As the working relationship between the WWE and EVOLVE Wrestling continues, in the past we’ve seen some crossover between the promotions as NXT Superstar Adam Cole has previously worked an EVOLVE show, plus EVOLVE had a presence at WrestleMania Axxess in New Orleans back in April.

Yesterday, it was revealed that another NXT Superstar will be competing for the promotion at EVOLVE 112 when The Velveteen Dream returns to his home state of Maryland on September 7th and will wrestle at EVOLVE 113 in Queens, New York on September 8th:

NXT Superstar Velveteen Dream will wrestle at EVOLVE on Sept. 7th in Joppa, MD and Sept. 8th in Queens, NY. His opponents will be announced soon at https://t.co/Qmj9BTL7XJ. Tickets available at: https://t.co/zHiIkcVF6J

— EVOLVE Wrestling (@WWNEVOLVE) August 30, 2018

The Dream’s opponents have also now been announced as he battles Austin Theory at EVOLVE 112 next Friday, followed by a match against Darby Allin next Saturday at EVOLVE 113. Despite the history between EVOLVE and the WWE, some have speculated that The Velveteen Dream’s involvement may be a means of punishment for the NXT Superstar after NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV. Of course, The Dream notably wore some new ring gear that night for his match against EC3 which read on the back “Call Me Up Vince”. Gabe Sapolsky, the Vice President Of Talent Relations, Creative and Marketing for WWN, as well as promoter and writer for EVOLVE on top of being a consultant for the WWE, tweeted the following in regards to those rumors:

Let's just kill this narrative now. Dream was requested by us because of his history at the MCW Arena in Joppa, MD. We wanted a homecoming. He was then asked to do Queens, to give the fans something special at La Boom. Dream was not "sent" by anyone, he agreed and wanted to. https://t.co/l3htPZHFln

— Gabe Sapolsky (@BookItGabe) August 30, 2018

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