EVOLVE, PROGRESS, ICW, wXw content coming to WWE Network

[Big Red Machine]

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By Joseph Currier | @josephcurrier | Aug 13, 2020 8:00 am

Content from WWE-affiliated independent wrestling promotions is finally coming to the WWE Network.

It was announced via Sports Illustrated today that "WWE officials have confirmed that shows from EVOLVE, wXw, PROGRESS, and Insane Championship Wrestling will begin airing on the WWE Network beginning this Saturday." Here's what will be uploaded to the WWE Network on Saturday:

Best of Drew McIntyre in EVOLVE
Best of Keith Lee in EVOLVE
ICW's Shug’s Hoose Party 5: Night two
wXw Femme Fatales 2019
wXw AMBITION 11
PROGRESS Wrestling Chapter 92

The McIntyre compilation will include matches against Ricochet, Johnny Gargano, Roderick Strong, Tommy End (Aleister Black), and Matt Riddle, while the Lee compilation will include matches against Timothy Thatcher, WALTER, Riddle, and Donovan Dijak (Dominik Dijakovic).

Last month, it was officially confirmed that WWE had purchased EVOLVE.

WWE wrote that more content from these promotions will be made available on the WWE Network in the weeks and months to come: "EVOLVE, PROGRESS Wrestling from England, Germany’s wXw and Scotland’s ICW will debut for subscribers to the award-winning streaming service, giving the WWE Universe the chance to see some of their favorite Superstars like never before. And this is just the beginning! You’ll continue to see footage from their libraries, as well as new and exciting content from all of these promotions on WWE Network in the weeks and months to come."

[Big Red Machine]

Could we maybe get full EVOLVE shows so that people can enjoy the stories and shows in the way they were meant to be experienced instead of showing us things in a vacuum?

[cero2k]

Could we maybe get full EVOLVE shows so that people can enjoy the stories and shows in the way they were meant to be experienced instead of showing us things in a vacuum?

it's also such a weird selection, that PROGRESS show has nothing other than the massive head they fired, they guy with the super promo on AEW, and WALTER and Ilja that have been abducted by aliens for months.

[Big Red Machine]

Could we maybe get full EVOLVE shows so that people can enjoy the stories and shows in the way they were meant to be experienced instead of showing us things in a vacuum?

it's also such a weird selection, that PROGRESS show has nothing other than the massive head they fired, they guy with the super promo on AEW, and WALTER and Ilja that have been abducted by aliens for months.

Yeah, and Ambition is the weirdest thing to put up there, as it's wXw's no-pins shoot-style tournament (thought at least Thatcher and WALTER feature heavily in this one). And NO ONE on that Femme Fatales show is under WWE contract. The closest is Amale, who they occasionally used as a jobber and that's it (but everyone should definitely watch that show. It's a short tournament with an excellent main event).

[Big Red Machine]

ICW Shug’s Hoose Party 5 night one, PROGRESS Wrestling Chapter 77, EVOLVE 125, and wXw Toronto were uploaded to the WWE Network today.

I can personally vouch for both the PROGRESS and EVOLVE shows there being great. The wXw show was fine. I haven't seen the ICW show.

For a fun Easter Egg on the EVOLVE show, look for the one and only Big Red Machine in the crowd (not in the floor seated section, but in the first row behind the floor section, on the side of the entrance that isn't the stage, about even with the aisle on the side of that section that isn't near the entrance).