Before they were gods of wrestling, they were hungry kids breaking each other in half.
Bobby Beverly vs. Eric Ryan The Super Smash Brothers vs. Facade & Jason Gory Silas Young vs. Sugar Dunkerton Pinkie Sanchez vs. Lince Dorado The Scene vs. Up In Smoke Three Way Unsanctioned Street Fight: Jon Davis vs. Bobby Fish vs. Kevin Steen John Silver vs. Tony Nese Fit Finlay vs. Sami Callihan Chuck Taylor vs. Johnny Gargano
Stunts
Gargano vs. Taylor: two future stars destroying each other for $50.
Acting
Kevin Steen's unhinged charisma in a street fight.
Practical Effects
Fit Finlay bringing old-school violence to kids half his age.
Director
Gabe Sapolsky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was taped in a Florida armory months before Gargano and Taylor would reshape NXT's identity. They were already this good.
EVOLVE 9 captures the moment indie wrestling shifted from ROH clones to something weirder, more personal, more violent—directly feeding what became AEW's aesthetic.
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