The Random Wrestling Review

This past weekend saw perhaps one of the most significant moments in pro wrestling for years- the return of CM Punk, and his arrival in AEW. Then on Saturday, WWE presented SummerSlam and responded with the major comeback of both Becky Lynch and Brock Lesnar. In this bonus episode, The Random Wrestling Review regulars give their verdict on all the goings on. The Random Wrestling Review is brought...

In the final of our trio of SummerSlam episodes, we bring you our review of SummerSlam 1990, host to a double main event! Firstly, The Ultimate Warrior was up against Rick Rude in a steel cage in defence of his WWE Title, and also Hulk Hogan took on the mighty Earthquake! In addition to these big matches, Demolition defended the tag titles against The Hart Foundation, Randy Savage was set for a ba...

In the spring of 2012, Brock Lesnar returned to WWE after an 8 year absence that had seen 'The Beast Incarnate' become a Mixed Martial Arts super-draw, winning the UFC's Heavyweight Title in the process. In his second match after returning to pro-wrestling, Lesnar was booked versus 'The Game' Triple H in the main event match of SummerSlam. In addition to this clash, which had been dubbed 'The Perf...

Still in the midst of a losing streak in the Monday Night War against rivals WCW, the WWE presented Summer Slam 1997 in August of that year, with a main event featuring Champion, The Undertaker against Bret Hart and which also featured Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee. The night however, is maybe best remembered for the infamous events of the Intercontinental Title match pitting Owen Ha...

In 1988, the NWA set off on a 40 date tour of the US, titled Great American Bash, in addition to presenting a pay-per-view of one of the events, they also recorded this show for posterity during the tour. Containing a War Games match, a Scaffold Match, a Bunkhouse Match and featuring the likes of Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Sting, Lex Luger, The Road Warriors and many others, this is a unique event f...

Just a few short weeks away from the launch of WCW Nitro, the company presented it's Bash At The Beach pay-per-view which would feature a cage match main event pitting WCW World Champion, Hulk Hogan, against Big Van Vader. In addition, Randy Savage and Ric Flair would do battle in a Lifeguard Match and Sting would defend his US Title against Meng. All of this would take place on a public beach in...

After dropping the World Heavyweight Title to Chris Benoit at Wrestlemania 20, Triple H had been on a mission to win the belt back ever since. In the build up to Vengeance 2004, Triple H employed a new tactic, as he tried to manipulate the impressionable Eugene into helping him overcome the Rabid Wolverine. In addition to the contest between Triple H and Benoit, this show also hosts an Intercontin...

At the beginning of a new decade, WCW was very much ushering in a new era as the 'Star of the 1980's', Ric Flair was defending the NWA World Heavyweight Title against the 'Star of the 1990's', Sting. In addition to this main event, WCW's tag team division was electric as Doom faced The Rock n Roll Express in defence of the World Tag Titles, The Midnight Express faced The Southern Boys, and The Ste...

Having headlined that year's Wrestlemania 25, Triple H and Randy Orton's feud concludes at The Bash 2009 as they face one another in a 3 Stages of Hell match for the WWE Title. Also on the card, The Miz finally gets his wish to face John Cena, CM Punk defends the World Heavyweight Title against Jeff Hardy and Intercontinental Champion, Chris Jericho faces Rey Mysterio in a title vs. mask match.  T...

The King of the Ring 1996 has long since gone down in history as one of the most important events of the 1990's thanks to the victory in the tournament that year of 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin and his subsequent money spinning victory speech, but is it any good as an event? To answer that question, we dig deep into the 3 tournament matches on the card as well as Shawn Michaels defending the WWE Titl...

By 2018 the NXT Takeover series had already gained a formidable reputation for great wrestling action, and when NXT Takeover returned to Chicago in June of 2018 it was coming back with the latest instalment in the bitter war between former DIY tag team partners, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, as they faced one another in an epic 35-minute street fight. In addition to that, Aleister Black was d...

In one of the most famous wrestling pay-per-views of all time, ECW was revived under the WWE banner for One Night Stand in 2005. The show was a tribute to a wrestling company that, with limited resources, had revolutionised professional wrestling in the 1990's before going out of business in 2001. Here, among other matches, Lance Storm faces Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit takes on Kurt Angle, Psicosi...

In 2015, WWE took Elimination Chamber from its traditional spot in February and plonked it into the middle of a busy period of shows which included 3 WWE Network Specials in the space of 6 weeks. The upshot was this show which featured Kevin Owens' main roster debut, the first ever tag team Elimination Chamber match, Seth Rollins defending the WWE Title against Dean Ambrose, and a battle for the v...

The Random Wrestling Review goes back to WCW Slamboree again, this time to take a look at the 1993 edition of the event, subtitled 'A Legends' Reunion' and that is because there are 3 'legends' matches in the middle of the show featuring some of the stars of yesteryear and the company's first Hall of Fame induction. In addition to that, Big Van Vader defends the WCW Title against Davey Boy Smith,...

In this episode, our heroes look back at Judgment Day 2007 a show with 3 big title matches- Edge defending his World Heavyweight Title against Batista, John Cena facing the mighty Great Khali for the WWE Title and the ECW Title being up for grabs as Vince McMahon defended the belt alongside his son Shane and Umaga, against Bobby Lashley. In addition, Shawn Michaels was due to take on Randy Orton a...

The Random Wrestling Review goes further back into history than ever before as our three hosts take a look at the very first WWE Saturday Night's Main Event from May of 1985. Included on the pod is analysis on the 4 match card, which included Hulk Hogan defending his WWE Title against Bob Orton Jr, and Women's Champion Wendi Richter, with Cyndi Lauper in her corner, taking on The Fabulous Moolah....

This week's episode takes a look back at WCW, less than one year before the company was bought by WWE. Hollywood star, David Arquette is the WCW World Champion and defends the belt at the show in a three-way, triple decker cage match versus Jeff Jarrett and Diamond Dallas Page. The so-called 'dream team' of Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo are in control of the creative side of the company and are tr...

Coming off the back of Wrestlemania 32, WWE were looking forward to what they were calling the beginning of a new era, with a 6-match card headlined by the WWE Title match between Roman Reigns and AJ Styles. Also on the show, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were set to face off, The Miz was defending his Intercontinental Title against Cesaro, Chris Jericho and Dean Ambrose would be on opposite sides of...

Following Hulk Hogan's legendary match with The Rock at Wrestlemania 18, WWE were eager to cash in on the apparent revival of Hulkamania, and rushed him into the main event of WWE Backlash 2002, against Undisputed Champion, Triple H. Also on this show, Steve Austin faces The Undertaker with Ric Flair acting as a Special referee as the two men fought over who would be named the number 1 contender t...

Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat resume their feud from 5 years previously as they battle one another in the main event for the WCW Title. Underneath, Sting and Rick Rude battle over the International Title, 'Stunning' Steve Austin defends the United States title against The Great Muta, Vader takes on The Boss and Dustin Rhodes faces Bunkhouse Buck in a Bunkhouse Match.  The Random Wrestling Review i...

In the final part of our trilogy of Wrestlemania shows, we take a deep dive into Wrestlemania 30 the night where The Undertaker's streak was finally broken and Daniel Bryan arose to the top of the WWE ladder by defeating Triple H, Randy Orton and Batista all in one night. We take a look at all of this in great detail, as well as Cesaro's victory in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, John C...

In the 2nd week of our Wrestlemania season trio of episodes, we take a look at Wrestlemania 19, widely regarded as one of the greatest ever Wrestlemania events. The main event saw Kurt Angle defend his WWE Title against Brock Lesnar, but underneath the card was stacked, with The Rock and Steve Austin battling each other in the 3rd of their Wrestlemania matches, Hulk Hogan against Vince McMahon, Tr...

The Random Wrestling Review has finally made it to Wrestlemania season, and we start this 3 week period of Wrestlemania reviews with Wrestlemania 7, the night Hulk Hogan overcame Sgt Slaughter to win his 3rd WWF Title. This was also the night of the 'Macho King' Randy Savage and The Ultimate Warrior's 'Career-Ending' Match which includes one of the most emotional moments in Wrestlemania history. I...

For the first time ever, The Random Wrestling Review is going extreme! Living Dangerously sees the Philadelphia based promotion presenting its annual Living Dangerously show, with a main event pitting ECW World Champion, Taz, against FTW Champion, Sabu. Also on the show, Rob Van Dam defends the Television title opposite Jerry Lynn, New Jack battles his former partner in the Gangstas, Mustafa, and...

With WWE coming off the heels of the biggest television audience in North American wrestling history, and also well on their way to that year's Wrestlemania 4, they presented another prime-time special on NBC-the 15th edition of Saturday Night's Main Event. The show featured Hulk Hogan against King Harley Race and a prelude to the final of the coming tournament to crown a new World Champion, as Ra...