🎆 WRESTLEFIRE 23: Chaos and Crown
Venue: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas
Attendance: 64,000
Announce Team: Mauro Ranallo, Nigel McGuinness, and Renee Paquette
Opening Video Package: A cinematic montage highlights the “struggle for identity” theme—champions questioned, factions collapsing, and individuals rising from the shadows. “Empire of the Fallen” by Starset plays.
Match 1: Bobby Lashley vs Powerhouse Hobbs
Story: Two alpha powerhouses with mutual respect that’s deteriorated into a battle over dominance. Lashley, a veteran, and Hobbs, a rising destroyer.
Opening: Slow lock-up. Hobbs shoves Lashley across the ring. Lashley nods, smirking. The crowd is hot early.
Mid-Match: Hobbs hits a spinebuster so hard Lashley bounces. Lashley fights back with overhead belly-to-belly suplexes. Outside the ring, Hobbs sends Lashley through the barricade with a brutal running shoulder block. Ref lets it go — this is war.
Finale: Lashley survives a torture rack, escapes, and stuns Hobbs with a spear. He climbs the ropes—a rare move—and hits a top rope Dominator. Hobbs kicks at 2.9 but the ref calls it.
Winner: Bobby Lashley
Time: 13:47
Post-match: Hobbs looks up at Lashley, nods. Lashley offers a hand. Hobbs stands… then walks away, jaw clenched. Tension simmers for a rematch.
Match 2: FTR vs New Day vs Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams
Story: The tag division is on fire. FTR want to prove they’re still the bar. New Day want one last run. Carmelo & Trick want to start one.
Opening: Fast-paced tags. Dax wrestles circles around Trick. Kofi tags in and speeds up the tempo with a springboard crossbody on Carmelo.
Mid-Match: Melo shines with a springboard leg drop on Cash. Trick hits a sky-high spinebuster on Kofi. FTR isolate Trick. Chaos erupts—Dax and Woods trade punches. Big E is at ringside, shouting encouragement.
Finale: Kofi goes for Trouble in Paradise on Cash, misses, and is pulled into a Big Rig. Melo flies in to break the pin but eats a mid-air uppercut from Dax.
Winners: FTR
Time: 15:55
Match 3: Braun Strowman vs Mark Briscoe – “I Quit” Match
Story: Strowman bulldozed through Briscoe’s family and now Mark wants revenge in the most violent stipulation possible.
Opening: Briscoe brings a flaming kendo stick to the ring. Braun just walks through the fire and slams him with the steel steps. Briscoe’s bloodied within 2 minutes.
Mid-Match: Briscoe duct-tapes Braun to the ropes and unleashes a chair assault. Braun breaks the restraints like a monster. They brawl up the ramp—Briscoe tries a burning table dive but gets caught and chokeslammed through it.
Finale: Briscoe, covered in blood and ash, crawls up. Braun grabs him by the beard and yells, “Say it!” Briscoe tries to spit in his face but collapses. Braun yells louder. Briscoe whispers: “I… quit.” The crowd is stunned.
Winner: Braun Strowman
Time: 14:30
Match 4: Gunther, Usos, & Street Profits vs Solo Sikoa, Jeff Cobb, Hikuleo, & G.O.D
Story: A turf war between different branches of wrestling’s dynasties. This 8-man tag match is factional chaos.
Opening: Ford opens with Tonga Loa. Fast-paced exchanges. Gunther tags in to a massive pop and squares off with Solo — big fight feel.
Mid-Match: Jimmy superkicks Tanga Loa. Cobb counters Dawkins with a pop-up powerslam. Gunther unleashes knife-edge chops that echo. Chaos spills into the crowd.
Finale: Gunther hits Powerbomb Symphony on Tonga, but Solo hits a sneaky Samoan Spike on Montez and pins him with feet on ropes.
Winners: Solo Sikoa’s team
Time: 16:40
Match 5: Juice Robinson vs Christian
Story: Juice is climbing the ranks, Christian calls him a “clown.” It’s personal.
Opening: Christian stalls and taunts. Juice explodes with a flurry of punches. Christian uses veteran tactics—pokes the eye, pulls tights.
Mid-Match: Christian uses the ropes for a swinging DDT. Juice rallies with lariat, cannonball in the corner. The crowd is into it.
Finale: Christian goes for Killswitch, but Juice spins out, lands Left Hand of God, then Pulp Friction.
Winner: Juice Robinson
Time: 11:22
Match 6: Samoa Joe vs Chad Gable – 2/3 Falls
Story: Gable wants to prove he’s more than a coach. Joe wants to crush that dream.
🔹 Fall 1:
Gable outsmarts Joe, rolls him up in an ankle lock feint reversal. Flash pin.
Winner Fall 1: Gable
Time: 4:31
🔸 Fall 2:
Joe is angry now. He hits a STJOE, then locks in Coquina Clutch after weakening Gable’s back.
Winner Fall 2: Joe
Time: 3:57
đź”» Final Fall:
Gable hits a Chaos Theory Suplex for a near fall. Joe lands Muscle Buster but Gable kicks out! Crowd chants “This is awesome.” Joe goes for Clutch again—Gable reverses into a tight Ankle Lock. Joe taps!
Winner: Chad Gable (2-1)
Time: 15:08
Match 7: Lucha Bros (c) vs Creed Brothers – Tag Titles
Story: Lucha Bros embody chaos. Creeds are disciplined, intense, and driven.
Opening: Julius wrestles circles around Fenix. Penta hits superkick barrage. Brutus hits standing moonsault on Penta.
Mid-Match: Fenix runs the ropes into double dropkicks. Julius reverses Fear Factor into rolling German suplexes. Close near falls.
Finale: Penta hits Package Piledriver on Julius. Fenix soars with a tightrope springboard double stomp. Pinfall.
Winners: Lucha Bros (retain)
Time: 13:15
Match 8: Jay White (c) vs MJF – US Title – Steel Cage
Story: Jay mocked MJF’s downfall. MJF wants redemption. Cage ensures no interference—or so we think.
Opening: Gritty. MJF slams Jay into steel repeatedly. Jay chops MJF’s back bloody. MJF hits top rope Heatseeker for 2.
Mid-Match: White gains control with blade chops, Blade Buster near fall. They fight on the top rope—Jay hits super uranage off the cage wall.
Finale: Lights go out. David Finlay appears INSIDE the cage. Crowd gasps. Shillelagh shot to MJF. Jay smiles, hits Blade Runner.
Winner: Jay White (retain)
Time: 18:50
Match 9: Bron Breakker vs Edge – No DQ
Story: Edge wants to tame the wild dog. Breakker wants to retire Edge. Rollins is watching from the shadows.
Opening: Edge wrestles smart, using chop blocks and weapons early. Breakker throws Edge like a ragdoll into steps.
Mid-Match: They brawl into the crowd. Edge spears Breakker through a table. Breakker no-sells and hits Steiner Recliner. Edge grabs a chair and wallops him.
Finale: Breakker hits press powerslam on the steps. 1-2-3.
Post-match: Rollins returns! Curb Stomp on Bron. Crowd erupts. Suddenly… Jay White, Finlay, Juice hit the ring and chase Seth off. They stand with Breakker.
Winner: Bron Breakker
Time: 14:20
Match 10: Orange Cassidy, Darby Allin & Hook (c) vs Sheamus, Claudio, & PAC – Six Man Titles – Street Fight
Story: A war built off weeks
of attacks. Enter Braun.
Opening: Hook suplexes Claudio on the ramp. Darby dives through a table. PAC and Cassidy climb scaffolding.
Mid-Match: Cassidy uses a chain-wrapped fist. PAC hits a Black Arrow on Hook through a table. Braun Strowman appears out of nowhere—powerslams Hook onto thumbtacks.
Finale: PAC climbs, hits second Black Arrow on Cassidy. 1-2-3.
Winners: Sheamus, Claudio & PAC (New Champs)
Time: 17:10
Match 11: Roman Reigns vs Jacob Fatu – Last Man Standing
Story: An empire divided. Family, pride, and power.
Opening: Staredown. Fatu is feral. Roman plays calm. They explode—superkick, Samoan Drop, Spear. They brawl all over the arena.
Mid-Match: Roman spears Fatu through the barricade. Fatu hits apron moonsault onto Roman through a table. Refs count to 9.
Finale: Roman barely stands at 10. Fatu collapses.
Winner: Roman Reigns
Time: 20:44
Main Event: Sami Zayn (c) vs Jon Moxley – World Title
Story: Sami is the underdog champion. Mox thinks Sami is soft. Sami must prove he’s a world champion.
Opening: They don’t lock up. They just throw hands. Mox bites Sami, who’s busted open. Sami hits Helluva Kick, but Mox kicks out.
Mid-Match: Mox DDTs Sami through the announce table. Sami barely crawls in. He fights back with exploder into turnbuckle, Blue Thunder Bomb.
Finale: Mox tries Death Rider—Sami reverses into top-rope Brainbuster, then Helluva Kick x2. 1-2-3.
Winner: Sami Zayn (retain)
Time: 23:05
Post-match: Mox stares at Sami, nods, and walks off. Sami holds the title high. Then… Seth Rollins walks onto the ramp, slow clapping.
Fade to black.
