WWE Evolve 11/12/2025

WWE Evolve 11/12/2025

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The Vanity Project talk. Zayda isn't with them. They put over Keanu Carver. Drake says Keanu has every tool except braims. He says Keanu can't beat him. Smokes says they will show they are the future of WWE.

Kali Armstrong comes out to talk. She says last time we saw her she was at war. She says Kendal Grey took her to her limits. She says she doesn't lose - she either wins or learns. She says she took time off to gather herself. She says she knows how to handle adversity. She says it starts with her regaining something she lost. She says how about they give the people what they asked for and do a rematch for the title tonight. 

PJ Vasa comes out. PJ says this isn't the same house she left. She says Evolve moved on without her and says there's a new boss in the house. She says she replaced her. She says if anyone is gonna get a shot at Kendal, it's gonna be her. They fight in the ring and it is quickly broken up.

Eli Knight does an inset video. He says he's high octane and fast paced. He said the long road he took in Reality of Wrestling got him here. He says this isn't where the road ends but where it begins. He says he will show why he is fly.

Sean Legacy vs Eli Knight

This is Eli Knight's WWE TV debut.

Jax Presley and his buddy are at ringside. Sean side headlocks him and shoulders him over. Sean dropkicks him in the knee and dropkicks him. Sean atomic drops him. Sean kicks him in the back and is rolled up for 1. Eli headscissors him from the buckles. Eli flips over his back and dropkicks him out. 

Eli tope con hilos him outside. Eli slingshot dropkicks him. Eli vaults off the top rope into a moonsault on him. Sean throws him gut first on the top rope. Sean kicks him in the back and standing moonsaults him for 2. 

Eli chops him. Sean hits Kawada kicks for 2. Sean germans him. Eli rolls into a lariat on him. Eli hits punches. Eli flips over him off the top, enzugiri's him and hits a sliced bread #2 for 2. Eli cradles him for 2. Eli hits a jumping knee then Sean germans him. Sean hits another superkick. Eli spinning forearms him then pump kicks him.

Eli hurricanrana's him for 2. Sean step up enzugiri's him in the corner. Sean hits the shambles and wins.

Thoughts: It was a high flying match as expected with them doing a lot of flips and nice moves. Eli hit everything clean here and had a good showing. I didn't love the match but Eli showed up big in his biggest career match.

Sean Legacy is interviewed after. He says to create a legacy, you need to win titles. He says he's going to enjoy watching Carver and Drake beat up each other tonight. He says he will make sure he's watching. Sean then grabs Eli and says he did great. Sean says Eli has a great future here and he's excited to see what he can do here.

Harley Riggins and Jax Presley walk in. Harley says he's sick of the WWE Evolve talent. Jax calls them bingo hall rejects. Harley says they should have a tag match right now. 

Timothy Thatcher comes out. Tim says he saw what Harley and Jax have been up top. He says no tag match this week but he has a team for them next week. Jax says to bring it and Harley says he will squash any bums they have. 

Layla Diggs and Masyn Holiday practice a dance for TikTok. Nikkita Lyons walks in. She says they look like wifi - buffering a bit. She says she can help out. Masyn says she can do a TikTok collab with her first and Lyons' face. Lyons takes a selfie and says that's the before and says she will do an after when she wins. Lyons then twerks away.

Keanu Carver does a promo. He says he's been tracking Drake since he won the titiel. He says he knows he is facing Drake and his buddies tonight. He says it won't stop him. He says Drake won't walk away and there's no mercy or excuses tonight. He says we will see him walking out champ.

Masyn Holiday vs Nikkita Lyons

MH does a dance with Layla Diggs out to the ring. 

They lock up. NL wristlocks her. MH rolls and flips out of it using the ropes. She throws her down by the arm and splashes her for 2. MH shoulders her over then steps on her. NL catches her crossbody and slams her. NL hits mounted forearms. NL split leg drops her.

NL hits shots to the gut in the corner and spinning back elbows her. NL chokes her with her leg over the 2nd rope. MH hits punches on NL and boots her. MH sunset flips her for 2. NL spin kicks her in the gut for 2.

NL bodyscissors her and they double clothesline each other. Arianna Grace's music hits and she comes out. She poses in the entrance way. NL and MH trade forearms. MH knocks her down with shots and neckbreakers her. 

MH suplexes her for 2. MH misses a standing moonsault then takes a buzzsaw kick. NL vader bombs her and wins.

Thoughts: It was about average. They didn't botch anything but no one did anything too exceptional here. I have no idea what Arianna Grace coming out was about.

Lyons dances over Masyn after with Layla Diggs trying to get her away.

We get a video on It's GAL. He says he's looking for a new pump partner and has been checking out athletes in the PC. He talks about Jax Presley and Harley Riggins. He said as soon as he gave them training advice, they flipped out and broke his glasses. He says he has 3,000 pairs though. He said he went up to Keanu Carver to help spot him and Keanu said he wasn't the guy he's looking for. Gal says building relationships is harder than muscle. He says the sun never goes down on the gain train.

Chuey Martinez interviews Chantel Monroe. She says she doesn't like Wendy Choo and thinks she's a freak. She says a big win is a big win. She says Choo has accomplished a lot but hasn't gotten a win over her. She says Kali and PJ are fighting over table scraps. Monroe says she's getting everything she wanted in a title match with Kendal Grey. She says she will take the title and tells Kendal to shine the title up nice for her.

WWE Evolve Title - Jackson Drake (c) vs Keanu Carver

Drake has Swipe Right with him. Drake hits forearms on him then is shouldered over. KC hits punches to the gut in the corner and bangs Drake's head off the buckles. KC hits more shots in the corner. Drake step up enzugiri's him. Drake hits chops and kicks in the corner.

KC hits a nasty short arm lariat. Tate Wilder is watching in the VIP Section. KC misses a corner spear. Drake tries to pull the cast off of KC's hand. KC throws him off the top rope. KC hits snake eyes on Drake. KC gorilla press gutbusters Drake for 2. 

KC misses a corner charge and is pulled over the top. Drake stomps the injured hand and topes KC outside. Drake high kicks him outside. We go to break and return. 

Drake knee drops KC's injured hand. Sean Legacy is now in the VIP Section too. Drake's springboard is caught and KC suplexes him off of it. KC gorilla press throws Drake then corner splashes him. KC fallaway slams Drake.

Drake flying kicks him in the corner. KC hits a big spinebuster for 2. Drake superkicks him. Drake springboards and KC flying shoulders him in mid-air for 2. Drake goes for KC's cast again. Drake enzugiri's him. Drake springboard swantons him for 2. 

Drake runs into a lariat from KC. KC hits a big powerbomb on Drake for 2. KC poundes him. Ricky Smokes grabs the Evolve Title while Brad distracts the ref. KC bridges Smokes on the top rope and forearms him. Drake flying knee's FC. Brad bangs KC's hand off the post then Drake flying knees KC to win.

Thoughts: They kind of telegraphed this one with KC saying he knew Swipe Right would interfere. They also announced an Evolve Title match for NXT Gold Rush and just so happened to have The Vanity Project there so I knew the odds of KC winning here were low. I don't like KC losing. He's big and bad and losses just kill all of that mystique. KC threw Drake around here as expected. Drake didn't quite work the hand as much as I thought. They had a sloppy section when KC missed a corner spear and they just kind of stayed in the corner without them doing much and without commentary explaining what was going on. Drake did some nice bumping here. It was acceptable but just not great.

Swipe Right has words with Tate Wilder and Sean Legacy after.

Overall thoughts: We finally got to a new set of tapings after the releases. Stevie Turner and Zayda Steel were notably nowhere to be seen here. It seems like Timothy Thatcher may take Stevie's role which is something I did not see coming and am skeptical about. Vasa/Armstrong had an okay segment here. Eli Knight debuted and had a good showing in his first WWE match. Holiday/Lyons was average. The main was acceptable but the wrong man won. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as it was an average show overall.