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 Feb 09, 2025
Sunday Feb 09, 2025
BracketMania is here again-the official arbiter of the best of everything, and this time around we're putting 16 Survivor Series teams through the tournament brackets to find the greatest of all time. Will Hulk Hogan be in with a shout with one of his teams? Will Team Alliance finally get their victory following the invasion story? Will The Hart Brothers take overall glory? Will Team Smackdown from 2005 push their claim? Or will another team take their place as number 1?
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Tom, Alex & Tinky
Sunday Feb 02, 2025
Sunday Feb 02, 2025
In 2010 major things were kicking off in TNA- Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff were brought in at the beginning of the year and brought with them a whole bunch of wrestlers (some big names, some, not so big), did away with the 6-sided ring and made the decision to move Impact to Monday nights and go head to head with Raw, just like they had done with Nitro some 15 years previous. Sacrifice 2010 comes from a still early part of the Hogan and Bischoff regime, and sees AJ Styles challenging Rob Van Dam for the TNA World Title in the main event.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man, Stephen and Tinky.
Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Sunday Jan 26, 2025
It's been a long time coming, but finally we bring you part 2 of our complete overhaul of the WWE Hall of Fame, where we assess every single entrant and their merit for remaining in. Last time we covered the 1993 and 1994 inductions, this time we take on 1995, namely, Pedro Morales, The Grand Wizard, The Fabulous Moolah, Ivan Putski, Antonino Rocca and George 'The Animal' Steele.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man, Stephen and Tinky.
Sunday Jan 19, 2025
Sunday Jan 19, 2025
Back in 1999 the wrestling business was booming big time and in an attempt to cash in on the success being enjoyed by WWE, WCW and ECW, a new promotion formed that would feature the wrestling stars of yesteryear, and put them on pay-per-view. What followed was one of the most infamous events in history, culminating in a main event featuring Jake 'The Snake' Roberts and Yokozuna against Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart and King Kong Bundy.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Tom, Alex and Tinky.
Sunday Jan 12, 2025
Sunday Jan 12, 2025
In the 2nd 'The Verdict' episode where Stephen Coriander leads Alex and Tom through some key aspects of non-WWE wrestling history. Last time, the three gave their verdict on Will Opsreay's career and this time around they discuss the series of 4 major matches between Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada in New Japan. Will Alex and Tom agree that they are among the greatest matches of all time, or will they go down like a lead balloon- The Verdict will decide!
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Tom, Stephen and Alex.
Sunday Jan 05, 2025
Sunday Jan 05, 2025
Since 2018 WWE have been taking their Premium Live Events to Saudi Arabia twice a year and raking in major money for doing so. Way back when the deal was first done, many criticised the company's decision to do so, some of its talent refused to go and perform and others were unable to on safety grounds, but the shows went ahead nonetheless. All this brings us to our review of a night that will go down in infamy- due to the World Cup tournament that dominated the undercard of the show, and the once in a lifetime battle between D-Generation X and The Brothers of Destruction which saw Shawn Michaels come out of retirement for his first match in 8 and a half years...
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Matt, Alex and Tinky.
Sunday Dec 29, 2024
Sunday Dec 29, 2024
Another year is in the books and 2024 may have been the biggest yet as the business end of pro wrestling shifted massively over the last 12 months- from WWE's merger with UFC and the creation of TKO, The Rock joining the TKO board and the announcement of the Netflix deal to AEW securing major talents from New Japan, beefing up their own roster while leaving New Japan with large gaps to fill, and their own work to secure a TV deal that should keep them going for at least the medium term, its' been massive, and that's without even discussing what happened in the ring! Also, with the end of the WWE Network, what does that mean for the archive content that was previously available, and perhaps most specifically, how will it affect this very podcast...
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Matt, Alex and Tinky.
Sunday Dec 22, 2024
Sunday Dec 22, 2024
For this year's Christmas episode of the Random Wrestling Review the team are going back to the turn of the Millennium, and the first WWE pay-per-view of the 21st century, as they presented the Royal Rumble. It was a night that featured the debut of Tazz in WWE, The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz squaring off in a celebrated tag team tables match, the ultra-violent WWE Title match street fight between Triple H and Cactus Jack, as well as the Rumble itself of course, but even then may still be best remembered by some, for the controversial Miss Rumble Swimsuit contest. It's time for us to give it the RWR treatment...
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Sam, Alex and Tinky.
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
Sunday Dec 15, 2024
A few months ago, Gavin Duenas defeated Alex Kirkman to become the new 'The Game' Champion, now Gavin faces his first title defence, against Tom Smith. Tom finished joint 2nd in the Round Robin tournament with a record of 2-2, and hopes to unseat the undefeated champion as the pair attempt to name as many WCW wrestlers as they can.
Sunday Dec 08, 2024
Sunday Dec 08, 2024
The road to Wrestlemania 24 officially got underway with the 2008 Royal Rumble and a host of participants hoping to take overall victory in the Rumble match but who were not ready for the surprise return of John Cena, entering at number 30. That major surprise may have been the key talking point coming out of the event but also included was Edge versus Rey Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Title and Randy Orton defending the WWE Title against Jeff Hardy.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man, Stephen and Tinky.