No Gimmicks Needed Podcast

The build for WrestleMania has been lackluster at best and WWE are starting to push the panic button on this years Mania. John Cena is the host, matches thrown together with no story, Roman and CM Punk has been good but hasn't felt like we got into second gear. Cody and Randy is soooo backwards that no matter what Randy does he is a babyface. The one only thing that we have that feels fresh is Oba Femi vs Brock Lesnar. We give our thoughts on the build to Mania and what NEEDS to change. Sycho Sid and Bad News Brown are headed to the WWE HOF but as part of their legacy wing? The legacy wing is known as the "black & whites" and we feels they deserve more than that or maybe we are looking at this the wrong way. We give our thoughts on it and maybe feel it's not so bad. AEW has been climbing and Lio Rush has a new gimmick that is very creepy but awesome. All this and more so come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

DISCLAIMER: THIS SHOW IS FOR LAST MONTH THAT I AM JUST PULLING UP THE FULL SHOW!!!The road to WrestleMania makes it's final stop at Elimination Chamber. We give our review and our thoughts of Danhausen being in the box and why this could be really bad for the company going forward. Demolition is in the Hall of Fame ABOUT TIME! We go over there career and why this was a long time overdue. AJ Styles is in the Hall of Fame and will headline the event but is it too soon for AJ? All this and more so come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

DISCLAIMER: THIS SHOW IS FOR LAST MONTH THAT I AM JUST PULLING UP THE FULL SHOW!!!The Royal Rumble is different this year, as we get our first OFFICIAL Rumble from Riyadh Saudi Arabia. Also we AJ Styles had his final match at the rumble which caught us by surprised because we thought he would have made it to WrestleMania. We give our thoughts on the Royal Rumble and the career of AJ Styles. So come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks NeededJOIN THE COALITION:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! This is part 2 of our first show of 2026!In this part we bring back our FANTASY DRAFT! Mr. A&E and Primetime draft our picks and Q-Flo and Lady Sketch will do there picks later. Drew McIntyre finally wins the WWE Championship but what does this mean for 2026. Also we give our top 15 matches of 2025 and trust us it was hard. Come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed! JOIN THE COALITION:

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! We are back with a big 2 part episode and in this part we are talking about the best and worst in wrestling from 2025. There was a lot of bad but we did have some good happen too. You maybe surprised at our picks but that what makes it fun! Come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

The career of John Cena has come to an end, and what a career it has been. We have followed John Cena's ENTIRE career and we know that after what happen on Saturday.....Cena deserves better! John Cena lost to GUNTHER but it wasn't the fact that he lost it was HOW he lost. The fans were very pissed off and had every right to be for the amount of money they spend for that show and everything leading up to this match with Cena's retirement tour. We give you our thoughts on his final match and what fans are mad about. Also sticking to Cena we talk about John Cena's greatest matches and moments. Come join for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

A lot to get into this week. John Cena's final match is Saturday and GUNTHER has won the tournament but should he beat Cena? We look at how we got to this point and why this whole John Cena retirement tour has it's ups and downs and what mistakes they need to fix going into next year with AJ Styles. NTX Deadline saw Oba Femi win back the NXT championship and the return of Tony D'Angelo. What does this mean going forward with Ricky Saints? AEW has a new TV deal with AMC which is great for TNA but what does this mean for the partnership with WWE? Netflix won the biding war but Paramount is doing a hostile takeover attempt to get WBD! What does all this mean for AEW? All this and more so come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

This week we got to talk about this Westside Gunn situation with WWE because they are being petty and WWE makes it hard to be a wrestling fan. Me and Prime break this down and what this could mean going forward with WWE. John Cena becomes and grand slam champion but does that change the outcome of the tournament? Zack Ryder makes his "return" in this tournament but is it permeated? AEW had it's Blood and Guts show and had the FIRST EVER women's Blood & Guts match and we think they did better then the men or was it because they went first? AEW Full Gear is next Saturday and we give our predictions. All this and more so come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

This episode is a catch up episode of us talking about Jade Cargill's heel turn, NXT Halloween Havoc, Saturday Night Main Event where Jade Cargill won the women's championship and CM Punk became the new world champion. Also AEW had Wrestle Dream where Sting made his return. Come join us for the "catch up" with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

WWE had Crown Jewel this pass weekend and it was better than Wrestlepalooza! John Cena and AJ Styles had a classic as Cena gave tribute to all of his opponents over the years! AJ Styles is on his way out as well and did the same which made this match a match of the year candidate. Seth Rollins finally beats Cody but did it come at a cost because the Vision have turned their back on Rollins and where does that leave Rollins, The Vision and War Games? TNA had their biggest show of the year and we enjoyed the show BUT TNA finds a way to TNA something. We had draws, non finishes, no contest and a fake cash in which this could have been the show of the year if they took all that stuff out. Join us as we break down Bound for Glory and why TNA is still got great days to come. All this and more so join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed! JOIN THE COALITION:

DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST WAS RECORDED BEFORE CROWN JEWEL AND BOUND FOR GLORYGot a HUGE wrestling weekend coming up with WWE Crown Jewel and TNA Bound for Glory. We give our predictions and why Crown Jewel needs to do good. We had to bring back the Mid-Week Wrestling War with NXT and AEW going head to head on Tuesday night. NXT and TNA had their Showdown show which was pretty good but their are still some problems with how this invasion is going. AEW was building to WrestleDream and "Title Tuesday" had very little title action. All this and more so come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks NeededJOIN THE COALITION:

Last week on Smackdown we had a women's triple threat match for the women's championship and they BOTCHED the main event. Jade was busted open and the ref stopped her count. We try to figure out what happen and who (if anyone) is too blame. NXT had their No Mercy PLE and it was a set up for a TNA vs NXT showdown event happening on a Tuesday? We need to talk about this TNA invasion and why we feel that they missed the mark on somethings and this should REALLY be a PLE event! AJ Styles is hanging it up next year and get the chance to BEAT UP JOHN CENA one more time, AEW is celebrating the 6 year anniversary of Dynamite but AEW still needs work because they could REALLY make noise around this time. All this and more so come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

DISCLAIMER: This is a late post episode from Wrestlepalooza and All Out weekend!THE ESPN ERA HAS BEGUN! WWE had their Wrestlepalooza PLE for the first time on the ESPN app and it was a very mid show and somethings I feel could have been better. I give you my review and also tell you something about the ESPN app that you may not know. AEW had there All Out show which had surprises, debuts and good action but some of it did fall flat. I give you my review of All Out and how I feel for the first PPV on HBO Max should have been at least half off. All this and more so come join me or good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

So WWE is going international with WrestleMania and no it's not the UK. We got the news that WrestleMania 43 will be going to Saudi Arabia. We talk about what this means for WWE and for the fans here in the states during the time WWE is going to be away. Also a lot of fans are saying that Vince McMahon would never have done this but NEWS FLASH Vince is the reason we are in this mess. With WrestleMania going to Saudi Arabia this could be a blessing for Tony Khan right? Andrade was fired by WWE......AGAIN! We look into the reason why this was and why it may not just be creative issues. A HUGE wrestling weekend coming up with WWE Wrestlepalooza and AEW All Out happening on the same day with both shows debuting on new steaming service. We give our PREDICTIONS and how this weekend could be good for wrestling or it could be bad. All this and more so come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

Short and sweet this week as we talk about the return of AJ Lee and the crazy reaction that she got! Also her first promo back on Raw and the mixed tag match that will happen at Wrestlepalooza. Could Jey Uso be on the path of a heel turn? We don't think so and explain why. AJ Styles gives up and "work/shoot" promo and does Triple H really not know how to book AJ Styles? Tony Khan had to call a audible and move the time of AEW All Out and it was a good business move. All this and more so come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

This week we give our review of Clash in Paris and how Becky Lynch has screw everyone over. Also we cover the Raja Jackson incident that happen with Syko Stu and it is disgusting. What should happen to Raja and why he is WRONG no matter how you look at it. ESPN is mad a Stephanie McMahon for thinking like a normal human begin and my trip to AEW at the 2300 Arena! So come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed! JOIN THE COALITION:

We missed a week but we are back!Naomi had a announcement about her "injury" but it turns out that she is PREGNANT! We are happy for Naomi but the timing is bad because Naomi is on the best run of her career and we don't know what will happen in wrestling in 9 months. We talk about what can happen and why this overall can be a good thing for her career. TNA could be the latest crash test dummy for WWE with a possible TV deal that can put TNA right up against AEW. We talk about the cons with this as there is not much upside to this news. AEW Forbidden Door is this Sunday and we give our predictions even tho this show is less "forbidden" as usual. AAA Triplemania happen last week and it was a good show also had a great visual with Omos and Micro Man lol. Could Chris Jericho come back to WWE and Vince McMahon has resurface on TMZ talking about Hulk Hogan BUT that is not the REAL news of that show. The real news is horrifying. So come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed JOI

This is a late show but we got BREAKING NEWS that ESPN and WWE are doing a massive deal which is making us not want to watch wrestling anymore. TKO is money hungry and we don't think this deal will work for us in the long haul. We give our thoughts on the return of Brock Lesnar and the Summerslam fallout and what is next for WWE. The new Netflix documentary WWE Unreal is out and we give our review. So come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

So we have to talk about Hulk Hogan because he passed away and he was a icon even outside of wrestling. However, it is complicated for some to look at the legend that is Hulk Hogan and not see the problematic man known as Terry Bollea. I give my thoughts on Hogan and what he meant to the wrestling business and what he meant to me as a black person. Also we give our Summerslam predictions for the first ever TWO NIGHT Summerslam. So come join us in good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

TNA Slammiversary brings in TNA's biggest crowd in North America with over 7,000 people but the show saw Jacey Jane and Trick Williams walk away with TNA gold. I give my review of Slammiversary and why TNA has a BIG NXT problem. Goldberg is unhappy (what else is new) about how he was cut off from his retirement speech but is it WWE's fault? Seth Rollins was injured at Saturday Night's Main Event but was it a work all along? Cody will face John Cena in a street fight at Summerslam but could a double turn be coming? All this and more so come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION: