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. Reunions (2018–present) It was announced on WWE's website and WWE Now on YouTube that Evolution would reunite for one night only on SmackDown's 1000th episode on October 16, 2018. During the episode, Evolution cut a promo where Batista stated Triple H had beaten everyone except for him (Batista), which led to both men staring each other down before they shook hands as Evolution's music played. Batista returned on the February 25 episode of Raw, attacking Flair and left him lying on the floor for WWE COO Triple H. On the March 4 episode of Raw, Triple H challenged Batista to a No Holds Barred match at WrestleMania 35 and Batista accepted under one condition that if Triple H lost, he'd be forced to retire. At the event, Triple H won after interference from Flair. After the match, Batista retired from professional wrestling. On the June 15, 2020 episode of Raw, Flair returned trying to talk medically disqualified WWE legend Christian from returning to the ring due to his concussion issues, after the latter was goaded by Randy Orton earlier. Flair made one last apparent attempt right before the bell could sound. Flair would instead low blow Christian to set up Orton's punt kick, turning heel in the process and briefly reuniting half of Evolution. On the August 10 episode of Raw, Orton would betray Flair by low blowing him and punting him in the skull, thus ending their brief alliance and turning Flair face. Legacy As mentioned above, Evolution had dominated all the championships throughout the WWE in its existence. The concept would later passed over to The Undisputed Era who won all of NXT's male-based championships, The Bloodline