WWE Evolve 3/5/2025

WWE Evolve 3/5/2025

Note - They did not do a good job of telling us how to find this show. You had to search for this on Tubi and there was not a single mention of the show prior to 8pm. That was a massive failure as the show page should have been up hours beforehand.

This became available on Tubi at 8PM. This is airing against AEW Dynamite.

We see Shawn Michaels, Ava and various wrestlers at the Performance Center. Shawn says they will make history and show the world where wrestling evolves. He welcomes the wrestlers and says he will make the matches tonight.

He announces a male 6-man match and a Kali Armstrong/Dani Palmer vs Kendal Grey and Carlee Bright match to open the show. Shawn says it will be fun to see everyone evolve.

Peter Rosenberg and Robert Stone are on commentary. We have a small studio with purple lighting and a VIP lounge with the couch. If you took away the lounge, it kind of resembles a territory era show.

Kali Armstrong and Dani Palmer vs Kendal Grey and Carlee Bright

These are all former Level Up girls. Dani has jean shorts on, a jean vest with her name on it and a red tanktop.

Kali and Grey start us off. Kali goes into the corner off the lock up. Grey gets backed up into the corner, sat on the top rope and Kali pats her on the head. Dani gets in. Grey yanks on Dani's arm. CB sunset flips Dani. Dani and CB bridge up together. CB backslides her then Dani armdrags her. Dani puts an armlock on her.

Dani headstands out to escape and headflips into a pin attempt. Dani low crossbodies CB. CB flying headscissors Dani and Dani flips out. CB armlocks Kali. Kali armlocks CB.

CB hits Kali in the gut then dropkicks her. CB makes Grey tag in . Kali stops a double clothesline. Grey hits fireman's carries and an armdrag on Kali. Grey does another fireman's carry takeover on Kali and armlocks her. Grey cradles Kali for 2 then yanks the arm. 

Grey sits on Kali's back with the armlock. Kali takes a double hiptoss and Grey tells CB to pin her. CB armlocks Kali. Kali a nice powerslam on CB. Kali talks trash in the camera and says she will be the first ever Evolve winner.

We go to break and return. Kali drops CB with a punch. Dani pendulum double knees CB in the back then goes for a standing moonsault but CB gets her knees up.

Grey and Kali get in. Grey hits back elbows and ddt's Kali. Grey overhead belly to bellies Dani and talks trash. Grey is caught on an up and over and Kali powerslams her for 2. Grey top rope superplexes Kali but Dani hits a top rope splash on Grey for 2. CB codebreakers Kali.

Dani step up enzugiri's Grey and Grey hits a hard spear on Dani for 2. Grey throws out Kali and Grey at the same time and Dani gets a 2 count on her. 3 of the girls fight outside. Dani does a top rope corkscrew moonsault onto Kali outside when Grey and CB move.

Grey rolling armbars Dani and submits her.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time at around 14 minutes or so. I liked it. It was a little different than a usual WWE match with some different camera work and the girls talking trash. Dani did some nice flying as usual though only showed some of her stuff. They pushed Grey and CB as the odd couple here which is new. CB didn't get a ton of offense in. It was good.

Chuey Martinez interviews the winners. CB says that was so much fun and she's out of breath. She says they will go down as the first WWE Evolve match winners. Grey says that's cool and all. She says her eye lash came off and says she wants the audience to think of her and see her dominate. CB says they will be best friends.

We get a video on the history of Evolve, showing wrestlers like Cody, Drew and Gunther who wrestled there. it says the next evolution starts here.

Ricky Smokes, Brad Baylor and Jackson Drake talk. Drake is hyped about being in the main. Brad says Shawn sees himself in them. Ricky says he wants to see the talent outside of the ring. Brad says they are Swipe Right. He says they match with your girlfriends, wives and moms and says we are your next match.

It's Gal and Luca Crusifino are watching.

Jack Cartwheel, Cappuccino Jones and Sean Legacy do a promo. Sean is excited. Jack says him and Jones met at a bar. Jones says it's only crazy until it happens and it's happening now. Sean says this is a moment we won't forget and says they will show why they are always super.

Keanu Carver says he grew up on the concrete and had nothing. He says he got tired of it and was trying to make money. He says he was fighting every single day to get paid. He says he won't take no for an answer.

Trill London says he's from New York and likes to be different. He said he made it to the NFL and says he's completing a childhood dream. He says he was bullied as a kid. He says he's misunderstood but does things his way. He says we will see some different stuff from him.

Keanu Carver vs Trill London

 

This is Trill London's TV debut. Trill comes out with a hockey goalie mask, body armor, ripped up jeans and a long sleeve shirt.

KC grabs Trill by the head and throws him down to start. Trill boots him out of the corner and is thrown in. KC hits big shots on him and drops him. KC hits a big fallaway slam.

Trill hits shots to the gut and side headlocks him. KC then pounces him. KC hits a standing sky high and wins.

Thoughts: It was all squash here with Trill getting nothing in. We've seen Carver before and he was impressive. He looked good and vicious here.

Carver talks trash into the camera after and It's Gal poses behind him.

Rosenberg walks past Gal to interview Luca Cruisifino. Luca says he's here as a rep of The D'Angelo Family. Luca says he runs things on Evolve while Tony runs things on NXT. Luca says he knows about everything that happens here. Luca says none of the people here have been in the ring with a heavy hitter like him. Luca says if he knows you, he's not worried about him. He says the future of Evolve is Luca. He says you can either side with him or against him and says to choose wisely.

We get a commercial for Evolve. Harlem Lewis will be on next week's show.

Jack Cartwheel, Cappuccino Jones and Sean Legacy vs Ricky Smokes, Brad Baylor and Jackson Drake

 

These guys are all from the indies and all 6 are having their WWE TV debuts in this one. The crowd chants "swipe left" at Swipe Right. Jones and Smokes go at it. Smokes throws him down then Jones armdrags him. Jones hits a back body drop. He then leapfrogs and dropkicks Brad.

Sean gordbusters Drake then standing moonsaults him. Jack flips out of the corner and headscissors then dropkicks Drake. Jones and Jack hit a double dropkick on Drake.

Jones back elbows Smokes then is lariated over the top by him. Brad lariats Jones then hits mounted punches. Brad corner spears Jones and Smokes facekicks Jones. Smokes chinlocks Jones. Drake hits knees to Jones' body then fisherman suplexes him for 2.

Brad elbow drops Jones. Jones jawbreakers him. Jones hits a step up enzugiri. Jack gets in. He lariats Drake then flips out of a lariat into a neckbreaker. Jack step up enzugiri's Smokes. Jack flagpole legsweeps Drake then belly springboards into an elbow drop.

We then get a triple dive spot from Jack's team. We go to break and return. Drake gutbusters Jack for 2. Smokes knee drops Jack for 2. Smokes elbows Jack in the back of the head. Jack takes a double suplex for 2. 

Brad chinlocks Jack. Brad back elbows him. Jack takes a backdrop + neckbreaker double team for 2. Jack tornado ddt's Smokes. Sean gets in and hits forearms and kicks on Smokes. Sean germans Drake then 619's Brad in the corner. Sean asai moonsaults into a reverse ddt on Drake. Sean takes a dropkick + spinebuster combo. Drake running knees Sean for 2.

Jones is thrown over the top. Sean headbutts Drake. Jones puts Drake in a ddt and forward rolls. Jones hits a top rope froggy bow elbow on Drake for 2. Sean comes in and pump kicks Brad. Brad twisting double underhook drops him. Jones superman punches Drake then Drake standing spanish flies him. Jack crucifix bombs Drake. Smokes M. Bison stomps Jack.

Sean hits a top rope double dropkick. Sean hits a neckbreaker from the burning hammer position on Brad and wins.

Thoughts: It was a good tag. It was fast paced with lots of action. They didn't overdo it here either. I thought the heels were pretty good here and Jack was clearly the most polished person out there.

Kali Armstrong comes to commentary after. She says she didn't lose and needs another match. She asks who she needs to talk to. 

Shawn Michaels and Ava talk after. Shawn says Ava can direct this how she sees fit. Ava says she has some ideas for next week's main event. He says she's the boss. 

Overall thoughts: The matches were fine and it was a decent show overall. I liked all 3 matches. I don't think anything on here was must see though. The opener got lots of time and while they did have some rookie moments, it was good. Carver looked good in his squash. Trill London looked interesting but didn't get anything in. The main worked out well and I thought did a good job in helping us understand who the heel team was. One thing they didn't do was videos on every wrestler so we could get to know them. I thought they could have also given us more info about what will be on next week's show so we tune in. I'd give the show a 7 out of 10 overall. They had a lot to do here and were able to put out an entertaining and fast paced show from the start which isn't easy to do. The show definitely does feel like early NXT.