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COMPLETE EVOLVE 80 COVERAGE: KEITH LEE VERSUS RICOCHET, ZACK SABRE JR. VERSUS ACH, AND MORE TO START OFF WWN'S WEEKEND OF WRESTLING

By Richard Trionfo on 2017-03-30 22:25:00

Welcome to PWInsider.com’s live coverage of Evolve 80 from the Orlando Live Event Center in Orlando, Florida.

The show begins with Drew Galloway making his way to the ring to join Lenny Leonard and Joanna Rose.

Drew takes the mic and Lenny and Joanna leave the ring.

Drew says this is no ordinary show and no ordinary weekend.  Drew says this is the biggest weekend in the history of the company.  Drew says he does not trust anyone but himself to get the job done.  Drew welcomes everyone to the WWN Experience from Orlando, Florida.  You have lots of options, but you have chosen wisely.  All of the top talent congregate under this banner.  Just like he is the evolution of wrestling, you are the evolution of fans.

Drew says this is not Wrestlemania week.  This is the week when wrestling fans from all over the world get together to talk about wrestling.  The people come to make this shows.  This is not Mania Week.  This is Wrestling Week.

Drew says this is the end of a year long road.  Last year, he started a crusade of good versus evil.  Us versus Them.  He has been injured and he came back.  There is only one obstacle until this war is over and he can become WWN Champion.  That obstacle is Matt Riddle.

Drew says it takes so much more than what you do in the ring to be the franchise player of this company.  If Matt is the face of this company, it will crumble.  He can insult Matt to his face, he could insult his family, or even his cat and he would have that goofy look on his face and say Bro.

Matt Riddle's music plays and he says they don't need to wait for the main event to fight.

Match Number One:  Grudge Rematch:  Drew Galloway versus Matt Riddle

Drew slaps Matt before the bell rings and Drew with punches and a kick.  Riddle with chops to Drew followed by kicks as they go across the ring.  Riddle with forearms and then he hits a bicycle kick.  Riddle with a flying forearm into the corner followed by a suplex.  They fight to the floor.  Galloway with a chop and Riddle with a forearm.  Galloway hot shots Riddle on the guardrail.  Galloway with a power slam onto the apron.  Galloway carries Riddle on his shoulders and hot shots him on the guardrail again.  

Galloway slaps Riddle and Riddle slaps back.  They go back and forth until Riddle gains the advantage and he connects with forearms.  Drew misses a clothesline and Riddle with a Go To Sleep.  Riddle with a knee.  Galloway trips Riddle on the apron.  Galloway stomps on Riddle on the apron.  Drew with a piledriver off the apron through a table.  Galloway brings Riddle back into the ring and he can only get a two count.

Drew with a Future Shock DDT and a piledriver for the three count.

Winner:  Drew Galloway

After the match, Drew gets ready to attack Riddle, but the members of Catch Point make the save.  

Match Number Two:  Special Challenge Match:  Timothy Thatcher (with Stokely Hathaway) versus Chris Dickinson

Thatcher with a wrist lock takedown. Thatcher with a single leg crab.  Thatcher with a single leg crab and he gets a near fall.  Dickinson with a kick to the chest.  Dickinson backs Thatcher into the corner.  Dickinson with a kick to the chest and Thatcher with forearms.  Dickinson with forearms and a kick to the chest.  Dickinson with a body scissors and Thatcher with forearms.  Dickinson with punches.  Dickinson with a Boston Crab.  Dickinson with a rocking horse and he sends Thatcher''s head into the turnbuckles.  Dickinson with kicks but Thatcher with an ankle lock.

Thatcher with a side salto for a near fall.  Dickinson with chops and Thatcher with forearms.  Thatcher with a European uppercut but Dickinson with a butterfly suplex and a near fall.  Thatcher with a sleeper but Dickinson with a Saito suplex and both men are down.  Dickinson with a running clothesline into the corner and then he hits a second one.  Thatcher with a waist lock after Dickinson gets to the ropes.  Dickinson gets a near fall.  Thatcher blocks a power bomb attempt.  Thatcher goes for the arm but Dickinson with chops.  Thatcher with a European uppercut but Dickinson with an enzuigiri.  Thatcher with a take down and he forces Dickinson to tap out.

Winner:  Timothy Thatcher

Match Number Three:  Catch Point vs. High-Flyer Match:  Jaka versus Jason Kincaid versus Lio  Rush

Jaka goes after Rush and then Rush is sent to the floor.  Kincaid with a head scissors to send Jaka to the floor.  Rush works over Kincaid but Kincaid sits and meditates.  Rush with an enzuigiri to Kincaid.  Jaka with a clothesline to Rush followed by an elbow drop.  Jaka gets a near fall.  Jaka kicks Rush.  Rush with a rollup on Jaka for a near fall.  Jaka with a slingshot pescado onto Rush and Kincaid.  Jaka with knees to Kincaid followed by an Irish whip and elbow.  Jaka with an Exploder to Kincaid for a near fall.  Jaka with chops.  Jaka sends Rush to the floor.  Kincaid with a kick to Jaka.  Kincaid kicks Rush from the apron and then hits a slingshot cutter and then he get a near fall.  Rush sets for a suplex to the floor but Kincaid blocks it.

They go back and forth.  Rush gets Kincaid up and Jaka blocks it.  Jaka suplexes Kincaid and he brings Rush back in.  Jaka chops Kincaid and Kincaid chops Rush.  Rush chops Jaka.  They continue to chop each other.  Kincaid with forearms to Jaka and Rush with forearms to.  Rush kicks Kincaid when it looks like they are working together.  Jaka with a jumping spin kick for a near fall.  Kincaid with a rana to Jaka that sends him to the floor.  Kincaid runs into a boot from Rush.  Rush with a baseball slide to Jaka.  Rush with a reverse rana to Kincaid and then Rush goes up top.  Jaka with a forearm to stop Rush.

Jaka sets for a superplex to the floor but Rush blocks it.  Kincaid climbs the turnbuckles too and he goes up top.  All three men are on top and Kincaid hits a Double Frankensteiner.  Kincaid gets a near fall.  Jaka chops Kincaid and Kincaid chops back.  Jaka sets for a double choke slam but Kincaid and Rush stop him.  Jaka with a double clothesline.  Rush and Kincaid with a double super kick.

Rush misses a back fist and Kincaid with a round kick.  Rush with a C4 and a suicide dive to Jaka.  Rush goes up top and he hits a frog splash for the three count.

Winner:  Lio Rush

After the match, Kincaid does not leave the ring immediately.

Match Number Four:  Facade and Leon versus the Gatekeepers (with Ethan Page)

Facade starts off and the Gatekeeper with a forearm and chop. Facade avoids a clothesline and hits an enzuigiri.  Facade gets his boot up and he hits a springboard side kick.  Facade runs into a Black Hole Slam.  Leon tags in and Gatekeeper Two with a clothesline.  Leon with a back heel kick and thrust kicks.  Gatekeeper Two with a choke slam and he knocks Facade off the apron.  Gatekeeper One tags in and they hit a Doomsday Elbow drop for the three count.

Winners:  The Gatekeepers

After the match, Page gets on the mic.  Ethan introduces himself and he says the show you will be enjoying tonight is all part of the Era of Ego.  Ethan says if you don't believe in the Era of Ego, he reminds everyone that Ethan Page has been causing chaos in this company for over a year.  He has earned the right to look at the camera.  He says that Ethan Page demands to be in the Evolve Title Picture. 

Since no one is running out here to give him a title match, why not have his opponent come out here and get his ass kicked.

Match Number Five:  Special Attraction Match:  Ethan Page (with The Gatekeepers) versus Austin Theory

They lock up and Page pushes Theory on the break.  Page misses a few punches and Theory with a chop.  Theory with a kick.  Theory with a boot and Page with a forearm and Page with a cross arm slam off the turnbuckles.  Page with a punch.  Page with a back body drop.  Page kicks Theory.  Page with a drop kick to the knees.  Page with a reverse chin lock.  Theory with elbows and a jumping enzuigiri.  Page with a running forearm.  Theory kicks Page away.  Theory with a rolling drop kick.  

Theory with a suicide dive.  Theory with a shooting star press for a near fall.  Theory gets Page on his shoulders but Page escapes.  Theory with an elbow but he runs into a boot.  Theory with a rolling blockbuster.  Page sends Theory into the turnbuckles.  Page with a slingshot cutter for a near fall.  Theory with elbows.  Theory with a forearm.  Theory misses a forearm.  Page with a super kick and a running boot to the chest.  Page with a uranage for the three count.

Winner:  Ethan Page

After the match, Page gets on his knees to get down to Austin's level.  He says you drove all the way to Orlando to have your big moment against All Ego and you lost.  You want someone to help you up to your feet like you did something?  Ethan tells Austin to get out of his ring.

Ethan says if Evolve will not grant him his title match, he will gladly continue the chaos all the way to the Supershow.  Ethan says he does not mind ruining the relationship with Progress in his match against Jimmy Havoc.

Priscilla Kelly comes to the ring and she gets in Ethan's face.  Smoke comes from one of the entrances.

Men in hospital scrubs come to the ring and they carry a body bag.

The Gatekeepers attack the men in hospital scrubs and then they pick up the body bag and throw it to the mat.  They pick it up again and throw the body bag onto the men in the scrubs.

They prop the body bag in the corner.  They open it and it is Darby Allin with a pipe and he hits the Gatekeepers with it.

Darby takes the mic and he calls out Ethan and he tells him to keep his eyes on him.  There will never be an Era of Ego as long as his heart is still beating.  Do something about it.  At Evolve 81, Darby Allin versus Ethan Page . . . Anything Goes.  Tomorrow night, he will feel so freakin' alive as you lay before him.

Match Number Six:  Keith Lee Trial Series Match #3:  Ricochet versus Keith Lee

They shake hands before locking up.  They lock up and Ricochet tries to back Lee into the corner, but that does not work too well.  Lee puts Ricochet on the turnbuckles and pats his chest and then shows that he cares by doing the heart gesture.  Ricochet goes for the leg to take him down and that works as well as the lock up.  Ricochet with a drop kick and Lee wipes off the spot where the drop kick connected.

Ricochet with another drop kick and the same result.  Ricochet with kicks and a side head lock.  Lee picks up Ricochet.  Lee with a drop kick.  Lee with a punch and biels Ricochet across the ring.  Lee picks Ricochet up in the corner and sends him to the mat and gets a near fall.  Lee biels Ricochet across the ring again.  Ricochet kicks Lee in the leg and Lee with a kick to Ricochet.  Ricochet with punches and forearms. 

Lee with an Irish whip and he runs into boots from Ricochet.  Ricochet with a rana that staggers Lee.  Ricochet drop kicks a charging Lee into the turnbuckles.  Ricochet with a springboard European uppercut.  Ricochet with a flip dive and Lee catches Ricochet and puts him back on the apron.  Ricochet with a kick and then he hits a corkscrew plancha onto Lee.  Ricochet gets a near fall.

Ricochet tries to get Lee on his shoulders and he cannot get him up.  Lee floats over and then he runs through a Ricochet clothesline attempt and Lee with a clothesline.  Ricochet grabs the leg and Lee sets for a power bomb but Ricochet lands on his feet and hits a cutter followed by a shooting star press for a near fall.  Ricochet tries to get Lee up for a Burning Hammer and that does not work.  Ricochet blocks a power bomb attempt and hits a reverse rana.  Ricochet gets Lee on his shoulders and hits a kick.  Ricochet wth a series of kicks and he gets a near fall.

Ricochet misses a splash from the top but he lands on his feet.  Lee with a choke slam.  Ricochet with forearms and Lee with a forearm that sends Ricochet to the mat.  Ricochet with forearms and Lee with another forearm to send Ricochet back to the mat.  Ricochet with chops and forearms.  Lee with a forearm to the back and he hits a pop up Last Ride but Ricochet kicks out.  

Lee walks across Ricochet's chest and he tries to figure out what to do.  Lee goes up top for a moonsault but he misses when Ricochet moves.  Ricochet with a 630 splash but he gets a near fall.  Ricochet with a shooting star press for a near fall.  Ricochet goes for another shooting star press and Lee grabs Ricochet by the throat.  Ricochet with a jumping knee and a series of kicks.  Ricochet wtih a spinning round kick and then he goes up top one more time.  Ricochet with a 630 Splash for the three count.

Winner:  Ricochet

After the match, they shake hands and Ricochet raises Keith's hand.

Match Number Seven:  EVOLVE Tag Team Championship Match:  Tracy Williams and Fred Yehi versus Michael Elgin and Donovan Dijak

Elgin and Williams start things off and they lock up.  Elgin backs Williams into the corner and he gives a clean break.  They lock up again and Williams backs Elgin into the corner.  Elgin with a forearm and Williams with a forearm of his own.  Elgin and Williams go back and forth with forearms but Williams gets the advantage.  Williams works on the arm with an arm bar.  Elgin with a front face lock but Williams with a reversal.  Elgin with a wrist lock but Williams rolls through into a full nelson.  Williams with a side head lock.  Williams goes for a shoulder tackle and Elgin does not move.  Elgin with a shoulder tackle and Williams with a chop.  Elgin with a forearm and Williams fires back.

Elgin with more forearms.  Elgin with an Irsih whip but Williams with a cross arm breaker in the ropes.  Elgin gets Williams up but Williams gets back to his feet.

Dijak and Yehi tag in and Yehi with chops.  Dijak grabs Yehi by the throat but Yehi with chops.  Yehi with a flying shoulder tackle that sends Dijak into the ropes.  Dijak misses a round kick and Yehi stomps on the feet.  Dijak with a knee to the back and then he flings Yehi behind him.  Fred avoids a charge into the corner and Yehi with a drop kick.  Yehi with a forearm in the corner and he hits a missile drop kick.  Yehi gets a near fall.  Williams tags in and connects with a knee.  Williams and Yehi with a double suplex.  

They hit a double belly-to-back suplex.  Elgin gets Williams on his shoulder and he drops Williams on the apron.  DIjak tosses Yehi over the top rope.  Dijak with a Fosbury Flop onto Yehi and Williams.  Dijak with a slam and Elgin with a slingshot splash for a near fall.  Elgin with a back breaker to Williams.   Elgin with a forearm to the kidneys.  He does it a second time.  Elgin with a delayed vertical suplex.  Dijak tags in and he hits a back breaker.  Dijak gets a near fall.  Dijak with a forearm to the back.  Dijak with a slam and he misses a splash off the middle rope.

Elgin tags in and Williams with a dragon screw leg whip.  Yehi tags in and he chops Elgin as he avoids Elgin.  Yehi with a drop kick to the leg and then he uses Dijak to stomp on Elgin's hand.  Yehi with drop kicks for a near fall.  Yehi with a forearm but Elgin with an enzuigiri.  Williams tags in and he hits a missile drop kick and Yehi holds on with a German suplex for a near fall.  

Williams with a clothesline into the corner.  Elgin with a clothesline.  Williams with a discus clothesline.  Elgin with a Falcon Arrow.  Dijak tags in and he connects with a forearm to Yehi on the apron.  Dijak with a baseball slide and suplex throw to Williams.  Dijak with a Yakuza Kick and he puts Williams on the turnbuckles for a superplex.  Dijak is sent back to the mat but he gets up top again.  Williams drops Dijak on the top turnbuckle and he hits an Olympic Slam for a near fall.  Elgin with a bicycle kick to knock Yehi off the apron.  Williams kicks Elgin.  Dijak with a boot and moonsault for a near fall.

Williams blocks Feast Your Eyes and he applies an ankle lock.  Dijak goes for a choke breaker but Williams counters into a cross arm breaker but Elgin with a super kick.  Elgin with a kick to Yehi but Yehi sends Elgin to the floor.  Yehi with chops to Dijak but Elgin trips Yehi and sends him into the guardrails.  Williams with forearms.  Elgin with a clothesline to Williams.  Elgin gets Williams up for a power bomb and Dijak grabs him for a choke slam but Yehi breaks up the cover at two.

Dijak with a running elbow to Yehi.  Elgin with a clothesline into the corner.  Dijak gets Williams up and gives him to Elgin for a power bomb off the turnbuckles. Dijak with a Death Valley Driver for a near fall.  Williams is given to Elgin for a buckle bomb.  Dijak sets for Feast Your Eyes but Yehi with a super kick.  Elgin clotheslines Dijak when Yehi moves.  Yehi with a Destroyer and then Yehi hits a power bomb on Dijak for a near fall.

Williams goes for the crossface and Dijak tries to get back to his feet but Yehi with a drop kick to send Dijak back to the mat and Dijak taps out.

Winners:  Tracy Williams and Fred Yehi

After the match, Larry Dallas is in the ring and he says he is here to ask the tough questions.  He asks Tracy and Fred where were they when Matt got his neck injured earlier tonight.  Larry asks if it is because of Fred's match tomorrow or the Elimination Match at Mercury Rising.

Tracy says they don't know where Matt is half the time.  

Fred says he is looking forward to an amazing match tomorrow and he hopes that Matt is okay and not injured.

Chris Dickinson wants to know when does he get his title shot.

Tracy says they have a match tomorrow so they need to focus on that.  

Jaka says they know Catch Point is all about competition and they know it is coming.

Match Number Eight:  EVOLVE Championship Match:  Zack Sabre Jr. versus ACH

They lock up and ACH with a drop kick and he goes for a dive but Sabre with a forearm on the apron.  ACH with a drop kick and a running kick on the apron.  ACH goes up top and he leaps over Sabre.  ACH with a swinging neck breaker.  ACH works on the neck.  ACH with a cravate.  ACH with a chop and Sabre with an Octopus and a kick.  Sabre with a European uppercut and a kick to the shoulder.  Sabre continues to apply pressure to the elbow.  ACH goes to the floor and Sabre lets the referee make his count.  ACH returns to the ring.

Sabre with a front face lock into a wrist lock.  Sabre with a hammer lock and he applies a cravate and chicken wing.  Sabre stomps on the elbow again. ACH with a chop as Sabre lets him get it in.  ACH spits in Sabre's face and Sabre takes ACH down and he pulls the arm bar.  Sabre with a European uppercut in the corner.  Sabre kicks ACH and connects with a forearm.  ACH with a chop and Sabre with an uppercut.  ACH with a take down and double stomp to the back followed by a drop kick.  Sabre sends ACH into the corner but ACH wtih a boot.  ACH with a facebuster off the turnbuckles.  Sabre with a chop and ACH gets Sabre up and hits a Michinoku Driver for a near fall.

ACH runs Sabre into the corner.  ACH goes for the slingshot stunner but Sabre counters into a submission hold.  Sabre with an uppercut but ACH with a backslide.  Sabre kicks out and kicks ACH.  Sabre with a suplex for a near fall.  Sabre runs into an elbow from ACH but Sabre with an elbow.  Sabre sets for a superplex but ACH blocks it.  Sabre slaps ACH.  Sabre with a guillotine on the turnbuckles but ACH escapes.  ACH with a double stomp to the back.  ACH with a running discus clothesline follwoed by another clothesline.  ACH goes for a suplex but Sabre escapes.  Sabre gets a near fall.  ACH with a deadlift German suplex.  

Sabre with a boot to ACH.  Both men are down.  Sabre with a runing European uppercut.  Sabre with forearms.  Sabre with a guillotine and then he kicks ACH in the face.  ACH with a kick and a brainbuster for a near fall.  ACH goes for a 450 splash but Sabre catches him in a triangle.  Sabre forces ACH to tap out.

Winner:  Zack Sabre Junior

After the match, Sabre gets on the mic.  He says he had his first defense tonight.  Tomorrow he faces Michael Elgin and then he faces Mark Haskins.  

Michael Elgin comes to the ring and he takes the mic.  Elgin says if Evolve is for everyone, does that mean Evolve Championship matches are for everyone?  

Zack takes the mic back and Elgin with a back fist to Sabre.  

 

 

 

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