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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. The promotion had a close working relationship ...
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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.
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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.
Jun 18, 2020 · The final two Dragon Gate USA shows featured no Dragon Gate talent, but did feature Teddy Hart’s cat, who I can assure you is a trained professional. EVOLVE offered EVOLVE 28: Hero vs. Beretta, which featured the two ex-WWE talents in a horrifically long main event, as well as the third Johnny Gargano vs. Rich Swann match over the last year ...
Feb 15, 2018 · Created to disrupt pro wrestling, to shake up the norms and to differentiate itself from everything that came before it, EVOLVE never fit into one single box or one set standard. “EVOLVE set out to be completely different from day one,” pro wrestler Gran Akuma, who wrestled on EVOLVE 1, says. “The vision was to tear down what pro ...
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Jun 26, 2019 · Published on June 26, 2019. As first reported by The Wrap, WWE today announced that EVOLVE Wrestling’s 10th Anniversary Celebration will stream live around the world on WWE Network on Saturday, July 13, at 8 ET/5 PT from 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pa. EVOLVE’s 10th Anniversary Celebration will feature the return of EVOLVE alumni, as Adam ...
