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
Jun 27, 2021
Jun 27, 2021
2hr 2 min
The King of the Ring 1996 has long since gone down in history as one of the most important events of the 1990's thanks to the victory in the tournament that year of 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin and his subsequent money spinning victory speech, but is it any good as an event? To answer that question, we dig deep into the 3 tournament matches on the card as well as Shawn Michaels defending the WWE Title against Davey Boy Smith, Mankind taking on the Undertaker and a grudge match between Jerry Lawler and Ultimate Warrior, as well as much more.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.
Jun 20, 2021
Jun 20, 2021
1hr 37 min
By 2018 the NXT Takeover series had already gained a formidable reputation for great wrestling action, and when NXT Takeover returned to Chicago in June of 2018 it was coming back with the latest instalment in the bitter war between former DIY tag team partners, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa, as they faced one another in an epic 35-minute street fight. In addition to that, Aleister Black was defending the NXT Title against Lars Sullivan, Women's Champion, Shayna Baszler was putting her title on the line versus Nikki Cross and Velveteen Dream battled Ricochet.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.
Jun 13, 2021
Jun 13, 2021
2hr 12 min
In one of the most famous wrestling pay-per-views of all time, ECW was revived under the WWE banner for One Night Stand in 2005. The show was a tribute to a wrestling company that, with limited resources, had revolutionised professional wrestling in the 1990's before going out of business in 2001. Here, among other matches, Lance Storm faces Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit takes on Kurt Angle, Psicosis and Rey Mysterio do battle and The Sandman and Tommy Dreamer go up against The Dudley Boys, and all the while, wrestlers from Raw and Smackdown have threatened to invade the show.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.
Jun 6, 2021
Jun 6, 2021
2hr 17 sec
In 2015, WWE took Elimination Chamber from its traditional spot in February and plonked it into the middle of a busy period of shows which included 3 WWE Network Specials in the space of 6 weeks. The upshot was this show which featured Kevin Owens' main roster debut, the first ever tag team Elimination Chamber match, Seth Rollins defending the WWE Title against Dean Ambrose, and a battle for the vacant Intercontinental Title in another Chamber bout.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.
May 30, 2021
May 30, 2021
2hr 5 min
The Random Wrestling Review goes back to WCW Slamboree again, this time to take a look at the 1993 edition of the event, subtitled 'A Legends' Reunion' and that is because there are 3 'legends' matches in the middle of the show featuring some of the stars of yesteryear and the company's first Hall of Fame induction. In addition to that, Big Van Vader defends the WCW Title against Davey Boy Smith, the NWA Title is also on the line when Barry Windham takes on Arn Anderson and The Hollywood Blonds defend their tag team belts against the team of Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.
May 23, 2021
May 23, 2021
1hr 43 min
In this episode, our heroes look back at Judgment Day 2007 a show with 3 big title matches- Edge defending his World Heavyweight Title against Batista, John Cena facing the mighty Great Khali for the WWE Title and the ECW Title being up for grabs as Vince McMahon defended the belt alongside his son Shane and Umaga, against Bobby Lashley. In addition, Shawn Michaels was due to take on Randy Orton and Chris Benoit would wrestle his final ever pay-per-view match putting his US title on the line against MVP.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.
May 16, 2021
May 16, 2021
1hr 19 min
The Random Wrestling Review goes further back into history than ever before as our three hosts take a look at the very first WWE Saturday Night's Main Event from May of 1985. Included on the pod is analysis on the 4 match card, which included Hulk Hogan defending his WWE Title against Bob Orton Jr, and Women's Champion Wendi Richter, with Cyndi Lauper in her corner, taking on The Fabulous Moolah. Also on the show is the latest chapter in 'The Game' and the usual irreverence you will have come to expect by now!
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.
May 9, 2021
May 9, 2021
2hr 16 min
This week's episode takes a look back at WCW, less than one year before the company was bought by WWE. Hollywood star, David Arquette is the WCW World Champion and defends the belt at the show in a three-way, triple decker cage match versus Jeff Jarrett and Diamond Dallas Page. The so-called 'dream team' of Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo are in control of the creative side of the company and are trying to make their new vision of WCW work with a show packed full of big names competing on either side of the Millionaires Club versus New Blood feud- and so also on the card is Hulk Hogan against Billy Kidman, Sting taking on Vampiro, Ric Flair facing Shane Douglas and much more.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.
May 2, 2021
May 2, 2021
2hr 58 sec
Coming off the back of Wrestlemania 32, WWE were looking forward to what they were calling the beginning of a new era, with a 6-match card headlined by the WWE Title match between Roman Reigns and AJ Styles. Also on the show, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were set to face off, The Miz was defending his Intercontinental Title against Cesaro, Chris Jericho and Dean Ambrose would be on opposite sides of the ring and Charlotte was putting her Women's Title on the line versus Natalya. In addition to all this, Vince McMahon had promised to reveal his choice for the newest authority on Monday Night Raw by choosing between his children, Stephanie and Shane.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.
Apr 25, 2021
Apr 25, 2021
1hr 59 min
Following Hulk Hogan's legendary match with The Rock at Wrestlemania 18, WWE were eager to cash in on the apparent revival of Hulkamania, and rushed him into the main event of WWE Backlash 2002, against Undisputed Champion, Triple H. Also on this show, Steve Austin faces The Undertaker with Ric Flair acting as a Special referee as the two men fought over who would be named the number 1 contender to the title, Kurt Angle took on Edge, Brock Lesnar had his first ever televised match, against Jeff Hardy, and Rob Van Dam defended the Intercontinental Title against Eddie Guerrero.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you by Old Man, Tom and Tinky.