Straight Shooters

Recorded 05/07/2020. The guys decide to live commentate another bad wrestling match, this time turning their attention to the infamous 1998 War Games match. Join along with them as they try to make sense of the senseless. Follow us on Twitter: [@nickpiccone] [@VaughnMJohnson] [@ShootersRadio] You can subscribe to The Straight Shooters on the following platforms: [Apple Podcasts], [Stitcher], [Goog...

Recorded 04/30/2020. The guys are finally back and try to have a little fun and entertain the audience by live commentating the Doomsday Cage Match from Uncensored 1996 pitting Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage against The Alliance to End Hulkamania! Follow us on Twitter: [@nickpiccone] [@VaughnMJohnson] [@ShootersRadio] You can subscribe to The Straight Shooters on the following platforms: [Apple Podca...

Recorded 3/12/20. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in the NBA, NHL, MLS, MLB, XFL, March Madness, and more college sports suspending events and/or completely canceling them. So why is it that WWE's WrestleMania is still scheduled to go on in Tampa on April 5? They've already canceled a house show in Ohio, but what do they need to do next? Their statement on March 12 reads: "While w...

Recorded 3/5/2020. AEW made the mainstream this week, and we're pretty sure they're thrilled about it.  MJF flipped off a 7-year-old kid at a meet-and-greet in Chicago, and it made national headlines. Some thought it was a heel going too far, and some thought it was a heel being a heel. This week, we discuss our opinions on the situation and whether or not hiding behind the "wrestling heel" excuse...

Recorded 2/27/2020. We have once again lived through a mind-numbing decision by Vince McMahon - this time, to put the Universal Championship back on Bill Goldberg. Not only that, but Goldberg defeated one of the hottest acts in WWE today, "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt at Super Showdown in Saudi Arabia. Why? Just why? And AEW's next pay-per-view, Revolution, is this weekend. Emanating from the Wintrust Ar...

Recorded 2/20/2020. Episode 227! Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) discuss the legend of Cody Rhodes and how it's just growing in All Elite Wrestling. Has anybody benefited from AEW more than Cody at this point? The guys discuss just how great he's been so far in AEW and what his future could hold. WWE Network's new Ruthless Aggression documentary has been highly ant...

Recorded 2/13/2020. Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) discuss the latest ratings in the battle for Wednesday Night wrestling supremacy, as Vaughn declares the Wednesday Night War over! However, Nick doesn't necessarily agree. Listen as the two make their cases. With WrestleMania returning to Los Angeles in 2021, the guys discuss where they think WrestleMania will win...

Recorded 2/7/2020. Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) react to Vince McMahon's and WWE interim CFO Frank Riddick's earnings conference call on Thursday. A huge item that was brought up was the possibility of WWE selling their PPV's to bigger streaming distributors in the near future. It seems like there already might be smoke.  The guys discuss their thoughts on the c...

Recorded 2/1/2020. Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) discuss WWE's corporate shake-up, WWE's terrible production itinerary that includes camera cuts to the crowc during very, very important moments, Naomi's return that got social media talking, and a racist Royal Rumble? You can subscribe to The Straight Shooters on the following platforms: [Apple Podcasts], [Stitche...

Recorded 1/16/2020. Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) discuss the gigantic news of All Elite Wrestling re-upping with TNT through 2023. They're also getting a second show on the station. Why this is huge news for the industry and more. The guys also discuss the latest in the Wednesday Night War, and how much better RAW has been in recent weeks. You can subscribe to T...

Recorded 1/9/2020. Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) discuss their favorite moments and memories of 30+ years of the Royal Rumble. You can subscribe to The Straight Shooters on the following platforms: [Apple Podcasts], [Stitcher], [Google Play], [Spreaker], [Spotify], [iHeartRadio], [TuneIn Radio], [SoundCloud], [Player FM] and wherever else you get your podcasts! E...

Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) give their predictions of what they think will happen in the world of wrestling in 2020. They also discuss how overrated surprises are in the Royal Rumble now, when WrestleMania might come to Philly and more.  You can subscribe to The Straight Shooters on the following platforms: [Apple Podcasts], [Stitcher], [Google Play], [Spreaker...

Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) discuss the latest in the ongoing ratings battle between NXT and AEW, and this week, NXT runs a clean sweep of AEW. What does this mean for AEW? Who's got the momentum heading into 2020? And what does AEW need to do differently to feel actually different from WWE? The guys then run down the best moments of the 2010s, with the help fr...

Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) are back! After a few weeks off, the guys return and discuss some of the biggest wrestling stories of the year, inside and outside of the ring. AEW's debut, NXT going head-to-head with Dynamite, ROH's decline, WrestleMania, and much more is discussed on this episode. You can subscribe to The Straight Shooters on the following platfor...

Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) discuss CM Punk's return to WWE programming as a surprise at the very end of this week's edition of WWE Backstage on FS1. It's another edition of the Wednesday Night War between AEW and NXT. Who won this round? We also talk about ACH quitting WWE on a Periscope video. You can subscribe to The Straight Shooters on the following platfo...

Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) preview AEW's Full Gear pay-per-view, chat about the historical significance of Cody's promo from Dynamite, discuss some of their favorite promos of all-time, dissect the Wednesday Night War ratings battle this week and more. You can subscribe to The Straight Shooters on the following platforms: [Apple Podcasts], [Stitcher], [Google...

Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) discuss Jordan Myles' Twitter tirade railing against a terrible-looking and racist T-shirt that caused a ripple effect throughout the wrestling community. The guys discuss Myles' possible motives, and also discuss a major issue when it comes to not only WWE booking, but pro wrestling as a whole - why is pushing African-Americans at t...

Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) discuss a dip in the Wednesday Night War ratings once again, but this time, there's good reason as both shows were up against stiff competition. Despite neither show hitting the 1.0 million mark, it may very well have been the best set of shows thus far for AEW and NXT respectively. The guys discuss a little about the ratings and why...

Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) return to discuss a VERY BUSY TWO WEEKS in professional wrestling. Eric Bischoff is OUT as Executive Director of SmackDown, and done with WWE. He is being replaced by Bruce Prichard. How did that happen? Why did that happen?  How did RAW and SmackDown fare in the WWE Draft? Both AEW and NXT ratings were down in Week 2 of the Wednesda...

Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) review the first-ever head-to-head Wednesday Night War between AEW's Dynamite on TNT and NXT on the USA Network. Which show was better? What were the ratings? The segment-by-segment deep dive into what was going up against what on each show and plenty more this week! You can subscribe to The Straight Shooters on the following platfor...

Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) watch NXT on the USA Network live as they discuss Bray Wyatt's Fiend character and if it's really groundbreaking. Why is it so popular right now? Are we overhyping its popularity? The discussion then moves to whether or not we are on the precipice of another boom period in wrestling. Is this the same type of boom period we saw in 199...

Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) discuss NXT's debut on the USA Network and its rating. Was it good or bad? What will AEW's debut on TNT look like in terms of ratings? The guys also discuss Brock Lesnar vs. Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship being official for the first SmackDown on FOX. Will Brock win? What can WWE do that's newsworthy enough and not give Brock...

Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) discuss AEW's All Out pay-per-view, make predictions, and end the show discussing how they view AEW as a wrestling company right now. You can subscribe to The Straight Shooters on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts (please rate and review us!), Stitcher, Google Play, Spreaker, Spotify, iHeartRadio, TuneIn Radio, SoundCloud, Play...

Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) discuss the move of NXT to the USA Network beginning September 18 and becoming a live television program to go head-to-head with AEW weekly. For the fans who wanted a wrestling war, they got it. And, there's a lot of them. Of course, when someone gets what they want, sometimes they second-guess exactly what they wanted and begin to r...

Vaughn Johnson (@VaughnMJohnson) and Nick Piccone (@nickpiccone) discuss how the crowd in Toronto reacted to Kofi Kingston and Randy Orton this past Sunday at SummerSlam, which was parroted by some people who said Kofi Kingston's reign has been boring and it's time for a new champion. The guys discuss Kofi's reign and why it's not boring, and also why it's one of the best title reigns in recent WW...