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Kota Ibushi has been announced as appearing at WWN Lives WrestleMania weekend events. The company announced that Ibushi has bene booked for both the April 1st and April 2nd EVOLVE events in Dallas, as well as the April 2nd Mercury Rising Supershow.

 

Ibushi announced last month that he was departing from NJPW and DDT in order to form his own promotion.

http://411mania.com/wrestling/kota-ibushi-set-for-wwn-live-wrestlemania-weekend-shows/

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PWInsider reports that EVOLVEs relationship with WWE is resulting in some signficant changes to the former. According to the site, the promotion will be focusing more on talent that has potential to move onto WWE developmental deals going forward.

 

While the company is still open to using talent that is under contract elsewhere in shorter runs or as guest stars for some events, the plan is to have a pool of talent that WWE scouts could see. As part of this, Sami Callihan has finished with the company as of last weekend and is moving on to Lucha Underground. He could still pop up in the company from time to time but a long-term storyline is more difficult to fit into the companys plans.

 

The site also ntoes that there should be news about WWEs Global Cruiserweight Series matches in EVOLVE within the next couple of weeks.

http://411mania.com/wrestling/evolves-wwes-relationship-bringing-changes-to-the-company/

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It doesn't say they aren't booking experienced guys anymore. It just seems like they'd rather have experienced guys who has the potential to move on to WWE. All those guys won't be that great though. I think this can end up hurting Evolve in the long run. Like seriously, look how long it's taking Matt Riddle to reach the point WWE wants him to before they bring him up.

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It doesn't say they aren't booking experienced guys anymore. It just seems like they'd rather have experienced guys who has the potential to move on to WWE. All those guys won't be that great though. I think this can end up hurting Evolve in the long run. Like seriously, look how long it's taking Matt Riddle to reach the point WWE wants him to before they bring him up.

 

Most likely soon since Riddle is 30 and its basically the same thing WWE did with ECW in the 90's.

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If they ever sign Matt Riddle, would they be able to obtain his UFC footage?

 

WWE already has a verbal agreement with Riddle. He impressed during his tryout and WWE basically verbally signed him, but with his limited pro wrestling experience and their relationship with Evolve, it was WWE who got Evolve to book Riddle so he can get some experience under his belt. As AssaultDriver said, it's basically similar to the relationship Vince and WWE had with Paul Heyman and ECW.

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EVOLVE returns to NYC and debuts in Joppa, Maryland this weekend with live iPPVs, featuring the following:

 

EVOLVE 60 - May 6th - Joppa, MD at the MCW Arena

 

-Chris Hero vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

 

-EVOLVE Tag Team champions Drew Gulak & Tracy Williams vs. Fred Yehi & TJP

 

-Drew Galloway vs. Ethan Page

 

-Johnny Gargano vs. Marty Scurll

 

-Caleb Konley vs. Lio Rush

 

-Anthony Nese vs. Matt Riddle

 

-The Bravado Brothers vs. The Devastation Corporation

 

EVOLVE 61 - May 7th - Queens, NY at La Boom

 

-Johnny Gargano vs. Drew Galloway

 

-WWE Global Cruiserweight Series Qualifier: Drew Gulak vs. Tracy Williams

 

-WWE Global Cruiserweight Series Qualifier: Fred Yehi vs. TJP

 

-Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Marty Scurll

 

-Matt Riddle vs. Lio Rush

 

-Ethan Page vs. Chris Dickinson

 

-Plus Harlem & Lancelot Bravado in tag team action!

 

To pre-order the EVOLVE iPPVs, click here to log into or sign up for a WWNLive.com account.

http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.php?id=101744

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