Grit & Glitter

Harley, Emily, and JR investigate the Boston League Of Wicked Wrestlers.  Are they a promotion?  An improv troupe?  Who are Shitty Wizard and Pammmmmmmmmmmmy?  What about Rat King, seemingly the only trans man currently competing in pro wrestling?  They seek to answer all these questions by researching the history of BLOWW and watching their 2019 show The Nether Regionals.

https://www.bloww.org/

Wrestling surprises!  Meg, Harley, & Emily discuss season two of Enjoy Wrestling's Canned Heat including the Enjoy Odyssey and the surprise inside the briefcase.

Then: Mayydayy, Emily, & Harley discuss Impact Slammiversary with Mayydayy's thoughts on being live inside the building and the surprise appearances of Thunder Rosa, Mickie James, and Chelsea Green.

Val tells Emily and Harley about the live experience of Paris Is Bumping: Solid Gold '21.  The group ponders what events like these can mean for the future of pro wrestling, especially in terms of creating new wrestling fans.

Harley & Megan interview trans wrestling pioneer Mariah Moreno about her 12 year career, main eventing Paris Is Bumping this coming Saturday, and what's left on her bucket list as she enters the final chapter of her in-ring career.

Plus: Harley, Emily, & Val Quartz discuss MV Young's PolyAm Cult Party 4 with backstage details from Val about how it all came together and a couple surprise cameos.

Emily is "talking honor" as she chats with Maria Kanellis-Bennett about the future of the new Ring Of Honor women's division.

Plus:  Em, Harley, and Val Pancakes discuss CFU Shoot To Thrill with Combat Fights Unlimited promoter Mayydayy.

https://www.rohwrestling.com/

https://twitter.com/CombatFightUltd

Emily and JR talk to Jordan Blade about intergender wrestling, returning from injury during a pandemic, and being pigeonholed as a shooter.

Plus:  Harley talks to Taye Norman about her new promotion ProUnapologetic and her debut show, Black Girl Magik.

https://twitter.com/Jordan_Blade92

https://twitter.com/ProUnapologetic

Mayydayy returns to the show to talk to Harley & Emily about their new promotion, Combat Fights Unlimited, and debut show Shoot To Thrill, premiering June 24 on IWTV.

Plus:  Megan and Meg discuss nonbinary representation in wrestling and spotlight some of their favorites working today.

Also:  JR, Em, Harley, and Val Pancakes ponder on what their cards might look like if they could book their own indie show.

Harley & Emily rifle through old newspaper articles and scour social media pages to compile a timeline of transgender professional wrestlers: 1995 - present.  (Requested by Patreon supporter Brendon in honor of their birthday.)

Plus:  JR raves about how much they loved The Life Of Edith Surreal.

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Emily, Val, and JR kick off Pride 2021.  Harley talks with Ryan Levey about his forthcoming documentary film Out In The Ring.

Harley & Val discuss the laughter and tears of Matane, the Hana Kimura memorial show.  Harley & Emily head into the Wrestlers' Lab for the season one premiere of Alchemy, their new weekly series airing on IWTV.