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It's time for Part 7 of our epic quest to evaluate each member of the WWE Hall of Fame and make a new determination on whether to keep them in, or remove them, based on our assessment of their worthiness. This time around we consider the Hall of Fame credentials of Pete Rose, Gene Okerlund, Sensational Sherri, Verne Gagne, Tony Atlas and The Blackjacks.

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

It's that time of the year again when we sit down to discuss our fantasy booking ideas for next year's WrestleMania. WrestleMania 43 will be taking place in Saudi Arabia in 2027, and our panel have put together a veritable feast of matches for consideration and what they would like to see take place. Will Oba Femi be crowned Champion? Who has come up with the most bonkers idea yet? Will the women be given a main event for the first time since WrestleMania 37? All this and more, on the show.

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

It's the Random Wrestling Review, back once again and bound for glory as we take in TNA's 2012 equivalent of their WrestleMania a show featuring Austin Aries defending the TNA World Title against Jeff Hardy and the Aces and Eights story was just getting off the ground. We find the company trying to adapt to another new era in its history with Bruce Prichard coming in to captain the ship and introducing a raft of new concepts such as Open Fight Night, Gut Check and the Bound For Glory series.

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

This past weekend the entirety of the RWR crew were in London for AEW All In 2026 at Wembley Stadium and this is our roundup of the trip! All our thoughts on the All In show, the main event between Will Ospreay and Kenny Omega, the bout between Willow Nightingale and Mercedes Mone and everything else that took place, as well as a little summary of the RevPro show on the Saturday evening also.

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With AEW All In 2026 just a few days away and a number of the RWR regulars set to be in attendance, we bring you a preview of AEW's All In 2026 and the whole weekend. Can Will Ospreay secure the AEW World Title as he goes up against current Champion Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks battle Adam Copeland and Christian Cage and the final of the Continental Challenge Cup takes place.

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

The Random Wrestling Review is once more stepping into the realm of alternative timelines to explore what might have happened if Steve Austin had been forced to retire immediately following the botched piledriver he suffered by Owen Hart at SummerSlam 1997. We discuss who would have replaced Austin as the central babyface running into WrestleMania XIV, wondered if Bret Hart may have stayed with WWE, whether the Mr McMahon character would have ever been created and ultimately, could WWE have still won the Monday Night War...

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In an impromptu extra bit of content from the Random Wrestling Review, Ben talks about this week's episode of Monday Night Raw which included the latest chapter in the Bloodline saga, a confrontation between Oba Femi & Bron Breakker and a match for the Intercontinental Title between Chad Gable and Rey Mysterio. 

It's SummerSlam season (well, sort of) and we bring you a comprehensive review of the 2000 edition, replete with Shane's ridiculous stunt fall, the Angle-Steph-Triple H love triangle, Jim Ross's candy jar and Tables, Ladders and Chairs- oh my! Wrestling nostalgia rarely hits as hard as this one and our panel are determined to bask in every moment of it. 

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The 10th edition of BracketMania sees our panel take on the difficult question of who was the best/biggest star in ECW's history. As per usual, a 16 strong field has been assembled and been subjected to a random drawing to determine the tournament brackets that will ultimately decide who comes out as the winner- could it be Sabu, Sandman, Raven, Rob Van Dam, Tommy Dreamer, The Dudley Boys, Taz, Rhyno or...Joel Gertner?! 

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

With our Champion, Gavin Duenas having wiped the floor with the majority of the RWR regulars, it's time to go back a step to find a suitable number 1 contender, and so to that end, Alex 'Rockstar' Kirkman will battle Stephen Coriander to determine Gavin's next challenger. In their only other battle with each other, Alex edged out a very tight encounter, so Stephen will be eager for revenge in this one. 

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

In the latest episode of The Heroes we discuss the career and qualities of 'The Charismatic Enigma' Jeff Hardy. The Heroes is a series where we ask one of our regular panel or a special guest to talk about the wrestler that meant the most to them- understand why they liked them so much, whether they think wrestling fans rate them at the appropriate level, and take a look back at one of their key matches.

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The latest 'main' episode of the podcast sees us travel less than a decade into the past for an NXT Takeover that featured Shinsuke Nakamura defending his Title against 'Glorious' Bobby Roode. Also on the show, Asuka had 4 opponents to fend off in order to retain her NXT Women's Title and the tag belts were also on the line as DIY faced the Authors of Pain.

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

With SummerSlam just around the corner, continuing criticisms of Triple H's booking, a brief WWE Title reign for Sami Zayn and a clear lack of upward trajectory for younger stars, we check in with the industry leaders to talk about what prospects there are for change, whether they have the talent in the company to bring back lapsed fans and much more...

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

Our long journey through the history of WWE Hall of Famers continues this week as we finish off the 2005 class and start to tackle the 2006 inductees. Those reassessed for their suitability as a Hall of Famer this time include Jimmy Hart, Paul Orndorff, Nikolai Volkoff, Iron Sheik, Bret Hart and Eddie Guerrero.

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

The Random Wrestling Review will be at AEW All In this August (well at least some of us, anyway)! And so with the event just 2 months away we thought it would be a good opportunity to have a little chat about what might be coming up at the event, why the company has thus far only sold 25,000 tickets (as at end of May) and who (presumed) main eventer, Will Ospreay, will be up against on the night.

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

The latest Random Wrestling Review covers Clash of the Champions 6, a night where Ricky Steamboat and Ric Flair engaged in part 2 of their legendary series, a near hour-long, best 2 out of 3 falls match. Also on the show The Midnight Express of Jim Cornette were up against The Samoan Swat Team, managed by Paul Heyman, Junkyard Dog back in the Superdome in Louisiana, and The Great Muta showing off his abilities.

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

It's time for a new series on The Random Wrestling Review- Wrestling What If takes scenarios from the history of professional wrestling and speculates about what might have happened if things had gone down differently. The first in the series takes a look at what might have taken place had Vince Russo never left is position as head writer at WWE, and jumped ship to WCW? 

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

Using a new statistical model to determine points for individual match results from 1963 right up until the end of 2025, we bring you the Top 100 Wrestlers in WWE's history from a kayfabe perspective. Taking a major event from each month since Jan 1963, applying a points scoring mechanism which takes into account match type, importance of event and whether a title was on the line, every wrestler in WWE's history has been ranked and given a points tally, and today we reveal the results.

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

Imagine a scenario where the entire WWE roster are being released with the exception of 30 wrestlers. In this episode, our panel take that scenario and have to determine those 30 wrestlers who are staying with the company, each by drafting 10 of the acts they most consider as still having something valuable to offer WWE in 2026. What will our panel priorities- star power, in ring ability, character work, or simply good old fashioned sentimentality? Who will make the cut and who will face the axe? 

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Judgement Day 2005 is the next stop for The Random Wrestling Review, a night headlined by a WWE Title, I Quit Match between John Cena and JBL-and abley backed up by Kurt Angle taking on Booker T and Eddie Guerrero taking on his former friend Rey Mysterio. Also on this week's pod we announce a few small changes to the podcast going forward in the post-WrestleMania 42 world. 

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

BracketMania determines the greatest of all time on a given wrestling topic via the means of a knockout tournament for which a full bracket has been drawn ahead of time. Our panel this time around decide which is the greatest Kurt Angle match of all time? 16 of Angle's most memorable matches have been drawn up and will now do battle, but which opponent will come out on top? Shawn Michaels, Shane McMahon, Brock Lesnar, Rey Mysterio, Samoa Joe, Eddie Guerrero and others feature, but which one will take home the trophy?

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

In order to make sure we keep up our regular commitment to you of one episode per week we thought we would round up all the stuff that has taken place in the wake of WrestleMania including our thoughts on the documentary that seemed to dominate that show throughout the weekend, Hulk Hogan: Real American. We also discuss the latest round of post 'Mania releases and check in with AEW- the Darby Allin title win, the general quality of the product and our hopes for this year's All In.

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

So after the first night of this year's WrestleMania was adjudged by us to be an almost complete wash out, could WWE recover the weekend on Night 2? That is the question we'll be looking to answer with our latest episode. A lot was riding on the main event which saw CM Punk defending the World Heavyweight Title against Roman Reigns, and the much anticipated contest between Brock Lesnar and 'The Next Big Thing' Oba Femi.

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

The WrestleMania series is back, albeit temporarily, as we bring you full coverage of both nights of this year's event, starting with Night 1 here. After the speculation surrounding ticket prices and sales, and a general feeling that the build to the show has been less than stellar, would WWE be able to deliver on the night? Cody Rhodes was facing Randy Orton in the main event, meanwhile underneath, Stephanie Vaquer defended the Women's Title against Liv Morgan and Gunther battled Seth Rollins.

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

For the 3rd year in a row, the same crew come together to look ahead to this weekend's WrestleMania- an event mired in scrutiny after a year of creative that many feel has been less than stellar and which comes while some are calling the 'Ruthless Depression' era. Can WWE put all that aside to deliver on the biggest weekend in the calendar, or will overly conservative booking, and the ongoing interference of TKO, lead to disaster?

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

It's our last stop on the series of significant events in history, and to round things off ahead of WrestleMania season, it felt only right to get as far away from the glitz and glam of the 42nd edition of the Grandaddy of them all as possible, and a trip to 1988 AWA with their SuperClash III event. This was a big last effort by the remaining hold outs of the territory age to come together and try to keep the WWE and NWA wolves from the door, with the American Wrestling Association teaming up with CWA from Memphis, WCCW from Texas and women's promotion POWW to put on their one and only foray into pay-per-view,

The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Tom, Gavin and Tinky. 

The latest Game Title Match is not only for the prestigious Championship, but also has gotten personal, as Tom Smith, still angry about a perceived injustice during his previous shot at the title, gets a rematch against the defending Champion, and undefeated, 'Relentless' Gavin Duenas. Can Tom prise the title away from the dominant Duenas, or will Gavin make it 6-0 for his win/loss record.

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The esteem of being called the first proper Pay-Per-View in wrestling history doesn't go to Starrcade 1983, or even the first ever WrestleMania, it goes to a show that took place just a few months later in 1985, The Wrestling Classic, featuring a one night, 16-man tournament and a World Title match pitting Hulk Hogan against his nemesis 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper. 

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

In this bonus episode of the pod, we have a go at pitching ideas to the management teams of wrestling promotions around the world with ideas for new match types, ranking systems, title concepts, tournaments and related elements of the on-screen presentation of pro wrestling. 

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

WCW Road Wild is the destination for our latest podcast as WCW continued a celebrity tour that had been going most of the summer by bringing in late night talk show host, Jay Leno to team with DDP against Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff in the main event. This was all just a couple of months after Bill Goldberg had risen to the top of the company as their World Heavyweight Champion- on this night he was put in an NWO Battle Royal that would also include Sting, Kevin Nash, The Giant, Scott Hall and many others.

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

Just over a week ago, WWE presented the 2026 edition of Elimination Chamber including 2 Chamber matches, a World Heavyweight Title match between CM Punk and Finn Balor, and the surprise debut of Danhausen. Was any of it any good? Is WWE in a good place just over a month out from WrestleMania? And, is there a sense that the future could be bright for the company? All of that, and much more, covered in today's episode.

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

No Way Out 2004 was the night that Eddie Guerrero became WWE Champion defeating Brock Lesnar in a near 30-minute encounter, it was also the night that confirmed Kurt Angle's place in the title match against him at WrestleMania 20, and set the table for Brock Lesnar and Bill Goldberg's bizarre contest at the same event. Today we provide our insight on all the above points and much, much more.

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In the 3rd episode of our occasional series, Old Man talks about his enjoyment of The Rock and in particular the dizzying rise he went on between the end of 1996 up to, and including, the night he won his first WWE Title at the 1998 Survivor Series Deadly Game tournament. 

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When Dave Meltzer commented that there was no chance an independent wrestling show could draw 10,000 people, he probably couldn't have anticipated that not only would Cody Rhodes bet him that they could, but that in attempting to do so, Cody and his pals would kick off a series of events that would lead to the creation of All Elite Wrestling. That was the story behind All In, a show that included contributions from Ring of Honor, CMLL, New Japan and the NWA, and featured most of the best non-WWE signed wrestlers in the world...

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

Last weekend WWE presented the Royal Rumble with Roman Reigns and Liv Morgan taking the victories in the respective Rumble matches, Drew McIntyre decisively defending the WWE Title against Sami Zayn and AJ Styles being forced to retire having lost to Gunther. We broadly discuss the main things coming out of the show and the decision of Roman Reigns on Raw to pick CM Punk to face at this coming year's WrestleMania.

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1988 was the year that WWE first unveiled to the world its Royal Rumble concept (actually it was 1987, but more on that in the episode)- a 30-man (okay, in this case it was actually 20) battle royal style contest with a twist- 2 wrestlers would start in the ring and then every 2 minutes (or 90 seconds, or even 60 seconds some years) a new wrestler would enter until all participants had joined the match. Eliminations would come when a person was thrown over the top rope and both feet hit the floor until there was just one man (or woman, as would later be introduced) left who would go on to headline (or just get put in one of many important matches) at WrestleMania (actually, this wasn't introduced until 1993). A show of many contradictions, all brought to you expertly by the RWR crew.

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

We continue to trawl through every inductee in the WWE's Hall of Fame and determine whether they deserve to keep their place or whether they should be dunked out. This time around our panel discuss the case for Sgt Slaughter, 'Superstar' Billy Graham, Tito Santana, Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan, Hulk Hogan, 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper and Bob Orton Jr.

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

We've already covered WCW's last ever pay-per-view, so it felt only fair that we did the same for ECW and their Guilty As Charged 2001 event. A night that played host to a ECW World Title Ladder Match between Steve Corino, Justin Credible and The Sandman, an 'I Quit' match pitting Tommy Dreamer against CW Anderson and 2 impromptu bouts that closed the show in customary ECW style.

This week's episode of The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you by Tom, Gavin and Tinky.

For the first time ever, the Random Wrestling Review is running a predictions contest in 2026 as the 5 regulars on the podcast all gaze into their crystal ball and try to guess what will happen over the next 12 months. There are 30 different questions for them to attempt to answer with the winner being the person who gets the most correct answers as at the end of December. Old Man, Matt, Stephen and Alex have already put their predictions in, and here Tom Smith completes the set.

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In mid-1994, Hulk Hogan, the 5-time WWF Champion, and babyface centrepiece of Vince McMahon's juggernaut for the previous 10 years, jumped ship to its main competitor, WCW. Having attracted The Hulkster to the company, WCW's Senior Vice President, Eric Bischoff, wasted no time in booking a match that the WWF had decided not to deliver a couple of years earlier, Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair. The match, for the WCW World Title, also featured Shaquille O'Neal to hand the title to the victor, Mr T in the corner of Hogan, and a bunch of stars in the crowd. Also on the show, 'Stunning' Steve Austin defended the WCW United States Title against Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat, and Lord Steven Regal took on Johnny B Badd for the Television Title.

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It's our annual (brief) look back at the year that has just happened and in particular this year we are focussing on what was the year of John Cena, his retirement tour, the heel turn, his final match and how that impact WWE's product over the previous 12 months. We also talk about the potential for Netflix's purchase of WBD to be very bad news for AEW, the need for wrestling to lower its expectations of in-ring performance, the chance of a Jericho return to WWE and the hope that the RWR crew can get together in 2026 for AEW All In London.

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Is this the greatest wrestling show in the history of the industry, or an event that inspires rose tinted nostalgia to take over at the expense of good taste? That is the central point of discussion on this year's Christmas episode of the Random Wrestling Review as we cover WWE Survivor Series 1990, a night that saw the debut of the Undertaker, the surprise of the Gobbledy Gooker and a special all Survivors match main event.

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One day Triple H will leave his role as the head of WWE's creative process- whether through choice, or otherwise, so in that scenario, who will TKO choose to replace him? Would an internal promotion, like Bruce Prichard, Shawn Michaels, Paul Heyman or Cody Rhodes be the way to go? Could TKO dip back into the McMahon well by bringing back Stephanie, or even Shane? Or would it be a more out there option- Eric Bischoff? Vince Russo?! Tony Khan!?!? That's our discussion this week.

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

If WWE had pulled their finger out and uploaded the first ever Starrcade to YouTube by now, that is what you'd be getting here, as it is, you'll have to put up with the RWR original crew struggling their way through this. It features a main event of Dusty Rhodes vs. Tully Blanchard in a cage and is supported by Ric Flair's defence of the NWA World Title against Nikita Koloff.

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

After last week's review of WWE Survivor Series 1997, here is a recording from 2014 discussing The Montreal Screwjob- some of the things that led to it, the actions of those involved, the reactions of others, and some of the elements that make understanding exactly what happened even to this day, a complex affair.

The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this week by Gavin and Tinky. 

Buckle up for one of the longest episodes in the history of this podcast as we discuss the infamous Survivor Series 1997, site of the Montreal Screwjob, a moment that changed the course of wrestling history and the lives of pretty much all involved. Here we will talk about the build up to the event, the contract situation that existed, the various backstage happenings that led to such distrust and the match itself. In addition to that, we of course have a duty to cover the rest of the event as well, to review the card and discuss its relative quality or lack there of.

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The latest BracketMania has arrived and for the 8th instalment of the series we sift through a plethora of gimmick matches to determine the best of them all. Considered among the shortlisted are the Cage, the Hell in a Cell, the Royal Rumble, the ladder, the Elimination Chamber, the Survivor Series and many more...

The Random Wrestling Review is brought to you this time by James, Rob and Tinky. 

In the autumn of 2006, Kurt Angle sensationally signed with TNA and opened up the possibility of a number of mouth-watering matches taking place- one of those matches was with the then undefeated Samoa Joe, and TNA decided to go there straight away, billing the pair's first collision, 'The Dream Match of the Decade'. Also on the show, Sting would defend the NWA World Title against Abyss, AJ Styles would battle Christian and the X-Division Title would also be on the line, with Champion, Christopher Daniels defending against Chris Sabin.

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Recorded on Monday (so apologies if WWE have subsequently announced who he'll be facing), the RWR panel turn their attentions to John Cena's last match, set for Saturday Night's Main Event in December. We discuss whether it will indeed turn out to be the last time he steps foot in the squared circle, or whether the Saudi Money (or some other factor) prompt a return in the years to come. We talk about who we think he will end up facing, and we talk about who it should be, and offer some alternative ideas for the occasion.

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