Upnxt W/ Braden Herrington & Davie Portman

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the August 17th 2021 edition of WWE NXT featuring the go home show for TakeOver: 36!  The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show which saw a Face to Face between Samoa Joe and Karrion Kross ahead of their NXT Championship Match this Sunday, MSK vs Imperium for the NXT Tag Team Championship, Roderick Strong vs Ilja Dragunov, Carmello Hayes vs Duke Hudson in the Semi-Final of the Breakout Tournament, Indi Hartwell & Dexter Lumis vs Jessi Kamea & Robert Stone, Cameron Grimes vs Josh Briggs, plus Zoey and Io are still working on their friendship, Hit Row and Legado Del Fantasma brawl in the notorious NXT Parking Lot and love prevails as we have an NXT proposal! The Lads also give their predictions for TakeOver: 36 and Summerslam, do a lot of fantasy booking, promote upNXT Summer, 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 w/ John Siino & B Detro

John Siino & B Detroit are here with Turning Heels, the new show from the upNXT Podcasts network discussing the Starz original drama TV series Heels, starting with the premiere episode "Kayfabe" Two brothers and rivals - one a villain, or "heel," in the ring; the other a hero, or "face," war over their late father's wrestling promotion, vying for national attention in small-town Georgia. Siino and B Detroit discuss episode one which introduces us to Jack (Stephen Amell) & Ace (Alexander Ludwig), the Spade brothers, as they fight over the top spot in the Duffy Wrestling League and their world championship. The main event is set, until a familiar face from 'up North' comes down to add more drama to the Spade wrestling family which is already full of turmoil that includes sex, drugs, betrayal and all the usual things that we have learned from the dark side of the ring. You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast 

Bonus Show! Braden Herrington is joined by Dickie Bird to review AAA Wrestling’s Triplemania XXIX! Braden and Dickie chat all about Kenny Omega vs Andrade El Idolo (with Ric Flair!) for the AAA World Championship, plus Psycho Clown vs Rey El Scorpion in a hair vs mask match, Lucha Bros (Penta & Fenix) vs El Vikngo & Laredo Kid vs Brian Cage & Black Taurus, Deonna Purrazzo vs Faby Apache in a title v title, plus MARVEL superheroes take action 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/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 12th: Best Match Ever - TripleMania Friday 13th: Reviews From The 6ix - Freddy vs Jason (2003) Last w

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the August 11th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite headlined by Chris Jericho vs Wardlow! The BDE chat about the entire show which also saw The Young Bucks & Kenny Omega vs Matt & Mike Sydal & Dante Martin, Darby Allin vs Daniel Garcia, The Good Brothers defend the IMPACT Tag Team Championships against The Dark Order, Matt Hardy & Private Party vs Orange Cassidy, Chuck Taylor & Wheeler Yuta, Kris Statlander vs Nyla Rose, plus Britt Baker makes a huge appearance in her hometown ahead of her title defense on the debut of Rampage, Christian gets a shot at both the IMPACT and AEW World Championships, PAC and Andrade El Idolo set up their match at All Out and Paul White saves Tony Schiavone from The Factory! The lads also talk about Max Castor being pulled from shows following his rap on Dark last week, announce some more matches for upNXT Summer, moan about Matt Hardy...and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at T

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 we are treated to TWO episodes of AEW Dark, which includes a sit down interview with Diamante & Big Swole conducted by Mark Henry, as well as matches with 2.0 (the former Ever-Rise), Hikuleo, Daniel Garcia, Darby Allin, the debuting Zeda Zhang and Bear Country reunite. Ring of Honor continues the ROH Women’s Championship Tournament with Quinn McKay attempting to get her first win as she takes on Mandy Leon, Marti Belle vs. Trish Adora as well as a tag team main event with MexiSquad taking on VLNCE UNLTD. On NXT UK, A-Kid takes on Jordan Devlin in the first ever Iron Match match here going 30 minutes, Meiko Satomura meets her next challenger and they announce the eight competitors for a Heritage Cup #1 Contender’s Tournament. PLUS, Siino gets interrupted with a surprise challenge for upNXT Summer, that p

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the August 10th 2021 episode of WWE NXT featuring Ilja Dragunov vs Pete Dunne in the main event! The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show which also saw Dakota Kai vs Sarray, Odyssey Jones vs Trey Baxter in the Semi Final of the Breakout Tournament, Boa vs Drake Maverick, Gigi Dolin vs Amari Miller, LA Knight vs Andre Chase, plus Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly set the stipulations for the Undisputed Finale at TakeOver, two big title matches are added to next week’s NXT, plus Walter shows up, InDex have their first date and more! Braden and Davie also talk about the recent WWE/NXT cuts and the future of NXT, Wai Ting’s glorious wedding, 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 Review (Free Show/Twitch) Wednesday: Shot In The Dark w/ John Siino (Free Show) Wednesday: BDElite - AEW Dynamite Review (Free Show/Twitch) Saturday: AAA TripleMania XXIX WatchA

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the August 4th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite: Homecoming, with the main event of Malakai Black vs Cody Rhodes! The BDE chat about the entire show which also saw Chris Jericho vs Juventud Guerrera in the Third Labour of Jericho, Jon Moxley, Eddie Kingston & Darby Allin vs Daniel Garcia & 2.0, Miro takes on Lee Johnson for the TNT Championship, Christian Cage vs The Blade, The Bunny vs Leyla Hirsch in an NWA Women’s Championship Eliminator match, plus The Elite beatdown Adam Page following his breakup with The Dark Order, Red Velvet challenges Britt Baker, Dan Lambert promises to bring back up next week and... Cody Rhodes retires??? The lads also talk about the Olympics, recent release/rumours, Kurt Angle, and why Lance Archer is weird!    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 -

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 100th Episode of their YouTube show, which includes PAC vs. Jack Evans, Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston in action, Diamante & Big Swole continue their rivalry, as well as a controversial freestyle from Max Caster of The Acclaimed that ultimately caused the show to be edited and re-uploaded. Ring of Honor sees the start of the ROH Women’s Championship Tournament to crown its new champion with a first round that includes Miranda Alize vs. Alex Gracia, Nicole Savoy vs. Mazzerati and Sumie Sakai vs. Rok-C. On NXT UK, Meiko Satomura has a message for the women’s locker room, Moustache Mountain takes on Symbiosis in the main event as Pretty Deadly watches on to see who will become their next challengers. PLUS, Siino discusses IMPACT’s move from Twitch to YouTube as well as the busy Augus

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the August 3rd, 2021 episode of WWE NXT featuring Johnny Gargano vs Dexter Lumis in a Love Her or Lose Her match! The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show which also saw Legado Del Fantasma vs Hit Row, Bobby Fish vs Roderick Strong, LA Knight & Cameron Grimes vs Grizzled Young Veterans, Ridge Holland vs Ikemen Jiro, Trey Baxter vs Joe Gacy in a Breakout Tournament Match, plus Samoa Joe is still trying to get his hands on Karrion Kross, Dakota Kai explains her attack on Raquel Gonzalez, we see a Prime Target for WALTER vs Ilja Dragunov… and Io Shirai and Zoey Stark go for sushi!? Braden and Davie also talk about Adam Cole possibly leaving NXT, Bray Wyatt & Ric Flair being released, preparing for Wai Ting’s wedding, how to correctly dispose of food at a restaurant, 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: S

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the final instalment in the Christopher Nolan Bat-Trilogy: “The Dark Knight Rises” (2012) The BDE chat all about the polarizing film as Batman saves the world from Bane, Catwoman, and nuclear bombs. Plus the league of shadows, Alfred’s epic speeches, Han Zimmer’s amazing score, all the incredible action scenes, and Bane’s silly voice. Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway and a stacked supporting cast do the trilogy much justice.   The lads also discuss random trivia about the movie and how came out from the shadows after the success of The Dark Knight, plus all the hidden messages & meanings in the film, overall thoughts on the trilogy, the BDE Bat-ratings, your feedback and much more! Rise.   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) B

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the July 28th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite: Fight For The Fallen! The BDE chat about the entire show featuring Chris Jericho vs Nick Gage (with tons of light tubes, glass tables and pizza cutters). Plus Kenny Omega & The Elite vs The Dark Order w/ Hangman in a 10 Man Elimination Tag Match, FTR vs Santana & Ortiz, Lance Archer vs Hikuleo for the IWGP United States Championship, Jurassic Express & Christian Cage vs The Hardy Family Office, Thunder Rosa vs Julia Hart, plus... Hiroshi Tanahashi issues a challenge to the winner of the United States Championship match, Ricky Starks throws a party... and Darby Allin calls out the “Best In The World”!? The lads also talk about the announcement of Rampage: First Dance taking place in Chicago on August 20th and how this could involve the debut of CM Punk, plus Britt Baker and possible opponents in the Women's division, all of the fantasy booking of Tanahashi dream matches, and more! You can now join in our L

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