WWE Evolve 2/18/2026

WWE Evolve 2/18/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/wwe-evolve-2112026.html

We are at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. Blake Howard and Peter Rosenberg are on commentary.

Nikkita Lyons and Arianna Grace talk. Lyons is excited. Grace says PJ Vasa will be Kendal Grey's toughest challenger yet. Grace then wants to talk about Laynie Luck and others. Lyons says she was talking about getting her hands on Diggs and Holiday. Grace doesn't want toe be reminded due to the psychic thing.

Chuey Martinez is in the ring with a table for the Kendal Grey/PJ Vasa contract signing ceremony. Grey and PJ come out. Grey says she heard beating her is going to be an uphill climb but she loves stacking the odds against herself and watching herself beat them. PJ says she shows up and and out. Grey says people underestimated her all her life. She says she thrives under pressure and that's what happened at Succession vs Kali.

PJ says that wasn't the same. She says she didn't lose to her in the triple threat and she can't beat her. PJ says she wants to do things on her terms and do a streetfight. She tell her to come get her issue. Grey signs the contract and PJ bang's Grey's head off the table. She then punches Grey down. She says everyone talks about how Grey is due for greatness and she's not waiting for that.

Cappuccino Jones does a video. He says seeing other WWE ID guys get called up and now him, it gets things brewing in him. He says not everyone ha a taste. He says he likes to have fun but his flavor is top shelf. He says it's time to start waking people up and that starts with winning the Evolve Title from Drake. He says the pot is hot.  

Dante Chen vs Brooks Jensen

Harlem Lewis is probably going to attack Jensen here. 

BJ does a trapezius hold on Chen. Riggins, Braxton and Hendrix are in the VIP Lounge. BJ side headlocks Chen. Chen wristlocks him and takes him down by the arm. Chen wristlocks him. Chen back body drops him and hits armdrags. Chen headbutts the arm. 

BJ boots him down and clubs the neck. BJ bridging cutters him for 2. Chen backslides him and cradles him. BJ lariats him. BJ fist drops him. BJ neckbreakers him for 2. BJ misses an elbow drop and Chen gets a 2 count on him. BJ boots him down. 

BJ chops him down and elbow drops him. Chen is thrown font first into the buckles. Chen boots him off the buckles then top rope head chops him. Chen lariats and dropkicks him. Chen up kicks him then superkicks him. Chen pump kicks him. BJ pulls him throat first onto the top rope. BJ hits a suplex into a backcracker and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't that interesting of a match as expected. There wasn't any real reason to care about this and it was pretty average.

BJ says he put Harlem Lewis down once and will do it again at Succession.

Wendy Choo does a video. She says she was trying to be someone she wasn't for a while and is exhausted. She says she tried to share advice with Kali and it backfired. She says Kali is not going to punch her in the stomach and get away with it. She says let's see if The Difference Maker has it all figured out or if she fakes it until she makes it.  

The Vanity Project are recovering from a party in the back. Sean Legacy, Aaron Rourke and Mike Cunningham come in. They say The Project needs to lock in. Aaron says Team WWE PC wants a 10-man tag with them. Sean says they have to put an end to Cam, Harley and Braxton or it will follow them. Sean says they have to leave the WWE ID project in good hands. Aaron says they can't beat them when they are united together. Mike says it's main man energy. Drake agrees and says they want to be the youngest group to ever dominate Evolve and NXT. The Project talk. Drake says he is facing Cap Jones at Succession but Brad and Smokes are in. 

Drake Morreaux vs It's GAL

They lock up. Gal is shoved down. Gal hits him from behind and side headlocks him. DM shoulders him over and poses. DM suplexes him. Gal's head is banged off the buckles. DM chops Gal on the apron then lariats him over the top and in. DM shoulders Gal over.

Gal boots him in the gut. Gal trips him on a missed facekick and corner dropkicks him for 2. Gal elbow drops the leg. Gal hits a pendulum ddt for 2. DM misses a corner splash and Gal hits shots to the gut. Gal struts and DM throws him on a slam. 

DM forearms and facekicks him over. DM atomic drops him then spinning lariats him. DM hits a chokeslam and wins.

Thoughts: It was fine. Gal did a bit more than usual and continues to try some different things. Gal did his usual shenanigans and Drake moved well.

Cam, Braxton and Harley come in. Cam says they have a 10-man tag next week. He says Jax is injured. Cam says DM can't trust the WWE ID guys. He says WWE PC are the winners. He says they have a spot for him. Cam says he's leading things to NXT and Wrestlemania. Cam puts his arm around him. DM says he knows exactly what side of history he wants to be on. The announcers say it sounds like a no, but his words implied otherwise. Gal asks to be put on Team WWE PC. Gal basically begs but they ignore him.  

Thoughts: They implied here that Keanu Carver is now permanently on NXT and since he's not listed for the 10-man tag, I would believe them. 

Kali Armstrong talks outside. She says she hurt Wendy's feelings but it wasn't personal, he didn't need her help. Kali said no one offered her advice on her way to the top and now everyone wants to be buddy-buddy while she's on her way to the top. She says she found herself and says she feels the fire when she had when she was champ. She says she accepts Wendy's challenge but will make her regret putting her name in her mouth.

Nikkita Lyons and Arianna Grace vs Masyn Holiday and Layla Diggs

Mas and LD dance to the ring as usual. Grace has stacks with her. Chantel Monroe is in the VIP Section.

Mas rolls up Grace then wristlocks her. Grace gets her arms yanked on. Grace side headlock takeovers Mas and crucifixes her. Mas side headlocks Grace then shoulders her over. Mas crossbodies her for 2. LD 2nd rope double axe handles Grace's arm then wristlocks her. LD trips Lyons then side headlocks her. All 4 get in and the faces hit stereo dropkicks. The faces dance as the heels go out.

We go to break and return. Lyons tries to knee Mas from the apron but is stopped. Mas is tripped onto the apron face first by Lyons. Lyons pounds on her outside. Lyons does a split legged drop on her for 2. Lyons leg chokes her on the 2nd rope and twerks. Lyons forearms Mas down then chinlocks her. 

Lyons chinlocks her and lays on her with it. Lyons clubs on Mas then suplexes her for 2. Mas is put in tree of woe and stomped. Grace stomps Mas there as well. Grace's neckbreaker is turned into a backslide for 1. Geace knees Mas in the gut and hits elbows on her. Grace low diving forearms her for 2. 

Mas takes a double back elbow for 2. Lyons flying forearms her in the corner. Mas sunset flips her out of the corner for 2. Lyons lariats her for 2. Lyons cranks her head. They double clothesline each other down. LD comes in and clears off the heels. She step up enzugiri's Grace then pumping knees her in the corner for 2. 

LD flips out of a lariat and hits a pele kick off of it for 2. Grace codebreakers Mas. LD backrolls Grace for 2. Lyons high kicks LD then Grace hits a wasteland on LD and pins her.

Thoughts: It was an average match for the most part. They hit their stuff clean but the match wasn't that great. I was a little surprised to see the heels win. 

Tate Wilder talks in the back. He says Evolve has been involved in conflict and division for a while and says Evolve has become a war zone between Team WWE ID and Team WWE PC. He says he tried to do the right thing but WWE PC is obsessed with destroying the other team. He says he can't stand for the injustice, power trips and sneak attacks. He says this business and life isn't fair. He says he will make the 10-man tag fair as he will be the special guest ref. He says the sheriff of justice is coming to town.

Overall thoughts: Nothing was that great here in-ring wise but they are doing a good job outside of the ring. They've got a lot of things set-up with Choo/Kali, Grey/PJ, WWE ID vs WWE PC and Grace/Lyons doing their heel thing. I wouldn't say there was a clear match of the night here. I would give it a slight 6 out of 10 overall but you don't need to see this one.