Tag: Chris Hero

  • EVOLVE’s 2016 summer schedule: Lots of Timothy Thatcher, Cody Rhodes & Summer of Scurll

    On Wednesday, EVOLVE announced their talent lineups for their summer shows. While all of the matches aren’t officially set, there are a few put in place.

    EVOLVE 64
    Saturday, July 16th | Queens, NY | 4 PM EST (show will be over by time WWE at MSG begins)

    – EVOLVE Champion Timothy Thatcher vs. Marty Scurll

    – EVOLVE Tag Team Champions Drew Gulak & Tracy Williams

    – Johnny Gargano

    – Drew Galloway

    – Zack Sabre Jr.

    – TJP with Stokely Hathaway

    – Matt Riddle

    – Ethan Page

    – Fred Yehi

    – Cedric Alexander

    – Tony Nese…and more.

    EVOLVE 65
    Sunday, July 17th | Melrose, MA | 7 PM EST

    – EVOLVE Champion Timothy Thatcher vs. TJP with Stokely Hathaway

    – EVOLVE Tag Team Champions Drew Gulak & Tracy Williams

    – Johnny Gargano

    – Drew Galloway

    – Zack Sabre Jr.

    – Marty Scurll

    – Matt Riddle

    – Ethan Page

    – Fred Yehi

    – Cedric Alexander

    – Tony Nese…and more.

    EVOLVE 66
    Saturday, August 19th | Joppa, MD | 8 PM EST

    – EVOLVE Champion Timothy Thatcher vs. Matt Riddle — no holds barred

    – Cody Rhodes vs. Johnny Gargano

    – EVOLVE Tag Team Champions Drew Gulak & Tracy Williams

    – Zack Sabre Jr.

    – Marty Scurll

    – TJP with Stokely Hathaway

    – Tony Nese

    – Cedric Alexander

    – Ethan Page

    – Fred Yehi

    – Peter Kaasa…and more.

    EVOLVE 67
    Saturday, August 20th | Brooklyn, NY | 3pm EDT
     (show will be over by the time NXT starts)

    – EVOLVE Champion Timothy Thatcher vs. Drew Gulak

    – Tommy End vs. Matt Riddle

    – Cody Rhodes

    – Drew Galloway

    – Chris Hero

    – Tracy Williams

    – Zack Sabre Jr.

    – Marty Scurll

    – TJP with Stokely Hathaway

    – Cedric Alexander

    – Ethan Page

    – Fred Yehi

    – Peter Kaasa…and more.

    Here’s a video recap of their last two events if you’re not familiar with the product:

  • Evolve 62 results & video highlights: Hero vs. Thatcher III; Tony Nese gets WWE tourney opp

    – Anthony Nese vs. Fred Yehi

    Yehi won via submission after clamping on the Koji Clutch. Nese did a promo afterward saying despite his losing streak, he wants an opportunity in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic and he wants it Saturday night.

    – Darby Allin vs. Ethan Page

    Page won after hitting a package piledriver. Earlier in the match, Page gorilla press slammed Allin over the ropes and into a support beam that was said to be a big spot.

    – Cedric Alexander vs. Matt Riddle

    Riddle submitted Alexander with a neck crank after hitting a fisherman’s buster.

    – Evolve Tag Team Champs Catch Point (Drew Gulak & Tracy Williams) vs. Bravado Brothers (Harlem & Lancelot Bravado)

    Champs retain after Williams pinned Lancelot after a big DDT spot. Post-match, Catch Point are cutting a promo and calling out Evolve Champion Timothy Thatcher. Thatcher came out, and told the guys to get lost.

    – Evolve Champion Timothy Thatcher vs. Chris Hero

    Said to be a great match. Thatcher retained the gold by submitting Hero with a cross armbar.

    Post-match, Riddle, Gulak, Williams, and Stokely Hathaway all came out to contront Thatcher. Williams wants his title shot Saturday and Thatcher agrees. 

    – Drew Galloway & Ethan Carter III vs. Johnny Gargano & TJ Perkins (Unsanctioned Street Fight)

    Wild match that spilled everywhere including on the bar inside the arena and outside the arena. Big action, table spots, you name it. Gulak came out to check on Perkins after Galloway powerbombed him through a table. This brought Hero out who hit a piledriver on Gulak and then booted Gargano and piledrove him to turn on Evolve. ECIII hit the One Percenter on Perkins for the win.

    Post-match promos by Galloway and Carter reveal a fourth member of their crew: Cody Rhodes! Rhodes will debut for the promotion on August 19th in Maryland against Gargano.

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    Evolve 63 card — Saturday from Orlando, FL:

    – Evolve Champion Timothy Thatcher vs. Tracy Williams

    – WWE Cruiserweight Tournament preview: Johnny Gargano vs. Drew Gulak vs. TJP vs. Lince Dorado vs. Tony Nese elimination match. If Nese wins, he’s in the tourney.

    – Anything Goes: Drew Galloway vs. Ethan Page

    – ECIII open challenge to anyone on the Evolve roster

    – Matt Riddle vs. Trevor Lee

    – Fred Yehi vs. Cedric Alexander

    – The Bravado Brothers vs. Jason Cade & Darby Allin

  • Evolve 53 iPPV results: Chris Hero & Tommy End vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Sami Callihan

    By Chris GST, courtesy of PWPonderings.com

    This weekend will see EVOLVE crown their first ever tag team champions after the DGUSA Open the United Gate Championship was retired. EVOLVE Champion Timothy Thatcher unfortunately had to be taken out of the tournament due to an injury. Thatcher opened up the show saying that while he can’t compete this weekend, he wants to face Davey Richards and Chris Hero in the future. Thatcher promised to take out all of the Catch Point faction one by one which brought out the Premier Athlete Brand of Caleb Konley and Anthony Nese with So Cal Val. Val assured Konley that he would receive a title shot in the future. The Bravado Brothers came out after Thatcher pointed out that tonight was about the Tag Title Tournament.

    – EVOLVE Tag Team Title Tournament 1st Round Match: The Bravados def the Premier Athlete Brand with a rolling Complete Shot from Harlem off of Lancelot’s back to advance.

    – Jason Cade pins Joe Coleman with a shooting star press. These two from from the WWN tryout.

    – Style Battle 2016 Round Robin Tournament Match: Matt Riddle submits Peter Kaasa in a heel hook. Riddle is (1-0) and Kaasa is (0-1).

    – PJ Black def. Ethan Page. Page had pinned Black with the spinning Dwayne, but the ref didn’t see Black’s foot underneath the ropes. Page noticed that Black’s foot was there and wanted the match restarted. Page was pinned by a modified crucifix pin from Black who officially wins the match.

    – EVOLVE Tag Team Title Tournament 1st Round Match: RPG Vice (Rocky Romero & Trent?) def Team Tremendous (Dan Barry & Bill Carr) to advance after Romero distracted the ref which allowed Trent? To hit Dan Barry with a low blow and follow it up with Strong Zero

    – Style Battle 2016 Round Robin Tournament Match: “Hot Sauce” Tracy Williams def Fred Yehi after a piledriver. Williams is now (1-0) and Yehi is (0-1). Team Catch Point so far has won all of their matches in the RRT.

    – EVOLVE Tag Team Title Tournament 1st Round Match: Drew Galloway & Johnny Gargano vs. Catch Point (Drew Gulak & TJ Perkins) was supposed to happen but Trevin Adams allowed this match to be moved to the main event as Gargano was making it back from a NXT event.

    – EVOLVE Tag Team Title Tournament 1st Round Match: Heroes Eventually Die (Chris Hero & Tommy End) def Zack Sabre Jr. & Sami Callihan after a knee strike/rolling elbow combo on Sabre Jr

    – EVOLVE Tag Team Title Tournament 1st Round Match: Drew Galloway & Johnny Gargano def Drew Gulak & TJP w/Matt Riddle & Hot Sauce after pinning Catch Point leader Drew Gulak with the Future Shock DDT

    Your Saturday night semifinals at Evolve 54 on iPPV: Galloway & Gargano vs. The Bravado Bros. and RPG Vice vs. Heroes Eventually Die.