6 Times WWE Has Altered the Royal Rumble

#1 The Women's Revolution makes history

Thirty women received nearly an hour of pay-per-view time and the word "puppies" was nowhere to be found

Originally branded the "Divas' Revolution" when it began in the summer of 2015, the nearly three-year Women's Revolution in WWE has produced a number of historic firsts, as Stephanie McMahon's announcements always like to remind us.

In addition to honors like the first women's pay-per-view main event, the first women's Hell in a Cell match, and a much-overdue rebranding of female competitors as "superstars" (rather than "divas," which was often seen as pejorative) complete with its own, more serious-looking championship belt, WWE gave its women's roster the spotlight in January of 2018 with the very first Women's Royal Rumble match.

Closing out this year's Royal Rumble broadcast, the match saw the returns of women like Trish Stratus, Lita, Michelle McCool, Molly Holly, and Beth Phoenix (among others), sneak peek debuts of women like Ember Moon and Kairi Sane, and the mainstays of WWE's current women's roster like Becky Lynch, Bayley, and Sasha Banks; ultimately, Asuka would continue her then-undefeated streak by last tossing Nikki Bella.

In another picture of progress, Flair went from slave girl to Queen

While Asuka's momentous win would be slightly overshadowed by Ronda Rousey's WWE debut, and The Empress of Tomorrow would also lose her WrestleMania championship match to Charlotte Flair (albeit in one of the card's top-rated matches), the contest was a big achievement for the women of WWE, taking 60 minutes of pay-per-view time to tell a wrestling story not involving romantic storylines or crass humor from commentators about the women's attractiveness.

Unfortunately, cultural norms dictate that this is one change fans will not see at this April's broadcast from Saudi Arabia.