No Gimmicks Needed Podcast

Well in has been a crazy day in wrestling this past week and we start with Zelina Vega getting fired and it seems to be due to her stance on WWE Policy on third party social media accounts and her support for unionization. Aleister Black tries to go back to NXT but Vince won't let him and why he maybe out the door next, WWE.com put out a Undertaker bracket of his greatest matches and we knock out round 1&2. BIG WEEK for AEW as they sign Jade Cargill and start up their YouTube channel AEW Games which gives us a look at the next AEW games coming soon! Wednesday Night War shows a shocking turn in Leon Ruff winning the NXT North American Championship! and PAC returning to AEW! All this and more, come join us for wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!

It's been a slow week in wrestling and since the Presidential Election was happening last week, there was not much to do. So on today's show we talk about Mercedes Martinez leaving RETRIBUTION and our theory's on why. What should the Undertaker do at Survivor Series? There was a wedding on impact wrestling and someone SHOT John Bravo! Who was it and why this was a dumb segment. Wednesday Night War as NXT comes hard this week but AEW is gearing up for full gear! SO come join us for wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed.

This week on the show we address the passing of Tracy Smothers, Vince McMahon is getting a four part documentary by Netflix but will it tell the "Whole" story? Paige is piss off since WWE suspend a lot of superstars twitch accounts and why this should not be allowed. Matt Riddle has a new name with just Riddle, Miro says real fans accept what is giving and why that comment is dumb. We talk about the problem with Raw vs Smackdown Survivor Series and why it needs to end. Wednesday night war was awesome as NXT brings back Halloween Havoc and AEW has a great main event. All this and more so come join us for wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed

DISCLAIMER:Our audio is mess up during this podcast and we apologize because it was too late to fix it. We promise next week will be better!WE ARE BACK!!! After a month off we are finally back to give you guys our thoughts on the latest news in pro wrestling. Hell in the Cell is Sunday so we give our predictions and why 3 cell matches are too much, Eric Bischoff says TNA in it's prime was better than NXT and we talk about how he is not that far off. We know the New Day are great but just how great? Do we put them in the top 5 of all time? Wednesday night war is a hit this week especially the dinner between Chris Jericho and MJF. All this and more so sit back and join us for great wrestling content with No Gimmicks Needed.

We are back with a another podcast after taking 2 weeks off for personal reasons but it is a very slow week in wrestling. We give our predictions for Clash of Champions 2020 and why it has potential to be a good show. We lost a wrestling giant and tag team icon Road Warrior Animal, we take time to look back at his life and some of his greatest moments. We give our two cents on why RETRIBUTION SUCKS!!!!! and it's DOA. Wednesday night war this week has Kyle O Riley in singles action like the good ole ROH days and Cody RETURNS with a NEW LOOK. So come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!

Vince McMahon has lost it...or has he? Vince wants WWE superstars to stop using third party sites to promote themselves because he owns their stage names and real names! Now WWE has backed tracked a little bit since this weekend but if thing is all the way true then it's time for these wrestlers to stand up! Brock Lesnar is now a free agent but that doesn't mean he is going to AEW, AOP got release and that is sad to hear when you don't have a good tag division, Mauro Ranallo is out of WWE and The Rock and his family all had COVID-19. Wednesday night war as NXT has a match of the year.....until the finish, AEW get ready for All Out as Jake Roberts has the line of the night! All this and more so sit back and enjoy great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed

Today we give you our Payback predictions and our All Out predictions as well. R.I.P to bullet Bob Armstrong and we talk about how Braun Strowman almost committed suicide. Wednesday Night War brings it with Karrion Kross dropping the NXT Championship and AEW has it's first tables match. All this and more so come join us for some wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed.

It's Summerslam weekend and we give you our predictions for the show that "You'll Never See It Coming", Renee Young is leaving WWE and we give our thoughts on why this is the RIGHT move for her, we lost another in the wrestling world Xaiver from ROH. Shane McMahon could take over Raw and why this could be a hit and miss. Our thoughts on the Thunderdome and why we like it but somethings may have to go. Wednesday Night War with NXT on Wednesday and AEW on Saturday, NXT is getting ready for Takeover XXX and The Dark Order is becoming an actual good faction. All this and more so come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!

In part 2 we do the first part of the greatest Summerslam ever bracket put on WWE's twitter account. The Wednesday Night War brings us a fireball to Keith Lee and Cody has the finished TNT championship! Come join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed.

This week has been something, Sonya Deville is very lucky this past weekend as someone tried to kidnapped her. Velveteen Dream is back on TV but that doesn't mean his case has gone away. Vince McMahon wants virtual fans at Summerslam? Wonder where he got that idea from. All that and more on part 1 of 2 of the No Gimmicks Needed podcast

BIG week in wrestling because Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Dany Garcia buy the XFL and what this means for the future of football, Marty Jannety confess to murdering a man back in the day but is it true or not? R.I.P to Kamala who died right before we did the show, Retribution came in full swing on Friday night Smackdown but it doesn't feel right to us, Kofi Kingston gives the Rock his props for being the first African American champion. Pat McAfee gives a beautiful punt to Adam Cole while Orange Cassidy gives a debate with Chris Jericho that you won't be disappointed in with this weeks Wednesday Night War, and so much more! So come join us with great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!

It's kind of a quiet week in wrestling but we do talk about Big E's push and why Booker T is right when saying that Big E can use a change, Ember Moon says Bayley and Sasha should not have all the gold but is she right? Rusev done with wrestling but banned off twitch, Beyonce and Bianca Belair have something in common but can't put my finger on it. The Wednesday Night War is a ALL AEW WEEK as they killed it and MJF has the best promo in 2020? All this and a little more so join our wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed.

We got a big show for you guys today, Eric Young shoots on WWE broken system and he makes a good point. Big E is finally getting a singles push but how good will it be? Big Swole tells a funny story about how she meant Brock Lesnar, Matt Hardy dropping all his gimmicks to become Matthew, is a New Nation a good idea today, Booker T comments on the #NaomiDeservesBetter but he maybe tone death. The Wednesday night war sees Keith Lee drop the North American title and the return of Sammy Guevara. All this and more so come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!

Please Subscribe to Nerd Coalition Studios:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClN3-1bp5GKrI4T0TWbi7Kw?view_as=subscriberNerd Coalition Level Up:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCciZJh9LEpB2DbiTeDMw4Jg?view_as=subscriberOn part 2, Lio Rush goes off on twitter and everything he is saying is not wrong but we do have an opinion on the matter. Wednesday night war and we see the double champ Keith Lee match up with an old friend, Jon Moxley and Brian Cage FINALLY have their match but did it live up to the hype? All this and more so join us for wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed

Today we have a huge podcast that we must make into two parts. First and foremost the Nerd Coalition channel is being terminated due to strikes so please subscribe to our new channelNerd Coalition Studios:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClN3-1bp5GKrI4T0TWbi7Kw?view_as=subscriberNerd Coalition Level Up:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCciZJh9LEpB2DbiTeDMw4Jg?view_as=subscriberOn this week's podcast we give our Extreme Rules predictions and how stupid this show sounds, Impact Wrestling put on a decent Slammiversary show last night and we give our review. A new hashtag has started about Naomi and why we believe it is true, Gallows and Anderson shoot on Paul Heyman and WWE since there contract is up. We give our thoughts on what they said. Stay tune for part 2

This week Charlotte Flair comes out and tells her reason on why she is taking time off and why it's the right thing to do, Rusev has COVID-19, New Extreme Rules posters look great, AJ Styles calls Paul Heyman a liar and WWE Evolution 2 could happen Summerslam weekend and why that's a BAD idea. The Wednesday night War presents night two between Great American Bash and Fyter Fest, who won the event. All this and more so sit back and listen to great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!

The reason we haven't seen Shayna Baszler on Raw because Vince McMahon is sour on her. WWE buys evolve wrestling and what this means for Indy wrestling. A new Broken Skull Sessions with Mark Henry and why it's one of the best episodes on the network. It's a big Wednesday Night and NXT and AEW are going head to head with night one of Great American Bash and Fyter Fest. Join us for great wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed.

WWE is really not seeing the seriousness in this COVID-19 virus, it is reported that over 30 staff members at WWE has the virus and more could be on the way, Velveteen Dream was in a car accident but that could be the lease of his worries, Keith Lee has his own #speakingout story, Sammy Guevara made a explicit comment towards Sasha Banks in 2016 and now he has to pay for it. Tessa Blanchard and other fired from Impact wrestling this week and if she will have another Job. Also NXT beats AEW this week but Fyter Fest looks to be in control for next week, part 5 of the Last Ride review and why it's the best documentary on the network. All this and more so come join us for some wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!

Well if 2020 could not get any worse it said "hold my beer". There has been a # happening this past week when it comes to sexual assault in professional wrestling. #Speakingout has brought to light some of the horrible things behind the doors of wrestling and some names that are on this list are hard to read. Nerd Coalition gives it support to all the victims involve and will continue to cover this as the story unfolds. Undertaker finally retires from wrestling but is it too late? COVID-19 has not gone anywhere and WWE keeps getting hit hard as Kevin Owens wants to do the right thing and go home and be safe. We list our top 5 favorite Undertaker matches and moments and much more.

Well it looks like Vince McMahon is at it again and went off and fired Paul Heyman and made one whole creative team between Raw and Smackdown lead by Bruce Prichard. We talk about why this is not going to change anything and it has to come from the top! We give our Backlash 2020 predictions and why Edge and Orton won't be the greatest wrestling match ever but still a good match, NJPW is back after being down for 110 days due to COVID 19, The Undertaker last ride is back so we give our review on part 4 and Wednesday night war which seen a awesome challenge for Adam Cole's championship and the first match for #FTR in AEW. All this and more some come join us with good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed.