WWE Evolve June 3rd 2026

Welcome back to Evolve as we’ve had a string of announced cards and this one is the same, with a title defense as Wendy Choo defends her Evolve Women’s Championship against Sloane Jacobs (to the chagrin of Nikkita Lyons), Romeo Moreno taking on Harley Riggins, the return of PJ Vasa, and the in-ring debut of Elijah Holyfield. But before we continue, here’s what you missed in the greater WWE sphere.

Impact – SmackDown – AAA Noche de Los Grandes – Clash In Italy – Raw – NXT

And we start with the POST SHOW EXCLUSIVE of last weeks show as the Mog Squad of Max Abrams, Santi Rivera, CJ Valor, and Jacari Ball ambush the Evolve Champ Aaron Rourke, but Cappuccino Jones returns with Marcus Mathers and Sam Holloway for the rescue and everybody brawls. In the chaos Max Abrams manages to hit his Main Objective (leapfrog bulldog) on Rourke and commentary announces that it’ll be Abrams vs. Jones IN THIS VERY RING!

And we got Nikkita Lyons running down the card with Sloane Jacobs. Elijah Holyfield will make his debut! Mog Squad will Mog ID 1.0. And the women of ID 2.0 will have Gianna Capri taking on Masyn Holiday. And Lyons reminds Jacobs of her title match tonight and Nikkita seems a bit salty about Sloane getting the shot and not her, but Sloane promises to win.

RAPPING! POSING! SMOKE! FLIPS! FIRE! PUNCHING! SCREAMING! It’s Evolve!

Masyn Holiday w/ Layla Diggs vs. Gianna Capri

Background: So Masyn and Layla are the sorta gatekeeper midcard babyface ladies of Evolve, they dance! They’re athletic! They mostly lose (and Masyn is the designated pin eater). Gianna is a loud lady that was some variety of indie presence and is sort of a bullying heel. Gianna is “Made in Italy” and the “Sauce Boss” well then.

The Match: We get a lockup until Capri grabs a wristlock and Holiday gets a roll and a rope assisted flip and gets some armdrags and a dropkick before cranking in an armbar. Gianna gets to her feet and shoots Holiday off for an international and then a back handspring into a headscissors facebuster and it’s back to the armbar as we cut to Capri’s associates Anya Rune and Veronica Haven in the VIP Lounge. Capri yanks Holiday into the turnbuckle and stomps away in the corner as referee Vicky D’Errico gets in Gianna’s face. Masyn rolls to the apron and gets some forearms before a slingshot sunset flip gets 2 and Capri just punches her for a cover, and then another cover…and a third cover. Gianna at least is selling the arm between punching Masyn who throws some chops and kicks and then a back elbow and a flying clothesline before a pretty weak seated senton as Masyn fires up with another attempt at the headscissors but Capri blocks it, gets a chopblock and then a victory roll with a hand on the ropes for 3.

*

Oof. The divas era is back. This was bad, just everything was loose, sloppy, nervous. Gianna at least knows how to act like a heel, but it’s very tentative and weak.

Post-match Capri yells at Anya and Veronica. Rune looks upset, or maybe just confused, and Haven is giddy and smiling.

Wendy Choo congratulates Sloane Jacobs on doing the work to return to WWE, but she doesn’t respect the sleazy tricks Jacobs has pulled to get a title shot, but Choo doesn’t care, if Sloane wants a fight, Choo will give her one.

It’s GAL is by his reflection pool and ponders his future. He’s been pulled in too many directions, he’s been confused, tricked, and stuck but no more. From now on, the only rock and a hard place It’s GAL will be stuck between are his two granite biceps. Friends are overrated and It’s GAL is going solo and he’s announcing the Mint Condition Open Challenge, and when you’re in Mint Condition, there’s no competition.

I am over open challenges but this fits It’s GAL and I got no problems with it.

Harley Riggins w/ Kam Hendrix vs. Romeo Moreno

Background: So Harley is angry that Romeo cost Kam his match with Tate Wilder and this is just the last remnants of this bully jock vs. indie flippy feud they’ve been running. Harley is a jacked up football guy who looks like a Kevin Nash impersonator while Romeo is a tall, lean athletic Spanish indie guy.

The Match: Harley calls for a test of strength and just boots Romeo down and then gets some strikes but Harley stops to crow at the camera and Romeo puts the gas and hits a boot out of some rope runs but Kam distracts him and Riggins drops him and hits a springboard corkscrew senton that just crushes Romeo. Yeesh. Harley cranks in a chinlock as Moreno gets his air back. Riggins rebounds Romeo off the ropes and gets a rabbit punch and then a second one but a third one is sniffed out by Moreno who gets a rope-assisted gamengiri and then we get a double-down before Romeo gets up first and he first off some clotheslines and then kicks an interfering Kam off the apron and Moreno sets up Harley for a Spanish Fly but Riggins with Kam’s help holds on and the big man holds on and slips to the ring. Romeo follows with a jumping nothing but Riggins catches him with a goozle and gets a choke lift into a Muay Thai knee for 3.

**

I actually thought this was a pretty entertaining little sprint. Moreno has yet to really show off a ton of fireworks, but I like that in a division filled with guys that do a bunch of crazy stuff, he’s mostly just an athletic babyface that moves quickly and evades and hits classic offense. The heels cheated to win and Riggins is a capable enough goon.

Post-match Kam and Harley Pillmanize Romeo’s ankle.

We cut to Timothy Thatcher haranguing the Security Geeks (the tattooed one is Shido Ash and the bearded one is Viktor Zanov) for dislocating Harlem Lewis’ arm while separating Lewis and Braxton Cole last week. Thatcher warns them they have to be more careful and both of them apologize. Thatcher accepts the apology and says they need to be on point for the next match as it’ll be Max Abrams vs. Cappuccino Jones and the Mog Squad and ID 1.0 are going to be out there causing mayhem, and Thatcher doesn’t want chaos before Succession! Thatcher sends them off and talks up Succession III, there will be a debut at the show! And whomever wins between Choo and Sloane will defend against Nikkita at Succession III.

Max Abrams vs. Cappuccino Jones

Background: So Max is in charge of the Mog Squad, a bunch of preening zoomer indie guys. Max cost Cappuccino his blowoff match with Brooks Jensen and Cappuccino is responding in kind and Abrams has been trying his best to run away from him. Both guys are small and flippy, Max is a jerk, Jones is…caffeinated. Jones is in giant baggy jeans but has a heavily taped up left elbow. Max in sparkly purple trunks. We also have Viktor and Shido watching menacingly near the entrance.

The Match: Jones ducks Max’s strike and peppers him with some lefts before Abrams powders. Cap follows but Max slides back in and stomps Jones when he follows him. Cap gets up and gets more punches and then a dropkick before hammering away at Max. Corner elbow but Jones misses a second and Max gets a disaster kick and then a famouser to a rope-hung Cap. Max gets a few jumping back elbows and slugs away before beating away in the corner and his punches are no good. Cap fires up and gets a flying headscissors out of the corner before going up and hitting a flying nothing into a Max dropkick who follows with a running blockbuster for 2. Some ground and pound that misses by a mile by Abrams and Max goes up and poses but whiffs the diving elbow via hotdogging and grandstanding and Cap follows with a big back bodydrop and then a corner dropkick and a corner clothesline and then a diving double axehandle but now Cap starts posing and Max gets a jump kick and a dropkick…but runs into a Jones fireman’s carry that Cap turns into a powerbomb (?!). Cap tries his Decaffeinator but Abrams slips out and both guys trade shots before we get a double-down off a double crossbody and here comes the interference as the Mog Squad’s Jacari Ball and Santi Rivera but Shido and Viktor cut them off and Marcus Mathers jumps the Mog Squad from the back, and then the Security Geeks remove Sam Holloway…but leaves the others. Back to the ring and Cap takes out Max with an elbow and goes up for Froggy Brew…but Abrams slips to the floor and Cap gets a plancha and then tosses Max in who talks to the ref in the corner which lets the Mog Squad’s CJ Valor crotch Cappuccino on the top, Jones collapses to the ring and Max hits the Main Objective (which I realize is basically an inverted Rough Ryder) for 3.

**¼

These guys have okay chemistry, the cheating was fine. I’m not as into Max Abrams as the show wants us to be into, his stuff is mostly weak but he knows how to beg off and cheat. Cap has decent fire. This just feels very…local indie to me, it’s fine though.

PJ Vasa is walking and talking, she’s watching the title match, and whomever wins will COME GETCHA ISSUE!

Elijah Holyfield vs. Kai Kavari

Background: Elijah Holyfield is Evander Holyfield’s son, he’s big and jacked and this is his debut. Kai is uh…a jobber. On Evolve, pray for the man.

The Match: Elijah with a lockup and just backs Kai to the corner before the ring breaks. Kai grabs a hammerlock but Holyfield backs him into the ropes for a break and shoots off the ropes for a shoulder block and then a series of Stinger Splashes before a spinebuster and then an uppercut by Elijah gets 3.

*½ (3 out of 5 on Jab’s Squash Scale)

Butternut squash is an autumn favorite that can be served roasted or blended into soups or sauces. Elijah has a fantastic build and real explosiveness and my goodness Kai is a fantastic little goober.

We get Tristan Angels complaining about how last week was an international tragedy as Rourke got an uninspiring victory and then the Mog Squad took the attention. Angels knows that Aaron isn’t happy with that win, and also the Mog Squad aren’t title worthy either. Tristan runs down Braxton Cole for being entitled and Harlem for looking like a biker. And Chazz Hall is short. Tristan is still the most worthy contender in the mix. Rourke might have won the chapter but the story isn’t over and Tristan won’t be satisfied until he’s champion.

I…don’t know why Tristan is still here? But he’s a solid promo.

Wendy Choo (c) vs. Sloane Jacobs w/ Nikkita Lyons- Evolve Women’s Championship

Background: So after Sloane Jacobs finally got her way back to WWE after debuting with Roxanne Perez, and she wormed her way into Lyons orbit and got a tag match by constantly attacking the champ, Wendy, finally in that tag match, Lyons hit a massive kick that knocked out Wendy (when Wendy’s partner, Laynie Luck, didn’t block it) and Sloane stole the pin. Jacobs is portrayed as a backstabbing weasel that even her vain and arrogant associate Nikkita is annoyed with. Wendy has basically been getting harassed by Nikkita and her protege ever since winning the title since Lyons believes that Choo only won cause Nikkita cleared out the gauntlet for her. Shockingly complex backstory here. Choo is in a black singlet with red and gold accents, Sloane is in blue gear with white highlights.

The Match: We have PJ Vasa and Karmen Petrovic in the VIP Lounge as Sloane goes for an early boot but Choo ducks and tries to ram her head off the turnbuckle but Jacobs blocks that and the challenger gets a Gannosuke Clutch for 2 before Choo fires off a flying headscissors and a dropkick for 2. Soane turns a whip into a floatover to the apron but Choo gets a codebreaker that sends Jacobs to the floor and we get a break. We come back with Jacobs getting another floatover and this one is successful as she gets an electric chair facebuster into the corner before cutting to PJ and Karmen pickering on the coach. Back with some ground and pound (much better than Abrams) from Jacobs and a quick cover. Sloane chokes Wendy on the ropes and then chops away in the corner before getting a corner whip, a sidewalk slam and a leg drop for 2. Jacobs picks Wendy up and we get a spot called as Choo fires back with forearms and a schoolgirl for 1 before Jacobs fires back with a shoulder and a mafia kick before setting Choo up for a rope-hung whiplash for 2.6. Figure-four necklock by Jacobs as we cut back to Karmen and Vasa bickering. Choo breaks the necklock with a pin but Sloane responds with a standing neck crank. Choo fights to her feet and breaks the hold and fires back with more strikes before dropping Sloane with a couple clotheslines and then a hammerlock lariat. Handspring elbow and a running boot by Choo before she gets a second-rope somersault senton gets 2 and she goes for the full-nelson slam that Sloane reverses into a victory roll and then gets a high kick to stagger the champ. Jacobs gets an X-Factor for 2.4 and then tries for a Snakeyes but Choo slips out but gets caught with Jacobs in a headscissors while in the corner, and Jacobs slams Wendy’s face into the turnbuckle a few times before she goes up…but she’s too slow and Choo cuts her off and loads up a superplex and then rolls through with a brainbuster for 2.5. More PJ and Karmen bickering and it’s back with Wendy trying the Dirt Nap (cobra clutch) but Sloane goes into the corner to break and then sets up a Gory Bomb. Jacobs goes up again and gets a pretty ugly diving elbow for 2.8. Sloane then tries her Siren Song (Muta Lock) but it’s too close to the ropes…though Nikkita pulls the ropes back and it’s too obvious for referee Vicky D’Errico who castigates Lyons. Sloane drags Wendy back to the middle of the ring though and Wendy quickly goes for another Dirt Nap but Sloane gets the Bret Hart counter for a quick break. Wendy tries a dropkick but it was just the jump to put your legs in your opponents arms and Jacobs turns that into a slingshot and Jacobs goes for another electric chair…but Choo slips out the back and gets the Dirt Nap for a tap.

***¼

Oh man, this was fun. Wendy is really solid, and Sloane might be too? Technical, nice callbacks, good finish, remarkably clean. Like Jacobs cheated enough to remind you she’s a heel but it wasn’t overboard or ridiculous. Not super complex but I think Sloane could be on NXT yesterday and be absolutely fine. Honestly she seems a better fit for Fatal Influence than some of their current members…Good stuff between two pros, and once again Evolve is a women’s show.

Post-match Nikkita stares down Choo and shoves a despondent Sloane Jacobs to the ground but Choo POINTS TO THE SIGN! And we get Karmen and PJ finally brawling in the VIP Lounge…as we continue on the next show!

So, before I talk about the show in general, I have to bring up that Blake Howard was screwing up a ton. I”m not enough of a nerd that cares about calling moves right, but not every kick is an enzuigiri, not every flip dive is a Molly-Go-Round, not every choke is a sleeper. If you have no personality, you have to at least get moves right, and he just…does not. He was so bad I mostly ignored Peter Rosenberg saying stupid things. Anyways.

Pretty solid show tonight, they had a TON of things happening and I liked it was mostly short matches except for the main event which was punchy and fun and not more than 10 minutes. I like how organized the show has been, Succession III won’t be Show of the Year, but the booking has been solid and there is a lot of logical, solid booking on this very goofy program. That said, Romeo Moreno, Tristan Angels, and Kam Hendrix still being on this show remains weird, anyway, it’s taped, tis what tis is.

Next week we got the It’s GAL Mint Condition Open Challenge, and the Mog Squad’s Max Abrams, Jacari Ball, and Santi Rivera vs. Cappuccino Jones, Marcus Mathers, and Sam Holloway. And probably some other stuff that I missed and will remind y’all of later on.

Anyway, thanks for reading and keep on Evolving!