No Gimmicks Needed Podcast

WHAT A WEEK WWE had, this has been a BIG news worthy week for wrestling as Vince McMahon has resigned from WWE due to sex trafficking allegations. The news broke on Thursday and very horrific details came out from the court documents and it's very disgusting. As more news broke Vince McMahon was forced out the next day, we give you our thoughts on what happen and how WWE should handle things going forward. Raw is moving to Netflix in 2025 while Dwayne Johnson has be brought on to WWE board of directors in huge 5 billion from Netflix and 30 million in shares for the Rock deal. We go over this deal and see if this is the right move for WWE. Royal Rumble fallout as Cody wins back to back and Bayley wins her first Rumble, we let Q-Flo and Lady Sketch gives there thoughts plus debunked all the rumors saying that The Rock and Roman Reigns were going to main event Wrestlemania 40 and why that was a STUPID rumor to believe. All this and more so come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed! JOIN T

Part 2 of the podcast we give you our Royal Rumble predictions and what surprises we can get from the show. TNA is back and they had there Hard to Kill show with some debuts that you NEED to know about. Darkside of the ring season 5 is around the corner but how good is the show list? Our thoughts on the new WWE 2K24 and what maybe missing. Come join us for some good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

New season of our fantasy draft and this time quarto is joining us, So come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

This is our late but GREAT top of the year podcast going over the good and bad in wrestling from 2023. We give our thoughts on who was the best male and female superstar, tag team, PLE, show and match of the year! Come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

DISCLAIMER: This is not the part 2 we had in mind for our top of the new year podcast but we came down with the flu and COVID and been out of action all week. We apologize, this is the show we recorded to catch up and next week will be our best and worse episode.The Rock has come back to WWE during their Raw "special" show Day 1 and he called out Roman Reigns saying he wants to eat at the head of the table. Almost everyone said that this was going to be the match at Wrestlemania 40 but does it need to be? We give our thoughts on the Rock coming back and what SHOULD happen between him and Roman and let Cody finished the story. Nick Nemeth shows up in NJPW during Wrestle Kingdom, what is next for him? What women will show up in the Royal Rumble? We give our thoughts. Patrick Clark AKA The Velveteen Dream issues a apology to WWE, Triple H and Shawn Michaels but is it a little too late? All this and more so come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmick Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

Happy New Year, we are kicking off this year with a "double hitter". In this part we cover the controversy going on between Chris Jericho and Kylie Rae and why it is still now right to make any decisions just yet. Charlotte Flair was injured on Smackdown and now she is looking to miss 9 months, Andrade done with AEW and on his way back to WWE as early as this week!? AEW World's End gave us some good moments on a average show. Adam Cole showed MJF that he was the devil but can they keep this story fresh until Cole is back from injury? All this and more so come talk good wrestling talk with us with No Gimmicks Needed! JOIN THE COALITION:

That right nearly 10 years ago CM Punk walked out of WWE and we NEVER thought we would see him again in WWE, but 10 years later he is back after coming out at the end of Survivor Series War Games. Now that he is back what is in store for CM Punk and will he be helpful or harmful to WWE. Seth Rollins appeared to be angry with CM Punk returning at Survivor Series but was that LEGIT anger or a work? At the Survivor Series press conference Triple was asked about Jade Cargill and gave a honest answer. In short he told us that she is not ready and he is right and we told everyone so. Now when will Jade appear in her first match? AEW has a new tournament called the Continental Classic and it looks a lot like the NBA in season tournament. All this and more so come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! We going to give you something to listen to as you get dinner together! Randy Orton is returning at Survivor Series to be on team Cody and if Randy is returning for War Games, who will Shinsuke fight? AEW Full Gear was last Saturday and Hangman and Swerve had a CRAZY match that lived up to a death match! Is Ronda Rousey in ROH? Will Osprey is ALL ELITE! So come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

The whole crew is here and we are getting ready for Wrestlemania in our hometown of Philly! We got Walemania tickets as well and we can't wait, NXT has found a new home at the CW next year but the NWA was supposed to have that spot and mess it up was a backstage scene that was to "risky" for TV. Wargames is back at Survivor Series and so far it's 4 on 4 but will Drew McIntyre join the Judgement day and make the team 5? AEW Full Gear is this Saturday and we give our predictions for the show. All this and more so come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

Short but sweet in this show, We give our review of Crown Jewel and why we felt as this was one of the weakest of the Saudi shows. WWE finally release the documentary on Vladimir the super fan. We give our review and how great it feels to be a wrestling fan sometimes. So come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

Late but we are back and have to touch on things that happen this past week on wrestling. WWE Crown Jewel is Saturday so we give our predictions for the event and if we are excited. NXT Halloween Havoc part 1 thoughts with predictions for part 2 (review will be on next podcast) and why the women shined in part 1. Tony Khan has brought in Ric Flair to AEW as a gift for Sting, does Sting have a gift receipt? AEW was in Philadelphia, our home town so how was the event and was it really empty? A new wax figure of Dwayne The Rock Johnson was shown off but he is looking very.......light. Why is is so hard to get wax figures of POCs right? WWE 2K24 rumor is the Bray Wyatt will be the focus of the game and have a tribute. IF this is true that would be exciting news and we give our thoughts on it. All this and more so come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed! JOIN THE COALITION:

Short but important podcast this week, The Icon Sting is hanging up his boots from professional wrestling and it will be at AEW Revolution 2024. We talk about our favorite version of Sting and why his WWE run wasn't that good. Impact Wrestling had their annual Bound for Glory show and at the end we heard that TNA is BACK! We talk about what this means for TNA in 2024! Tony Khan needs to put his phone down and why he needs to focus on his product instead of a ratings war. Come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

This week we are late again but still have our thoughts on what's going on in wrestling. The battle between NXT and AEW on Tuesday is crazy fun but is it a little much for NXT to be acting like this? Edge is now Adam Copeland in AEW and fans are not happy but should he be getting this much heat? Will CM Punk come back to WWE? Do we want him to? WWE Raw review and how it FELT like a Triple H Raw and Endeavor may have something to do with that. We give you our Fastlane review and our thoughts on the main event. So come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

It's been awhile, but we are back to talk about WWE MASSIVE release of employees and superstars. We breakdown the different releases and why we saw some coming and some the was surprising. Smackdown in 2024 is moving to USA and leaving Fox, we talk about how this could be a bad move for us in the long run. Jade Cargill officially signs with WWE and she is looking to be the next big star! But where will she go? Main roster or NXT? We debate that here! So come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

We are back with a loaded podcast for you guys! Jade Cargill is CLEARLY leaving AEW and the word is she is making her way to WWE, everyone is already fantasy booking Jade vs Bianca at Mania 40 but will Jade be on the main roster or will she stop at NXT first? The Rock made his return to WWE on Smackdown this past Friday now everyone is calling for the Rock and Roman and we are saying that DOESN'T NEED TO HAPPEN! It's a end of a era when WWE and UFC merger has been completed, what does this mean for the future of the product? Impact Wrestling made it to 1000 episodes something WCW Nitro couldn't even do, we talk about the show and what Impact should of took a gamble on. We give out AEW Grand Slam predictions and how this show is not even sold out yet. Peacock delivered one of the best documentaries this year oh it's true IT'S DAMN TRUE! We give our review of the new ANGLE documentary and why this is a great telling of Kurt Angle's story. So come join us for great wrestling talk with No

CM Punk got fired from AEW after the events from ALL IN, we give our thoughts on the situation and what's next for CM Punk. WWE Payback was last Saturday and we give our reviewJOIN THE COALITION:

We cover the crazy week that AEW had with their biggest show ALL IN and their return to Chicago without CM Punk for ALL OUT.JOIN THE COALITION:

The wrestling world took a kick in the nuts this week when we lost 2 top stars, the hall of famer Terry Funk and Bray Wyatt. Terry Funk the hardcore legend was a favorite of ours who brought us great memories in the 90's during his "Funk U" era. Bray Wyatt slapped us in the face as we thought we were getting ready for his return to the ring after not being seen since March or this year. Bray Wyatt has such a creative mind and we feel as if he wasn't given a fair chance in WWE. We remember Bray Wyatt and his whole career and what could of been. All In is AEW's biggest show and we give our predictions for the show and some of our problems with the card. Did Edge wrestle his last match? Or his last match in WWE? Cash Wheeler arrested on a gun charge and CM Punk banding people from Collision? What is going on at AEW elementary? All this and more so come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

Got a cool show for you guys today, August 11 was the 50 year anniversary of Hip Hop and we know there have been a lot of Hip Hop base theme songs in wrestling. We discuss some of our favorite wrestling Hip Hop theme songs. Jey Uso quits WWE but was that a smart move in this bloodline storyline? Also Jey and Jimmy said they wanted a Wrestlemania match together but could WWE drag this out this long? CM Punk is back at it again and shoots on Adam Page after Collision goes off the air, we discuss why this needs to stop and this is all Tony Khan's fault. The season finale of Dark Side of the ring shows us the world according to Marty Jannetty and it is a VERY scary place to be in.....if you believe it. All this and some more so come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!JOIN THE COALITION:

This is part 2 of our huge podcast and in this section we cover NXT Great American Bash and why did the fans turn on Gable Stevenson so fast? AEW had it's 200 episode and it had some returns and announce the main event at ALL IN, Vince McMahon served and subpoena and what this could mean going into a sell of the company. Dark Side of the ring focuses on WCW Bash at the Beach 2000 and the beef between Vince Russo and Eric Bishoff is just childish and we wonder why WCW went under. Come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed! JOIN THE COALITION: