Before WWE gentrified him, Danielson had a 28-minute war with a shoot fighter in a rec center.
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Acting
Danielson vs. Sawa: 28 minutes of storytelling through limb destruction.
Direction
Sapolsky's eye for pairing styles that shouldn't work but absolutely do.
Production
Guerrilla filmmaking: one camera, bad lighting, pure electricity.
Director
Gabe Sapolsky
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Danielson's final EVOLVE appearance before WWE re-signed him; he wrestled Sawa as a 'thank you' to the indie scene he'd soon leave behind.
The six-way scramble features Moxley, Gargano, Ricochet, O'Reilly, Swann, and Frightmare—a time capsule of who would reshape wrestling's next decade.
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