Despite the size difference, D-Hoya refused to back down, and the bell rang to signal the start of the contest. Axl raised his hands into the air, and challenged D-Hoya to a test of strength. Axl appeared to just be toying with Hoya though, and when the former NZWPW Champion stretched out to grab hold of Axl's hands, he found himself slapped in the face. Adam Avalanche showed his approval from the commentary table, and Axl instigated another test of strength. Axl overpowered D-Hoya to begin with, but in a rush of adrenaline, D-Hoya bent Axl's arms outwards and put his opponent in a world of pain. Axl kicked D-Hoya in the stomach to break the hold though, and then connected with a big uppercut that staggered D-Hoya.

Misty became involved in the match when Axl signalled for her to jump onto the apron. The pair's plan became apparent when the referee went to check on Misty, and Axl blatantly low blowed D-Hoya, causing him to crumple to the canvas in pain. Axl hauled D-Hoya to his feet and threw him into the corner, where he choked him out with his foot. With most of D-Hoya's energy drained from his body, Axl tossed him across the ring into the ropes, and caught him with a big boot, causing Hoya to whiplash off the canvas.

Axl pulled D-Hoya to his feet again, and threw him into the ropes one more time, only for D-Hoya to spring straight back and nail Axl with a Liquidiser! The spinning shin kick didn't keep Axl down for long, but as he got back to his feet, D-Hoya ran off the ropes and leapt over the hunched Axl to deliver a modified Fame-Asser. Hoya then drooped Axl over his shoulder, and threw him into the turnbuckle pads, before grabbing him and drilling him with a powerslam. Axl staggered back to his feet, and D-Hoya went to the top rope, where he dove off and drove his shoulder directly into Axl's chest.

Now with the match going his way, D-Hoya took some time to please the fans, and delivered a cartwheel splash to Axl. The Omen remained prone on the canvas, and D-Hoya got the entire crowd behind his Dancing Legdrop attempt. Things didn't quite go to plan though, as Axl sat up just as D-Hoya attempted to crush his throat with a muscular leg. Axl quickly subdued D-Hoya by standing on his throat, before taking a step back and stepping on his groin. The referee ruled that the foot was placed on Hoya's lower abdomen though, and subsequently, the pain was permitted to continue.

D-Hoya rolled Axl's foot off himself, and got to his feet - obviously dazed - just in time for Axl to clip him with a clothesline style punch, that turned Hoya inside-out. One more hellatious blow, and Axl motioned he was going to give D-Hoya Lucifer’s Gift. D-Hoya managed to get back to a vertical base, and Axl latched onto his throat, before powering him into the air and planting him into the mat with the brutal Chokeslam. Axl drooped his arm over D-Hoya, but somehow, Hoya kicked out of the pinning predicament just in time. Frustrated, Axl pulled him up and delivered a quick powerslam, before drawing D-Hoya in close by his side, and connecting with a big sidewalk slam.

Once again, D-Hoya rolled his shoulder off the canvas just before the referee could reach a three count, and Axl became irate. The Omen got to his feet, bringing D-Hoya with him, and connected with an atomic drop and spinebuster combination he calls the Atomic Spinebuster. Satisfied that he would now have D-Hoya beaten, Axl stepped over the top rope and began to walk backstage. With the stipulation earlier in the evening stating that a win for D-Hoya would mean a championship match for him at Pacific Storm next month - and Axl dangerously close to a count out loss - Adam Avalanche pleaded with the demonic one from the commentary table to get back in the ring. After a brief confrontation with Adam Avalanche, Axl and Misty returned to the ring, and Axl slid under the ropes with only one second to spare.

In the ring Axl covered D-Hoya, but the nine seconds outside the ring had given his opponent time to recover, and D-Hoya kept the match alive and kicked out. D-Hoya connected with a fast sit-down jawbreaker, and then wrapped Axl’s arms around his own, before delivering a modified armbreaker. Axl attempted to shake off the pain, but D-Hoya gave him no room to breathe, and slammed him into the turnbuckle pads. A run up and a leap saw D-Hoya nail Axl with a hard elbow shot to the face, and before Axl knew what was happening, D-Hoya had used the corner to position his opponent on his shoulders for a K-Kwon Bomb.

The K-Kwon connected, and with Axl down and seemingly out, D-Hoya looked to use the Dancing Legdrop to finish his opponent in style. However, Misty attempted to save the match for her man, and leapt to the ring apron, distracting the referee from whatever pinning situations could have arisen after the legdrop. Misty’s plan didn’t work though, as D-Hoya noticed her, and went to the ring apron to remove her from the match. Suddenly, Axl sat up and grabbed D-Hoya from behind for the Lucifer’s Gift Chokeslam. Misty looked pleased and Axl raised D-Hoya up so high he almost hit the roof. Somehow, D-Hoya slipped out of Axl’s grasp, and shoved him from behind, so he careened straight into Misty, knocking her from the apron to the floor below.

This momentary flaw in the dark duo’s master plan left Axl at a loss for what to do next, and as he turned around, D-Hoya military pressed him straight into the air. The crowd cheered – knowing that what Axl’s future held was nothing other than an End of D-World! The fans were correct, and D-Hoya blew Axl away with the phenomenal finishing manoeuvre, before covering him for a decisive three count.

No sooner had the referee’s hand hit the mat for the three though, when Adam Avalanche hit the ring, and began to assault D-Hoya with his crutch! The champion appeared to have been faking his injured knee the entire night, and had no qualms putting weight on either of his knees as he adjusted his centre of gravity to get maximum leverage on the brutal shots to D-Hoya’s abdominal region. With D-Hoya laid out in the centre of the ring, and showing no signs of getting up, Adam Avalanche announced that when D-Hoya attempts to take his championship from him next month at Pacific Storm – it would be in a Last Man Standing Match. With that the champion left the ring, obviously looking forward to duplicating the events of the evening in one month’s time.

NZWPW Bringing Down the House Results:

• Dark Match
  Little Joker def. Mitch Zero
  

In Mitch Zero’s debut match with NZWPW, the masked wrestler came remarkably close to defeating Little Joker from the Emo Army. Joker began to dominate the match, but missed his unique People’s Eyebrow assault, and Mitch leapt to his feet to attempt a Shining Wizard. Joker bridged backwards and Mitch came remarkably close to hitting the referee. While he apologised for the near miss, Little Joker nailed Mitch with a low blow and then finished him off with his TX1 Overdrive.

• Matariki vs. Lady T went to a time limit draw
  

The first match on the official Bringing Down the House card saw Lady T and Matariki embrace in the ring, to show the match wasn’t due to any hard feelings between the two - unlike the former team of Angel of Destruction and Misty. The match progressed to see Matariki tie Lady T up in a submission hold, but the bell suddenly rang without a clear victor, and it was revealed the match had reached its maximum time.

• GBH def. Pathania
  

In a rematch from Kuku Bash, a slightly revamped Andrew Pathania looked to beat the much larger GBH for a second time. It was not to be though, and when Pathania tried a Frogsplash off the top rope to finish the match, GBH thrust his knees upwards, and Pathania’s ribs took a beating. With his opponent’s midsection injured, GBH crushed Pathania with a standing splash, and earned his first victory in his second professional match.

• Cam-Akaze def. Nick G-Nore
  

In their third and second matches respectively, Cam-Akaze and Nick G-Nore almost stole the show with a breathtaking battle, filled with a variety of moves reminiscent of a Ring of Honor match. The match drew close to an end when Cam-Akaze powerslammed, and then powerbombed his opponent, to score a near fall. Not to be outdone, when the two men got back to their feet, G-Nore crushed Cam with a Styles Clash, also earning him a near fall. Back up again, and a head scissors attempt from Nick G-Nore later, both competitors re-ignited the match with a brutal chop battle in centre ring, busting the blood vessels in each others’ chests. Cam-Akaze briefly took control of the chops, and leapt into the air to snap-hurricanrana Nick G-Nore to the ground and pin his shoulders to the mat for a three count.

• “Dream Catcher” Phil Woodgate w/ The Emo Army def. Emo Boy
  

“Dream Catcher” showed the fans he darker side of Emo, choking the Emo Boy on the middle rope. When Woodgate relinquished the hold, Emo Boy took over with a hurricanrana, and connected with three successive spinning neckbreakers. While Phil lay on the mat, Emo Boy attempted a Psyko-Senton from the middle rope, but “Dream Catcher” had been playing possum, and rolled to safety. Little Joker climbed onto the ring apron, and called the referee over to seemingly discuss his day, whilst Angel of Destruction handed her man a skateboard. “Dream Catcher” Phil Woodgate then proceeded to steal any dreams Emo Boy may have had of victory, when he nailed him with the skateboard in the stomach, before chopping him down to size with the Woodcutter. After the match, Emo Boy was offered a place in the ever growing Emo Army, but declined the proposal and walked away.

• Jimmy Sparx def. Infinity
  

Jimmy Sparx left his trusty steel chair in the corner, along with a mystery object. Just before the match began, Infinity seemed to trade objects - but the relevance of such a move wasn’t apparent until much later. Referee Jayce became sandwiched in the corner, and fell to the ground to recover. Seeing he had an opportunity to cheat the system, Jimmy Sparx whacked his steel chair on the ground, and then fell down as if he had been struck. To cap off the illusion, Sparx revealed the object under his chair was a tube of paint, which he smeared over his face. As the referee revived and began to disqualify Infinity, fans noticed that Sparx’s face was covered in green - Infinity had traded the paint tubes! As such, the match was restarted, and Jimmy Sparx had to win it the hard way, making Infinity submit to a Lockout Cloverleaf.

• New Zealand Tag Team Championships
  Dan “Da Man” Stirling (c) w/ Rehua def. Belthazar w/ the Superlatives
  

After the Superlatives came to the ring and demanded the Tag Team Championships - claiming they had only lost them due to some unfortunate injuries - an interesting situation arose. When Miracle’s instructions of “You. Two. Dan. Rehua. Belts. Back. To. Nick. And. Jean. Or we put our foot in your face and kill you...” failed to inspire Company Gold to surrender their championships, Belthazar came to the ring and appeared ready to fight. The Superlatives quickly offered Belthazar a place in their perfect team, as long as he could defeat Dan Stirling - in which case Miracle and Silver would become Tag Team Champions. Belthazar failed to get the job done though, when “Da Man” became the first man to counter the Satanic Cross, and went on to defeat Belthazar with a Dan Driver.

• Tank def. O’Siris via disqualification
  

In brief match, O’Siris soon became frustrated he was unable to beat Tank, and went outside to get his steel chain. Tank moved onto the ring apron, and tried a double axe-handle smash, but O’Siris had wrapped his chain around his fist, and thrust it into Tank’s skull, causing the disqualification. O’Siris then choked Tank with the chain in the ring, before putting the exclamation mark on his assault with his Diamond Dust finishing move.

• Angel of Destruction def. Misty
  

One of the most intense women’s rivalries in New Zealand history finally resulted in a one-on-one match between the experienced AOD and the powerful Misty. During the match, Misty challenged the Angel to a test of strength, but dropped to her knees to mock AOD’s petite size. Angel of Destruction showed she disproved with a hard slap to Misty’s face, that caused Misty to bend AOD over her knee and deliver a spanking of her own! As the Angel attempted to regain some dignity and move away from Misty, she found herself in a Torture Rack, then a Bearhug. Misty made the mistake of moving the Bearhug towards the corner though, and as she released the hold, AOD sprung off the turnbuckle and took Misty down with a hair-grab Bulldog to wrap up their high-energy match. Misty, frustrated, took down referee Jayce with a clothesline, signalling that her issue with AOD was not over.

• #1 Contenders’ Match for the New Zealand Tag Team Championships
  Ruf-Storm def. High Octane
  

In somewhat of an upset victory, unlikely crowd pleasers Ruf-Storm came one step closer to their ultimate goal of becoming Tag Team Champions. Rufguts looked like he might win the match by slamming JC “Anarchy” Star into the turnbuckles, but CD made a blind tag and Speared the former Lower Hutt Rubbish Man. Sandstorm tactfully distracted the referee of the contest, giving Rufguts a chance to smash a bag of rubbish into JC Star, before doing the same to CD. Discarding the evidence, Rufguts covered CD, and the referee - unaware of any foul play - counted to three.

• D-Hoya def. Axl w/ Misty
  

D-Hoya was disappointed to find he would not receive a shot at the NZWPW Championship, and even more so when it was revealed Adam Avalanche had been injured because of him. D-Hoya’s evening got worse still, as Axl beat him down throughout the course of the match, and eventually left the ring after an Atomic Spinebuster. Adam Avalanche convinced him to go back to the ring and not lose via count out, which gave D-Hoya an opportunity to bring an End to Axl’s World, and earn a match against Adam Avalanche at Pacific Storm in June.