The Random Wrestling Review and its sister shows bring you an explicit mess of in-depth wrestling analysis and puerile humour. The main show focuses on a single event from any point in history and breaks it down crudely and with no apologies. RWR Now focusses on events currently taking place in wrestling. The Game is a quiz series featuring regular guests on the panel battling out to show their supremacy over one another. BracketMania sees the crew whittle 16 down to 1 in pursuit of finding the best of any given category and there a number of bonus and special episodes about a plethora of other things. We have covered topics and shows dating from 1984 through to the present day from a variety of promotions including WWE, WCW, AEW, ECW, NWA, NXT and AWA, so there is bound to be something you like when you join Tinky, Old Man, Tom, Stephen, Matt, Alex and other guests as they fumble their way through wrestling’s rich past, present and even future. Listeners beware! This show is not suitable for young ears!
Episodes
Sunday Sep 18, 2022
Sunday Sep 18, 2022
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 Champions, The Fabulous Freebirds.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man, Matt and Tinky.
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
Sunday Sep 11, 2022
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 with Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks that would follow. On this week's show we break the whole thing down- the media scrum, the backstage fight and yes, even the 11 match pay-per-view, in a bumper episode of the podcast.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Matt, Stephen and Tinky.
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
Sunday Sep 04, 2022
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 wrestler, The Patriot who, after having beaten Hart shortly before Hart won the title, was now challenging the Hitman here. Other matches included Goldust against Brian Pillman in an 'indecent proposal' match, the WWE's first ever triple threat match and much more.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.
Sunday Aug 28, 2022
Sunday Aug 28, 2022
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 against 'British Bulldog' Davey Boy Smith in what has long been considered one of the best WWE matches of the era.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Matt, Stephen and Tinky.
Sunday Aug 21, 2022
Sunday Aug 21, 2022
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 Shinzaki & Hayabusa, Taz putting the FTW title on the line opposite Bam Bam Bigelow and Mike Awesome versus Masato Tanaka.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Tom, Matt and Tinky.
Sunday Aug 14, 2022
Sunday Aug 14, 2022
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 to spend a night in jail and Ted Dibiase puts his Million Dollar Title on the line against former employee, Virgil.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought you this week by Old Man, Gavin and Tinky.
Sunday Aug 07, 2022
Sunday Aug 07, 2022
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 receive another title shot. Underneath, The Rock and Triple H squared off to be named number 1 contender to the title, X-Pac and Road Dogg took on Chyna and Billy Gunn where the winners would get the naming rights to the D-Generation X brand, and Kane fought The Big Show.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man, Tom, Matt and Tinky.
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
Sunday Jul 31, 2022
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 Title match, with Randy Orton's Money in the Bank cash-in, and Triple H's heel turn- our hosts discuss all of the above, and everything else on the show.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man, Matt and Tinky.
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
Sunday Jul 24, 2022
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 Batista battling Mr Kennedy. Also on the show, Rey Mysterio would defend his World Heavyweight Title against King Booker.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man and Tinky.
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
Wednesday Jul 20, 2022
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.