The Random Wrestling Review

It's been a long time coming, but finally we bring you part 2 of our complete overhaul of the WWE Hall of Fame, where we assess every single entrant and their merit for remaining in. Last time we covered the 1993 and 1994 inductions, this time we take on 1995, namely, Pedro Morales, The Grand Wizard, The Fabulous Moolah, Ivan Putski, Antonino Rocca and George 'The Animal' Steele. The Random Wrestl...

Back in 1999 the wrestling business was booming big time and in an attempt to cash in on the success being enjoyed by WWE, WCW and ECW, a new promotion formed that would feature the wrestling stars of yesteryear, and put them on pay-per-view. What followed was one of the most infamous events in history, culminating in a main event featuring Jake 'The Snake' Roberts and Yokozuna against Jim 'The An...

In the 2nd 'The Verdict' episode where Stephen Coriander leads Alex and Tom through some key aspects of non-WWE wrestling history. Last time, the three gave their verdict on Will Opsreay's career and this time around they discuss the series of 4 major matches between Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada in New Japan. Will Alex and Tom agree that they are among the greatest matches of all time, or will...

Since 2018 WWE have been taking their Premium Live Events to Saudi Arabia twice a year and raking in major money for doing so. Way back when the deal was first done, many criticised the company's decision to do so, some of its talent refused to go and perform and others were unable to on safety grounds, but the shows went ahead nonetheless. All this brings us to our review of a night that will go...

Another year is in the books and 2024 may have been the biggest yet as the business end of pro wrestling shifted massively over the last 12 months- from WWE's merger with UFC and the creation of TKO, The Rock joining the TKO board and the announcement of the Netflix deal to AEW securing major talents from New Japan, beefing up their own roster while leaving New Japan with large gaps to fill, and t...

For this year's Christmas episode of the Random Wrestling Review the team are going back to the turn of the Millennium, and the first WWE pay-per-view of the 21st century, as they presented the Royal Rumble. It was a night that featured the debut of Tazz in WWE, The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz squaring off in a celebrated tag team tables match, the ultra-violent WWE Title match street fight bet...

A few months ago, Gavin Duenas defeated Alex Kirkman to become the new 'The Game' Champion, now Gavin faces his first title defence, against Tom Smith. Tom finished joint 2nd in the Round Robin tournament with a record of 2-2, and hopes to unseat the undefeated champion as the pair attempt to name as many WCW wrestlers as they can. 

The road to Wrestlemania 24 officially got underway with the 2008 Royal Rumble and a host of participants hoping to take overall victory in the Rumble match but who were not ready for the surprise return of John Cena, entering at number 30. That major surprise may have been the key talking point coming out of the event but also included was Edge versus Rey Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Title...

It's time for the latest instalment of BracketMania and this time the entrance themes of CFO$ are battling out to be crowned the very best. Over the course of 4 rounds, 16 shortlisted entries, including themes for Finn Balor, Asuka, Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, Bobby Roode, Bayley, Charlotte Flair and Kevin Owens are celebrated from a golden era of NXT and a not so golden era of WWE, but who will...

In February of 1998, WWE were on the road to WrestleMania XIV, arguably one of the most important wrestling shows in the company's history. That month they were presenting No Way Out of Texas: In Your House, to be headlined by an 8-man tag match featuring 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin, Cactus Jack & Chainsaw Charlie versus D-Generation X with one drawback- one of their biggest stars, and WWE Champ...

On the latest RWR Now, we sit down to discuss the recent angle on Smackdown where Kevin Owens used a piledriver on Randy Orton during a brawl, which was sold by all concerned as an unspeakable act of brutality. What did our panel make of the angle? What does it say for the direction of WWE? Was it believable in a world where other promotions are having wrestlers do similar moves on a nightly basis...

In the summer of 2010 WWE was invaded by The Nexus, a stable of wrestlers who had been competing in the first season of NXT, and who seemingly brought with them a fresh direction for the company and raft of new stars to be thrown into the mix. History tells us that in the end, the story didn't live up to its start however, before that the group would headlined that year's SummerSlam in a 14-man el...

It's time for another episode of RWR Now and this time the conversation turns to AEW following the signing of their TV deal extension with Warner Bros Discovery and the recent crowning of Jon Moxley as their new World Champion. In this episode we discuss whether AEW is heading in the right direction, whether Moxley is the right pick for Champion, what might become of the BCC 'invasion' style story...

At the end of 1991 WWE were at a crossroads- the ring boy scandal had been closely followed by the beginning of the steroid scandal, and in the midst of all that, the company had committed a creative faux pas with their attempt to cash in on the Gulf War with the Sgt Slaughter storyline which itself had ended with yet more backstage turmoil and the departure of the Ultimate Warrior. In a bid to hi...

There has been lots of talk lately about the future of AEW, both in terms of attendances and ratings that they are achieving and whether or not the company will be signing a new TV deal upon the expiry of their current one. For 5 years now, AEW have occupied the position of 'number 2' in the North American wrestling industry, a position TNA has lots of experience with having been in the same place...

Coming out of the Invasion angle that had dominated the WWE calendar through most of 2001, WWE were looking to reset and to that end they repositioned Steve Austin as a babyface, repositioned Kurt Angle and Vince McMahon as a heels, introduced Ric Flair as the thorn in the Chairman's side, unified the WWE and WCW titles, and brought back Triple H following his injury. Into this setting comes the R...

A couple of weeks ago Netflix released their 6 part documentary looking at the life of former WWE owner, Vince McMahon, and in this episode of RWR Now, we discuss the overall quality of the doc, whether or not we felt it was balanced, who came across well, who came across badly, what and who it missed out and whether it focussed enough on McMahon, or it ultimately became a history of the WWE as a...

This week on the show we're covering WCW's Superbrawl IV, a night where Ric Flair and Vader were heading for a major showdown over the WCW World Title in the Thundercage! Also in the Thundercage, Sting, Dustin Rhodes and Brian Pillman battled Steve Austin, Rick Rude and Paul Orndorff. Lower down the card, Steven Regal was defending the Television Title against Arn Anderson and The Nasty Boys put t...

Following success in the epic Round Robin competition between all of our regular presenters, Alex Kirkman was crowned The Game Champion. Now, a few months later, Alex has to face his first challenger for the title. Having come through the round robin with a 100% record, there was no natural top contender for the belt and so Alex faces the challenge of Gavin Duenas, who is coming in with a Game rec...

In the autumn of 1998, faced with a resurgent WWE and scrambling for a way to hit back in the Monday night war, WCW hired The Ultimate Warrior to join the overflowing ranks of their ageing main event scene. At Fall Brawl 1998, Warrior would make his WCW in-ring debut in that year's War Games match- one that was fought under amended rules for 1998, with 3 teams competing, but with the winner of the...

Not long ago, we counted down the top 100 wrestlers of all time, now we have done a list counting down the top 100 wrestlers in the history of WWE, based purely on match quality- 2,523 matches were included in the analysis and this is the list that came out- where have the likes of Chris Jericho, Undertaker, Triple H, Steve Austin, Bret Hart, The Rock, Shawn Michaels, John Cena, Batista, Randy Ort...

In this year of elections, what could be more appropriate than WWE's answer to democracy- Cyber Sunday? At the 2008 version of the event, the company gave its fans the chance to choose Triple H's opponent, the stipulation of a match between Undertaker and Big Show, the special guest referee of the main event and the winner of the Diva's Halloween Costume competition... The Random Wrestling Review...

For the 2nd year in a row, we've put our creative caps on and tried to come up with a Wrestlemania 41 that we'd like to see. Where will our panel put the likes of The Rock, Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, Bianca Belair, CM Punk, Rhea Ripley, Seth Rollins and all of the rest of them at next year's big event? Find out here...  The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Matt, Alex and Tink...

Just 3 weeks after the '25th Anniversary of Wrestlemania', WWE were back with another offering on pay-per-view, with Backlash. The card was heavily shaped by the events of the 'Mania that had just taken place and featured John Cena defending his World Heavyweight Title against Edge in a Last Man Standing match, a unique 6-man tag match where Triple H's WWE Title was on the line as he fought alongs...

Since becoming a regular on the podcast, Stephen Coriander has been hailing the performances of the man he calls the greatest wrestler of all time, Will Ospreay. Two of our other regulars had seen very little of his work, and so Stephen decided to set them the challenge of watching 8 of Ospreay's best matches, and this is the resulting conversation. What will the panel have to say about Ospreay? I...