The Random Wrestling Review

As the podcast looks back at important and significant events from history it seemed only fitting that we included the first ever Clash of the Champions TV special- an event famous for its main event where WCW World Champion, Ric Flair, battled Sting in a match where Sting became a made man having been presented as 'The Nature Boy's equal throughout. There was much more to the event than just the...

In the first in a new series, Mark Dopper shares with us the reason Sabu is his favourite wrestler of all time. Recorded just a few days after the former ECW star passed away, Mark goes into how he became introduced to Sabu's work, what sets him apart from his peers, the ways in which he influenced other workers and shares with us an anecdote about being called by his hero while staying at a hotel...

It's another episode of The Random Wrestling Review and this week we take a look back at the 2008 Great American Bash where WWE bid farewell to the Ruthless Aggression era ahead of an official TV rating designation of PG. Before the switch the a more family friendly product, there was still time for plenty for stunts, violence, and a little blood as Triple H faced Edge, John Cena took on JBL, Bati...

It's time for the latest show down for The Game title as Gavin 'Relentless' Duenas, currently with a 3-0 undefeated record, defends the title against 'Old Man' Sam Carey. Long time listeners will remember Sam won only 1 of his matches in the Round Robin but that win came against Stephen Coriander in what has become known as the 'Giant Killing of the Century'- so can Old Man live up to that with an...

The Random Wrestling Review's original trio take a look back at WCW Greed, the last pay-per-view in World Championship Wrestling's history- featuring a main event that pitted World Champion, Scott Steiner against DDP, Dusty & Dustin Rhodes against Ric Flair & Jeff Jarrett, and US Champion Rick Steiner against Booker T.  The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Tom, Old Ma...

The Verdict is back! Stephen, Tom and Alex's journey through the New Japan archives continues looking back at Chris Jericho's foray into New Japan in the 2010s. Find out what our panel made of it all.  The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Tom, Stephen and Alex.

The pipebomb promo, the raucous Chicago crowd and a main event still lauded as one of WWE's best- when determining the events to cover for a series that asks what shows we would like to cover should the podcast end tomorrow, this one just had to be on it. Said main event sees CM Punk challenging John Cena for the latter's WWE Title with Punk threatening to leave the company with the belt should he...

You've heard of the PWI500, and probably even the PS50, well this is the RWR25- the 25 best wrestlers in the history of...this podcast. The regular RWR crew have each voted for their pick of the wrestlers eligible for inclusion in the list, and it's time to reveal who made it this year. The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Alex, Matt and Tinky.

It's a new season on The Random Wrestling Review following the Wrestlemania 41 double header, and what better way to get things kicked off with a journey to the extreme! ECW spent a long time attempting to get onto pay-per-view, and finally made it in April of 1997 with Barely Legal a show that played host to the match between Taz and Sabu which had been 18 months in the making. Also, Terry Funk,...

It's the 2nd in our 2 part WWE roster evaluation as we go through the talent with a fine tooth comb and pick out the wrestlers we would Twist, Stick or Bust on Smackdown.  The Random Wrestling Review is brough to you this week by Stephen and Tinky. 

Following the WrestleMania festivities we've hit the point in the calendar where we evaluate the WWE roster and determine what we would do with each of the talents in the company. We can Twist (give them a renewed push up the roster), Stick (accept that we are happy with their place on the card and keep them there) or Bust (downgrade them on the card, or even release them from the company). Today...

It's finally time to conclude our coverage of this year's Wrestlemania with our review of night 2. Find out what our panel thought of the main event featuring Cody Rhodes against John Cena, with its much critiqued finish. Also, Iyo Sky defends the Women's World Title against Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match, Drew McIntyre battles Damien Priest and Joe Hendry turned out to be...

Wrestlemania is here again! And following the Random Wrestling Review's epic WrestleMania season which came to it's roaring conclusion with last year's event, it felt only right that we covered this year's spectacular as well. For Night 1, WWE were offering a triple threat match between Seth Rollins, CM Punk and Roman Reigns, a World Heavyweight Title match that would see Gunther defend the title...

With Wrestlemania 41 just days away the RWR crew give all their thoughts on the build up to the biggest show of the year. They assess the Cena heel turn, the decision to put Rollins, Punk and Roman together in a triple threat match, the viability of Jey Uso as a babyface World Champion, whether Iyo Sky is the babyface of the women's World Title Triple Threat match and predict the results of every...

In the final episode of the Intercontinental Title series, we take a look back at WCW Spring Stampede 2000- the night where the new 'dream team' combination of Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff properly got the new era of WCW underway with a show containing 14 matches, crowning all new Champions in the process after having vacated all the titles beforehand, and more backstage segments, angles, swerves...

We continue our look back through the WWE Hall of Fame archives and making a new determination about whether each inductee should retain their place or be stripped of the honour. Today we cover the 1996 Hall of Fame inductions- Jimmy Snuka, Johnny Rodz, Killer Kowalski, Lou Albano, Baron Mikel Scicluna, Pat Patterson, Vincent J McMahon and The Valiant Brothers- but who will survive the cut? The Ra...

The 2nd half of 2023 was an interesting time for AEW- the company set records with their Wembley show earlier in the year but that night was also CM Punk's last working for them. By December, the roster was badly in need of reinforcements due to departures and injuries and they would be coming in the new year, in the meantime, AEW had their final pay-per-view of the year to hold- World's End. The...

It's finally time for Stephen Corriander to step up to take on the undefeated Gavin Duenas for Duenas' RWR Game Title. The pre-tournament favourite to win the Round Robin who feel short following two losses, gets his chance of redemption, but can he stop the man with all the momentum? The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Stephen, Gavin and Tinky.

For TNA's 7th birthday they put on not one, but two, King of the Mountain matches- the first, the opener, was for the X-Division Title. The 2nd, the main event, for the World Title. In that match, Mick Foley was defending the title against Jeff Jarrett, Samoa Joe, AJ Styles and Kurt Angle- but who would come out on top? Also, Raven and Daffney faced Abyss and Taylor Wilde in a Monster's Ball match...

It was one of the most shocking moments in WWE for years, a moment many thought would never happen- John Cena, company figurehead from 2005-2015, beloved hero to millions of children all over the world, sided with The Rock at Elimination Chamber and moved to the dark side. We take a look at the turn and our reaction to it-  are we excited by the prospect of Cody vs. Cena at Wrestlemania 41? Who wi...

Last summer, AEW brought All In to London for a 2nd year in a row at Wembley Stadium. The show was headlined by the title vs. career match between Swerve Strickland and Bryan Danielson in what would be a match of the year candidate, but was it wall worth it? It would be this title change that would eventually lead to Jon Moxley's victory a couple of months later and usher in the much maligned Bloo...

Last week on The Random Wrestling Review we brought to you a review of WWE's Royal Rumble event from 2014. This week we provide another perspective on the same event- but this time from the night after, as we bring you this content from the vault, which also includes more opinion about the episode of Monday Night Raw the evening after the Rumble itself. With thoughts on what was expected at that y...

The Intercontinental Champions series continues with the final major show in the career of our latest Champion in the series- Kevin Nash. Nash made a surprise appearance in the Rumble on a night where the fans in attendance decided to stage somewhat of a protest over WWE's general booking including the apparent overlooking of most popular babyface in the company, Daniel Bryan, in favour of long-ti...

BracketMania is here again-the official arbiter of the best of everything, and this time around we're putting 16 Survivor Series teams through the tournament brackets to find the greatest of all time. Will Hulk Hogan be in with a shout with one of his teams? Will Team Alliance finally get their victory following the invasion story? Will The Hart Brothers take overall glory? Will Team Smackdown fro...

In 2010 major things were kicking off in TNA- Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff were brought in at the beginning of the year and brought with them a whole bunch of wrestlers (some big names, some, not so big), did away with the 6-sided ring and made the decision to move Impact to Monday nights and go head to head with Raw, just like they had done with Nitro some 15 years previous. Sacrifice 2010 comes...