2025-05-07 WWE EVOLVE - REVIEW
2025 Malapert Smark Podcast Review System (Rev2):
🤯 - Mind Completely Blown!!! [+10]
🔥 - This Was Fire!! [+5]
❤️ - Loved It! [+3]
👍👍 - REALLY Liked It! [+2]
👍 - Liked It [+1]
½ - Kinda Liked It [+0.5]
👊 - Indifferent [0]
👎 - Didn’t Like it [-1]
👎👎 - Really Didn’t Like It [-2]
🤬- Hated It [-3]
🤮 - Made Me Sick [-5]
🙋♂️- Chris Jericho Bad [-10]
Or any combination of the like…
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➡️OVERALL SHOW COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: OK, slight dissappointment heading into the review. i’m not aware of the EVOLVE recording schedule, but unless some of these people are on temporary contracts, some of them got cut… Gallus, Javier Bernal… also, no mention whatsoever of Robert Stone taking control in TNA, which happened the previous Thursday. Maybe next week?…
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STORYLINES:
(1) EVOLVE Prime Minister Stevie Turner announces new EVOLVE titles, leading to chaos breaking open to open the show…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Women’s EVOLVE title announcement leads to fighting… Kali Armstrong injures Kendal Grey (See Storyline #2) and attacks her again to end the show...
(B) Men’s EVOLVE title announcement leads to melee… Keanu Carver & Harlem Lewis want to fight but end up booked together against Gallus…
Details:
Stevie Turner introduces Women’s EVOLVE Women’s Championship…
Announcement for 4 Way elimination match which will determine Women’s champion, Kali Armstrong vs Kendal Grey vs Wendy Choo vs TBD…
Stevie Turner introduces Men’s EVOLVE Championship…
Announcement for 4 Way elimination match to determine Men’s champion… Sean Legacy vs ???… Keanu Carver & Harlem Lewis are pissed at not being announced for the match… this devolves as Swipe Right (Brad Baylor, Ricky Smokes & Jackson Drake) hit the ring…
Enter Gallus (Mark Coffey, Joe Coffey, Wolfgang) jump in…. the men fight off…
In the ring, Kali Armstrong gets into it w/ Kendal Grey and leaves her layin while other women try to stop the fighting… the commentators make mention that Kendal Grey has to have a match later…
-Backstage Segment w/ Stevie Turner & Nikkita Lyons has Zaida Steel coming in and trying to get the last spot in the EVOLVE title 4 Way… Stevie Turner says she can’t “talk” her way into the match…
-Backstage Segment w/ Keanu Carver, Stevie Turner & Harlem Lewis… Carver & Lewis are looking for Gallus, who have already left… Stevie Turner books a tag match for next week against Gallus, although Carver & Lewis are kissed that they have to team again…
-Afterbirth after main event between Nikkita Lyons & Kendal Grey: Post Match, enter Kali Armstrong who attacks the already injured Kendal Grey…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: Worst kept secret, but i’m for it. give these wrestlers something to aim for…
(A) i’ll make more in depth comments on this under Storyline #2…
(B) i did have a little bit of a problem w/ Carver & Lewis not waiting for the announcement of the rest of the participants in the 4 Way before they got all crazy, because they were probably gonna be in it…
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(2) Kali Armstrong softens up Kendal Grey for Nikkita Lyons…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Kendal Grey & Carlee Bright strange friendship…
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: 👎
(B) Kendal Grey & Nikkita Lyons start feud on X… ends w/ Nikkita beating an injured Grey in main event...
(C) Kali Armstrong injures Kendal Grey and attacks Grey to end show (See Storyline #1)…
Details:
-Announcers describe testy exchange on X between Kendal Grey & Nikkita Lyons…
-Backstage Segment w/ Nikkita Lyons, Stevie Turner…
Enter Zaida Steel… who puts herself over… Nikkita Lyons likes her swag proposes a possible alliance (Swipe Right in Storyline #4)…
-Backstage, in the trainer’s room, Carlee Bright is worried for Kendal Grey, who says she is fine, and doesn’t want Carlee Bright out there w/ her…
-Match: Nikkita Lyons vs Kendal Grey…
Kendal Grey fought valiantly through injury but…
Winner: Nikkita Lyons…
-Afterbirth: Post Match, enter Kali Armstrong who attacks the already injured Kendal Grey…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark:
(A) I’m not a fan of this little angle. i get it. Carlee is new and wants friends and allie’s while Kendal is too nice to tell her she don’t want allie’s. but it’s a little childish. if you don’t want Carlee to be her friend then just tell her😳…
(B) I’ve always seen Nikkita Lyons as a main roster wrestler based on her look and work. it’s only a matter of staying healthy long enough to be able to get through a coherant push. that being said. i was surprised to hear of nikkita in EVOLVE, but it makes sense. she’s gotta get her work in. i only fear that she has the cora jade disease of believing she’s a star before she actually is one…
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(3) Wendy Choo jumped by livid Kylie Rae after victory over newcomer Summer Sorrell…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Summer Sorrell debuts...
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: 👊
(B) Fired up Kylie Rae returns for revenge on Wendy Choo...
Details:
-Backstage Interview w/ Summer Sorrell…
-Match: Summer Sorrell vs Wendy Choo…
Winner: Wendy Choo…
-Afterbirth: Post Match, enter Kylie Rae who attacks Wendy Choo and runs her off… Choo has a sadistic smile as Rae looks furious…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark:
(A) Unfortunately it felt like Summer Sorrell struggled w/ her promo. don’t be scurred!…
(B) Nice. good, logical storytelling. i’m very impressed when they just continue a storyline😆…
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(4) Swipe Right have a nice night… Jackson Drake picks up a win over Drako Knox… possible alliances w/ Nikkita Lyons & Lexis King…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Swipe Right possible alliance w/ Nikkita Lyons...
TheMalapertSmark SubPlot Review: 👍
(B) Jackson Drake picks up win over Swipe Right rival Drako Knox...
(C) Swipe Right set up alliance w/ Lexis King (See Storyline #5)...
Details:
-Match: Jackson Drake w/ Zaida Steel, Brad Baylor, Ricky Smokes, Bryce Donavon vs Drako Knox…
Winner: Jackson Drake…
-In the parking lot, Lexis King & Swipe Right (Zaida Steel, Brad Baylor, Ricky Smokes, Jackson Drake, Bryce Donavon) make friends…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark:
(A) sure. why not? i wouldn’t rank on anyone getting in w/ Swipe Right because they’re the standard of WWE developmental rn. can’t say enough good things about them, especially Brad Baylor… but like ive said before, Nikkita has gotta calm down and not get hurt in the ring or else it’ll all be for not.
(B) Drako Knox reminds me of a Michael Rappaport 🤷♂️… i will say it was a little surprising, storyline wise, to see Drako Knox take a clean pin… i guess management just put Jackson Drake over. he is a pretty solid worker…
(C) Swipe Right think Lexis King is a “Solid ass guy.” 🤣 i really dig these alliances popping up…
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(5) Lexis King arrives… Sean Legacy stands up to defend EVOLVE from blatant disrespect…
Participants:
Details:
-Lexis King cuts in ring promo, saying he originally wanted to come to EVOLVE, before he got big, it was the portal to NXT, but now claims he is the portal, and no one gets to NXT without Lexis King’s say!…
Enter Sean Legacy… Sean Legacy cuts promo… Sean Legacy refutes Lexis King’s claim… DISCUSSION… Sean Legacy will defend EVOLVE’s honor… the two agree to a match for next week…
-In the parking lot, Lexis King & Swipe Right (Zaida Steel, Brad Baylor, Ricky Smokes, Jackson Drake, Bryce Donavon) make friends…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: Really good to see actual legit NXT talent coming down to work when they’ve got some time to kill… the only thing about this that i found off was Sean Legacy being so adamant in defending WWE’s 4th brand like it’s got some history or something. dude. you’re gonna be out of EVOLVE pretty quick…
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(6) It’s Gal disrepectfully crashes Javier Bernal interview…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage Interview w/ Javier Bernal…
Enter It’s Gal… who disrespects Bernal… Bernal says he wants to face It’s Gal…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👎
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️ TheMalapertSmark: it’s like seeing a ghost… they shoulda cut this outta the show if they already released this guy… the angle wasn’t hot for me either…
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Other:
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(A) Video Package highlights WWEID, highlighting Swipe Right (who were the first to WWEID prospects to sign w/ NXT), Jordan Oasis, It’s Gal, Marcus Mathers…
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