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00:07Then, now, forever, together.
00:32An explosive night on WWE Evolve and
00:35Carmen Petrovich has got something to prove.
00:382026, it's been a crazy couple weeks, right?
00:41WWE ID clashing with PC talent, Harlem Lewis is back.
00:46But I'm focused on the stacked and evolving women's division.
00:50Tonight, I'm gonna handle Callie Armstrong.
00:53Cuz to me, you've just been coasting off being the first ever Women's Evolve champion.
00:58And Buki, that's just so last year.
01:00You made your first and last mistake when you jumped me over the barricade last week.
01:05So tonight, I'm gonna make sure that the difference is made, just not by you.
01:40Yeah!
01:40Yeah!
01:40are here at the wwe performance center for another incredible episode of wwe evolve on tubi i'm peter
01:49rosenberg this is robert stone we have an incredible main event tonight peter it's wednesday
01:54it's evolve we're on tubi let's do this and just like that with an incredible main event we also
02:01get started with the great wendy chu who has something to say
02:21ladies and gentlemen please welcome wendy shoe
02:28and there she is the constantly evolving wendy chu we can agree you've seen a lot of changes
02:37in this young lady i sure haven't peter two weeks ago she made it clear after she won her no
02:43disqualification match that in her future she wants to become the evolved women's champion so i'm
02:50thinking that is what is on her mind listen i've always enjoyed the work of wendy chu but i won't
02:56line you're up i like not being scared of her in the same way okay y'all new year new
03:02me
03:09but in all seriousness i have three new year's resolutions this year and that's to be unbothered
03:18unfiltered and unapologetic
03:23and let's be real for a second it's been almost a whole year and i never had a real shot
03:29at the wwe
03:30evolved women's championship so i'm calling out the woman who opened up pandora's box
03:38and the person you can blame for having me never shut up again kendall gray okay calling out the champ
03:48and she's responding
04:04yo no no no you're supposed to take a week off because of last week's title defense
04:08kendall what are you doing why would i need a break right now i mean if when he wants it
04:13she can get it i'll defend this title right now should we do it i don't even know how are
04:20we gonna
04:20do it can we do it yeah we can make it happen i mean kendall this match is now official
04:24all right
04:25it's official kendall wendy chu versus kendall gray for the evolve women's championship let's do it
04:33okay is this happening right now peter i mean our main event is carmen petrovich and cali armstrong but i
04:39guess we have the women's champ one of the hottest stars in all of professional wrestling defending
04:45her gold against wendy chu that's the cool thing about evolve on to be wednesdays you never know
04:50it's expect the unexpected anything can happen we're kicking this off with an impromptu evolve
04:56women's championship match how cool is that well let me ask you a question though to chewy's point
05:00how unwise is it for kendall who just defended in a triple threat last week against cali and pj vasa
05:09the following contest scheduled for one fall is for that wwe evolve women's championship
05:20introducing first the challenger from the city that never sleeps wendy
05:29shu
05:34and her opponent from las vegas nevada she is the wwe evolve
05:41women's champion
05:48well peter you asked me a question you said how smart is it for kendall gray to be doing this
05:53after
05:53last week she just defended her evolve women's championship in a triple threat match you know
05:58what my answer is i don't have the answer time will tell because i think kendall's mind is telling her
06:04that she could do this but i think her body could be could be saying something else it has been
06:10a crazy
06:11few months for kendall gray she has defended her evolve championship at madison square garden she had a
06:20an nxt championship opportunity at new year's evil and now here she is defending against wendy chu
06:27oh and early on she's trying to get the arm bar locked in watch out pin
06:33and then wendy's trying to go dirt now and that is a smart plant turns into a pin
06:38both of these ladies know each other quite well their story does go all the way back to the beginning
06:43of wwe evolve a year ago as wendy just mentioned but you have to admit kendall gray not just because
06:48of the title she's a completely different superstar now than she was a year ago oh yeah absolutely i
06:53mean time just builds and when you build you get better the more reps you get you get better but
06:57you got to think about this kendall gray changed wendy chu forever she made her say i quit she made
07:03her
07:03talk that changed everything about wendy now what wendy wants to do is change kendall by taking that
07:08evolve women's championship off of her now we know wendy's a stalwart she has done it in the business
07:14for a very long time but how huge would a win be against kendall gray who is on fire it
07:19would be very
07:19huge dangerous place they're dangling on the apron and there's that speed from kendall gray doing what
07:25she does best this is what everybody is talking about when they see kendall on nxt when they see her
07:30on
07:30evolve the speed the natural ring intuition that is who kendall gray is but she's in there with a very
07:37savvy veteran in wendy chu watch out there's that speed again oh a wendy chu pulling out all the
07:45stops to become evolved women's champion the sneaky athleticism of wendy chu our title match continues next
07:55mondreal it's fight weekend
07:58i'm automatic and innovative because i have it friday night smackdown throws the first punch
08:04you want it you got it then saturday night's main event saturday night's main event goes for the
08:10knockout wwe hits back-to-back nights at the bell center
08:15all action all weekend tickets on sale now
08:27welcome back to wwe evolve on 2b peter rosenberg robert stone ringside what a treat look at this
08:33oh watch out that is wendy chu the challenger going after our champion kendall gray at a pain
08:39oh man and kendall kicks out at two is there any chance robert that just all the different stuff
08:45kendall's doing could possibly spread her thin and weaken her in a match against wendy chu absolutely the
08:52busy you are wait a minute another roll up there and a kick out at two oh they're going back
08:56and forth
08:56for wendy and kendall kicks out the more your body's going through peter the more that you might not be
09:02ready for a match like this and and wendy out at two and turns it into another pin and another
09:06reversal
09:07and now kendall will try to score a pin as these two ladies go back and forth this has been
09:12non-stop
09:14kicks at the same time they know each other so well you said it earlier punches at the same time
09:18this is awesome the double close line and the thing is rob it's not just about the physical toll
09:24but kendall her career has changed in front of our very eyes this is someone who when we showed up
09:29a
09:29year ago a lot of people knew nothing about her she truly has become the it girl in pro wrestling
09:35you just wonder mentally if it takes a toll all of the different opportunities that she's getting
09:40well she's been the it girl with a target on her back but you know what she's been taking on
09:43all
09:43comers and she has been successful but can she be successful against wendy chu tonight and the blows
09:49back and forth between wendy and kendall you see big right hands from both and now kendall doing what
10:00she does best but wendy's still fighting back i gotta tell you therapy has done something for
10:05wendy chu she is a different person and you see it not just in how she talks rob what wendy
10:13does in the ring as you see kendall gray enter the gray area the gray grabs our account and now
10:19she's
10:19gonna do what she does best kendall is looking to bring it to wendy chu who wanted this challenge
10:25as you see two boots down to wendy chu and a pitfall for the champ and a kick out at
10:30two oh man we've
10:31seen her do that double stop so many times and i love watching it almost put wendy chu away
10:39the athleticism of kendall gray really impresses me time after time for a youngster she knows so much
10:45in the ring but wendy chu with tricks up her sleeve rob as time goes on does this match favor
10:52the veteran
10:52wendy i mean again only time will tell you would think it's 12 years versus two years experience
10:57but kendall's holding her own watch out kendall could be in a bad spot right here wendy's an opening
11:02and a neck breaker could that be enough to get the title off kendall gray it's not peter's so close
11:10right
11:10there to wendy chu becoming the new evolved women's champion you see the look on the face of wendy true
11:19she thought she had the evolved women's championship in her grasp and now kendall favoring that neck
11:25that neck breaker affected she's trying to hook her for that full nelson that she often hits oh watch
11:30out kendall had her scouted and could this be dirt now oh man if if wendy true can fully lock
11:37in the
11:38dirt now i don't think she fully has it locked in oh kendall gray wise and creative to get out
11:44of that
11:45there but she's got that arm bar right it is fully locked in
11:50does she fully have it rob i i i it's uh no no wendy is fighting i don't think she's
11:55gotten it
11:56her hands are class her hands are classed she is trying to get out oh there's a pivot two and
12:04kendall
12:04kicks out oh man caught her with that right to the chin can she capitalize it looked like she needed
12:13to
12:13weaken wendy chu a bit more in order to lock in that arm bar which has done so many other
12:19competitors
12:20in against kendall gray but now kendall gray goes up top oh and wendy's gonna find her with an uppercut
12:26in a match like this you got to put it all on the line and that's what these two superstars
12:31are doing
12:33superplex from wendy true taking the champ down could that be enough she held up peter she's not done
12:39oh oh another one brain buster the pin could the title change hands no one does it goodness gracious
12:50robert stone i didn't know we were getting this to start off the night this is more than winning a
12:55title for wendy chu it's about proving to herself that she can do this that she can and of course
13:00the
13:00crowd here at the pc very excited we also have another incredible women's match later on between
13:06carmen petrovich and callie armstrong but right now the champ kendall gray defending against wendy
13:11chu and wendy looking to lock in the dirt now oh full nelson she's going full nelson slam she was
13:19oh nasty big chop to the champ looking for another neck breaker reversed shades of gray that could be it
13:29one two Kendall gray retains here is your winner but still wwe evolve women's champion kendall gray
13:43considering kendall gray didn't know she was defending her title here tonight you have to be incredibly
13:50impressed with what kendall was able to do as she holds off wendy chu rob take us through the match
13:59well the impromptu championship match delivered in all aspects wendy chu brought the physicality like
14:06only she can but in the end it was the boss lady who kept her incredible momentum going
14:11as kendall gray defeated wendy to retain the championship very very impressive win for kendall gray
14:19the champ continues to impress kendall gray reigns supreme here on evolve
14:30hey kendall keep doing your thing as champ because i know our paths gonna cross again
14:36but tonight i'm focused on carmen petrovich so carmen you keep asking how i'm getting all these
14:42opportunities but i don't see you doing nothing trying to work your way to the top other than running
14:47your mouth you damn right i carried this division on my back as a first ever evolved women's champion
14:53you must have forgotten i already ran through you once when the title was on the line
14:58and tonight it ain't gonna be no different i'm all gas no brakes that i get that title back
15:05now get out of my way
15:31how did you find out about this place again
15:33i told you in my giant stack of fan mail there was an invitation for a free psychic reading
15:42i've been waiting for you you knew we were coming oh yeah psychic right
15:48i have so many questions am i gonna make my first billion next year or this year oh also who
15:57am i
15:58sitting next to at the grammys oh wait also am i going to meet champ soon oh oh oh oh
16:12my oh
16:17oh oh oh so is that good there's much darkness in your lifelines oh no what do you mean
16:30let's ask the cards
16:34five of swords conflict hollow victory
16:41the tent of swords suffering pain
16:51the tower like the sunset boy oh destruction
17:10you must change your wing
17:12Yeah, I promise, because we'll change our wings.
17:15Yeah, yeah.
17:15You must change your wings.
17:17All right, all right.
17:17You must change your wings.
17:55A special congratulations to the newest members of the NXT roster, Eli Knight, Keanu Carver,
18:02the Vanity Project's Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes, the WWE Evolved Champion, Jackson Drake,
18:08and rounding up the group, none other than Super Sean Legacy.
18:12These are names to watch with massive futures ahead of them.
18:15And while they may be headed to NXT, they've still got unfinished business here on Evolved.
18:19So catch these fast rising stars every Tuesday on NXT and every Wednesday right here on Tubi on WWE Fall.
18:28Congrats, guys.
18:32The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
18:35Interesting burst from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, weighing at 180 pounds, Marcus Mathers.
18:44All right, who is ready for some PC versus ID talent here on Evolved?
18:51Well, Peter, there you see the WWE ID prospects all watching in the locker room,
18:57cheering the finest Marcus Mathers on because they know he needs this win.
19:01They need it.
19:02They're watching.
19:02They're supporting him, and he knows that they're there.
19:04Absolutely, momentum would be key going into next week
19:09when, of course, we are going to see the PC talent run roughshod and run this show, Evolved.
19:16Marcus Mathers, very impressive whenever we see him,
19:20often in tag action and, of course, as a singles competitor as well.
19:32And his opponent, from Goxdale, New Hampshire, weighing at 240 pounds, Braxton Cole.
19:43And there he is, representing the PC.
19:46And there you see Peter in the PC locker room, just like the ID prospects were supporting Marcus Mathers.
19:52All the PC talent are supporting Braxton Cole for this match.
19:56They're ready to see him get a win for sure.
19:59I don't understand supporting Braxton Cole.
20:02What do you mean, not understand supporting Braxton Cole?
20:05I mean, just look at this guy.
20:06That's exactly the thing.
20:08I'm looking at Braxton Cole.
20:09I see a great athlete.
20:11He's got a great look.
20:12He's very talented.
20:13Let's not forget Ivy League.
20:14He got a master's degree.
20:15The dude only eats red meat and fruit.
20:17You got to respect him for that.
20:20Why do I have to respect him for that?
20:21Because who could pull that off?
20:23Look how great this guy looks.
20:24He's in great shape.
20:25There's no question.
20:26Didn't you go to an Ivy League school?
20:27Nah, Kane University.
20:29Kane University.
20:30That's how much the man loves wrestling.
20:33Peter, next week it goes down.
20:36The PC talent are running the show.
20:38In two weeks, Cam Hendricks gets his title shot against Jackson Drake for the Evolve Championship.
20:43A lot coming up.
20:45This match, a lot of odds are on it.
20:46It's absolutely correct, Rob.
20:48And that's why this is such an important match from a momentum standpoint.
20:52I think, Rob, is it fair to say,
20:53as you see a strike early on from Mathers.
20:56Is it fair to say this might be more important for the ID talent
20:59who knows they have the deck stacked against them next week?
21:01Of course, going into next week, they want to win.
21:03And right now, Marcus Mathers is trying to do that.
21:05Ducking and dodging a few drop kicks.
21:07But the size difference looks like it's catching up to him.
21:10And you have to wonder how much confidence it would just bring
21:14that ID locker room that we just saw
21:16if Marcus Mathers can get a win here tonight.
21:22There's some of that athleticism for Braxton Cole.
21:25What do you think, Rob, we could expect from the PC talent running the show next week here on Evolve?
21:30Honestly, it's just like I say about Evolve all the time.
21:33It's expecting unexpected.
21:34Who knows what these guys have up their sleeves?
21:36But what I know right now is Braxton Cole is putting elbows,
21:40is putting hands to Marcus Mathers.
21:41That's right, Braxton Cole certainly in control right here early on
21:45and taking it to the ground on Marcus Mathers,
21:47who certainly would prefer for this match to be a bit higher paced.
21:52That's where Marcus Mathers does his best damage.
21:54Would you agree?
21:55Yeah, but Braxton Cole's a guy who checks every box.
21:57Braxton Cole's a guy who has been waiting for opportunities in matches like this.
22:02A lot of strength behind everything.
22:04Braxton Cole does.
22:05Goes for the pin and a kickout at two for Marcus Mathers.
22:08And let's not also forget something.
22:10I mean, there's a reason why no one's at ringside right now.
22:13Both sides, the PC talent side, the WWE ID prospects,
22:17they're not allowed at ringside for this match.
22:19Absolutely not trying to keep things in order before we get to next week
22:22where the PC will have complete control.
22:24They have already announced a three-on-one handicap match
22:26where Riggins, Presley, and Keanu take on Jackson Drake.
22:29And then Cam Hendricks with a title shot against Jackson Drake the following week.
22:36And how impressive again, I gotta say.
22:38This has been all Braxton Cole.
22:40Still working on Mathers' neck.
22:43I gotta tell you, I've been impressed by Cam Hendricks.
22:45As obnoxious as he is.
22:48Oh, another neckbreaker.
22:49Just really honing in.
22:50You gotta love it.
22:51And a pin for Braxton Cole.
22:53And Marcus Mathers kicks out.
22:55Got to see Cam Hendricks in the ring with eyeshow speed.
22:58Not something I expected to see.
23:01And of course, he handled business against the internet god.
23:05Eyeshow speed as well.
23:06As you see Braxton Cole looking to go back to work on Marcus Mathers.
23:10Yeah, really focusing on that neck area.
23:14Very smart.
23:15Take a body part off Mathers.
23:17And he definitely loses feeling.
23:20That could go all the way down his whole body.
23:22What does that feel like, Stone?
23:23Do you want me to try it on you right now, Peter?
23:25I mean, can you imagine?
23:26Look at what's happening right now.
23:28His head is twisted almost around his whole body.
23:30He is twisting the head and neck region of Marcus Mathers.
23:36That has to take a toll.
23:38These are two newcomers.
23:40They're both hungry.
23:41They're both still unproven.
23:43They're trying to carve their name into the wall of Evolve.
23:46But of course, that's the big difference with PC and ID Talent.
23:50These are all very young, talented people.
23:52But it's about how they go about learning professional wrestling.
23:56Well, it seems like Braxton's learning a lot.
23:59Although Marcus learned that he was going for another neckbreaker and held on to the ropes.
24:03Can he mount something here?
24:05Oh!
24:05And I've got to say, I can't be so sure that everyone in the PC is represented by Team PC.
24:11This is a very specific group they have.
24:14Beautiful!
24:15As you see the athleticism of Marcus Mathers.
24:18Or you can see it in his eyes.
24:20He's trying to get something going here.
24:22He's young.
24:23He's hungry.
24:23He's fueled by passion.
24:26And you see the strikes from Mathers, who wanted to get this match up in the air if he can.
24:34Here we go!
24:34And there you see the flying of Marcus Mathers.
24:37Once he gets going, he does not stop, I'll tell you that.
24:40Oh!
24:41And even as he favors that neck, manages to get it done.
24:46He's taking it to Braxton Cole.
24:48Wait a minute.
24:48That's a big snap!
24:50Watch out!
24:51And a pin as well!
24:53Oh!
24:53Braxton Cole kicking out at two.
24:56And as I mentioned, Mathers still favoring the neck.
25:00Cole had really cinched in on him there for a couple of minutes.
25:03And you see it has taken a toll on Mathers.
25:07But he's sore.
25:09He's tired all the time, Peter.
25:11He's wrestling a few times a week, but he loves every second of it.
25:15He is 24-7 with this.
25:16He's been in this situation before.
25:18Yes!
25:21You see the big strike there from Marcus Mathers.
25:24Looking for a suplex.
25:27Oh!
25:28That was impressive.
25:29Braxton Cole reverses it.
25:31Pins Mathers, who kicks out at two.
25:36Very used to seeing Marcus Mathers in action with Aaron Rourke.
25:41They've been a really fun tag team to watch, but always a treat to get to see Mathers in singles
25:45action.
25:46But his hands are full with the young PC stud Braxton Cole.
25:51And look at Braxton showing the power.
25:56Mathers fighting out now.
25:58Fighting for his life, it looks like.
26:00That's right, but also going back to the neck now of Braxton Cole, using that elbow effectively.
26:07He held on!
26:09That's right.
26:10Cole went for a European uppercut.
26:12Mathers reversed it, trying to hit that backslide, but he can't get the big man down, Stone.
26:19And now Cole, with the power, reverses it.
26:21Mathers reverses out of that.
26:24And there's the enziguri.
26:26That was a different way to catch him with that.
26:28Wow, and another kick.
26:29Mathers so good at using different parts.
26:32Oh, I love that kick.
26:33That is so cool, man.
26:35Wraps around, basically manages to stand behind you and still kick you right in the face.
26:42And now Mathers looking to go up top.
26:44What is Cam Hendricks doing here?
26:46What is this guy doing here?
26:48Well, why is Marcus taking his eyes off the mat?
26:50Don't worry about Cam.
26:52Watch out.
26:53Cole out of the way.
26:55Oh, and Mathers went after Cam instead.
26:58And now the roll-up from Braxton Cole.
27:01Two, three.
27:02That'll do it.
27:05Here is your winner, Braxton Cole.
27:11Always dirty, always underhanded.
27:14This team PC, that's what I'm saying.
27:16That'll do it.
27:17Watch out.
27:19Oh, Cam Hendricks taking out the leg of Marcus Mathers.
27:26What?
27:27And now Braxton Cole looking to go to work on Marcus Mathers.
27:32Wow.
27:33There you see that the ID prospects are locked in their locker room.
27:37They can't get out here to help Marcus Mathers.
27:40Hold on.
27:41Cam's got a chair.
27:42Come on.
27:42I mean, this ain't cool.
27:44Hey, where you at ID?
27:46No one is around to help him, Peter.
27:48And now they're trying to take out Marcus Mathers.
27:51And oh!
27:51Oh my God!
27:52Come on!
27:53Cam Hendricks from the second rope stomping on that chair and crushing the ankle of Marcus
28:00Mathers.
28:01How do you like that?
28:05Clearly sending a message to the ID talent.
28:11Well, Peter, you see here the PC talent, of course, celebrating in their locker room.
28:16They love that Marcus Mathers' career could be ended from this situation.
28:22Absolutely disgusting.
28:25That's what we call it.
28:26That's how we run the show.
28:28That's how we run the show.
28:29We run the school.
28:30That's how we do it.
28:30Hey, hey, hey, hey, ho.
28:31Hey, what you got going on, bro?
28:33Easy.
28:33Easy, Keanu.
28:35Now listen, he's not the biggest people person guy.
28:37I know.
28:38But he's a killer.
28:39A killer.
28:40Stone Cold.
28:40That's true.
28:42That's like...
28:43All good.
28:44Now look, everyone knows we got control.
28:47We?
28:47Who is we?
28:49We got control of next week's episode of Evolve, right?
28:54Damn right we do.
28:55Damn right.
28:56And I know we're looking for a few people to inflict some pain on those ID clowns.
29:01Keep talking.
29:02Right, right.
29:03Well, hear me out.
29:05Let me be one of those guys.
29:07Let me inflict some pain.
29:08More specifically, let me inflict some pain on Cappuccino Jones.
29:12See, that little punk, what he did to me in that gauntlet match a few weeks ago, not only
29:17will I win the match, but I'll knock his freaking head off his freaking shoulder.
29:21So what do you think?
29:22What do you think about it, Keanu?
29:24Please tell me what you think about it.
29:28Okay, Brooks, I can rock with that, brody.
29:30Hell yeah.
29:31Yeah, I think we can make that happen.
29:33It's no secret.
29:34And more.
29:35That's right, playboy.
29:36We got some things cooking for you.
29:38Sounds good.
29:39This guy, I don't know what the energy.
29:42He got to lose some breath.
29:45Team PC, Team ID, tensions at an all-time high, and Carmen Petrovich has got something to prove.
29:51Tonight, she steps into the ring with the Omega of the women's division, Callie Armstrong,
29:56with major title implications at stake.
29:59The wait is over.
30:00Next on Evolve.
30:04This is Lucha Libre Triple-A.
30:09Real flight.
30:12Real energy.
30:15Real impact.
30:18This isn't just a show.
30:20It's tradition.
30:22It's Lucha Libre Triple-A.
30:24King of the Lucha Lord.
30:26Real excitement right in front of you.
30:29Experience it live.
30:31Tickets on sale now.
30:39Yeah.
30:40Hi, Triple H.
30:41Mania Pitches just came in.
30:42Top of your inbox.
30:43I will take a look now.
30:48This should be interesting.
30:51Hey, Paul.
30:52I'm Peyton Manning.
30:53Hey, Paul.
30:54What's going on, man?
30:55John Berto here.
30:56Hey, what's up, Triple H?
30:57Triple H.
30:59It's Eric Andre.
31:00What are we looking to see, bro?
31:01Bonjour, Mr. Levesque.
31:02Here's my pitch.
31:03It's a little different.
31:04Get out of here.
31:04This is what I'm thinking.
31:05Eli and I tag team at WrestleMania.
31:08What I'm interested in is Dom Mysterio, the musical.
31:13Seriously.
31:14I've already shown everybody what I can do at the world's most famous arena.
31:16Imagine what I can do at WrestleMania 42.
31:18What's the right way for me to come back?
31:20I don't think it's on the court necessarily.
31:22I think it's in the ring.
31:23At Legion Stadium, big boat comes to you.
31:25And I walk away as the new women's champion.
31:29Starting to regret asking for these.
31:31I'm going to bring the ultimate energy.
31:33Let's go, baby.
31:34Here we go.
31:34I like the mat with his greasy hair.
31:36Can you just tell him my email's down?
31:38Triple H.
31:38You little sissy.
31:40Let me know when I can come wrestle.
31:42I like to talk.
31:45Is that even legal?
31:46Are we on a video here?
31:47What's happening?
31:48We're on a video.
31:48We're challenging Triple H at WrestleMania.
31:50Oh, sissy.
31:51You got his offer?
31:52I am your man.
31:53I stand by.
31:54Put me in.
31:54Let me shock the world.
31:55Let's try it out.
31:56Woo!
31:57Ladies back in Vegas.
32:02Dude, it's going to be a long road to WrestleMania.
32:27Do you think I give a damn that Cam Hendricks, Keanu Carver, and all those stooges are running the show
32:34next week?
32:36That doesn't matter to me.
32:38That doesn't matter to me.
32:38That doesn't matter to me.
32:38But I heard that Jackson Drake will be here next week.
32:45Which means I will be here next week.
32:49Team PC and Team ID, they could tear each other to shreds.
32:52They could do whatever they want to do.
32:53But while they're fighting for control, I'll be fighting for gold.
32:57Because mark my words, Harlem Lewis is the next Evolve champion.
33:09In the midst of the WWE ID and PC drama, Harlem Lewis stands with an absolute confidence focused on one
33:16goal.
33:16Becoming the Evolve champion.
33:21Too strong, Callie Armstrong has a chip on her shoulder, Robert Stone, and rightfully so.
33:27Peter, it has been 98 days since she has been the Evolve women's champion.
33:31And believe me, she is counting every one of them.
33:34She needs this win tonight to get back on track if she wants to get another title shot.
33:40If she wants to get in the title picture.
33:42It is so important for her to be victorious tonight.
33:46Let me tell you something.
33:46The way she just walked to the ring, I am feeling it.
33:49Tonight can be her night.
33:51Absolutely.
33:52Callie Armstrong looking to make a statement against Carmen Petrovic tonight.
33:58But of course, that will be no easy feat.
34:01We know what Carmen Petrovic is all about and how important this match is to her as well.
34:09As you see Carmen, who has made her intentions clear.
34:14She knows how important a win against the former champ would be, Rob.
34:20She sure does.
34:21You've got to remember something.
34:22Carmen went straight to Callie Armstrong and she called her out.
34:25She said in 2025, that was your year, but 2026 isn't going to be.
34:30She's sick of someone like Callie Armstrong getting all the opportunities and she wants opportunities in 2026.
34:36She said that Callie Armstrong isn't the hype and that she's the hype.
34:40Tonight, time will tell if that's true.
34:43Both of these women have to see all the amazing things happening for Kendall Gray and think that should be
34:49my opportunity.
34:50Let's go to Blake Howard with our ring announcements.
34:52The following contest scheduled for one fall is your Evolve main event.
35:01Introducing first, from Inglewood, California, Callie Armstrong.
35:10Let's go.
35:14And her opponent, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Carmen Petrovic.
35:37Here we go, Stone.
35:40Callie Armstrong and Carmen Petrovic, two of the best natural athletes here in WWE Evolve.
35:46And look at Callie Armstrong starting this off overconfident, showing why this is her ring.
35:52She said all gas, no brakes.
35:53She's back.
35:56Second time, just throwing Carmen off.
35:59Maybe Carmen isn't ready for a former Evolve women's champion like a Callie Armstrong.
36:05Callie Armstrong was such a great champion.
36:08And I just have to imagine if I was Callie Armstrong and I had been the face of the women's
36:12division early on,
36:13I would be so desperate to get back to that spot.
36:16When you see all the opportunities that Kendall is now getting on NXT.
36:21Yeah, well, right now, Peter, she's getting backed up to the corner with those kicks.
36:24Absolutely right.
36:26And Carmen Petrovic in control early.
36:28She's going to pin the former champ.
36:29Who will kick out at two.
36:30You've got to remember something.
36:32Carmen Petrovic, she hasn't won every match she's been in, above, but she has not been pinned or submitted.
36:38As you see, Tyra Mae Steele in the VIP lounge.
36:41I've done some actual journalism here, Stone.
36:43I've got some news.
36:44Oh, man.
36:45Tyra Mae Steele, I've learned, is here in WWE Evolve to stay.
36:50It's official.
36:53That proves that the Evolve women's division here is growing.
37:00Absolutely huge to get the Olympian, the gold medalist, Tyra Mae Steele, here on Evolve.
37:07As you see, Callie Armstrong going to work on the midsection of Carmen Petrovic.
37:10Well, as you can see right now, both of these two are going at it, and Carmen is more of
37:14a striker.
37:15Great reversal into a pin.
37:18Callie is going to have to use her power because Carmen has that unorthodox offense.
37:23Something that is hard to prepare for.
37:25You don't know what she's going to throw at you.
37:26So, Callie maybe came into this a little too overconfident and didn't do her homework, and she's taken Carmen too
37:32lightly.
37:32It's absolutely true.
37:34Even though both are incredible athletes, they use that athleticism in different ways.
37:37You mentioned how Carmen comes at you from different angles, uses her feet so well.
37:43And with Callie, of course, you have speed, but you have so much power, and you always have to watch
37:47out for the Callie connection.
37:50Carmen right now with the arm locked in, feeling that Xing Xing squad behind her, rooting her on.
37:57You know she's going to bust out some of the Xing Xing action as this match goes on, as Callie
38:01tries to find a way out of this arm bar.
38:03Oh, man, the knee to the gut from Callie Armstrong, and there's that power, but Carmen finds a way out.
38:10It doesn't have to be pretty to be effective.
38:14Man, Callie, outside the ring, Callie goes.
38:18Down to the floor, and now what's Carmen Petrovich looking to do?
38:22What's Carmen?
38:23She's flying.
38:24Oh, the time!
38:25Come on!
38:26Take it out!
38:27Callie Armstrong, both ladies outside the ring.
38:30Our main event continues next.
38:32Make a difference now!
38:36It's Saturday night!
38:38Main event!
38:40This one is going to be wild.
38:50High stakes, high pressure, and we are just getting started.
38:58Saturday night's main event in Montreal, Saturday.
39:09They say in Vegas, everyone's got to tell.
39:18A blink.
39:21A breath.
39:23A moment that can't be controlled.
39:26But the great ones, they use it to their advantage.
39:32They own it.
39:35They've got them right where they want them.
39:46The rest just haven't figured it out yet.
39:56WrestleMania Vegas.
40:01It's anyone's game.
40:07Peter, it's been all Callie Armstrong through the break.
40:10Some great action.
40:11Just like we're going to see great action in Montreal this weekend.
40:14Saturday night's main event.
40:15I am pumped.
40:20And during the break, Callie with that fist to the face of Carmen.
40:24And then follows it up.
40:26And you see the power and the strength of Callie Armstrong.
40:29Callie still in control right now.
40:31Carmen, really feeling it in the midsection right now.
40:36Yeah, but this is what I'm talking about with Callie.
40:38Is she at the point of being too confident?
40:40I'm not used to seeing her talk so much to take her time.
40:43But wow.
40:44She just took Carmen's head off with that.
40:47I got to tell you, Callie Armstrong's a friggin' star.
40:50That's all I could say.
40:51You look at Callie Armstrong.
40:53She jumps off the page.
40:54She's getting better and better as she eats a knee from Carmen Petrovic.
40:58She's a star.
40:59A star that needs a win.
41:00A star that needs to get back at it.
41:02You're absolutely right.
41:03And wear off these kicks Carmen's catching her in.
41:05Oof!
41:05100% correct.
41:06You see the back elbow there from Carmen Petrovic.
41:09And a big fist from Carmen as well.
41:10And here's that shing-shing action I was talking about.
41:13Yeah, once she gets going.
41:14In the feet!
41:16Once Carmen gets going.
41:18Oh, momentum works in her favor.
41:20And you see the speed picking up as she goes on.
41:23What you looking for here?
41:24Again, the use of those feets, though.
41:26Ninja-like rapid fire kicks.
41:28She can catch her with out of nowhere.
41:30Shing blade.
41:31And a pin on Callie.
41:33Two!
41:35Wow.
41:36Almost had the pin on the former Evolve Women's Championship.
41:40Peter, what a main event.
41:42What a match.
41:43What a night it's been.
41:44We saw Kendall Gray defend the Evolve Women's Championship
41:47to start things off against Wendy Chu.
41:50And now here we are in our main event.
41:53The women's division thriving on Evolve.
41:56Carmen Petrovic and Callie Armstrong
41:59looking to get their shot at the Women's Championship.
42:03There's Callie.
42:04We've seen her hit this power slam before.
42:06I know what she's going for.
42:08Oh, and Carmen wisely gets out of it.
42:09Well, I'll cut her off.
42:10Pin.
42:11And a kick out at two.
42:14There's the slam from Callie.
42:16Hey, you know what is next, Peter.
42:18You know what comes next.
42:20You got to watch out if you're Carmen Petrovic.
42:22I would stay down.
42:24Don't even get to your feet.
42:26Oh, she avoids the Callie connection.
42:28She sidestepped it.
42:29And then the kid.
42:31Punch her fire.
42:33Wait a minute.
42:34She's second puncher fire.
42:36Is this happening?
42:38Is Carmen Petrovic going to finish?
42:40Callie Armstrong, she does.
42:43Here is your winner, Carmen Petrovic.
42:49What an immense win for Carmen Petrovic in our main event.
42:56As you see, Tyra Mae Steele, who's officially here with us permanently on Evolve, looking on Carmen Petrovic.
43:04Stone, she's thrusting herself right into the title picture.
43:07Made her hands down.
43:08That was the biggest match of her career.
43:10Therefore, it was the biggest win of her career.
43:12All right, let's take a look back at what happened, Stone.
43:15Some of the action in this matchup.
43:17Carmen Petrovic showed her aerial offense taken to the sky.
43:21And then, of course, Callie Armstrong used her power and offensive prowess.
43:25But it wasn't enough, as Carmen Petrovic scored the massive victory with two petrifiers.
43:31One, two, three.
43:33Unbelievable win.
43:35Carmen Petrovic deserves to celebrate.
43:37That was my biggest win in Evolve to this day.
43:44Now listen, it seems to me like the Gold-Blooded is the number one contender for that Women's Evolve Championship.
43:54So, Kendall Gray, I got next.
43:59Woo!
44:00Wow, quite a statement.
44:03And here comes the champ.
44:06What does Kendall Gray have to say?
44:13Let's go next week.
44:15And we will.
44:16I gotta run it anytime, anyplace.
44:18But next week, I don't stop.
44:20I had title defense tonight, and I'll do it again next week.
44:22All right, so let's go.
44:23Let's go.
44:23All day.
44:24All day.
44:25The Ice Woman refuses to slow down.
44:27But wait, I'm getting work.
44:29Cam Hendricks is backstage with TPC.
44:31Let's get it backstage and find out what he has to say.
44:33Nah, that match ain't happening next week.
44:36That's right, man.
44:36It's our week.
44:38We run things now.
44:39Man, I already got a preview when Marcus Maddox went down.
44:42It's gonna be a full-blown nightmare for them boys next week.
44:45Yeah, and everything that happens is justified.
44:48That reminds me of that Tate Wilder clown.
44:49There's consequences for his choices.
44:51The plan is set.
44:52Y'all take care of Jackson Drake next week.
44:54Yeah, baby.
44:54Until we stop becoming a ball champion, then we take control of everything.
44:57Yeah, baby.
44:58It's our show.
44:59It's our show now.
44:59What's up, Cam?
45:00We both surround him.
45:01We both, Cam.
45:01You got that?
45:02Just stick to the plan.
45:03Okay.
45:03We both are here.
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