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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.