The weekly podcast dedicated to the power of women's wrestling. Hosted by Harley R. Pageot, Emily Fear, and their team of correspondents known as The Glitterati.
(Originally aired January 9, 2024.) 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 working as a lifeguard to wrestling for Shimmer, Chikara, and ROH, becoming a mom, running PWA Black Label, ranking #1 on the PWI Female 50, and training Charli Evans, The IInspiration, Steph De Lander, Grayson Waller, and more, this is the life and career of Madison Eagles! WATCH LIST Jessie McKay vs. Madison Eagles for the PWWA Championship PWA Call To Arms (7/11/2010) Madison Eagles vs. Daizee Haze Chikara Chaos In The Sea Of Lost Souls (1/23/2011) A history of Madison Eagles vs. Nicole Matthews Madison Eagles vs. Deonna Purrazzo in a submission match Shimmer Volume 101 (4/4/2018)
In the eighth installment of our "Glitterati primers" series, Meg chooses four matches to get to know her and makes Harley, Lindsay, and Mayydayy watch them. Her watch list for this episode: Bull Nakano vs. Aja Kong for the WWWA World Championship AJW Dream Rush In Kawasaki (11/26/92) Ivory vs. Chyna for the WWF Women's Championship WWF WrestleMania X-Seven (4/1/01) Sasha Banks vs. Bayley for the NXT Women's Championship NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn (8/22/15) Manami Toyota vs. Akira Hokuto AJW Destiny (9/2/95)
Em and Harley discuss the first four episodes of season one of Margo's Got Money Troubles, now streaming on Apple TV! They discuss differences between the book and the show, the casting of Elle Fanning, Nick Offerman, and Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Ford as a plot device, and all the wrestling tie-ins and connections.
(Originally aired January 28, 2025.) Em and Harley talk to author Rufi Thorpe about her novel, Margo's Got Money Troubles, in which a struggling single mom turns to OnlyFans with the advice of her retired pro wrestler father. Now an 8-episode TV series from Apple TV, A24, and showrunner David E. Kelley starring Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Nick Offerman.
Val Pancakes was live in Las Vega for Mania week and attended 14(!) different wrestling shows. She shares some of her favorite women's matches from the week with Em and Harley and they break down Effy's Big Gay Brunch 11, main evented by DARK Sheik vs. Nyla Rose.
In which Lindsay takes an 8-hour bus trip to Canada to join Harley for Greektown Pro Wrestling! Featuring the Toronto debut of B3CCA, The Hex vs. Katie Arquette in a handicap match, Eddie Kingston meet & greets, frat boy fans, Lady Frost, Dani Mo, and begrudging respect to the pizza meme wrestler.
In the seventh installment of our "Glitterati primers" series, Val Pancakes chooses three matches to get to know her and makes Em and Lindsay watch them. Her watch list for this episode: ODB vs. Awesome Kong vs. Tara for the TNA Knockouts Championship TNA Bound For Glory (10/18/09) Marti Belle vs. Miranda Gordy Magnum Pro Anniversary Volume X (1/16/21) Kris Statlander vs. Ashley Vox in last creature standing Limitless Twilight Zone (11/29/19)
Get ready, cause this is one for the girlypops! Emmi, LBakes & VCakes are together for another episode of glitter! the weekly pod all about our favorite wrestle hunks and dreamy dreamboats! Ohhh girlies, we got a good one for you this week as our trio chat about their current wrassle crushes, daydream about the perfect wrestling date and redo their rooms with a little helpful horoscopes. Plus C.R.E.E.P.S. join us to answer your favorite five most important questions! Be sure to give @andeyripley & @irvingwestphd a follow on Instagram!
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. From Savage Garden stan to pot-smoking hippie, main eventing the first four Shimmer shows, running the ROH and Shimmer dojos, doing yoga on Wrestlicious, and being the first person to wrestle Manami Toyota in America, this is the life and career of Daizee Haze! WATCH LIST Daizee Haze vs. MsChif GCW No Pain No Gain (1/25/2003) Daizee Haze vs. Rebecca Knox in 2 out of 3 falls Shimmer Volume 5 (5/21/2006) A message for Rhett Titus & Age Of The Fall ROH (12/3/2008) Marley & Amber Lively vs. The Lunch Ladies Wrestlicious Takedown (4/21/2010) Daizee Haze vs. Manami Toyota Chikara Eye To Eye (9/18/2010), IWTV
In the sixth installment of our "Glitterati primers" series, Laz chooses four matches to get to know him and makes Em, Lindsay, and Don watch them. His watch list for this episode: Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch for the WWE Raw Women's Championship & WWE SmackDown Women's Championship WWE WrestleMania 35 (4/7/19) Nikita Knight vs. Ray Lyn Ryse Of A Contender 2 (10/8/21) Alisha Edwards vs. Jordynne Grace vs. Chelsea Green vs. Lady Frost vs. Rosemary vs. Tasha Steelz in the first-ever Knockouts Ultimate X match Impact Hard To Kill (1/8/22) Riley Krowe vs. Philly Mike in a no ring, no rules match 880 No Ring No Rules 4 (7/17/24)
Em talks to Sara Cannon (director of partnerships for Enjoy Wrestling) and Michael J. Gibson (Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania) about how the Enjoy/Planned Parenthood partnership came to be, the Enjoy cohort program, and why wrestling is for everyone! (Note: the New Pledge A Picketer form doesn't have a message feature, but you can send messages of support to the PPWPA Instagram.)
Harley, Em, and Lindsay check in with an update on the future of Grit & Glitter.
In the fifth installment of our "Glitterati primers" series, Don chooses four matches to get to know them and makes Em, Lindsay, and Val Pancakes watch them. Their watch list for this episode: Trish Stratus vs. Lita for the WWE Women's Championship WWE Raw (12/6/04) Taryn Terrell vs. Gail Kim in a last knockout standing match TNA Slammiversary XI (6/2/13) Kasey Kirk vs. Danny Demanto ICW No Holds Barred Volume 24 (4/1/22) *IWTV Leah Night vs. Amanda Kiss in a falls count anywhere match for the FSPW Jewels Of Wrestling Championship FSPW WrestleRevival XII (8/30/25)
Lindsay, Harley, Em, and Val Pancakes travel to a post-apocalyptic wasteland to witness monks, cyborgs, shamans, and Russian assassins battle for the richest prize around - nothing. Kill City Cup (2023). It's sort of a movie, sort of campy, almost fun at points. Starring Natalia Markova, April Hunter, Brian Cage, Jimmy Jacobs, and more. Mortal Kombat meets WWE? Sure, I guess.
It's a new year and that means it's time for TNA to re-premiere once again on another new channel. This time - AMC! Harley, Mayydayy, and Laz lock in and watch the entire show (not just the women) and discuss The Elegance Brand vs. The IInspiration, technical mishaps, "celebrity" guests, and so many former WWE superstars. It's an altar where sacrifice meets revelation and we're in our NXTNAMC era.
In the fourth installment of our new "Glitterati primers" series, Mayydayy chooses four matches to get to know him and makes Harley, Em, and Lindsay watch them. His watch list for this episode: Americana vs. Col. Ninotchka for the GLOW Crown GLOW S1E26 (12/21/86) Manami Toyota vs. Aja Kong AJW Doumu Super Woman Great War ~ Big Egg Wrestling Universe (11/20/94) Gail Kim vs. Awesome Kong in a no disqualification match for the TNA Knockouts Championship TNA Final Resolution (1/6/08) Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe in a steel cage for the TNA World Championship & Samoa Joe's career TNA Lockdown (4/13/08)
Harley and Em kick off 2026 with their annual wrestlutions! They're joined by wrestling photographer Jess Skye to check in on last year's wrestling resolutions and see how they fared before making new resolutions for the year ahead including travel goals and podcast goals.
It's the seventh annual Glitter Bombs, honoring the best in women's wrestling in 2025! You voted and now your results are revealed in categories like Favorite Wrestler, Match Of The Year, and Musical Artist Of The Year. The Runway host! Guest presenters including Anton Voorhees, author Rufi Thorpe, and comedian Melanie Dahling! Special acceptance speeches from winners. And Veda Scott inducted into the Grit & Glitter Hall Of Fame with a little help from her friends and peers. It's our biggest show of the year.
(Originally aired February 2020.) On the first G&G Valentine's Day special, Harley and his girlfriend, Monika, talked to Veda Scott and "Speedball" Mike Bailey about how they met, managing dating and long-distance in professional wrestling, deciding whether or not to go public with their relationship, and teaming together in the ring.
(Originally aired April 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 balancing law school with time in the ROH Dojo, training under Daizee Haze, winning the PWI award for Rookie Of The Year, work in ROH, Shimmer, Stardom, and TJPW, meeting Speedball, and transitioning into commentary, this is the life and career of Veda Scott! WATCH LIST Veda vs. Daizee Haze Horizon Wrestling Alliance (5/15/2011) “Change Is Coming”, Veda w/Gregory Iron Absolute Intense Wrestling (9/19/2012) Veda vs. Athena for the AIW Women's Championship AIW Girls' Night Out 14 (10/4/2014) Veda vs. Heidi Lovelace ROH Women Of Honor (12/2/2015) Veda vs. Yuki Aino TJPW The God Of Pro Wrestling - My Arms Fell! - Blurry Confession (12/30/2018) Bird Law vs. Club Tropicana Riptide Brighton Spirit (10/5/2019) “I'm a pro wrestler.” YouTube (1/6/2020) Veda vs. Edith Surreal GCW Effy's Big Gay Brunch Chicago (9/5/2021)
Don and Val Pancakes chat with Boston wrestler Zoey Cannon about working with MLW, missing five months due to an ACL tear, and teaming with Democracy Rocks!
It's a very creepy Christmas as Harley and Em are joined by Andey Ripley & Irving West of Glitter Bomb nominated tag team C.R.E.E.P.S.! They each choose a Christmas wrestling match from a different decade and a different promotion to watch and discuss including: Lord Steven Regal vs. Dean Malenko for the WCW Television Championship WCW Monday Nitro (12/23/96) a 9-Knockout Santa's Workshop street fight TNA Impact! (12/20/07) a 12-Diva Jingle Belles match WWE Raw (12/23/13) Timeless Love Bombs vs. The MegaProblems in a hardcore holiday deathmatch AEW Dynamite (12/3/25)
Harley, Mayydayy, and Val Pancakes take a look at new Philadelphia promotion Power Pro Lucha as they've concluded their first season and look ahead to the season two premiere in January! With six shows available on IWTV, they watch a handful of matches from women like Shea McCoy, Harleen Lopez, and Erica Leigh and discuss the ongoing stories of PPL, the live experience, and the future plans of the latest home for former Chikara talent.
It's December again and that means two things: 1) Voting is now open for the 2025 Glitter Bombs! 2) It's time for our fifth annual Match Of The Year special! The Glitterati are joined by a slew of guests including Rosie Fingers, Kayla Lopez, Brianna Bandz, and Rozie The Ref to gush about their favorite women's+ matches from 2025.
Em, Harley, and BFF Brian Bell celebrate Friendsgiving by taking at look at the phenomenon that is Wrestle Yr Friends! What is it? Where did it come from? How does one actually wrestle their friends? And is it just a silly goof or a radical political statement for a community in desperate need of brave spaces to exist in? (Spoiler alert: it's the latter.)
While the Americans celebrate Thanksgiving week, the Canadians gift a special bonus episode to their friends south of the border. Harley asks 20 Questions to Toronto indie wrestler Wanda Delrey! They discuss life in Toronto, OperaMania, Amelia Earhart, childhood sweaters, and which dreamy WWE star first made her a wrestling fan.
It's list season and Em & Harley are looking at 40 years of People's Sexiest Man Alive! Oh, and also the 2025 PWI Women's 250. They discuss Mercedes Moné landing at #1 for the first time after not even ranking the last two years. Plus: Who were this year's biggest debuts and biggest tumbles? Who's ranked the most times over 18 years of lists? Who's had the most top 10 appearances? And which TV show has the highest percentage of their ranking this year?
It's the return of 20 Questions as Harley is joined by "The Iconic Diva" Brianna Bandz to discuss training under Logan Black at T2T Wrestling Academy, wrestling Sonny Kiss, how she spoils herself, what her family thinks of her being a wrestler, and Monster High.
In the third installment of our new "Glitterati primers" series, Lindsay chooses four matches to get to know her and makes Harley, Em, and Mayydayy watch them. Her watch list for this episode: Jeff Jarrett w/Miss Kitty vs. Chyna in a good housekeeping match for the Intercontinental Championship WWF No Mercy (10/17/99) Mercedes Martinez vs. Eddie Kingston Rise Gain 1: Stand With Knights (3/25/17) KZT vs. Janai Kai GCW Bloodsport 6 (4/8/21) Lana Star & Krissy Vaine vs. Amber O'Neal & The Lioness WOW Women Of Wrestling (1/22/22)
Spooky szn activated on another Halloween edition of G&G! Lindsay talks being live in Shotzi Blackheart's House Of Horrors. Harley talks watching Wario fight Scooby-Doo at the Toronto Wrestling Club. Mayydayy talks meeting GLOW legend Hollywood. Plus: the mf-ing' Toronto Blue Jays are in the World Series for the first time in 32 years. #WANTITALL
Harley and Em are joined by returning guests Moni Garcia and Zach Funk for the AEW draft! 6 years of elite women are up for grabs as they take turns drafting wrestlers in categories like Gold Standard, Dynamic Duos, and Women Of Honor. Who were the #1 draft picks? Whose roster is the strongest? And which show are you watching?
On September 5, 2025, beloved Oakland promotion Hoodslam disappeared from the face of the Earth. The few who lived to walk away that night are reticent to talk about what happened. But Harley managed to find one survivor to speak on the record. Over its 15-year history, the ragtag crew of Hoodslammers were preyed on by countless outside forces from aliens and transdimensional demons to evil doppelgangers and fallen angels. How do they all connect? What does it all mean? Whatever happened to Hoodslam?
This episode originally aired January 24, 2023. On the fifth edition of Living Legends, Harley and Em chronicled the career of new TNA Hall of Famer Mickie James. From childhoods in Virginia on her grandfather's horse farm to debuting as Alexis Laree at age 20 in 1999, Trish Stratus stalker, Piggy James, Knockouts Champion, country music singer, mother, NWA producer, and The Last Rodeo, this is what it means to be hardcore country.
In the second installment of our new "Glitterati primers" series, Em chooses four matches to get to know her and makes Harley, Lindsay, and long-lost guest Bridget Clark watch them. Her watch list for this episode: The Fabulous Moolah, Velvet McIntyre, Rockin' Robin, & The Jumping Bomb Angels vs. Sensational Sherri, Donna Christanello, Dawn Marie, & The Glamour Girls in a Survivor Series match WWF Survivor Series (11/26/87) Kana vs. Meiko Satomura Kana Pro Mania (2/25/14) Trish Adora vs. Lee Moriarty for the Pan-Afrikan World Diaspora Wrestling Championship BCP May The Franchise Reign (5/29/21) Alex Windsor vs. Charlie Morgan in a loser leaves Eve fight to the finish match Eve Wrestle (Wo)mania (4/5/24)
Em, Don, & Val Pancakes chat with Pro Wrestling Illustrated editor Kevin McElvaney about all the women who ranked on the 2025 installment of the PWI 500! Plus: speculation on who could be the first duo to hold the new AEW women's tag team championship.
Harley was live at AEW All Out in Toronto and Meg was watching at home! They discuss merch opportunities, not knowing how they're supposed to feel about Kris Statlander, who could possibly end Mercedes Moné's title run, and whether Beth Phoenix is here to stay. Plus: Harley explains what tailgating is to our Welsh correspondent.
(This episode originally aired August 18, 2020.) As part of their season 3 mission to spotlight as many different promotions as possible, Harley and Em prep an entire episode covering Canadian promotion ECCW. Then #SpeakingOut hits, management is accused of years of sexual harassment and bullying, and half the roster quits. Instead, Em and Harley pivot to focusing solely on one of ECCW's biggest stars and try to answer one simple question - why isn't Nicole Matthews more famous?
It's the sixth anniversary of G&G and the debut of a new segment we're calling "Glitterati primers"! On this edition, Harley chooses four matches to get to know him and makes Em, Lindsay, and returning guest Brie Montoya watch them. His watch list for this episode: Marlena vs. Sunny in an arm-wrestling match WWF Monday Night Raw (2/24/97) Momo Watanabe vs. Jungle Kyona for the Wonder Of Stardom Championship Stardom Stardom World In Nagoya (3/3/19) LuFisto vs. Allysin Kay vs. Priscilla Kelly vs. Cheerleader Melissa Shimmer/Rise/Smash/Femmes Fatales The Summit (8/10/19) Masha Slamovich vs. Edith Surreal in an unsanctioned Soviet deathmatch Camp Leapfrog Matt Makowski's Frogsport (4/25/21)
It's the return of 20 Questions as Harley chats with comedian, actress, and wrestling ring announcer Melanie Dahling! She discusses becoming a wrestling fan as an adult, her love of Jody Threat, Can't Hardly Wait, career highlights, and working with the Toronto Wrestling Club.
Harley is joined by Meg and her partner Jim to discuss AEW Forbidden Door 2025! Meg & Jim talk being live in attendance in the O2 Arena in London, Toni Storm vs. Athena, the TBS Championship four-way, whether Athena will disappear back to ROH now, and early indicators that the first women's Blood & Guts match may be coming.
Em and Harley welcome back Kate Meizner, singer and principal songwriter of Brooklyn power pop band Jobber, ahead of the release of their debut album To The Stars! They discuss wrestling as a metaphor for slave-wage capitalism, wrestling music videos, wrestling as catharsis, and manifest a collab with B3CCA.
Originally conducted August 17, 2021 for the website Bell To Belles. Never before heard. Harley spoke with British wrestler Chakara on the theme of "momentum." "What does a goddess do on her time off? 21-year-old Chakara was taking England by storm in the tail end of 2019 after two standout matches against Big Swole for Riptide Wrestling. Then a pandemic hit. For 16 months she was forced to sit on the sidelines and watch the world pass her by. All the momentum gone, through no fault of her own. How do you recover? How do you return into the thick of it? How does the Golden Goddess find her way back on the track to gold?"
On the season 15 premiere, Em throws a summer picnic with Laz and Don joining her to dig into a potluck of summer wrasslin' matches! They discuss a graduation (of sorts), a trip to the beach, and, of course, when Ants invade the picnic. Plus: Is borscht an appropriate beach treat? What food would you bring to a summer wrestling show? And the enduring impact of Sara Del Rey. This episode is dedicated to the memory of long-time G&G listener Andy Stowell. Thank you for the years of support, Andy.
On the season 14 finale, it's the return of G&G Film Club! Em and Lindsay are joined by debut guest Peaches to discuss the 2017 film Signature Move. "Zaynab, a thirty-something Pakistani, Muslim, and lesbian woman living in Chicago, takes care of her TV-obsessed mother Parveen. As Zaynab falls for Alma, a bold and very bright Mexican woman, she searches for her identity in life, love, and wrestling."
Harley, Em, Mayydayy, and Laz discuss the women of NXT Slammi-- sorry, TNA Slammiversary. It was the 23rd anniversary of TNA and every match save one featured former or current NXT superstars. Jacy Jayne beat Masha Slamovich clean to capture the Knockouts Championship. The tag titles were relegated to the pre-show. And Indi Hartwell picked up a win over someone the crowd loudly believed to be racist. What does all it mean? We've got six letters for ya - lol TNA.
Harley and Meg talk the women's action from All In: Texas including a match of the year candidate from Toni Storm and Mercedes Moné, Athena winning the casino gauntlet, the debut of Syuri, the returns of Harley Cameron and Alex Windsor, and where we go from here. Up next: Forbidden Door in August in London with Meg in the building, then All Out in September in Toronto with Harley in the building.
As we cross the halfway point for 2025, Em, Lindsay, Laz, and Don tap into their inner clairvoyants to make a series of predictions as to what the state of women's wrestling could look like over the next six months.
On the 300th episode of Grit & Glitter, it's Glitterati origin stories. Harley, Em, Mayydayy, Val Pancakes, Don, Lindsay, Meg, and Laz share how they became wrestling fans, how they got into making podcasts and zines and art and wrestling championships, early favorites, current faves, and what being a part of this team has meant to them. Plus: the premiere of the top secret new Grit & Glitter theme song!!
After three long years, it's the return of The Newly-Tagged Game, our game show where tag teams compete to see which duo knows each other the best! Harley & Em host as Rosie Fingers & Jess Reina Casablanca take on the Stoner Brothers. They're quizzed on food gimmicks, entrance music, road trips, cartoons, and more. Rosie & Jess think they'll get 7. Twins Rick Scott & Scott Rick think they're going to get every single question correct. But that can't possibly happen. Can it...?
Em, Val Pancakes, and Mayydayy are joined by special guest Toddy Tondera to book the BIGGEST GAYEST WRESTLING SHOW EVER! They each take turns booking a dream match, a "wildcard" segment, and three wrestlers for the Big Gay Rumble (or "Grumble"). With money no object and time and space no concern, find out which LGBTQIA+ icons were enlisted. Then, share some of your own ideas by finding Grit & Glitter on Instagram, BlueSky or dropping us an email to gritglitterpodcast@gmail.com
Pride 2025 continues as Don welcomes Full Queer Tag Team Champions C.R.E.E.P.S. - Irving West & Andey Ripley! They talk how their team came to be, starting out in Georgia, and some of the people that have helped them along the way, as well as their move to Pittsburgh, all the great queer tag teams in the area, and constantly learning and trying to be the best tag team they can be.
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