Upnxt W/ Braden Herrington & Davie Portman

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

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