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 Jun 30, 2024
Sunday Jun 30, 2024
It's the beginning of a brand new occasional series on The Random Wrestling Review as our hosts trawl through the WWE Hall of Fame's history and reassess whether each inductee should indeed have been inducted or not. They also consider who inducted them and perhaps who would have been a better choice, and what criteria should be used to determine whether someone should get in.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man, Stephen and Tinky.
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
Sunday Jun 23, 2024
This week on The Random Wrestling Review we journey all the way back to 1988 for the very first SummerSlam event, a night the Mega Powers and Mega Bucks faced each other in tag team action with special referee Jesse 'The Body' Ventura presiding over affairs in what would prove the conclusion of the feud between Hogan and Andre, as well as the beginning of the cracks beginning to appear in the Mega Powers. Also on the show, Intercontinental Champion, Honky Tonk Man's scheduled opponent Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake was out of action after an attack at the hands of Ron Bass, but WWE had lined up a special surprise substitute to challenge for the IC Title...
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man, Stephen and Tinky.
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
BracketMania is back for its 4th instalment and this time we're looking at the greatest Attitude Era midcarders and asking the question- which is the best? We have defined Attitude Era midcarders as anybody who hadn't won a World Title by January 2002 and, with that in mind, our panel have picked their 16 participants to be included in the tournament who will face the lottery of the brackets and the scrutiny of our hosts.
This week's BracketMania is brought to you by Stephen, Mark and Tinky.
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
Pushing even further back into history this week on The Random Wrestling Review, we take on WWE's stadium show in Toronto in the Summer of 1986, as the company brought 'The Big Event' to Canada. The show was headlined by Hulk Hogan's defence of the WWE Title against long time rival 'Mr Wonderful' Paul Orndorff and also includes Jake 'The Snake' Roberts versus Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat in a Snake Pit Match as well as Harley Race clashing with Pedro Morales in a potential 'dream match'.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Alex, Gavin and Tinky.
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Following our episode a few weeks back where we went through the entire WWE Raw Roster and determined whether we would Stick (keep them in the position they currently are in), Twist (give them a push) or Bust (use them in a lesser role, or release them), it's time for the Smackdown roster to get the same treatment. Remember: this is just for fun- we don't wish anybody out of a job...
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man, Stephen and Tinky.
Sunday May 26, 2024
Sunday May 26, 2024
The early tag line for the Survivor Series was 'Teams of 5 Strive to Survive' and while that was an accurate description of 3 of the 4 matches on the 2nd annual Survivor Series event, there was also the sight of a mighty 10 versus 10 struggle that lasted for over 40 minutes and included the Hart Foundation, British Bulldogs, Rockers, Demolition, Brain Busters, Fabulous Rougeaus and The Powers of Pain, amongst others. This show also featured the latest event in the slow break up of the Mega Powers, a double turn involving Mr Fuji changing allegiance between two teams, and Bad News Brown walking out on his partners in a way only Bad News Brown can.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Stephen, Mark and Tinky.
Sunday May 19, 2024
Sunday May 19, 2024
It's the penultimate match in Round Robin where we are looking to crown a Champion of the The Game! This time around Alex and Old Man face the test of naming people in the PWI 500 from the 2023 list. Old Man's challenge for the overall title collapsed in his last 2 matches and so is now just playing for pride, meanwhile, 'Rockstar' Alex is still undefeated after 2 matches and goes into this one guaranteed to still have a chance of winning the overall title, no matter what happens here. Not quite a dead rubber for Alex however, as a win would ensure that he would hold the slimmest of advantages going into the last match of the round robin, against Stephen Coriander.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man, Alex & Tinky.
Sunday May 12, 2024
Sunday May 12, 2024
In a strange turn of events, it transpired that at the King of the Ring 2000, the WWE Title would be defended in a 6-man tag match, as Champion Triple H, lined up alongside his in-laws, Shane and Vince McMahon against The Rock, Undertaker and Kane- the stipulation being that if any member of The Rock's team should pin any member of Triple H's, then that man would become Champion. In addition to the strange booking of the main event, the tournament looked set for a few classics along the way, as Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Kurt Angle and Eddie Guerrero all took their place in the bracket- would WWE take advantage of the situation...? Find out on this week's show...
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man, Alex and Tinky.
Sunday May 05, 2024
Sunday May 05, 2024
You've heard of the PWI 500 and the PS 50, well now it's time for the RWR 25- a similar idea but with a twist, because this is the definitive ranking of the 25 best wrestlers in the history of...this podcast.
To be eligible for inclusion in the 25, a wrestler must have appeared in at least 10% of our reviews as at 31st December 2023. Each of our regular hosts has voted for their personal 25, and these have been amalgamated to create the list presented to you today!
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man, Alex and Tinky.
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
Sunday Apr 28, 2024
In the wake of Wrestlemania XL, our team goes through the WWE Raw roster and determine whether each one should be a 'twist' (pushed higher than they are now), a 'stick' (kept in pretty much the same position) or a 'bust' (either push them down the card, or let them go entirely).