Īt SummerSlam, Charlotte Flair defeated Becky Lynch and defending champion Carmella in a triple threat match to become a two-time SmackDown Women's Champion by pinning Lynch. A title match between Rousey and Nikki was then scheduled for Evolution. Following the match, however, The Bella Twins attacked Rousey, turning heel. On the following episode of Raw, Rousey and The Bella Twins defeated The Riott Squad in a rematch. At that same event, Rousey and The Bella Twins teamed up to defeat The Riott Squad ( Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan). At Super Show-Down, it was announced that a title defense for Rousey was scheduled for Evolution. Following her win, The Bella Twins ( Nikki and Brie Bella) celebrated with the new champion. Īt SummerSlam, Ronda Rousey won the Raw Women's Championship. On the September 26 episode of NXT, a rematch between the two for the title was scheduled for Evolution. Īt NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4, Kairi Sane defeated Shayna Baszler to win the NXT Women's Championship. On October 26, however, Alicia Fox replaced Bliss due to injury, but it was revealed that she would be in James and Fox's corner for the match. It was then revealed that instead of the two singles matches, Bliss and James would face Stratus and Lita in a tag team match at Evolution. On the October 8 episode of Raw, a confrontation between the four women occurred.
Then, on September 3, a match between Lita and Mickie James was scheduled for the event the two last faced each other back in 2006 at Survivor Series where James won the original WWE Women's Championship from Lita in the latter's retirement match. On August 18, a match between Alexa Bliss and Trish Stratus was scheduled for Evolution. Storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live, and NXT. The card consisted of seven matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and NXT UK brands. WWE's executive vice president of talent, live events and creative Triple H explained that WWE's female performers "deserve the opportunity" for a prominent showcase, and that it "was simply the right time for this to happen." He denied that the event was intended to be as a counterpoint for Crown Jewel-a subsequent pay-per-view days later in Saudi Arabia that, per the country's women's rights policies, would not include WWE's female performers at the time. It was also announced that the event would host the final of the 2018 Mae Young Classic and that all four of WWE's women's championships at the time would be defended however, the NXT UK Women's Championship match was later removed from the main card and occurred as a dark match before the show. WWE Hall of Famers Lita, Trish Stratus, and Beth Phoenix were advertised as taking part in the event.
It was scheduled to take place on October 28, 2018, at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, replacing the previously planned Clash of Champions. On the July 23, 2018, episode of Monday Night Raw, WWE executive Stephanie McMahon announced that for the first time, WWE would hold an all-women's pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event, which was titled Evolution. In other prominent matches, Toni Storm defeated Io Shirai to win the 2018 Mae Young Classic, and Shayna Baszler defeated Kairi Sane to become the first two-time NXT Women's Champion. In the penultimate match, Becky Lynch defeated Charlotte Flair in a Last Woman Standing match to retain the SmackDown Women's Championship.
In the main event, Ronda Rousey defeated Nikki Bella by submission to retain the Raw Women's Championship. It also featured the final of the 2018 Mae Young Classic tournament. Three of WWE's then-four women's championships were defended on the main card the fourth was defended in a dark match before the show. The main card consisted of seven matches. It was the first and currently only WWE pay-per-view to consist solely of women's matches.
The event took place on October 28, 2018, at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and NXT UK brand divisions.
WWE Evolution was a women's professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event produced by WWE. Promotional poster featuring various WWE wrestlers