{"id":18565,"date":"2016-05-06T23:23:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T04:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=18565"},"modified":"2016-05-07T07:43:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-07T12:43:41","slug":"56-evolve-60-live-event-report-hero-vs-sabre-gargano-perspective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/05\/06\/56-evolve-60-live-event-report-hero-vs-sabre-gargano-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"5\/6 EVOLVE 60 Live Event Report &#8211; Hero vs. Sabre, Gargano, more perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1570481289\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>EVOLVE 60 iPPV\u00a0Live Report<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>May 6, 2016<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Joppa, Md. at MCW Arena<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wwnlive.com\/event-evolve-05-06-16.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Aired on WWNLive.com<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Live Report by PWTorch reader Mohammad Rahman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before the show, Lio Rush, Marty Scurll, Zack Sabre, Jr., Johnny Gargano, Drew Gulak, and a few others were out on the merch table. I had the opportunity to talk to Gargano, and he came off so personable. After watching all these guys, I wish them nothing but the utmost success! On to the show&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>(1)\u00a0Lio Rush beat\u00a0Caleb Conley at 10:20 via Frogplash.\u00a0Hometown kid Rush was a huge favorite. Conley did a great job heeling it up.<\/p>\n<p>(2)\u00a0Bravado Brothers beat\u00a0the Devastation Corporation at 8:23 via double-team Cross Rhodes. The pace was\u00a0really slow the first two minutes, almost comical, and then it broke out to a complete brawl on the outside that amped up the energy.<\/p>\n<p>(3)\u00a0Matthew Riddle beat\u00a0Anthony Nese via\u00a0cross-armbreaker submission at 11:32.\u00a0Riddle looks so much like a Bro MMA version of Kevin Von Erich. Very hard-hitting match.<\/p>\n<p>(4)\u00a0Johnny Gargano beat\u00a0Marty Scurll\u00a0at 20:23 via Gargano Escape.\u00a0Just awesome stuff. Two pros going at it.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, Gargano cut a promo on Drew Galloway and their conflict over WWE&#8217;s current involvement with EVOLVE. It ended with Drew beating up Gargano (withut saying a word) before Ethan Page made the save, which led to&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>(5)\u00a0Drew Galloway beat\u00a0Ethan Page at 10:04 via low-blow and Future Shock DDT.\u00a0Drew delivered a fantastic promo about the hypocrisy among the wrestlers in the back who are jumping on the WWE ship. I&#8217;ve really enjoyed his work as the pure babyface in TNA, and it&#8217;s a testament to him as a performer that he can tailor that character into a bitter heel. Drew kept beating on Page, delivering multiple Future Shocks, when Gargano came\u00a0in with a chair. At the end, Gargano left Page hanging.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1568550130\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>(6)\u00a0EVOLVE\u00a0Tag Team champions Drew Gulak &amp;\u00a0Tracy Williams retained over TJP &amp;\u00a0Fred Yehi at 17:17 via Dragon Sleep Submission (Gulak made TJP tap). The ending saw a miscommunication between TJP and Yehi that led to things breaking down.<\/p>\n<p>Afterwards, Gulak called out EVOLVE Champion Timothy Thatcher (not in attendance) for having to defend the belt against a member of Catch Point. Riddle came out to\u00a0say he&#8217;s the real champion. Their manager, Stokely Hathaway, walked to the back with Riddle.<\/p>\n<p>(7)\u00a0Chris Hero beat\u00a0Zack Sabre, Jr. at 29:15 via Tombstone Piledriver.\u00a0Fantastic match. I&#8217;m curious to see how it came off on PPV, but great live match.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, Hero got on the mic and thanked us for coming and announced they are coming back to Maryland on August 19.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, great show.\u00a0I will definitely check out EVOLVE again at a great value of $20 for a ticket.\u00a0It was an awesome time and the crowd was into everything. Besides Johnny\u00a0Gargano and Anthony Nese, this was my first time watching all the wrestlers live. The last independent show I went to was a DGUSA show in NYC a few years back where the Young Bucks headlined a TLC match.<\/p>\n<p>The event was great, but I remember there being a lack of storytelling and just an emphasis on non-stop action. It really made it hard to remember each match or each feud and what characters the wrestlers portraying. I was a little down thinking I&#8217;d witness something similar after the first two matches of <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1662723184\"><span class=\"aQJ\">tonight&#8217;s<\/span><\/span> show, but the pacing was great. 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