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Welcome to PWInsider.com’s May 14, 2025 coverage of WWE EVOLVE on Tubi!
Last week’s episode is recapped with the issues between Keanu Carver/Harlem Lewis and Gallus shown. That leads straight to…
Keanu Carver and Harlem Lewis vs. Gallus
During Gallus’ entrance, Keanu Carver and Harlem Lewis attack Joe and Mark Coffey. Since the bell didn’t ring yet, Wolfgang gets some shots in, as well. Officials try to break it up, but Stevie Turner comes out and tells the referee to ring the bell and let them fight.
Carver and Joe get in the ring and exchange strikes as Lewis and Mark go at it on the floor. Carver and Joe hit a double crossbody on each other and then exchange hard hitting strikes until Carver hits a Pounce. Carver stomps down on Joe and then hits a suplex for a two count. Carver works over Joe in the corner with punches and kicks. Carver tosses Joe out of the corner and hits a back elbow in the opposite corner. Lewis tags himself in and slams Joe.
Lewis hits the ropes for a running strike, but Carver tags himself in. Lewis stops his progress to have words with Carver. Carver and Lewis continue to have words with each other as Joe recovers and hits a springboard crossbody on Carver. Mark tags in and tackles Carver down and then hits a suplex. Mark hits a belly-to-back suplex and goes for a pin. Lewis tries to break up the pin, but Mark moves and Lewis comes down on Carver.
Lewis sends Mark to the floor and then jaws at Carver. Joe tries to get in the ring, but is chased off. With Carver staring down Joe, Lewis attacks his partner from behind and then heads to the back. Gallus hits a double team pop up German Suplex on Carver for a two count. Joe hits the All the Best for the Bells Lariat for the win!
Winners: Gallus
Timothy Thatcher is in the locker room and is approached by Sean Legacy. Legacy doesn’t trust The Vanity Project, so he asks Thatcher to be in his corner later tonight. Thatcher wants to know why Legacy is asking him for help. Legacy says that he knows that Thatcher believes in the WWE ID Program and knows what The Vanity Project is all about. Thatcher agrees to help Legacy.
Chuey Martinez is in the back with Edris Enofe. Enofe has been out for seven months with a shoulder injury, but injuries are a part of the business. Enofe has been building himself up physically and mentally. He’s ready to show EVOLVE why he’s more than just “potential.” Now that he’s a singles wrestler, Enofe is excited to show how great he really is. Does Enofe have his eye on the EVOLVE Championship? Is the sky blue? He can’t allow anyone else to go past him. EVOLVE is the best way to test his abilities.
Masyn Holiday and Chantel Monroe are in the locker room. Holiday is happy to see Edris Enofe back. Holiday asks Monroe if she wants to be in her corner. Monroe says that she has the EVOLVE Women’s Championship to worry about and won’t be helping Masyn. Holiday tells Monroe that she’s waiting for Chantel to drop her act.
Kali Armstrong vs. Masyn Holiday
They lock up and Kali Armstrong quickly drives Masyn Holiday into the ropes. They break and lock up again. Armstrong grabs a side headlock and takes Holiday over. Holiday kips up out of it. Armstrong grabs an arm and cranks it, sending Holiday to the mat. Holiday stands up and flips into a reversal. Holiday is sent to the ropes and hits a tackle on Armstrong. Holiday hits a crossbody for a two count. Holiday goes for another running attack, but Armstrong hits a pop up punch.
Armstrong drives Holiday into the corner and hits a series of shoulder attacks followed by a running shoulder attack. Armstrong hits a slam for a one count. Armstrong locks on an arm and neck stretch. Holiday fights out of it, but eats a back elbow. Armstrong lifts up Holiday, but Masyn slips out and hits a tackle and a dropkick for a two count. Holiday hits the ropes, but eats a powerslam from Armstrong. Armstrong runs the ropes and hits the Kali Connection for the win!
Winner: Kali Armstrong
After the match, Kali Armstrong grabs a microphone. She’s been a difference maker and she’s going to be a history maker soon when she becomes the first EVOLVE Women’s Champion. Armstrong doesn’t care who Stevie Turner puts into the Four-Way Match to determine the champion.
Zayda Steel interrupts Armstrong and makes her way to the ring. Steel knows that Armstrong is athletic, but Steel has a brain - unlike Armstrong. The EVOLVE Women’s Championship will only have one name on it: Zayda Steel. Chantel Monroe interrupts and makes her way to the ring. She says that no one wants to hear Steel’s whiny voice. Armstrong is powerful, but she’s not the reflection of perfection like Monroe.
Kylie Rae interrupts and makes her way to the ring. She’s sorry for interrupting. She may be going through a lot lately - there’s just something about Wendy Choo. There’s one thing keeping her smiling: knowing that there’s one more spot in the title match. Steel cuts Rae off and tells her that Choo should have shipped Rae off far away in Wendy’s pillow case.
Rae hits Steel to shut her up. Armstrong punches Rae. Steele and Rae roll to the floor and Armstrong gorilla presses Monroe over the top rope onto Steel and Rae. Kendal Grey hits the ring and attacks Armstrong from behind. Armstrong heads to the floor and jaws with Grey.
Keanu Carver approaches Stevie Turner in her office. Carver is sick and tired of Harlem Lewis. Turner tells Carver that he can take on Lewis next week.
It’s Gal vs. Javier Bernal
They lock up and It’s Gal grabs a wristlock. Javier Bernal rolls into a reversal. Gal drives Bernal to the corner, but eats a chop. Bernal grabs a side headlock, but is sent to the ropes. Bernal hits a headscissors and a dropkick. Gal lands draped on the second rope. Bernal hops to the apron and hits a kick. Bernal climbs to the top rope and hits a flying crossbody for a two count. Gal grabs Bernal by the neck, but Bernal pushes him off.
Bernal charges in the corner, but Gal strikes him off and then hits a hard clothesline for a two count. Gal works Bernal over in the corner and then grabs a chinlock. Bernal fights out of it, but eats a dropkick for a two count. Gal goes for a leg drop, but Bernal moves out of the way and hits a basement dropkick. Bernal hits a couple of tackles and a back body drop. Bernal hits a running dropkick in the corner and a superkick. Bernal hits a full nelson slam variation for a two count. Gal slips out of a backslide and hits a big boot. Bernal escapes Gal’s grasp and rolls him up for the win!
Winner: Javier Bernal
After the match, It’s Gal attacks Javier Bernal. Gal rains down punches on Bernal over and over and then hits the Striations Bomb.
Nikkita Lyons is with Stevie Turner in Turner’s office. Turner tells Lyons that she is welcome back to EVOLVE anytime. In fact, there’s a spot open in the EVOLVE Women’s Championship Match. Lyons says to call her once a champion is figured out.
Chuey Martinez is in the back with Kylie Rae. Stevie Turner just informed Rae that, next week, she’ll have a match against Zayda Steel, Aria Bennett, and Chantel Monroe to determine who will take the last place in the EVOLVE Women’s Championship Match. Rae talks about taking the loss to Wendy Choo hard, but she has a match next week to prepare for.
Troy Yearwood is in Stevie Turner’s office. He signs his EVOLVE contract and is excited to show everyone what he can do. It’s Gal interrupts and talks about how what he did to Javier Bernal was beautiful. Turners says that it was disgusting. Yearwood sticks up for Turner.
Lexis King vs. Sean Legacy with Timothy Thatcher
They lock up and neither man can gain control so they break. They lock up again and King grabs a wristlock. He cranks it, but Legacy is able to roll and flip into a reversal. Legacy hits an arm drag and then slaps on an arm bar. Legacy cranks it, but King rolls through and kicks Legacy in the face to escape. Legacy hits the ropes, but then drops down as King also hits the ropes. King steps on his back. Legacy tackles down King and then returns the back stepping favor. Legacy then stomps down on King and hits a dropkick. Legacy hits a big chop in the corner and then another in a second corner - and then a third one in a third corner.
Legacy avoids a strike in the corner and hops up to the second rope. King dropkicks Legacy and Legacy falls to the floor. King goes to the floor, as well, and clubs down on Legacy. King and Thatcher stare each other down and then King goes back on the attack as the show goes to a break.
Back from the commercial, King has control of Legacy in the ring and hits him with a kick to the back. King hits another kick, but Legacy stands up and tries to fight back. King cuts him off and goes for a suplex. Legacy blocks it and hits a gourdbuster variation. Legacy hits a couple of kicks and goes for a standing moonsault. King gets his knees up to block it and then clubs down on Legacy. King slaps on a bow and arrow. Legacy turns it into a pin attempt, but King kicks out.
Legacy sends King to the floor and hits a dive through the ropes. Legacy rolls King back into the ring and goes for a springboard move, but King kicks him out of mid-air. King rains down some punches and then hits a backbreaker. King holds Legacy on his knee and stretches Sean’s back. Legacy punches out of it and hits a forearm. King goes for a belly-to-back suplex, but Legacy lands on his feet and hits a DDT.
Legacy blocks King’s strikes and hits forearms of his own. Legacy hits a series of kicks and a German Suplex. Legacy rolls to the apron and hits a springboard missile dropkick for a two count. Legacy goes for a springboard 450, but King moves out of the way. Legacy rolls through. King tries to grab a leg submission, but Legacy kicks him off. Legacy hits a springboard 450 for a two count. Legacy goes for Shambles, but his back gives out. Legacy tries again, but King grabs the ropes.
King hits some strikes in the corner and then hits a Backstabber for a two count. King locks on a half crab. Legacy strikes out of it, but eats a kick to the gut. King sets up for the Coronation, but Legacy counters into a backslide. King’s shoulders aren’t down and he gets out of it. They exchange strikes in the middle of the ring until King hits a superkick. Legacy responds with a standing Spanish Fly.
The Vanity Project runs out and attacks Timothy Thatcher. Legacy hits a dive on The Vanity Project. As Legacy gets back into the ring, King hits him with a strike between the ropes. King then hits the Coronation for the win!
Winner: Lexis King
In the back, Brinley Reece has been attacked and is being checked on by security and referees. They call for medical as the show fades to black
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