Evolve 1: Richards vs. Ibushi
| Evolve 1: Richards vs. Ibushi | |
|---|---|
| Promotion | Evolve Wrestling |
| Date | January 16, 2010 |
| City | Rahway, New Jersey |
| Venue | Rahway Rec Center |
| Attendance | ca. 500 |
Evolve 1: Richards vs. Ibushi, was a professional wrestling show produced by Evolve Wrestling and was held on held in Rahway, New Jersey at the Rahway Rec Center. This was the inaugural event produced by Evolve Wrestling. Lenny Leonard and Leonard F. Chikarason served as the commentators. In the main event, Davey Richards, accompanied by Kyle O'Reilly and Tony Kozina, faced against Kota Ibushi, who was accompanied by Michael Nakazawa.
Background
[edit]In 2009, in a series of viral videos featuring Jimmy Jacobs, Gabe Sapolsky announced Evolve. After this, more videos were produced promoting more wrestlers who were to be feature in the inaugural show, as well as featuring blogs written by other wrestlers expressing their thoughts about the promotion.[1]
During interviews with the Wrestling Observer's Figure 4 Weekly on its radio show, Sapolsky told editor Bryan Alvarez that Evolve would have stronger emphasis on rules and would not limit anyone based on their own respective style of wrestling in favor of showcasing the talent's individual strengths and covering up their flaws.[2]
Storylines
[edit]The show included matches resulting from various scripted storylines from Evolve and their sister promotion Dragon Gate USA.
On November 30, 2009, the main event for Evolve's debut show was announced which would feature Davey Richards taking on Kota Ibushi.[3]
On January 29, 2010, Sapolsky announced that Evolve would no longer be booking Davey Richards as he had signed a new deal with his former employer Ring of Honor. He was also dropped from Dragon Gate USA shows including their WrestleMania weekend shows.[4]
Results
[edit]| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[5][6] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle O'Reilly (with Tony Kozina) defeated Bobby Fish | Singles match | 6:33 |
| 2 | Chuck Taylor defeated Cheech | Official singles division qualifying match | 6:28 |
| 3 | Ricochet defeated Arik Cannon | Singles match | 4:00 |
| 4 | The Dark City Fight Club (Jon Davis and Kory Chavis) defeated Aeroform (Flip Kendrick and Louis Lyndon) | Tag team match | 6:26 |
| 5 | Mercedes Martinez defeated Niya | Singles match | 1:11 |
| 6 | Brad Allen defeated Silas Young | Singles match | 10:22 |
| 7 | Jimmy Jacobs defeated Ken Doane | Singles match | 10:06 |
| 8 | Johnny Gargano defeated Chris Dickinson | Singles match | 6:05 |
| 9 | Munenori Sawa defeated TJP | Singles match | 9:37 |
| 10 | Team Frightening (Frightmare, Hallowicked and Mike Quackenbush) defeated Akuma's Army (Brodie Lee, Gran Akuma and Icarus) | Six-man tag team match | 11:34 |
| 11 | Davey Richards (with Kyle O'Reilly and Tony Kozina) defeated Kota Ibushi (with Michael Nakazawa) by submission | Singles match | 18:12 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Schedule". Evolve Wrestling. Archived from the original on April 16, 2013. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
- ^ Alvarez, Bryan (2009-01-14). "Jan. 13 Figure Four Daily: Gabe Sapolsky on DGUSA, new EVOLVE promotion, ROH memories, booking, more". Figure 4 Weekly. Archived from the original on August 20, 2012. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
- ^ Csonka, Larry. "EVOLVE Wrestling Announces Debut Main Event". 411Mania. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Caldwell, James (2010-01-30). "ROH/DGUSA News: Davey Richards re-signs with ROH, dropped from DGUSA shows including WrestleMania weekend shows". Pro Wrestling Torch.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Evolve 1: Richards vs. Ibushi « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". Cagematch.net. 2010-01-16. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
- ^ "Evolve #1: Richards vs. Ibushi at Rahway Rec Center wrestling results - Internet Wrestling Database". Profightdb.com. 2010-01-16. Retrieved 2018-09-24.