10 Wrestling "Shoots" That Were Total Works

10. WWE Vs. TNA In Evolve

In 2015, EVOLVE Wrestling began working with WWE in a mutually beneficial capacity. EVOLVE helped give Matt Riddle experience and lent talent like Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa to WWE, and in return, WWE had stars like Sami Zayn appear at EVOLVE shows for autograph signings. As it became more and more clear that EVOLVE and WWE were working together closely, booker Gabe Sapolsky decided to turn it into a great storyline.

When Gargano and Drew Galloway lost the EVOLVE Tag Team Titles to Catch Point at EVOLVE 59, Galloway turned on Gargano, citing "Johnny Wrestling's" WWE ventures as anathema to Galloway's own quest to save independent wrestling. Soon, Galloway brought fellow TNA star Ethan Carter III into EVOLVE for the program, leading to some very cutting promos aimed at the WWE machine.

Though EVOLVE was never able to bill the feud as a WWE versus TNA war, it was clear that was the subtext. Fans wondered how it worked, and if the WWE-EVOLVE relationship would be jeopardized by Galloway and Carter's promos. Of course, Sapolsky wouldn't have done anything without WWE's okay, meaning that it was all a compelling work.