Wrestling Recommendations

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Wrestling Recommendations is a wrestling watch/listen along podcast, hosted by Eddy Shepard and Travis Lassiter. Both men have compiled a list of wrestling matches, that they believe everyone should give a watch. Each match on this list is put into a randomizer and reviewed with in depth research in a watch along format. Matches are from multiple organizations, such as:WWF/E, AEW, NJPW, WCW, NWA, ROH and many more! Tune in and watch along to some of the best matches over the past 30-40 years!

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168: Andre the Giant vs Killer Khan from New Japan Pro Wrestling's MSG Series 4/1/1982 10.07.2026 54:54

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we travel back to the 1980's and back to New Japan! As Andre the Giant takes on Killer Khan in the Finals of the MSG Series. What would later become the G1 Climax. Taking place...

167: Women's World Champion Iyo Sky vs Rhea Ripley from WWE's Evolution 7/13/2025 03.07.2026 1:16:59

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we take a short trip back to 2025! As we see Iyo Sky defend the Women's World Championship against Rhea Ripley. Taking place at WWE's Evolution 2 show on July 13th, 2025. Fe...

166. WWE UK Champion Tyler Bate vs Pete Dunne from NXT Takeover: Chicago 5/20/2017 26.06.2026 1:08:23

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we travel back to the Black & Gold Brand with a match featuring the UK Championship as Tyler Bate defends against Pete Dunne. With this match taking place at NXT Takeover: Chica...

165: WCW Champion The Rock vs Chris Jericho from WWF's No Mercy 10/21/2001 19.06.2026 1:29:54

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we travel back to the the WWF/Alliance INVASION angle. As the current WCW Champion the Rock is challenged by "Y2J" Chris Jericho, with the title on the line! Taking place...

164. WCW/NWA Unified Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas vs The Hollywood Blonds from WCW Worldwide 3/27/1993 12.06.2026 1:21:51

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we travel back to WCW in the 90's! As the Unified WCW/NWA Tag Team Champions Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas defend the straps against "Stunning" Steve Austin and...

163: WWF Intercontinental Champion Greg "The Hammer" Valentine vs Tito Santana from MSG 11/26/1984 05.06.2026 1:13:59

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we travel back to the 80's and the WWF! As Greg Valentine defends the WWF Intercontinental Championship against Tito Santana! Taking place in the historic Madison Square Garden...

162. IWGP Global Champion Nic Nemeth vs David Finlay from New Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestling Dontaku 5/4/2024 22.05.2026 1:05:33

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we travel back to New Japan Pro Wrestling and see Nic Nemeth defend the IWGP Global Championship against David Finlay! Taking place at NJPW's Wrestling Dontaku on May 4th, 2024!...

161. WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos vs The Wyatt Family in a 2 out 3 Falls Match from Battleground 7/20/2014 15.05.2026 1:18:04

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we travel back to the WWE in 2014! As The Usos defend the WWE Tag Team Championships against Luke Harper and Erik Rowan of the Wyatt Family. With this match taking place in a 2 out...

160. ROH World Champion Samoa Joe vs CM Punk from ROH's All Star Extravaganza 2 12/4/2004 08.05.2026 1:33:17

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we go back to the early days of Ring of Honor! As ROH World Champion Samoa Joe defends the title against CM Punk, in what would be the 3rd match in their critically acclaimed trilog...

159. "The Enforcer" Arn Anderson vs "Nature Boy" Ric Flair from WCW's Fall Brawl 9/17/1995 01.05.2026 1:35:47

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we watch along a match that many thought they'd never see. THE ENFORCER vs THE NATURE BOY! As Ric Flair takes on long time Horsemen running mate Arn Anderson at WCW's Fall B...

158. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper vs "Ravishing" Rick Rude in a Steel Cage Match from MSG 12/28/1989 24.04.2026 59:44

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we watch along a STEEL CAGE MATCH taking place during the final days of the 1980's! As "Rowdy" Roddy Piper takes on "Ravishing" Rick Rude with Bobby Heenan i...

157. World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk vs Finn Balor from WWE RAW 1/19/2026 17.04.2026 1:16:09

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we watch along on of the newest matches on the podcast. As CM Punk defends the World Heavyweight Championship against Finn Balor. Taking place on Monday Night Raw from Belfast, Nort...

156: The Shield vs Team Hell No & Ryback in a TLC Match from TLC 2012 12/16/2012 10.04.2026 1:24:07

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we watch along the main roster debut of The Shield in WWE! As Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns took on Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane) & Ryback. With this match...

155: Shawn Michaels vs Shelton Benjamin in the Gold Rush Tournament from Monday Night Raw 5/2/2005 03.04.2026 1:06:59

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we travel back to the Ruthless Aggression Era to what many consider on of the best Raw matches in history! As Shawn Michaels takes on Shelton Benjamin in a Quarterfinal Match in the...

154: WWF Champion The Rock vs "Stone Cold" Steve Austin from WrestleMania 15 3/28/1999 27.03.2026 1:35:13

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we travel back to the Attitude Era! As The Rock defends the WWF Championship against "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in a No Holds Barred Match. With this match taking place in...

153: NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair vs Butch Reed from Mid South Wrestling 6/24/1985 20.03.2026 1:15:13

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we are joined by Brandon Lane from Rants at the Black Lodge Podcast. As we watch along "Nature Boy" Ric Flair as he defends the 10 Pounds of Gold against "Hacksaw&quo...

152: Zack Sabre Jr. vs Gabe Kidd from the 2024 G1 Climax 8/8/2024 13.03.2026 1:03:58

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we travel back to New Japan Pro Wrestling and the G1 Climax! We see Zack Sabre Jr. take on Gabe Kidd on night 13 of the 2024 G1 Climax Tournament. Taking place on August 8th, 2024!...

151: Heroes Eventually Die vs The Lucha Brothers from PWG's Battle of Los Angeles 9/3/2016 07.03.2026 55:55

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we travel back to the indie powerhouse that was Pro Wrestling Guerilla! As we see the short-lived team of Chris Hero and Tommy End aka Heroes Eventually Die take on Pentagon Jr. and...

150: WWE Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho vs Rey Mysterio in a Title vs Mask Match from The Bash 6/28/2009 27.02.2026 1:21:08

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we travel back to the blur that was the WWE in 2009. Where we will see the culmination of what many consider the biggest and best feud of the year. As Rey Mysterio puts his mask on...

149: Bret Hart vs Chris Benoit from WCW Nitro 10/4/1999 20.02.2026 1:30:45

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we travel back to WCW in October 1999. As Bret Hart takes on Chris Benoit in a tribute match dedicated to the memory of Owen Hart. This match took place on Monday Nitro in the same...

148: WWWF Champion "SuperStar" Billy Graham vs "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes from MSG 9/26/1977 06.02.2026 1:27:18

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we travel back to the WWWF in 1977. In what is the oldest match to date that we have covered, we see Billy Graham defend the WWWF Championship against Dusty Rhodes! Taking place in...

147. Bryan Danielson vs Will Ospreay from AEW's Dynasty 4/21/2024 31.01.2026 1:20:37

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we go back to AEW! As we watch Bryan Danielson vs Will Ospreay from Dynasty 2024 in what many consider the greatest match in AEW history. Taking place in St. Louis, Missouri on Apri...

146: Rev Pro British Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles vs Will Ospreay vs Marty Scurll from Rev Pro's Uprising 10/2/2015 23.01.2026 59:01

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we travel to London, England! Where we will feature our very first match from Rev Pro, one of the UK's top independent promotions. This match features British Heavyweight Cham...

145: Super Crazy vs Tajiri in a Mexican Death Match from ECW on TNN 1/21/2000 16.01.2026 1:01:13

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we travel to the land of EXTREME! As we see Tajiri take on Super Crazy in a Mexican Death Match! With this one taking place on an episode of ECW on TNN at the ECW Arena from J...

144: WCW Television Champion "Stunning" Steve Austin vs Barry Windham in a 2 out of 3 Falls Match from WCW Saturday Night 5/9/1992 09.01.2026 1:11:00

Welcome to Wrestling Recommendations! Your hosts Eddy and Travis dive in with a deep retrospective and watch along to some of their favorite wrestling matches. Chosen at random by the Wheel of Destiny! On this episode, we travel back to WCW in 1992! As WCW Television Champion "Stunning" Steve Austin defends his championship against Barry Windham! With this one taking place in a 2 o...