page_title: Evolution (professional wrestling)
section_title: In-ring reunion (2014)
hierarchical_section_title: Evolution (professional wrestling) / History / In-ring reunion (2014)
caption_attribution_description: English: Triple H trying to play mediator between Evolution (group to his right) and the Shield (group to his left). From left to right: Bastista, Kane, Randy Orton, Triple H, Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins. Lying prone in the ring behind Triple H is Daniel Bryan
context_page_description: Evolution was a villainous professional wrestling stable in WWE which was a part of WWE's Raw brand between 2003 and 2005 and during 2007 and 2014.
  At the height of its original existence, the group consisted of Triple H, Ric Flair, Batista and Randy Orton. Evolution slowly began dissolving in 2004 and lost their respective titles to Edge, Chris Benoit, and the team of Booker T and Rob Van Dam respectively. Evolution turned on Orton the night following SummerSlam, when he won the World Heavyweight Championship and kicked him out of the group. After winning the Royal Rumble in 2005 and teasing that he would chase the WWE Championship, Batista turned on Triple H and decided to pursue the World Heavyweight Championship himself. Although Batista's departure was largely the end for the group, the final break up came when Triple H turned on and attacked Flair.
  Evolution later reformed on April 14, 2014 after Batista joined forces with Triple H and Orton. Flair did not participate in the reunion, as he had retired from full participation in wrestling in 2012. In October 2018, the original four members of the group reunited to celebrate the 1000th episode of SmackDown Live.
context_section_description: Seven years later, in April 2014, Triple H, Batista, and Randy Orton, now heels again, reformed their alliance after Daniel Bryan defeated all three of them in the same night to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of WrestleMania XXX. The night after WrestleMania on Raw, Batista and Orton teamed together to face The Usos for the WWE Tag Team Championships, but the match ended in a no contest due to both teams being counted out. Later that night, Batista and Orton, along with Kane, attacked Bryan before he was set to defend his title against Triple H. Before Triple H could defeat Bryan, The Shield interrupted by spearing him and taking out Orton, Batista, and Kane, causing Bryan to retain his title via no contest.
  On the April 14 episode of Raw, Triple H, Randy Orton and Batista came down to the ring to attack The Shield after their 11-on-3 handicap match, using the name and the theme of Evolution. The Shield defeated Evolution in a six-man tag team match at Extreme Rules, and in a six-man No Holds Barred elimination tag match at Payback, in which none of The Shield were eliminated. On the June 2 episode of Raw, Batista quit the WWE (kayfabe) after his title match request was denied by Triple H due to Daniel Bryan's neck injury at the time rendering Bryan unable to complete. This was done to write Batista off WWE television so he could promote Guardians of the Galaxy. However, Batista would legitimately quit after an appearance at an NXT event on June 12 due to creative differences, and would not return to WWE until his one-off appearance at SmackDown 1000. Later that night, Triple H declared that he had resorted to "Plan B" in his quest to destroy The Shield, prompting Seth Rollins to attack Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns.
caption: The Authority (with Triple H, Batista and Orton as Evolution) face off with The Shield
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