No Gimmicks Needed Podcast

No Gimmicks Needed Podcast

No Gimmicks Needed is a place where the format is simple, the news is real and the bells and whistles are unnecessary! Join us weekly as we give you the hot updates, news and rumors in today's pro wrestling and get you ready for the upcoming WWE PPVS! We don't take ourselves seriously but do give our audience our great wrestling minds and bring detail and logic into our podcast. If you love wrestling there is no need to skip!

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June 23, 2025 78 mins

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 ...

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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 sto...

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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 ...

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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!...

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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 Wres...

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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 S...

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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 Sa...

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DISCLAIMER: THIS PODCAST IS FROM THE WEEK OF APRIL 7 2025


FINALLY 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...

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DISCLAIMER: THIS SHOW WAS RECORDED THE DAY OF RAW FROM MARCH 31, 2025

What 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...

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This week we talk about John Cena's first heel promo and why we were disappointed and happy at the same time. Roman Reigns, CM Punk and Seth Rollins have their segment on Smackdown and it was lukewarm at best, what they need to do and why this WrestleMania build is not as hot as last year. Naomi returns to attack Jade Cargill but it didn't get the heat it needed. Jon Moxley and Cope have their redo match at Dynamite and Mox...

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LOADED SHOW this week as all wrestling promotions had major shows this week. Roman Reigns returns on Raw to attack Seth Rollins and CM Punk, triple threat for Mania? The Street Profits win tag team gold for the first time in 4 years, but what is the plan for Mania now? NXT had their BEST SHOW EVER with Roadblock and now can Shawn Michaels top it for Stand & Deliver? AEW had Revolution this past Sunday and it was a great show UN...

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LOADED SHOW this week as all wrestling promotions had major shows this week. Roman Reigns returns on Raw to attack Seth Rollins and CM Punk, triple threat for Mania? The Street Profits win tag team gold for the first time in 4 years, but what is the plan for Mania now? NXT had their BEST SHOW EVER with Roadblock and now can Shawn Michaels top it for Stand & Deliver? AEW had Revolution this past Sunday and it was a great show UN...

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A LOADED SHOW this week as we go over what happen on Raw, Smackdown and NXT this past week. CM Punk cuts a fire promo on Raw and had one of the best pull apart brawls in wrestling with Seth Rollins. Iyo Sky SHOCKED THE WORLD by winning the Women's World Championship from Rhea Ripley. Where does Rhea go from here? Also Rhea had a emotional promo after Raw that sets up this story nicely. Cody responds to The Rock and Cena after t...

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DISCLAIMER: This show should have been posted a week ago but we had issues that we could get content up in time. This show has a cold open and ending because we were not able to get our old recording back. We are sorry about this but enjoy the show and we will come back strong next week!


We give our Elimination Chamber predictions and RIGHT AFTER our review of the Elimination Chamber where Jade Cargill returned, Randy Orton retu...

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This week we saw Ricky Starks debut on NXT Scott Hall style and made a big hit. NXT also had Vengeance Day and Jordynn Grace makes her sights known. Michelle Mccool is going into the Hall of Fame and it was the right move but I think someone should join her. WWE Released over 10 superstars last week before WrestleMania and believe it or not I can see why. We talk about where they made end up and why the releases may not be done yet...

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ROYAL RUMBLE FALLOUT, we cover the Royal Rumble from this past Saturday were Jey Uso and Charlotte Flair win both the women's and men's rumble matches but for some reason people start hating on Jey Uso! We discuss the hate that Jey is getting and why they need to stop. Triple H will headline the 2025 Hall of Fame but who else will join him? Drew McIntyre was pissed backstage at the rumble but why? JD McDonagh got injured on...

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Short but sweet this week as we are getting ready for the Royal Rumble! We give our predictions for the show and who will show up in both Rumbles! We give our review of Saturday Night's Main Event and how Jacob Fatu went off and Shawn Michaels did something we didn't agree with. The Hurt Syndicate bring home the tag team titles from Private Party and more! So come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed!


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This week is a TNA week because WWE and TNA have signed a multi-year deal which means great things in 2025 and years to come. However, that can also lead to some talent advantages in the future. Also TNA had their Genesis PPV where Joe Hendry became the new TNA world champion and the fans chanted "She a Racist" at Tessa Blanchard. I give my review of the show and what TNA could do in the future for PPV crossovers with NXT....

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This is part 2 of episode 304

DISCLAMIER: MATCH OF THE YEAR WILL BE ON EPISODE 305

2024 has come to a close but we had a lot of good things that happen in wrestling! So we are doing our end of the end awards which includes wrestler of the year (man & women), breakout superstar of the year, most improved super, tag team of the year, PLE of the year etc. Also we give a overview of the good in 2024. As with everything good we have t...

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THIS IS PART 1 OF A 2 PART PODCAST

AEW had it's World's End PPV this past Saturday and Kenny Omega and Adam Copeland returned to the company. Will this help boost AEW in the right direction in 2025 or is this just smoke and mirrors for Tony Khan. January 6th Raw moves to Netflix in a new era of the show. We talk about what we think will happen and who will show up. Come join us for good wrestling talk with No Gimmicks Needed...

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