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  • WWE has officially purchased Evolve Wrestling PWInsider has confirmed. 1 / 8

  • WWE now owns the Evolve name, the right to produce new Evolve shows, and has acquired Evolve's entire video library. 2 / 8

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  • Existing Evolve footage will likely be removed from WWN in the next month. 3 / 8

  • Evolve was founded in 2010 by Gabe Sapolsky... 4 / 8

  • A popular independent promotion, Evolve has been home to numerous future WWE and NXT stars... 5 / 8

  • And entered a working relationship with WWE in 2015. 6 / 8

  • Evolve faced financial woes, which were greatly exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic... 7 / 8

  • Leading to discussions that ended in WWE exercising its clause to buy the indie fed outright. 8 / 8