Grit & Glitter
A weekly podcast dedicated to the power of women’s wrestling. Hosted by Harley Pageot, Em Fear, and their team of correspondents known as The Glitterati.
Episodes
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 Gou...
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 Qu...
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 o...
(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" Me...
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)
Lucha Underground S4E18 – “Spiders And Skeletons” (10/1...
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 ...
(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, ...
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...
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 humo...
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 warfa...
(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
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 ...
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)
In honor of Pride 2026, Harley sits Em and guest referee Brie Montoya down to tell them the story of forgotten San Francisco promotion Incredibly Strange Wrestling!
In 1995 a group of untrained wrestlers in a transmission repair shop put on bootleg lucha libre masks and adopt names like The Man From M.O.N.K. and Chango Loco, fighting each other between sets from local punk bands, while fans hurl corn tortillas at their head.
Within...
Em and Harley discuss episodes 5-8 of season one of Margo's Got Money Troubles, the complete first season now streaming on Apple TV!
They discuss book plot points that could appear in season two, queer representation, Vegas weddings, tunnels of love, chaotic judges, and GCW references.
It's the fourth annual women's wrestling draft and this year Harley and Em are joined by Danjerhawk and Razorhawk of Power Pro Lucha!
They compete to draft their own rosters, drawing wrestlers and broadcasters of marginalized genders from WWE, AEW, TNA, NWA, MLW, and the indies. Who will be their #1 draft picks? What themes will emerge? Why don't any companies value tag team wrestling? And where our horse gi...
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)
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