5 Best & 5 Worst WWE Things Of 2018

#3 (BEST): Women's Evolution

Closing moments of WWE's All Women's PPV Evolution

2018 started off with the Royal Rumble being main evented by the first ever women's Rumble match but was it all that great? Up until the end of 2017 and to some extent in 2018 as well, the women's evolution/revolution has come across nothing more than an agenda to shade WWE in a positive light and to position Stephanie McMahon as this goddess of women's wrestling.

What could've been a genuine milestone in women's wrestling was overshadowed by its announcement on RAW where Stephanie gave a pep-talk to the women, who themselves came across as high school teenagers at best.

However, all that started to change with time, thanks in large part to some of the talent coming to their own and going beyond the normal shackles of the women's division. The WrestleMania match between Charlotte Flair and Asuka coupled with Ronda Rousey's debut was enough for the division to organically move forward.

Then there was the Evolution PPV, which did have the same Stephanie McMahon announcement cloud on it, but turned out to be one of the best PPV events of the entire year, thanks to the blood feud Becky Lynch had going against the aforementioned Flair.

The PPV also helped highlight the NXT talent with the match between Kairi Sane and Shayna Baszler alongside the finals of the Mae Young Classic featuring Io Shirai and Toni Storm.

This year, the women's evolution was not about WWE being kind enough to grant opportunities to its female talent, but about the female talent snatching opportunities from WWE, and it's safe to say that the women's division on each main roster brand is currently its biggest strength.