Hello, Lovelies! Today we welcome pro wrestling broadcaster Toddy Tondera to the show! They & Brian Bell discuss Toddy's history with 880 Wrestling, entering wrestling through T2T Brooklyn, the comedy-to-wrestling pipeline, a post-Enjoy Pittsburgh, working with Labor of Love and Queer Punk Outlaws, their own podcasting history & more!Follow Toddy Tondera on instagram: @toddytonderaFollow Brian Bell on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @WonderboyOTMFollow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @LGBTRingPod Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/lgbtringpodGrab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster TeesBig thank you to Edith Surreal (@edithsurreal) for the LGBT In The Ring logoHuge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT

Hello, Lovelies! We return with a look at the fourth EFFY's Big Gay Brunch UK with Let Them Wrestle's Patches Chance! They & Brian Bell unpack the annual UK queer showcase, the beauty of Che Monet v. Adam Bolt, the Rainbow Rumble and Tye Archer's impressive performance, the debut of Panhausen, what the event has come to represent over the years and some 2026 QWI news!Follow Patches Chance on Bluesky: @patcheschance.comFollow Let Them Wrestle on Bluesky: @letthemwrestle.bsky.socialFollow Brian Bell on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @WonderboyOTMFollow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @LGBTRingPod Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/lgbtringpodGrab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster TeesBig thank you to Edith Surreal (@edithsurreal) for the LGBT In The Ring logoHuge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "Baltimore's Baddest Babe" Chaz Monroe to the show! They & Brian Bell discuss their start-and-stop path through the Maryland wrestling scene, the ties between their music career and pro wrestling and how the two are fueled by the same progressive punk ethos, Nix Wilde's role in bringing them to 880 Wrestling and why it feels like their home promotion from hundreds of miles away, their admiration for mecha anime & more!Follow Chaz Monroe on Instagram: @thechazmonroeFollow Brian Bell on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @WonderboyOTMFollow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @LGBTRingPod Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/lgbtringpodGrab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster TeesBig thank you to Edith Surreal (@edithsurreal) for the LGBT In The Ring logoHuge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome "The Business" Billy Dixon back to the show for the final time as an active pro wrestler. He & Brian Bell discuss the personal significance of his farewell tour, his upcoming final match against Darius Carter on Sept. 6, the healing nature of the developing Virginia indie scene, the affirmation of his final match at Enjoy Wrestling against Nick Gage, ASE Wrestling, life after wrestling, his legacy and place in queer pro wrestling history and more!Follow Billy Dixon on Twitter & Instagram: @thebillydixonFollow Brian Bell on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @WonderboyOTMFollow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @LGBTRingPod Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/lgbtringpodGrab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster TeesBig thank you to Edith Surreal (@edithsurreal) for the LGBT In The Ring logoHuge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome emerging South Jersey tag team High Fashion (Sebastian Valentino & Marc Raspa Jr.) to the show! They & Brian Bell discuss meeting and building their partnership at The Monster Factory, finding their way and learning lessons on the road after The Monster Factory's closure, learning from one another, the influence of Notorious Mimi/Sloane Jacobs on their careers, how their individual personalities rub off on one another & more!Follow Sebastian Valentino on Twitter & Instagram: @sebastianvalentinoxoFollow Marc Raspa Jr. on Twitter & Instagram: @marcraspajrFollow Brian Bell on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @WonderboyOTMFollow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @LGBTRingPod Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/lgbtringpodGrab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster TeesBig thank you to Edith Surreal (@edithsurreal) for the LGBT In The Ring logoHuge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome the True Grit Wrestling Pride champion, "The Leading Man" Tony Wright, to the show! He & Brian Bell chat his path through the UK indie scene, building long-term stories, constantly pushing himself to evolve, how his background in comedy helped him embrace vulnerability in performance, his rivalries with Adam Bolt & Scott Oberman, his trademark tassels, the responsibility of being the TGW Pride champion & more!Follow Tony Wright on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook: @tony_wright97Follow Brian Bell on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @WonderboyOTMFollow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @LGBTRingPod Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/lgbtringpodGrab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster TeesBig thank you to Edith Surreal (@edithsurreal) for the LGBT In The Ring logoHuge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome TNT Extreme and True Grit Wrestling announcer Mark Adams back to the show! He & Brian Bell discuss his first leap into booking with his upcoming wrestling event at Stretford Pride, the communal aspect of queer pro wrestling in the British wrestling scene, the growth of "EFFY's Big Gay Brunch UK," watching the story between Adam Bolt and Tony Wright firsthand, his new podcast, The Nasty Cast, all about the Video Nasties era of censorship in the U.K. & more!Follow Mark Adams on Twitter and Instagram: @markadamshcFollow Brian Bell on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @WonderboyOTMFollow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @LGBTRingPod Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/lgbtringpodGrab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster TeesBig thank you to Edith Surreal (@edithsurreal) for the LGBT In The Ring logoHuge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT

Hello, Lovelies! This week we sit down with former 880 Wrestling champion and leader of the Dead Hand Society Nix Wilde! They & Brian Bell discuss their journey with 880, becoming part of the lineage of Pittsburgh indie wrestling through their Black Hand Society/Dead Hand Society story, the threads binding the Pittsburgh punk and indie wrestling scenes, Enjoy Wrestling, the depths of their friendship with Reese Hayes & more!Follow Nix Wilde on Instagram: @nix_wildeFollow Brian Bell on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @WonderboyOTMFollow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @LGBTRingPod Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/lgbtringpodGrab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster TeesBig thank you to Edith Surreal (@edithsurreal) for the LGBT In The Ring logoHuge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT

Hello, Lovelies! This week we welcome back Retinal Heavyweight champion Noah Veil to the show! They & Brian Bell chat their upcoming title match against TNA star Mustafa Ali, demystifying the reality of pro wrestling, becoming a role model for queer and marginalized talent, embracing being a role model & more!Follow Noah Veil on Instagram & Twitter: @NoahXVeilFollow Brian Bell on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @WonderboyOTMFollow LGBT In The Ring on Twitter, Instagram & Bluesky: @LGBTRingPod Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/lgbtringpodGrab LGBT In The Ring merch on Brainbuster TeesBig thank you to Edith Surreal (@edithsurreal) for the LGBT In The Ring logoHuge thanks to Sarah & The Safe Word for the show’s theme, Formula 666 from the album Red, Hot and Holy. Find them on Twitter, @STSWBand, and check out their music on Spotify and Bandcamp.Check out IndependentWrestling.tv for the best in current and classic independent pro wrestling, including live events from top independent promotions worldwide. Use promo code “LGBTRingPod” or visit tinyurl.com/IWTVLGBT