Evolve Championship

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Evolve Championship
Austin Theory with the Evolve Championship in March 2019.
Details
PromotionEvolve
Date establishedSeptember 8, 2012[1]
Date retiredJuly 2, 2020
Other name(s)
  • Evolve World Championship[2]
  • Evolve Championship
Statistics
First champion(s)
A. R. Fox (185 lb (84 kg))[5]

The Evolve Championship was a

A. R. Fox defeated Sami Callihan in the finals of an eight-man tournament.[3]

There have been ten reigns shared among ten wrestlers.

History

Kilmarnock, Scotland and then again the following day when Galloway defeated Andy Wild in a Battle of the Nations match in Aberdeen, Scotland.[10][11] Following multiple successful international championship defenses by Galloway, he dubbed the title the "Evolve World Championship" on January 9, 2015, at Evolve 36.[2] However, with some exceptions,[12][13] the promotion mainly continued referring to the title as simply the Evolve Championship.[14][15][16][17]

During Galloway's record-breaking reign, the title was defended internationally in Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Australia for promotions such as Revolution Pro Wrestling, British Championship Wrestling, WrestleZone, Rock N Wrestle, Future Pro Wrestling, Outback Championship Wrestling, Premier British Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Ulster.[18] During the subsequent Timothy Thatcher title reign, the title was also defended three times in Germany for Westside Xtreme Wrestling.[19]

The title was also defended outside of EVOLVE for US independent promotions, including Premiere Wrestling Xperience, Big Time Wrestling, Atlanta Wrestling Entertainment, MAGNUM Pro Wrestling, WWNLive, Pro Wrestling Force[20] and DGUSA and on a EVOLVE/WWN crossover event with Progress Wrestling.[21]


Championship tournament

On February 8, 2013, Evolve announced that the inaugural Evolve Champion would be determined in a

Samuray del Sol, Sami Callihan and Jigsaw, seeds five to eight, respectively.[22] The entire tournament took place during the Evolve 19 internet pay-per-view (iPPV) in Secaucus, New Jersey. In their first round matches, A. R. Fox advanced with a disqualification win over Jon Davis, while Sami Callihan submitted Samuray del Sol to win the four-way match.[3] In the semifinals, both the number one and number two seeds were eliminated, when Callihan submitted Chuck Taylor and Fox pinned Ricochet.[3] In the end, Fox pinned Callihan in the finals to win the tournament and become the inaugural Evolve Champion.[3]

First round Semifinals Finals
         
1 Chuck Taylor Sub
7 Sami Callihan 8:37[23]
5
6
8
Samuray del Sol
Jigsaw
Sub
7 Sami Callihan [23]
7 Sami Callihan Pin
3 A. R. Fox 19:11[23]
2 Ricochet Pin
3 A. R. Fox 12:54[23]
3
A. R. Fox
 		DQ
4 Jon Davis [23]

Title history

Names

Name Years
Evolve Championship April 2013 – July 2020
Evolve World Championship January 2015, sporadically

Reigns

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1
A. R. Fox
 		April 5, 2013
Evolve 19
 		Secaucus, NJ 1 324 8 Fox defeated Sami Callihan in the finals of an eight-man tournament to become the inaugural champion. [3]
2 Chris Hero February 23, 2014 Way of the Ronin 2014 Brooklyn, NY 1 166 2 [24]
3 Drew Galloway August 8, 2014
Evolve 31
 		Tampa, FL 1 336 20 Title sporadically referred to as the "Evolve World Championship" during this reign [25]
4 Timothy Thatcher July 10, 2015
Evolve 45
 		Tampa, FL 1 596 22 This match was also contested for the Open the Freedom Gate Championship. [26]
5 Zack Sabre Jr. February 25, 2017
Evolve 79
 		New York City, NY 1 404 13 [27]
6 Matt Riddle April 5, 2018
Evolve 102
 		Kenner, LA 1 121 5 [28][29]
7
Shane Strickland
 		August 4, 2018
Evolve 108
 		Philadelphia, PA 1 85 2 [30]
8
Fabian Aichner
 		October 28, 2018
Evolve 114
 		Ybor City, FL 1 48 1 [31]
9 Austin Theory December 15, 2018
Evolve 117
 		New York City, NY 1 329 12 This was a
three-way match, also including Roderick Strong
. 		[32]
10 Josh Briggs November 9, 2019
Evolve 139
 		New York City, NY 1 236 3 [33]
— Deactivated July 2, 2020 — — — — — Deactivated when Evolve ceased operations.

References

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  2. ^ a b Trionfo, Richard (January 9, 2015). "Evolve 36 report: Strong versus Galloway; Gargano faces a swerve; Ronin returns tomorrow night; and more". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Radican, Sean (April 9, 2013). "Radican's Evolve 19 iPPV blog 4/5: First Evolve champion crowned in Tournament Finals, Young Bucks vs. SSB (Updated w/complete review)". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  4. ^ "Drew McIntyre". WWE. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  5. ^ "'The People's Choice' A.R. Fox". Combat Zone Wrestling. Archived from the original on September 22, 2013. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  6. ^ Mehaffy, Gary (November 9, 2009). "Gabe Sapolsky interview on Dragon Gate, Evolve". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  7. ^ Radican, Sean (February 16, 2010). "Radican's Evolve DVD Review Series: Evolve 1 - Richards vs. Ibushi, Sawa vs. TJP". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  8. ^ a b Caldwell, James (February 8, 2013). "Evolve News: Evolve Title tourney seeds, plus fundamental changes to the promotion announced". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  9. ^ "Evolve evolves -- now unified with DGUSA". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. November 25, 2011. Archived from the original on November 28, 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  10. ^ "9.03.14". WWNLive. September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  11. ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=116530
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  14. ^ "3.10.15". WWNLive. March 10, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  15. ^ "5.27.15". WWNLive. March 10, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
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  17. ^ "8.16.15". WWNLive. August 16, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
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  20. ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=162676
  21. ^ https://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=162676
  22. ^ a b Caldwell, James (February 8, 2013). "Evolve News: Full Evolve Title tournament announced". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  23. ^ a b c d e "Evolve #19: Title Tournament". Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  24. ^ Gee Schoon Tong, Chris (February 23, 2014). "Show results - 2/23 DGUSA in New York: New Evolve champion, Gargano defends DGUSA Title, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
  25. ^ Radican, Sean (August 8, 2014). "Radican's iPPV report - Evolve 31 in Ybor City, Fla.: Galloway/McIntyre captures Evolve Title from Hero, plus Sydal/Bourne vs. Gargano". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  26. ^ Radican, Sean (July 10, 2015). "Radican's Evolve 45 iPPV report 7/10: WWNLive blows up the card & delivers huge main event title match - Galloway vs. Thatcher, Strong vs. Sabre, Jr., Chris Hero, So Cal Val's faction, more". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  27. ^ Currier, Joseph (February 25, 2017). "Evolve 79 recap: Timothy Thatcher vs. Zack Sabre Jr". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved February 26, 2017.
  28. ^ Radican, Sean (April 5, 2018). "Radican's Evolve 102 Report 4/5: Matt Riddle vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Doom Patrol vs. The End, Keith Lee vs. Darby Allin, Ospreay vs. A.R. Fox". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  29. ^ "EVOLVE 102 results: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Matt Riddle". WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, UFC News, UFC results. 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2018-04-07.
  30. ^ "Matt Riddle Drops Evolve Championship To Shane Strickland At Evolve 108". FIGHTFUL. 2018-08-04. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  31. ^ "EVOLVE 114 Results (10/28/18): NXT Reigns Supreme, JD Drake Wins WWN Championship, Dan Matha Appears". FIGHTFUL. 2018-10-28. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  32. ^ "Austin Theory defeated previous champion Fabian Aichner and Roderick Strong in a triple-threat match". cagematch. December 15, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  33. ^ Toro, Carlos. "EVOLVE 139 Results (11/9) New EVOLVE Champion Crowned, Eddie Kingston, Shotzi Blackheart, More". Fightful. Retrieved November 10, 2019.

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