Grit & Glitter

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)

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 a few years they'll be featured in The New York Times and Teen People, tour Europe, attract members of Green Day and Limp Bizkit to their shows, and draw the ire of the Church of Scientology.  How did it all happen?

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 girls at??