Okay, I see what you guys are saying. I'd enjoy the promo work personally. My question is does Evolution need another member? Not because of Flair, but because of Evolution. Past, present and future. We now have HHH as the past, Orton/Batista as the present. Isn't it time to look to the future for the next coal that will be squeezed into the next diamond?
I don't think Evolution will be around long enough for that. This is just three guys who have the same enemy teaming up together to try to take them out. If they were never in Evolution 10 years ago, they could all still be teaming up against The Shield, they just wouldn't have the name or the music. Once they're done with The Shield, they're all going to go their separate ways. Which is another reason why Flair doesn't need to be involved among all the others people have listed. There's no reason for him to feud with The Shield. Unless they did a 3-on-1 assault on him at some point, but I don't think they did.
If they were going to make a new, full time Evolution...well, firstly I think Triple H is too young to be the "past" like Flair was. During the original Evolution run Flair was already older than dirt, clearly at the very end of his in ring career(either full or part time), and to be frank that end should've already happened long before that point. It all started with Flair as Triple H's manager. To put things in perspective, Flair was 53 when he started managing Triple H. Today, Triple H is 45. Can you envision him managing Randy Orton, or anyone? I know he's not a full time wrestler, but you still get the feeling that it's because he's so busy being the COO more than because he can't do it anymore, like with Flair back then. When Triple H looks like Undertaker did against Brock, then he can take on Flair's role in Evolution. Until then, he just feels like another "present" guy instead of the "past."
Also, if they were making a new Evolution, I think they'd have to pick one or the other between Orton and Batista...unless Batista wanted to transition into more of a non-wrestler, enforcer type role. But, just like it's hard to imagine Triple H as a manager, I have a hard time imaging Batista being somebody's ringside muscle. And I don't think it would work, having two main guys, long term.
Although, as I think about it, I think they had an opportunity to form a new Evolution last summer, right when The Authority formed at SummerSlam. Triple H and Randy Orton, but instead of(or in addition to) Kane coming in as the muscle, bring in a couple younger guys...hey, how about adding the Real Americans, Cesaro and Jack Swagger. I think it'd be a pretty easy sell for Zeb Coulter to get on the "best for business" bandwagon. And I think their shtick had gotten stale by that point(I know Cesaro had just joined, but he joined way too late, and it had already gotten stale with just Zeb and Swagger by that point), so it would've been a good way to freshen up their characters. Or any number of people would work...Wade Barrett, Big E, Cody Rhodes, Kofi Kingston, Axel and Ryback(after they were dropped by Heyman), Dolph Ziggler, whoever.
I think it could've worked then, when the stable was new and fresh, and they could've used the name Evolution once they had their four members...but I feel like the whole Authority thing is too far along, too close to its conclusion, at this point for that kind of major change. I'm sure they could still make it work, but I think it would've been better if they did it from the beginning.
