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 Dec 26, 2021
Sunday Dec 26, 2021
It's the Christmas special of The Random Wrestling Review, and this week the podcast goes back further than it has ever gone before and explores a promotion it hasn't looked at previously with AWA's Christmas Night 1984 show. The card includes an AWA Title match between Rick Martel and Jimmy Garvin, Nick Bockwinkel taking on Curt Hennig and a tag contest pitting Greg Gagne & Jerry Blackwell against Bruiser Brody and The Masked Superstar
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
Sunday Dec 19, 2021
Come the end of 2008, Jeff Hardy was riding a wave of popularity and had been a nearly-man on a number of occasions as regards to winning the WWE Title. Running into Armageddon he would have another chance to win the gold as he faced Champion, Edge, and Triple H in a triple-threat match. In addition to this, Batista and Randy Orton would do battle, John Cena defended the World Heavyweight Title against Chris Jericho, and CM Punk faced Rey Mysterio in the final of a tournament to name a new number 1 contender to the Intercontinental Title.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.
Sunday Dec 12, 2021
Sunday Dec 12, 2021
It's time for another Saturday Night's Main Event episode and this time around Hulk Hogan is facing the challenge of King Kong Bundy in a rematch from the previous SNME but this time, Bundy has Andre the Giant in his corner and is gunning for Hogan's WWE Title. In addition to this Strike Force defend their recently won tag titles against The Bolsheviks and Jake Roberts battles Sika.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.
Sunday Dec 05, 2021
Sunday Dec 05, 2021
For WWE's final pay-per-view of the last millennium the company served up a main event which saw Triple H face Vince McMahon in a match where if Vince McMahon won Triple H's marriage to Stephanie would be annulled but if Triple H won, not only would the marriage stand, but also Triple H would receive a future WWE Title shot. Underneath, Chyna and Chris Jericho battled over the Intercontinental Title, The Rock N Sock Connection challenged the New Age Outlaws for the tag team straps and Kane and X-Pac fought one another in a steel cage.
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Sunday Nov 28, 2021
Sunday Nov 28, 2021
It's time for NWA/WCW's equivalent of Wrestlemania as we take a look back at Starrcade from 1986, subtitled 'Night of the Skywalkers' due to the Scaffold Match set to take place between The Road Warriors and Midnight Express. Also on the show, Ric Flair defends his NWA World Title against Nikita Koloff, The Rock N Roll Express defended their Tag Titles against The Minnesota Wrecking Crew, and Dusty Rhodes put his Television Title on the line in a first blood match versus Tully Blanchard.
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Sunday Nov 21, 2021
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
In the final part of our trilogy of Survivor Series episodes we take a look back at the Survivor Series 1993 a night where the Foreign Fanatics, led by Yokozuna and including Crush, Ludvig Borga and Jacques of the Quebecers, take on the All Americans of Lex Luger, Undertaker and The Steiner Brothers in the main event. In addition, the Hart family come together, as four of the brothers take on Shawn Michaels and his Knights of the Squared Circle, and Razor Ramon teams with 1-2-3 Kid, Marty Jannetty and Randy Savage against IRS, Diesel, Rick Martel and Adam Bomb.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
This week the Random Wrestling Review covers Survivor Series 2010 where John Cena was facing a dilemna as he was set to be the Special Guest Referee of the WWE Title match between Randy Orton and leader of the Nexus, Wade Barrett. If Cena ensured that Barrett won the title he would be free of the Nexus after having previously been forced to join them, but if he raised the hand of Randy Orton, he would be fired from WWE. In addition, the show would also see a World Heavyweight Title collision between Kane and Edge and a traditional Survivor Series contest between Team Del Rio and Team Mysterio.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
This week we head into a trifecta of Survivor Series episodes, beginning with the 1994 edition which features the return match between Undertaker and Yokozuna as they battle in a casket match. In addition to this, Bret Hart defends the WWE Title in a submission match against Bob Backlund where the winner will be decided by which of their corner men throw in the towel first. On top of that, there are 3 Survivor Series matches on the show, with the continuation of Lex Luger's feud with the Million Dollar Corporation highlighted in one, and the continuing issues between Razor Ramon and his nemesis' Shawn Michaels and Diesel in the other.
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Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
In the 2nd part of our double header, comparing 2 shows that took place within a week of each other at the height of the Monday Night Wars, we take a look back at WCW's Halloween Havoc 1998. For the show, WCW had lined up a monster line up which included the rematch between Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior, Goldberg defending the World Title opposite Diamond Dallas Page, Bret Hart facing Sting and a collision between former tag partners as Kevin Nash took on Scott Hall.
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Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
At the height of the Monday Night War, WWE went into their October pay-per-view with a vacant WWE Title. To fill that vacancy, Vince McMahon had booked a match between Undertaker and Kane with 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin as the special guest referee with the stipulation that if Austin didn't crown one of the Brothers of Destruction the new Champion, he'd be fired from the company. Also on the show, Ken Shamrock would defend the Intercontinental Title against Mankind and The Rock was facing up to former Nation of Domination stablemate, Mark Henry. This episode also features the first matches for both D-Lo Brown and Val Venis to be featured on the pod, so as you might imagine, our hosts are very happy indeed!
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