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Evolve Wrestling (stylized as EVOLVE) was an American professional wrestling promotion founded in 2010 by former Ring of Honor booker and Dragon Gate USA vice president, Gabe Sapolsky. [1] The company featured a roster of wrestlers from all over America, as well as several competitors from Japan.
- July 2, 2020
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This includes the list of all EVOLVE Wrestlers, division between Men and Women Rosters, active Tag Teams & Stables, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in EVOLVE.
- Overview
- History
- Championships
Evolve Wrestling (stylized as EVOLVE) was an American professional wrestling promotion based in the Northeast founded in 2010 by former Ring of Honor Booker Gabe Sapolsky, Sal Hamaoui, and independent wrestler Davey Richards.
In 2009, Gabe Sapolsky announced a new wrestling promotion via some viral videos featuring one of the company's competitors, Davey Richards. Since then, more videos have been produced accessed from the website, promoting more talents, as well as featuring some blogs written by the wrestlers about their feelings regarding the company. The first show, Evolve 1 "Richards vs. Ibushi", was held on January 16, 2010 in Rahway, New Jersey at Rahway Recreational Center. During interviews with wrestling newsletter Figure 4 Weekly on its radio show, Sapolsky told editor, Bryan Alvarez, that Evolve would have stronger emphasis on rules, and would not limit anyone based on their own respective style of wrestling in favor of showcasing the talent's individual strengths and covering up their weaknesses. On January 29, 2010, Sapolsky announced that Evolve would no longer be booking Davey Richards as he had signed a new contract with Ring of Honor.
The concept of the promotion is to be the company's emphasis on the wrestlers' win-loss records. They have divided the company into two divisions: a singles wrestlers and tag teams. As per the website, some wrestlers would need to earn their way onto the roster by winning a qualifying match. But that since has been dropped.
On November 25, 2011, Evolve and Dragon Gate USA announced the unification of the two promotions. Evolve and Dragon Gate USA will still promote separate events, but the two share rosters, including stables, and Evolve recognizes Dragon Gate USA's Open the Freedom Gate Championship and Open the United Gate Championship as its top two championships.
In February, 2013, Evolve announced that they would be holding a tournament to crown the first Evolve Champion as they were doing away with the records system at that time. The tournament will be held in Secaucus, New Jersey at WrestleCon. Evolve used the records of the talent to determine the seedings in the tournament. The top two being Chuck Taylor (10-5) and Ricochet (5-2), they were given byes to the second round. A.R. Fox (7-6) will take on the #4 seed which is too be determined. The winner of that match will take on Ricochet. The winner of Four Way Freestyle match involving Samuray Del Sol (2-3), Sami Callihan (3-7), and two others to be determined. The winner of that match will take on Chuck Taylor in the second round.
Feb 15, 2018 · The red-headed stepchild. The ugly duckling. EVOLVE’s initial concepts simply didn’t fit into the pro wrestling norms. Two polarizing decisions from Sapolsky came to define EVOLVE’s early days: win-loss records and no champions.
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Jun 18, 2020 · Munenori Sawa vs. TJP: EVOLVE 1. Chris Hero vs. Ikuto Hidaka: EVOLVE 2. Chuck Taylor vs. Claudio Castagnoli: EVOLVE 3. Chris Hero vs. Bobby Fish: EVOLVE 3. Bryan Danielson vs. Bobby Fish: EVOLVE 4. Bryan Danielson vs. Munenori Sawa: EVOLVE 5. Sami Callihan vs. AR Fox: EVOLVE 8. Johnny Gargano vs. Chuck Taylor: EVOLVE 9.
Jul 13, 2019 · Get the full results for EVOLVE’s historic 10th Anniversary Special, the first independent wrestling event to stream live on WWE Network. Johnny Gargano shocks Adam Cole while Austin Theory tops JD Drake at EVOLVE’s 10th Anniversary Special | WWE
The Evolve Championship was a professional wrestling championship owned by the Evolve promotion. The inaugural champion was crowned on April 5, 2013, when A. R. Fox defeated Sami Callihan in the finals of an eight-man tournament. [3] There have been ten reigns shared among ten wrestlers. History.
