The concept was ridiculous and Gabe Sapolsky got too committed to Dragon Gate: USA and focused way more on Dragon Gate than on EVOLVE. The two ended up merging and run shows together now I'm fairly sure. Esentially, Gabe had this idea for what he wanted and on launch is sort of faltered and proved a convoluted mess to follow and made wrestling way too... Technical? Counting wins/losses and such is an idea but to build a promotion around it handcuffs you in a lot of ways. So when Dragon Gate: USA actually gained traction Sapolsky esentially went with thw more popular promotion and just made EVOLVE part of it.