Grit & Glitter

In the third installment of G&G TV Club, Harley, Em, and returning guest Jenny Catlin break down the 1996 Step By Step episode "Beautiful Ladies Of Wrestling"! They discuss guest wrestler Charlie The Golden Cat, the points system in 10-round wrestling matches, shopping for drag outfits, armpit music, edible clothing, making out for six hours, and sexual predators in Beethoven's 2nd.

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 Torch columnist 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)