Upnxt W/ Braden Herrington & Davie Portman

John Siino & B Detroit are here with another installment of Turning Heels, discussing episode seven, "The Big Bad Fish Man". The South Georgia State Fair is only a couple of weeks away and Jack's doing all he can to keep his professional and personal lives intact. Staci has suspicions that Jack played a role in Ace's unexpected Heel-turn. In this episode, we go deep into the world of Gully and his Florida Wrestling Dystopia and how it effects Ace Spade, Rooster and others, Staci gets suspicious with all the Kleenex laying around, Diego & Apocalypse talk about where food stamps come from, Willie finally takes to a liking to Crystal after the open tryouts, Jack Spade goes incognito with a baseball cap and we are introduced to DWL's newest sensation, The Dad! Cno & B also talk about living life without Facebook & Instagram, the mind blowing 'Protect Ya Neck' episode of Wu-Tang: An American Saga, and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and wat

Braden Herrington is joined by John Siino to chat all about the brand new Sopranos prequel movie: The Many Saints of Newark Braden & John review the movie in full featuring the story of the men who made Tony Soprano. It follows the origins of the “Many Saints” family and how they ran the crime world of Newark in the late 1960’s. There’s everything from Easter eggs/callbacks to the Sopranos TV show, violent deaths, cheeky one liners, Michael Gandolfini playing young Tony, infidelity, gabagool and more! The boys break down what they liked/didn’t like from the movie, revisit favorite episodes, moments and characters from the series. Plus baked ziti, Italian slang, and more! Hey oh! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast  Tuesday: upNXT - NXT Review (Free Show/Twitch) Wednesday: Shot In The Dark w/ John Siino (Free Show) Wednesday: BDElite - AEW Dynamite Review (Free Show/Twitch) But wait! There’s more! On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie do

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman chat all about the September 29th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite from Brodie Lee’s hometown of Rochester, NY and headlined by Miro vs Sammy Guevara for the TNT Championship! This weeks show featured: Miro vs Sammy Guevara (TNT Championship) Adam Cole vs Jungle Boy The Dark Order and Orange Cassidy vs Hardy Family Office Anna Jay and Tay Conti vs Penelope Ford and The Bunny Cody Rhodes and Lee Johnson vs Matt Sydal and Dante Martin Jon Moxley, Eddie Kingston and Darby Allin w/ Sting vs Bear Country and Anthony Greene The Lads also talk about The Men of the Year giving their promo of the year, MJF going to some dark places in Darby’s past, Lio Rush becoming All Elite, Andrade bringing in some backup and Arn Anderson potentially murdering someone with a glock!? RIP Brodie Lee  www.jonhuberlegacyfoundation.org You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast  Tuesday: upNXT - NXT Review (Free Show/Twitch) Wednesday: Sh

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, 205 Live, NJPW Strong, NWA Powerrr, Ring of Honor, and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark. This week we get AEW Dark from AEW Universal, where Santana Garrett’s introduction gets interrupted by Diamante, Adrian Jaoude (fka Arturo Ruas) makes his debut teaming up with former NXT partner Cezar Bononi and Darius Lockhart has his first match in AEW taking on Ricky Starks. NXT UK continues it’s Heritage Cup Tournament as Teoman takes Wolfgang in a Semi-Final match, a fantastic #1 Contendership triple threat match between A-Kid, Nathan Frazer & Rampage Brown as well as Gallus, Subculture, Moustache Mountain and more setting up their next programs. On NJPW Strong, the Fight Spirit Unleashed continues as after Jay White takes on Wheeler Yuta, he calls out one Tomohiro Ishii. Also, Yuji Nagata makes his return to Strong teaming with the debuting Yuya Uemura and Fred Rosser takes on Ren Narita which results in a dis

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman talk about the September 28th 2021 episode of WWE NXT 2.0 featuring Raquel Gonzalez vs Franky Monet for the NXT Women’s Championship. The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show which included: Raquel Gonzalez vs Franky Monet (NXT Women’s Championship) Io Shirai & Zoey Stark vs Gigi Dolin & Jacey Jayne w/ Mandy Rose (NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship) Roderick Strong vs Grayson Waller (NXT Cruiserweight Championship) B-Fab w/ Hit Row vs Elektra Lopez w/ Legado Del Fantasma (Street Fight) Kyle O’Reilly vs Ridge Holland w/ Pete Dunne Xyon Quinn vs Oney Lorcan Boa vs Andre Chase The lads also give their thoughts on In-Dex’s honeymoon, Tony D’Angelo’s vignettes, Mandy Rose putting herself in title contention, Bron Breakker looking to challenge Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT Championship and lots more on “woke” Joe Gacy. Braden and Davie also talk about their trip to New York including visiting the world famous Comedy Cellar and getting in fights with New Yorke

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman are joined by John Siino to give their live perspective for AEW Dynamite Grand Slam from Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City! Braden, Davie and John talk about their whole experience of the show and give their thoughts on the incredible match between Kenny Omega and Bryan Danielson, the reactions to Cody Rhodes, Sting & Darby Allin vs FTR and so much more!  You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast  Monday: Turning Heels - Ep 6 w/ John Siino & B Detroit (Free Show) Tuesday: upNXT - NXT Review (Free Show/Twitch) Wednesday: Shot In The Dark w/ John Siino (Free Show) Wednesday: BDElite - AEW Dynamite Review (Free Show/Twitch) Sunday 26th: WWE Extreme Rules 2021 WatchAlong (Twitch) But wait! There’s more! On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie do retro NXT reviews, Best Match Ever, Top 5, Reviews from the 6ix, and tons more. This week's schedule: Thursday 23rd: upYOURS w/ Matty B - Heavyweights (1995)

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, 205 Live, NJPW Strong, NWA Powerrr, Ring of Honor, and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark. This week we get AEW Dark with some debuting notable names seen recently on GCW and NXT including Allie Katch, Stallion Rogers (Curt Stallion) and Anthony Greene (August Grey), a fantastic match between Daniel Garcia vs. Alan ‘5’ Angels’, and Eddie Kingston calling out Suzuki-Gun after his match with Bear Bronson. NXT UK continues it’s Heritage Cup Tournament as Kenny Williams takes on Noam Dar in a Semi-Final match. We also find out who steps up to challenge Ilja Dragunov next for the NXT UK Championship, Pretty Deadly defend their NXT UK Tag Team Championship against Gallus, Blair Davenport doesn’t take her suspension lightly and we get a first look at Charlie Dempsey, the son of William Regal. On NJPW Strong, we have the first of the Fighting Spirit Unleashed event where fans were welcomed for the first time on Strong

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman talk about the September 21st 2021 episode of WWE NXT featuring Tommaso Ciampa & Bron Breakker vs Pete Dunne & Ridge Holland ! The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show which saw a ton of new people! Plus KUSHIDA vs Roderick Strong for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship, Trey Baxter vs Dante Chen, Joe Gacy vs Cameron Grimes, Amari Miller vs Kay Lee Ray, Elektra Lopez vs Anna Scheer, plus Odyssey Jones takes on two men in a handicap match, Brooks Jensen and Josh Briggs tell us about how they became a team after fighting in a bar, Tony D’Angelo talks about the importance of family, Toxic Attraction speak and we take a trip to Chase University! The lads also talk about the Plane Ride From Hell episode of Dark Side of the Ring, Shingo Takagi vs Tomohiro Ishii from the NJPW G1, silly gimmicks in wrestling, Ted Lasso, their upcoming trip to New York, take your feedback...and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/

John Siino & B Detroit are here with another installment of Turning Heels, discussing episode six, "House Show". It's the day of Big Jim's baby's baptism and a new beginning for everyone in Duffy. Meanwhile, Jack's running around town prepping and promoting the upcoming match at the fair. In this episode we get a cameo from Mick Foley as Dickie Valentine and his No Questions Barred podcast, we see Ace Spade trying to patch things up with Bobby and Crystal, Gully trying to recruit Rooster to come to Florida Wrestling Dystopia, Staci having enough of Jack and cutting a promo on gerbils, fireflies and squirrels. Plus, Diego & Apocalypse discussing Vietnam War and nipples and we dig deeper into the history of Wild Bill and Willie Day. Cno & B also discuss the upcoming AEW Grand Slam, episode four of Wu-Tang: An American Saga, their familiarity with cornhole and if ranch on top of barbeque is allowed. You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman to review the September 15th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite from the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ featuring Bryan Danielson laying out a huge challenge for Kenny Omega! Braden and Davie run down the entire show, which also saw Adam Cole vs Frankie Kazarian, Eddie Kingston & Jon Moxley vs 2point0, Darby Allin vs Shawn Spears, Jade Cargill vs Leyla Hirsch, Dante Martin & Matt Sydal vs FTR, plus CM Punk is attacked by Powerhouse Hobbs, Chris Jericho confronts Dan Lambert and The Men of the Year, Brian Pillman Jr looks for revenge on MJF, Tully attacks Sting, and Kenny Omega vs Bryan Danielson is made official for AEW Grand Slam at the Arthur Ashe Stadium!  The lads also preview next week’s event at Arthur Ashe stadium, give their predictions, pack their bags… and much more!  Video version up soon at YouTube.com/upNXT  You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast  Monday: Turning Heels - Ep 4 & 5 w/ John Siin

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, 205 Live, NJPW Strong, NWA Powerrr, Ring of Honor, and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark This week we get the debut of AEW Dark from the ‘AEW Dark Zone’ at Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. This includes both Jade Cargill and Leyla Hirsch sending a message to each other ahead of their upcoming match, as well as the Sonny Kiss-Joey Janela and Diamante-Big Swole feuds continuing. NXT UK continues it’s Heritage Cup Tournament as Wolfgang takes on Sam Gradwell. Blair Davenport also faces consequences from her actions last week, Emilia McKenzie challenges Steve Turner and we look back at Ilja Dragunov vs. WALTER from Takeover 36 with commentary from Rhea Ripley, Drew McIntyre, Cesaro, Finn Balor and more. On NWA Powerrr, we have former tag team partners Jax Dane and Crimson in a ‘Humiliation Showdown’ (slap fight). Nick Aldis has some nice words for Trevor Murdoch before taking some time off, Chelsea Green st

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman talk about the beginning of a new era of NXT... "NXT 2.0" The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show featuring Pete Dunne vs LA Knight vs Tommaso Ciampa vs Von Wagner for the vacant NXT Championship... and finally the wedding of InDex! Plus Gigi Dolin, Jacy Jayne and a new-look Mandy Rose take on Kayden Carter, Kacy Catanzaro and Sarray in a tremendous Six-Woman Tag, Drake Maverick vs Ridge Holland, Imperium vs Josh Briggs & Brooks Jenson, B Fab vs Katrina Cortez, plus the Creed Brothers are in action, Bron Breaker makes his in ring debut and Carmello Hayes finds some muscle. The lads also talk about the new colourful look of NXT, Big E winning the WWE Championship, J’Lo, Ted Lasso, take your feedback...and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast  Monday: Turning Heels - Ep 4 & 5 w/ John Siino & B Detroit (Free Show) Tuesday: upNXT - NXT Review (Free Show/Twitch) Wednesday: Shot In

John Siino & B Detroit are here with another installment of Turning Heels, discussing two episodes, starting with episode four, "Cutting Promos". After a house fire forces Jack and his family to move in with Carol and Ace, the two brothers put their differences aside and their heads together to generate a DWL promo to further grow the league's fan base. After they discuss the true story of Wild Bill's viral video and the 'bling belt' from 'up north', Bobby Pin's new rap song and Bobby 85, heel promo in the pool hall, crazy cinematic style video from the gas station and more, they carry on to episode five, "Swerve". When the South Georgia State Fair shows interest in featuring the DWL at this year's fair, it's on Jack to close the deal with an electric night of matches. But chaos reigns as Bill, Ace, and Crystal have their own ideas. In this one, we get the highly promoted cage match between Bobby Pin and Ace Spade, but a couple other characters have

Braden Herrington is joined by Davie Portman to review the September 8th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite featuring Jon Moxley returning to his hometown of Cincinnati to take on NJPW’s Minoru Suzuki!  Braden and Davie run down the entire show, which also saw Malakai Black vs Dustin Rhodes, Ruby Soho makes her Dynamite debut by taking on Jamie Hayter, Powerhouse Hobbs vs Dante Martin, FTR & Shawn Spears vs Stu Grayson, Evil Uno & John Silver, plus MJF cuts a scathing promo on Cincinnati and the Pillman family, Bryan Danielson lays out a challenge to Kenny Omega, Adam Cole warns Tony Schiavone to stay away from his girl, CM Punk begins to feud with Team Taz and Matt Hardy is also on the show.  The lads also talk more about their thoughts on All Out, Kevin Owens’ WWE contract expiring in 6 months and the possibility of him going to AEW, the matches they think/hope they’ll see at Arthur Ashe, Pumpkin Spiced Seltzers… and more! Video version up soon at YouTube.com/upNXT  You can now join in our LIVE POST S

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, 205 Live, NJPW Strong, NWA Powerrr, Ring of Honor, and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark This week we get two episodes of AEW Dark, which included Dark Order members having a singles match, The Acclaimed reuniting as Max Caster returns, Julia Hart being attacked and replaced for the Casino Battle Royale, and Diamante vs. Big Swole in a 3 Strikes Match. On the special Saturday episode; CM Punk ends the show with the Jurassic Express. NXT UK continues it’s Heritage Cup Tournament as Teoman takes on Nathan Frazer. We also get Blair Davenport attacking Sid Scala after she was supposed to wrestle Nina Samuels, Emilia McKenzie vs. Amale and Jack Starz and Dave Mastiff team up for some tag action. On ROH, we have the Semi-Finals of Women’s World Title Tournament as Miranda Alize takes on Trish Adora and Angelina Love takes on Rok-C. 8-Man Tag Match main events as it’s La Faccion Ingobernable vs. Shane Taylor Promoti

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the September 7th 2021 edition of WWE NXT featuring the bachelor and bachelorette parties of InDex, plus MSK vs Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan for the NXT Tag Team Championships! The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show which also saw Ember Moon vs Kay Lee Ray in an excellent opening match, Io Shirai & Zoey Stark vs Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter for the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship, the Creed Brothers and Mae Ying both make their in ring debuts and Franky Monet receives a title shot. The lads also talk about Davie’s trip to Chicago to see All Out, all of AEW’s new signings, the end of the Black and Gold era of NXT, take your feedback...and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast  Tuesday: upNXT - NXT Review (Free Show/Twitch) Wednesday: BDElite - AEW Dynamite Review (Free Show/Twitch) Sunday: BDElite - AEW All Out 2021 WatchAlong and Review (Free Show) But wait! There’s more! On

Braden Herrington is joined by Andrew Thompson to chat all about AEW’s All Out! Braden and Andrew review the entire pay-per-view which saw Bryan Danielson & Adam Cole showing up in AEW! Plus all the matches: Kenny Omega vs Christian Cage CM Punk vs Darby Allin Young Bucks vs Lucha Bros - Cage Match Britt Baker vs Kris Statlander Eddie Kingston vs Miro MJF vs Chris Jericho And much much more! Braden and Andrew discuss the new BOOM in pro wrestling and the needle moving, plus CM Punk in his first match in 7+ years, Suzuki shows up, all the forbidden door fantasy booking… and so much more! Pro Wrestling is back! Video version up soon at YouTube.com/upNXT  You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast Monday: Turning Heels w/ John Siino & B Detroit (Free Show) Tuesday: upNXT - NXT Review (Free Show/Twitch) Wednesday: Shot In The Dark w/ John Siino (Free Show) Wednesday: BDElite - AEW Dynamite Review (Free Show/Twitch) But wait! There’s m

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the September 1st 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite headlined by Lucha Bros & Jurassic Express vs The Elite!  The BDE chat about the entire show which also saw Santana & Ortiz vs FTR, Powerhouse Hobbs vs Brian Cage, Penelope Ford vs Tay Conti, Orange Cassidy vs Jack Evans, plus CM Punk gets physical ahead of his match at All Out against Darby Allin, The Gunn Club turn on Paul White, Anna Jay returns, Jericho gives a passionate promo and so much more! The lads also talk give their predictions for the All Out PPV, thoughts on PAC vs Andrade El Idolo being taken off the card, shoot tequila for Davie’s birthday...and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast  Monday: Turning Heels w/ John Siino & B Detroit (Free Show) Tuesday: upNXT - NXT Review (Free Show/Twitch) Wednesday: Shot In The Dark w/ John Siino (Free Show) Wednesday: BDElite - AEW Dynamite Review (Free Show/Twitch) Sunday: BDElite - AE

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, 205 Live, NJPW Strong, NWA Powerrr, Ring of Honor, and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark This week we get AEW Dark from the United Center in Chicago which includes the debut of Joey Janela’s new muscle Kayla Rossi, QT Marshall vs. Evil Uno and the rubber match between PAC and Matt Sydal in the main event. NWA Powerrr continues it’s shows from The Chase in St. Louis with all the champions and winners from the weekend speaking as well as matches from Kiera Hogan, Chelsea Green, the start of the NWA Tag Team Tournament and Tyrus defending his Television Championship. On ROH, the Women’s World Title Tournament concludes it’s quarter finals as Angelina Love takes on Max the Impaler and Allysin Kay goes one-on-one with Trish Adora. Dragon Lee also defends his Television Championship in the main event against Eli Isom. PLUS, Siino gives his thoughts on the pay-per-views from this past weekend including NWA EmPowerr

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the August 31st 2021 edition of WWE NXT headlined by Tommaso Ciampa vs Ridge Holland! The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show which saw Johnny Gargano vs LA Knight, Duke Hudson vs Kyle O’Reilly, Roderick Strong vs Ikemen Jiro, Mandy Rose vs Sarray, Raquel Gonzalez vs Jessi Kamea, Imperium vs Drake Maverick & Grayson Waller, plus Wade Barrett has a sit down interview with Samoa Joe, Kay Lee Ray talks about her intentions in NXT, Io Shirai still doesn’t like anyone... and it’s Ember Moon’s birthday! The lads also talk about the new and colourful NXT logo, Davie’s COVID test, Candyman, DONDA, Jake Paul, Kona Reeve’s jacket, your feedback...and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast  Monday: Turning Heels w/ John Siino & B Detroit (Free Show) Tuesday: upNXT - NXT Review (Free Show/Twitch) Wednesday: Shot In The Dark w/ John Siino (Free Show) Wednesday: BDElite - AEW Dynamite Review (Fre