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On the night of 23rd July, Stephanie McMahon announced the first ever Women's exclusive pay-per-view which was the direct outcome of #GiveDivasAChance movement. The event promised to showcase the best of all brands, with matches from RAW, SmackDown and NXT.
The historic event featured a Last Woman Standing match between Smackdown's women's champion Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair, a 20-women Battle Royal, Ronda Rousey vs Nikki Bella for the RAW women's championship, a rematch for the NXT women's Championship between Kairi Sane and Shayna Baszler, finals of the Mae Young Classics and a six-women tag match between the Riott Squad and the team of Bailey, Natalya and Sasha Banks.
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Evolution has finally culminated and marked itself as a successful show on the WWE calendar. Cheers to all the women involved, who participated in such a historic event and made it a success.
Although the event was a roller coaster ride with more highs and some lows, of which we focus on the lows in this article.
#3 No real surprises
When WWE announced the Battle Royal, there were mixed feelings about the match. On one hand, it provided all the women on the roster, a chance to be on the card but on the other hand, it just felt like a rushed match, put over just to kill time.
With the women's Royal Rumble and WrestleMania's women's Battle Royal already on WWE's calendar, this Battle Royal diluted the mystique of the match.
All the women left over from RAW and SmackDown participated in the match. WWE announced the names of the veterans beforehand, who were going to be a part of the match.
Everyone expected it to be a 30 women Battle Royal like all the matches of this kind are, with possibilities of NXT superstars and other female superstars from the past, in the remaining 10 spots. Not a single entrant outside the announced superstars took part in the Battle Royal.
#2 An unsure 6 women tag match
A 3 on 3 tag match was announced between the Riott Squad and the team of Sasha Banks, Bailey and Natalya for the event, which mainly proved to be a break. Every aspect of this match seemed confusing and it left fans scratching their heads as to why this match is on the card at the first place.
Even the finish didn't help anyone, an accomplished team gets beaten up by a randomly put together team like Bailey, Sasha Banks, Natalya and the entire Riott Squad could have been used much better in the Women's Battle Royal. Instead, they were stuck in a random put together match which had almost no buildup and would've been meaningless even on RAW.
Sasha and Bailey have already faced the Riott Squad over 12 times during the last 6 months and it has gone old to see different combinations of the same superstars fighting it out over and over.
And talking about the participants, why is Natalya even in the match ? She was hanging around the main event with Ronda Rousey and is now relegated to this pointless match. Shouldn't Natalya be in Rousey's corner, when Nikki has Brie?
#1 No Women's tag titles
Ever since the announcement of the first ever women's exclusive pay-per-view took place, there were rumors of women's tag titles being introduced. All kinds of rumors were spread like a tournament across both RAW and Smackdown between women's tag teams with the finals eventually taking place at Evolution
WWE also started to assemble teams for the rumored titles, Sasha and Bailey being struck together as a consequence and probably Asuka with Naomi is also a result of the same. Also, there are the IIconics, Riott Squad, Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville, and Mickie James and Alicia Fox to fulfill the spots in the tournament.
However, with no such matches taking place, there were expectations that it would be unveiled at the historic event, but much to the dismay of the WWE universe, it didn't happen. It was a great opportunity to introduce the titles which WWE missed if they plan to introduce the titles in future.
# Special Mention: High quality matches
Throughout the article we discussed some of the lows that the historic PPV should have avoided but I would like to give the credit where it is due. All the women involved put their best foot forward, and with exceptional matches, made the event memorable.
Toni Storm vs Io Shirai was an entertaining bout for the limited time it was given on the show, the match for the NXT women's championship told a story throughout the match, with a title change being the cherry on top. The veterans Lita and Trish Stratus too performed exceedingly well. In the Battle Royal as well, 50+ years superstars like Ivory and Alundra Blayze performed beyond expectations.
In a match, that should have headlined the event, SmackDown Women's Champion Becky Lynch retained her title against Charlotte after a hard fought Last Woman Standing match which made both the superstars come out strong after the match. Their collision was easily the match of the night overshadowing the real main event.
At the end, I would like to thank all the female superstars for giving us a successful event which would further the cause of women getting the same level of respect as men in the world of professional wrestling.
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# Special Mention : High quality matches
Throughout the article we discussed some of the lows that the historic PPV should have avoided but I would like to give the credit where it is due. All the women involved put their best foot forward, and with exceptional matches, made the event memorable.
Toni Storm vs Io Shirai was an entertaining bout for the limited time it was given on the show, the match for the NXT women's championship told a story throughout the match, with a title change being the cherry on top. The veterans Lita and Trish Stratus too performed exceedingly well. In the Battle Royal as well, 50+ years superstars like Ivory and Alundra Blayze performed beyond expectations.
In a match, that should have headlined the event, Smackdown's women's champion Becky Lynch retained her title against Charlotte after a hard fought Last Woman Standing match which made both the superstars come out strong after the match. Their collision was easily the match of the night overshadowing the real main event.
At the end, I would like to thank all the female superstars for giving us a successful event which would further the cause of women getting the same level of respect as men in the world of professional wrestling.
