WWE Evolve 9/17/2025

WWE Evolve 9/17/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/wwe-evolve-9102025.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/wwe-evolve-9242025.html 

The Vanity Project comes out to talk. Drake says the party hasn't stopped for Drake since the triple threat. He says you can pray for their downfall but it will never happen. He asks who wants the smoke and Ricky Smokes says no one does. He says the champ stays the champ. They then pose.

Drake says they are in their gear for a reason. He says he set his crew up with an 8-person tag match. He says The Project runs the brand and says to bring their opponents out.

Dante Chen, Drako Knox, Tyra Mae Steele and Sean Legacy vs The Vanity Project (Bryce Donovan, Brad Baylor, Ricky Smokes and Zayda Steel)

Zay and Tyra start us off. They push each other. Zay slaps her and is slapped back. Zay side headlocks her. Tyra throws her, Smokes comes in and Tyra wants some but must tag out. Knox waistlock takedowns Smokes. Smokes back elbows him. Knox shoulders him over. Knox tilt-a-whirl backbrekaers him and sliding lariats him for 2.

Smokes takes a hiptoss into kicks and into a splash for 2. Brad gets in. Sean dropkicks him in the knee and double stomps his back. Sean dropkicks Brad, hits kicks and standing moonsaults him for 2. 

Chen hits strikes on Brad and step up enzugiri's him. Brad snapmares Chen then misses a legdrop. Chen atomic drops him 4 times then Knox gets one in one. Knox rams Brad into the corner. Brad rakes Knox's eyes and lariats him from behind. Bryce clubs on him as we go to break.

We return and Brad stomps Knox in the corner. Bryce clubs Knox. Knox boots Brad out of the corner and knees Knox in the gut. Bryce hits a nice punch on Knox and hits back elbows. Bryce slams Knox and elbow drops him for 2. Knox boots Brad out of the corner and sends Bryce out. Sean is tagged in. He hits shots on Brad then hits kicks.

Bryce slams Sean onto Drake's knees. Bryce clubs Sean. Zay pulls Sean's hair in the corner. Brad corner spears Sean. Brad clubs Sean and hits punches. Smokes dropkicks Sean in the back of the neck for 2. Smokes boots Sean and hits mounted shots on him. 

Tyra and Smokes argue. Sean back body drops Smokes. Chen gets in and pump kicks then lariats Smokes. Chen hits a double back elbow and backfist on Swipe Right. Chen hits a south of heaven on Bryce for 2. Tyra karelin's lifts Zay. She germans Smokes on his neck then germans Brad in front of the ref which should be a DQ.

Chen hits a shot off the top on Bryce when he goes after Tyra. Sean topes out and Knox suicide dives out. Tyra also dives out. Chen double chops Bryce and pins him.

Thoughts: Tyra german'd the boys in front of the ref. That should have been a DQ. I don't like Bryce losing since he's supposed to be the big guy but this is part of a bigger story. What we got was enough was okay but nothing too special. I would have had Swipe Right win since they are staying together and the faces aren't.

Chuey Martinez interviews Marcus Mathers and Aaron Rourke about their tag tonight. They talk about their low ratings on Gal's stud-o-meter. Aaron says it will mean nothing once the bell rings. Mathers says Gal can go but doesn't get what Jamal Hampton gets from teaming with him. Mathers says their concern is getting the win.

Carlee Bright and Kendal Grey talk in the back. CB says an I Quit match is crazy considering Wendy Choo doesn't speak. Grey says she might be right but she will do whatever it takes to make her say "I Quit". Grey then puts CB in an armlock and CB says to save it for Choo.

Tate Wilder is in the locker room. Sean Legacy asks if everything is arlight. Tate says he can't figure it out. Sean says wrestling is tough and it's a man's game. He tells him to brush it off. He says it doesn't matter how many times he fails and says it's the beginning of his story. He says the only way to go is up. Sean brings up Enofe and says he won't let him off the hook. Sean says Tate needs to be more prepared and ready next time. Tate says Enofe will be sorry he tried Sean. Sean tells him not to let anyone push him around either. Tate says it's time to get back on the horse.

Marcus Mathers and Aaron Rourke vs It's GAL and Jamar Hampton

Gal and Jamar pose together and spin around together for their entrance. 

Gal and AR lock up. AR gets out of a wristlock and reverses it. Gal is taken down and Gal headscissors him while doing push-up's. Gal snapmares him and slaps him in the back of the head. AR slaps him back and poses at him. AR is flipped and does a codebreaker.

AR forward cartwheel double chops Gal. MM jumps off AR's back and forearms Gal in the corner. He then rolls him into a jumping kick for 2. Gal slams MM. MM hits shots on Jamar and dropkicks him.

AR side headlocks Jamar. AR's throat is pulled over the top rope and Jamar dropkicks him. Gal hits shots on AR in the corner and lariats him. Jamal corner lariats AR. AR takes a double suplex. Gal and Jamar then do push-up's on AR and double elbow drop him for 2. 

Gal and AR trade forearms. Gal hits corner spears on AR and corner boots him. Jamar jumps over Gal's back and butt drops AR's back while he's bridges. Jamar throws AR. AR kicks Jamar off the buckles. AR enzugiri's Gal. MM gets in. 

MM running lariats Gal twice. MM hook kicks him then 2nd rope os cutters him. Jamar boots MM in the gut. MM spin kicks Jamar then 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him for 2. AR hits a nice dropkick on Gal. MM tope con hilos both opponents outside. AR goes up top and jumps over Jamar, hurting his knee on the way down. AR takes a double powerbomb move and is pinned.

Thoughts: I liked it. Gal and Jamar are meshing a bit better as a team and the faces did what they were supposed to do before going down.

 Kali Armstrong is interviewed by Chuey. Kali says she's been champ for 100 days and gets to be a fan tonight. She asks how Grey will make Choo say she quits when she doesn't talk?  Kali says they will show who is on top of the women's division but she will show who is on top of them. Wendy Choo comes in and laughs then leaves.

Someone named Carl is in a tie and collared shirt is talking about Sean Legacy. He says it's a headache working with him and says all Sean do is talk wrestling. He says he sees his drive and dedication and supports it. Sean then pop-up behind a window, yells "ice cream" and says he got him. We then get a "This is Evolve" graphic.

The Vanity Project talk in the back. Drake asks what that was. He says they dropped the ball. Brad and Smokes blame Bryce.  

Drake says they have a standard and says if Bryce can't live up to it, it's not a good look for him. Bryce says it was an 8-person match. He says no one has anything to say when they win but they point the finger at him when he loses. Drake says if he will be the enforcer, enforce. Bryce says how about he shows him what enforcer means, champ. He then walks off.

I Quit Match - Kendal Grey vs Wendy Choo

KG hits Choo from behind during intros and they each hit mounted shots on each other. KG's head is banged off the buckles and Choo boots her in the corner. KG boots her in the corner then bangs her head off the buckles. KG presses on Choo's arm over the buckle. Choo eye rakes her and double throat thrusts her.

KG is thrown out and Choo laughs. Choo is put under the ring skirt. KG pounds on her and pulls on her arm. KG baseball slides her. Choo hides under the ring and pulls KG under the ring with her. 

Choo chairs her in the gut and sends her into the post. KG is pulled around the post and stretched. KG chops her and is knee'd in the gut. KG is put in tree of woe with a chair between the buckles. KG boots her while she's upside down. 

KG is catapulted throat first into the bottom rope. We go to break and return. Choo swinging urange's her. KG hides under the ring then shows up behind Choo. KG hits punches on Choo and boots her. KG running back elbows her then germans her. KG sends her into the chair between the buckles. KG chairs her in the back. KG armbars her.

Choo brainbusters her. Choo chokes KG with a chair and pushes it into her face. KG double boots her out of the corner. KG rolls her into an ankle lock. Choo chairs her in the back. Choo wraps the chair around KG's neck then pushes her into the buckles chair first. Choo does her grounded cobra clutch variation.

KG armbars her. They both roll out. KG is sent into the steps. Choo goes for a suplex and KG ddt's her into a chair off of it. KG then slingshot double stomps the chair onto Choo's arm. KG rolling armbars Choo and Choo quits.

Thoughts: It was a good match. KG was fiery and aggressive and did well in one of her biggest matches to date. Choo did her part as well. I enjoyed this one and KG really stepped up.

Choo asks, "What's left for me?" in the corner and Bright celebrates with KG.

Overall thoughts: We only had 3 matches here. The first match was okay enough. I liked the second match and the girls did well in the main with Kendal Grey having one of her better matches so far. It was a decent show and I'd give it a 6 out of 10 overall.