Upnxt W/ Braden Herrington & Davie Portman

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

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the May 5th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite featuring The Inner Circle vs The Pinnacle in a Blood and Guts Match! War Games! The Lads break down the entire show, which also saw Jon Moxley & Eddie Kingston vs Kenny Omega & MT Nakazawa, Cody Rhodes vs QT Marshall, SCU vs Varsity Blondes vs Jurassic Express vs The Acclaimed to determine the Number 1 Contenders for the Tag Team Championships, Britt Baker vs Julia Hart, plus we find out Omega’s possible opponents at Double or Nothing, Scorpio Sky & Ethan Page deliver a vicious beatdown on Darby Allin, Miro issues a challenge, there’s blood, there’s guts...and...butts? The Lads also chat about the WWE A&E Documentaries, getting vaccinated, Shingo vs Ospreay, more on their move, plus they 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 YouTube.com/upNXT Tuesday -

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 ROH, we see a new ROH World Television Champion as VLNC UNLTD’s Tony Deppen challenges The Foundation’s Tracy Williams, Bandido vs. Flamita continue their love/hate relationship, and a tag team reforms. NXT UK saw Aoife Valkyrie put up her undefeated streak against “The Final Boss” Meiko Satomura, we find out who will be next to challenge Kay Lee Ray for NXT UK Women’s Championship, the debut of Rohan Raja (fka Gursinder Singh), as well as Gallus vs. Symbiosis in the main event with six-man action. And on AEW Dark: Elevation we see Jon Moxley, Miro, Thunder Rosa, Red Velvet and more in singles action as well as QT Marshall sending one final message to Cody Rhodes. Also, NJPW Strong shows off their LA Dojo Showcase with one proclaiming the ‘Young Lion’ is dead, Leyla Hirsch and Diamante settle their score on

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the May 4th 2021 episode of WWE NXT featuring Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon vs Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell in a street fight for the NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships! The Lads run down the entire show which also saw Leon Ruff vs Isaiah “Swerve” Scott in a Falls Count Anywhere Match, Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher vs Grizzled Young Veterans, LA Knight vs Jake Atlas, Sarray vs Zayda Ramier, plus an interview with Raquel Gonzalez and Mercedes Martinez ahead of their match next week, Cameron Grimes encounters the Million Dollar Man, and a dog poops in a tank! Braden and Davie also talk about their big move and how they’re settling into the BDE 2.0, the stresses of having bad movers, Kenny Omega vs Andrade, Roman Reigns’ new theme, plus 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 Tuesd

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the April 28th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite featuring Darby Allin defending the TNT Championship against “10” Preston Vance in the main event. The Lads break down the entire show, which also saw “Hangman” Adam Page vs Brian Cage, Penta El Zero Miedo vs Orange Cassidy, Matt & Mike Sydal vs The Young Bucks, Penelope Ford vs Kris Statlander, The Factory vs The Nightmare Family and The Inner Circle and The Pinnacle have a Parlay ahead of their Blood and Guts match next week! The Lads also chat about the Drake Wuertz video, the stresses of moving, the Johnny Cage dick punch, Cody’s new nightmare bus, more forbidden doors opening, small limos, why “Paul” is the greatest alien movie of all time.. 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/

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 NJPW Strong, we crown the first ever NJPW Strong Openweight Champion as ‘Filthy’ Tom Lawlor and Brody King face off in the finals of the New Japan Cup USA 2021, and the winner immediately gets confronted by the first challenger. NXT UK saw the reunion of Moustache Mountain after over a year of not teaming up as well as the announcement of a Loser Leaves Town match. And on AEW Dark: Elevation we get an excellent spotlight on ‘Legit’ Leyla Hirsch, the debut of former EVOLVE talent and the return of Anthony Bowens to The Acclaimed. Also, Marty ‘the Moth’ Casaus debuts on AEW Dark, six-man action with major implications on NWA Powerrrr, mayhem amongst stables on ROH, Tom Phillips debuts on 205 Live, the unstoppable Mansoor on Main Event and more! You can also check out video versions of our reviews on YouTube

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the April 27th 2021 episode of WWE NXT featuring Legado Del Fantasma vs MSK & KUSHIDA in the main event! The Lads run down the entire show which also saw Dakota Kai vs Mercedes Martinez, Killian Dain & Drake Maverick vs Imperium, Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher challenge the Grizzled Young Veterans, Austin Theory vs Bronson Reed, plus Cameron Grimes has a run in with the Million Dollar Man, we get a vignette for “Diamond Mine”, The Way attack the Women’s Tag Team Champions and Tian Sha appears to sing Bohemian Rhapsody?! Braden and Davie also talk about moving out of the BDE, Kenny Omega vs Rich Swann, UFC, new found love for Sheamus, 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) Wednesday - Shot In The Dark w/ John Siino (Free Show)

Davie Portman and John Siino review IMPACT Rebellion 2021 featuring Kenny Omega vs Rich Swann for the AEW and Unified IMPACT World Heavyweight Championships! Davie and John run down the entire card, which also featured Deonna Purrazzo vs Tenille Dashwood for the IMPACT Knockouts Championship, FinJuice vs The Good Brothers for the IMPACT Tag Team Championships, Fire n Flava vs Jordynne Grace & Rachel Ellering for the Knockouts Tag Team Championships, Ace Austin vs Josh Alexander vs TJP for the X Division Championship, Trey Miguel vs Sami Callihan in a Last Man Standing Match, Brian Myers vs Matt Cardona, Eddie Edwards, Chris Sabin, James Storm & Willie Mack vs Violent By Design, plus a BIG debut and the Knockouts Division gets a little bit more Wilde! The lads give their thoughts on every match, give their match of the night, talk about where they think IMPACT will go from here, take your calls, feedback...and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/

Davie Portman and John Siino host a special primer to get all our listeners up to speed ahead of IMPACT Rebellion 2021. Davie and John preview the entire card, which is headlined by Rich Swann vs Kenny Omega in a Title for Title match! They discuss how well we think the match has been built up, the lack of build from the AEW side and who they think will come out with both championships. The lads also talk about the rest of the card, which includes Ace Austin defending the X Division Championship against TJP and Josh Alexander, Deonna Purrazzo defending the Knockouts Championship against Tenille Dashwood, NJPW’s FinJuice defending the IMPACT Tag Team Championships against The Good Brothers, Trey Miguel vs Sami Callihan in a Last Man Standing Match...and more! Davie and John will be hosting a LIVE IMPACT Rebellion WatchAlong and POST Show on Twitch from 8PM EST this Sunday! 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

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the April 21st 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite featuring Darby Allin defending the TNT Championship against Jungle Boy in the main event. The Lads break down the entire show, which also saw Hikaru Shida defend the AEW Women’s Championship against Tay Conti, Penta El Zero Miedo vs Trent?, “Hangman” Adam Page vs Ricky Starks, plus Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston attack The Elite’s trailer with their monster truck , Miro puts all the champions on notice and The Pinnacle & Inner Circle battle it out with promos throughout the night! The Lads also chat about the lack of build on AEW’s part for the Title For Title Match between Rich Swann and Kenny Omega this Sunday at Rebellion, where they see the recent WWE releases going, an update on their search for a new place to live, 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 YouTu