The Random Wrestling Review

The Game: Survivor Series Participants

Following success in the epic Round Robin competition between all of our regular presenters, Alex Kirkman was crowned The Game Champion. Now, a few months later, Alex has to face his first challenger for the title. Having come through the round robin with a 100% record, there was no natural top contender for the belt and so Alex faces the challenge of Gavin Duenas, who is coming in with a Game record of 0-0. Can Alex see off this latest test, or will his title reign be talked about in the same breadth as Jack Swagger's and The Great Khali's?

The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this time by Alex, Gavin and Tinky. 

WCW Fall Brawl 1998

In the autumn of 1998, faced with a resurgent WWE and scrambling for a way to hit back in the Monday night war, WCW hired The Ultimate Warrior to join the overflowing ranks of their ageing main event scene. At Fall Brawl 1998, Warrior would make his WCW in-ring debut in that year's War Games match- one that was fought under amended rules for 1998, with 3 teams competing, but with the winner of the match gaining a WCW World Title match at the following month's Halloween Havoc. In addition, the Steiner brothers were set to do battle, Dean Malenko was up against Curt Hennig, and Raven would take on Perry Saturn in a Raven's Rules match, with the fate of The Flock on the line!

The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Matt, James and Tinky.

The 100 Best Wrestlers In The History of WWE

Not long ago, we counted down the top 100 wrestlers of all time, now we have done a list counting down the top 100 wrestlers in the history of WWE, based purely on match quality- 2,523 matches were included in the analysis and this is the list that came out- where have the likes of Chris Jericho, Undertaker, Triple H, Steve Austin, Bret Hart, The Rock, Shawn Michaels, John Cena, Batista, Randy Orton, Mick Foley, Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Daniel Bryan and CM Punk ended up? There is only one way to find out...

The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man, Alex and Tinky.

WWE Cyber Sunday 2008

In this year of elections, what could be more appropriate than WWE's answer to democracy- Cyber Sunday? At the 2008 version of the event, the company gave its fans the chance to choose Triple H's opponent, the stipulation of a match between Undertaker and Big Show, the special guest referee of the main event and the winner of the Diva's Halloween Costume competition...

The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this time by Old Man, Alex and Tinky.

RWR Now: Fantasy Booking Wrestlemania 41

For the 2nd year in a row, we've put our creative caps on and tried to come up with a Wrestlemania 41 that we'd like to see. Where will our panel put the likes of The Rock, Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, Bianca Belair, CM Punk, Rhea Ripley, Seth Rollins and all of the rest of them at next year's big event? Find out here... 

The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Matt, Alex and Tinky.

WWE Backlash 2009

Just 3 weeks after the '25th Anniversary of Wrestlemania', WWE were back with another offering on pay-per-view, with Backlash. The card was heavily shaped by the events of the 'Mania that had just taken place and featured John Cena defending his World Heavyweight Title against Edge in a Last Man Standing match, a unique 6-man tag match where Triple H's WWE Title was on the line as he fought alongside Shane McMahon and Batista against Legacy, and an I Quit match to continue the feud between the brothers Hardy.

The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Old Man, Stephen and Tinky.

Will Ospreay: The Verdict

Since becoming a regular on the podcast, Stephen Coriander has been hailing the performances of the man he calls the greatest wrestler of all time, Will Ospreay. Two of our other regulars had seen very little of his work, and so Stephen decided to set them the challenge of watching 8 of Ospreay's best matches, and this is the resulting conversation. What will the panel have to say about Ospreay? Is he the greatest of all time? Overrated? Or something in between?

The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Tom, Stephen and Alex.

TNA Turning Point 2004

For only the 2nd time on the Random Wrestling Review, we are taking in a TNA show and travelling back almost 20 years to Turning Point 2004- the scene of the 'Macho Man' Randy Savage's final ever match where he teamed with AJ Styles and Jeff Hardy against The Kings of Wrestling- Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Jeff Jarrett. Also on the show, America's Most Wanted battled Triple X in a Six Sides of Steel cage match where the losing team would have to disband, and Petey Williams defended the X Division Title against Chris Sabin.

The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Matt, Alex and Tinky.

The 3rd Annual RWR Match Hall of Fame Induction

It's that time of the year again where we honour the great matches that the podcast have covered in the past- there are 3 new matches that have made the Hall of Fame this year- they each were voted for by at least 50% of our 16-strong panel in this year's ballot from a potential shortlist of 85 matches. 

The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Tom, Old Man, Matt, Stephen and Tinky. 

WCW World War 3 (1997)

Taking place in the shadow of the infamous Montreal Screw Job at WWF's Survivor Series event, World War 3 (1997) finds World Championship Wrestling at a commercial peak, and on the finishing straight on the road to that year's Starrcade. The event would play host to the 60-Man Battle Royal main event with the winner receiving a World Title shot at some point in the future. It also featured a no-holds barred encounter between rivals Ric Flair and Curt Hennig, Rey Mysterio Jr up against Eddie Guerrero in a rematch of their classic at Halloween Havoc the month before, and a WCW Tag Title Match pitting The Steiner Brothers against Steven Regal and Dave Taylor.

The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Tom, Stephen & Tinky.