WWE Evolve

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WWE Evolve
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Created by Gabe Sapolsky
Based on Evolve
Starring Evolve roster
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons1
Production
Executive producer Triple H
Camera setup Multicamera setup
Original release
Network Tubi
ReleaseMarch 5, 2025 (2025-03-05) 
present
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WWE Evolve (stylized EVOLVE) is an upcoming American professional wrestling television show produced by the American company WWE. It will serve as a spiritual successor to the Evolve professional wrestling promotion, which ran from 2010 to 2020. The program will be headed by Gabe Sapolsky, the owner of the original Evolve, and will premiere on Tubi on March 5, 2025. The series will feature up and coming wrestlers from the WWE Performance Center and the WWE Independent Development program in an attempt to be promoted to WWE's developmental brand, NXT.

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History

In 2009, Gabe Sapolsky announced the creation of a new professional wrestling promotion called Evolve (stylized EVOLVE), which officially began producing shows in January 2010. [1] Over the years, Evolve would first unify with Dragon Gate USA, form a partnership with WWE, and have many wrestlers pass through the promotion, such as Cody Rhodes, Johnny Gargano, and Drew McIntyre. In 2019, EVOLVE would have their first show on the WWE Network and then as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, WWE purchased EVOLVE on July 2, 2020. [2]

Sapolsky was released but then rehired by WWE in 2022, with rumors that WWE were planning to revive Evolve, which had been in the works for years and would be headed by Sapolsky. [3] On January 30, 2025, WWE filed a trademark for "EVOLVE" in the aspect of entertainment services in the specifics of a wrestling show. [4] It was then officially revealed that Evolve would be coming back with its first tapings on February 7 at the WWE Performance Center. [5] During the Royal Rumble on February 1, 2025, WWE announced that a new in-ring series titled Evolve would premiere on Tubi on March 5, 2025. [6]

In a press release on February 3, 2025, WWE revealed that the series would prominently feature up and coming wrestlers from the WWE Performance Center and the WWE Independent Development (ID) program. The goal is for these wrestlers to make it to WWE's developmental brand, NXT, and eventually to the main roster on Raw or SmackDown. [7]

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