Tonight was supposed to be a big night for Evolve with their first show on FloSlam’s streaming service. The show ended up getting a lot of attention on social media, but not for the reasons you would expect. During the show, announcer Joey Styles was doing a segment with ring announcer Joanna Rose when he said this:
Joanna you look great, if our next President were here he’d want to grab you by the —
After a lot of complaints to Evolve booker/talent relations head Gabe Sapolsky, Styles was dealt with swiftly:
https://twitter.com/BookItGabe/status/797610704861822976
We've parted ways with Joey Styles and that's my final comment on this. Thank you for your support.
— Gabe Sapolsky (@BookItGabe) November 13, 2016
Let's shine the spotlight on Timothy Thatcher and Drew Gulak who gave EVOLVE a memorable main event for start of FloSlam
— Gabe Sapolsky (@BookItGabe) November 13, 2016
Flo also acknowledge the situation:
We do not support or condone Joey Styles' remarks tonight in any manner, and we support this decision 100%. https://t.co/ZHszatdXjl
— FloSlam (@FloSlam) November 13, 2016
Friends, the EVOLVE replay will not be up tonight due to our need to edit it. We'll get it up asap. Apologies.
— FloSlam (@FloSlam) November 13, 2016
Chiara Pro and Beyond Wrestling, who Styles is also doing commentary for, have not yet commented on the Styles news on Twitter as of yet.
