Not a Real Evolution

Anyone excited by the thought of the reformation of Evolution two weeks ago on RAW just doesn’t get it. This is anything but the same group that dominated the WWE a decade ago.

The original Evolution was a group spearheaded by Triple H and Ric Flair that not only saved Flair’s career, but also acted as a springboard for both Dave Batista and Randy Orton.

In 2014, Orton is practically a living legend, a few solid storylines away from being a first ballot WWE Hall of Famer, while Batista is a multi-time World and WWE champion with nothing to prove (well he was never a too-notch worker, but has enough within the sum of his parts to always be considered a top of the card performer). Triple H, in 2004, was already a household name and now he’s literally the King of Kings in the WWE.

So what does this version of Evolution have to prove this time around?

Not much. They’ve already proven individually that they can’t beat Daniel Bryan, so what’s the purpose of a reformation, other than to sell some merch?

To make life miserable for The Shield. Simply put, Evolution has evolved as much as humanly possible and with no youngsters to guide, they are merely a plot device at this point. A damn good one, but one nonetheless.

Ultimately, the success of Evolution’s reformation will have everything to do with how well Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins are able to work with Triple H, Orton and Batista. Like Orton and Triple H have done their entire careers, Evolution will have to adapt in order to stay pertinent. If they can’t put The Shield over, the mission has been a gigantic failure- one that continues sidesteps for Orton and Batista and dims HHH’s starpower.  All with clean losses to Bryan under their belts, they need to lose again to the younger and less established Shield, but need to do so with dignity and grit. Without it, these three lose a lot more than they came in with.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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