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Evolution was a Heel stable on World Wrestling Entertainment's RAW brand consisting of Ric Flair, Randy Orton, Triple H, and Batista. The group is considered by many to be modeled after Ric Flair's old stable, the Four Horsemen, from the NWA and WCW. Triple H said in an interview on the IGN website that the whole Evolution concept was to take two rising stars and turn them into the biggest stars that they could possibly be. In professional wrestling, a stable is a group of wrestlers within a promotion who have a common element -- friendships, either real or storyline, a manager who manages all of them, or a common storyline, which puts them together as a unit (recent examples include Evolution, La Résistance, The Cabinet...
Richard Morgan Fliehr[2] (born on February 25, 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota[2]) better known by his ring name Ric Flair , is a legendary American professional wrestler of iconic staus signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown! brand. ...
David Michael Bautista (born January 18, 1969),[1] better known as Dave Batista or by the ring name Batista, is an American professional wrestler. ...
Paul Michael Levesque[4] (born July 27, 1969)[4] is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former Hunter Hearst Helmsley moniker. ...
Randal Randy Keith Orton[1] (born on April 1, 1980), nicknamed The Legend Killer, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its RAW brand. ...
Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character. ...
In professional wrestling, a stable is a group of wrestlers within a promotion who have a common element -- friendships, either real or storyline, a manager who manages all of them, or a common storyline, which puts them together as a unit (recent examples include Evolution, La Résistance, The Cabinet...
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ...
WWE Raw is the Monday night professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the primary broadcast of the RAW brand. ...
Richard Morgan Fliehr[2] (born on February 25, 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota[2]) better known by his ring name Ric Flair , is a legendary American professional wrestler of iconic staus signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown! brand. ...
Randal Randy Keith Orton[1] (born on April 1, 1980), nicknamed The Legend Killer, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its RAW brand. ...
Paul Michael Levesque[4] (born July 27, 1969)[4] is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former Hunter Hearst Helmsley moniker. ...
David Michael Bautista (born January 18, 1969),[1] better known as Dave Batista or by the ring name Batista, is an American professional wrestler. ...
The Four Horsemen (also spelled IV Horsemen) is a legendary professional wrestling stable in the National Wrestling Alliance and later World Championship Wrestling that was disbanded in 1999. ...
National Wrestling Alliance logo The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) is the largest governing body for a group of independent professional wrestling promotions and sanctions various NWA championships. ...
For the Australian professional wrestling promotion, see World Championship Wrestling (Australia). ...
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History
2002 On September 22, 2002 at Unforgiven, Triple H defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Rob Van Dam. During the match Ric Flair came down to the ring and grabbed the sledgehammer from Triple H and teased hitting Triple H before hitting Van Dam, allowing Triple H to get the win. From that point on, Flair accompanied Triple H to the ring as his manager. is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Unforgiven is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment, which has been held in September since the 1999 edition. ...
The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Robert Alexander Szatkowski (born December 18, 1970 in Battle Creek, Michigan) better known by his ring name Rob Van Dam, is currently an inactive American professional wrestler. ...
Shortly after, Batista moved from SmackDown! to RAW and took Flair as his manager. When Triple H began his feud with Scott Steiner at the beginning of 2003, Batista and Randy Orton both assisted him along with Flair. For the video game series based on the show, see WWE SmackDown! (video game series). ...
WWE Raw is the Monday night professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the primary broadcast of the RAW brand. ...
Scott Carl Rechsteiner (born July 29, 1962) better known by his ring name Scott Steiner, is an American professional wrestler. ...
2003 – Formation The group was officially founded on February 3 and called itself Evolution, as in "the Evolution of this business." Each of the members represented the best in "the past" (Ric Flair), "the present" (Triple H), and "the future" (Randy Orton and Batista) of professional wrestling. The stable got off to a rocky start as both Batista and Orton were injured in matches in February 2003. Several months later, Orton rejoined the group. Batista returned later, coming to the aid of Triple H during his feud with Bill Goldberg. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 330 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (660 × 1198 pixel, file size: 325 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ...
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The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
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For the video game, see Pro Wrestling (video game). ...
For other persons named Bill Goldberg, see Bill Goldberg (disambiguation). ...
Flair's character trademarks of coming out in suits and being a noted Playboy, along with his and Triple H's trademark heel ruthlessness, were traits that carried over into the entire stable, both during and as heels after Evolution.
While in the group each of the members had individual quirks:
- Orton, after returning from injury in May 2003, became "the Legend Killer" and humiliated and sometimes defeated numerous "legendary" wrestlers and celebrities, becoming infamous when he spat in the face of Mick Foley and later on Harley Race.
- Batista, known as "Evolution's Animal" (shortened to "The Animal"), was the silent, strong enforcer of the group. His progress as a wrestler and personality wasn't as quick as Orton's and he was mainly kept in the background until after Orton was kicked out.
- Flair, "The Nature Boy" and the "Dirtiest Player in the Game", took a managerial role and mainly focused on helping the others, though he became increasingly more active as a wrestler as the group progressed, including winning the World Tag Team titles with Batista.
- Triple H, "The Game", was the leader and the one who either possessed or pursued the World Heavyweight title all the time. He had the World title when the group formed and he lost the belt to Chris Benoit, who would later be defeated by both Batista and Orton. Their victories led to their eventual expulsion from the group.
At the height of Evolution's power, the group controlled all of the male-based championships of RAW after Armageddon 2003. Batista teamed with Flair to win the World Tag Team Championship, Randy Orton captured the WWE Intercontinental Championship, and Triple H regained the World Heavyweight Championship, with the help of the other members. Michael Francis Mick Foley, Sr. ...
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Armageddon is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
This article is about the tag team championship that is currently defended on the RAW brand of WWE. For SmackDown!s tag team championship, see WWE Tag Team Championship. ...
The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
2004 Triple H lost the title to Chris Benoit when he tapped out to the Crippler Crossface at WrestleMania XX. While champion, Benoit teamed with Edge to take the World Tag Team Titles from Flair and Batista. Christopher Michael Benoit (IPA: ) (May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler who wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling, World Championship Wrestling, and World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
WrestleMania XX was the twentieth WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ...
Adam Joseph Copeland (born October 30, 1973), is a Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment, under the ring name Edge, wrestling on its SmackDown! brand where he is the current World Heavyweight Champion. ...
During June and July Eugene was made an "honorary member" of Evolution. When the angle finished, it was revealed that Triple H used him. The angle concluded after Eugene accidentally caused Triple H's loss to Chris Benoit at Vengeance 2004. On the same night, Edge defeated Randy Orton to end his seven-month-long Intercontinental Championship reign. Nicholas David Dinsmore (born December 17, 1975 in Jeffersonville, Indiana), is an American professional wrestler who is best known for his gimmick of Eugene in World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Vengeance is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ...
Triple H received one final shot at the World Heavyweight Championship, on the July 26, 2004 episode of RAW in an Iron Man Match. Earlier that night, Randy Orton won a number-one contender battle royal for the World Heavyweight Championship, and potentially a title match between Triple H and Randy Orton could have taken place at SummerSlam, however Eugene interfered in the Iron Man match and helped Benoit take the lead, and retain the title, in the final seconds, setting up a title match between Benoit and Orton at SummerSlam 2004. is the 207th day of the year (208th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
SummerSlam 2004 was the seventeenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ...
At SummerSlam Orton pinned Benoit to become the new World Heavyweight Champion and the youngest World Champion in WWE history to date.
2004 – Dissent and self-destruction On the August 16, 2004 episode of RAW, Orton was kicked out of Evolution following a successful defense of the title against Chris Benoit. Batista hoisted Orton on to his shoulders in what appeared to be a celebration, but following the thumbs down from Triple H, the group proceeded to attack Orton. At Unforgiven 2004 Triple H beat Orton to regain the World title, with help from Flair, Batista and Jonathan Coachman. Orton's feud with Evolution continued until Survivor Series 2004 where Triple H, Batista, Gene Snitsky and Edge were defeated by Orton, Maven, Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit in Survivor Series match for control of RAW over the following month. is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A human hand with an upright thumb, literally a Thumb Up. A young man showing the thumbs up gesture. ...
Unforgiven is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment, which has been held in September since the 1999 edition. ...
Jonathan Coachman (born August 12, 1973) also known as The Coach is an American professional wrestling personality, college wrestler, basketball player, and football play-by-play announcer and color commentator, as well an occasional wrestler working for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand where he is Vince McMahons...
Survivor Series 2004 was the eighteenth annual Survivor Series pay-per-view professional wrestling event for World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Eugene Alan Snitsky (born January 14, 1970) is a professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Snitsky who is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestling on its RAW brand. ...
Maverino Klint Huffman (born November 26, 1976, in Chantilly, Virginia) is a former middle school teacher and professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with World Wrestling Entertainment between January 2002 and July 5, 2005 under the name Maven. ...
Much like singles matches, tag team professional wrestling matches can and have taken many forms. ...
On November 29, 2004, the World Heavyweight Championship was vacated when a match with Triple H, Edge and Benoit ended in a double fall (Edge tapped out to Benoit's Crossface while he had Benoit pinned to the ground), and the title was to be decided in an Elimination Chamber match at New Year's Revolution 2005. is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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2005 In the Elimination Chamber match, Batista, Orton, and Triple H were the last three remaining in the match. Orton eliminated Batista with an RKO and Triple H pinned Orton to win the title. On the following night's RAW a number-one contender's match saw Orton pin Batista to gain a title shot at the 2005 Royal Rumble. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 366 × 598 pixelsFull resolution (381 × 623 pixel, file size: 137 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ...
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The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Royal Rumble 2005 was the eighteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Triple H suggested that Batista not enter the Royal Rumble match, wanting the group to focus on Triple H retaining the title. Batista declined and entered the Rumble at number 28 and won. Triple H concussed (kayfabe) and then pinned Orton to retain the title, finally ending their feud.
Triple H tried to persuade Batista to challenge for the WWE Championship rather than his title. The scheme was unsuccessful and at the contract signing ceremony, Batista turned his back on Evolution, and attacked Flair and Triple H, choosing to challenge for Triple H's title at WrestleMania 21. Batista defeated Triple H for the World title at WrestleMania, then defended and retained the title in rematches at Backlash, and Vengeance 2005 in a Hell in a Cell match. The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
WrestleMania 21 was the twenty-first annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Backlash is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment, which started in 1999 and is held normally in April (with the exception of 2005). ...
Vengeance is an annual professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ...
Hell in a Cell (sometimes referred to as Hell in the Cell) is a type of professional wrestling match seen in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in which the ring and ringside area are surrounded by a roofed steel cell which stands 16 feet (5 meters), or, more recently, 20 feet...
After Vengeance Triple H took time off, Flair turned face, and the group was dissolved. Triple H returned at the WWE Homecoming episode of RAW on October 3 where he was to team with Flair in a tag team match. After winning that match, Triple H betrayed Flair and after supposedly being a babyface for the night, he turned heel, marking the end of Evolution. is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Original concept In an interview with IGN on December 20, 2004[1], Triple H discussed how Evolution was conceived: For other uses, see IGN (disambiguation). ...
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| “ | It was my initial concept and I ran it by Vince and I ran it by Flair. My initial concept was pretty much what we said on TV. I looked around and we had Ric Flair as a baby face just sitting there and not doing a whole lot, then you had myself, and I felt like Ric could be utilized better as a mentor to a younger guy who was up and coming. I felt like somebody could get the rub off of him, then the more I started thinking about it, I thought if we put together a group where we took a couple of guys and they could get a rub off of both Ric and I, and Ric could be accompanying them to the ring and become part-wrestler, part-mentor, part-manager, that this could really get big. So I ran it by Ric and he liked the idea. And when I was talking to Vince about it, he asked me what other wrestlers I wanted to do Evolution with, and I honestly didn't know. So Ric and I spent a lot of time just watching guys. Ric and I would actually watch every match, scouting each wrestler to see who could pull this off. To me, this was an important deal because I had to pick two guys who I thought could be big stars on their own one day, otherwise we're just wasting our time. This isn't a knock against anybody, but there are a lot of groups, and when the group folds, the guys in that group fold because they were propped up by that group. That's not what we wanted. I wanted two guys who could be stars standing on their own, we just needed to get them to that point of standing on their own, and that's what we've done. If you look at Randy Orton, it was time for him to get kicked out of the nest and try to fly on his own, so we kicked him out and he's out there flying. He's in a place where he's either going to become a huge star or he's going to hit the ground, but we got him to that point, and he got himself to that point too. Same thing with Batista. We're going to turn Batista into a big star here, and he's working his ass off at it. And when the time is right, we'll kick him out of the nest and see how he flies. That was part of the whole thrill of doing Evolution. We took two guys who, if they would've kept doing the same things they were doing, they would've just been a couple of other guys, and it would've been hard for them to progress from that level. We literally took them out with us everywhere we went, talked business to them non-stop, and they watched matches with us, they wrestled with us, and listened to our advice. I'm not trying to take credit for where they are, they are the ones who had to put in the work, but we gave them the platform to do it from. They deserve the credit, though, because they are the ones who did it. Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 25, 1945) is an American wrestling promoter, occasional professional wrestler, on-screen personality, former play-by-play announcer, and film producer. ...
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A facebuster, also known as a face plant, is generally a takedown move in professional wrestling in which an attacking wrestler forces his/her opponent down to the mat face-first without involving a headlock or facelock. ...
Paul Michael Levesque[4] (born July 27, 1969)[4] is an American professional wrestler, better known by the ring name Triple H, an abbreviation of his former Hunter Hearst Helmsley moniker. ...
Randy Orton performing his RKO finisher (One-handed jumping cutter) on Shawn Michaels In professional wrestling, a cutter is a common term which refers to the three-quarter facelock bulldog maneuver. ...
Randal Randy Keith Orton[1] (born on April 1, 1980), nicknamed The Legend Killer, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment wrestling on its RAW brand. ...
A Powerbomb is a professional wrestling move in which an opponent is lifted up (usually so that they are sitting on the wrestlers shoulders) and then slammed back-first down to the mat. ...
David Michael Bautista (born January 18, 1969),[1] better known as Dave Batista or by the ring name Batista, is an American professional wrestler. ...
Professional wrestling holds include a number of set moves and pins used by competitors to immobilize their opponents or lead to a submission. ...
Richard Morgan Fliehr[2] (born on February 25, 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota[2]) better known by his ring name Ric Flair , is a legendary American professional wrestler of iconic staus signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown! brand. ...
// Foreign object is a professional wrestling term for an object introduced into the match. ...
A sledgehammer. ...
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This article is about the band. ...
Championships and accomplishments This article is about the tag team championship that is currently defended on the RAW brand of WWE. For SmackDown!s tag team championship, see WWE Tag Team Championship. ...
The World Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team title. ...
The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
The WWE Intercontinental Championship is a professional wrestling title. ...
The World Heavyweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship in World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
Edge as the World Heavyweight Champion This is a chronological list of wrestlers that have been World Heavyweight Champion, sorted by ring name. ...
Royal Rumble 2005 was the eighteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Wrestling Entertainment. ...
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