🌐 NEXT LEVEL PRO WRESTLING: EMPIRE FALLING — SHOW 29
“When empires rise too high, the ground demands blood.”
📍 Scotiabank Arena – Toronto, Canada
🎤 Commentary: Mauro Ranallo, Nigel McGuinness, Renee Paquette
🔔 Attendance: 16,750 (Sold Out)
✅ MATCH 1: United States Championship
Jay White (c) vs Konosuke Takeshita
Jay’s arrogance collides with Takeshita’s hunger—and Roman Reigns’ fury.
- Takeshita uses quick suplex transitions and knee strikes to keep Jay grounded.
- Juice & Finlay interfere, pulling Takeshita out mid-pin.
- Takeshita hits a second-rope Blue Thunder Bomb—2.9!
- Roman Reigns storms the ramp, destroys Juice and Finlay with a chair.
- Jay turns around into a Jumping Knee and then the Zahi Knee.
✅ Winner: Konosuke Takeshita – NEW U.S. Champion
✅ MATCH 2: #1 CONTENDER – U.S. TITLE – 6-WAY MAYHEM
Shingo Takagi vs Braun Strowman vs Chad Gable vs PAC vs Daniel Garcia vs Anthony Bowens
A surprise entrant rocks the crowd — Shingo Takagi debuts!
- PAC and Gable trade brutal mat counters, ending in double kip-ups.
- Bowens gets a huge pop, hitting The Arrival on Garcia.
- Braun smashes PAC through the barricade with a running shoulder tackle.
- Shingo unleashes machine-gun chops on Bowens and lands the Made in Japan on Garcia.
- Final stretch: Bowens hits a superkick, goes for the pin, but Shingo intercepts with a sliding lariat.
- Shingo hits Last of the Dragon on Bowens and pins him clean.
✅ Winner: Shingo Takagi – NEW #1 Contender to the U.S. Title
✅ MATCH 3: The Usos vs Juice Robinson & David Finlay
Bloodline brothers vs Switch Breakkers chaos merchants.
- Finlay distracts ref while Juice chokes Jey with a tag rope.
- Jimmy superkicks Finlay mid-air during a dive.
- Usos hit a double superkick > Superfly Splash combo on Juice for the finish.
✅ Winners: The Usos
✅ MATCH 4: Creed Brothers vs Gunn Club vs New Day vs Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams
Tag chaos meets growing tension between Trick & Melo.
- Trick and Melo isolate Xavier Woods early, hitting tandem offense.
- Midway through, Trick tags himself in, angering Melo.
- The two start brawling mid-match, leaving their team behind.
- Kofi hits SOS on Colten Gunn, but Brutus Creed breaks the pin.
- Julius hits a pop-up slam on Austin, followed by the Brutus Ball.
✅ Winners: Creed Brothers
✅ MATCH 5: Orange Cassidy, Darby Allin & Hook vs Hikuleo & G.O.D. (c) – No DQ – Six-Man Tag Titles
Former champs seek revenge in a lawless war.
- Cassidy hits a Beach Break on Tama Tonga through a table.
- Hook suplexes Hikuleo onto a ladder bridged across the apron.
- Darby Coffin Drops onto Tanga Loa off a stack of chairs.
- Hikuleo recovers, slams Cassidy through a barbed board, then Choke Bombs him for the win.
✅ Winners and STILL Champions: Hikuleo & G.O.D.
✅ MATCH 6: Jacob Fatu vs Solo Sikoa
The Bloodline civil war continues in the most violent way yet.
- Fatu and Solo beat each other around ringside—guardrails bent.
- Solo hits the Samoan Spike, but Fatu barely kicks out.
- Fatu hits a top-rope Moonsault and finishes with a Pop-up Samoan Drop.
✅ Winner: Jacob Fatu
Post-Match: G.O.D. and Hikuleo join Fatu in stomping Solo—until the Usos make the save.
✅ MATCH 7: Roman Reigns vs Jeff Cobb
Roman tries to fight off the invading Switch Breakkers.
- Cobb hits Tour of the Islands and a release German suplex on Roman.
- Roman rallies with a Superman Punch and Spear.
- Jay White runs in, hits Roman with FIVE consecutive Switchblades.
✅ Winner via DQ: Roman Reigns
Post-Match: Roman is left bloody. Jay wipes Roman’s blood across his chest like war paint.
✅ MATCH 8: MJF, Christian Cage & FTR vs Gunther, Sami Zayn, Samoa Joe & Powerhouse Hobbs
Champions and enemies forced to coexist. Tension and betrayal await.
- Dax and Joe start with heavy slugs. Joe throws Dax into the post.
- Hobbs gorilla-presses Cash Wheeler onto the steps.
- MJF refuses to tag in until Gunther enters, then cheap-shots him.
- Christian Cage gets taken out by Hobbs on the floor.
- Sami hits Blue Thunder Bomb > Helluva Kick on MJF but Gunther tags himself in and hits a big splash on MJF and gets the win.
Gunther and Sami stare each other down after the match each saying they will walk out of the next show with the World Title.
✅ Winners: Gunther, Sami Zayn, Samoa Joe & Powerhouse Hobbs
✅ MAIN EVENT – MATCH 9: Seth Rollins vs Bron Breakker – Falls Count Anywhere
Rollins took Bron out of a World Title match. Now Bron calls the Switch Breakkers to finish him for good.
- Rollins ambushes Bron during his entrance with a steel chair.
- They brawl into the crowd. Rollins hits a Falcon Arrow on the floor.
- Juice Robinson hits Rollins with a trash can lid.
- David Finlay jumps off a balcony onto both men.
- Rollins superkicks both Gunns when they try to hold him down.
- Anthony Bowens appears, fame-assers Rollins through catering table.
- Rollins fights off everyone. Curb Stomp on Juice. Pedigree on Bowens. Crowd is electric.
- Bron rises from the wreckage and SPEARS Rollins off the stage through a stack of tables.
✅ Winner: Bron Breakker
🎬 POST-MATCH BACKSTAGE SEGMENT:
Fade in: A dim hallway, fluorescent lights flickering. Blood on the floor. Silence…
- Roman Reigns, bleeding and furious, limps into frame.
- Seth Rollins, still dazed and bloodied, crosses his path.
- They stop. Long stare.
Roman (quietly):
“We end this… together.”
- Seth nods without speaking. Tension is suffocating.
- The camera pans right—Jon Moxley, seated silently on a crate, watching.
- He slowly stands. Eyes locked on both.
Mauro (V.O.):
“What the hell did we just witness? The kings of war… staring down destiny.”
