The Random Wrestling Review

It's time for the Match Made In Heaven- Randy Savage and Elizabeth's long awaited wedding ceremony, and the Match Made In Hell- Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior against the trio of Sgt. Slaughter, Gen. Adnan and Col. Mustafa, in a double main event. Underneath, Bret Hart and Mr Perfect square off for Perfect's Intercontinental Title, The Mountie and Big Bossman battle where the loser will have...

This week on The Random Wrestling Review we return to the Attitude Era for a show that sold itself on the premise that it would be the 'end of an era' due to the stipulation of the main event between Undertaker and Steve Austin. According to that stipulation, if Austin successfully defended his WWE Title, Vince McMahon would be gone from WWE forever, while if Undertaker won, Austin would never rec...

With WWE putting this year's edition of SummerSlam on in late July, our own SummerSlam season begins early, with a look back at the 2013 edition of the show which featured a double main event of John Cena versus Daniel Bryan for the WWE Title and the No-Disqualification match between CM Punk and Brock Lesnar. The night though was perhaps best remembered for what happened immediately after the WWE...

Due to a number of injuries and other problems, WWE had to reshuffle their Great American Bash 2006 pay-per-view at the last minute- scheduled matches featuring Mark Henry, Lashley, Great Khali and Super Crazy were unable to happen, and their places taken by other opponents. What this meant in practice was, that the much hyped Punjabi Prison Match would now see Undertaker take on Big Show and Bati...

Back in June, we asked an exclusive panel of voters to choose the matches that would make up our first Random Wrestling Review Match Hall of Fame class. They had 40 matches that we covered during 2021 to choose from and here are the results... The Random Wrestling Review is this week brought to you by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.

In mid-1997, WCW was on fire on the back of the super-hot NWO story and in July of that year, the company added one of mainstream sports' hottest stars, Dennis Rodman, to their roster as he and Hollywood Hogan took on Lex Luger and The Giant in the main event of Bash At The Beach. In addition to this tag match, the night would play host to a bout between Ric Flair and Roddy Piper, a US Title match...

Just two weeks before WCW's Great American Bash pay-per-view in 1991, Ric Flair who was at the time WCW Champion, walked out on the company, throwing the show into chaos. Not only were WCW forced to strip The Nature Boy of the title, but also change the scheduled main event, drafting Barry Windham in to replace Flair in a cage match against Lex Luger, in a match that would fill the title vacancy....

Vengeance 2005 played host to the final match in the series between World Heavyweight Champion Batista, and Triple H, this time in a Hell in a Cell. This came at a time when John Cena had just been drafted over to the Raw brand, and was defending his WWE Title in a triple threat match against both Chris Jericho and Christian, and the very real personal lives of Lita and Edge were just coming to th...

It's the time of the year again when a bunch of WWE stars attempt to climb a ladder and grab the Money in the Bank briefcase that entitles them to a WWE Title shot at a time of their choosing, and what better way to make that than by going back to the 2016 edition of the show. On the card, Roman Reigns defended his WWE Title against Seth Rollins, John Cena and AJ Styles take each other on in a 'dr...

In 1993, WWE decided to make their almost annual, King of the Ring tournament, the centre piece of a new Pay-Per-View event. The tournament would play host to one of the greatest nights in the career of Bret Hart as he faced Razor Ramon, Mr Perfect and Bam Bam Bigelow over the course of the night to take the crown and prove himself, by far and away, the best wrestler in the WWF. On the same evenin...

This week on The Random Wrestling Review, we take a look back just 5 years to the 2017 edition of Extreme Rules which played host to a main event featuring Roman Reigns, Samoa Joe, Finn Balor, Seth Rollins and Bray Wyatt vying for victory in a fatal 5-way match for a shot at Brock Lesnar's WWE Title. Underneath, Dean Ambrose and The Miz waged war in an opening 20-minute contest, Bayley vs. Alexa B...

Coming out of Wrestlemania 14, WWE were on a hot streak with the super over, and massively popular Steve Austin leading the charge as the company begun to chase down, and overtake WCW, in the Monday night wars. At In Your House 22: Over The Edge, Austin's feud with Vince McMahon was in full flow, and the WWE's Chairman had lined up Dude Love as the chosen one to unseat 'Stone Cold' as WWE Champion...

On this week's episode of The Random Wrestling Review, we look back at the NXT's 25th Takeover show, a night where Johnny Gargano defended the NXT Title opposite Adam Cole in a highly rated contest. Also on the show, the NXT Tag Titles are on the line in a 4-way ladder match, Io Shirai challenges Shayna Baszler for her NXT Women's Title and Riddle squares up to Roderick Strong. The Random Wrestlin...

With WWE in the midst of John Laurinaitus' reign of terror, John Cena had the chance to defeat him in the main event of Over The Limit 2012 to remove him from his role as GM of Raw and Smackdown. In addition to that, CM Punk defended his WWE Title against Daniel Bryan and World Champion Sheamus faced the challenge of a 4-way match for his belt, opposite Randy Orton, Chris Jericho and Alberto Del R...

In 1995, WWE took the plunge and implemented the monthly pay-per-view schedule that remains to this day by introducing the In Your House events which would take place between the company's big 5. The first In Your House featured Bret Hart pulling double duty, Diesel defending the WWF Title against Sid and the company giving away a house!  The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by...

It's time for The Random Wrestling Review's annual check in with the AWA, this time going back to 1987 and their SuperClash II event which was headlined by the AWA World Title collision between Nick Bockwinkel and Curt Hennig. In addition, the AWA Women's Title is on the line as Sherri Martel defends against Madusa Micelli, Jerry 'Crusher' Blackwell takes on Boris Zhukov, and the duo of The Terror...

This week on the Random Wrestling Review, we take a look back at WWE's Extreme Rules event from 2015. Just one month after cashing in his Money In The Bank briefcase at Wrestlemania 31 to win the WWE Title, Seth Rollins was defending the belt against the man who had defeated him earlier that night, Randy Orton, in a steel cage match. Orton would not only have to contend with his opponent however,...

For the first time on The Random Wrestling Review, our heroes take on Total Nonstop Action, the once main alternative to WWE in US wrestling. On this occasion, we take a look at the 2009 edition of their annual all-cage match pay-per-view, Lockdown featuring a main event between TNA World Champion and Mick Foley. Additionally, the card hosted the Lethal Lockdown bout, where Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles...

In the spring of 1999, WCW was still just about hanging on in the Monday Night War against WWE and that April they put out their annual Spring Stampede show featuring stars a plenty- in the main event for example, Ric Flair defended his WCW World Title in a four-way match against Hulk Hogan, Sting and Diamond Dallas Page, with Randy Savage acting as the special guest referee. Underneath, Bill Gold...

What better way to end this year's Wrestlemania trilogy of episodes than to go back to the place it all began, Wrestlemania I. Featuring a star-studded main event which saw Hulk Hogan and Mr T, with Jimmy Snuka in their corner, face Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff, with Bob Orton Jr in their corner. The match also includes Muhammad Ali and Pat Patterson as special guest referees, and appearances fro...

This week on The Random Wrestling Review our heroes take on a show that they personally attended- Wrestlemania XXVI, a night which would turn out to be the final match in Shawn Michaels' career, as he faced The Undertaker in the career vs. streak main event of the show. In addition to this, John Cena and Batista battled over the WWE Title, Chris Jericho defended the World Heavyweight Title against...

In the first of this year's 3-part Wrestlemania extravaganza, we look back to Wrestlemania X, a night that is largely remembered for two of Wrestlemania's greatest matches- the dramatic opener between brothers Bret and Owen Hart, and the innovative ladder match between Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramon over the Intercontinental Title. In addition to those two contests, the show sees all the usual cel...

With Rob Van Dam picking up an injury that would keep him out of action for months, he was forced to vacate the ECW Television Title after a record setting 23 months. At Living Dangerously 2000, ECW were looking to fill that vacancy with the semi-finals and finals of the tournament to crown a new champion, involving Rhyno, Sandman, Super Crazy and Little Guido. In addition, the show would also pla...

WCW Superbrawl II would see Lex Luger defending his WCW World Heavyweight Title just a couple of months before signing for Vince McMahon's World Bodybuilding Federation, with Sting as his opponent. In addition to that main event, Ricky Steamboat was defending the US Title against Rick Rude, Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton put their tag titles on the line against The Steiner Brothers, and Brian Pillman...

WWE were on the Road to Wrestlemania 27 when they presented the 2011 edition of the Elimination Chamber and were finalising the card with a pair of Chamber matches and WWE Title contest. In the Chamber matches, firstly Edge defends the World Heavyweight Title against Rey Mysterio Jr, Kane, The Big Show, Drew McIntyre and Wade Barrett, and then John Cena, CM Punk, John Morrison, Randy Orton, Sheamu...