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Welcome to PWInsider.com’s live coverage of Evolve 143 from the Orpheum in Ybor City, Florida.
Lenny Leonard and Trevin Adams welcome everyone to Evolve
Rick Bugez makes his way to the ring.
Eddie Kingston makes his way to the ring with Joe Gacy and The Pitbull. Eddie tells the people not to chant his name because he knows who he is and he is not white trash. Eddie says the Unwanted and the Kingpin run Evolve. He is tired of these up and comers coming in here. They are going to cancel the Up and Comers.
Match Number One: Joe Gacy (with Eddie Kingston and the Pitbull) versus Rick Bugez
Gacy attacks Bugez before the bell and connects with a forearm. Bugez with a forearm. Gacy with an Irish whip and Bugez with an elbow. Bugez leaps over Gacy and hits an exploder. Bugez misses a splash and Gacy with clotheslines and a suplex. Gacey with a forearm. Gacy slams Bugez and gets a near fall. Gacy with elbows to the collarbone and he gets a near fall. Bugez with punches and Gacy with a back elbow. Gacy with a straitjacket choke. Bugez tries to escape but Gacy holds on to the chin lock. Bugez with a screaching snap mare and punches. Bugez with a back elbow and kick. Bugez with a butterfly suplex into the corner followed by a clothesline and bulldog.
Bugez with an elbow drop for a near fall. Gacy bites the hand and connects with an elbow. Gacy with a suplex and a running knee to the head. Gacy with a Death Valley Driver for a near fall. Gacy with a clothesline and he gets the three count.
Winner: Joe Gacy
Match Number Two: Brandi Lauren (with Anthony Greene) versus Indi Hartwell
They lock up and Hartwell backs Lauren into the corner and gives a clean break. They lock up and Brandi with a clean break. Indi pushes Brandi and Brandi pushes back. They continue to exchange pie faces. Indi with a kick and she sends Brandi into the turnbuckles. Indi takes Brandi on a tour of the turnbuckles but Brandi with forearms before the tour is completed. Indi is sent to the floor by Brandi. Brandi with a drop kick through the ropes.
Brandi with a forearm and a hard Irish whip. Brandi with a boot to the midsection against the ropes and then Brandi catapults Indi’s throat into the middle rope. Brandi chokes Indi in the corner. Brandi with kicks in the corner. Brandi slaps Indi and hits a back elbow. Brandi gets a near fall. Brandi with knees to Indi. Brandi chokes Indi in the corner and kicks her. Brandi gets a near fall. Brandi chokes Indi in the ropes. Brandi kicks Indi in the corner and the referee warns her. Brandi gets a near fall. Indi with a running neck breaker for a near fall. Brandi with a rollup using the ropes and the referee sees it and stops the count.
Hartwell with a rollup for the three count.
Winner: Indi Hartwell
After the match, Greene complains about the crowd cheering for Indi Hartwell. Indi will stay in the indies if she is going to pull off those shenanigans. He says Brandi and he don't cheat. Anthony says he is in his first main event, but Josh Briggs must be afraid because it is a non title match. Greene says that he will beat Josh Briggs in the center of this ring. He will beat him up all over the Orpheum. Tonight will be their retribution.
Match Number Three: Adrian Alanis versus Denzel Dejournette
They shake hands before locking up. Denzel goes for the leg but Alanis gets to the ropes. They lock up again and Denzel with a take down and Gator rolls into a waist lock and rollup for a near fall. Alanis gets to the ropes and Denzel breaks the hold. They lock up and Alanis with a side head lock. Alanis with a shoulder tackle. Denzel with an arm drag into an arm bar. Alanis with forearms and a side head lock. Alanis with a punch but Denzel with a shoulder tackle. Denzel with a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall.
Alanis with an Irish whip and elbow into the corner followed by a missile drop kick. Alanis with a forearm to the back followed by a chop in the corner. Alanis with shoulders in the corner. Alanis with forearms to the back and he gets a near fall. Alanis with a snap mare and reverse chin lock. Alanis goes for a back senton but Denzel gets his knees up. Denzel with a back elbow in the corner. Denzel with a boot and Alanis misses a clothesline. Denzel with a flying shoulder tackle and an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Denzel with a splash into the corner followed by a Northern Lights suplex for a near fall. Alanis escapes a fireman's carry and Alanis with a rollup for a near fall. Alanis goes for a slam but Denzel escapes.
Alanis and Denzel exchange punches. Denzel with forearms and a back elbow. Alanis with a knee and he sets for a Tiger Driver but Denzel escapes and he goes for a belly-to-belly suplex but Alanis boxes the ears and hits a burning hammer gutbuster for the three count.
Winner: Adrian Alanis
Match Number Four: Santana Garrett versus Avery Taylor
They lock up and Santana with a wrist lock. Taylor with a reversal. Santana uses the ropes to flip and reverse the hold. Taylor with a hammer lock. Taylor with a head scissors and Santana escapes with a head stand. Taylor with a wrist lock into a side head lock. Santana with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Santana with a rollup for a near fall. Taylor with a crucifix for a near fall. Santana blocks a kick and both connect with forearms but Taylor receives the greater damage.
They go for a test of strength and Santana with a kick and Irish whip. Santana is sent to the apron and Santana with a forearm. Taylor misses a shoulder and Santana with a kick from the apron. Santana with a side Russian leg sweep and she tries for an O'Connor roll but Taylor holds on to the ropes. Santana with a forearm. Santana with a handspring back elbow into the corner and she follows with a suplex and she gets a near fall. Santana with a Muta Lock. Taylor gets to the ropes and Santana has to release the hold.
Taylor with a kick and a second kick in the corner. Santana misses a splash into the corner when Taylor goes to the apron. Taylor with an enzuigiri and running neck breaker for a near fall. Taylor goes for a butterfly gourdbuster but Santana counters with a rollup for a near fall. Santana with a handspring moonsault for the three count.
Winner: Santana Garrett
After the match, Trevin interviews Santana about her return to the Orpheum. She says it is bittersweet because she got her start here and you helped put her on the map. She says she is grateful for that. It makes her so happy to know that there are girls like Avery. She knows that the women's division is in good hands.
Santana and Avery hug and Santana raises Avery's hand.
Trevin offers Avery an Evolve contract.
Avery says she has been working her ass off for this. Avery says the hard work has paid off and she accepts the contract.
Brandi Lauren attacks Avery as she heads to the back and Brandi rips up the contract.
Match Number Five: Curt Stallion versus Dexter Lumis
They lock up and Dexter backs Stallion into the corner. Dexter with a clean break. Stallion pushes Dexter and Dexter with a forearm. Dexter with a punch to the midsection. Dexter with a hard Irish whip and a slam that sends Stallion across the ring. Dexter draws a line on the mat and Stallion with a kick and drop kick for a near fall. Stallion with forearms and European uppercuts. Dexter sends Stallion into the corner and he punches Stallion. Stallion with an Irish whip but Dexter floats over and crawls on the mat, forcing Stallion onto the turnbuckles.
Dexter drops Stallion on the top rope. Dexter with kicks and he chokes Stallion in the ropes. Dexter chokes Stallion in the ropes again. Dexter slides under the ropes to the floor and he connects with an uppercut. Dexter gets a cover on Stallion but Curt kicks out before the count. Dexter with a back elbow. Stallion with chops but Dexter with a claw in the corner. Dexter with a slam and a leaping leg drop. Dexter gets a near fall. Dexter throws Stallion to the floor. Dexter sends Stallion into the post. Stallion tries to punch Dexter but Dexter moves. Dexter with a forearm. Stallion with a chop. Dexter fires back with a forearm.
Dexter works on the neck. Dexter gets a near fall. Dexter applies a reverse chin lock. Stallion with a sunset flip for a near fall. Dexter with a punch and Curt is down. Dexter smothers Stallion in the mat and the referee warns Dexter. Dexter chokes Stallion. Dexter with a reverse chin lock. Stallion with European uppercuts but Dexter with a hard Irish whip. Dexter gets a near fall. Stallion with a drop kick but Dexter with a kick to Stallion and he gets a near fall. Dexter throws Stallion to the floor. Dexter with a series of slams for a near fall. Dexter with a rear chin lock. Stallion with a kick but Dexter with a double thrust to the throat. Stallion with a chop but Dexter with an uppercut. Stallion counters a suplex attempt into a brainbuster.
Dexter with forearms while Stallion tries to keep up with Dexter. Dexter is sent to the floor and Stallion with a flying forearm to the floor. Stallion with a drop kick in the corner followed by the hesitation drop kick. Stallion with a DDT and he goes up top. Stallion with a frog splash for a near fall. Stallion rolls through but Dexter counters into a power bomb. Dexter makes his way around the ring on his hands and knees and then he applies a front face lock and he hits a suplex. Dexter rolls through and hits a slingshot suplex. Dexter holds on and puts Stallion onto the turnbuckles for a superplex and he gets a near fall.
Dexter gets Stallion on his shoulders but Curt gets to his feet. Dexter wtih a German suplex and Stallion rolls through. Stallion with a neck breaker and a rolling uppercut for a near fall. Dexter catches Stallion charging at him and hits a uranage and then he chokes out Stallion.
Winner: Dexter Lumis
Match Number Six: Stephen Wolf versus Ariel Dominguez versus Leon Ruff versus Liam Gray
Gray and Ruff want a tag match but the referee lets them know that all four are in at the same time. Gray tags in and he is confused about the rules. All four men are in the ring. Dominguez goes after Wolf while Gray and Ruff hug and watch the action. Wolf sends Ariel to the apron and then connects with a knee to send him to the floor. Gray and Ruff work over Wolf. Wolf with a forearm to Gray and then he sends Ruff to the apron. Ruff with a kick to Wolf but Wolf with a forearm. Ruff with a head scissors take down and drop kick to send Wolf to the floor. Ariel with German suplexes to Ruff. Gray helps Ruff escape a German suplex attempt and Ariel with a head scissors. Gray drop kicks Ariel and Ariel misses a shoulder and Gray with a leg drop. Gray with a senton and a suplex. Wolf with a double leg take down on Gray followed by an elbow drop for a near fall.
Wolf chops Gray. Wolf sends Gray to the mat and gets a near fall. Wolf with a forearm and chop in the corner. Wolf with a forearm to Gray but Ruff with a forearm to Wolf. Wolf with a forearm to Ruff. Ariel trips Gray and sends him into Wolf. Ariel with a German suplex to Gray. Wolf with a knee to Ariel and Ruff with a clothesline to Wolf. All four men are down and the referee starts his count. Ruff and Ariel get to their feet and Ruff with a cutter off the turnbuckles for a near fall. Wolf with a forearm to Ruff's back and anothe forearm and kicks. Ruff with punches to Wolf. Wolf with an Irish whip to Ruff and Wolf catches Ruff on a cutter off the turnbuckles and Wolf with a side slam for a near fall.
Gray goes up top and hits a frog splash on Wolf but Ariel breaks up the cover. Gray with an elbow to Ariel. Ariel with a thrust kick and hesitation DDT. Ruff with a crucifix bomb for the three count.
Winner: Leon Ruff
It is time for Intermission.
Match Number Seven: AR Fox (with Ayla and the Skulk) versus Brendan Vink
They lock up and Vink with a side head lock. Vink releases the side head lock and takes off Fox's head band. Vink drops it at Fox's feet and stomps on it. Fox with punches and chops. Vink sends Fox into the corner but Fox with a kick and he trips Vink from the apron. Fox with a spinning leg sweep on the apron. Fox with a missile drop kick and he sends Vink to the apron. Fox drop kicks Vink off the apron. Fox with a plancha and Vink holds his left arm. Fox with a double sledge to the back. Vink catches Fox in the corner and hits a uranage. Vink punches Fox.
Vink with a back elbow. Vink sends Fox into the turnbuckles and then to the apron. Vink with a satellite side slam for a near fall. Vink with a chop and biel. Vink kicks Fox in the corner and the referee warns Vink. Vink with a forearm to the back and he sends Fox into the turnbuckles. Fox blocks a uranage with an arm drag and he follows with a Thesz Press. Fox with a slingblade. Fox misses a kick but hits a cutter followed by a springboard cutter for a near fall.
Fox goes to the turnbuckles and Vink stops him. Fox with a kick from the apron. Fox gets a near fall. Fox runs at Vink but is met with a boot. Vink with a spinebuster for a near fall. Vink with a power bomb for a near fall. Vink with punches to Fox. Vink gets Fox up for Splash Mountain but Fox counters with a rana into the turnbuckles. Fox goes up top and hits a coast to coast with Vink on the floor. Fox with a 450 splash for a near fall. Fox puts Vink on the turnbuckles to set for Lo Mein Pain but Vink blocks it and Vink with a choke slam onto the apron. Vink gets Fox up and hits a Splash Mountain Buckle Bomb for the three count.
Winner: Brendan Vink
After the match, Vink gets on the mic and he says the 2019 MVP is laying in the ring. Vink tells Fox all of his students suck.
Bobby Flaco makes his way to the ring and Vink choke slams him. The rest of the Skulk come to the ring and Vink leaves.
Match Number Eight: Evolve Tag Team Championship Match: BESTies in the World (Davey Vega and Mat Fitchett) versus The Unwanted (Eddie Kingston and Joe Gacy [with Donovan])
Kingston and Vega start things off and Eddie kicks at Vega's hand when he offers it. They lock up and go to a stalemate. Eddie tells the referee that Vega has grease on him. They lock up and Eddie misses a back fist. Vega with a single leg take down. Eddie slaps Vega and Vega slaps back. Vega with forearms and he gets a near fall. Eddie gets to the ropes and Vega releases the hold. Kingston with a knee to the midsection followed by a chop. Eddie with an Irish whip and he runs into a boot. Vega with an elbow in the corner and Fitchett tags in. Eddie kicks Vega and Mat spins Eddie around for a flatliner from Vega. Mat with a moonsault for a near fall.
Eddie rakes the eyes and he tags in Gacy. Gacy with forearms and kicks. Eddie tags in and they hit a double shoulder tackle on Mat. Eddie gets a near fall. Eddie with an arm bar and chin lock. Gacy tags in and he punches Mat. Eddie with a punch. Eddie misses a splash and Mat kicks Gacy and Kingston. Vega tags in and Vega with forearms and a suplex attempt on Gacy. Vega cannot get Gacy up. Vega with an inside cradle but the referee refuses to make the count because Kingston is legal in the match. Kingston with a clothesline for a near fall.
Gacy tags in and he kicks Vega. Gacy with an elbow in the corner. Gacy with a running elbow for a near fall. Vega with forearms to Kingston followed by a chop but Eddie with a thumb to the eye to stop Vega. Gacy 'makes the tag' and he punches Vega. Gacy with a slam and Kingston tags in. Kingston wtih a slam and Gacy tags in. Gacy with a slam for a near fall. Kingston and Gacy with splashes to Vega followed by forearms for a near fall. Vega with a clothesline that does not move Kingston so Eddie sends Vega to the mat. Kingston and Gacy with clotheslines at the same time and both men are down. Mat tags in and he knocks Gacy down on the apron. Mat with a kick to Gacy on the apron and then he hits a cross body and drop kick on Kingston for a near fall.
Mat goes up top again and Eddie with a punch and chop. Eddie goes for a superplex but Mat pushes Eddie off and Vega with a German suplex. Mat with a frog splash for a near fall. Mat sends Gacy to the floor. Gacy with a discus clothelsine and Kingston with a German suplex for a near fall. Kingston with a reverse atomic drop.Gacy with a handspring cutter and Kingston gets a near fall when Vega breaks up the cover. Vega and Gacy exchange forearms. Vega with a double DDT to Kingston and Gacy. Vega and Mat with kicks into the corner. Vega and Mat hit a running boot and gourdbuster combination for the three count.
Winners: BESTies in the World (retain Championship)
Match Number Nine: No Disqualfiication Match: Josh Briggs versus Anthony Green (with Brandi Lauren)
Josh tells Greene he has his Falls Count Anywhere Match. Brandi hits Briggs with a chair and Greene asks for the match to start. Briggs with a kick and Greene with an enzuigiri. Briggs with an elbow and he sends Greene to the floor. Briggs with a flying clothesline and side slam. Greene goes to the floor. Briggs follows after him. Briggs with a forearm. Greene tries to chops Briggs against the post but he misses and hits the post. Greene is sent groinal region first into the post. Briggs with an atomic drop to Greene. Greene is put on the stage and Briggs follows. Greene hits Briggs with a chair and then Greene stomps on the lower groin. Briggs tries to suplex Greene off the stage but Greene blocks it.
Briggs slams Greene onto a chair. Greene pushes Briggs off the stage into the post. Greene gets a near fall on the floor. Greene with elbows but Briggs with punches. Greene sends Briggs into a side bar. They fight to the bar and then they go outside.
They make their way back inside. Briggs gets a near fall. Greene sends Briggs back into the ring. Greene goes up top and hits a cross body but Briggs with a splash of his own. Briggs with an elbow in the corner followed by a running boot. Greene with an Irish whip. Briggs with a running boot that sends Greene off the apron and into the post. Briggs tries to get back into the ring but Brandi grabs Briggs and Greene with a super kick. Briggs misses a kick and Greene with a reverse suplex. Briggs with a spinning back breaker and running boot for a near fall.
Briggs signals that it is over and Brandi comes into the ring with a chair but Avery Taylor takes it from her and they fight to the back. Greene with an inside cradle for a near fall. Briggs with a forearm to the leg followed by a knee to the head. Briggs gets a near fall when Briggs is grabbed from under the ring. Greene with a chair to the back. Greene puts the chair in the turnbuckles and he sends Briggs into the chair. Greene with a modified crucifix bomb for a near fall.
Briggs goes for a choke slam and Greene counters with a rana for a near fall. Briggs with a boot and Greene with a super kick. Greene with another super kick but Briggs stays on his feet. Greene hits another super kick. Briggs with a suplex throw and both men are down. Briggs stops a masked man from coming from under the ring as Briggs and Greene fight to the merchandise area and then to the stage. Greene comes off the stage and Briggs catches him and choke slams Greene on the bar. Briggs gets a near fall. Briggs goes around the bar to look for Greene and Greene spits something into Briggs' face.
Greene goes for a piledriver on the bar but Briggs blocks it. Briggs with a punch and kick but the people at the bar push Greene up. Briggs choke slams Briggs onto the people who helped Greene up moments ago. Dexter Lumis shows up from behind the bar and he puts a chair under the throat. Greene gets the three count.
Winner: Anthony Greene
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