The Random Wrestling Review

This past Sunday, WWE presented the Elimination Chamber premium live event, a show that saw Roman Reigns defend the WWE title against Sami Zayn, in front of Zayn's hometown crowd in Montreal. While many expected Reigns to retain his title, the scene certainly seemed set for a once in a generation moment to have the challenger go over, and end Reigns' 900+ day title reign, but it wasn't to be. On t...

It's time to settle in for an hour of wrestling as Bret Hart defends the WWE Title against Shawn Michaels in their infamous iron man match main event. On the night the boyhood dream came true, the WWE presented a show with no celebrities and the fewest matches in the event's history. On the card underneath the battle between the Hitman and the Heartbreak Kid, Diesel faced the Undertaker, Roddy Pip...

Just a couple of weeks after the Royal Rumble, and a couple of weeks ahead of Sami Zayn's attempt at the WWE Title against Roman Reigns at Elimination Chamber, now seemed the perfect time to discuss the rise of Sami Zayn, the brilliant final 15 mins of this year's Rumble event, Sami's chances of taking the title, what role he'll have at Wrestlemania, and how he will fare in the aftermath of the Bl...

Our Wrestlemania series rolls on with Wrestlemania XI, the night where WWE welcomed NFL star, Lawrence Taylor to the fold for a match against Bam Bam Bigelow. LT wasn't the only mainstream star on the show however, as Pamela Anderson was also lined up for the big event, along with a number of other celebrities as the company seemed to put more focus on the contingent of 'famous people' than the ac...

This is the episode, originally released last year, where we reviewed Wrestlemania X, reposted now as part of our Wrestlemania series. The 10th edition of the Grandaddy of 'em all saw 2 title matches set to take place with Lex Luger facing WWF Champion Yokozuna first, and then the winner of that match facing Bret Hart. Meanwhile Bret would also have to face his own brother Owen, in a grudges match...

It's time for the biggest toga party in the world as WWE presented the first themed Wrestlemania by turning Las Vegas' Ceasars Palace into a Roman coliseum. In amongst all the revelry there was a card of wrestling action to put on that would be headlined by Bret Hart's defence of the WWE title against the massive Yokozuna- by the end of the night however, neither man would be standing tall, as the...

In a special bonus episode of the pod, Matt, Stephen and Tinky discuss the stunning return of Vince McMahon to the board of WWE following his departure last year. As part of that they speculate on the potential for the company to be sold, whether Vince might get his hands back on creative and what the upshot of all this is for AEW.

Wrestlemania 8 would feature a double main event as Hulk Hogan would face Sid Justice in what was being touted as possibly Hogan's final match, and Ric Flair defended the WWE Title against 'Macho Man' Randy Savage. However, it was underneath that marks the true significance of this show, as the company began to move away from the tried and trusted roster of the previous 5 years and took a signific...

Originally recorded and released in March 2021 this episode has been reposted as part of our Wrestlemania series where we continue to cover every Wrestlemania ever in order! This one of course features the emotional scenes between 'Macho Man' Randy Savage and Elizabeth as they reunite following Savage's loss to Ultimate Warrior in a retirement match. In the main event meanwhile, Hulk Hogan challen...

It's time for this year's Christmas edition of the Random Wrestling Review, and we arrive at this festive season in the midst of our Wrestlemania series and have reached The Ultimate Challenge of Wrestlemania VI! In the main event, World Champion Hulk Hogan, and Intercontinental Champion Ultimate Warrrior, meet each other with all the gold on the line. In addition to that major contest, Randy Sava...

As a little stop gap between the latest two Wrestlemania reviews we are doing, here is a little bonus episode for you to enjoy where the team discuss William Regal's legacy and his apparent return to WWE, the suitability of MJF as AEW's World Champion, and the potential for AEW as a whole to go out of business following comments made recently by Booker T. The Random Wrestling Review is brought to...

As The Random Wrestling Review continues to wade through the entire history of the Wrestlemania- It's time for The Mega Powers to explode in one of the biggest matches of all time as Hulk Hogan challenges Randy Savage for the WWE Title after a 1 year build. All of our thoughts on this, as well as Ultimate Warrior's defence of the Intercontinental Title against 'Ravishing' Rick Rude, Andre the Gian...

Following this weekend's Survivor Series premium live event, which saw War Games take centre stage at the show as the Bloodline fought the Brawling Brutes in the main event, we at the show thought we'd put a little bonus edition of the show out to specifically discuss that main event- whether we're happy with War Games being drafted in to replace the traditional elimination tag format, whether the...

At Wrestlemania IV, WWE presented a 14-man tournament to crown a new champion following the controversy that came about during Andre the Giant's victory against Hulk Hogan at the most watched wrestling show in American history, The Main Event. Hogan, Andre, Ted Dibiase, Greg Valentine, Ricky Steamboat, One Man Gang, Rick Rude, Jake Roberts and others lined up in the tournament in an attempt to win...

It's time for the big one on the Random Wrestling Review this time as we take on Wrestlemania 3- the night of Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant's iconic stare down in front of an alleged crowd of 93,000. Underneath, Randy Savage and Ricky Steamboat's Intercontinental Title match is often thought of as stealing the show, but what will we think of it? All our thoughts on those two massive matches, plus...

So we move on to Wrestlemania 2 on the Random Wrestling Review, an ambitious attempt by the WWE to run a show over 3 locations across the United States, each with its own main event, beginning with a boxing match between Roddy Piper and Mr T from New York, then a WWE vs. NFL Battle Royal in Chicago and finally Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy in a cage from Los Angeles. In between all that there is...

Originally recorded and released in April earlier this year, today we repost our review of Wrestlemania 1 as we kick off the new era of The Random Wrestling Review where we will be covering every Wrestlemania ever in order! The very first 'Mania featured a star-studded main event pitting Hulk Hogan and Mr T, with Jimmy Snuka in their corner against Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff, with Bob Orton Jr...

In the latest episode of The Random Wrestling Review we turn our attention to late Invasion period WWE, as Steve Austin defends the WWE Title against Kurt Angle and Rob Van Dam in a triple threat match. Also, The Rock's WCW Title is on the line as he battles against Chris Jericho, and also Christian and Edge fight one another in a ladder match over the Intercontinental Title. The WCW and WWE Tag t...

The Random Wrestling Review is back once again with WCW for Fall Brawl 1994- and that means War Games as Dusty Rhodes, Dustin Rhodes and The Nasty Boys face The Stud Stable in the annual double ring, double cage battle. On the undercard Sting, Big Van Vader and The Guardian Angel would face off in a unique 'Triangle' match, Pretty Wonderful defended their tag titles against Stars & Stripes and Ste...

WWE's Unforgiven 2003 pay-per-view was meant to herald the age of Bill Goldberg in the company with his World Heavyweight Title victory in the main event against defending champion Triple H, however, despite crowning Goldberg, the title reign didn't go as hoped and the man himself would be out of the company less than a year later. In addition to that, our hosts discuss the Last Man Standing madne...

This week on the Random Wrestling Review we settle into the end of the summer and take a look at NWA Clash of the Champions 8: Fall Brawl '89, a night where Ric Flair and Sting join forces against Gary Hart's team of The Great Muta and Dick Slater, Lex Luger defends the United States title against 'Wildfire' Tommy Rich, and the Tag Titles are on the line as The Steiner Brothers challenge the Champ...

Last Sunday AEW presented their annual pay-per-view All Out headlined by the World Title collision between Jon Moxley and CM Punk- little did they know however that the REAL news coming out of the show would be what took place immediately after it- specifically, CM Punk's foul-mouthed rant about his peers in the company and his former friend, Colt Cabana, and the physical backstage altercation wit...

Following inadvertently costing The Undertaker the WWE Title at SummerSlam, Shawn Michaels was defiant and attacked The Dead Man as opposed to making an earnest apology. This would lead to the pair facing each other in the main event of this show in what would be their first ever televised singles encounter. Underneath, Bret Hart's anti-American rhetoric had raised the ire of former WCW midcard wr...

It's 30 years since arguably the biggest show in the history of British wrestling as WWE filled Wembley Stadium with over 80,000 people to watch the 1992 edition of SummerSlam! The show was most memorable for the two singles title matches that took place- firstly, for the WWE Title, Randy Savage defending against Ultimate Warrior and also, Bret Hart putting the Intercontinental Title on the line a...

The Random Wrestling Review checks in with ECW again, this time by reviewing an event largely considered one of their very best pay-per-views, Heat Wave 1998. The night would feature 6 matches including a 6-man main event which saw The Dudleys (Bubba, D-Von and Dick) go up against The Sandman, Tommy Dreamer and Spike Dudley. Also, Rob Van Dam and Sabu defend their tag titles against Jinsei Shinzak...