🏰 Next Level Pro Wrestling: Show 33 — Anarchy in the Arena
📍 Live from the Empire Dome, Chicago – SOLD OUT (19,870 fans)
🎙️ Commentary: Mauro Ranallo, Taz, Nigel McGuinness
🎵 Theme: The night where kingdoms crumble and legacies are rewritten.
🎬 Opening Package
A chilling cinematic montage narrated by Paul Heyman, set in moody black and white:
Paul Heyman:
“In kingdoms built on pride… betrayal isn’t a question. It’s a countdown.”
Cue massive pyro. The sold-out crowd in the Empire Dome is electric.
Match 1: Tag Team Gauntlet – #1 Contenders for the Tag Team Titles
Teams: Lucha Bros, FTR, The Bar, Street Profits, Creed Brothers, New Day, The Gunns
Eliminations:
- Creed Brothers def. The Gunns — Brutus hits a pop-up gutwrench powerbomb.
- Creed Brothers def. The Bar — Brutus counters a Brogue Kick with a surprise suplex pin.
- Creed Brothers def. Street Profits — Julius rolls up Montez after a counter.
- New Day def. Creed Brothers — Trouble in Paradise + Big Ending.
- FTR def. New Day — Dax cradles Kofi off a missed Trouble in Paradise.
- Lucha Bros def. FTR — Fénix hits Fire Driver on Dax Harwood.
Winners: Lucha Bros
They earn a future tag title shot and stare down Edge & Mark Briscoe, who appear on stage post-match.
Match 2: Gauntlet – #1 Contender for the US Title
Participants: Samoa Joe, Daniel Garcia, Trick Williams, Chad Gable, Bandido, Anthony Bowens, Darby Allin
Eliminations:
- Garcia shocks the crowd with a quick jackknife pin on Samoa Joe.
- Trick Williams takes out Garcia with a jumping cyclone knee.
- Chad Gable submits Trick via Ankle Lock after a grappling clinic.
- Bandido hits a picture-perfect 21-Plex to pin Gable.
- Anthony Bowens hits Fameasser + The Arrival to eliminate Bandido.
- Final: Bowens vs Darby — Coffin Drop gets countered with knees, Bowens hits The Arrival again.
Winner: Anthony Bowens
He becomes #1 contender for the US Title. Massive crowd pop. Breakout moment.
Match 3: Orange Cassidy, HOOK & Tomohiro Ishii vs Guerrillas of Destiny & Hikuleo
Match never starts.
Just as the bell is about to ring—lights cut. Sirens. Distorted static.
From the entrance: EDDIE KINGSTON appears with Santana, Ortiz, and Big Bill — all in black combat gear.
Destruction Ensues:
- Ishii gets dropped by a spinning backfist from Kingston.
- Cassidy is chokeslammed by Big Bill through the announce table.
- HOOK fights back but is powerbombed onto chairs by Santana.
- Ortiz frog-splashes Hikuleo through a table.
Kingston grabs a mic:
Eddie Kingston:
“This place got soft while I was gone. We didn’t come to compete. We came to conquer.”
No Contest.
The faction disappears into the crowd, leaving chaos behind.
Match 4: 🇺🇸 US Championship – 30-Minute Iron Man Match
Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs Shingo Takagi
Opening 10 Minutes:
Hard-hitting war of attrition. Brutal chops, German suplexes, and strike battles. Shingo targets the neck. Takeshita fires back with big knees.
Falls:
- Takeshita 1–0 (8:12) — Blue Thunder Bomb after dodging a Pumping Bomber.
- Shingo 1–1 (15:22) — Hits Made in Japan after a brutal sequence.
- Takeshita 2–1 (24:01) — Counter into jumping knee out of nowhere.
Final Minute:
Shingo finally lands Last of the Dragon…
Ref counts 1… 2… BUZZER.
Winner: Konosuke Takeshita (2–1)
Retains the title by seconds. The crowd gives both men a standing ovation. Post-match handshake seals it.
Match 5: 🏆 Tag Team Championship
Edge & Mark Briscoe (c) vs Christian Cage & Braun Strowman
- Braun dominates early, tossing Briscoe into the barricade with ease.
- Christian stalls, trying to avoid Edge at all costs.
- Edge hits a Spear off the apron to take Christian out.
- Briscoe hits the J-Driller to pin Christian clean.
Winners: Edge & Mark Briscoe
They retain the titles. Christian throws a tantrum backstage, smashing monitors and yelling at Braun.
Match 6: 🩸 Anarchy in the Arena
The Bloodline (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Jon Moxley, The Usos, Solo Sikoa)
vs
Jay White, Bron Breakker, Jeff Cobb, Juice Robinson, Rusev, PAC
Absolute mayhem. No bell. No rules.
Wild Highlights:
- Bron Breakker SPEARS Jimmy Uso through a barricade.
- PAC moonsaults off a stairway onto Solo Sikoa.
- Rusev slams Moxley into a vending machine.
- Jeff Cobb Samoan Drops both Usos onto a car in the loading dock.
- Seth Rollins hits a stomp on Juice through a table.
- Jay White hits Blade Runner on Seth on the ramp.
Climax:
Roman lines up for a Spear on Jay White—
Jimmy Uso LOW BLOWS Roman.
Stunned silence.
Jay White hits Blade Runner.
1… 2… 3.
Winners: Jay White, Breakker, Cobb, Juice, Rusev & PAC
Aftermath:
- Jimmy walks out alone, expressionless.
- Solo is conflicted.
- Jay White stands over Roman, smiling.
Mauro Ranallo: “The Bloodline isn’t fractured—it’s detonated.”
Main Event: 🏆 World Championship – Fatal 4-Way
Jacob Fatu (c) vs MJF vs Gunther vs Powerhouse Hobbs
Opening Chaos:
- Gunther lights up MJF with vicious chops.
- Fatu hits a tope con hilo wiping out all three men.
- Hobbs spinebusters Fatu through the timekeeper’s table.
- Gunther and Fatu go to war mid-ring—like two kaiju colliding.
Character Threads:
- MJF fakes injury to dodge Gunther, then uses his Dynamite Diamond Ring.
- Gunther controls much of the match, dissecting everyone.
- Hobbs shows raw dominance—lifting Gunther and Fatu with ease.
Final Sequence:
- Gunther Powerbombs MJF—near fall.
- Hobbs lariats Gunther over the ropes.
- MJF tries to steal it again—but Hobbs spinebusters him.
- Running Powerslam. 1… 2… 3.
Winner: Powerhouse Hobbs
NEW CROWN Pro World Champion
Post-Match:
- Fatu stares down Hobbs — not done yet.
- Gunther walks away in silent fury.
- MJF screams in disbelief, clutching his jaw.
In the rafters: Kingston, Big Bill, Santana, and Ortiz watch in silence.
Mauro Ranallo:
“The kingdom has fallen. A new king rises. But the wolves are already circling.”
