The Random Wrestling Review

Our long journey through the history of WWE Hall of Famers continues this week as we finish off the 2005 class and start to tackle the 2006 inductees. Those reassessed for their suitability as a Hall of Famer this time include Jimmy Hart, Paul Orndorff, Nikolai Volkoff, Iron Sheik, Bret Hart and Eddie Guerrero. The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Tom, Alex and Tinky.

The Random Wrestling Review will be at AEW All In this August (well at least some of us, anyway)! And so with the event just 2 months away we thought it would be a good opportunity to have a little chat about what might be coming up at the event, why the company has thus far only sold 25,000 tickets (as at end of May) and who (presumed) main eventer, Will Ospreay, will be up against on the night....

The latest Random Wrestling Review covers Clash of the Champions 6, a night where Ricky Steamboat and Ric Flair engaged in part 2 of their legendary series, a near hour-long, best 2 out of 3 falls match. Also on the show The Midnight Express of Jim Cornette were up against The Samoan Swat Team, managed by Paul Heyman, Junkyard Dog back in the Superdome in Louisiana, and The Great Muta showing off...

It's time for a new series on The Random Wrestling Review- Wrestling What If takes scenarios from the history of professional wrestling and speculates about what might have happened if things had gone down differently. The first in the series takes a look at what might have taken place had Vince Russo never left is position as head writer at WWE, and jumped ship to WCW?  The Random Wrestling Revie...

Using a new statistical model to determine points for individual match results from 1963 right up until the end of 2025, we bring you the Top 100 Wrestlers in WWE's history from a kayfabe perspective. Taking a major event from each month since Jan 1963, applying a points scoring mechanism which takes into account match type, importance of event and whether a title was on the line, every wrestler i...

Imagine a scenario where the entire WWE roster are being released with the exception of 30 wrestlers. In this episode, our panel take that scenario and have to determine those 30 wrestlers who are staying with the company, each by drafting 10 of the acts they most consider as still having something valuable to offer WWE in 2026. What will our panel priorities- star power, in ring ability, characte...

Judgement Day 2005 is the next stop for The Random Wrestling Review, a night headlined by a WWE Title, I Quit Match between John Cena and JBL-and abley backed up by Kurt Angle taking on Booker T and Eddie Guerrero taking on his former friend Rey Mysterio. Also on this week's pod we announce a few small changes to the podcast going forward in the post-WrestleMania 42 world.  The Random Wrestling Re...

BracketMania determines the greatest of all time on a given wrestling topic via the means of a knockout tournament for which a full bracket has been drawn ahead of time. Our panel this time around decide which is the greatest Kurt Angle match of all time? 16 of Angle's most memorable matches have been drawn up and will now do battle, but which opponent will come out on top? Shawn Michaels, Shane M...

In order to make sure we keep up our regular commitment to you of one episode per week we thought we would round up all the stuff that has taken place in the wake of WrestleMania including our thoughts on the documentary that seemed to dominate that show throughout the weekend, Hulk Hogan: Real American. We also discuss the latest round of post 'Mania releases and check in with AEW- the Darby Alli...

So after the first night of this year's WrestleMania was adjudged by us to be an almost complete wash out, could WWE recover the weekend on Night 2? That is the question we'll be looking to answer with our latest episode. A lot was riding on the main event which saw CM Punk defending the World Heavyweight Title against Roman Reigns, and the much anticipated contest between Brock Lesnar and 'The Ne...

The WrestleMania series is back, albeit temporarily, as we bring you full coverage of both nights of this year's event, starting with Night 1 here. After the speculation surrounding ticket prices and sales, and a general feeling that the build to the show has been less than stellar, would WWE be able to deliver on the night? Cody Rhodes was facing Randy Orton in the main event, meanwhile underneat...

For the 3rd year in a row, the same crew come together to look ahead to this weekend's WrestleMania- an event mired in scrutiny after a year of creative that many feel has been less than stellar and which comes while some are calling the 'Ruthless Depression' era. Can WWE put all that aside to deliver on the biggest weekend in the calendar, or will overly conservative booking, and the ongoing inte...

It's our last stop on the series of significant events in history, and to round things off ahead of WrestleMania season, it felt only right to get as far away from the glitz and glam of the 42nd edition of the Grandaddy of them all as possible, and a trip to 1988 AWA with their SuperClash III event. This was a big last effort by the remaining hold outs of the territory age to come together and try...

The latest Game Title Match is not only for the prestigious Championship, but also has gotten personal, as Tom Smith, still angry about a perceived injustice during his previous shot at the title, gets a rematch against the defending Champion, and undefeated, 'Relentless' Gavin Duenas. Can Tom prise the title away from the dominant Duenas, or will Gavin make it 6-0 for his win/loss record. The Ran...

The esteem of being called the first proper Pay-Per-View in wrestling history doesn't go to Starrcade 1983, or even the first ever WrestleMania, it goes to a show that took place just a few months later in 1985, The Wrestling Classic, featuring a one night, 16-man tournament and a World Title match pitting Hulk Hogan against his nemesis 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper.    The Random Wrestling Review is brough...

In this bonus episode of the pod, we have a go at pitching ideas to the management teams of wrestling promotions around the world with ideas for new match types, ranking systems, title concepts, tournaments and related elements of the on-screen presentation of pro wrestling.  The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Alex, Dan and Tinky. 

WCW Road Wild is the destination for our latest podcast as WCW continued a celebrity tour that had been going most of the summer by bringing in late night talk show host, Jay Leno to team with DDP against Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff in the main event. This was all just a couple of months after Bill Goldberg had risen to the top of the company as their World Heavyweight Champion- on this night he...

Just over a week ago, WWE presented the 2026 edition of Elimination Chamber including 2 Chamber matches, a World Heavyweight Title match between CM Punk and Finn Balor, and the surprise debut of Danhausen. Was any of it any good? Is WWE in a good place just over a month out from WrestleMania? And, is there a sense that the future could be bright for the company? All of that, and much more, covered...

No Way Out 2004 was the night that Eddie Guerrero became WWE Champion defeating Brock Lesnar in a near 30-minute encounter, it was also the night that confirmed Kurt Angle's place in the title match against him at WrestleMania 20, and set the table for Brock Lesnar and Bill Goldberg's bizarre contest at the same event. Today we provide our insight on all the above points and much, much more. The R...

In the 3rd episode of our occasional series, Old Man talks about his enjoyment of The Rock and in particular the dizzying rise he went on between the end of 1996 up to, and including, the night he won his first WWE Title at the 1998 Survivor Series Deadly Game tournament.  The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man and Tinky.

When Dave Meltzer commented that there was no chance an independent wrestling show could draw 10,000 people, he probably couldn't have anticipated that not only would Cody Rhodes bet him that they could, but that in attempting to do so, Cody and his pals would kick off a series of events that would lead to the creation of All Elite Wrestling. That was the story behind All In, a show that included...

Last weekend WWE presented the Royal Rumble with Roman Reigns and Liv Morgan taking the victories in the respective Rumble matches, Drew McIntyre decisively defending the WWE Title against Sami Zayn and AJ Styles being forced to retire having lost to Gunther. We broadly discuss the main things coming out of the show and the decision of Roman Reigns on Raw to pick CM Punk to face at this coming yea...

1988 was the year that WWE first unveiled to the world its Royal Rumble concept (actually it was 1987, but more on that in the episode)- a 30-man (okay, in this case it was actually 20) battle royal style contest with a twist- 2 wrestlers would start in the ring and then every 2 minutes (or 90 seconds, or even 60 seconds some years) a new wrestler would enter until all participants had joined the...

We continue to trawl through every inductee in the WWE's Hall of Fame and determine whether they deserve to keep their place or whether they should be dunked out. This time around our panel discuss the case for Sgt Slaughter, 'Superstar' Billy Graham, Tito Santana, Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan, Hulk Hogan, 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper and Bob Orton Jr. The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by...

We've already covered WCW's last ever pay-per-view, so it felt only fair that we did the same for ECW and their Guilty As Charged 2001 event. A night that played host to a ECW World Title Ladder Match between Steve Corino, Justin Credible and The Sandman, an 'I Quit' match pitting Tommy Dreamer against CW Anderson and 2 impromptu bouts that closed the show in customary ECW style. This week's episo...