Upnxt W/ Braden Herrington & Davie Portman

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, NWA Powerrr, 205 Live, NJPW Strong, Ring of Honor, and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark. This week on AEW Dark: Elevation, The Lucha Brothers reunite to take on The Dark Order, Jade Cargill and Smart Mark Sterling make an appearance and talk about the state of BBQ in Texas and James Darnell (the Elite GM Invitational Champion) chooses Lee Johnson’s opponent as he is set to earn a TNT Championship match against Miro at the Homecoming Dynamite. NJPW Strong sees the semi-finals of the Tag Team Turbulence as Brody King & Chris Dickinson of Violence Unlimited take on the West Coast Wrecking Crew and The Good Brothers take on Ren Narita & Yuji Nagata. Also, ‘Filthy’ Tom Lawlor defends the Strong Openweight Championship against Satoshi Kojima. On NXT UK, Triple H, Shawn Michaels & William Regal start the show discussing the state of WALTER-Ilja Dragunov, Jinny calls out Aoife Valkyrie and Pretty Deadly

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the July 27th 2021 episode of WWE NXT featuring Adam Cole vs Bronson Reed and a huge angle between Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez! The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show which also saw Samoa Joe become a fully active member of the NXT roster as William Regal signs him off for a Title match against Karrion Kross at TakeOver: 36, plus Timothy Thatcher & Tommaso Ciampa vs Pete Dunne & Oney Lorcan, Carmello Hayes vs Josh Briggs in the Breakout Tournament, Hit Row vs Imperium, Franky Monet & Jessi Kamea vs Kayden Carter & Kacy Catanzaro, plus Cameron Grimes is LA Knight’s caddy in a round of golf, Ridge Holland returns and Kyle O’Reilly gets revenge! Braden and Davie also talk about Braden’s 30th Birthday weekend, Zack Ryder/Matt Cardona vs Nick Gage in GCW, the Olympics, fantasy book TakeOver 36, 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 - NX

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the July 21st 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite: Fyter Fest Night 2! Featuring Jon Moxley defending the IWGP United States Championship against Lance Archer in a Texas Death Match! The BDE chat about the entire show which also saw Britt Baker defend her AEW Women’s Championship against Nyla Rose, Chris Jericho takes on Shawn Spears in his “first labour” match, Orange Cassidy faces The Blade, “The Elite Hunter” Frankie Kazarian takes on DOC Gallows, Darby Allin vs Wheeler Yuta, plus Andrade El Idolo introduces his new special consultant - Chavo Guerrero, and MJF introduces Jericho’s next labour...Nick F***ing Gage!! The lads also talk about the rumours surrounding CM Punk and Daniel Bryan/Bryan Danielson potentially signing with AEW and all the dream matches that could present, plus epic late night frozen pizza, Davie’s “grime” accent...and more!  You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast  Tuesday: upNXT - NXT Revi

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, NWA Powerrr, 205 Live, NJPW Strong, Ring of Honor, and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark. This week on NWA Powerrr, we have the open draft for their Champions Series where champions Nick Aldis, Kamille, The Pope and Aron Stevens team up with the legends Austin Idol, Melina, Velvet Sky and Taryn Terrell to draft a team of five going into the series. AEW Dark sees The Acclaimed having some harsh words and actions for Julia Hart as they team up with Private Party to take on The Dark Order and the Varsity Blondes. Diamante continues her ways to try and provoke Big Swole into a match, and Texas’ own Dustin Rhodes takes on Aaron Solo (who lost the W) in the main event. And on NXT UK, Meiko Satomura defends her Women’s Championship against Amale, Tyler Bate defends his Heritage Cup against Mark Coffey, and WALTER and Ilja Dragunov receive some unfortunate news ahead of their upcoming championship match. PLUS, Siino

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the July 20th 2021 episode of WWE NXT featuring Raquel Gonzalez vs Xia Li for the NXT Women’s Championship!  The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show which also featured Kyle O’Reilly vs Austin Theory, KUSHIDA & Bobby Fish vs Roderick Strong & Tyler Rust, LA Knight vs Drake Maverick, Franky Monet vs Jacy Jayne, Andre Chase vs Odyssey Jones in a First Round Breakout Tournament match, plus Legado Del Fantasma and Hit Row talk some trash, and Karrion Kross takes out William Regal as Samoa Joe looks for revenge… plus the TakeOver 36 announcement!  Braden and Davie also give their thoughts on NXT Champ Karrion Kross’s terrible debut on RAW after losing to Jeff Hardy (and how it looks for NXT)- and announce upNXT Summer and the Summerslam Tailgate events...oh and discuss why mosquitos are the absolute worst, plus 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

Davie Portman and John Siino review IMPACT Slammiversary 2021 featuring Kenny Omega vs Sami Callihan for the IMPACT World Heavyweight Championships! The lads run down the entire show, which saw fans back at an IMPACT Wrestling event for the first time since early 2020! Kenny Omega vs Sami Callihan (IMPACT World Heavyweight Championship) Deonna Purrazzo vs Thunder Rosa (IMPACT Knockouts Championship) Ultimate X Match: Josh Alexander vs Chris Bey vs Rohit Raju vs Ace Austin vs Petey Williams vs Trey Miguel (IMPACT X Division Championship) Moose vs Chris Sabin Rhino & Joe Doering vs Karl Anderson & DOC Gallows vs Fallah Bahh & No Way vs Rich Swann & Willie Mack (IMPACT Tag Team Championship) Madman Fulton & Shera vs Juice Robinson & David Finlay W Morrissey vs Eddie Edwards Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz vs Havok & Rosemary (IMPACT Knockouts Tag Team Championship) Davie and John give their thoughts on every match, talk about the multiple surprise debuts including “Switchb

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the July 14th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite and they’re back with a hot Texas crowd for Fyter Fest Night 1! The BDE chat about the entire show headlined by Darby Allin vs Ethan Page in a Coffin Match, Jon Moxley defends his IWGP United States Championship against Karl Anderson, Christian Cage takes on Matt Hardy in a match 23 years in the making, Brian Cage and Ricky Starks battle it out for the FTW Championship, Yuka Sakazaki returns to AEW to face Penelope Ford, Wheeler Yuta makes his AEW Dynamite debut against Sammy Guevara, plus “Hangman” Adam Page lays out a challenge to Kenny Omega, Britt Baker cuts an awesome promo and QT Marshall pours protein shake over Tony... and more! The lads also talk about their love for wrestling returning to live crowds, the possibility of Jungle Boy turning heel, give more Shark Facts for Shark Week, promote BDE In The Bank and upNXT Summer and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, NWA Powerrr, 205 Live, NJPW Strong, Ring of Honor, and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark. This week on AEW Dark: Elevation, it’s the first show on the road from Miami, Florida which includes Darby Allin w/ Sting vs. Angelico in the main event. Also, Jora Johl finally gives an answer to Matt Hardy and the Hardy Family Office, we see the return of Yuka Sakazaki, Jade Cargill steps away to go to Hollywood and the wrestling debut of one of Bobby Lashley’s Ladies (?) AEW Dark has 18 matches from Daily’s Place, including Angelico vs. Wheeler YUTA in the main event, the debut of Rickey Shane Page and Diamante issues out a challenge to Big Swole. And on NXT UK, Blair Davenport (f/k/a Bea Priestley) makes her debut against Laura Di Matteo, Mark Andrews tries to earn Subculture a tag team title shot as he takes on Pretty Deadly’s Lewis Howley and Trent Seven vs. Eddie Dennis go at it in the main event. PLUS a live rep

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the July 13th 2021 episode of WWE NXT featuring Karrion Kross vs Johnny Gargano for the NXT Championship with Samoa Joe as the Special Guest Referee!  The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show which also featured Ember Moon vs Dakota Kai, Sarray vs Gigi Dolin, Santos Escobar vs Dexter Lumis, Tyler Rust vs Bobby Fish, Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter vs Aliyah & Jessi Kamea, Ikemen Jiro vs Duke Hudson in the first round of the Breakout Tournament, plus we see Cameron Grimes’ first day as LA Knight’s butler, Wade Barrett interviews Kyle O’Reilly, Xia Li challenges Raquel Gonzales and Mandy Rose returns to NXT! Braden and Davie also give some of their predictions for Money In The Bank, more call-ups to the main roster, the Euros Final, Brock Lesnar’s ponytail and meat, McGregor ankle breaking, plus 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 (F

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the July 7th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite and they’re back on the road in Miami Florida with Road Rager! The BDE chat about the entire show headlined by The Young Bucks vs Eddie Kingston & Penta El Zero Miedo in a street fight for the AEW Tag Team Championship, plus Andrade El Idolo makes his AEW in ring debut against Matt Sydal, Kris Statlander & Orange Cassidy take on The Bunny & The Blade, FTR & Wardlow vs Proud and Powerful & Jake Hager, QT Marshall vs Cody Rhodes in a South Beach Strap Match, “Hangman” Page confronts Kenny Omega, MJF and Chris Jericho have a face to face meeting… and the surprise debut of Tommy End/Malakai Black in AEW! Plus Braden attempts to carry Davie through the show after celebrating England’s Semi-Final win in the Euros, 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: Shot In The Dark w/ John Siino

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, NWA Powerrr, 205 Live, NJPW Strong, Ring of Honor, and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark. This week on AEW Dark, we have the final show from Daily’s Place which includes Fuego Del Sol with his last shot on getting a victory, the return of The Waiting Room with guests Sonny Kiss and Joey Janela continuing their saga and quite possibly the last time we could see a lot of these regular faces we’ve been accustomed to. NWA Powerrr crowns a new National Champion as JTG faces Chris Adonis in the tournament final, The Pope defends his Television Championship against Sal Rinauro, and Homicide makes his return to NWA. And on NXT UK, we find out who will be Meiko Satomura’s first challenger for her Women’s Championship, we get the reveal of Blair Davenport and Tyler Bate defends his Heritage Cup against Jack Starz. Also, we get six solid matches on AEW Dark: Elevation, a special ‘Fireworks Frenzy’ episode of NJPW Stron

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review WWE NXT: The Great American Bash from July 6th 2021 headlined by Kyle O’Reilly vs Adam Cole! The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show which also featured the Hit Row live rap cypher, plus MSK vs Timothy Thatcher & Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT Tag Team Championships, LA Knight vs Cameron Grimes for the Million Dollar Championship, Indie Hartwell & Candice LeRae vs Io Shirai & Zoey Stark for the NXT women’s titles, plus Samoa Joe and William Regal mediate a face-to-face between Johnny Gargano and Karrion Kross… and Tegan Nox returns! The Lads also chat about the Jimmy Uso DUI, the 2021 Euros, Davie getting fully vaccinated, Hugh Jackman/Wolverine, peaches, family, plus 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: Shot In The Dark w/ John Siino (Free Show) Wednesday: BDElite - AEW Dynamite Review (Free Show/T

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the June 30th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite headlined by Sammy Guevara vs MJF! The BDE chat all about the incredible main event, plus Penta El Zero Miedo & Eddie Kingston vs The Young Bucks in a Tag Team Championship Eliminator Match, Nyla Rose & Vickie Guerrero vs Britt Baker & Rebel, Miro vs Brian Pillman Jr. for the TNT Championship, Jungle Boy vs Jack Evans, plus the Dark Order plant seeds for “Hangman” vs Omega, some matches are announced for Road Rager next week, Ethan Page backs out of next week’s match with Darby Allin, Christian Cage talks to a dinosaur and The Elite sport some questionable facial hair!  Braden and Davie also reminisce about the last fifteen months of the Daily’s Place Era of Dynamite, talk about their love for Farm Boy and the Tik Tok craze of stuffing your nose with garlic!  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) Wednes

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, NWA Powerrr, 205 Live, NJPW Strong, Ring of Honor, and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark. This week on AEW Dark, ‘The Captain’ Shawn Dean returns to get his first victory in AEW, the tumultuous relationship between Joey Janela and Sonny Kiss continues, and ‘The Elite Hunter’ Frankie Kazarian takes on The Wingmen’s JD Drake. NWA Powerrr starts with the breaking news announcement of The Champions Series Tournament, May Valentine sits down and tries to get more info from the mysterious Masked Mystery Man, and Kylie Rae takes on Melina in the main event. And on NXT UK, we have a #1 Contender’s Triple Threat Match between Ilja Dragunov, Rampage Brown & Joe Coffey, Teoman gains a new supporter to be by his side, as well as a teaser for a mysterious person known only as Blair Davenport. Also, we get Eddie Kingston & Penta El Zero Miedo vs. The Hybrid 2 in the main event of AEW Dark: Elevation, Tom Lawlor de

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the June 29th 2021 edition of WWE NXT featuring “Colossal” Bronson Reed vs Isaiah “Swerve” Scott for the NXT North American Championship! The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show which also saw Raquel Gonzalez & Dakota Kai vs Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon vs Io Shirai & Zoey Stark to determine the Number 1 Contender for the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships, Roderick Strong w/ Diamond Mine vs Asher Hale, Cameron Grimes vs Ari Sterling, plus Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly have a heated confrontation, Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher have a Face To Face with MSK ahead of their NXT Tag Title match next week, Johnny Gargano repeatedly jumps Karrion Kross and more matches are added to The Great American Bash!  The Lads also chat about the recent WWE releases and possible main roster call-ups, England defeating Germany in the Euros, the Canadian Census, Braden almost burning down the apartment, Davie missing his UberEats, the BTS Meal, plus your fee

Braden Herrington is joined by SCRUMP to review the June 26th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite! The Lads chat all about Kenny Omega vs Jungle Boy for the AEW championship, plus Hangman vs Hobbs, FTR & Tully attack Konnan, Dante Martin vs Matt Sydal, tons of promos and more! Braden & Scrump also discuss some of the WWE releases, movies/shows they’ve been watching, retro video games, fantasy booking All Out, All Elite Wrestling back on the road, Brendan Fraser, and so much more nonsense you didn't need to hear. You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast  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: June 24th: wasNXT - NXT April 10th 2013 (Regal vs Ohno) June 26th: Reviews From The 6ix: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) Last week’s shows included Best Match Ever: Rob Van Dam vs Jerry Lynn, Hell In A Cell Rev

Why so serious? Braden Herrington and Davie Portman return to Gotham with Christopher Nolan’s second part of his Bat-Trilogy - “The Dark Knight” (2008) The BDE chat all about this caped crusading classic and break the movie down scene by scene. They talk about the late Heath Ledger’s show stealing performance as The Joker and his tragic passing, Hans Zimmer’s incredible score/soundtrack, the Batpod, Two Face, Hockey pads, Russian ballerinas, and rubies the size of tangerines!  The lads also discuss random trivia about the movie, thoughts on where they think the third film would have gone had Ledger not passed, give their Bat-Ratings, take your feedback… and more! “You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain...”   But wait! There’s more! On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie do tons of other movie podcasts, retro NXT reviews, Best Match Ever, Top 5, Reviews from the 6ix, and tons more. This week's schedule: June 24th: wasNXT - NXT April 10th 2013 (Regal vs Ohno) J

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, NWA Powerrr, 205 Live, NJPW Strong, Ring of Honor, and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark. This week on NWA Powerrr, we get the wrestling debut of The Masked Mystery man, Thunder Rosa & Serena Deeb continue their feud by bringing in Kylie Rae & Skye Blue as their proteges, and we get another triple threat qualifying match for the NWA National Title as Parrow tries to fight off Strictly Business with Chris Adonis & Thom Latimer. NJPW Strong sees the debut of IMPACT Wrestling X Division Champion Josh Alexander, as he takes on Alex Coughlin. We also have Satoshi Kojima vs. JR Kratos in the main event and the new team of Bateman & Barrett Brown take on Fred Rosser & Adrian Quest.  And on ROH, the Survival of the Fittest Tournament continues as Bandido takes on Bateman, including the return of Vincent and in the main event; Tony Deppen defends the Television Championship against Dragon Lee &

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the June 22nd 2021 edition of WWE NXT featuring Kyle O’Reilly vs KUSHIDA… and the debut of Diamond Mine! The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show which also saw Adam Cole vs Carmello Hayes, Johnny Gargano & Austin Theory vs Pete Dunne & Oney Lorcan, Io Shirai & Zoey Stark vs Aliyah & Jessi Kamea, Hit Row vs Ever Rise, Franky Monet vs Elektra Lopez, plus Karrion Kross attacks Gargano, Jake Atlas helps Mercedes Martinez and Samoa Joe continues to be busy breaking up fights at the CWC!  The Lads also chat about Bronson Reed and Karrion Kross wrestling on WWE Main Event, Nikki Cross as a super hero, fantasy booking the Great American bash, Johnny Wrestling returns, the possibility of England facing Portugal in the next round of the Euros, who our celebrity doppelgangers are, health inspectors, plus 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 Revie

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, NWA Powerrr, 205 Live, NJPW Strong, Ring of Honor, and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark. This week on NXT UK, Kay Lee Ray defends her NXT UK Women’s Title that she’s held for 649 days against the Final Boss, Meiko Satomura as well as WALTER claiming he’s one of the most dominant champions in WWE history and will forever be the United Kingdom Champion. NWA Powerrr starts off it’s tournament to crown the new National Champion, as we get JTG vs. Fred Rosser vs. El Rudo (Sam Adonis) in the main event, as well as Trevor Murdoch claiming he’s not done yet with Nick Aldis, more from the mystery masked man and Colby Corino states that ‘my dad is better than yours’. And on AEW Dark: Elevation, we get eleven matches including the start of ‘Wardlow Week’, Matt Hardy looks on as Angelico takes on Mike Sydal, as well as Scorpio Sky vs. Alex Reynolds in the main event. Also, Sonny Kiss tells Joey Janela that ‘Bad Romance