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 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.
Sunday Dec 01, 2024
Sunday Dec 01, 2024
It's time for the latest instalment of BracketMania and this time the entrance themes of CFO$ are battling out to be crowned the very best. Over the course of 4 rounds, 16 shortlisted entries, including themes for Finn Balor, Asuka, Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, Bobby Roode, Bayley, Charlotte Flair and Kevin Owens are celebrated from a golden era of NXT and a not so golden era of WWE, but who will make it all the way to ultimate glory?
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Alex, Paul and Tinky.
Sunday Nov 24, 2024
Sunday Nov 24, 2024
In February of 1998, WWE were on the road to WrestleMania XIV, arguably one of the most important wrestling shows in the company's history. That month they were presenting No Way Out of Texas: In Your House, to be headlined by an 8-man tag match featuring 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin, Cactus Jack & Chainsaw Charlie versus D-Generation X with one drawback- one of their biggest stars, and WWE Champion at the time, Shawn Michaels, was unavailable, owing to the back injury he'd suffered at that year's Royal Rumble (and would keep him out of action after WrestleMania for years). Who WWE would book to replace Shawn Michaels in the match was a major talking point going in...and coming out of the event. Also on the show, Kane continued his path to a first-time confrontation with his brother The Undertaker, in a bout with Vader and The Nation of Domination had what was termed a 'War of Attrition' match with Ken Shamrock, Ahmed Johnson and the DOA.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Stephen, Alex and Tinky.
Sunday Nov 17, 2024
Sunday Nov 17, 2024
On the latest RWR Now, we sit down to discuss the recent angle on Smackdown where Kevin Owens used a piledriver on Randy Orton during a brawl, which was sold by all concerned as an unspeakable act of brutality. What did our panel make of the angle? What does it say for the direction of WWE? Was it believable in a world where other promotions are having wrestlers do similar moves on a nightly basis? Or conversely, is their a concern that Owens' using a piledriver makes it more likely for dangerous things to take place on WWE TV in the future?
The Random Wrestling Review this week is brought to you by Stephen, Alex and Tinky.
Sunday Nov 10, 2024
Sunday Nov 10, 2024
In the summer of 2010 WWE was invaded by The Nexus, a stable of wrestlers who had been competing in the first season of NXT, and who seemingly brought with them a fresh direction for the company and raft of new stars to be thrown into the mix. History tells us that in the end, the story didn't live up to its start however, before that the group would headlined that year's SummerSlam in a 14-man elimination tag match versus Team WWE, made up of both babyfaces and heels. Underneath, both the WWE and World Heavyweight Titles were on the line as Kane defended against Rey Mysterio Jr, and Sheamus took on Randy Orton.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Stephen, Dan and Tinky.
Sunday Nov 03, 2024
Sunday Nov 03, 2024
It's time for another episode of RWR Now and this time the conversation turns to AEW following the signing of their TV deal extension with Warner Bros Discovery and the recent crowning of Jon Moxley as their new World Champion. In this episode we discuss whether AEW is heading in the right direction, whether Moxley is the right pick for Champion, what might become of the BCC 'invasion' style storyline and whether AEW have found themselves in a place with too many main event talents to book effectively...
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Stephen, Dan and Tinky.
Sunday Oct 27, 2024
Sunday Oct 27, 2024
At the end of 1991 WWE were at a crossroads- the ring boy scandal had been closely followed by the beginning of the steroid scandal, and in the midst of all that, the company had committed a creative faux pas with their attempt to cash in on the Gulf War with the Sgt Slaughter storyline which itself had ended with yet more backstage turmoil and the departure of the Ultimate Warrior. In a bid to hit the reset button, WWE needed a way to reinstate Randy Savage following his retirement match loss at the hands of the Warrior at WrestleMania VII, and start to plot a course for the next 6 months, leading up to Wrestlemania VIII. The result of all this was a different type of Survivor Series show, one that would host a World Title match for the first time ever as Hulk Hogan defended his title against The Undertaker, and a whole heap of storyline developments to build up to another pay-per-view, This Tuesday In Texas.
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Tom, Alex and Tinky.
Sunday Oct 20, 2024
Sunday Oct 20, 2024
There has been lots of talk lately about the future of AEW, both in terms of attendances and ratings that they are achieving and whether or not the company will be signing a new TV deal upon the expiry of their current one. For 5 years now, AEW have occupied the position of 'number 2' in the North American wrestling industry, a position TNA has lots of experience with having been in the same place between 2002 and 2015. So today we ask, what can AEW learn from the mistakes that were made by TNA during that time?
The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Matt, James and Tinky.