No Gimmicks Needed Wrestling 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...

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 S...

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 co...

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 Gimmic...

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: 🌍Nerd Coalition: Level Up!: https://www.youtube.com/chann...

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...

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...

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...

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: 🌍Nerd Coalition: Level Up!: htt...

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 whe...

DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST WAS RECORDED BEFORE CROWN JEWEL AND BOUND FOR GLORY Got 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 st...

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...

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...

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 Wres...

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 t...

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...

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 t...

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 re...

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 f...

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...

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&...

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 bu...

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 o...

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 wa...

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 bac...