No Gimmicks Needed Podcast

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:

We had one LOADED wrestling weekend and we gonna break it all down for you. It's AEW All In season and once again All In Texas did not disappoint! Hangman Adam Page beat Jon Moxley in a brutal Texas death match and won the AEW championship but that was not all as we got the return of Darby Allin and Cope with Athena winning a title shot. We give our review of AEW All In Texas and how AEW didn't let the WWE noise get to them. Seth Rollins got injured on Saturday Night's Main Event and that is a big blow for the company, Goldberg finally got his retirement match against GUNTHER and it DID NOT SUCK! However, Goldberg's speech was cut off by NBC and that felt disrespectful, we give our thoughts on what happen and how Goldberg did go out on top. WWE put there women in a bad spot but the women came out and delivered at Evolution with Naomi cashing in her MITB to become women's world champion! We give our review and explain why Evolution was better than WrestleMania this year! All this and more s

This weekend is LOADED with wrestling and we are here to give our predictions on everything! WWE is doing Evolution 2 on Sunday and it doesn't have the same feel it did back in 2018 and you have to ask yourself the question, do WWE care about their women's division? NXT has the Great American Bash but it feels underwhelming, Goldberg has his retirement match at Saturday Night Main Event but how well will this go for Goldberg? AEW All In Texas is Saturday and we give our thoughts and also why this has the potential to be the best wrestling show this weekend. Jacob Fatu was on a rap song with his uncle Rikishi and the N word was dropped. Fans are upset by this but also some fans are not, we discuss how much or who gets a N word pass? Or does anyone get a pass at all? The answer may shock you! We give our quick recap of Night or Champions and why some things on the show was a mistake and what we think the future will be. All this and more, so come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!

John Cena turns the tables on CM Punk and drops his OWN version on Punk's pipebomb from 14 years ago. Was it the promo of the year or overrated? Randy Orton is going to the finals of the KOTR and so is Askua but who will they face? Night of Champions predictions and after what the POTUS did will this affect the show? Goldberg returns to get his retirement match with GUNTHER and Liv Morgan is out of action. All this and more so come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

Loaded show for you, we give you our Money in the bank 2025 review and the "return" of R-Truth also we give our Raw review which happen to the be one of the better Raw's in awhile and the John Cena CM Punk face off, King and Queen of the ring qualifying matches, the return of Ron Killings and a NEW world heavyweight champion! Before MITB WWE had there world's collide show and it was AWESOME and a certain someone stole the show and it's not who you think. Mariah May is now in NXT and Mike Santana took on Trick Williams for the TNA championship. All this and more so come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

I'M BACK!!!I miss one week and the wrestling world has exploded! R-Truth announced that WWE will not be renewing his contract and fans are PISSED! Having R-Truth leave WWE is not something we want to see and R-Truth deserves better than this! Also there are talks about the Miz and Carlito also leaving. WrestleMania 42 will no longer be in NOLA now reports are saying they could possibly go back to Vegas next year. We talk about how WWE wants to make money now but this may not be a good move in the long run. Money in the Bank is Saturday and we give our predictions and if it's true that Triple H doesn't like Money in the Bank. World's Collide is Saturday before MITB and we give our thoughts on that as well, Johnny Ace has flipped again! John Laurinaitis has agree to help with the Vince McMahon case but it still won't give Vince any jail time. Trick Williams won the TNA Championship and made wrestling history and why this was a good move. AEW had it's Double or Nothing show but Tony Khan

Backlash was in the hometown of Randy Orton and he and Cena went out and had a good main event but is it really the last time they will do it? We give out Backlash review and what we think is coming later. We didn't get to talk about it last week but WWE made it's "annual" after WrestleMania cuts and we lost some big names and some we knew was coming. We break it down and why some of these cuts to use make NO SENSE! JeVon Evans and Ricochet get into on X and we gives our thoughts on why we feel JeVon was out of line for this one. Hulk Hogan gets cooked by Shelton Benjamin on X for disrespecting him and I am ALL FOR IT! All this and more so come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

WrestleMania 41 weekend is over and we FINALLY get to talk about it. The build for Mania 41 was not that great and the two night card wasn't the best either besides the triple threat matches on both nights. Raw after Mania was a great show with a Becky heel turn, Breakker joining Heyman and the return of Rusev! Smackdown saw the return of Aleister Black, Zelina Vega winning gold and a TLC match that SHOULD HAVE been on the WrestleMania card! We give our thoughts of the WrestleMania post shows. WWE Hall of Fame saw Triple H take up most of the night but they had one change I liked! Mariah May on her way to WWE, and our review of the new Peacock documentary about WrestleMania IX. All this and more so come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

SWERVE VS BOOKER T is getting out of hand. Swerve Strickland went on Vlad TV (red flag number one) and talked about how black wrestlers were treated in WWE and Booker T said that there is no miss treatment now of blacks but Swerve doesn't agree and the back and forth began and at the end of Dynasty Swerve told Philly "F*** Booker T" (I was there lol). We get into this debate and why they are both right and wrong. Dark Side of the Ring gets deep with the story of Ludvig Borga, we look into how he was wrong when he left wrestling. We also dive into one of m favorites with Big Van Vader and how he was the best big man of all time but his WWE run was terrible. Also I share a personal story about almost meeting Vader. Come us for more great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

IT'S WRESTLEMANIA WEEK, and we got a lot of things to cover! We give our predictions for WrestleMania 41 and what match could be added to the card. The Hall of Fame inductors have been announced and Sting is not on the list to induct his best friend and that is a shame. Kamala is going into the Hall of Fame but under it's legacy wing and we feel he deserved to be part of the "main" class. NXT Stand and Deliver is Saturday and we give our predictions for that and why some things don't make sense to us. Speaking of not making sense, AEW Dynamite saw the young bucks give there "answer" for why they attacked Swerve at Dynasty and to no surprised, it sucked! So come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST IS FROM THE WEEK OF APRIL 7 2025FINALLY the build for WrestleMania is coming through as John Cena and Cody Rhodes duel in a promo battle where Cena almost kills Cody BUT Cody held his own. GUNTHER sends a message to Jey Uso by destroying his brother and this is what this feud needed. Kevin Owens is injured and needs neck surgery, which means Randy Orton is out of a match but maybe not. I attend my first AEW show and it was AEW Dynasty. Tony Khan has a REAL problem with booking his PPVs and it wasn't all because of the main event. So come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed! JOIN THE COALITION:

DISCLAIMER: THIS SHOW WAS RECORDED THE DAY OF RAW FROM MARCH 31, 2025What is with the build to WrestleMania? John Cena and Cody have not got to second gear yet, Rhea, Bianca and Iyo are looking stupid and Jey Uso vs GUTHER is not even gonna main event mania night 1! Why is the heat for this mania so low and what can they do to fix it. CM Punk gets his WrestleMania main event but we still don't know what the favor is. Naomi cuts has a great heel segment and Priest and McIntyre heat up. The Hall of Fame is now adding matches and the first one is well deserved. How will WWE handle this in the future. AEW Dynasty is this Sunday and we give our predictions along with our review of Dark Side of the Ring season 6 premier. So come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed! JOIN THE COALITION: