Upnxt W/ Braden Herrington & Davie Portman

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the June 15th 2021 edition of WWE NXT featuring the return of Samoa Joe! The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show which also saw Grizzled Young Veterans vs Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher in a Tornado Tag match, KUSHIDA vs Trey Baxter for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship, Raquel Gonzalez & Dakota Kai vs Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter, Imperium vs Breezango, Samoa Joe returns as William Regal’s new heavy, LA Knight turns on the Million Dollar Man, Zoey Stark saves Io Shirai, and the debut of mysterious vignettes involving a really slow charging battery! The Lads also chat about Piper Niven’s debut on RAW, Portugal and England winning their first matches in the Euro’s, what Batman does and doesn’t eat, 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) Saturday: BDElite

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review WWE NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021 headlined by a Fatal 5-Way for the NXT Championship! NXT Championship - Karrion Kross vs Adam Cole vs Pete Dunne vs Johnny Gargano vs Kyle O’Reilly  NXT Women’s Championship - Raquel Gonzalez vs Ember Moon NXT North American & Tag Team Championship - MSK & Bronson Reed vs Legado Del Fantasma Million Dollar Championship - Cameron Grimes vs LA Knight (Ladder Match) Xia Li vs Mercedes Martinez The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show, including William Regal and his emotional moment at the end. Plus, they take your calls including live feedback from the event, your written 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) Saturday: BDElite - AEW Dynamite Review (Free Show/Twitch) Sunday: WWE Hell In A Cell 2021 WatchAlong (Twitch) But wait!

Braden Herrington and John Siino review the June 11th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite! The Lads chat about the entire show which saw Hangman Page & 10 vs Team Tazz in a tag match, Young Bucks & Brandon Cutler vs Pac, Penta & Eddie Kingston, Brock… Anderson makes his debut (in some great shorts), The Inner Circle bust up the Pinnacle’s limo, Christian takes on Angelico, and much more! Braden & John also chat about Dynamite being on Friday nights, beach days, patios opening up, Lego land, Smackdown, Samoa Joe in NXT? 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) Sunday: NXT TakeOver: In Your House 2021 WatchAlong & Review (Free Show/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: June 10th: 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 AEW Dark: Elevation, we see former Women’s Champion, Hikaru Shida debut a new look during the main event against Diamante, and Santana & Ortiz start to work their way back up towards a Tag Team Championship match. NWA Powerrr comes off of it’s When Our Shadows Fall pay-per-view with Billy Corgan and the debuting Mickie James starting off the show with some major announcements. We also get the debut of BLK Jeez and a mysterious masked man makes his way to the promotion. And on NXT UK, Pretty Deadly defend their Tag Team titles against Jack Starz and a mystery partner, Noam Dar and Ilja Dragunov have a stellar opener, and Rampage Brown takes on Joe Coffey in the main event. Also, the Joey Janela/Sonny Kiss dissension continues on AEW Dark, Satoshi Kojima debuts on NJPW Strong, Ari Sterling and August Grey

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the June 8th 2021 edition of WWE NXT: The go-home show for TakeOver: In Your House this Sunday! The BDE run down the entire show which saw a “Face Off” between Johnny Gargano, Kyle O’Reilly, Pete Dunne, Adam Cole and Karrion Kross ahead of their NXT Championship Match, Ember Moon takes on Dakota Kai, Austin Theory vs Oney Lorcan, Grizzled Young Veterans vs August Grey & Ikemen Jiro, Killian Dain vs Isaiah “Swerve” Scott, plus Xia Li attacks Mercedes Martinez, In-Dex becomes Pop-Dex, Io Shirai returns and Ted DiBiase reveals the new Million Dollar Championship! The Lads also talk about the recent WWE releases, the A&E Bret Hart documentary, Shingo Takagi becoming the new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion, Andrade debuts in AEW, Matt Cardona attacking Nick Gage, Logan Paul vs Floyd Mayweather, Toronto moving into Step 1 of re-opening, Braden witnessing a fight, Davie going back to work, plus your feedback… and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, Wat

Davie Portman and John Siino review the June 4th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite featuring the debut of Andrade El Idolo! The Lads break down the entire show, which saw Dustin Rhodes take on Nick Comoroto in a Bullrope Match in the main event, The Young Bucks vs Penta El Zero Miedo & PAC, Cody Rhodes & Lee Johnson vs QT Marshall & Anthony Ogogo, The Bunny vs Red Velvet, Jungle Boy & Christian Cage vs Private Party, plus the Inner Circle celebrate their Stadium Stampede win, Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page put out a challenge to Darby Allin, Kenny Omega tries to prove that there is a conspiracy against him and Britt Baker celebrates her Championship win with McDonalds! Davie and John also talk about the excellent Iron Man Match between Josh Alexander and TJP from IMPACT this week, the Dark Side of the Ring documentary on Grizzly Smith, where they see the Roman Reigns/Usos story going, take your calls...and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNX

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, we have the fallout from Double or Nothing as Matt Hardy & Private Party seek their revenge on Jungle Boy and Christian Cage. We also see the debut of the Tate Twins as well as a lot of the Dark roster’s reactions in front of a full crowd for their first time. NXT UK has Trent Seven vs. Sam Gradwell, Nathan Frazer vs. Sha Samuels, Kenny Williams debuts a new look as well as the next couple of television being set up. And on NJPW Strong, Tom Lawlor defends his Openweight Championship against former Team Filthy mate Chris Dickinson including the next challenger being set up at the end and El Phantasmo vs. Wheeler Yuta. Also, we get a special go-home Surge episode on NWA Powerrr, AEW Dark has five matches from their Fan Fest, newcomers take on veterans on 205 Live, 8-man action as VLNC

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the June 1st 2021 episode of WWE NXT featuring Pete Dunne vs Kyle O’Reilly vs Johnny Gargano and the return of Adam Cole! The BDE run down the entire show which also saw MSK defend the NXT Tag Team Championships against Legado Del Fantasma, Candice LeRae & Indie Hartwell vs Zaida Ramier & Zoey Stark, LA Knight vs Jake Atlas, KUSHIDA defends the NXT Cruiserweight Championship against Performance Center student Carmello Hayes, plus Adam Cole cuts an incredible promo on Karrion Kross, many matches are set for TakeOver: In Your House, and the In-Dex story continues as Indie Hartwell listens to 80s power ballads! The lads also talk about potential matches if a NJPW/WWE deal were to ever happen, the Friends Reunion, Joker 2, naughty neighbours, your feedback…and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast  Monday - Army of The Dead (2021) Review (Free Show) Tuesday: upNXT - NXT Review (Free Show/Twitch

What happens in Vegas.... Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the new Zack Snyder film: Army of the Dead! The BDE chat all about the Netflix exclusive featuring Dave Bautista fighting zombies in Las Vegas. It’s Ocean’s 11 meets Dawn of the Dead with crazy scares, wild shootouts, zombie Elvis, zombie showgirls, zombie tigers, huge gambles, aliens, robots, nuke explosions, and more. It’s very chaotic.  The lads discuss the making of the film, details on the “re-shoots” and impressive edits, “Snyderisms" & easter eggs, awesome soundtrack, Batista being the best movie star ever, your feedback and more! Always bet on dead.  - 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.  Recent shows include Dawn of The Dead 2004, Samurai Cop, Street Fighter Assassin’s Fist, Batman Begins, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, and more! Only $5 for NA tier to access all these shows and more! - BDE Chiptune Theme by: Beta

Davie Portman and John Siino review the May 28th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite as all the roster prepare for their big matches at Double or Nothing! The Lads break down the entire show, which saw The Celebration of The Inner Circle as they prepare to go to battle possibly for the last time ever against The Pinnacle in a Stadium Stampede Match, Miro defends the TNT Championship against Dante Martin, Ethan Page & Scorpio Sky take on Stu Grayson and Evil Uno, “Hangman” Adam Page vs Joey Janela and Hikaru Shida celebrates one year as the AEW Women’s Champion! Davie and John also talk about the recent news about a possible partnership between WWE and NJPW, the A&E and Dark Side of The Ring Ultimate Warrior Documentaries, the offensive remarks from the AEW Spanish commentary team, give their predictions for Double or Nothing, take your calls...and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast  Batman Begins (2005) Review (Free Show) Tuesday: upNXT

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, A-Kid defends his Heritage Cup against Tyler Bate while Noam Dar tries to calm Ilja Dragunov down with Lenny the Therapy Dog. NWA Powerrr saw a battle royal to determine the number one contender for Nick Aldis’ World Championship, as well as Kamille vs. Thunder Rosa with the stipulation that if Rosa loses, she can’t wrestle outside of NWA. And on AEW Dark: Elevation, Rocky Romero makes his debut and gets a little help from his former Roppongi Vice partner, a spotlight on the Gunn Club, and Ren Narita makes his AEW debut. Also: on NJPW Strong, Fred Rosser and Hikuleo battle in a truck; could we have seen the end of Joey Janela & Sonny Kiss on AEW Dark? New faces continue to shine on 205 Live; Tag Team Championship on the line on ROH; Mansoor continues his streak on Main Event and more! You can n

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the May 25th 2021 episode of WWE NXT featuring Karrion Kross vs Finn Bálor for the NXT Championship! The BDE run down the entire show which also saw Raquel Gonzalez & Dakota Kai vs Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon, Bobby Fish vs Pete Dunne, Franky Monet (making her in-ring debut) vs Cora Jade, Mercedes Martinez vs Zayda Ramier, plus Bronson Reed celebrates winning the North American Championship, Cameron Grimes and Ted DiBiase meet in the “Million Dollar” Faceoff, and Indie Hartwell finds Dexter Lumis’ murder room!  The lads also talk about the Velveteen Dream release and follow up statement, Will Ospreay vacating the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and NJPW going forward, Dark Side of the Ring: Collision in Korea, WWE’s Most Wanted Treasures, plus they take your feedback… and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast  Batman Begins (2005) Review (Free Show) Tuesday: upNXT - NXT Review (Free

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman continue their Batman movie reviews and they’ve finally made it to the Nolan trilogy! Where it all begins, again.  The BDE review “Batman Begins” featuring Batman’s origin story as he battles with Ra’s Al Ghul, the Scarecrow, his own fear, and the death of his parents. Plus, a loaded cast featuring Christian Bale, Liam Neeson, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Gary Oldman and more.  The lads discuss the entire movie, special elements and messages behind its story, all the new “Nolan” takes on the Batman series that helped inspire a whole era of comic book movies, the epic Hans Zimmer score, the Tumblr-mobile, all the bat gadgets, plus the bat-rankings, your feedback, and more! Swear to me! - But wait! There’s more! On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie release retro NXT reviews, Best Match Ever, Top 5, Reviews from the 6ix, and tons more.  Last week’s shows included Dawn of The Dead 2004, WWF Backlash 2001, Samurai Cop, WrestleMania Backlash Review, Pee Wee’s Big Adven

RIP Hana Kimura 1997-2020 Braden Herrington and Davie Portman are joined by WH Park to celebrate the life of Hana Kimura as they look back at her pro wrestling career.  The BDE & WH hand pick a selection of favourite Hana matches that they rewatch, review, rate, and discuss.  From her time in STARDOM, Wrestle-1, Sendai, Joshi, Terrace House, and beyond. The lads chat about her great, yet short lived wrestling career, where it could have taken her, and discuss the very unfortunate story of her passing at the young age of 22. We recommend checking out STARDOM's YouTube page, as they have uploaded a lot of Hana's work, and be sure to check out Hana Kimura's PWT store that is run by her mother.    Follow upNXT for more shows at the following: Twitch: https://twitch.tv/upNXTpodcast Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @upNXTpodcast Subscribe: https://www.postwrestling.com/subscribe Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/upNXT           Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy &

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the May 19th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite featuring The Young Bucks vs The Varsity Blondes for the AEW Tag Team Championship!  The Lads break down the entire show, which also saw Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston vs The Acclaimed, Christian vs Matt Sydal, Serena Deeb vs Red Velvet for the NWA Women’s Championship, Austin Gunn vs Anthony Ogogo, Hikaru Shida vs Rebel, plus The Inner Circle accept The Pinnacle’s Challenge of Stadium Stampede, Sting & Darby Allin attack Scorpio Sky & Ethan Page, Kenny Omega tries to get Orange Cassidy out of the Triple Threat Match at Double or Nothing and Jade Cargill still doesn’t want a manager...maybe?! The Lads also talk about the recent NXT releases, Drake Wuertz, AEW moving to TBS and the possibility of new titles, AEW Rampage, take your calls...and more!! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast  You can also check out video versions of our reviews on YouTube at Yo

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, we see five women battle it out in a Gauntlet Match to determine the number one contender for the NXT UK Women’s Championship, as well as Nathan Frazer vs. Noam Dar in a Heritage Rules match. NWA Powerrr saw The Pope defend his NWA Television Championship vs. Matt Cross, Thunder Rosa’s match with Kamille gets a replacement and two teams battle it out for a shot at the NWA Tag Team Championship after Billy Corgan gives Strictly Business an ultimatum. And on AEW Dark: Elevation, Eddie Kingston & Jon Moxley are in tag team action, Paul Wight sits down with Ryan Nemeth and Brian Cages faces Mike Sydal in the main event. Also, on NJPW Strong, Team Filthy has a bit of dissention after the main event, Kris Statlander and Diamante go one-on-one as well as a number of names announced for the Casino Battl

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the May 18th 2021 episode of WWE NXT featuring Johnny Gargano vs Bronson Reed in a Steel Cage Match for the NXT North American Championship! The BDE run down the entire show which also saw Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher vs Legado Del Fantasma, Toni Storm vs Zoey Stark, Sarray vs Aliyah, Alexander Wolfe vs Killian Dain, plus Hit Row members make their debut in action, Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez are looking for more gold, Candice LeRae and Indie Hartwell have a spa day, and an excellent Prime Target to hype up next week’s NXT Championship Match between Karrion Kross and Finn Balor! The lads also talk about the Rob Van Dam and Shawn Michaels WWE documentaries, how the Nick Gage Dark Side of the Ring almost made Davie faint, why they are never going to Church’s Chicken ever again, both getting vaccinated, Bennifer getting back together, your feedback… and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcas

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the May 12th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite featuring Darby Allin vs Miro for the TNT Championship! The Lads break down the entire show, which also saw Jon Moxley vs Yuji Nagata for the IWGP United States Championship, The Young Bucks vs SCU for the AEW Tag Team Championship (if SCU lose they never team again), PAC vs Orange Cassidy in a AEW Championship Eliminator Match, plus a sit down interview with Britt Baker, Kingston & Moxley trash The Elite’s dressing room, Cody Rhodes cuts a patriotic promo, The Inner Circle give The Pinnacle a Little Bit Of The Bubbly! The Lads also chat about why the TSN app sucks, the BDE Roti Restaurant and why they want to dress like DOC Gallows this Summer… and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast  You can also check out video versions of our reviews on YouTube at YouTube.com/upNXT Tuesday - upNXT - NXT Review (Free Show/Twitch) Wednesday - Shot In The Dark w/ Jo

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, we see former tag team partners Kenny Williams vs. Amir Jordan in a Loser Leaves NXT UK match, Nathan Frazer accepts a challenge on Supernova Sessions and Ilja Dragunov vs. Dave Mastiff comes to an abrupt end. ROH saw the wrestling debut of Quinn McKay as she took on Angelina Love. EC3 & Flip Gordon reluctantly team up to take on The Briscoes, and PCO accepts an open challenge. And on AEW Dark: Elevation we see the Dark debut of Jade Cargill followed by a business proposal, a showcase on Danny Limelight and Jungle Boy’s music gets altered?!? Also, on NJPW Strong, Jon Moxley and Yuji Nagata face off in tag team action before their upcoming title fight, Varsity Blondes get a new addition to their team on AEW Dark, Thunder Rosa agrees to a match with serious stipulations on NWA Powerrr, we see two

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the May 11th 2021 episode of WWE NXT featuring KUSHIDA vs Santos Escobar in a 2 Out Of 3 Falls Match for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship! The BDE run down the entire show which also saw Isaiah “Swerve” Scott debut his new stable “Hit Row”, plus Raquel Gonzalez vs Mercedes Martinez for the NXT Women’s Championship, Kyle O’Reilly vs Oney Lorcan, MSK vs Breezango, Austin Theory vs Karrion Kross, Leon Ruff is looking for a fight, Cameron Grimes goes to an auction and Bobby Fish returns… and more! The lads also talk about the Brian Pillman and Booker T documentaries, their brand new set/apartment, Davie getting his first shot of the vaccine, Ralph The Raccoon getting his very own video game, plus they take your feedback… and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast  You can also check out video versions of our reviews on YouTube at YouTube.com/upNXT Tuesday - upNXT - NXT Review (Free Show/Twitch) Wedne