{"id":27900,"date":"2018-10-10T11:31:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T15:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=27900"},"modified":"2018-10-18T22:14:50","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T02:14:50","slug":"smackdown-1000-evolution-reunites-and-what-this-could-mean-moving-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/10\/10\/smackdown-1000-evolution-reunites-and-what-this-could-mean-moving-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Smackdown #1000: Evolution Reunites and What This Could Mean Moving Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, October 16th, <em><strong>Smackdown Live<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0will feature its 1000th episode. This edition could prove to be quite memorable as names such as <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/10\/09\/breaking-rey-mysterio-officially-back-in-wwe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Rey Mysterio<\/strong> is slated to make his return to the promotion<\/a> after a three-year absence. While many are excited at the return of the master of the 619 to the WWE on a full-time basis at <strong>Smackdown 1000<\/strong>, it is the reunited of a faction that is also garnering a great deal of attention. It was more than ten years ago <strong>Triple H, Ric Flair, Randy Orton<\/strong>, and <strong>Batista<\/strong> came together to form <strong>Evolution<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Evolution to reunite at SmackDown 1000: WWE Now\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z0-kyHgiUVM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For the first time since the group split up in 2005, they will come together as a unit for this momentous occasion. When the group re-emerged in 2014 it was only as a three-man unit that did not include Ric Flair. However, for the 1000th edition of <em>Smackdown Live<\/em>, the group will reform. Despite criticism directed at the faction for being a highly successful group on <strong><em>Monday Night Raw<\/em><\/strong> and will remerge on <em>Smackdown Live<\/em>, it could be for a very good reason. As part of a recent listed devoted to whom the greatest Smackdown superstars of all time are both Batista and Randy Orton remain on that list. Could animosity lead to jealousy for Batista&#8217;s success outside wrestling? Is there the risk that Batista and Randy Orton could come to blows?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27930\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27930\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/10\/850fa-1530287590-800-e1539185304569.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fans may be aware that <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/09\/20\/return-of-the-animal-is-wwe-planning-to-bring-back-batista-for-smackdown-1000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Batista was suggesting that the WWE broke off talks with him<\/a> despite there being a chance that he would return. It could simply be a case of him creating buzz to peak the interest of fans. Could there be something more? When Batista quit after Evolution lost to the Shield, could there still be some ill will between faction members? With <strong>WrestleMania<\/strong> season a few months away and Triple H without an opponent one has to wonder if an inner faction triple threat or possibly one on one matchup is on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers can find out what comes of Evolution&#8217;s reuniting on Tuesday, October 16th at 8 pm eastern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, October 16th, Smackdown Live\u00a0will feature its 1000th episode. This edition could prove to be quite memorable as names such as Rey Mysterio is slated to make his return to the promotion after a three-year absence. While many are excited at the return of the master of the 619 to the WWE on a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2406,"featured_media":27931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,26,3],"tags":[1432,2784,58,469,3213,75],"class_list":["post-27900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-smackdown","category-wwe-universe","tag-batista","tag-evolution","tag-randy-orton","tag-ric-flair","tag-smackdown-1000","tag-triple-h"],"modified_by":"Jamie Greer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2406"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}