EVOLVE Review with PaperclipMike, April 16

Welcome to the Evolve on Tubi review. I am, of course, PaperclipMike, your humble host. We are on WrestleMania week, and what better way to keep the train running than Evolve. With the crop of talent and what we have seen so far, a lot of these men and women will surely be on WrestleMania cards soon. 

The show opens with a promo video for the main event with a female-led fatal four-way. We then go into the show, where Peter Rosenberg and Robert Stone go over the big matches of the show. We then cut to a backstage interview done by Chuey Martinez and Kendall Greay about her role in the main event tonight. To be honest, this was the best I have seen with Chuey. I know he does have a background in radio, doing TV hosting and the like as a media personality. This was his best showing. He still had his personality, but focused on the person he was interviewing and not the crowd. I hope we get more of him like this, and maybe someone else ringside.

Trill London vs. Harlem Lewis

We see Ice Williams in the VIP area as the men make their entrance.

Great standing dropkick from Trill, shades of who he has said he idolized, Jeff Hardy. You can easily see it. He goes for a float over but eats a massive German suplex from Lewis.  Lewis is just powering London around. And in something I have not seen before, it looks like Trill is going for a Buckshot, but his a front dropkick instead. Trill then goes off the top, but is met with a Superman punch from Harlem. He follows up with a Jackhammer for the win.

Winner: Harlem Lewis

Chuey is ringside with Harlem Lewis after his win. Lewis says the best part of his performances is that he gets paid for this. He calls out Keanu Carver and tells him to have the Evolve GM make the match. Suddenly, all three members of Gallus slide into the ring and dare Lewis to come in. Out come their opponents for a six-man tag match. 

Gallus vs. Jordan Oasis, Jack Cartwheel, and Cappucinno Jones

Joe Coffey and Jack Cartwheel start, and the reversals Cartwheel can do are insane. Jones tags in as the screen tells us he likes oat milk in his cappuccino. Same, my dude, same. Quick tags from both sides as everyone gets a chance to shine. Liking the intensity from Oasis as he tries to avenge his KO loss from last month. Cartwheel is in trouble but lands a nasty satellite DDT on Wolfgang. Oasis tags in and goes on a flurry to Joe Coffey, finishing with a cannonball against the ropes that had Jordan roll over the top rope and land on his feet. Wolfgang tags in with a huge slam on Oasis as well as on Jordan’s partners. Joe Coffey is able to land a discus lariat for the win. 

Winners: Gallus

We are back with another backstage interview between Chuey and Chantel Monroe about the fatal four-way match. Once again, good stuff from both. We go back to the VIP area as Luca Crusifino joins Ice Williams on the sofa.

Back from commercial and Chuey is backstage with Kali Armstrong as he gets comments from every woman in the main event.

Oro Mensah vs. Javier Bernal

Great back and forth from both men as Javier is still looking for his first win. Oro using his educated feet to keep control over Bernal. Javier goes for a double underhook suplex, but Oro counters. Bernal does build momentum, including a huge crossbody and a huge DDT. Oro does manage to hit a tornado DDT across the rope. Bernal goes to the top, but Mensah tosses him off and hits a ripcord koppu kick for the win.

Winner: Oro Mensah

We get the last interview with Chuey and Brinley Reece as we see every competitor in the main event. Evolve general manager Stevie Turner is on screen to announce matches for next week. We will see Timmothy Thatcher against Bryce Donovan, as well as Jackson Drake versus Sean Legacy. Carlee Bright will also be in action next week. Speaking of Carlee, she is in the VIP area as we go to our main event. 

Brinley Reece vs. Kendal Grey vs. Chantel Monroe vs. Kali Armstrong

An interesting fact is that Reece, Grey, and Monroe are undefeated, while Armstrong has not been pinned as of yet. Also, according to the fact bubble, Monroe is related to Hank Aaron. The match starts as Kali is teamed up on by the other three women start to try to get a quick pin on each other. Armstrong is back in and starts to manhandle the rest. Brinley and Kendal both go for small packages, but the other two kick out. Soon, we are left with Brinley and Kali in the ring, alone. 

Nice tornado vertical suplex from BrinleyAll the women start to lock in submissions to each other at the same time. Kali then runs through Monroe and Reece. Grey lands an insane top rope crossbody to the floor on the other three.  We are back from commercial, as Grey and Armstrong are alone in the ring before all four women land a Tower of Doom spot. Reece in full control before a hair slam from Monroe. Chantel lands a codebreaker and a standing shooting star press to Armstrong before the other women break it up.

Grey is showing crazy speed, throwing all the women around. Grey locks Brinley in a cross armbreaker before getting splashed by Kali. Reece went for a pin before getting caught with her feet on the ropes. She stood up into a Kali Connection, driving her from the ring. Armstrong then lands a powerslam to Monroe for the win.

Winner: Kali Armstrong

Kali is celebrating in the ring. Stevie Turner congratulates her as the show ends.

Wow, what an amazing show! After the first couple of months, we are starting to see who is standing out to be a big player in Evolve. We are gearing up for some great matches not only next week, but in the near future. 

Thanks, as always, for joining me every week. You can follow me on most socials under PaperclipMike. And we will see you next week for more Evolve!