Upnxt W/ Braden Herrington & Davie Portman

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day from the Capitol Wrestling Center headlined by Finn Balor vs Pete Dunne for the NXT Championship. The BDE rundown the entire show, which also included the “dream match” of Johnny Gargano vs KUSHIDA for the NXT North American Championship, Io Shirai vs Mercedes Martinez vs Toni Storm for the NXT Women’s Championship, Grizzled Young Veterans vs MSK in the Final of the Men’s Dusty Classic, and Raquel Gonzalez & Dakota Kai vs Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon in the Final of the Women’s Dusty Classic… And we can’t forget the huge discussion on the BREAK-UP of the Undisputed Era!? The Lads give their thoughts on each match, the “Cameron Grimes” music video, plus they fantasy book the future of NXT with the UE split, your feedback & calls... and more! Happy Valentine’s Day! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie do retro NXT reviews, Bes

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the February 10th edition of AEW Dynamite featuring Kenny Omega & KENTA vs Jon Moxley & Lance Archer in a Falls Count Anywhere Street Fight! The BDE discuss the entire show, which also included Darby Allin vs Joey Janela for the TNT Championship, Leyla Hirsch vs Thunder Rosa in the first round of the Women’s Eliminator Tournament, Cody Rhodes & Lee Johnson vs Peter Avalon & Cezar Bononi, and Matt Hardy tries to get Adam Page to make bad drunken business decisions! The Lads also talk about forbidden doors, Triple H being moody, their Wednesday night meal, NXT vs AEW, looking ahead to Revolution, 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 - BDElite is recorded LIVE every Thursday 1pm ET! On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie have so many more podcasts! Retro NXT reviews, Best Match Ever, movie reviews and more!  This week's schedule: Wednesday February

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the “go-home” episode for TakeOver: Vengeance Day featuring Timothy Thatcher & Tommaso Ciampa vs Grizzled Young Veterans in the Semi Final of the Dusty Cup! The BDE discuss the entire show, which also included MSK vs Legado Del Fantasma and The Way vs Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon in Semi Final matches for the Dusty Cup, Austin Theory vs KUSHIDA, Johnny Gargano’s “serious injury”, Xia Li in action and Cameron Grimes returns after making a fortune selling his GameStop shares! The Lads also talk about the Super Bowl & The Weeknd’s Halftime Show performance, American diners & grits, TakeOver V-Day predictions, plus your feedback and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie review AEW Dynamite each Thursday as well as retro NXT reviews, Best Match Ever, and tons of other podcasts. This week's schedule: Wednesday February 10th: upNXT - NXT Review

Davie Portman is joined by Andrew Thompson to review IMPACT Wrestling from February 9th, 2021 headlined by The Good Brothers vs James Storm & Chris Sabin for the IMPACT Tag Team Championship! Also on the show we talk about the IMPACT World Championship Contract Signing between Rich Swann and Tommy Dreamer, a big Eight Man X Division Tag Match, Kiera Hogan vs Nevaeh, the IMPACT re-debut of AAA’s Black Taurus and Tony Khan talks about “The Forbidden Door”. Davie and Andrew also talk about Trey Miguel’s reasons for going back to IMPACT, Kiera Hogan’s real life feud with Sasha Banks, their predictions for No Surrender, 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 On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie review AEW Dynamite each Thursday as well as retro NXT reviews, Best Match Ever, and tons of other podcasts. This week's schedule: Wedn

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the February 3rd edition of AEW Dynamite featuring Kenny Omega & The Good Brothers vs Jon Moxley, PAC and Rey Fenix and a surprise appearance from KENTA! The BDE discuss the entire show, which also included The Wedding of Kip Sabian and Penelope Ford, the Tag Team Battle Royal, Lance Archer vs Eddie Kingston in a Lumberjack Match, Britt Baker vs Thunder Rosa, and Shaq teaches us the Black Tornado! The Lads also talk more about the opening of the “forbidden door”, their thoughts on the announced Women’s Eliminator Tournament, which show they preferred out of NXT and AEW, give their match of the night, take your calls...and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast - BDElite is recorded LIVE every Thursday 1pm ET! On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie have so many more podcasts! Retro NXT reviews, Best Match Ever, movie reviews and more! This week's schedule: Wednesday February 3rd: Shot In Th

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the February 3rd edition of WWE NXT featuring Undisputed Era vs Tommaso Ciampa & Timothy Thatcher in the Dusty Classic, plus an appearance from Edge! The BDE discuss the entire show which also included Santos Escobar vs Curt Stallion for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship, Austin Theory vs Leon Ruff, more from the Men’s and Women’s Dusty Classic including Lucha House Party vs Legado Del Fantasma, Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez vs Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter, two big matches are announced for NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day, Edge cuts a serious promo, and we learn even more about Xia Li and the Legend of Tian Sha! The Lads also talk about the fallout from the upNXT Rumble and the WWE’s Royal Rumble, some shows they’ve been watching recently including Ted Lasso and Aunt Donna’s House of Fun, martial arts movies, Da Bomb hot sauce, plus they take your feedback... and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/up

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, 205 Live, NXT UK, NJPW Strong, Ring of Honor, Main Event and Backstage in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark. This week on AEW Dark, we see the return of The Waiting Room but Tony Schiavone wants nothing of the flirtation between Dr. Britt Baker and her guest Ricky Starks. Plus, Negative One is back on commentary to collect his 5 bucks from Excalibur. On NJPW Strong, after months of teasing the match, we finally get one step closer as Jon Moxley finally confronts the IWGP U.S. Title Contender briefcase holder, KENTA. 205 Live concludes the first round of the Women’s Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic as Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon face off against Marina Shafir and the debuting Zoey Stark. On NXT UK, Trent Seven vows to trim down to 205 so he can challenge for the Cruiserweight Title, we have a four-way elimination match to determine the contenders for the Tag Titles, and Meiko Satomura sets her first target upon her arrival. Plus: We see a betraya

Davie Portman is joined by John Siino to review IMPACT Wrestling from February 2nd, 2021 headlined by Moose & Chris Bey vs Rich Swann & Tommy Dreamer! Also on the show we talk about TJP vs Rohit Raju, Jordynne Grace vs Susan, Josh Alexander vs Madman Fulton, whether Trey Miguel has “passion”, the return of ODB and drunk emotional Tony Khan! Davie and John also give their thoughts on the state of the IMPACT Knockout’s Division, dream AEW opponents for Ken Shamrock, other names they could see return to IMPACT, 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 On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie review AEW Dynamite each Thursday as well as retro NXT reviews, Best Match Ever, and tons of other podcasts. This week's schedule: Wednesday February 3rd: Shot In The Dark w/ Cno Evil (Free Show) Wednesday February 3rd: upNXT - NXT Review

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman go back to Gotham City and this time, it’s to review Val Kilmer’s take on the “World’s Greatest Detective” in Batman Forever (1995). The BDE talk extensively about the entire film featuring iconic performances from Tommy Lee Jones as Two-Face, and Jim Carrey as The Riddler. They talk about the real on-set feud between Carrey and Jones, give their rating for the film, take your feedback... and more! Riddle me this, riddle me that, who’s afraid of the big, black bat? Check out video versions of our reviews on YouTube and our Twitch account: Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie review AEW Dynamite each Thursday as well as retro NXT reviews, Best Match Ever, and tons of other podcasts.  BDE Chiptune Theme by BetaClubFieldTrip.Bandcamp.com Subscribe: https://www.postwrestling.com/subscribe Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/upNXT YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/upNXT T-Shirts: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/upNXT Discuss: https://forum.postwres

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the January 27th edition of WWE NXT featuring Finn Balor & Kyle O’Reilly vs Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan in the main event! The BDE discuss the entire show, which also included more from the Men’s and Women’s Dusty Classic including Kushida & Leon Ruff vs Grizzled Young Veterans, MSK vs Killian Dain & Drake Maverick, and Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez vs Aliyah & Jessi Kamea. Plus Bronson Reed takes on Isaiah “Swerve” Scott and the feud between Io Shirai, Toni Storm and Mercedes Martinez escalates! The Lads also give their predictions for Sunday’s Royal Rumble, discuss WWE’s new deal with NBC/Peacock, Godzilla vs King Kong, and give one final plug for this Thursday’s “upNXT Rumble”, 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 On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie review AEW Dynamite each Thursday as well as retro NXT reviews, Best Match Ever, and ton

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, 205 Live, NXT UK, NJPW Strong, Ring of Honor and SHINE in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark. This week on AEW Dark, we have the long awaited ‘Walk Off’ between ‘Pretty’ Peter Avalon vs. Lee Johnson, as well as Negative One making his commentary debut. 205 Live continues the first round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic with Timothy Thatcher & Tommaso Ciampa vs. Tony Nese & Ariya Daivari, and Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell vs. the debuting Gigi Dolan & Cora Jade. On NXT UK, Women’s Champion Kay Lee Ray defends against Jinny, and Ilja Dragunov’s character goes through a transformation with his first match since facing off against WALTER. Plus: Ren Narita debuts on NJPW Strong, Indian wrestlers get the spotlight on the WWE Superstar Spectacle, an all women’s promotion returns with SHINE 66, six man action on ROH, much more! On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie review AEW Dynamite each Thursday as well as retro NXT reviews, Best Matc

Davie Portman is joined by Andrew Thompson to review IMPACT Wrestling from January 26th, 2021 headlined by Moose, Sami Callihan, Ken Shamrock and Chris Bey and vs Rich Swann, Tommy Dreamer, Willie Mack and Trey Miguel! Also on the show, we talk about Fire ‘N Flava Fest in an early frontrunner for “Worst Segment of 2021”, Brian Myers vs Eddie Edwards, Matt Cardona & Josh Alexander vs Ace Austin & Madman Fulton, Rosemary vs Tenille Dashwood and more! Davie and Andrew also give their thoughts on the return of Trey Miguel, Matt Cardona’s status, fantasy book AEW vs IMPACT, 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 On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie review AEW Dynamite each Thursday as well as retro NXT reviews, Best Match Ever, and tons of other podcasts. This week's schedule: Wednesday January 27th: Shot In The Dark w/ Cn

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the January 20th edition of WWE NXT featuring Tommaso Ciampa vs Timothy Thatcher in… The Fight Pit! The BDE discuss the entire show, which also included Johnny Gargano & Austin Theory vs KUSHIDA & Leon Ruff, Lucha House Party vs Imperium, and Kacy Catanzaro & Kayden Carter vs Toni Storm & Mercedes Martinez in First Round Dusty Classic Matches, Bronson Reed vs Tyler Rust, and Finn Balor looks for a partner to take on Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan next week.  The Lads also talk about the new NXT signees, the women’s Dusty cup brackets announced, Bronson Reed’s “Godzilla” gear, fantasy booking future Fight Pits, plus hype up their upcoming shows, take your feedback... and more! You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie review AEW Dynamite each Thursday as well as retro NXT reviews, Best Match Ever, and tons of other podcasts. This week's schedule: Wednesd

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, 205 Live, NXT UK, NJPW Strong, Ring of Honor and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark. This week on NXT UK, the NXT UK Championship is on the line as WALTER defends against the winner of the first ever Heritage Cup, A-Kid. We also see the debut of Sha Samuels, who quickly denounces his new name. 205 Live continues the first round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic with Legado Del Fantasma vs. Bollywood Boyz and Killian Dain & Drake Maverick vs. August Grey & Curt Stallion. On AEW Dark, we see The Dinosaur vs. The Dragon, Matt Hardy & Private Party pull a ‘Rick Rude’ by appearing on multiple shows on Tuesday, and the debut of A.J. Kirsch. Plus: El Phantasmo debuts on NJPW Strong, Dragon Lee vs. Rey Horus on ROH, WWE Main Event and much more! On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie review AEW Dynamite each Thursday as well as retro NXT reviews, Best Match Ever, and tons of other podcasts. This week's schedule: Wednesday Ja

Davie Portman is joined by Andrew Thompson to review IMPACT Wrestling from January 19th, 2021 headlined by AEW’s Private Party taking on Chris Sabin & James Storm in a Number 1 Contenders Match for the IMPACT Tag Team Championship. Also on the show we talk about Kimber Lee & Susan vs Jordynne Grace & Jazz, Brian Myers vs Fallah Bahh, plus Ace Austin has some issues with Matt Cardona and Josh Alexander, we say farewell to Taya Valkyrie and Tony Khan and Jerry Lynn have a front row seat for the main event! Davie and Andrew also give their thoughts on Ethan Page’s comments on the Karate Man “match” from Hard To Kill, discuss where we think Taya Valkyrie will go next, the future of the IMPACT World Heavyweight Championship, 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 On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie review AEW Dynamite each Th

Davie Portman is joined by Nate Milton and Andrew Thompson to review IMPACT Hard To Kill from January 17th 2021, headlined by Kenny Omega & The Good Brothers vs Rich Swann, Chris Sabin & Moose. Also on the show we talk about Deonna Purrazzo defending the Knockout’s Championship against Taya Valkyrie, Chris Bey vs Rohit Raju vs Manik (TJP) in an excellent Triple Threat for the X Division Championship, Eddie Edwards vs Sami Callihan in a Barbed Wire Massacre Match, the Finals of the Knockouts Tag Team Championship tournament... and more! Davie, Nate and Andrew go on to fantasy book the AEW vs IMPACT story, talk about the improvements made to IMPACT’s presentation, take your calls, feedback and more! Davie Portman and a guest host DEEP IMPACT, a weekly IMPACT wrestling review each Tuesday on the upNXT feed. 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 On the upNXT

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the January 13th edition of WWE NXT featuring Undisputed Era vs Breezango in the First Round of the Dusty Classic and the debut of MSK (formerly known as The Rascalz).  The show also included Grizzled Young Veterans vs Ever-Rise and MSK vs Isaiah “Swerve” Scott & Jake Atlas in Round 1 Dusty Classic matches. Plus: Johnny Gargano vs Dexter Lumis, Candice LeRae vs Shotzi Blackheart and Xia Li in action.  The BDE discuss some changes to the podcast lineup, reboots of TV shows, name changes in wrestling, 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 On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie review AEW Dynamite each Thursday as well as retro NXT reviews, Best Match Ever, and tons of other podcasts. This week's schedule: Wednesday January 13th: Shot In The Dark w/ Cno Evil (Free Feed) Thursday January 14th: BDElite - AEW Review (Patreon/Twitch) Friday January 15th: upYOU

John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, 205 Live, NXT UK, NJPW Strong and Main Event in 15 minutes on Shot in the Dark. This week we see the debut of Ben Carter on NXT UK as he sets his eyes on championship gold. A #1 Contender for the Women's Championship is crowned as Jinny battles Piper Niven. On AEW Dark, 'Pretty' Peter Avalon courts a member of the Nightmare Family to join his Pageant Provocation, Tay Conti warms up before her title shot on Wednesday and AAA’s El Australiano (Australian Suicide) makes his debut. NJPW Strong introduces a new member of Team Filthy and a new face from ROH. Someone calls out Shibata to accept him into the LA Dojo. Plus: a Dusty Classic preview match on 205 Live, WWE Main Event and much more! On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie review AEW Dynamite each Thursday as well as retro NXT reviews, Best Match Ever, and tons of other podcasts. This week's schedule: Wednesday January 13th: upNXT - NXT January 13th Review (Free Feed/Twitch) Thursda

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman look back at the career of Brodie Lee… “You know what that means.” The BDE look at all of Brodie’s best matches: From the independent circuit against Claudio Castagnoli and Shingo Takagi, to signing with the WWE and becoming Luke Harper, to ending his career as a bonafide main eventer in AEW as Mr. Brodie Lee. From classic tag Matches with The Wyatt Family against the likes of The Shield and The Usos, to a brutal Dog Collar Match against Cody, Brodie Lee left behind a catalogue of incredible work that is a pleasure to go back and relive.  The lads review/rate and dissect a bunch of Brodie’s most famous matches, discuss fond memories from his career, heights we feel he could have gone on to, hidden gems throughout different companies, plus your feedback... and so much more! R.I.P. Jon Huber. You can now join in our LIVE POST Shows, WatchAlongs and watch us game at Twitch.tv/upNXTPodcast On the upNXT Patreon, Braden and Davie review AEW Dynamite each Thursday as well as

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review WWE NXT’s New Year’s Evil headlined by Finn Balor vs Kyle O’Reilly for the NXT Championship. The BDE discuss the entire show, which also included Karrion Kross vs Damian Priest, Raquel Gonzalez vs Rhea Ripley in a Last Woman Standing Match, Santos Escobar vs Gran Metalik for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship, Johnny Gargano & Candice LeRae vs KUSHIDA & Shotzi Blackheart, and the long awaited in ring return of... Xia Li! The Lads also comment on the horrible events that took place in Washington DC today, some final thoughts on NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15, fantasy booking Cardi B in WWE at WAPaMania, Dusty Classic (and Womens Classic) announced, a “Valentine's Takeover” announcement, locker shoving, “peanutting” and “bogwashing” at school, and an invitation to you all to play Jackbox TV with us… plus your feedback and so much 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