Timothy Thatcher Removed From This Weekend’s EVOLVE Events, Replacement From NXT Named, More Details

WWN Live issued the following release, revealing final details for this weekend’s EVOLVE events in Florida, including the announcement that Timothy Thatcher has been removed from the card to due medical reasons: 

Last night at 7:36 we received the type of phone call that we hate getting. Let’s get to it…. January 20th: EVOLVE Champion Timothy Thatcher informed us yesterday evening that he has a staph infection on his leg. He is currently taking an antibiotic and should be completely healthy in a matter of days. However, it was mutually decided that Thatcher should not wrestle this weekend since there is a risk of infecting others. We apologize for this cancellation, but we are sure that you understand. Thatcher will still be at all three events this weekend. In fact, the weekend will kickoff with Thatcher addressing the fans. As soon as we received the news from Thatcher we picked up the phone and made some calls….



January 20th: Sami Callihan will now team with Zack Sabre Jr. in the EVOLVE Tag Team Title Tournament. It will be Callihan & Sabre Jr. vs. Chris Hero & Tommy End in the 1st round this Saturday in Ybor City, FL. We want to thank Sami Callihan for making himself available on the Friday event on short notice. Callihan and Sabre Jr. have a history in EVOLVE. They had a memorable match at EVOLVE 7. We will reveal now that it was Callihan who asked EVOLVE officials to book that match since he is a fan of Sabre Jr. and wanted to wrestle him in EVOLVE. Now they will team and try to make history by becoming the first EVOLVE Tag Team Champions!



January 20th: We are very excited to announce that Tommaso Ciampa has been added to this Saturday’s EVOLVE 54 and this Sunday’s EVOLVE 55 events in Orlando. Ciampa has made an impact in NXT and now he is finally coming to EVOLVE. It will be Ciampa vs. Ethan Page on Saturday. Ciampa will wrestle someone eliminated from the tag team tournaments on Sunday.

January 20th: You can still get tickets for EVOLVE this Friday in Ybor City, this Saturday night in Orlando and this Sunday afternoon in Orlando in the DGUSA.tv Store or by calling 267-638-6538. We will refund the shipping and hold the tickets at will call for you. Remember, tickets are $5 more expensive at the door on the day-of-the-show! There are also limited reserve seats left so we recommend getting those in advance. The Orlando venue is just down the street from the Royal Rumble so you can make it a double header with the WWE event.

 

January 20th: Our FREE iPPV special has been extended! Here are the details:

 

-Purchase the live and on demand versions at www.WWNLive.com of this week’s EVOLVE 53,  EVOLVE 54 and EVOLVE 55.

-This entitles you to any two past EVOLVE, DGUSA or WWN Supershow iPPVs for free. You will get unlimited access to these iPPVs. This is like buy 3, get 2 free!

-To get your free iPPVs email your Paypal receipts from EVOLVE 53, EVOLVE 54 and EVOLVE 55  to Help@WWNLive.com. Include your two free selections in the email. You will be activated to  watch shortly after we receive the email.

-It’s that simple. This offer ends this Thursday, January 21st at 11:59 EST. Thank you for your support.



January 20th: We have lots of work to do now so we are keeping things short in today’s WWN Alerts. This is going to be a special weekend. We appreciate you reading today’s WWN Alerts. Thank you for all your support! We’ll close with the revised card for Saturday:



EVOLVE 54

Saturday, January 23rd, 2016

Bell Time – 8 PM

Orlando Downtown Recreation Complex

363 North Parramore Avenue

Orlando, FL



The building is just a few blocks from the WWE Royal Rumble!



Go to www.DGUSA.tv or call 267-638-6583 for info and tickets!

Special Autograph Signing With NXT’s Jason Jordan & Chad Gable at 7pm!

Special Appearance By William Regal On The Live Event!

This event will feature the Semi-Finals of the EVOLVE Tag Team Title Tournament and the opening matches of the Second Chance Tag Team Tournament.

The winning teams at EVOLVE 53 on January 22nd in Ybor City, FL will participate in the Semi-Finals. The losing teams at EVOLVE 53 will be in the Second Chance Tag Team Tournament.



The field for the tournaments are:

-Sami Callihan & Zack Sabre Jr.

-Chris Hero & Tommy End

-Roppongi Vice of Trent Baretta & Rocky Romero

-Johnny Gargano & Drew Galloway

-The Premier Athlete Brand of Caleb Konley & Anthony Nese with So Cal Val & Andrea

-Drew Gulak & TJ Perkins

-Harlem & Lancelot Bravado

-Team Tremendous Of Dan Barry & Bill Carr

Style Battle Round Robin Singles Tournament Night 2 featuring:

-Fred Yehi

-Matt Riddle

-Peter Kaasa

-Tracy Williams

Special Attraction Match

Tommaso Ciampa vs. Ethan Page