Rewind-A-Wai

John Pollock and Wai Ting review ECW on TNN from December 31, 1999 headlined by Masato Tanaka vs. Mike Awesome for the ECW Championship. Plus, unprotected chairshots, WWE Network-edited theme music, how we spent our Y2K and more in this review.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWF Royal Rumble 2000 headlined by Triple H (c) vs. Cactus Jack in a Street Fight for the WWF Championship in Madison Square Garden. Plus, a tables match between The Dudleys vs. The Hardys, Tazz’s WWE debut, and a Miss Royal Rumble Bikini Contest.

For the third and final time, John Pollock and Wai Ting begrudgingly watch and review Heroes of Wrestling (1999), a show widely considered to be the worst wrestling event ever created.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review NJPW New Beginning in Osaka from February 11, 2014 featuring a IWGP Heavyweight Championship match between Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WCW Monday Nitro from June 30, 1997 featuring the WCW Nitro debuts of Raven and Curt Hennig.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWF Royal Rumble 1994 headlined by a 30-Man Royal Rumble Match resulting in a controversial draw between Bret Hart and Lex Luger, Yokozuna faces his fears against The Undertaker in a Casket Match, and Owen Hart finally breaks out of Bret’s shadow.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWF The Big Event from 1986 headlined by Hulk Hogan vs. Paul Orndorff for the WWF Heavyweight Championship in front of a record-setting crowd of 64,100 at the CNE Stadium in Toronto, Ontario. Dan “The Mouth” Lovranski joins us to discuss attending this show live.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Royal Rumble 2017 headlined by John Cena vs. AJ Styles for the WWE Championship and the annual 30-man Royal Rumble match. To celebrate 10 years of reviews, The Archivist counts down his Top 10 Review-A-Wai episodes.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WrestleCon’s Mark Hitchcock Memorial Supershow 2019 headlined by Will Ospreay vs. Bandido in a heavily-anticipated match during WrestleMania 35 Weekend in New York City.

John Pollock & Wai Ting review UFC 189 feat. Conor McGregor vs. Chad Mendes and Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald from July 2015.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review NJPW Fallout Down Under 2018 (Night 2) featuring Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii ＆ Rocky Romero vs. Kenny Omega & The Guerrillas of Destiny from the legendary Festival Hall in Melbourne, Australia.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11 featuring Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega in their legendary 6-star match from the Tokyo Dome on January 4th, 2017.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWF In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede (1997) from Calgary, Alberta featuring The Hart Foundation vs. Team Austin in one of the most acclaimed PPVs in WWF/E history.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Backlash 2004 from Edmonton, Alberta featuring Chris Benoit vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels in a WrestleMania XX rematch, and Cactus Jack vs. Randy Orton in one of WWE’s most violent matches.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review the 1993 straight-to-video feature film, Thunder In Paradise starring Terry “Hulk” Hogan.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWF One Night Only 1997, a UK-only PPV headlined by British Bulldog vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF European Championship with a controversial ending.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE New Year’s Revolution 2006 featuring the first-ever Money In The Bank cash-in as Edge challenges WWE Champion John Cena.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review the Final Stage of Pro Wrestling Guerilla’s Battle of Los Angeles 2018 tournament featuring Bandido, Jeff Cobb, Shingo Takagi, WALTER, Joey Janela, PCO, CIMA, Trevor Lee, Brody King and more.

John Pollock and Wai Ting review two wrestling-themed episodes of the world’s most famous animated sitcom, The Simpsons. We discuss our viewing history of The Simpsons, compare the quality of the series 16 years apart, and discuss how each episode represented professional wrestling’s mainstream status at the time.

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WrestleMania 26 from March 2010 with The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart vs. Vince McMahon.