WWE Evolve June 10th 2026

Welcome back to Evolve, where we’ll get the debut of It’s GAL’s Mint Condition Open Challenge you duh-duh-dummy! Also the Mog Squad’s Max Abrams, Jacari Ball, and Santi Rivera face the scrappy babyface squad of Cappuccino Jones, Sam Holloway, and Marcus Mathers, but before we get that, lets see what’s happening in the greater WWE sphere.

Impact – SmackDown – Noche de los Grandes Night 2 – Raw – NXT

We start with how last week ended with PJ Vasa and Karmen Petrovic brawling and Blake Howard lets us know that we’ll be getting a match tonight. We cut to Marcus Mathers and Sam Holloway talking about how happy they are to be back and also in the main-event. Marcus and Sam have been fed up with the Mog Squad for months but now they’re healthy and ready to drop them. Both bring up that they haven’t heard from Cappuccino Jones and we hear clanging pipes and dun-dun-DUN somebody attacked him!

A familiar tune plays and it’s sunglasses! Chemistry! Improper lab safety! Moves! It’s Evolve!

PJ Vasa vs. Karmen Petrovic

Background: Last week both got into it in the VIP Section as they’re both sorta acts that want to prove themselves and take that next step. PJ is a big bruising heel monster. Karmen is a smaller karateka with some technical chops.

The Match: Karmen dodges a stalking Vasa but jumps into PJ’s arms but Vasa can’t land a slam and Karmen keeps it mobile before turning a sunset flip into a kneebar, but PJ breaks by slamming Karmen’s head into the mat. Fireman’s carry by PJ is turned into a victory roll attempt by Karmen…but PJ catches that for a powerslam attempt that Petrovic turns into a sleeper but Vasa turns that into a sidewalk slam and lands a series of corner splashes and sells her knee before settling for a short-arm clothesline and some ground and pound. Commentary lets us know that Jones isn’t going to be cleared for the main-event and they have an empty slot. Righteous. Karmen gets a few thrust kicks to stagger PJ but Vasa shrugs it off and tosses Karmen off the ropes for a slam…and Petrovic turns it into her tilt-a-whirl crossbody (though this almost looked like a Destino). PJ is up first and charges but gets low-bridged to the floor, Petrovic cuts Vasa off with a baseball slide and then follows with a tope and Karmen pushes PJ back inside and now it’s Karmen rolling with an Eat Defeat a series of kicks to get PJ to her knees and then a sliding DDT sets up the Petrifier (540 roundhouse to the back of a kneeling opponents head) but PJ fires up and shrugs it off and shakes it off…so Karmen hits a second and that’s 3.

**½

Well I was expecting a pretty dominant, one-sided result…this uh…just wasn’t the way I expected it. Vasa looked pretty solid with her traditional big bully heel spots but Karmen outwrestled her and beat her pretty convincingly. I dunno if PJ feels more comfortable getting hit, but Karmen laid her stuff in a bit nicer tonight, and again, she’s much better as a quick/technical wrestler who uses a few kicks, then as a wrestler who JUST uses kicks. Solid stuff from both and I imagine that Petrovic is going to chase the Evolve title pretty soon.

Post-match Karmen talks some trash.

We cut to the Mog Squad walking around backstage and bragging about their lotion and overall being obnoxious. They bring up that they “handi-CAPPED” Cappuccino Jones and how he got “de-CAPP-itated” and I admire the punnery, I’ll admit. Santi Rivera talks about how he feels bad the main-event will be 3v2, but he actually doesn’t feel bad! Oh tag! Meanwhile they taunt Elijah Holyfield who is sitting nearby and talk about how he has to be scared and impressed by them. Uh oh boys. Elijah gets up and asks them to clarify what exactly they meant, and the Mog Squad tell him to relax and they weren’t talking to him. Elijah tells them to get lost and the four of them make the business decision and leave without a fuss.

Well it looks like they might be pushing this Elijah fellow a bit! The Mog Squad are annoying in a proper heel way though I do think they need to establish unique identities for each of them. Solid stuff and building up them vs. a new frills buttkicking face is proper booking.

We have NXT superstar Tristan Angels making his entrance (seriously how old are these tapings?) and he hits his “Order! Order! Order!” taunt before bragging about being tall, handsome, and rich. He yells at the crowd and then brings up his Mr. England victory which makes the most handsome man in England, and therefore the world. The locker room is beneath him and he doesn’t understand how somebody named Starboy can be older than Tristan…but it must be that they have the physical stature of a child. Oh tag! Chazz isn’t going to take this though and we get the ripoff Jimi and the Denim Dragon makes his way to the ring. Angels asks Hall what he’s doing here and wants to know why he’s wearing denim overalls…so Chazz reaches in his uh…outfit but it’s a ruse and he slaps Tristan! Angels has a great overwrought facial expression of anger and I’m cracking up a bit. Angels attacks but Hall evades and then gets a headscissors to send Angels outside and the Brit is a bit miffed! Tristan vows revenge as Starboy jams out.

Tristan is the right mix of cartoonish absurdity and actual menace to work for wrestling. I predict big things for him and a feud with a flippy guy with a bit of charisma isn’t bad at all, but yet again…isn’t he in a pretty major feud in NXT right now? Ahhhh I gotta stop asking those questions.

Now we have Sam Holloway and Marcus Mathers looking upset and nervous as Marcus is on his cellular device and we’ve got somebody just as mad about Cap getting attacked as they are, Sam adds that tonight is a war!

Now for some more walk and talk as It’s GAL makes his way for his Mint Condition open challenge and talks about he wasn’t broken by hardship and it’s just him harder than steel. He wants some dummy to step up cause it’s on! And the lights turnoff and it’s DarkState. Oh lord.

It’s GAL vs. Cutler James – Mint Condition Open Challenge

Background: It’s GAL is a bodybuilding goof who has eaten a lot of L’s and has crossed the line from delusional heel into entertaining enough that the fans are starting to dig him. Cutler James is somehow the least successful member of DarkState and he’s a former collegiate wrestler who has the singlet, for a while he got…I’m not going to say over, but recognized as the guy who kept saying awkward things about butts in his promos. It’s GAL is notably smaller and has pretty slick Miami Vice colored gear and red hair while Cutler has the black singlet and a buzzcut.

The Match: It’s GAL, bless ‘em, looks scared to start but hits a pair of dropkicks that Cutler shrugs off and runs off the Israeli with a shoulderblock. Cutler cranks in a headlock and It’s GAL tries to break free but James rakes the eyes and gets a cravate and rakes GAL’s face across the ropes before tossing the smaller man around. James eats a boot charging to the corner and It’s GAL keeps it mobile with a cazadora into an armdrag, a huracánrana, and then a Cactus clothesline to put both guys on the floor…but James gets a big swinging backbreaker and we go to break. Back inside with Cutler hitting shoulder thrusts in the corner and a clothesline before Cutler gets a Karelin lift into a gutbuster and talks trash before Daddy Red (that’s uh…apparently It’s GAL’s nickname) fires back with some rights and vaults out of a backdrop and goes for a backslide…but Cutler is too strong so GAL flips out, taunts, and hits a dropkick but runs into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and then Cutler goes for a big swing and then hits a pop-up uppercut. I mean I guess if the guy isn’t in the company it’s fair game. Cutler grabs an armbar and calls a spot as It’s GAL gets to his feet but Cutler just gets an armwringer to send him down and it’s chinlock time. It’s GAL fights out again but is whipped off the ropes for a kitchen sink knee and it’s a chinlock again and It’s GAL powers out AGAIN and goes for a fireman’s carry but James is too big and shoves GAL to the floor. James follows but whiffs a charge and slams his shoulder into the ring post. It’s GAL doesn’t take the countout win and breaks the count for some more fisticuffs, but James just uh…doesn’t feel like selling the arm and uses power to toss Daddy Red back inside. It’s GAL stays with the rights and lefts and staggers Cutler enough for a springboard dropkick and that gets 2.7. James gets kick wham powerbomb…but his arm gives out and It’s GAL slips out and gets a fireman’s carry (attempt number 3!) and turns that into a gutbuster for 2.8. It’s GAL fires up…but James uses his body to return to his feet before It’s GAL drops him with a discus lariat (?!) and then rushes to the top for a diving crossbody…that James snatches out of the air for a swinging side slam backbreaker and then a spinning crucifix toss gets 3.

**¼

I enjoy It’s GAL, plucky babyface more than I thought I would. Cutler James remains excessively boring, like if the Creeds had even less personality but he’s at least big and physical and can work his size. Stealing Claudio spots is well…might as well, right?

Post-match it’s Chuey Martinez interviewing Cutler James who cuts a really generic promo, he’s taking it all, and he’s going to dominate everything cause Cutler James is undeniable. Meh.

And now it’s Braxton Cole taunting Harlem Lewis by calling Lewis too stupid to understand that Cole outmaneuvered him by ambushing him in a match with a chair. But it’s not all bad news for Harlem, as Braxton pulled some strings and got Lewis a job as an assistant janitor in Omaha Nebraska at one of the many properties that Braxton’s family owns (buy or sell, they should reveal that Braxton’s dad is Michael?). Now it would be probationary of course, they gotta know if Harlem has the brains to work this position in one of these labs. The stench won’t bug him after about a month or so, and if Lewis is worried about the injury preventing him from working, Braxton went the extra mile and got a mob with a sling attached.

Braxton Cole is basically the most indie ripoff Million Dollar Man ever, but I can’t help but enjoy the absurdity of it all. He’s definitely gotten more comfortable playing the character and I do want to see Harlem knock his teeth out, good heeling!

Romeo Moreno is in the training room with some wrap around his leg, and here’s Noam Dar! Dar asks how the ankle is, and Romeo says that he’ll be better in a week and they can take care of some NXT business and uh…I feel like this is footage that is not taped at the same time as the rest of the show. Just a hunch. Romeo doesn’t want to let Dar down but he does have a question for Supernova 11 and is all stuttering about it but Dar just asks him to spit it out. Romeo has had some problems with Harley and Kam and he can’t get any backup, Dar just wants him to spit it out, so Romeo asks for a tag match against them in Evolve. Noam says they have chemistry, they could use some reps and beating up those guys is fine, so he has three words for Moreno. Si se puede!

Oh I will curse Noam’s sudden but inevitable betrayal. Good chemistry between these guys.

The Mog Squad (Max Abrams, Jacari Ball, Santi Rivera) w/ CJ Valor vs. Marcus Mathers, Sam Holloway, and Aaron Rourke

Background: Mog Squad are the current arrogant jerk heel squad of jacked up arrogant indie dudes in Evolve. Max is the leader, and uh…Jacari and Santi are also in the group. They use a lot of group tactics and distractions to win and ambushed Cappuccino Jones before the match. Marcus is a smaller, agile, very indie looking dude with cheap tattoos and stringy hair and a heavily taped left knee, while Sam Holloway is a big guy who does a lot of high-flying stuff and might be some sort of midwestern serial killer. Their third member to replace Cap of course is Evolve champion Aaron Rourke who will not stand for such injustice! Slay!

The Match: All the babyfaces run to the ring as Rourke makes his dramatic entrance and they slug away as they send the Mog Squad packing…but Max hypes up his guys and they return to the fray. Jacari and Marcus start and the bigger Hall knocks Mathers around but can’t land a slam and Marcus reverses to his own and an elbow drop gets 1. Mathers drags Jacari to the corner and tags in Aaron who again uses agility to evade Ball and gets a dropkick and a jawbreaker, but he calls a spot and Jacari hits his own jawbreaker and tags in Santi…who runs into an Aaron hiptoss and it’s a tag to Marcus as the faces tee off on Rivera with some double-teams and then a Marcus jumping back kick sets up a Rourke flipping senton for a cover and Mathers cranks on a headlock. Santi slips free and tries to clear the apron…but Sam shrugs off the attack and stares down Rivera, who backs up into Mathers chops Rivera down and now it’s Sam’s time to tag in. Santi flees but Sam catches him and they do an international where Sam gets a leapfrog and then boots Santi down, clears the apron and then gets a slam and then a slingshot elbow. Jacari runs in to eat a boot and now Sam hits a double clothesline to send both Squad members outside and it’s a tag for Rourke as the faces send all the Squad to the floor and then it’s stereo dfives from Rourke and Marcus and we go to a break. We’re back with Marcus hitting a reverse crossbody out of the corner on Santi and then a slam and Marcus goes up again and Max distracts him which lets Santi get a gamengiri to knock Marcus outside. CJ Valor then runs Marcus into a post and the Mog Squad jump him before tossing him back inside for a cover from Rivera. Jacari is in with a backbreaker and then Santi comes in with an inside-out neckbreaker onto Jacari’s knee, and then Max tags in to drop a leg and then stomp away on Marcus. Mathers tries to fight back but Abrams just bludgeons him down and drags him back to the corner where Jacari gets some body shots and then Santi tags in for strikes and Marcus fights back…only for Santi to charge and get almost back dropped outside but Max pushes him back mid-vault and Rivera recovers to land a facebuster on Marcus. Rivera clears the apron which riles up Sam and Rivera gets a quick cover and it’s back to the corner and Jacari comes in…but he misses a corner charge and Marcus slips and weaves to his corner where he brings in Sam Holloway. Hardway Holloway slaughters all of Mog Squad with a bunch of big offense, Big boot! Chokeslam! But he loads up for a dive and runs into Max’s disaster kick as commentary puts over how Abrams has done his research on how Sam likes to wrestle. Now Holloway is getting stomped down in the corner and it’s quick covers as they all just kick and punch Holloway before Jacari gets a leaping corner clothesline, Santi gets a corner elbow, and Max gets his own corner elbow for 2. Max attacks the babyface apron so Sam fires back but Max turns what looks like a Bossman Slam into a sleeper but Sam just picks him up…but Santi gets the blind tag but it’s to no avail as Sam just tosses Max over his shoulders onto Rivera and Holloway brings in Rourke. Aaron goes wild on Santi and then cuts off an interfering Jacari with a back suplex slam and now it’s Max’s turn but a Thesz Press and some ground and pound takes him out. Rourke with a corner uppercut and then a double missile dropkick on Ball and Rivera. Max tries a boot but Rourke catches it, mocks Abrams Main Man Energy taunt and gets a tiger knee into a pretty funny falling tree bump from Abrams and all of Mog Squad have powdered to the floor, so Rourke tags in Sam to hit a massive over the ropes hands free plancha and a sit-out chokeslam on Santi almost gets 3 before Jacari breaks it up. It’s breaking down and Max and Marcus go at it with Mathers dropping Abrams with a high mule kick but Ball hits Marcus with a belly-to-belly and Rourke drops the Hellcat with a backstabber before Abrams takes out the champ with a running blockbuster. It’s back to Sam and Abrams, but Max’s second disaster kick is booted out of the air, but before he can capitalize Santi flies in with a codebreaker and then a Northern Shining Wizard, but Mathers breaks that up with a 450 and everybody is selling. It’s a double tag and it’s Max vs. Rourke and both leaders trade strikes before Rourke gets a tornado boot and Marcus tags in, Rourke looks a bit confused for a second but they get an assisted spear as Marcus gets a cazadora to launch Rourke at Max (oh wrestling physics…) but Max rolls to the floor before Marcus can try a cover and Mathers is throwing kicks at interfering Mog Squad members and then he hits a big flip dive on all of them Marcus tosses Max back inside…but CJ runs up on the apron to distract Marcus who flies at him with a forearm and that lets Max get Mathers with the Main Objective (standing famouser) for 3.

***

THOSE MALICIOUS MOG SQAUDERS DID IT AGAIN! Look, this ain’t Evolution six-mans or Shield tags or anything like that, but this was a smartly booked match between mostly competent guys that was pretty well-agented. Rourke is like…legitimately good, Marcus can hit his goofy indie stuff, Sam can do the “big guy that flies” thing, and while there are problems with the work of the Mog Squad, namely that their offense is pretty weak and without personality, they know the timing for tags and comebacks. Yeah did they sorta reuse sequences, absolutely, but I do appreciate that we’re finally finding out the identity for these guys. Max is the best of them, but he’s ultimately a coward and can kind of only get things going via sneak attacks and chicanery. Jacari is the enforcer and the only one who can physically overpower people. Santi is the…designated fool? He’s the guy who mostly takes the beating but he’s athletic and canny and can get stuff going as he works the hardest and flies around the ring, and CJ is the…mascot? The barking dog at the ring that can distract people, poor CJ. I said earlier these guys need to differentiate themselves, and they are, the matches have established roles for each of them, and while they are overall too punch-kicky, the psychology of a six-man, properly done, can carry the individual weaknesses of a group well. And Rourke, who had this whole thing well in hand getting tagged out by an overzealous Marcus Mathers who wanted vindication? I can live with that, furthers the arc and I imagine we’re going to get Rourke vs. Max sooner rather than later.

The Mog Squad all celebrate in the ring together and commentary puts over their come from behind victories before a despondent Rourke has his title ripped out of his hands by Max who taunts him with it and it’s official, Rourke defends against Max at Succession III: The Return of the Mog on June 24th.

No matches established for next week which is a break from normal, but this was a pretty entertaining show. Three decent to good matches and I imagine some more stuff to fill out the Succession card.

As always keep on reading and keep on Evolving my Evolvemaniacs!