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SITD 10/6/21: Strictly Business Turn on Nick Aldis, Charlie Dempsey Debuts Oct 06, 2021

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John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, 205 Live, NJPW Strong, NWA Powerrr, Ring of Honor, and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark.

This week on AEW Dark, we get the debut of Anthony Henry (fka Asher Hale from NXT) as he takes on former EVOLVE rival Eddie Kingston, Santana Garrett makes her AEW wrestling debut as she takes on Diamante after her challenge from last week, Skye Blue tries to get her first win and Orange Cassidy takes on Nick Comoroto in the main event.

NXT UK has the reintroduction and wrestling debut of Charlie Dempsey, the son of William Regal. Ilja Dragunov and A-Kid have a face to face before their upcoming NXT UK Championship match and Xia Brookside shows a different side after her match with Dani Luna.

On NWA Powerrr, Nick Aldis teams up with Tim Storm to take on his team mates Chris Adonis & Thom Latimer of Strictly Business, but things get ugly after the match for Aldis. James Storm takes on Judais in a rematch and Allysin Kay gets involved in the match between Kylie Rae & Lady Frost.

Also, FTR debuts their new ‘Midnight Express’ inspired theme song on AEW Dark: Elevation, Tom Lawlor defends his Strong Openweight Championship against Lio Rush on NJPW Strong, Imperium and Dante Chen debut on 205 Live, six challengers confront newly crowned Women’s Champion Rok-C on ROH, John Morrison debuts on Main Event, and more!

PLUS, Siino discusses Noam Dar having to vacate his ICW World Heavyweight Championship on ICW Fight Club as well as previewing this week’s upcoming MLW Fightland and IMPACT Wrestling Knockouts Knockdown.

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upNXT 10/5/21: “Woker Stars” Oct 06, 2021

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Braden Herrington and Davie Portman talk about the October 5th 2021 episode of WWE NXT 2.0 featuring a Fatal Four Way Elimination Match for the NXT Tag Team Championship!

The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show which included:

MSK vs Brooks Jensen & Josh Briggs vs Grizzled Young Veterans vs Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams (Fatal Four Way Elimination - NXT Tag Team Championship)
Cameron Grimes vs Pete Dunne
Mandy Rose vs Ember Moon
La Knight vs Odyssey Jones
Ikemen Jiro vs Joe Gacy
Cora Jade vs Franky Monet
Indi Hartwell vs Mei Ying

The lads also give their thoughts on Bron Breakker being Tommaso Ciampa’s challenger for the NXT Championship at Halloween Havoc in 3 weeks, Duke Hudson’s new “Poker Player” gimmick, Indie and Persia discussing measurements, NXT talent drafted to the main roster/call ups, Urban Meyer getting into trouble, plus the lads take your feedback…and more!

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Monday: The Many Saints of Newark Movie Review (Free Show)
Monday: Turning Heels - Episode 7 w/ John Siino and B Detroit (Free Show)
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)

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TURNING HEELS: Ep. 7 ”The Big Bad Fish Man” Oct 04, 2021

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John Siino & B Detroit are here with another installment of Turning Heels, discussing episode seven, "The Big Bad Fish Man".

The South Georgia State Fair is only a couple of weeks away and Jack's doing all he can to keep his professional and personal lives intact. Staci has suspicions that Jack played a role in Ace's unexpected Heel-turn.

In this episode, we go deep into the world of Gully and his Florida Wrestling Dystopia and how it effects Ace Spade, Rooster and others, Staci gets suspicious with all the Kleenex laying around, Diego & Apocalypse talk about where food stamps come from, Willie finally takes to a liking to Crystal after the open tryouts, Jack Spade goes incognito with a baseball cap and we are introduced to DWL's newest sensation, The Dad!

Cno & B also talk about living life without Facebook & Instagram, the mind blowing 'Protect Ya Neck' episode of Wu-Tang: An American Saga, and more!

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Wednesday: BDElite - AEW Dynamite Review (Free Show/Twitch)

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Sunday 10th: wasNXT - WWE NXT June 5th 2013

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upNXT MOVIE REVIEW: The Many Saints of Newark (2021) Oct 04, 2021

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Braden Herrington is joined by John Siino to chat all about the brand new Sopranos prequel movie: The Many Saints of Newark

Braden & John review the movie in full featuring the story of the men who made Tony Soprano. It follows the origins of the “Many Saints” family and how they ran the crime world of Newark in the late 1960’s. There’s everything from Easter eggs/callbacks to the Sopranos TV show, violent deaths, cheeky one liners, Michael Gandolfini playing young Tony, infidelity, gabagool and more!

The boys break down what they liked/didn’t like from the movie, revisit favorite episodes, moments and characters from the series. Plus baked ziti, Italian slang, and more! Hey oh!

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Thursday Oct. 7th: Reviews from the 6ix - 007 Spectre (2015)
Sunday 10th: wasNXT - WWE NXT June 5th 2013
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BDElite 9/29/21: Glockchester Sep 30, 2021

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Braden Herrington and Davie Portman chat all about the September 29th 2021 edition of AEW Dynamite from Brodie Lee’s hometown of Rochester, NY and headlined by Miro vs Sammy Guevara for the TNT Championship!

This weeks show featured:

Miro vs Sammy Guevara (TNT Championship)
Adam Cole vs Jungle Boy
The Dark Order and Orange Cassidy vs Hardy Family Office
Anna Jay and Tay Conti vs Penelope Ford and The Bunny
Cody Rhodes and Lee Johnson vs Matt Sydal and Dante Martin
Jon Moxley, Eddie Kingston and Darby Allin w/ Sting vs Bear Country and Anthony Greene

The Lads also talk about The Men of the Year giving their promo of the year, MJF going to some dark places in Darby’s past, Lio Rush becoming All Elite, Andrade bringing in some backup and Arn Anderson potentially murdering someone with a glock!?

RIP Brodie Lee

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Sunday 3rd: upYOURS w/ Andre - Red State (2011)

Last week’s shows included BDElite Live From New York, ECW One Night Stand 2006, Heavyweights (1995) and more!

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SITD 9/29/21: Paul Wight on AEW Dark, Adrian Jaoude & Santana Garrett debut Sep 29, 2021

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John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, 205 Live, NJPW Strong, NWA Powerrr, Ring of Honor, and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark.

This week we get AEW Dark from AEW Universal, where Santana Garrett’s introduction gets interrupted by Diamante, Adrian Jaoude (fka Arturo Ruas) makes his debut teaming up with former NXT partner Cezar Bononi and Darius Lockhart has his first match in AEW taking on Ricky Starks.

NXT UK continues it’s Heritage Cup Tournament as Teoman takes Wolfgang in a Semi-Final match, a fantastic #1 Contendership triple threat match between A-Kid, Nathan Frazer & Rampage Brown as well as Gallus, Subculture, Moustache Mountain and more setting up their next programs.

On NJPW Strong, the Fight Spirit Unleashed continues as after Jay White takes on Wheeler Yuta, he calls out one Tomohiro Ishii. Also, Yuji Nagata makes his return to Strong teaming with the debuting Yuya Uemura and Fred Rosser takes on Ren Narita which results in a disputed finish.

Also, “No More BS” Paul Wight makes his debut on AEW Dark: Elevation in a 3 on 1 handicap match, Tim Storm gets some unexpected assistance to take on Strictly Business on NWA Powerrr, Ember Moon takes on Cora Jade on 205 Live, a four corner survival match on ROH, Karrion Kross vs. Ricochet on Main Event, and more!

PLUS, Siino gives his thoughts on the returning MLW Fusion with their ALPHA series.

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upNXT 9/28/21: “Ladies Night” Sep 29, 2021

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Braden Herrington and Davie Portman talk about the September 28th 2021 episode of WWE NXT 2.0 featuring Raquel Gonzalez vs Franky Monet for the NXT Women’s Championship.

The BDE give their thoughts on the entire show which included:

Raquel Gonzalez vs Franky Monet (NXT Women’s Championship)
Io Shirai & Zoey Stark vs Gigi Dolin & Jacey Jayne w/ Mandy Rose (NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship)
Roderick Strong vs Grayson Waller (NXT Cruiserweight Championship)
B-Fab w/ Hit Row vs Elektra Lopez w/ Legado Del Fantasma (Street Fight)
Kyle O’Reilly vs Ridge Holland w/ Pete Dunne
Xyon Quinn vs Oney Lorcan
Boa vs Andre Chase

The lads also give their thoughts on In-Dex’s honeymoon, Tony D’Angelo’s vignettes, Mandy Rose putting herself in title contention, Bron Breakker looking to challenge Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT Championship and lots more on “woke” Joe Gacy.

Braden and Davie also talk about their trip to New York including visiting the world famous Comedy Cellar and getting in fights with New Yorkers, their thoughts on Zack Sabre Jr vs Shingo Takagi in the G1, the WWE Draft, take your feedback…and more!

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Tuesday: upNXT - NXT Review (Free Show/Twitch)
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Wednesday: BDElite - AEW Dynamite Review (Free Show/Twitch)

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Sunday 3rd: upYOURS w/ Andre - Red State (2011)

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BDElite 9/22/21: AEW Dynamite Grand Slam! Sep 23, 2021

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Braden Herrington and Davie Portman are joined by John Siino to give their live perspective for AEW Dynamite Grand Slam from Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City!

Braden, Davie and John talk about their whole experience of the show and give their thoughts on the incredible match between Kenny Omega and Bryan Danielson, the reactions to Cody Rhodes, Sting & Darby Allin vs FTR and so much more!

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Monday: Turning Heels - Ep 6 w/ John Siino & B Detroit (Free Show)
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Wednesday: BDElite - AEW Dynamite Review (Free Show/Twitch)
Sunday 26th: WWE Extreme Rules 2021 WatchAlong (Twitch)

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Thursday 23rd: upYOURS w/ Matty B - Heavyweights (1995)
Saturday 25th: Reviews From The 6ix - ECW One Night Stand (2006)

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SITD 9/22/21: Tanahashi & Ishii NJPW Strong debuts, Janela vs. Kiss on AEW Dark Sep 22, 2021

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John Siino reviews this week’s editions of AEW Dark, AEW Dark: Elevation, NXT UK, 205 Live, NJPW Strong, NWA Powerrr, Ring of Honor, and Main Event in under 15 minutes on Shot In The Dark.

This week we get AEW Dark with some debuting notable names seen recently on GCW and NXT including Allie Katch, Stallion Rogers (Curt Stallion) and Anthony Greene (August Grey), a fantastic match between Daniel Garcia vs. Alan ‘5’ Angels’, and Eddie Kingston calling out Suzuki-Gun after his match with Bear Bronson.

NXT UK continues it’s Heritage Cup Tournament as Kenny Williams takes on Noam Dar in a Semi-Final match. We also find out who steps up to challenge Ilja Dragunov next for the NXT UK Championship, Pretty Deadly defend their NXT UK Tag Team Championship against Gallus, Blair Davenport doesn’t take her suspension lightly and we get a first look at Charlie Dempsey, the son of William Regal.

On NJPW Strong, we have the first of the Fighting Spirit Unleashed event where fans were welcomed for the first time on Strong, featuring the debut of Tomohiro Ishii as he takes on Alex Coughlin, Hiroshi Tanahashi debuts in six-man tag action, and Will Ospreay makes an appearance accepting Karl Fredericks' challenge.

Also, we finally get Joey Janela vs. Sonny Kiss on AEW Dark: Elevation, Sky Blue is in action in a special NWA Powerrr Surge episode, Boa makes his debut on 205 Live, a Pure Rules edition of ROH, Angel Garza & Humberto Carrillo team up on Main Event, and more!

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Wednesday: BDElite - AEW Dynamite Review (Free Show/Twitch)
Sunday 26th: WWE Extreme Rules 2021 WatchAlong (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 23rd: upYOURS w/ Matty B - Heavyweights (1995)
Saturday 25th: Reviews From The 6ix - ECW One Night Stand (2006)

Last week’s shows included wasNXT: BME: Arn & Tully, NXT May 22nd 2013, Back To The Future Part 2 and more!

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