Metal: Ungovernable

Metal Ungovernable was a Metal exclusive multi-parter event produced by No Limits Wrestling (NLW).

Background
In late-2020, it was announced that Metal would have an event after NLW's event Enter The Dragon. In early-2021, it was announced that it would be called, Metal: Ungovernable. After the announcement, Triple H was announced as the new Executive Vice-president of No Limits Wrestling. On March 1, 2021, the event became avalible on NLW's patreon.

Storylines
At WrestleMania, Tetsuya Naito defeated Kurt Angle to retain The NLW Metal-Weight Championship. On the first episode of Metal with crowds, Samoa Joe defeated former Comissioner Kevin Owens. An episode later, Drew McIntyre, Jon Moxley (FKA Dean Ambrose), and The Miz all made their return to NLW after a year. The Miz would return to form the Hollywood Talent Agency with EC3 (and later recruited Shawn Spears). Jon Moxley would make a return to NLW after Finn Balor defeated Kurt Angle in a match. Moxley would hit the Paradigm Shift on Finn Balor and then one to Kurt Angle off the stage.

Event
The event features seven matches. The first two matches took place on Part 1. Finn Balor brought back his "Demon" persona to face Pete Dunne, but would come up short. Ronda Rousey would sucessfully retain against Trish Stratus. After the match, Ronda Rousey taunted the women division backstage, only for Becky Lynch to return behind a garage door. Rousey would drive away in her car.

On Part 2, Seth Rollins would capture his second Intercontinental Championship by defeating Sami Zayn. This part also featured a Dogcollar match between Cody Rhodes and Adam Page. Cody's brother, Dustin Rhodes, aided him in the match by taking out Page's manager, Ric Flair.

On Part 3, Brodie Lee would capture the newly reinstated Hardcore Championship after defeating Rhyno, Braun Strowman, and Bobby Lashley. After the match, Brodie's manager, Jake "The Snake" Roberts would congratulate Brodie and say to him that he was The Hardcore Champion for life. Afterwords, Jake would relieve Brodie of his duties and Brodie Lee would leave the Hardcore Championship on a table.

After Jon Moxley defeated Kurt Angle, Bray Wyatt, under his "Fiend" persona would attack Kurt Angle. After locking Angle in the mandible claw, the lights would go out and The Fiend would dissapear.

In the Main Event,Samoa Joe Would Defeat Drew McIntyre,Tetsuya Naito,John Morrison,Shinsuke Nakamura, and Edge in a Elimination Chamber Match to win the NLW Metal-Weight Championship.

Aftermath
On the next episode of Metal, Samoa Joe would sucessfully retain the Metal-Weight Championship against Tetsuya Naito. After the match, Naito would destroy ringside, attack the referee and the NLW Comissioner. During his rampage, The Comissioner would fire Tetsuya Naito. On the next episode of NLW, Tetsuya Naito would help Hiromu Takahashi capture the NLW X-Division Championship from Ricochet.

After Brodie Lee retired from NLW, Jake Roberts would look for a new client and the NLW Hardcore Championship would be contested in the returning Steel Asulym match. The match competitors were Jon Moxley, "Hangman" Adam Page, Bobby Lashley, Dustin Rhodes, Rhyno, and the debuting Sami Callihan. Callihan would win the title after Edge accidentally costed Moxley the win.