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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.
01:58Key.
02:02.
02:04Tonight it's it's the final evolution for the Evolve champion.
02:08It's another big fight feel here on Tudor.
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
03:09somewhere
03:09and his opponent from singapore weighing in at 227 pounds
03:15a 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
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 couple
04:28weeks back that of course led to victory it seems like dante chen playing mr nice guy 100 and that's
04:34something that you know robert stone used to say all the time about dante chen incredibly talented
04:39but when is he going to turn the level up a bit obviously now that criticism more relevant
04:45considering 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 hendrix
04:58is a bad guy and dante chen is someone who ultimately is not only a hard worker not only talented
05:05in the
05:05ring oh chen's got some moves that's right but he's also a dude who does things the right way
05:10that's not how cam hendrix has operated from the second he got here he has been all about uh tipping
05:16the scales for team pc and that's not dante chen's way chen so technically sound here that
05:21series of arm drags yeah he's teaching a lesson to young cam hendrix right now let's get the double
05:25digits right here i don't i don't know if i've ever seen this many arm drags it's an arm drag
05:30fest here
05:30on tubi as dante chen taking full advantage right now against cam hendrix and also a little bit of
05:37extra spice there to what dante is bringing of course in a way defending the honor of tate wilder
05:42yeah absolutely and you know everybody was upset and disgusted about what happened to tate wilder
05:49at the hands of cam hendrix see and that that's the cam hendrix you know a guy who's gonna hide
05:53find harley riggins and then throw a haymaker the series of cheap shots here by cam hendrix
06:00as harley riggins and hendrix getting the last laugh right now referee chip danning administering
06:05his count dante chen needs to get back in this one peter last week we saw the final evolution of
06:10kendall gray tonight it's jackson drake and will he have the same result as our words i mean you have
06:15to imagine that is what all jackson drake has been dreaming about all week is being able to close out
06:21the same way kendall gray did with a win over aaron rorke and having to vacate that title he does
06:28not want to hand that title over to aaron rorke tonight cam hendrix of course got a recent evolved
06:32championship opportunity he would love to be in that position but it's aaron rorke tonight but cam
06:36hendrix with a win here certainly could get in the mind of foreman thatcher to the cover i don't
06:42think it's too i don't even understand how cam hendrix is allowed to be competing this is a guy who
06:47took
06:47out tate wilder a man who's still not clear with a vile attack in the parking lot outside the pc
06:53it's
06:54it's disgusting we know how violent the parking lot is at the performance center but never really
06:59seen it on evolve no it's it's a it's a honestly it's disgraceful it's something it's one of the
07:05things that always made me proud to be a part of evolve is that people generally do things the right
07:09way and cam hendrix has shown up and said it's going to be his way not the right way talk
07:14about
07:14hendrix we talk about riggins being on the sore losers those bullies and that was on full display
07:18with that attack on tate wilder and hendrix looking to capitalize right here out of the corner and chen
07:23with the drop down german suplex and again a lesson there for cam hendrix took too long to make his
07:30way
07:30back to dante chen who absolutely had the young man scouted and dante lives by those three p's
07:40perseverance preparation peter and of course peter indeed has dante right now continuing the onslaught
07:46irish whip reverse here by cam hendrix big boot by dante as chen starting to roll a bit now
07:53dante chen wants to shake things up in the championship rankings here
07:59man how about the motor of dante chen blake you're at nxt you're at main event you see wrestling
08:04constantly how about just the general energy and breath capacity of dante chen is always ready
08:10indeed as chen building some steam right here peter he doesn't normally take to the air but sue is
08:16seated to the outside as dante we talked about that uptick in aggression it's on full display here
08:22now can he take advantage he throws cam hendrix back in can he finish the job what a win this
08:27would
08:27be and the springboard 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
08:38wants to 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's 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
09:10not right certainly a questionable call right there but nonetheless the numbers game prevails as
09:16cam hendrix gets the victory absolutely if dante chen came out strong and he really wanted to secure
09:22this win we talked about him upping the aggression trying to get to the championship picture but the
09:27odds not in his favor late you see the distraction from harley riggins cam hendrix takes advantage and
09:34takes the victory hey wilder where you at you little baby huh you scared are you you gotta take a
09:41week off
09:41yeah you're a little dwerp tate tate of tiger nobody does we'll break you in half buddy where you at
09:46you
09:46in the medical room are you scared oh they certainly have some words right there now let's hear from
09:54foreman things are always evolving and being the foreman there's a lot of issues that come across my
10:06desk that you deserve to be updated on i'm going to leave the vacant women's championship until next
10:12week but i do have exciting news brand new talent from north america and europe has been found the
10:19contracts are currently being signed so in two weeks we'll have an evolve special that will showcase
10:25these european talents and brand new wwe id prospects hey dummy what about it's gone you want to try that
10:33again mr foreman sir it's all about it's gone what about me i mean take a peek at 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 evolve show yes now you're talking i love it well good good now
10:58see
10:58yourself 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
11:17doesn't stay there sweet sweet revenge it follows you and in tampa it hits back
11:26all scores are settled it's personal it's backlash
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
11:55actually my ivy league intellect is what makes me truly different from the uneducated dead weight around
12:00here yeah ah excuse me where are my manners my name is braxton cole the epitome of privilege
12:11an eclectic of excellence a top of the class brown university graduate and an all-league defensive
12:18and football player and what sets me apart from these one-dimensional athletes is that i am the perfect
12:23conglomeration of brains and brawn now while they're working hard i am working smart and pretty soon
12:33when i'm at the top of the class and evolve you'll all see why i am straight a's in every
12:39way
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
13:04it's a new reverse from chicago illinois lady luck well peter lady luck waves the flag in the
13:13women's division for the id program and hasn't had the best win-loss record ever since coming to
13:18wednesday nights but she continues a fight has the the heart of a champion let's see what she brings
13:22here tonight listen that's what it's all about you're not always going to get favorable match-ups
13:26they're going to be l's the question is can you take that l can you hold it can you love
13:30that l
13:31nurture it and turn it into a w you know what i'm saying hi it's me zina double l in
13:35your life
13:36see
13:39and her opponent from the main 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 like howard exactly
14:01where i was going to go now thanks to the uh open slot that may exist because kendall gray has
14:07moved on to nxt these are two women who have a major opportunity neither has had a a great fortune
14:15when
14:15it comes to w's but one of them's coming out with a win tonight and pushing themselves forward in the
14:20women's division great opportunity for zena sterling and lady luck we know it's a high stakes night of
14:25course with our final evolution main event but this is a high stakes matchup certainly in the women's
14:29division bell sounds were underway laney luck zena sterling and we talked about that evolution of
14:35zena from lfg to evolve peter what differences really have you seen from zena since coming to
14:39wednesday nights well listen she is clearly a more serious competitor the the learning curve has been
14:45tremendous um when you see when people walk through the door at lfg they are green as could be
14:50nervous intimidated and as you can see right now that is not the look of someone who is nervous and
14:55intimidated it's someone who's ready for the moment the question is can that translate into getting
14:59meaningful wins a lot of confidence especially when you're in the learning tree of someone like
15:03bubba ray dudley zena sterling certainly looking up her game here but laney luck here we go into a quick
15:07cover only gets one of all the people to be under the learning tree of is anyone leg is anyone
15:13more
15:13intimidating than than bubba ray dudley that's the thing you end up uh it's trial by fire you know what
15:19i
15:19mean and you come out a stronger competitor because these two a couple of pinfall exchanges
15:24in the early going very back and forth between laney luck and zena sterling and peter we're talking
15:28about laney luck not just here on wednesday nights but ultimately has she repped the id program
15:34i think she's done a great job i mean listen everyone is trying to etch their name in stone
15:40everyone wants to be the next kendall gray the next callie armstrong the next jackson drake
15:46has she done that yet no obviously she has not but she has repped the program well
15:50but again she is also someone who needs to start stacking some wins and putting herself in a position
15:56to be a legitimate contender here on evolve when we talk about that stiff competition she's gone
16:00one-on-one with the likes of carmen petrovich pj vassa certainly some of the top women on the evolve
16:05but how many wins we'll see how that transpires as again peter right now both superstars looking to move
16:12up the ladder as zena fireman scary takeover looking to take full advantage as zena zeroing
16:18in right now of course former division one swimmer very well conditioned athlete is zena sterling both
16:23of these ladies very impressive i won't lie though blake it is hard for me not think about our main
16:27event
16:27tonight i am it is wednesday night you go out of the corner it is to be a roll attempt
16:33two it's a
16:35wednesday night it's to be and we have a main event with jackson drake defending the title for the last
16:40time ever on evolve against none other than aaron roark that's the mayor of sparkle city to you and me
16:45indeed we'll see if that has the same fare as it did last week with the final evolution of kendall
16:50gray
16:50but right now any luck taking some full control sending zena sterling to the apron it's just you get
16:56to see the full spectrum here on evolve look at that absolutely you see people find their way
17:02and find real success like the vanity project over on nxt already capturing tag team gold it's pretty
17:08crazy as 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 dumps
17:49laney luck and she capitalized here i mean you think about the wendy choos the cali armstrongs the
17:55people 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 like
18:05layla diggs mason holiday starting to bubble up a little bit how about chantelle monroe you know
18:09she wants 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 two 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
19:09the cover and lady luck picks up her first win on a ball here is your winner lady luck
19:18peter you talked about that win-loss record but right here in front of our eyes we see the first
19:23dub
19:23for laney luck that's exactly right it makes me happy because she needed the win and she ended up
19:28getting one tonight over zena sterling well peter let's go back and take a look at the action you see
19:34laney luck risking it all right here really expanding her arsenal of offense trying to get
19:38the win over zena sterling but zena also looking for a big win here on evolve it's that time of
19:43the year where both superstars trying to move right up the ranks laney luck right there with that death
19:47valley driver into the cover and laney luck picking up her first win here on evolve big big moment here
19:58tonight
19:59hey lindsay lindsay wait up the amigo hey sunglasses off i just gotta say how sick it is man to
20:10be able
20:10to train performance center with a cat like you oh my bad my bad i remember growing up watching you
20:17the cruiserweight classic and now look at us man we're outside just chopping it up plus plus plus
20:24catch my vibe lucha lit that's basically main man energy you're just throwing a mask on it
20:30you're not just throwing a mask there's more to that catito man listen you're gonna learn but i gotta go
20:35all right oh before you go you and me in the ring one-on-one i think it'd be a
20:41killer learning
20:42experience and also good to check out how many lives you got left main man yeah first lucha lit
20:49that's right in the ring uh-huh that sounds perfect yeah but you know what i'm going to teach you
20:55a
20:55lesson right now you see when you're in the ring with me lucha lit lisa dorado you're not going to
21:01be
21:01the main man you're going to be the next man i'll catch you all right come out so we got
21:05our match
21:06oh we got it i'll check you all right perfect sunglasses
21:13this april live from las vegas the best in the world cm punk i'm the champ and i call the
21:22shots
21:23versus the original tribal chief 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 john 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 getting 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 weeks
22:33to go with succession but cap's back and he's ready to roll my man with the glasses is feeling what's
22:39a refill yo yo yo yo the pot is hot tonight and i know y'all like that and it's
22:49gonna be a crazy rush
22:51when aaron roark walks out the new wwe evolve champion aaron
22:59dine 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 next
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
25:21how you doing sir i'm doing excellent good to see you brother hey what are we doing what are we
25:25doing what are we doing for you watch this watch this make me a favor put up two fingers here
25:29a
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 you feeling i am too blessed to express this whole place has been bouncing the stars from all over
25:45the world have been shining take a look at kendall gray take a look at sean legacy people that didn't
25:49just walk here chui they evolved they figured it out under these lights and now shining bright
25:54under 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
26:08evolve
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 is
27:05people with big egos and insecurities and we have big bad cam hendrix and harley riggins guys that are
27:11just simply vibe killers man we need someone to shine the lights and tune i think i know who can
27:19figure
27:19it out i think that's luca i think you're right hey brother thank you so much for your time yes
27:25sir hey
27:25and 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
28:06could he be the man to derail jackson drake
28:09it is such a great question it's the reason we're all here by the way it looks at the best
28:15shape of his
28:16life i have never seen aaron rourke look better shredded and ready for this opportunity trained by
28:25greats worked his tail off across the industry to get to evolve and since he's been in evolve
28:32he's done it as a tag team competitor he's done it as a single star and he earned this shot
28:37against
28:38jackson drake as here comes the evolve champion and peter for the last time i guess it's your turn
28:49yeah it's the last time ever i gotta do it party's here the party is here folks that was like
28:58next
28:58level stoner well i had to i had to it's the last time look at the shredded halves of our
29:04champion
29:04jackson drake as he stands by with swipe right who recently by the way became nxt tag team champions
29:10but they're back to support the champ and peter we talk about obviously the evolution of different
29:16superstars and how they've grown and evolved these two have competed one-on-one on the indies before
29:20but tell us tonight you talked about the stakes what this match means i mean it's listen i don't
29:27want to take anything away from big matches on the indies as you see our champion holding that title
29:31high win or lose that's the last time you will see jackson drake hold that evolve championship but
29:37this is different this is about being in the wwe record books this is about becoming the wwe evolve
29:44champion challenger is in champion is in flanked by his boys outside of mike rowe to set the table for
29:53this
29:54final evolution
29:56the 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
30:23and his opponent weighing in at 188 pounds representing the vanity project he is
30:38the evolve champion jackson drake
30:47that'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 lose or draw
31:01for the last time as evolve champion peter 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
31:19vip section of support for this incredible main event that we have full of id talent right there in just
31:27two weeks about before nxt returns to madison square garden the site where jackson drake had a successful
31:32title defense against sean legacy late last year now an opportunity here against aaron rorke but
31:37peter these are two men that embody not just the id program but evolve itself watch out early pin there
31:42for rorke yeah completely two totally different guys we go rorke i mean rorke and drake are so
31:49different as people as competitors style wise oh roll up rorke 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
32:03what aaron rorke is work flips out the belly to back
32:11as aaron rorke's starting a roll right here who's walking out as evolve champion
32:22everyone's got to tell
32:30wrestlemania vegas it'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
33:01again will he leave as champion oh well we will find out by the end of the night and i
33:07i really
33:07hope for your 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 rorke
33:17oh you see brad baylor try to get involved we know that numbers game really can help the vanity
33:22project well that is part of the plan always and you see jackson drake taking advantage of it but
33:26besides even everything we've seen jackson drake do here oh nice counter by rorke his story going
33:31all the way back to being a teenager in the wrestling business in north carolina a young jackson drake and
33:37young javon evans training together dreaming of one day getting there you see what his best friend
33:42javon evans 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 wednesdays
33:56peter as jackson drake the first ever evolved champion and aaron rorke who embodies everything
34:02that evolved represents from opportunity to growth and development looking to really pay that off
34:07right here nice counter by jackson drake and peter whether you like him or not you can't take anything
34:11away from his skills inside the ring 100 you cannot he is one of the most skilled young stars i
34:18see look
34:18at this though he's going to work on the back of the head of aaron rorke and you can see
34:22the aggression
34:23turned up right here it's a big match for jackson drake of course successful with two title defenses at
34:28both succession one and two we'll see if he's able to get the win here tonight against aaron rorke
34:32and head to nxt having never lost the evolved championship now you mentioned uh aaron rorke
34:39and how he embodies everything uh that is evolved watch out the cover shoulder down only one and that
34:46is the id program it's so true he he is his own man aaron rorke does things his own way
34:51and he has
34:52just won people over since the moment he walked in the door and i think jackson drake
34:57i don't know if he'd admit it publicly i think even jackson drake has great respect for the work
35:02of aaron rorke you certainly would think so here we go side russian leg sweep floats over
35:09only gets two right there and of course aaron rorke picked up the pin in that huge 10-man
35:13tag team match between the pc and id match up a couple weeks back and really that started to
35:18kickstart the momentum for aaron rorke and helping him put him in the position today and allowing
35:22foreman thatcher to really honor him with this title opportunity there's no question him scoring
35:26the pin in that 10 man that is the reason aaron rorke has this opportunity one opportunity begets
35:31another and now aaron rorke is on the precipice of history could he be the second ever wwe evolve
35:38champion has rorke in a fight right here certainly as you pointed out here in the best shape of his
35:43young
35:43career but 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 stopped to the back of
35:56aaron rorke 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
36:09what an exclamation point it would be to the first year of evolve that kendall gray wins out on her
36:15last
36:15match 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 rorke right now in the receiving end of some punishment we talked about that mutual respect
36:30potentially to jackson drake towards aaron rorke 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 him walk out
36:40in that 10-man tag not really showing a whole lot of respect to their fellow id mate no but
36:44they have
36:44respect 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 rorke look at this counter right here oh and rorke look at that
37:03dials it
37:04up with the area code in sparkle city that's right i didn't know that sparkle city had that area code
37:10but
37:10absolutely a 619 here we go aaron rorke starting to build a little steam right here peter oh man this
37:18is the most momentum we've seen from rorke in this matchup he's locked in on the championship
37:23oh man and jackson's right now goes for the big swipe and look at rorke back up on his feet
37:27bam big
37:28super kick aaron rorke into position again german release suplex aaron rorke so dangerous with his hands
37:34and his feet as you saw that back super kick connecting to the chin of the champion the momentum
37:40sent drake back up on his feet he's in the far side corner aaron rorke zeroing in on his target
37:44here oh and meets the back elbow of jackson drake the champ creates separation work back up top one
37:50more time the second time's the charm oh and he sent the champ flying and landing on his back great
37:56work
37:57by aaron rorke to take advantage of that situation eat the feet here we go center of the ring hooks
38:03the
38:03outside leg shoulders are down oh man i cannot imagine the internet breaking if aaron rorke were
38:10to beat jackson drake for the evolved championship tonight dial it up looks at ricky smokes and brad
38:20baylor might have wasted too much time the german suplex in the corner well that that's the thing
38:26in a situation like this a massive matchup aaron rorke has to remember the moment you cannot get
38:32caught up in any sort of theatrics or trying to prove a point you just got to score oh and
38:38there
38:38rorke fighting off the champion nice counter with the uranagi roar oh man that's the innovative
38:44offense blake drops the elbow close to the ropes and drake able to hang on rorke starting to build
38:51some momentum right here peter think about the people jackson drake has survived this man has survived
38:57keanu carver all right so think about what that would mean if aaron rorke is the man to dethrone
39:03jackson drake we're talking about looking at a new era on evolve coming up in just two weeks some
39:10brand new talent coming some id talent talent from all over europe the stacked divisions will continue
39:15to grow but who's going to sit at the top we don't know or is it going to be aaron
39:19rorke well listen
39:21here we go on the outside now as drake oh and rorke they're going back and forth right here peter
39:28precarious position 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 rorke 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 rorke is down peter the above
39:52championship hanging the balance this match continues on tubi
39:58i want to break some big news nxt will be bringing one of its biggest ple's one of the greatest
40:04wrestling cities in all the world on saturday april 4th get ready for a fight nxt stands up in st
40:12lewis the stakes are high the world is watching and only the best stand and deliver nxt stand and
40:23deliver saturday april 4th
40:30back in action here on evolves aaron rorke certainly feeling the effects of what we saw right before the
40:35break as work here looking for the challenge let's take another look right now jackson drake the suplex
40:41from the apron all the way to the floor rocking his challenge
40:47some blood in the mouth of our champion as well the evolved universe really rallying behind the
40:52challenger right now jackson drake he's locked in and aaron rorke in a bad spot man you can see he
41:00is
41:01out of it and the carolina reaper starting to unload and peter we thought there might have been some
41:06respect reform we're not seeing it right now rorke might be out everyone who ever jabbed you was
41:12right you don't belong here but look at the fight here oh man aaron rorke he's worked his entire life
41:22for this type of opportunity he's going to go down swinging aaron what's he looking to do here oh it's
41:26a spinning toe hold perhaps here we go half crab oh i like this look at the torque on the
41:31lower back
41:32here of jackson drake peter he's right in the center of the ring no this is a very smart move
41:36from aaron rorke he not only is he holding on to that leg but the kicks to the back of
41:40jackson drake
41:40rorke starting to unleash swipe right none too pleased and rorke now
41:49you see rorke he believes it looking to fulfill his destiny right here drake with the counter oh version
41:56of an ushiguroshi right there let's see what drake can do off the ropes oh big punt oh that could
42:02be
42:03it center of the ring kicks out at one all right look at aaron rorke kicking out at one and
42:08look at
42:08the disbelief on the face of the champion jackson drake has unlocked the inner dragon of aaron rorke
42:15set up power bomb oh two and a half
42:21and rorke knows he missed that opportunity and the champ lives to see another day
42:30drake scratching and clawing rorke 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 with baylor and
42:43smokes a little vanity project conference there but aaron rorke trying to keep his foot on the gas right
42:47now oh man this is one of those moments your your entire life could go differently blake oh referee
42:55jerry marcus got inadvertently struck right there in the midst of this final evolution of jackson drake
43:00wait a minute baylor and smokes are in oh this isn't right super swipe drops work center of the ring
43:07it
43:07can't end like this oh that is it drake with the cover now came this far one two oh and
43:15rorke is still
43:16alive and you can hear and feel the electricity in the evolved arena here at the performance
43:23center or orlando jackson drake and the vanity project may have ripped all the pages out of the
43:30playbook peter they've got nothing left aaron rorke eats the super swipe and somehow kicks out
43:37and wargo sends drake on the way to the floor taking out swipe right but you know aaron rorke that's
43:44not
43:44going to be enough he's going to want to add aaron rorke is going to want to fly he's going
43:49to lay it on
43:50the line down goes smokes and baylor with the champions back in the ring you see that the champ
43:56smartly gets out of it and manages to avoid the damage and now oh a big kick i don't know
44:03if it was
44:04quite unaliving but he might be setting him up right now as jackson drake in fireman's carry position
44:10looks to execute oh burning hammer center of the ring oh here comes the unaliving that's step one
44:16building some steam oh and right to the back of the neck aaron rorke a valiant effort and jackson drake
44:23will not retain quite yet wait wait i have called nearly every jackson drake match in evil i don't know
44:33if i've seen anyone kick out of an unaliving like that and connect into the back of the head but
44:37that's what aaron rorke just did you see drake that frustration setting in but he's got to continue
44:43peter this title hanging the balance you see the vip section they're in disbelief here comes drake
44:48charging at nobody home and rorke 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 rorke
45:05aaron rorke is hitting a different gear i've never seen this from rorke before he's up top peter
45:11and he's going one cover and aaron rorke fulfills his destiny here is your winner and the new
45:26evoke champion aaron
45:33you see the looks of disbelief aaron rorke is your second ever wwe evolve champion
45:45the genuine emotion pouring out right here in the evolve arena aaron rorke 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 rorke
46:22putting a stop to the champions offense and then aaron from the top on cloud nine and that is
46:30enough for the win and now peter he's sitting on cloud nine atop the evolved division true genuine
46:37emotion it's all raw it's all coming out right here you see the superstars from the back the entire
46:43evolved locker men's and women's emptying out to show support for aaron rorke right here id prospects
46:50pc talent an incredible moment here for aaron rorke 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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