Grit & Glitter

Pride & Vibe 2022!  Chuy's live on location, recapping two nights of queer wrestling and chatting with friends and personal heroes.  Harley and Val Pancakes are watching from home and sharing their thoughts on the second Cassandro Cup and Paris Is Bumping: The Legends Ball.

 

Plus:  Emily and Mayydayy discuss Impact Slammiversary, their 20th anniversary pay-per-view, featuring the Knockouts tag titles on the line and the Knockouts Championship contested in a Queen Of The Mountain match!

JR chats with professional film critics Erica Leigh and Big Dust about the origins of their YouTube film review series Birds On Film, this weekend's upcoming Pride & Vibe festival, which summer blockbusters to seek out in cinemas this year, and the timelessness of the minions.

Harley & Emily present the second installment in their new series "Living Legends."  With this series, we strive to present a definitive look at the lives and careers of some of your favorite active independent wrestlers.  Where did they come from?  How did they get to where they are today?  And why are they so beloved?

This time: it’s Mercedes Martinez!  From NECW to AEW, through Shimmer, Shine, and Stardom, from Maria Toro to Retaliation, through casket matches, no rope submission matches, and 75-minute iron matches.  We go deep into the 22-year career of the Latina Sensation.

 

Our playlist for this episode:

 

Mercedes vs. Sumie Sakai, date & promotion unknown

YouTube

 

Mercedes vs. Sara Del Rey, Shimmer Volume 1, 11/6/2005

YouTube

 

Mercedes vs. Victoria, WWE Heat, 6/12/2006

Peacock

 

Maria Toro vs. Tyler Texas, Wrestlicious Takedown, 4/14/2010

DailyMotion

 

Mercedes vs. Meiko Satomura, WWE Mae Young Classic, 10/3/2018

Peacock

 

Mercedes vs. Kylie Rae in a no ropes submission match for the Phoenix Of Rise Championship, Rise Legendary, 3/29/2019

IWTV

 

Retribution promo, WWE Raw, 9/14/2020

YouTube

 

Mercedes vs. Deonna Purrazzo for the ROH Women's Championship, AEW Dynamite, 5/24/2022

Harley and Emily put the spotlight on "The Non-Binary Nightmare" Max The Impaler.  Where did they come from?  How have they mutated over the past three years?  And what could the future hold?

Plus: AEW Double Or Nothing featured women in four matches.  And one of them was pretty good!  They discuss concerns for Athena, Julia Hart's pigtails, go-away heat, and The Britt Baker Show.

Harley and Emily discuss the first episode from Maria Kanellis-Bennett and Bobby Cruise's new promotion, Women's Wrestling Army!

WWA Episode 1: The Journey Begins lays the groundwork for what WWA will be and features Trish Adora vs. Big Swole and Miranda Alize vs. Laynie Luck.  Your hosts give their thoughts on the matches, the presentation, streaming details, and what comes next for WWA moving forward.

Harley and Emily are joined by G&G friends Ella Jay, Tom Stoup, Brian Bell, Sofie Vasquez, Kristen Ashly, and Mr. Warren Hayes to take a look at some of the brightest rising stars of 2022 so far.  Who's made an impact already this year?  Who should you be keeping an eye on this summer?  From Willow Nightingale to Mei Suruga to Indigo and Tatum Paxley, these are your wrestlers to watch!

Emily chats with Jessie "Bonesaw" Brooks about dropkicking depression, fighting inside a steel cage, and entering a wrestlers' laboratory.

Plus: Jacqui was live at LVAC Bash At The Brewery! and she has a mug full of details to share.

Em & Harley pledge their loyalty to the army... the Women's Wrestling Army that is!  They're joined by Maria Kanellis-Bennett to talk about this exciting new women's wrestling promotion, including her partnership with Ring Of Honor announcer Bobby Cruise, what and who inspired this project, and just what goes into creating a new promotion from the ground up.

https://womenswrestlingarmy.com/

https://twitter.com/MariaLKanellis

In honor of their arrival onto IWTV, Emily, Harley, & Mayydayy dive into the world of All Japan Women's, arguably the greatest women's professional wrestling of all time.  Emily traces the history of AJW from its formation to 1989 and then our illustrious trio watch and discuss Wrestlemarinepiad '89.  Lioness Asuka vs. Madusa in the main event!  Chigusa Nagayo's retirement gauntlet!  Two matches in two different rings at the same time!  It's a lot.

Val & Harley are back to present your favorite wrestling game show... The Newly-Tagged Game!

It's our Easter special and we're putting three of your favorite independent tag teams to the test to see which duo knows each other the best.  It's Abby Jane & Pancakes vs. Shea McCoy & Weber Hatfield vs. Sid & Eden Von Engeland!