EVOLVE Issues Statement On Impact Wrestling Pulling LAX From Events

Earlier this week it was announced by EVOLVE that Impact Wrestling stars LAX would be working upcoming events.

The promotion returns with two events to close out the year. EVOLVE 117 goes down on December 15th in Queens, NY while EVOLVE 118 takes place on December 16th in Deer Park, NY. At EVOLVE 117, EVOLVE Tag Team Champions The Street Profits vs. LAX vs. AR Fox & Leon Ruff was originally announced while at EVOLVE 118 it would’ve been Darby Allin & The Street Profits vs. Austin Theory & LAX.

Just a few hours later, EVOLVE booker Gabe Sapolsky revealed on Twitter that LAX had been pulled from these shows due to Impact Wrestling officials. The following statement was sent out in Friday’s WWN newsletter:

“We are sorry to inform you that Impact Wrestling has pulled LAX off the upcoming EVOLVE dates. EVOLVE officials were contacted by LAX and informed that they were needed for something else that weekend. No other explanation was given. Impact Wrestling didn’t contact EVOLVE officials and left it up to LAX. There is no heat on LAX as WWN understands the situation they were put in. EVOLVE officials had told LAX that the plan was to have matches with EVOLVE Tag Team Champions The Street Profits of Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins that weekend. EVOLVE was informed that LAX would not be able to lose in those matches. In order to avoid any political issues, EVOLVE made one night a triple threat match and the other night a six man tag.”

The statement sent out by the promotion continued, “This would give the fans the LAX vs. Street Profits matches they wanted, while protecting all parties politically. Unfortunately, Impact Wrestling waited until the matches were announced and then pulled the talent the next day. This all could have easily been avoided by not allowing LAX to take the dates in the first place. EVOLVE will no longer consider booking Impact Wrestling contracted talent moving forward. EVOLVE officials are currently working on a replacement and will have news early next week. We apologize for the lineup change, but assure you that EVOLVE will produce something special on for EVOLVE 117 December 15th in Queens, NY and EVOLVE 118 on December 16th in Deer Park, NY. Thank you for your support”

The promotion will be announcing more matches for these cards in the coming weeks as the events will be the final shows for the promotion of the year. Here are the updated cards:

EVOLVE 117 Card

• Kassius Ohno vs. Darby Allin.
• EVOLVE Champion Fabian Aichner vs. Austin Theory.
• EVOLVE Tag Team Champions The Street Profits vs. TBA vs. AR Fox & Leon Ruff.

EVOLVE 118 Card

• Darby Allin & The Street Profits vs. Austin Theory & TBA.
• Kassius Ohno vs. Anthony Henry.