2025-05-14 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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STORYLINES:
(1) Keanu Carver & Harlem Lewis can not coexist… to face off next week, winner qualifies for EVOLVE title match...
Participants:
(A) Keanu Carver / Harlem Lewis rivalry…
(B) Gallus celebrate tainted win…
Details:
Enter Stevie Turner, who orders security to remove Wolfgang and starts the match…
-Tag Match: Harlem Lewis & Keanu Carver vs Gallus (Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey)…
Harlem Lewis attacks his tag partner during the match and walks out on Carver…
Winners: Gallus…
-Post Match, enter Wolfgang to celebrate w/ the rest of Gallus… Lewis stares down Carver from the entrance way…
-Backstage, w/ Stevie Turner, Keanu Carver has Stevie Turner giving Carver what he wants… a match w/ Harlem Lewis next week… Later it’s announced that the winner will qualify for the EVOLVE title 4 way…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: Finally, the Harlem Lewis / Keanu Carver thing came to a head. that’s gonna be an interesting match… I will say that even though Gallus got released after this, they looked strong and they looked like they belonged.
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(2) Sean Legacy’s plan to thwart Lexis King & Swipe Right w/ Timothy Thatcher alliance fails…
Participants:
(B) Swipe Right continue ascension, thwart Sean Legacy & Timothy Thatcher in main event, helping Lexis King get the win…
Details:
-Backstage Segment w/ Sean Legacy & Timothy Thatcher…
-Match: Sean Legacy w/ Timothy Thatcher vs Lexis King…
Enter Swipe Right (Brad Baylor, Ricky Smokes, Jackson Drake, Bryce Donavon)…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: very much enjoying wwe actually using Timothy Thatcher. he’s quite a character. storyline-wise, it’s a little strange that Legacy thought that having Thatcher at ringside would thwart 4 member of Swipe Right…
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(3) Edris Enofe returns…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage sit down interview w/ Edris Enofe…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👊
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: Wasnt a fan of the interview. but i am a fan of how wwe re-introduce returning wrestlers and don’t assume we remember him, because i just started following NXT & Level Up in October and i have never seen this guy…
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(4) EVOLVE’s women’s division gets down… Kali Armstrong wins but is attacked by vengeful Kendal Grey… also, 4 way set for last spot in EVOLVE title match…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Chantel Monroe turns down Masyn Holiday’s desire to have Chantel accompany her to the ring tonight…
(B) Masyn Holiday vs Kali Armstrong…
(C) Upcoming EVOLVE title 4-Way elimination match… would be challengers step up and Play In for last spot in match set: Kylie Rae vs Aria Bennett vs Zaida Steel vs Chantel Monroe
(D) Fallout from Kylie Rae’s dealings w/ Wendy Choo… Rae just wants to focus on EVOLVE title match qualifier...
(E) Kali Armstrong / Kendal Grey feud continues from last week… Grey attacks and runs off Kali Armstrong seeking revenge for last week…
Details:
-Match: Kali Armstrong vs Masyn Holiday…
Winner: Kali Armstrong…
-Post Match, Kali Armstrong cuts promo…
Enter Zaida Steel, who also cuts a promo…
Enter Chantel Monroe, who also cuts a promo…
Enter Kylie Rae, who also cuts a promo…
Kylie Rae nails Zaida Steel for making fun of her… FIGHT BREAKS OUT!… Kali Armstrong gets the best of the altercation…
Enter Kendal Grey, who runs off Kali Armstrong…
-Backstage Interview w/ Kylie Rae gives us announcement for participants in EVOLVE title match play in…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: i gotta say, Masyn Holiday looked very impressive. slight problem in the match, a bit of obvious cooperation. but that’s ok. they’re new. they can smooth that out. but athletically! both kali and masyn. very impressive. kali armstrong is already like the chosen one but i think wwe has to take notice of Masyn Holiday now too!… Kylie Rae is a tough one to decide whether i’d recommend her for a call up… he facial expression and ring work are solid but the promos seem memorized and recited…
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(5) It’s Gal loses to Javier Bernal but strokes his ego regardless after Post Match beat down, then has run in w/ newcomer Troy Yearwood…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) It’s Gal the sore loser beats down Javier Bernal after loss… Stevie Turner upset w/ It’s Gal’s antics…
(B) Troy Yearwood promoted from LFG… immediately gets into confrontation w/ arrogant It’s Gal…
Details:
Winner: Javier Bernal…
-Afterbirth: Post Match, It’s Gal attacks and leaves Javier Bernal layin…
-Backstage Segment in PMs office w/ Stevie Turner & Troy Yearwood…
Enter It’s Gal…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: It’s Gal has been a 👎 for me based on his gimmick gimmick. Today he beat another wrestler who has since been released before this show aired…. this is another one that i’m on the fence about on whether his gimmick can be a main roster gimmick. it’s a funny gimmick but that can only get you so far…
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(6) Nikkita Lyons fancies herself too good to qualify for EVOLVE title match, will wait to face the winner instead…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage Segment w/ Stevie Turner, Nikkita Lyons…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: nice to see nikkita getting some work but i fear the “too good for everyone” gimmick is getting kinda old. she’s obviously not too good for everyone. she could do with some humility in her persona, i feel, because if i were in charge of wwe, she might be on the chopping block for the next round of cuts…
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(7) Brinley Reese attacked backstage at show closing…
Participants:
Details:
-Backstage, Brinley Reese is seen hurt, obviously attacked by someone…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
TheMalapertSmark - 👊
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️TheMalapertSmark: Man. ugh. in theory i would usually like a “whodunnit” angle, but 😕. first of all i didn’t even realize who that was at first and apparently the commentators didn’t either. i’m just kind of over seeing wrestlers already attacked in the back. it’s an overused wrestling trope these days , just like wrestlers watching from a monitor in the back… as for who this was and why would anyone wanna attack Brinley?? at first my mind jumped to Kali Armstrong because she just been doing that. but brinley isn’t even involved in the EVOLVE title picture, so why would she wanna randomly attack her? maybe it’s someone from Brinley’s past…
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