EVOLVE | WWN: Discussão Geral

AR escreveu:O Thatcher está a ter um ano bem melhor do que diz, o pessoal é que se lembrou de o começar a odiar porque sim. Já o combate anterior entre eles foi porreiro, mas falavam nele como se fosse a pior coisa do mundo.

Mas curtia saber como há criticas ao Thatcher vs. Gulak se ainda só hoje é que irá acontecer

Resultados EVOLVE 70:

Resultados EVOLVE 71:

Renato escreveu:

Resultados EVOLVE 70:

Resultados EVOLVE 71:

"I'm going to peel back the curtain now. It's not something I'm a fan of doing, but I have to in order to convey how I feel about Matt Riddle.



When I heard about Matt in the Fall last year, I was intrigued because of his UFC background. We gave him a shot. I figured if he wasn't up to the level of EVOLVE, at the worst case scenario we give him a couple of weekends worth of wins and then have Timothy Thatcher beat him in an EVOLVE Title defense. I liked the idea of Thatcher getting credibility by beating the UFC guy that is undefeated.

He was booked very carefully in his first weekend. In fact, he was booked just about as carefully as we ever booked anyone. He was given two opponents proficient in mat wrestling/grappling in Jonathan Gresham and Chris Dickinson. The matches were kept very short with very few spots. The idea was just let them wrestle a little on the mat and go to the quick submission finish. Keep it simple and easy.

The next weekend we played it safe by putting Riddle against Drew Gulak and Tracy Williams, two highly skilled opponents he could train with before the weekend and work out two matches that were a little more complex, but still relatively short and simple.

This is how you protect a "green" talent in the booking.

Last weekend was the opposite of "protecting" a talent. Last weekend at EVOLVE 62 and EVOLVE 63, we put Matt Riddle against Cedric Alexander and Trevor Lee.

Alexander and Lee are two exciting, great talents who do a lot of stuff in their matches. My instructions were simple. Go out there for about 12-15 minutes and steal the show. That was it.

Matt Riddle, with less than 75 pro wrestling matches under his belt, went toe-to-toe with these two indie style standouts and matched them move-for-move. There was no protecting him. No keeping it simple. No safeguards.

There has never been anyone as good as Matt Riddle with as little experience as he has. Never. Ever.

We are all watching a special talent grow and develop before our eyes. We are on this ride together and it's only going to get more wild and exciting. I hope you are all enjoying it as much as I am.

Matt Riddle has arrived. A star is born.

There's no playing it safe anymore

AR escreveu:Ainda só vi, Thatcher vs. Gulak e foi nice. Acho uma piada do caralh*, agora o pessoal só achar fixe que o Thatcher tenha combates fora da sua praia, porque sim. Caso se chamasse Zack Sabre Jr. era tranquilo e era o maior.
Na realidade, o Sabre é bem mais versátil e se calhar a comparação é parva - mas isso agora não interessa nada

Gabe sobre Riddle:

"I'm going to peel back the curtain now. It's not something I'm a fan of doing, but I have to in order to convey how I feel about Matt Riddle.



When I heard about Matt in the Fall last year, I was intrigued because of his UFC background. We gave him a shot. I figured if he wasn't up to the level of EVOLVE, at the worst case scenario we give him a couple of weekends worth of wins and then have Timothy Thatcher beat him in an EVOLVE Title defense. I liked the idea of Thatcher getting credibility by beating the UFC guy that is undefeated.

He was booked very carefully in his first weekend. In fact, he was booked just about as carefully as we ever booked anyone. He was given two opponents proficient in mat wrestling/grappling in Jonathan Gresham and Chris Dickinson. The matches were kept very short with very few spots. The idea was just let them wrestle a little on the mat and go to the quick submission finish. Keep it simple and easy.

The next weekend we played it safe by putting Riddle against Drew Gulak and Tracy Williams, two highly skilled opponents he could train with before the weekend and work out two matches that were a little more complex, but still relatively short and simple.

This is how you protect a "green" talent in the booking.

Last weekend was the opposite of "protecting" a talent. Last weekend at EVOLVE 62 and EVOLVE 63, we put Matt Riddle against Cedric Alexander and Trevor Lee.

Alexander and Lee are two exciting, great talents who do a lot of stuff in their matches. My instructions were simple. Go out there for about 12-15 minutes and steal the show. That was it.

Matt Riddle, with less than 75 pro wrestling matches under his belt, went toe-to-toe with these two indie style standouts and matched them move-for-move. There was no protecting him. No keeping it simple. No safeguards.

There has never been anyone as good as Matt Riddle with as little experience as he has. Never. Ever.

We are all watching a special talent grow and develop before our eyes. We are on this ride together and it's only going to get more wild and exciting. I hope you are all enjoying it as much as I am.

Matt Riddle has arrived. A star is born.

There's no playing it safe anymore

Here's an unseen angle of the @DarbyAllin Coffin Drop on @SexyChuckieT from the top of a support beam at #EVOLVE71 @BookItGabe @TAMPAOrpheum pic.twitter.com/3v3J6dab6E

— Brandon Martin (@WWNBRANDON) 24 de outubro de 2016