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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...

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 again...

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...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the final WWE NXT of the year headlined by Johnny Gargano vs Leon Ruff for the North American Championship.  The BDE discuss the entire show, which also included Pete Dunne vs Roderick Strong, Breezango vs Grizzled Young Veterans, Lucha House Party vs Legado Del Fantasma, and a fantastic promo from Kyle O’Reilly ahead of his big title match against Finn B...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman celebrate Life Day with a special STAR WARS super show chatting all about The Mandalorian Season 2 and the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special!  Spoilers! The BDE give a complete run-down of Mando season 2 with all the crazy twists, turns, and cameos! They give thoughts on each episode, all the new characters brought to life (and returns), Jon Favreau/Dave Filoni sav...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review WWE NXT headlined by Adam Cole vs Velveteen Dream, plus a lot of big announcements for New Year’s Evil! [NXT Review starts at 00:23:38] The BDE discuss the entire show including Rhea Ripley vs Dakota Kai, Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan defending the NXT Tag Team Championship against Killian Dain & Drake Maverick in a street fight, Mercedes Martinez ret...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review WWE NXT featuring Kyle O’Reilly vs Pete Dunne to determine Finn Bálor’s challenger for the NXT Championship. [NXT Review starts at 00:20:07] The BDE discuss the entire show including Rhea Ripley vs Toni Storm, KUSHIDA & Leon Ruff vs Johnny Gargano & Austin Theory, another fantastic vignette from Xia Li and Boa, Ever-Rise/Matt Martel calls out... G...

Davie Portman is joined once again by Andrew Thompson to review IMPACT Wrestling featuring Kenny Omega reuniting with The Good Brothers in a fantastic closing angle. Following last week’s buzz-worthy edition, IMPACT Wrestling also featured Karl Anderson vs Chris Sabin, Kiera Hogan & Tasha Steelz vs Taya Valkyrie & Rosemary in the Semi Final of the Knockouts Tag Team Championship, Ethan Pag...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review AAA’s Triplemania XXVIII from Arena Ciudad de México, Mexico City, Mexico. The BDE discuss the entire show headlined by a Hair vs Hair Match between Pagano and Chessman. Plus AEW Champion “The Collector” Kenny Omega defends the AAA Mega Championship against Laredo Kid, The Lucha Bros defend the AAA World Tag Team Championship in a Three-Way against Jinete...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman are back to review the December 9th, 2020 edition of WWE NXT! [NXT Review portion starts at 00:34:37] The BDE discuss the entire show including Raquel Gonzalez vs Ember Moon, Kyle O’Reilly, Pete Dunne and Damian Priest state their claim to challenge for Finn Balor’s NXT Championship, Tommaso Ciampa takes on Cameron Grimes, Johnny Gargano introduces us to “The Wa...

Davie Portman is joined by Andrew Thompson to review the December 8th, 2020 edition of IMPACT Wrestling from Skyway Studios, Nashville, TN. Following the momentous announcement on last week’s AEW Dynamite, Davie and Andrew rundown the entire show featuring a sit down interview with Kenny Omega and Don Callis and an insert commercial from AEW President Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone. Also on the show...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review NXT TakeOver: WarGames from the Capital Wrestling Center on December 6th, 2020. The BDE rundown the entire show featuring Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Roderick Strong, Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) vs Team McAfee (Pat McAfee, Pete Dunne, Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch) and Team Shotzi (Shotzi Blackheart, Ember Moon, Rhea Ripley & Io Shirai) vs Team Can...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the December 2nd, 2020 edition of WWE NXT! The BDE talk all about NXT featuring Raquel Gonzalez vs Shotzi Blackheart in a Ladder Match (for War Games Advantage), Imperium vs Grizzled Young Vets, Leon Ruff & Damian Priest vs Santos Escobar & Raul Mendoza and the final member of Team Shotzi is revealed! The lads also chat about the new WWE/NXT PC si...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the November 25th, 2020 edition of WWE NXT! The BDE talk all about NXT featuring Kyle O’Reilly vs Pete Dunne in a ladder match (for War Games Advantage), Ember Moon takes on Candice LeRae, KUSHIDA vs Timothy Thatcher, Leon Ruff appears on the Kevin Owens Show, a surprise return to the Tag Team Division, a development in the Xia Li/Boa story, a heel turn…...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman go back to Gotham city, but this time it’s all animated, as they review Batman: The Mask of the Phantasm! The BDE dive into Batman: The Animated series with its one theatrical release featuring the brand new Phantasm villain, great animation, brilliant voice acting, a beautiful score, the “death” of the Joker, Bruce Wayne's one true love, evil mob bosses, an...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the November 18th, 2020 edition of WWE NXT! The BDE talk all about NXT featuring Io Shirai vs Rhea Ripley for the NXT Women’s Championship, Leon Ruff defends the North American Championship against Johnny Gargano, Ember Moon & Toni Storm take on Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez, Regal visits Boa’s house, and we get some announcements for... War Games!...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the November 11th, 2020 edition of WWE NXT! The BDE talk all about NXT featuring Johnny Gargano defending his North American Championship against a mystery opponent determined by... the wheel! Plus, Breezango challenges Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch for the NXT Tag Team Championship, Santos Escobar defends the NXT Cruiserweight Championship against Jake A...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman from upNXT are joined by Wai Ting from POST Wrestling for a joint review of AEW Full Gear 2020 featuring Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston in an “I Quit” match for the AEW Championship. The three discuss the entire card including a heavily anticipated dream match between The Young Bucks vs. FTR, plus Cody vs. Darby Allin for the TNT Championship, Kenny Omega vs. Han...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the November 4th 2020 edition of WWE NXT! This week’s show is headlined by Tommaso Ciampa vs Velveteen Dream. Plus, Shotzi Blackheart takes on Toni Storm, Ember Moon faces Dakota Kai, more from The Gargano’s and Ghostface, Pat McAfee’s new group makes a big impact… and Shotzi’s tank gets destroyed!? The BDE also chat about the US Presidential Election, Il...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman celebrate Halloween with a spooky movie review of “the night no one comes home”… Halloween 3: Season of the Witch! The BDE chat all about the one Halloween movie in the franchise that doesn’t feature its most iconic character, Michael Myers. Yes, this exists. They discuss this early 80’s horror flick with evil Halloween masks, a ridiculous plot with gruesome dea...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman (whilst in costume!) review the October 28th, 2020 edition of WWE NXT a.k.a. Halloween Havoc – hosted by Shotzi Blackheart! This spooky event featured two Spin The Wheel, Make The Deal matches with Damian Priest defending the NXT North American Championship against Johnny Gargano and Io Shirai defending the NXT Women’s Championship against Candice LeRae. Plus Ca...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman head back to the bat-cave to chat all about Tim Burton’s bat-sequel… Batman Returns (1992). The BDE review the dark and scary superhero movie in full featuring Michael Keaton reprising his role as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Danny DeVito as The Penguin, and Michelle Pfeiffer starring as Catwoman. The lads discuss Tim Burton’s wild ideas for this film, Christopher Walken...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the October 21st 2020 edition of WWE NXT featuring Breezango vs Oney Lorcan & Danny Burch for the NXT Tag Team Titles, Tommaso Ciampa vs Kushida vs Velveteen Dream in a triple threat, Legado Del Fantasma vs Isaiah “Swerve” Scott, Ashante “Thee” Adonis & Jake Atlas, the Gargano’s practice spinning the wheel, Xia Li has the biggest match of her care...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman give out a free show from their Patreon archives… Best Match Ever: Hell in a Cell The BDE look at the greatest WWE Hell in a Cell matches of all time as they review, rate, and pick which one they think is the best! They go through the epic encounters that include such stars as The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Mankind, Triple H and more. They also look at the hist...

Braden Herrington and Davie Portman review the October 14th, 2020 edition of WWE NXT featuring Damian Priest vs Dexter Lumis for the North American Championship, Shotzi Blackheart vs Candice LeRae in a Woman’s title Number 1 Contenders Match, Undisputed Era vs Imperium in a Tag title Number 1 Contenders Match, plus Johnny Gargano vs Austin Theory, a big "spooky" announcement for Halloween...