Will Laynie Luck hit the jackpot?

Wendy Choo handpicked Laynie Luck to be her first challenger as WWE Evolve Women’s Champion, but will that turn out to be a bad bet?

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Six Man Tag: Max Abrams, Santi Rivera & Jacari Ball w/ CJ Valor VS Cappuccino Jones, Romeo Moreno & “Starboy” Chazz Hall; Max, Santi & Jacari win.
• Tate Wilder VS Harley Riggins w/ Kam Hendrix; Tate wins.
• WWE Evolve Women’s Championship: Wendy Choo VS Laynie Luck; No Contest, Wendy retains the title.

PLAY BY PLAY

Evolve shares what happened as cameras went off.

Aaron Rourke survived his Triple Threat with Harlem Lewis and Braxton Cole, only to have Kam Hendrix & Harley Riggins to creep up on him. Rourke being the fighting champion he is, he brought the fight to them! He DECKS Harley, DROPKICKS Kam, then dodges them both to slip away! The Dime Piece is as slippery as he is stylish, but will he need to keep his head on a swivel with the sharks closing in?

Wendy Choo speaks.

“Tonight is my very first title defense. And am I nervous? Uh, of course I am! Y’know how long it took me to get this title? It’s my very first championship! Oh, and the standard that Kali and Kendal set holding this title, I’ve got big shoes to fill. Speaking of standard, did you watch that Triple Threat last week? Sheesh! Aaron Rourke killed that. And I’m curious to hear what he has to say tonight, because he’s always spilling the tea. But tonight, we’re kicking off the show with a Six Man Tag match. And with our up-and-coming talent, I wanna see who’s hungrier, who wants it more. But just remember, it’s gonna take a lot more than hunger, and luck, to become a champion.”

#ChampChoo is ready for tonight, but will she truly prove herself a champion? Or will her luck already run out?

Six Man Tag: Max Abrams, Santi Rivera & Jacari Ball w/ CJ Valor VS Cappuccino Jones, Romeo Moreno & “Starboy” Chazz Hall!

New name, new attitude, but same Main Man Energy! Max is ready to lead WWE ID Gen 2 to the top of Evolve by any means necessary, will they truly replace Vanity Project as the top dogs around here? Or can Cap, the Artist & Starboy shine brighter together?

The trios sort out and Main Man Max starts against Cappuccino. The bell rings and the fans rally behind Cap. Jones steps up but Max scrambles away to tag Jacari! The fans boo Max being anything but a “Main Man,” but Jones rushes Jacari. Jacari slips around to waistlock but Jones fires elbows. Jones JABS, JABS, JABS, but Jacari lifts! Jones sunset flips, Jacari rolls through, but Jones ducks the boot to roll-up, ONE! Jacari kicks low, then runs the ropes, but Jones hurdles, hurdles, and DROPKICKS! Down goes Jacari but here comes Santi! Jones DROPKICKS Santi down, but here comes Max! Only for Max to run away again once Jones spots him.

The fans boo Max and his neon green trunks, but Jacari CLOBBERS Jones from behind! Max laughs at Jones as Jacari scoops and SLAMS! Jacari tags Santi, he lines it up, but Jones avoids the elbow drop! Jones arm-drags Santi for the armlock! The fans rally as Jones brings Santi over, tag to Chazz. Starboy goes up, up, and DOUBLE STOMPS Santi’s arm! Starboy wrenches, wrenches, and wrenches, but Santi fires forearm after forearm! Starboy blocks, CHOPS, and goes up, up, and FLYING ARM-DRAGS! The fans fire up as Starboy then dodges Santi’s boot, waistlocks, and Romeo tags in before Santi bucks the O’Conner Roll.

Starboy backflips and hurdles, then SOBATS! Romeo goes up, up, and MISSILE DROPKICKS! The fans cheer again, but here comes Jacari! Jones springboards to AX HANDLE him! Jones scares Max off again, and the ref has things cool off. Santi runs up, Romeo ducks ‘n’ dodges him to SHOTGUN BOOT! Romeo RAMS into Santi, then cartwheels to ENZIGIRI! Romeo whips, Santi reverses, but Romeo goes up and over to GAMANGIRI! Jacari runs up, Romeo DECKS him, but Santi LARIATS Romeo! Santi tags Max and Max jumps in so he can stomp away on Romeo! Max stays between Romeo and his team while the fans boo.

Max bumps Romeo off buckles, stomps and JABS and repeat. Romeo sputters but Max runs, FLYING CHUCK! Cover, TWO! Max tags Jacari, they mug Romeo, and Jacari GUT WRENCH PLEXES! Jacari holds on and rolls through to deadlift and GUT WRENCH PLEX! Then Jacari rolls through again, tags Santi, and THREE AMIGO GUT WRENCH! Then Santi ELBOW DROPS! Cover, TWO! Romeo survives but Santi facelocks. Santi RAMS Romeo to the corner, tags Max, and Max tags Jacari. They send Santi in, but Romeo ducks! Santi tumble sup and out! Romeo ducks under, hot tag to Starboy!

The Denim Dragon BOOTS Max, fires off on Jacari, but Jacari blocks the whip! Jacari whips, Starboy handsprings up and over! Max waistlocks and Jacari runs up, but Starboy ducks! The LARIAT knocks Max down! Jacari is stunned, but he turns around into Starboy’s springboard CROSSBODY RANA! The fans fire up for that wild counter to the counter! Santi runs up, Starboy dodges, and Jones shoots in, he CROSSBODIES Santi and himself up and out! Romeo jumps back in and he builds speed! He goes up, up, and ESCALARA CROSSBODY! El Freestyle is en fuego, but now the straps come down! Starboy SASUKE SPECIAL!

The fans are all fired up, and Starboy shows off as he handsprings to get up on his teammate’s shoulders! Cap and crew are hot while Evolve goes to break.

Evolve returns and Starboy CLUBS Jacari, but Max & Santi RAM Cap & Romeo into the apron! CJ gets in Starboy’s face, but Starboy still DECKS Max! But Jacari POSTS Starboy! The fans boo but Jacari RAMS Starboy into the apron! Jacari puts Starboy in while the ref reprimands everyone. Tag to Santi and Jacari scoops Starboy. BACKBREAKER, then a slingshot NECKBREAKER BACKBREAKER! Tag to Max, he runs to drop the leg, brother! Cover, TWO! Starboy toughs it out but Max is still smiling. Max stands Starboy up, but Starboy fires body shots and forearms! Starboy runs, KICKS Max, and he BLASTS the corner!

Starboy runs but Max catches him! Max RAMS Starboy into the corner! Tag to Santi, tag to Jacari, then tag back to Max. Santi ROCKS Starboy, Jacari LARIATS, then Max UPPERCUTS! Max pushes Starboy down for a cover, TWO! The fans cheer Starboy but Max stands him up. Max ROCKS Starboy, Starboy goes to ropes, and Max CHOKES Starboy! The ref counts, Max lets off, but CJ HOTSHOTS Starboy! The fans boo while Max covers, TWO! Max huffs ‘n’ puffs but he drops knee after knee on Starboy’s back. Tag to Santi, he snapmares Starboy to chinlock. Starboy endures the squeeze, even as Santi pushes up.

The fans rally as Starboy rises. Starboy fires body shots but Santi tags Jacari. Starboy arm-drags Santi away, but Jacari has a SLEEPER! Max tags in before Starboy snapmares free. Max has a leg, but Starboy BOOTS him away! Only for Santi & Jacari to YANK Cap & Romeo down! The fans boo, the ref keeps Romeo & Cap back, but Max puts Starboy in the corner. Jacari runs up but Starboy DUMPS him out! Santi runs up, Starboy TOSSES him! Starboy dodges Max to hot tag Jones! Max sees he’s all alone, and he tries to apologize!? Jones blocks the cheap shot, spins Max, and LARIATS! Jones dodges to BOOT Max!

Max staggers, Jones whips, but Max reverses, only for Jones to LEAPING LARIAT! The fans fire up and Jones runs up, DROPKICK in the corner! Max falls but Jones stands him up. Jones says Max asked for this! Whip and LARIAT in the corner! Jacari runs up, Jones jumps over and LARAITS him out! Santi runs up, but into a SUPERKICK! Jones goes up, up, and RANAS Santi, to then LARIAT him up and out! But Max leapfrogs! Jones waistlocks to SNAP HALF ‘N’ HALF! Cover, TWO! Max survives but Jones says get up! Jones reels Max in, but Max slips free to JUMP KNEE! Tag to Jacari, tag to Santi! Jacari BLASTS Starboy & Romeo!

Jacari ROCKS Jones, tags Santi, atomic drop to SLINGBLADE! Cover, TWO!! Jones survives and Santi is furious! Santi lifts, Jones slips free! Tag to Romeo before Jones ROCKS Santi! Romeo springboards to MISSILE DROPKICK! Tag back to Jones, tag to Starboy! CHASING THE DRAGON into the SHOOTING STARBOY! Cover, MAX & JACARI BREAK IT! The fans can’t believe it but this one continues! The trios reset, CJ coaches his guys up, and the battlelines are drawn! The fans are thunderous as the trios just throw hands! The ref reprimands, but Jacari TOSSES Romeo, Max BOOTS Jones, and Santi whips Starboy!

Starboy handsprings but into the Canadian Rack! AK47 DDT!! Tag to Jacari, he tags Max, BELLY2BELLY and the MAIN MAN SPLASH! Cover, ROMEO BREAKS IT! The fans fire up, but Jacari DECKS Romeo! Jones kicks Jacari for the DECAFFEINATOR! But Santi hits a slingshot CODE BREAKER! Starboy hits the DREAMCAST KICK! Then he goes Matrix to dodge Max for the PELE! Max scrambles but Starboy hauls him up. Starboy puts Max up top, climbs to join him, and Romeo tags in. Max SHOVES Starboy away but Romeo RISING HEADBUTTS! Max wobbles, Romeo goes up, and a SPANISH FLY from the Spaniard!

The fans are thunderous again, but CJ distracts Romeo! BUT IT’S GAL YANKS CJ DOWN! Mr. Mint Condition goes after CJ! Security drags Gal away, but he clearly wants his revenge! But then Max hits Romeo with a FAMOUSER!! Cover, Max and team win!

Winners: Max Abrams, Santi Rivera & Jacari Ball, by pinfall

Despite It’s Gal trying to help, “The Main Objective” was accomplished! Chuey Martinez is ringside and he asks about the attitude. Wow, Chuey, what a question! Y’know what they call this? Main Man Energy! CJ, take a turn. CJ says unlike Marcus Mathers or Sam Holloway, these guys take opportunity instead of waiting! Jacari tells “Chuchu” that guys like Cappuccino just got mauled! Santi tells “Choochoo Train” that they’ll applaud his mistakes. Chuey thought this attitude was gone when Vanity Project got called-up, but guess not. These guys are worse! Chuey cues up Laynie Luck, but will Evolve soon belong to WWE ID Gen 2?

Laynie Luck speaks.

“Tonight, I compete for the WWE Evolve Women’s Championship. And y’know, preparing for the biggest match of my life has kinda had me reflecting on just how the hell I got here. It was one time, driving home from Iron Heart Pro, eight hours, alone, it’s 2 in the morning, and it’s raining so hard I can barely see the road ahead of me. And of course, my tire explodes and I spin out and I… Sorry, I get a little shaky just thinking about it. But when I got back in that car after trying to change my tire and I felt that cold rain soaking into my clothes, I couldn’t help but wonder, ‘Is this all worth it?’ The rundown bars, the fairground shows, man, what was I doing.

“I could’ve gave it all up, I could’ve crumbled. But not this girl. I got back out there and I changed that tire. I drove those last three hours home, soaking wet, cuz I knew I couldn’t give up this dream. I had to make this all worth it! It didn’t matter what came up, I was gonna make it happen. And Wendy, seeing all your hard work finally pay off, and you win a WWE championship was so inspiring that I saw exactly how it could be for me. It’s my time to make the Women’s Evolve Championship #TooTurnt.” Will the WWE Women’s ID Champion make history in her own right when she becomes a double champion here on the purple ‘n’ silver brand?

Karmen Petrovic is in the gym.

The Karate Kid is getting her cardio in, when someone lets off a smoke machine? Nikkita Lyons struts in, singing, “Got that W~!” Sloane Jacobs is with her and says she sounds perfect! Lyons knows, thanks. But they need this space to rehearse for their new music video, and Karmen is not with the vibe, so bye. Karmen says despite Lyons frolicking around with her fake positive energy, she’s just a narcissist, and the rest of the locker room is sick of it. Sloane says Karmen is looking for a fight. Wow, that’s the best idea Sloane’s ever had! She’ll handle either one of you next week. Lyons says fine, she’ll talk to Foreman Thatcher about it.

And now that Karmen has soiled the vibe, Lyons has a much better place in mind. Let’s go. Lyons snaps her fingers, the lights and smoke stop, and she leads Sloane out. Karmen rolls her eyes and gets back to her workout. Will Karmen cut down #BigKatKita or the walking comeback story with that #ShingShing next week?

Timothy Thatcher is in the ring.

Speaking of the Foreman of Evolve, he has a mic to say, “Right now in Evolve, we have two of the most unique champions in WWE history. And as the Foreman, I’m very proud how they represent the brand. The first one is Wendy Choo.” The fans cheer, and Thatcher says that’s a woman who has reinvented herself multiple times to get to the top, and she finally conquered that mountain. Tonight, she is in action against Laynie Luck for her very first title defense. But what Thatcher wants to address right now is who will be next in line for Aaron Rourke and the Evolve Men’s Championship. With that, Rourke makes his entrance!

The fans cheer as The Dime Piece shows off the belt and his street chic attire as he steps into the ring. Rourke thanks Thatcher for the wonderful introduction. And safe to say, Rourke is more than ready for his next challenge. But he just has some words for anyone who might be listening in the back. “When it comes to this title, I will do whatever it takes to keep it, because that’s the kind of champion I am. I don’t call myself a Diamond because it’s a cute nickname. It’s because like diamonds, I am built from pressure, and I thrive in it!” The fans cheer that, and Rourke says when this title is on the line, he goes to a whole different level.

Y’all saw it against Starboy, and when he beat Jackson Drake. Like it or not, Drake is incredible in the ring. So Mr. Foreman, line them up. Put whoever you want in front of him, and he will happily drop them one by one, just like that! But as Rourke snaps his fingers, Kam Hendrix & Harley Riggins step on his moment. Kam says if Rourke’s looking for a challenge, he has the perfect person for you! Himself! Harley’s a bit surprised by that, but Kam says who better. Kam has charisma, athleticism, and the star power to carry this brand into the future. Kam & Harley go to the ring, and Kam says he IS the greatest GM in Evolve history. Sorry, Timmy!

So, why not do this next week, hmm? WAIT! Brooks Jensen steps in! And he says nah nah nah, not today! Kam does not cut in line, not this time! But for Jensen, he holds a huge history over Rourke’s ID friend, Cappuccino Jones, in the bull rope match. With that said, the #1 contender is the Bad Man from Ala-Bam-Bam-Bam-Bam-Bam-Bam-Bam-BAM- WHAT?! Tristan Angels interrupts! And as he joins everyone in the ring, Mr. England has the mic to say, “Order, order, order! Gentlemen, I appreciate the hustle of everybody here in this ring. Buttering up the Foreman in an attempt to be the next man to hold that prestigious Evolve title.

“But I must inform you that your efforts are in vain. Order, order! The truth is, you all have faces built for radio! And there is only one man suitable to be the next face of Evolve, and he is already the most handsome man in England, and therefore, the entire world, Tristan Angels!” The fans are torn, but Tristan hushes them. So please, may we skip the formalities and make Tristan the man to knock Rourke off his throne? Oh now we get Dorian Van Dux in the mix! The fans cheer the Muscles from Brussels as he returns from that attack by Birthright. DVD goes to the ring, and then Tate Wilder just jumps Kam & Harley from outta nowhere!

The fans cheer as the Modern Day Cowboy TOSSES Harley out, then ROCKS Kam! Kam stumbles into Jensen, who stumbles into DVD! Tate throws his shirt off, but Thatcher shouts at ALL of them! “NONE OF THIS! Not with me standing right here! Brooks, Dorian, Kam, Tristan, DOG GONE Fatal 4 Way next week! Winner gets an Evolve Championship match in three weeks, okay?! Okay?! Now get outta here!” Tate asks about his chance, but Thatcher tells him that he and Harley can fight it out tonight! Get a referee! The fans cheer as Tate finally gets to settle things with #GnarlyHarley, but will the Sheriff serve justice on Evolve?

Tate Wilder VS Harley Riggins w/ Kam Hendrix!

Evolve returns, the bell rings, and Harley runs up! Tate dodges to then CLOBBER Harley! Tate fires up, and he blocks a punch to give a punch! Tate ROCKS Harley, whips him to a corner, then runs up, but into a BOOT! Harley scoops but Tate slips free to hit a BIG side slam! Then the LIONSAULT! The fans fire up, Tate taunts Kam, then he LARIATS Harley up and out! Tate eggs Harley on, Kam coaches him up, and Tate goes to the apron. Harley runs up but Tate jumps to sweep to SUPERKICK! Tate then leaps, but into a BODY BLOW! The fans boo but Harley stalks Tate. Harley picks Tate up for an APRON BACK SUPLEX!

Harley pushes Tate in, stalks him, and stomps him down. Harley stomps and stomps, then steps on Tate before he runs to SENTON! Cover, TWO! Tate survives but Harley looms over him. Harley drags Tate up, whips Tate to ropes and ROCKS him in the back! The fans rally for Tate but Harley stalks him to ropes. Harley whips Tate again, for another ROCK to the back! Harley says this is too easy, and he stalks Tate again. Harley snapmares Tate, clamps onto him, and pulls on the arms. Tate endures so Harley KICKS him in the back! Harley clamps on the motorcycle stretch! Tate endures, fights up, and fights around, only for Harley to CLUB him!

Tate ROCKS Harley, kicks him, then UPPERCUTS! Tate runs but leaps into Harley’s arms! Harley swings Tate for the SIDE SLAM! Cover, TWO! Tate survives again but Harley snarls. Harley drags Tate to a drop zone, goes up the corner, and MARIPOSA! Cover, TWO! Harley is frustrated but the fans rally up again. Harley drags Tate up, pie faces him, then back suplexes, but Tate lands out! Tate ducks ‘n’ dodges, but DOUBLE LARIATS take both men down! The fans fire up while the ref checks Tate and that bloody nose. Tate doesn’t care, he fires hands on Harley again! Harley JABS, JABS, then CHOPS! Tate rebounds to CHOP!

Harley rebounds but Tate ELBOWS him down! And ELBOWS him again! Tate ducks ‘n’ dodges to SHOULDER TACKLE! The fans fire up with Tate, he wrenches Harley and facelocks, to ANARCHY PLEX! Cover, TWO! Harley survives and Tate is stunned! The fans rally as Tate hurries up a corner. The bad back slows him down, and Kam is creeping closer. Harley runs up but Tate kicks him away. Tate leaps, Harley gets under, but then Tate hurdles over Harley! DROPKICK! Tate runs up to LARIAT, then he whips corner to corner. Harley goes up and gets Tate with a BACKSTABBER! Cover, TWO! Tate survives again and Harley is frustrated.

Kam coaches Harley, Harley KICKS Tate around, then Harley ROCKS Tate. Harley ROCKS Tate again, follows him along the ropes, then whips. Harley BODY BLOWS Tate, then stalks him back to ropes. Harley whips and BODY BLOWS again, but the fans continue to boo. Harley whips again, but Tate sunset flips the backdrop! TATE WINS!

Winner: Tate Wilder, by pinfall

But Kam CLOBBERS Tate! The sore losers have to ruin the fun, and LIGHTS, KAM, ACTION! Harley talks trash on Tate, but will these bullies really take over Evolve with next week’s Fatal 4 Way?

Dorian Van Dux speaks.

“I may be new to Evolve, but everyone is going to learn that Dorian Van Dux is not the one to interrupt or push aside. Tate and Harley want to get into it, not allow me to get a word out? Cool. That price will be someone else’s to pay next week. When I arrived from Belgium, I told myself there would be no wasted step, no time to play around, that I was going to make an impact immediately. And none of that has changed. And now that Thatcher has given me a chance to be the #1 contender in the 4 Way for the Evolve Championship, I refuse to let it pass me by. And I will show them what a real threat looks like.

“I will run through Kam, Brooks and Tristan at the same time, and I will put my hands on Aaron Rourke and the Evolve Championship.” The Muscles from Brussels has spoken, but will we soon see that Evolve Championship on DVD?

WWE Evolve Women’s Championship: Wendy Choo VS Laynie Luck!

As we heard from #ChampChoo, she’s put in the work to get here, but so has the woman Wendy handpicked for this opportunity. But will Wendy prove it takes heart, not luck, to be a champion? Or is Evolve about to get #TooTurnt?

The introductions are made, the belt is raised, and we see who puts in that work!

The bell rings and the fans rally up as the two circle. They shake hands to show there is respect here, then they tie up. Laynie wrenches and hammerlocks, but Wendy switches to a waistlock. Laynie switches back on Wendy, then drop toeholds to have a foot. Wendy rolls free, comes back and waistlocks again to ripcord and snapmare. Wendy chinlocks, Laynie slips out, but Wendy escapes the wristlock. Laynie offers the handshake again, Wendy gives it more a low five, and the two reset. They feel things out, knuckle lock, and fight in a Test of Strength. Laynie drops back to reel Wendy in and lift her up! Wendy balances and makes it a cover, TWO!

Laynie tries again and she MONKEY FLIPS Wendy over! Both women have both shoulders down, TWO as they both bridge up! The fans cheer as the two roll and stand up. Wendy rolls back, rolls through, and puts the pressure on Laynie’s hands. Laynie breaks free, wrenches through, and wristlocks. Wendy wrenches, cartwheels, and wrenches again to WRING Laynie out! The fans cheer while Laynie checks her face. Wendy offers the handshake again, Laynie takes it, but then she reels Wendy in for a waistlock! Laynie shifts to a headlock, grinds Wendy, but Wendy fires body shots. Wendy powers out but Laynie arm-drags!

Laynie runs, uses the ropes, and springboard arm-drags! Then Laynie DROPKICKS Wendy away! The fans fire up as Laynie kips up, and Laynie storms over to Wendy in the corner. Laynie wrenches and whips, Wendy reverses, but Laynie goes up and over to roll Wendy up, TWO! Ghost pin, TWO! Wendy cradles, TWO! Wendy TACKLES Laynie, jackknife bridges, TWO! Laynie sunset flips, TWO! Wendy prawn holds, TWO! Laynie sunsets again, ONE! Wendy has it, ONE! Laynie has it, ONE! Wendy again, TWO! The two stand up, the fans cheer, and Wendy JAPANESE ARM-DRAGS! Laynie goes to a corner, Wendy handsprings to forearm SMASH!

Wendy runs side to side, YAKUZA KICK! Then a snapmare and KNEE! Cover, TWO! Laynie survives and Wendy grows frustrated, but Wendy hurries to clamp on! DIRT NAP, but Laynie runs around! Laynie SLINGS Wendy to the apron, then avoids the shoulder! Laynie KNEES Wendy down, then slingshots, but Wendy avoids those stomps! Wendy blocks a kick, but Laynie cartwheels through the sweep! SUPERKICK! The fans fire up as Laynie hurries to put Wendy back in. Laynie goes up the ropes, and SWANTON BOMBS! Cover, TWO! Wendy survives but Laynie stays cool. The fans duel as Laynie brings Wendy up to UPPERCUT!

Wendy BODY SHOTS, Laynie ROCKS, and Laynie whips. Wendy reverses, Laynie reverses back, and SOBAT! Laynie snap suplexes and Wendy flounders away. Laynie runs up, trips Wendy up, then hurries back up to step in and SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Wendy survives that pollywog splash, but Laynie drags her and rolls her around into a KOJI KLUTCH! Wendy endures, even as Laynie puts on the pressure! Wendy rolls to a cover, TWO! Wendy BODY BLOWS, ROCKS, and CHOPS! Laynie roars, but Wendy wrenches to short arm LARIAT! And LARIAT! Wendy whips, Laynie reverse, but Wendy reverses back, HAMMERLOCK LARIATO! Cover, TWO!

Laynie survives again, but Wendy hurries after her. Laynie UP KICKS Wendy away, then runs up, only for Wendy to block the kick. Wendy spins Laynie, but Laynie ROUNDHOUSES through! Laynie says time to turn up! SHINING WIZARD! Cover, TWO! Wendy survives and the fans fire up again! Laynie brings Wendy up, fireman’s carries, but Wendy fights with forearms. Wendy waistlocks, Laynie switches, O’Conner, TWO! Wendy has Laynie in the body scissors, DIRT- NO, Laynie rolls back to a cover! TWO, and Wendy gets around, SNOOZE BUTTON SLAM! Cover, TWO! The full nelson bomb wasn’t enough and Wendy is stunned!

Wendy drags Laynie up, wrenches her, then hoists her up into the Tree of Woe. The fans cheer as Wendy runs back in, but Laynie sits up before the dropkick! Wendy staggers while Laynie turns around. Wendy blocks a kick, UPPERCUTS, then climbs up. Wendy CLUBS away on Laynie, then brings her up. Laynie fights the lift, but Wendy powers through to SUPERPLEX after all! The fans fire up while both women are down! Wendy crawls over, reaches out, but she can’t make the cover as Laynie rolls away. Both women rise as the fans rally, and they’re forehead to forehead. BUT SLOANE & LYONS ATTACK!

No Contest; Wendy retains the title

The fans boo as Big Kat Kita and her new little sidekick ruin this instant classic in the making! Sloane SHOTGUNS Laynie, and Lyons SPIN KICKS Wendy! Lyons & Sloane talk trash on champion, challenger, and the fans, then they get Wendy up to mug her even more! ROUNDHOUSE and down goes Wendy! But here comes Karmen! She told them before, and she’s telling ’em now, their bad attitude is gonna get them got! The brawl is on as Evolve fades out, will Karmen get her pound of flesh even before next week’s match?

My Thoughts:

A very good Evolve, maybe even great given they had probably this brand’s best Six Man Tag, maybe the best WWE has done in a long time. And while the Faces lost, I appreciate It’s Gal turning Face by going after CJ Valor in order to even the odds. We also got to see the still unnamed “security guards” do their job, hopefully we get more about those guys. I think Max’s faction needs a better name than WWE ID 2.0/Gen 2, but I just can’t be sure what that name would be. An obvious choice would be “The Main Men,” but even that doesn’t seem good enough.

As I figured, that bit with Rourke fighting off Kam & Harley could’ve just been put on at the very end of last week’s episode, it wasn’t that dramatic of a cliffhanger. Anyway, great promo from Rourke that then brought out pretty much everyone else, and good on Thatcher to create that Fatal 4 Way. The irony is that Kam, Tristan and DVD have already been on NXT, why would it be any of them challenging for the Evolve title? Rourke VS Jensen might be the match by default. Very good match from Tate VS Harley, and the quick pin win for Tate is good to keep this feud going. For that matter, Tate might even be used to make sure Kam loses the Fatal 4 Way.

Good little segment from Karmen, Lyons and Sloane, and I do like the implication that Lyons has this special effects crew that follows her around. Very good promos from Wendy and Laynie, and we were getting a great main event, but I feel like Lyons & Sloane attacking actually did kinda ruin things, not just kayfabe “ruin” them. I get keeping Laynie strong as she’s also a Face like Wendy, and is still WWE ID Women’s Champion, but then we get another fade-out cliffhanger of Karmen fighting Lyons and Sloane. I hope this isn’t the new trend, it just doesn’t fit what WWE has been doing with all their other programming. At the same time, I think Karmen gets cheated in her match next week to add heat on this new Heel duo.

My Thoughts: 8.6/10