In an odd bit of news, it’s been announced by EVOLVE officials that they will no longer consider booking Impact Wrestling talent.
This news comes after a mix-up with Impact Wrestling’s “LAX” for a recent booking. According to EVOLVE officials, Impact Wrestling pulled LAX from an upcoming event without telling them directly.
Ortiz and Santana of “LAX” were set to compete in the EVOLVE promotion next month involving NXT stars “The Street Profits.”
Here’s an official statement from EVOLVE:
EVOLVE officials were contacted by LAX and informed that they were needed for something else that weekend. No other explanation was given. Impact Wrestling didn’t contact EVOLVE officials and left it up to LAX. There is no heat on LAX as WWN understands the situation they were put in. EVOLVE officials had told LAX that the plan was to have matches with EVOLVE Tag Team Champions The Street Profits of Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins that weekend. EVOLVE was informed that LAX would not be able to lose in those matches. In order to avoid any political issues, EVOLVE made one night a triple threat match and the other night a six man tag. This would give the fans the LAX vs. Street Profits matches they wanted, while protecting all parties politically. Unfortunately, Impact Wrestling waited until the matches were announced and then pulled the talent the next day. This all could have easily been avoided by not allowing LAX to take the dates in the first place. EVOLVE will no longer consider booking Impact Wrestling contracted talent moving forward. EVOLVE officials are currently working on a replacement and will have news early next week. We apologize for the lineup change, but assure you that EVOLVE will produce something special on for EVOLVE 117 December 15th in Queens, NY and EVOLVE 118 on December 16th in Deer Park, NY. Thank you for your support.
Impact Wrestling officials responded saying they were not made aware of this booking until it was made public on social media, by which time Impact already had plans for Ortiz and Santana.
EVOLVE officials reportedly feel like Impact acted unprofessionally by not going through the company to cancel the date, but by going through the wrestlers.
Santana took to Twitter when asked about the situation:
In a perfect world.
It would’ve definitely been cool, especially for the fans. But wrestling has proven to us once again that there’s still much more work that needs to be done, in order for all of us us to truly enjoy the endless possibilities. https://t.co/3YQUUfSzT0
— Santana🇵🇷🗽 (@SantanaLAX) November 29, 2018
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