Kendal Grey captures Evolve Women's Championship at Succession

Kendal Grey defeated Kali Armstrong to capture the WWE Evolve Women’s Championship on the brand’s first special event, Succession, which aired Oct. 15 after being taped Sept. 30 at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando. Jackson Drake retained the Evolve Championship against former Vanity Project stablemate Bryce Donovan, and Tate Wilder won a Bullrope Match over Brooks Jensen on the three-match card that streamed free in the United States on Tubi and was available internationally on YouTube.

Grey earned the title shot earlier in the Evolve season by defeating Chantel Monroe to become the number one contender. In the Succession main card, Grey countered a spear attempt by Armstrong and followed with a powerslam for the pinfall, ending Armstrong’s inaugural reign. Armstrong became the first Evolve Women’s Champion on the May 28 episode by winning a four-way match against Grey, Wendy Choo and Kylie Rae; her reign lasted roughly 141 days.

The men’s title match closed a storyline that had seen Donovan break from Drake’s Vanity Project faction and move from enforcer to challenger. Drake retained his Evolve Championship by pinfall over Donovan. The undercard Bullrope Match concluded...