Evolution 2018

Evolution 2018 was a women's professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event, produced by WWE for their Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and NXT UK brands. It took place on October 28, 2018, at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, in Uniondale, New York. It was the first pay-per-view in WWE history to be comprised entirely of women's matches. 
Three of the four WWE women's championships will be defended at the event. It will also feature the finals of the 2018 Mae Young Classic tournament.
==Production==
===Background===
On the July 23, 2018 episode of Monday Night Raw, Stephanie McMahon announced that for the first time, WWE would hold an all-women's pay-per-view called Evolution. Hall of Famers Lita, Trish Stratus, and Beth Phoenix were advertised as taking part in the event. It was also announced that all four of WWE's women's championships would be defended and that the event would host the finals of the 2018 Mae Young Classic.
=== Storylines ===
The card consisted of matches resulting from scripted storylines, with results predetermined by WWE on the Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and NXT UK brands. Storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live, NXT, and NXT UK.
On August 18, a match between Alexa Bliss and Trish Stratus was scheduled for Evolution. Then, on September 3, a match between Lita and Mickie James was scheduled for the event; the two last faced each other at the 2006 Survivor Series where James won the WWE Women's Championship from Lita in the latter's retirement match. On the October 8 episode of Raw, a confrontation between the four women occurred. 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 October 26, Bliss was replaced in the match by Alicia Fox.
At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4, Kairi Sane defeated Shayna Baszler to win the NXT Women's Championship. On the September 26 episode of NXT, a rematch between the two for the title was scheduled for Evolution.
At SummerSlam, Ronda Rousey defeated Alexa Bliss to win the Raw Women's Championship. Following her win, The Bella Twins (Nikki and Brie Bella) celebrated with the new champion. At Super Show-Down, it was announced that a title defense for Rousey was scheduled for Evolution. At that same event, Rousey and The Bella Twins teamed up to defeat The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan). On the following episode of Raw, Rousey and The Bella Twins would again defeat The Riott Squad in a rematch. Following the match, however, The Bella Twins attacked Rousey, turning heel. A title match between Rousey and Nikki was then scheduled for Evolution.
At SummerSlam, Charlotte Flair defeated Becky Lynch and former champion Carmella in a triple threat match to become a two-time SmackDown Women's Champion by pinning Lynch. Following the match, Lynch attacked Flair, turning heel. Lynch then defeated Flair to win the championship at Hell in a Cell. A rematch occurred at Super Show-Down where Flair won by disqualification after Lynch attacked her with the title belt, thus Lynch retained. The two had a rematch on the following episode of SmackDown, but it ended in a double countout, resulting in Lynch again retaining. SmackDown General Manager Paige then announced that the two would have another rematch for the SmackDown Women's Championship at Evolution, but as a Last Woman Standing match.
On the October 15 episode of Raw, it was announced that a battle royal for a women's championship match would also take place at Evolution with various competitors announced to take part, including WWE legends and Hall of Famers.
== Event ==
=== Preliminary matches ===
=== Main event ===
==Match Preview==
Trish Stratus & Lita vs. Mickie James & Alicia Fox	Preview
Historic Women's Battle royal 	Preview
Toni Storm vs. Io Shirai 	Preview
Sasha Banks, Bayley & Natalya vs. The Riott Squad 	Preview
Kairi Sane (c) vs. Shayna Baszler 	Preview
Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair 	Preview
Ronda Rousey vs. Nikki Bella 	Preview
==Results==
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*Dark Match: Rhea Ripley (c) defeated Dakota Kai to retain the WWE United Kingdom Women's Championship
*Trish Stratus & Lita defeated Mickie James & Alicia Fox (w/ Alexa Bliss) (11:05)
*Nia Jax won the Historic Women's Battle royal for a future women's championship match (17:10)
*Toni Storm defeated Io Shirai in the 2018 Mae Young Classic tournament final (10:20)
*Sasha Banks, Bayley & Natalya defeated The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan) (13:10)
*Shayna Baszler defeated Kairi Sane (c) to win the NXT Women's Championship (12:10)
*Becky Lynch (c) defeated Charlotte Flair in a Last Woman Standing match to retain the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship (28:40)
*Ronda Rousey (c) defeated Nikki Bella to retain the WWE Raw Women's Championship (14:15)
==Battle Royal Eliminations==
Elimination	Wrestler 	Eliminated by 	Time
1 	Peyton Royce 	Everyone 	
2 	Billie Kay 	Everyone 	
3 	Molly Holly 	Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville	
4 	Kelly Kelly 	Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville	
5 	Torrie Wilson 	Mandy Rose & Sonya Deville	
6 	Sonya Deville 	Mandy Rose 	
7 	Alundra Blayze 	Nia Jax 	
8 	Maria Kanellis 	Nia Jax 	
9 	Lana 	Tamina 	
10 	Mandy Rose 	Carmella 	
11 	Dana Brooke 	Ember Moon 	
12 	Michelle McCool	Ember Moon 	
13 	Naomi 	Tamina 	
14 	Carmella 	Ember Moon 	
15 	Ivory 	Asuka 	
16 	Asuka 	Ember Moon 	
17 	Tamina 	Ember Moon 	
18 	Zelina Vega 	Nia Jax 	
19 	Ember Moon 	Nia Jax 	
20 	Nia Jax 	Winner 	
==Other on-screen talent==
;Commentators
*Michael Cole
*Renee Young
*Beth Phoenix
*Carlos Cabrera (Spanish)
*Marcelo Rodríguez (Spanish)
*Carsten Schaefer (German)
*Calvin Knie (German)
;Pre-Show
*Renee Young
*Paige
*Beth Phoenix
*Carmella
*Michael Cole
*Eve Torres	
;Interviewers
*Charly Caruso
*Kayla Braxton
;Ring announcer
*JoJo
*Lilian Garcia
*Kayla Braxton
;Referees
*Darrick Moore
*Jason Ayers
*Jessika Carr
*Shawn Bennett
*Rod Zapata
*Mike Chioda
==See also==
*List of WWE pay-per-view events
*World Wrestling Entertainment/Event history
*Event gallery
==DVD release==
* [ Evolution 2018 on DVD]
==External links==
* Evolution 2018 Official website
* Evolution 2018 Pre-Show on WWE Network
* Evolution 2018 on WWE Network
* Evolution 2018 at CAGEMATCH.net
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