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 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.
Sunday Jul 17, 2022
Sunday Jul 17, 2022
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 where Jeff Jarrett defended against Steve McMichael, and DDP teaming with a mystery partner against the NWO pairing of Randy Savage and Scott Hall.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man, Matt and Tinky.
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
Sunday Jul 10, 2022
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. In addition to that contest, Rick Steiner & Missy Hyatt were set to do battle with Arn Anderson & Paul E Dangerously in a unique mixed-tag match, and Sting would face Nikita Koloff in a Russian Chain Match.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Tom, Matt and Tinky.
Sunday Jul 03, 2022
Sunday Jul 03, 2022
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 the fore, as Edge wrapped up his feud with Kane. Add on top of that, a dream rematch between Shawn Michaels and Kurt Angle, and it all makes for a fascinating look back to the period.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man, Matt and Tinky.
Sunday Jun 26, 2022
Sunday Jun 26, 2022
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 'dream match' and not forgetting the Money in the Bank ladder match itself, Dean Ambrose, Cesaro, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho and Alberto Del Rio put it all on the line to earn the guaranteed title shot.
The Random Wrestling Review is this week brought to you by Old Man, Tom, Matt and Tinky.
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
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 evening, Hulk Hogan would make his last pay-per-view appearance for the company for 9 years, when he faced Yokozuna in a match for the WWF Title.
The Random Wrestling Review is this week brought to you by Old Man, Matt and Tinky.
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
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 Bliss in a kendo stick on a pole match and a tag team title cage match between The Hardy Boyz and The Bar.
This week's episode of The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
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. In order to ensure victory for Love, McMahon had booked himself as special guest referee, and his cronies Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco as the special guest ring announcer and timekeeper. On the undercard, The Rock would defend the Intercontinental Title opposite Faarooq, D-Generation X and The Nation would battle one another in a 6-Man Tag match, and Kane took on Vader in a mask vs. mask confrontation.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Matt, Stephen and Tinky.