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00:07Then, now, forever, together.
00:32Hey guys, look, I don't know about you, but to me it feels like the Vanity Project was
00:38born just yesterday.
00:40Bro, we walked in and immediately shook this place.
00:43Well, yeah, guys, we came in and literally walked everyone down.
00:45Dr. Thirst, the first and only champ for 287 days.
00:49That's nasty.
00:50Every challenger who stepped up to you, you just knocked them right back to their place.
00:53Yeah, good point, good point.
00:54I mean, Lince Dorado, beat him, Sean Legacy, Cam Hendrix, he's even beat the
00:59athlete crumbs.
01:01It's easy.
01:02Speaking of which, we even took over NXT.
01:04I mean, we've said it since day one and nothing has changed.
01:07The Vanity Project runs Evolve.
01:09I am the first, only, and longest reigning Evolve champion.
01:12It's not just a slogan, bro.
01:14Vanity Project runs Evolve.
01:15Guys, I've literally heard no lies.
01:17Stop.
01:18Look, man, Timothy Thatcher wants a final evaluation of Heartbreak Drake?
01:23Fine.
01:23Cool.
01:24I will happily give him something to evaluate when I embarrass Aaron Rourke again and cement
01:30myself and the Vanity Project as the foundation of Evolve and the future of WWE.
01:35That's right.
01:36I love the sound of that.
01:37Fees up, boys.
01:38It's gonna be easy.
01:39Light work.
01:46I'm a G-Law holly.
01:47I'm in the holly while I'm in college.
01:49And I'm in my body.
01:50I don't think quicker than whipping or running.
01:52I live on my bed like Harry.
01:53Where are my Batman carrying?
01:55Ain't nobody to get no info.
01:57No.
01:57Key to keep me.
01:58I'm a bro.
01:58AEB and AEB
02:04Tonight, it's the final evolution for the EVOLV champion.
02:08It's another big fight feel here on Tooner.
02:14the following contest is scheduled for one fall introducing first from sacramento california
02:22weighing in at 257 pounds kev hendrix well peter we saw last week this one's starting to bubble
02:31a little bit and tonight a rivalry that uh necessarily wasn't there before come a little
02:37bit personal well it doesn't seem like everything is personal with this yo-yo cam hendrix i say that
02:42respectfully of course as cam hendrix has been dominating ever since coming to wednesday nights
02:48and of course with uh his new sidekick at harley riggins yeah i like how each of them were like
02:53how can we be more obnoxious let's hang out with each other they're certainly leveling up
02:58each other in more ways than one
03:09and his opponent from singapore weighing in at 227 pounds dante chen
03:18a couple of months ago peter cam hendrix harley riggins the rest of that pc crew if you will
03:23kind of came in infiltrated the system if you will but dante chen he's been the constant he's been
03:28around for over five years from nxt we've seen him on level up main event friday night smackdown
03:34tna wrestling he's been all around the block and dante chen a true tested veteran but now cam
03:40hendrix is respecting him a little bit absolutely and this is what makes evolve so awesome is because
03:45not only do you get uh new jacks like cam hendrix finding their way in the business wait for it
03:51peter
03:51oh hold on wait for it the air it's coming it's coming wait for it now
03:56yeah do it i played did it that's a good claw from you i'm impressed
04:00but yeah it's not only that you get youngsters like cam hendrix who are figuring it out but you
04:05also have guys like dante chen who have been around have learned a bit and are looking to really
04:09get their name we've certainly seen different sides of the spectrum i guess from the pc side when
04:14you look at cam hendrix you look at dante chen peter does dante embody what the pc athlete should be
04:19uh pretty much i mean it's hard to have anything to say about dante chen that's not positive you
04:24see dante here a little bit of an uptick in aggression we saw that against true london a
04:28couple weeks back that of course led to victory it seems like dante chen playing mr nice guy
04:33100 and that's something that you know robert stone used to say all the time about dante chen
04:38incredibly talented but when is he going to turn the level up a bit obviously now that criticism
04:44more relevant considering robert stone's making the choices over at nxt
04:47we talk about chen being incredibly talented but the question begs why did cam hendrix not
04:53want chen on team pc well i think you know why blake let's not let's not be ignorant cam
04:58hendrix is a bad guy and dante chen is someone who ultimately is not only a hard worker not
05:04only talented in the ring oh chen's got some moves that's right but he's also a dude who does
05:09things the right way that's not how cam hendrix has operated from the second he got here he has
05:14been all about uh tipping the scales for team pc and that's not dante chen's way
05:19chen so technically sound here in a series of arm drags yeah he's teaching a lesson to young cam
05:24hendrix right now let's get the double digits right here i don't i don't know if i've ever
05:28seen this many arm drags it's an arm drag fest here on tubi as dante chen taking full advantage
05:34right now against cam hendrix and also a little bit of extra spice there to what dante is bringing
05:39of course in a way defending the honor of tate wilder yeah absolutely and you know everybody was
05:45upset and disgusted about what happened to tate wilder at the hands of cam hendrix see and that
05:50that's the cam hendrix you know a guy who's gonna hide behind harley riggins and then throw a haymaker
05:56a series of cheap shots here by cam hendrix as harley riggins and hendrix getting the last laugh
06:03right now referee chip danning administering his count dante chen needs to get back in this one
06:07peter last week we saw the final evolution of kendall gray tonight it's jackson draken
06:12will he have the same result as our words i mean you have to imagine that is what all jackson
06:17drake
06:18has been dreaming about all week is being able to close out the same way kendall gray did with a
06:23win
06:24over aaron rourke and having to vacate that title he does not want to hand that title over to aaron
06:29rourke tonight cam hendrix of course got a recent evolved championship opportunity he would love to be
06:34in that position but it's aaron rourke tonight but cam hendrix with a win here certainly could get in
06:40the mind of foreman thatcher to the cover i don't think it's too i don't even understand how cam
06:44hendrix is allowed to be competing this is a guy who took out tate wilder a man who's still not
06:49clear
06:49with a vile attack in the parking lot outside the pc it's it's disgusting we know how violent the
06:56parking lot is at the performance center but never really seen it on evolved no it's it's a it's a
07:02honestly it's disgraceful it's something it's one of the things that always made me proud to be a part
07:06of evolved is that people generally do things the right way and cam hendrix has shown up and said
07:11it's going to be his way not the right way talk about hendrix we talk about riggins being on the
07:16sore losers those bullies and that was on full display with that attack on tate wilder and hendrix
07:21looking to capitalize right here out of the corner and chen with the drop down german suplex and again a
07:27lesson there for cam hendrix took too long to make his way back to dante chen who absolutely had the
07:33young
07:33man scouted and dante lives by those three p's perseverance preparation peter and of course peter
07:43indeed has dante right now continuing the onslaught irish whip reverse here by cam hendrix
07:49big boot by dante as chen starting to roll a bit now dante chen wants to shake things up
07:56in the championship rankings here
07:59man how about the motor of dante chen blake you're at nxt here at main event you see wrestling
08:04constantly how about just the general energy and breath capacity of dante chen is always ready indeed
08:11as chen building some steam right here peter he doesn't normally take to the air but sue is seated to
08:16the outside as dante we talked about that uptick in aggression it's on full display here now can he
08:23take advantage throws cam hendrix back in can he finish the job what a win this would be and the
08:28springboard chopping down the tree and peter he might start to think about that gentle touch
08:33absolutely you said it earlier he's been more aggressive he's looking for the gentle touch wants
08:38to finish this thing oh here comes that yo-yo harley riggins and the showtime kick
08:45that should be a disqualification you would think so instead it's lights cam action
08:54here is your winner cam hendrix
09:00i don't want to take anything away from what cam did there well that that should not even count
09:05harley riggins ends up costing dante chen the match i listen cam hendrix took advantage but that's not
09:10right away certainly a questionable call right there but nonetheless the numbers game prevails
09:16as cam hendrix gets the victory absolutely if dante chen came out strong and he really wanted to
09:21secure this win we talked about him upping the aggression trying to get to the championship picture
09:26but the odds not in his favor late you see the distraction from harley riggins cam hendrix
09:32takes takes advantage and takes the victory hey wilder where you at you little baby huh you
09:40scared are you you got to take a week off yeah you're a little dwerp tate tater titer nobody does
09:45we'll break you in half buddy where you at you in the medical room are you scared
09:50trying the parking lot trying the parking lot they certainly have some words right there now it's here
09:54from foreman thatch things are always evolving and being the foreman there's a lot of issues that
10:05come across my desk that you deserve to be updated on i'm going to leave the vacant women's championship
10:11until next week but i do have exciting news brand new talent from north america and europe has been found
10:19the contracts are currently being signed so in two weeks we'll have an evolved special that will
10:24showcase these european talents and brand new wwe id prospects hey dummy what about it's gone you want
10:33to try that again mr foreman sir it's all about it's gone what about me i mean take a peek
10:42at those peaks
10:45you want some attention oh yeah do you want some attention oh yeah all right then then in the two
10:51weeks i'll put you on that special evolved show yes now you're talking i love it well good good
10:57now see yourself out it's gone it's gone it's gone yes gonna need a lock for that door
11:09on saturday may 9th after the biggest weekend in wwe what happens at wrestlemania doesn't stay there
11:18sweet sweet revenge it follows you and in tampa it hits back all scores are settled it's personal
11:42the educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead
11:48aristotle 384 bc now that is an interesting concept to ponder actually my ivy league intellect is what
11:58makes me truly different from the uneducated dead weight around here yeah ah excuse me where are my
12:05manners my name is braxton cole the epitome of privilege an eclectic of excellence a top of the
12:14class brown university graduate and an all-league defensive end football player and what sets me apart
12:20from these one-dimensional athletes is that i am the perfect conglomeration of brains and brawn
12:28now while they're working hard i am working smart and pretty soon when i'm at the top of the class
12:34and evolve you'll all see why i am straight a's in every way
12:42be gone you're taking up my precious oxygen and i need to get my mental work
12:54oh the intelligence is about to be next level here on evolve
13:00the following contest is scheduled for one fall it's a new reverse from chicago illinois
13:08laney luck
13:10well peter laney luck waves the flag in the women's division for the id program and
13:15hasn't had the best win-loss record ever since coming to wednesday nights but she continues a fight
13:19has the the heart of a champion let's see what she brings here tonight and listen that's what it's all
13:24about you're not always going to get favorable match-ups they're going to be l's the question
13:28is can you take that l can you hold it can you love that l nurture it and turn it
13:32into a w you know
13:33what i'm saying hi it's me xena double l in your life see
13:39and her opponent from lviv ukraine zena sterling
13:46you can see the evolution of this superstar peter you go from lmg of course to evolve and
13:51now zena sterling looks to be in a position now with a vacant women's championship wants to put
13:56herself right in position that's exactly you're smarter than you look blake howard exactly where
14:01i was going to go now thanks to the uh open slot that may exist because kendall gray has moved
14:08on to
14:08nxt these are two women who have a major opportunity neither has had a a great fortune when it comes
14:15to
14:16w's but one of them's coming out with a win tonight and pushing themselves forward in the women's
14:21division great opportunity for zena sterling and laney luck we know it's a high stakes night of course
14:26with our final evolution main event but this is a high stakes matchup certainly in the women's division
14:30bell sounds were underway laney luck zena sterling and we talked about that evolution of zena from lfg to
14:36evolve peter what differences really have you seen from zena since coming to wednesday nights well
14:40listen she is clearly a more serious competitor the the learning curve has been tremendous um when
14:46you see when people walk through the door at lfg they are green as could be nervous intimidated and as
14:52you can see right now that is not the look of someone who is nervous and intimidated it's someone
14:56who's ready for the moment the question is can that translate into getting meaningful wins a lot of
15:00confidence especially when you're in the learning tree of someone like bubba ray dudley zena sterling
15:04certainly looking up her game here but laney luck here we go into a quick cover only gets one of
15:09all the people to be under the learning tree of is anyone leg is anyone more intimidating than than
15:14bubba ray dudley that's the thing you end up uh it's trial by fire you know what i mean and
15:19you come
15:19out a stronger competitor because these two a couple of pinfall exchanges in the early going very back and
15:25forth between laney luck and zena sterling and peter we're talking about laney luck not just here on
15:30wednesday nights but ultimately has she repped the id program i think she's done a great job i mean
15:36listen everyone is trying to etch their name in stone everyone wants to be the next kendall gray the
15:43next cali armstrong the next jackson drake has she done that yet no obviously she has not but she has
15:49repped the program well but again she is also someone who needs to start stacking some wins and putting
15:55herself in a position to be a legitimate contender here on evolve we talked about that stiff competition
16:00she's gone one-on-one with the likes of carmen petrovich pj vasa certainly some of the top women
16:04on the evolve but how many wins we'll see how that transpires as again peter right now both superstars
16:11looking to move up the ladder as zena fireman scary takeover looking to take full advantage
16:16as zena zeroing in right now of course former division one swimmer very well-conditioned athlete
16:22is zena sterling both of these ladies very impressive i won't lie though blake it is hard
16:26for me to not think about our main event tonight i am it is wednesday night it is out of
16:31the corner
16:31it is two it's a wednesday night it's to be and we have a main event with jackson drake defending
16:38the title for the last time ever on evolve against none other than aaron roark that's the mayor of
16:44sparkle city to you and me indeed we'll see if that has the same fare as it did last week
16:48with
16:48the final evolution of kendall gray but right now any luck taking some full control
16:54sending zena sterling to the apron it's just you get to see the full spectrum here on evolve look at
16:58that absolutely you see people find their way and find real success like the vanity project over
17:05on nxt already capturing tag team gold it's pretty crazy
17:11as laney luck trying to take some risk and landing with a bullseye on zena and into the cover
17:17a near fall there for laney luck and peter we've been talking about the women's division here but
17:21ultimately now with the title being vacant how wide open is it on wednesday nights at this moment in
17:27time it is as open as it's ever been since the very beginning when cali armstrong became our first
17:32women's champion i would say right now uh there are as many people as ever who have a legitimate claim
17:38that they should be in the title picture we'll certainly see how that one transpires over the next
17:43several weeks a lot of decisions to be made for foreman thatcher as zena sterling bellyback suplex
17:48dumps laney luck and she capitalized here i mean you think about the wendy choos the cali armstrongs
17:55the people have really been competing for a very long time but then you can't forget people like pj vasa
18:00who have come along and completely changed uh the scope of the women's division and then superstars
18:05like leila diggs mason holiday starting to bubble up a little bit how about chantelle monroe you know she
18:10wants to be in the thick of things can't forget about the reflection of perfection
18:13as laney luck and zena sterling going back and forth right here in the center of the ring
18:17these do have been very evenly matched throughout peter absolutely both with some vicious blows
18:24exchanged in the middle of the ring as the intensity ramping up a little bit here zena some overhand
18:28rights and sterling unloading a bit here we talk about dante chen's aggression starting to come out
18:33we're seeing it here in zena sterling yeah don't let the blue sparkly skirt fool you she's bringing it
18:38oh reverse front ddt could that be enough into the cover oh and lady luck at two and three quarters
18:45able to press out i just think you can't overemphasize how hard all of these youngsters work to get these
18:50opportunities what it means to make it to the performance center to be a part of the id program
18:55whatever your path was and then to end up here on tubi on wednesday night with everybody else in the
19:00business watching oh everybody settles down to see what everyone is doing on evolve it's a lot of
19:04pressure each time one of these wrestlers steps in the room death valley driver right there into the
19:10cover and lady luck picks up her first win on a ball here is your winner lady luck peter you
19:19talked
19:19about that win-loss record but right here in front of our eyes we see the first dub for laney
19:24luck that's
19:24exactly right it makes me happy because she needed the win and she ended up getting one tonight over zena
19:31sterling well peter let's go back and take a look at the action you see laney luck risking it all
19:35right
19:35here really expanding her arsenal of offense trying to get the win over zena sterling but zena also
19:40looking for a big win here on evolve it's that time of the year where both superstars trying to move
19:45right
19:45up the ranks laney luck right there with that death valley driver into the cover and laney luck picking
19:51up her first win here on evolve big big moment here tonight
19:54on the perfect day here at the pc hurricorana hey lindsay hey lindsay wait up the amigo
20:06hey sunglasses off i just gotta say how sick it is man to be able to transfer performance center with
20:12a
20:12cat like you oh my bad my bad i remember growing up watching you the cruiserweight classic and now look
20:19at us man we're outside just chopping it up plus plus plus catch my vibe lucha lit that's basically
20:27main man energy you're just throwing a mask on it you're not just throwing a mask there's more to
20:32that catito man listen you're gonna learn but i gotta go all right oh before you go you and me
20:38in the
20:39ring one-on-one i think it'd be a killer learning experience and also good to check out how many
20:44lives
20:45you got left main man yeah first lucha lit that's right in the ring uh-huh that sounds perfect yeah
20:52but you know what i'm going to teach you a lesson right now you see when you're in the ring
20:57with me
20:58lucha lit you're not going to be the main man you're going to be the next man i'll catch you
21:04all right
21:04come out so we got our match oh we got it i'll check you all right perfect sunglasses
21:13this april live from las vegas the best in the world cm park i'm the champ and i call the
21:22shots
21:23versus the original tribal team roman reigns two of the biggest stars for the world heavyweight
21:30championship greatness demands an answer you will acknowledge me wrestlemania
21:56ladies and gentlemen please welcome cappuccino jones the pot is hot peter all right you know what
22:06shout out to my dude cappuccino jones i gotta tell you look at my man with the glasses get down
22:12i need to replay that guy oh look at my man right there oh he's feeling it he's feeling cap
22:16he's
22:17had maybe too much cap yeah he might have had a few too many cappuccinos but man i i'm telling
22:21you
22:21this guy has gotten better in every way in the ring the swag the vibe i really dig what cappuccino
22:28jones
22:29is putting down as a singles competitor certainly feeling himself after a tough championship loss a few
22:33weeks ago with succession but cap's back and he's ready to roll my man with the glasses is feeling
22:38what's a refill yo yo yo yo the pot is hot tonight and i know y'all like that and
22:48it's gonna be a crazy
22:50rush when aaron rorke walks out the new wwe evolve champion aaron
23:01die in peace
23:04aaron for real you got all of our support let's take it home
23:17hey hey hey but for real though before that before that main event goes down
23:22there's something that's been brewing for weeks
23:29brooks jensen i'm calling you out
23:34see no no no for real you're a student of the game you can remember matches from the 80s the
23:3990s
23:40the 2000s but one thing you don't seem to remember is me beating you in the gauntlet match
23:49clock it but the one thing you keep on bringing up is you beating me with one arm tied behind
23:56my back
23:59so listen real close brooks this ain't about team id versus team pc nah nah nah that's over
24:06this is personal this is about me whooping your ass
24:11so next week
24:17oh look who's here
24:24personal personal personal
24:27cappuccino jones you just made the biggest mistake of your life you want to make it personal with a bad
24:35man that hell's from hell
24:43then so be it cappuccino you didn't just call me out you just ended your own career
24:54well peter a huge grudge match is sick
24:57oh i cannot wait to see this give me cappuccino jones and brooks jensen all day long the stakes
25:05have certainly been raised and peter we saw a glimpse of it last week and now our own chui
25:09martinez sits down with luca crucifino
25:16e-ball fam how you doing chui martinez here hanging out with my man luca crucifino
25:21oh how you doing sir i'm doing excellent good to see you brother hey what are we doing what are
25:25we doing what are we doing for you watch this watch this make me a favor put up two fingers
25:29here a
25:29little peace sign make a love all right and then connect the hands here you go this is for you
25:33my
25:33guy look how beautiful thank you so much man you're welcome welcome to evolve thank you so much man
25:39how are you feeling i am too blessed to express this whole place has been bouncing the stars from all
25:45over the world have been shining take a look at kendall gray take a look at sean legacy people that
25:49didn't just walk here chui they evolved they figured it out under these lights and now shining
25:54bright under the lights of nxt it is truly peak inspiration and i'm about to loop it all back
26:01and the whole crowd is gonna be rolling with the life of the party as i cruise my way through
26:08a hall
26:09i feel it i love it brother but i love this party gonna be distraction you know what chui i
26:14can see
26:14how the outsider might think hey luca you got your priorities all mixed up maybe upside down maybe a
26:19little helter skelter however i can promise you on the inside cruise figured it out that when my
26:27energy is vibrating with love connection is fun is when i am my most effective and effective me
26:34is dangerous me let me put it for you this way my flow state is my ghost state wow and
26:42it seems like
26:43you've done all the internal work man yes sir i respect that thank you man it's all blur blur but
26:49you know i know what that means you know what for the folks that are out there that don't know
26:52what
26:53it means what does it mean break it down let me tell you blur stands for peace love unity and
26:57respect
26:58it is the staple of the rave community values that we simply do not have here in wwe evolve all
27:05we have
27:05is people with big egos and insecurities and we have big bad cam hendrix and harley riggins guys that
27:11are just simply vibe killers man we need someone to shine the lights and chill i think i know who
27:19can
27:19figure it out i think that's luca i think you're right hey brother thank you so much for your time
27:24sir hey and this is just a build wait for the beat to drop hello hello
27:34cut well peter a whole new crucifino looks ready to evolve
27:41and imagine the evolution of the dime piece if aaron rourke were to walk out evolve champion
27:51tonight last week we talked about it being the biggest match in tyra may steel's career and
27:55sometimes we speculate not using hyperbole per se but this is without a doubt the biggest match of
28:01aaron rourke's life the biggest opportunity he's ever had in professional wrestling and now could he
28:07be the man to derail jackson drake it is such a great question it's the reason we're all here by
28:14the
28:15way looks at the best shape of his life i have never seen aaron rourke look better shredded and
28:20ready for this opportunity trained by greats worked his tail off across the industry to get to evolve
28:30and since he's been in evolve he's done it as a tag team competitor he's done it as a single
28:35star
28:35and he earned this shot against jackson drake
28:44as here comes
28:45oh no ball champion and peter for the last time i guess it's your turn yeah it's the last time
28:50ever i
28:51gotta do it i got party's here the party is here folks that was like next level stoner well i
29:00had to
29:00i had to it's the last time look at the shredded halves of our champion jackson drake as he stands
29:06by with swipe right who recently by the way became nxt tag team champions but they're back to support
29:12the champ and peter we talk about obviously the evolution of different superstars and how they've
29:17grown on evolve these two have competed one-on-one on the indies before but how was tonight different
29:22you talked about it the stakes what this match means i mean it's listen i don't want to take anything
29:27away from big matches on the indies as you see our champion holding that title high win or lose
29:32that's the last time you will see jackson drake hold that evolve championship but this is different
29:37this is about being in the wwe record books this is about becoming the wwe evolve champion challenger
29:47is in champion is in flanked by his boys outside of mike rowe to set the table for this final
29:55evolution
29:59the following contest scheduled for one fall is for the evolve championship
30:11introducing first the challenger from sparkle city weighing in at 208 pounds aaron
30:28and his opponent weighing in at 188 pounds representing the vanity project he is the evolve champion
30:43jackson drake
30:46that's the last time jackson drake will receive a ring announcement here in evolve but
30:51will he still get and still at the end of the match can't believe i have to deal with this
30:55emotion
30:56two weeks in a row kendall gray last week for the last time and jackson drake win loser draw
31:01for the last time as evolved champ leader you mentioned kendall gray last week will we see the
31:05same story tonight you know that is what jackson drake wants more than anything to leave as champion
31:11to have to hand over that title because he chooses to not because it's been won as you see again
31:18a full vip
31:20section of support for this incredible main event that we have full of id talent right there in just two
31:27weeks about before nxt returns to madison square garden the site where jackson drake had a successful title
31:32defense against sean legacy late last year now an opportunity here against aaron work but peter these are
31:38two men that embody not just the id program but evolve itself watch out early pin there for
31:43roark yeah completely two totally different guys here we go roark i mean roark and drake are so
31:49different as people as competitors style wise oh roll up roark nice counter the one thing they have in
31:57common is an absolute undying love for professional wrestling that's what jackson drake is and that's what
32:04aaron work flips out the belly to back
32:11as aaron work starting to roll right here who's walking out as evolved champion
32:22everyone's gotta tell
32:30wrestlemania vegas
32:32it's anyone's game
32:52back in action here on evolve you see the richest prize on wednesday nights here blake
32:56howard peter rosenberg the final evolution of jackson drake here in evolve his final matchup again
33:02will he leave as champion oh well we will find out by the end of the night and i i
33:07really hope for
33:07your sake if you're a viewer tonight you've been watching since we started over a year ago
33:11because you've seen the evolution of jackson drake you saw him compete early on and roark oh
33:18we see brad baylor try to get involved we know that numbers game really can help the vanity project
33:22well that is part of the plan always and you see jackson drake taking advantage of it but besides even
33:27everything we've seen jackson drake do here oh nice counter by roark his story going all the way
33:32back to being a teenager in the wrestling business in north carolina a young jackson drake and a young
33:37javon evans training together dreaming of one day getting there you see what his best friend javon
33:43evans has done you know this kid is dreaming not just about nxt but one day having a wrestlemania
33:48match against his best friend tearing it up on monday nights is the young og and of course jackson
33:52drake he's starting to make his name on tuesday nights but it all started right here on
33:56wednesdays peter as jackson drake the first ever evolved champion and aaron roark who embodies
34:01everything that evolved represents from opportunity to growth and development looking to really pay
34:07that off right here nice counter by jackson drake and peter whether you like him or not you can't
34:11take anything away from his skills inside the ring 100 you cannot he is one of the most skilled young
34:17stars i see look at this though he's going to work on the back of the head of aaron roark
34:21and you can
34:22see the aggression turned up right here it's a big match for jackson drake of course successful
34:26with two title defenses at both succession one and two we'll see if he's able to get the win here
34:31tonight against aaron roark and head to nxt having never lost the evolved championship
34:36now you mentioned uh aaron roark and how he embodies everything uh that is evolved watch out
34:44the cover shoulder down only one and that is the id program it's so true he he is his own
34:49man aaron roark does
34:50things his own way and he has just won people over since the moment he walked in the door and
34:56i
34:56think jackson drake i don't know if he'd admit it publicly i think even jackson drake has great
35:01respect for the work of aaron you certainly would think so here we go side russian leg sweep floats
35:06over only gets two right there and of course aaron roark picked up the pin in that huge 10-man
35:13tag
35:13team match between the pc and id match up a couple weeks back and really that started to kickstart the
35:18momentum for aaron roark and helping him put him in the position today and allowing foreman thatcher
35:23to really honor him with this title opportunity there's no question him scoring the pin in that
35:2710 man that is the reason aaron roark has this opportunity one opportunity begets another and now
35:32aaron roark is on the precipice of history could he be the second ever wwe evolve champion as roark in
35:40a
35:40fight right here certainly as you pointed out here in the best shape of his young career
35:43but walks right into a knee of jackson drake the champ creates a separation but look at the dying
35:48piece from up top he throws up the v jackson drake doing jackson drake things stop to the back of
35:56aaron roark trying to do some damage that lower lumbar region right here now jackson drake
36:01has worked up and a fisherman's brain buster into the cover man gary marcus says it's only two and a
36:08half
36:08what an exclamation point it would be to the first year of evolve that kendall gray wins out on her
36:15last match ends her time here as champion if jackson drake were to be able to do the same thing
36:20think about what that says about the championship reigns of our men's and women's champions indeed
36:25is aaron roark right now in the receiving end of some punishment we talked about that mutual respect
36:30potentially to jackson drake towards aaron roark whether you'd like to admit it or not two people
36:35that don't have necessarily any respect or swipe right brad baylor ricky smokes we saw them walk
36:40out in that 10-man tag not really showing a whole lot of respect to their fellow id mate no
36:44but they
36:44have respect for each other i mean ricky smokes and brad baylor they have great respect for one another
36:49uh and no matter what no matter how little respect they show to anyone you have to respect the way
36:55they operate as a tag team and roark look at this counter right here oh
36:59oh and roark look at that dials it up with the area code in sparkle city that's right i didn't
37:07know
37:08that sparkle city had that area code but absolutely a 619 here we go aaron roark starting to build a
37:15little steam right here peter oh man this is the most momentum we've seen from roark in this matchup
37:20he's locked in on the championship oh man and jackson drake now goes for the big swipe and look at
37:26roark back up on his feet bam big super kick aaron roark into position again german release suplex
37:32aaron roark so dangerous with his hands and his feet as you saw that back super kick connecting to
37:38the chin of the champion the momentum sent drake back up on his feet he's in the far side corner
37:42aaron roark zeroing in on his target here oh and meets the back elbow of jackson drake the champ
37:48creates separation work back up top one more time the second time's the charm oh and he sent the champ
37:54flying and landing on his back great work by aaron roark to take advantage of that situation
38:00eat the feet here we go center of the ring hooks the outside leg shoulders are down
38:05oh man i cannot imagine the internet breaking if aaron roark were to beat jackson drake for the
38:12evolved championship tonight
38:18dial it up looks at ricky smokes and brad baylor might have wasted too much time and drake
38:22the german suplex in the corner well that that's the thing in a situation like this a massive
38:28matchup aaron roark has to remember the moment you cannot get caught up in any sort of theatrics
38:34or trying to prove a point you just got to score oh and there roark fighting off the champion nice
38:41counter with the uranagi roark oh man that's the innovative offense blake drops the elbow close to the
38:47road and drake able to hang on roark starting to build some momentum right here peter think about
38:53the people jackson drake has survived this man has survived keanu carver all right so think about
38:59what that would mean if aaron roark is the man to dethrone jackson drake
39:06we're talking about looking at a new era on evolve coming up in just two weeks some brand new talent
39:11coming some id talent talent from all over europe the stacked divisions will continue to grow but
39:16who's going to sit at the top we don't know or is it going to be aaron roark well listen
39:20here we go
39:21on the outside now as drake oh and roark they're going back and forth right here peter precarious
39:28position i don't know which man is more comfortable out on the apron we've seen
39:33jackson drake operate out here before oh to the throat of war that's the hardest part of the ring
39:38and drake looking to dial something up right now what is he thinking he can't be serious
39:43suplex off the apron all the way to the floor drake is down work is down peter the above
39:52championship hanging the balance this match continues on to be
39:58i want to break some big news nxt will be bringing one of its biggest ple's
40:03one of the greatest wrestling cities in all the world on saturday april 4th get ready for a fight
40:10nxt stands up in st louis the stakes are high the world is watching and only the best stand and
40:20deliver nxt stand and deliver saturday april 4th
40:30back in action here on evolve as aaron roark certainly feeling the effects of what we saw
40:35right before the break as work here looking for the challenge let's take another look right now
40:39jackson drake the suplex from the apron all the way to the floor rocking his challenge
40:47some blood in the mouth of our champion as well the evolve universe really rallying behind the
40:52challenger right now jackson drake he's locked in and aaron roark in a bad spot man you can see he
41:00is out of it and the carolina reaper starting to unload and peter we thought there might have
41:06been some respect before we're not seeing it right now roark might be out everyone who ever
41:21is going to be out of it he's going to be out of his entire life for this type of
41:22opportunity he's
41:23going to go down swinging what's he looking to do here oh that's a spinning toe hold perhaps
41:27here we go half crab oh i like this look at the torque on the lower back here of jackson
41:33drake peter
41:33he's right in the center of the ring no this is a very smart move from aaron roark he not
41:37only is
41:37he holding on to that leg but the kicks to the back of jackson drake roark starting unleash
41:42swipe right none too pleased and roark now
41:49you see roark he believes it looking to fulfill his destiny right here drake with the counter oh
41:56version of an ushiguroshi right there let's see what drake can do off the ropes oh big punt oh that
42:02could be it center of the ring and roark kicks out at one all right look at aaron roark kicking
42:07out
42:07at one and look at the disbelief on the face of the champion jackson drake has unlocked the inner
42:13dragon of aaron roark sit on power bomb oh two and a half
42:21and roark knows he missed that opportunity and the champ lives to see another day
42:30drake scratching and clawing roark feeling that frustration here ricky smokes he might be feeling
42:36that title slipping out of vanity project's grasp and now uh drake taking a moment
42:42with baylor and smokes a little vanity project conference there but aaron roark trying to keep
42:46his foot on the gas right now oh man this is one of those moments your your entire life could
42:53go
42:53differently blake oh referee jerry marcus got inadvertently struck right there in the midst of
42:58this final evolution of jackson drake wait a minute baylor and smokes are in oh this isn't right super
43:04swipe drops work center of the ring it can't end like this oh that is it drake with the cover
43:11no
43:11one two oh and roark is still alive and you can hear and feel the electricity in the evolved arena
43:22here
43:23at the performance center orlando jackson drake in the vanity project may have ripped all the pages out of
43:30playbook peter they've got nothing left aaron roark eats the super swipe and somehow kicks out
43:37and roark sends drake on the way to the floor taking out swipe right but you know aaron roark
43:44that's not going to be enough he's going to want to add aaron roark is going to want to fly
43:49he's going to lay it on the line
43:52down goes smokes and baylor with the champions back in the ring you see that the champs smartly gets out
43:57of it
43:58and manages to avoid the damage and now a big kick i don't know if it was quite unaliving but
44:05he might
44:05be setting him up right now as jackson drake in fireman's carry position looks to execute oh burning
44:12hammer center of the ring oh here comes the unaliving that's step one building some steam oh and right to
44:18the back of the neck aaron roark a valiant effort and jackson drake will not retain quite yet
44:27wait wait i have called nearly every jackson drake match in evil i don't know if i've seen
44:34anyone kick out of an unaliving like that and connect into the back of the head but that's
44:38what aaron roark just did you see drake that frustration setting in but he's got to continue peter
44:43this title hanging the balance you see the vip section they're in disbelief here comes drake
44:48charging at nobody home and roark oh feels the enziguri right to the back of the head drake now
44:58look at the look of insanity and he's nearly folded in half by aaron roark
45:05aaron roark is hitting a different gear i've never seen this from roark before he's up top peter and he's
45:12going one cover and aaron roark fulfills his destiny here is your winner and the new
45:26evoke champion aaron roark
45:34you see the looks of disbelief aaron roark is your second ever wwe evolve champion
45:45the genuine emotion pouring out right here in the evolve arena aaron roark the biggest moment of his
45:53career absolutely incredible moment to witness the final evolution of jackson drake came and it
46:04delivered just as he has the last 300 days the precision of heartbreak drake was on full display
46:11early on the vanity project thought they'd be celebrating but the dime piece had other intentions
46:18drake couldn't get the best of it right there and once again goes forward but aaron roark
46:22putting a stop to the champions offense and then aaron from the top on cloud nine and that is enough
46:30for the win and now peter he's sitting on cloud nine atop the evolved division true genuine emotion
46:38it's all raw it's all coming out right here you see the superstars from the back the entire evolve
46:43locker room men's and women's emptying out to show support for aaron roark right here id prospects pc
46:50talent an incredible moment here for aaron roark oh a little too excited right there the celebration
46:59continues through all the ups and downs trials and tribulations the id prospect has built momentum
47:05shine through made history and officially taken of all to sparkle city
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