A very good event no real stand out match for me. But no match that I would say was weak either. A Solid night of good wrestling. In a division that gets stronger with every event. To be able to watch it with my daughter felt special to.
4 Reviews
Slightly Above Average FIRST EVER WOMEN'S PPV- EVOLUTION
jamontjohnson-8331929 October 2018
Warning: Spoilers
I watched this event EVOLUTION in it's entirety from beginning to end on the WWE Network. I will say even though there were not to many surprises in terms of things that could and did happen, for what was done, it was a bit higher than average. I will state the matches in my forms of interest and rating in the chronological order they were shown. I will say what I did not like and loved about each contest. Up First:
1. Trish Stratus and Lita def Alicia Fox and Mickie James(with Alexa Bliss) in about 11 minutes- The match was splendid in showing how Trish and Lita have not lost to much ring skill and both were dressed well as Alicia, Mickie and Alexa. I loved the Stratusfaction and Double Litasault towards the end of the match. However I believe that the mistakes were: having the match end a bit early should have been 3 or 4 minutes more, not making this a handicap match with Alexa( Alicia and Mickie could have done most of the work and the Goddess like always does sneak moves but in the end got hers), Foxy missing the pin breakup which was clearly a three count-very awful, Mickie not being able to hit her Mick Kick or DDT on Lita or Trish, How does Trish being doing Leaping Hair Snapmare Takedowns like Carmella and Alexa not being taken out by Trish or Lita at the end rather than just watching and doing nothing totally unlike her. But other than that the match was lovely just had to reveal the awful planning by WWE. Match rating: 9.3/10
2. Evolution Women's Battle Royal for Future WWE Women's Championship Match Contestants( Naomi, Michelle McCool, Sonya Deville, Alundra Blayze, Carmella, Zelina Vega, Kelly Kelly, Tamina, Ember Moon, Lana, Maria Kannellis, Mandy Rose, Molly Holly, Dana Brooke, Nia Jax, Ivory, Asuka, Torrie Wilson, Peyton Royce and Billie Kay- Just Spectacular in about 15 minutes I can say that this is better than the Wrestlemania Women's Battle Royal by a few feet and it is actually one of the best Battle Royals including women I have seen given the time. I happy for Nia Jax that she won since this was supposed to be her year from winning the Raw Women's Championship back at Wrestlemania and had lost her footing following Money in the BANK. On the other hand, I thought Ember Moon should have won as well since she has not been booked to win big ever since coming to the main roster and we know Asuka's horrible fall from grace and Tamina's never winning curse but either one could have won this match as well. I knew the silly Illconics were going out first since they came out an criticized the women from the past of WWE, but one thing that really got me irritated by the match was having the Great Molly Holly eliminated within 2 minutes of the start- come on WWE even if this was her idea because she did not want to stay in long she should have been in for 6 to 7 minutes at least( the match will be forever viewed) Other than that I loved it! Match Rating: 9/10
3. TONI STORM DEF IO SHIRAI FOR THE MAE YOUNG CLASSIC FINALS(TROPHY) IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES- DECENT BUT NEEDED MORE OFFENSE AND TIME I liked Toni Storm for the name and her intro/entrance and personality shown to be in similarities with former WWE Diva Ashley Massaro except she is from US and Toni is from UK but I was pulling for Toni at first though halfway through Io Shirai showed unbelievable offense with her moonsault to the outside so I thought maybe she should win. But Toni would come back with a German suplex on the apron, then a Tiger Bomb which did not put Io away. Storm seemed frustrated and Shirai mounted more moves but went for her finisher which Toni Storm got her knees up and planted her second Tiger Bomb for the win. Compared to the other matches for the night definitely the weakest due to it being short/offense. Match Rating: 8.0/10
4. Sasha Banks, Natalya and Bayley def THE RIOTT SQUAD(Ruby Riott, Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan) in about 13 minutes- Wow for the Riott Squad they were Robbed of a Victory( definitely Sarah and Liv's best match I have seen offensive wise since debuting on main roster but not Ruby's) I was not to keen on this match since I thought every Riott member should just have been placed in the Women's Battle Royal an something could have done better with Sasha, Bailey and Natalya but they were skilled and game in this match. I thought at several times with the offense on Bayley Natalya and Sasha that they were going to win with double team combos. However since this was Evolution(first Women's PPV) I knew there was no way WWE was going to let three women with nearly 10 championship reigns(including NXT) lose to a lesser trio that is still climbing. Also No really bad botches from the women except Sasha's hanging on the ropes but sometimes it helps make the match not looked so constructed and you really cannot tell at times for you fault finders. Match Rating: 8.4/10 since it was better than I hoped via the Riott Squad but no Bank Statement
5. Shayna Baszler def Kairi Sane for NXT Women's Championship by Technical Submission in about 12 minutes- Fierce from Shayna to Kairi as we knew that from seeing Baszler's previous encounters with fellow superstars. I believe SHAYNA used some effective strategy against princess pirate whom fought very hard despite the attacks to her arm/ shoulder. I liked the match with the exception of Kairi Sane not being able to hit her Insane Elbow on Bazler. Also I knew that Shayna's friends at ringside were going to get involved in the match that was unnecessary as the Queen of Spades dominated most of the contest and it would have been nice to see if THE PIRATE PRINCESS could have retained the NXT W Title here. Even so it was great having a title change at this event(though I did not think it was happening with this one) Still enjoyable and I feel bad for Kairi Sane passing out to the Kirifuda Clutch from Shayna Baszler to win the NXT Women's Championship Match Rating: 8.6/10
6. BECKY LYNCH(STRAIGHT FIRE) DEF CHARLOTTE(THE QUEEN) FOR THE SMACKDOWN WOMAN'S CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE BILLED AS FIRST EVER LAST WOMAN'S STANDING MATCH(BUT REALLY SECOND TO ASUKA VERSUS NIKKI CROSS IN JUNE 2017) IN ABOUT 28 MINUTES 40 SECONDS IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING CONTEST BETWEEN TWO FORMER BEST FRIENDS TURNED BITTER ENEMIES IN WHAT RIGHTFULLY SO SHOULD HAVE MAIN EVENTED EVOLUTION DUE TO THE STORY TOLD(BUILD) AND BOTH STARS CHARISMA AND THE INTRIGUE FROM THE WWE UNIVERSE. I LOVED WATCHING EVERY BIT OF THIS MATCH WHICH KEEP YOU GLUED TO THE SCREEN AWAITING EAGERLY FOR THE RESOLUTION TO SEE WHO WILL WIN THIS MATCH TO BE CHAMPION. I BELIEVED EVERYTHING WAS NEARLY CORRECT WITH THE MOVES AND WEAPONS THAT WERE USED IN THIS LAST WOMAN STANDING MATCHUP. I JUST DID NOT LIKE THAT BECKY LYNCH DID NOT DO THE DIS ARM HER ON CHARLOTTE NOR WORK HEAVILY ON THE QUEEN'S ARM OR DO TOO MUCH ONSLAUGHT TO HER LEG(IN WHICH SHE SHOULD HAVE SINCE BECKY IS BEING PORTRAYED AS MORE THE VILLIAN DESPITE THE AUDIENCE CHEERING FOR HER BEING THAT THEY ARE TIRED OF CHARLOTTE- BUT BOTH HAVE VALID POINTS BECKY HAS TO BEAT THE BEST TO BE CALLED THE BEST AND WHY SHOULD CHARLOTTE YIELD TO ALLOW THAT WHEN WE KNOW SHE IS EXCEPTIONALLY UP IN THE NUMBER ONE SPOTS)BECKY LYNCH USED KENDO STICK HITS ON CHARLOTTE AT FIRST AND BOTH EXHANGED CHAIR SHOTS AND USAGES BY IT. I LOVED CHARLOTTE SENTON SPLASH TO BECKY THROUGH THE TABLE SHE TRIED TO MOONSAULT BUT IT DID NOT BREAK(IT WAS NOT A BAD BOTCH- ONE THAT IS NOT NOTICED TOO WELL) ALSO FLAIR'S FIGURE EIGHT WITH THE LADDER ON LYNCH, NUMEROUS CHOPS BY CHARLOTTE WHEN BECKY ESCAPED TO THE CROWD. BECKY LYNCH'S HIGHLIGHT WAS THE LEG DROP FROM THE LADDER THROUGH THE ANNOUNCE TABLE, SHE THOUGHT THAT WAS OVER FOR THE NATURE GIRL BUT IT WAS NOT AFTER THE CHAMP TRIES TO BURY HER WITH OBJECTS BUT THE 7 TIME WOMAN'S CHAMP GETS UP WITH A LOOK OF EXTREME RAGE THAT SCARES THE HELL OUT OF LYNCH. WE THOUGHT RIGHT THERE THAT CHARLOTTE WAS GOING TO WIN WITH A RECORD BREAKING OF TRISH STRATUS 8 TITLE WINS BUT EVEN AFTER BEING BEATEN WITH A KENDO STICK AND SPEARED BY THE QUEEN THEN PLACED ON A TABLE. STRAIGHT FIRE RISES TO THE APRON AND POWERBOMBS CHARLOTTE FLAIR THROUGH THE TABLE AND THE QUEEN IS UNABLE TO REGAIN HER STANDING OR TITLE. BECKY WINS A MUCH NEEDED ONE TO PROVE THAT SHE IS A TRUE CHAMPION AND CAN COMPETE IN HELLACIOUS MATCHES LIKE THESE- IT'S HARD TO COMPARE THIS TO SASHA/CHARLOTTE BUT ONE PURE EXCITEMENT. I JUST HATE THAT THE ENDING SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE BEXPLODER THROUGH THE TABLE VIA THE LADDER- MUCH BETTER THIS IS A FOLOWING OF ALEXA/BECKY TLC 2016! MATCH RATING:9.9/10 FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF BOTH WOMEN
7. Ronda Rousey def Nikki Bella with Brie Bella for the Raw Women's Championship in about 14 minutes- Impressive showing from the FEARLESS NIKKI BELLA who wanted to waste claim to the term DIVA as she has been called by RONDA ROUSEY and win the RAW W TITLE but she was denied by the BADDEST WOMAN ON THE PLANET. I got to say I love NIKKI BELLA she was really vindictive in this match as well Brie and I really wanted her to win since it would open the chances for other women on the Raw roster to compete for the championship without knowing that she would lose because the titleholder is undefeated like ASUKA was for the last few years, CHARLOTTE PPV winning streak and even Undertaker's Wrestlemania winning streak from 2014 and on. However I knew there was no way Ronda was going to lose to someone who has not been champion in three years plus and that is not aggressive in hand to hand combat as her being Bella. Let me say that I have came to accept and adore Nikki Bella ever since 2014 I did not hold anything to her being John Cena's girlfriend(now ex) I see she is a beautiful woman that deserves to explore herself in the ring and out because she had improved significantly in terms of wrestling which is why she has beaten the likes of Charlotte, Sasha, Becky, Naomi, Paige, AJ Lee, and even Beth Phoenix plus many more. I think that Rousey has been rushed to the main event scene to quick but OK MATCH 8.5/10
2. Evolution Women's Battle Royal for Future WWE Women's Championship Match Contestants( Naomi, Michelle McCool, Sonya Deville, Alundra Blayze, Carmella, Zelina Vega, Kelly Kelly, Tamina, Ember Moon, Lana, Maria Kannellis, Mandy Rose, Molly Holly, Dana Brooke, Nia Jax, Ivory, Asuka, Torrie Wilson, Peyton Royce and Billie Kay- Just Spectacular in about 15 minutes I can say that this is better than the Wrestlemania Women's Battle Royal by a few feet and it is actually one of the best Battle Royals including women I have seen given the time. I happy for Nia Jax that she won since this was supposed to be her year from winning the Raw Women's Championship back at Wrestlemania and had lost her footing following Money in the BANK. On the other hand, I thought Ember Moon should have won as well since she has not been booked to win big ever since coming to the main roster and we know Asuka's horrible fall from grace and Tamina's never winning curse but either one could have won this match as well. I knew the silly Illconics were going out first since they came out an criticized the women from the past of WWE, but one thing that really got me irritated by the match was having the Great Molly Holly eliminated within 2 minutes of the start- come on WWE even if this was her idea because she did not want to stay in long she should have been in for 6 to 7 minutes at least( the match will be forever viewed) Other than that I loved it! Match Rating: 9/10
3. TONI STORM DEF IO SHIRAI FOR THE MAE YOUNG CLASSIC FINALS(TROPHY) IN ABOUT 10 MINUTES- DECENT BUT NEEDED MORE OFFENSE AND TIME I liked Toni Storm for the name and her intro/entrance and personality shown to be in similarities with former WWE Diva Ashley Massaro except she is from US and Toni is from UK but I was pulling for Toni at first though halfway through Io Shirai showed unbelievable offense with her moonsault to the outside so I thought maybe she should win. But Toni would come back with a German suplex on the apron, then a Tiger Bomb which did not put Io away. Storm seemed frustrated and Shirai mounted more moves but went for her finisher which Toni Storm got her knees up and planted her second Tiger Bomb for the win. Compared to the other matches for the night definitely the weakest due to it being short/offense. Match Rating: 8.0/10
4. Sasha Banks, Natalya and Bayley def THE RIOTT SQUAD(Ruby Riott, Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan) in about 13 minutes- Wow for the Riott Squad they were Robbed of a Victory( definitely Sarah and Liv's best match I have seen offensive wise since debuting on main roster but not Ruby's) I was not to keen on this match since I thought every Riott member should just have been placed in the Women's Battle Royal an something could have done better with Sasha, Bailey and Natalya but they were skilled and game in this match. I thought at several times with the offense on Bayley Natalya and Sasha that they were going to win with double team combos. However since this was Evolution(first Women's PPV) I knew there was no way WWE was going to let three women with nearly 10 championship reigns(including NXT) lose to a lesser trio that is still climbing. Also No really bad botches from the women except Sasha's hanging on the ropes but sometimes it helps make the match not looked so constructed and you really cannot tell at times for you fault finders. Match Rating: 8.4/10 since it was better than I hoped via the Riott Squad but no Bank Statement
5. Shayna Baszler def Kairi Sane for NXT Women's Championship by Technical Submission in about 12 minutes- Fierce from Shayna to Kairi as we knew that from seeing Baszler's previous encounters with fellow superstars. I believe SHAYNA used some effective strategy against princess pirate whom fought very hard despite the attacks to her arm/ shoulder. I liked the match with the exception of Kairi Sane not being able to hit her Insane Elbow on Bazler. Also I knew that Shayna's friends at ringside were going to get involved in the match that was unnecessary as the Queen of Spades dominated most of the contest and it would have been nice to see if THE PIRATE PRINCESS could have retained the NXT W Title here. Even so it was great having a title change at this event(though I did not think it was happening with this one) Still enjoyable and I feel bad for Kairi Sane passing out to the Kirifuda Clutch from Shayna Baszler to win the NXT Women's Championship Match Rating: 8.6/10
6. BECKY LYNCH(STRAIGHT FIRE) DEF CHARLOTTE(THE QUEEN) FOR THE SMACKDOWN WOMAN'S CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE BILLED AS FIRST EVER LAST WOMAN'S STANDING MATCH(BUT REALLY SECOND TO ASUKA VERSUS NIKKI CROSS IN JUNE 2017) IN ABOUT 28 MINUTES 40 SECONDS IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING CONTEST BETWEEN TWO FORMER BEST FRIENDS TURNED BITTER ENEMIES IN WHAT RIGHTFULLY SO SHOULD HAVE MAIN EVENTED EVOLUTION DUE TO THE STORY TOLD(BUILD) AND BOTH STARS CHARISMA AND THE INTRIGUE FROM THE WWE UNIVERSE. I LOVED WATCHING EVERY BIT OF THIS MATCH WHICH KEEP YOU GLUED TO THE SCREEN AWAITING EAGERLY FOR THE RESOLUTION TO SEE WHO WILL WIN THIS MATCH TO BE CHAMPION. I BELIEVED EVERYTHING WAS NEARLY CORRECT WITH THE MOVES AND WEAPONS THAT WERE USED IN THIS LAST WOMAN STANDING MATCHUP. I JUST DID NOT LIKE THAT BECKY LYNCH DID NOT DO THE DIS ARM HER ON CHARLOTTE NOR WORK HEAVILY ON THE QUEEN'S ARM OR DO TOO MUCH ONSLAUGHT TO HER LEG(IN WHICH SHE SHOULD HAVE SINCE BECKY IS BEING PORTRAYED AS MORE THE VILLIAN DESPITE THE AUDIENCE CHEERING FOR HER BEING THAT THEY ARE TIRED OF CHARLOTTE- BUT BOTH HAVE VALID POINTS BECKY HAS TO BEAT THE BEST TO BE CALLED THE BEST AND WHY SHOULD CHARLOTTE YIELD TO ALLOW THAT WHEN WE KNOW SHE IS EXCEPTIONALLY UP IN THE NUMBER ONE SPOTS)BECKY LYNCH USED KENDO STICK HITS ON CHARLOTTE AT FIRST AND BOTH EXHANGED CHAIR SHOTS AND USAGES BY IT. I LOVED CHARLOTTE SENTON SPLASH TO BECKY THROUGH THE TABLE SHE TRIED TO MOONSAULT BUT IT DID NOT BREAK(IT WAS NOT A BAD BOTCH- ONE THAT IS NOT NOTICED TOO WELL) ALSO FLAIR'S FIGURE EIGHT WITH THE LADDER ON LYNCH, NUMEROUS CHOPS BY CHARLOTTE WHEN BECKY ESCAPED TO THE CROWD. BECKY LYNCH'S HIGHLIGHT WAS THE LEG DROP FROM THE LADDER THROUGH THE ANNOUNCE TABLE, SHE THOUGHT THAT WAS OVER FOR THE NATURE GIRL BUT IT WAS NOT AFTER THE CHAMP TRIES TO BURY HER WITH OBJECTS BUT THE 7 TIME WOMAN'S CHAMP GETS UP WITH A LOOK OF EXTREME RAGE THAT SCARES THE HELL OUT OF LYNCH. WE THOUGHT RIGHT THERE THAT CHARLOTTE WAS GOING TO WIN WITH A RECORD BREAKING OF TRISH STRATUS 8 TITLE WINS BUT EVEN AFTER BEING BEATEN WITH A KENDO STICK AND SPEARED BY THE QUEEN THEN PLACED ON A TABLE. STRAIGHT FIRE RISES TO THE APRON AND POWERBOMBS CHARLOTTE FLAIR THROUGH THE TABLE AND THE QUEEN IS UNABLE TO REGAIN HER STANDING OR TITLE. BECKY WINS A MUCH NEEDED ONE TO PROVE THAT SHE IS A TRUE CHAMPION AND CAN COMPETE IN HELLACIOUS MATCHES LIKE THESE- IT'S HARD TO COMPARE THIS TO SASHA/CHARLOTTE BUT ONE PURE EXCITEMENT. I JUST HATE THAT THE ENDING SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE BEXPLODER THROUGH THE TABLE VIA THE LADDER- MUCH BETTER THIS IS A FOLOWING OF ALEXA/BECKY TLC 2016! MATCH RATING:9.9/10 FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF BOTH WOMEN
7. Ronda Rousey def Nikki Bella with Brie Bella for the Raw Women's Championship in about 14 minutes- Impressive showing from the FEARLESS NIKKI BELLA who wanted to waste claim to the term DIVA as she has been called by RONDA ROUSEY and win the RAW W TITLE but she was denied by the BADDEST WOMAN ON THE PLANET. I got to say I love NIKKI BELLA she was really vindictive in this match as well Brie and I really wanted her to win since it would open the chances for other women on the Raw roster to compete for the championship without knowing that she would lose because the titleholder is undefeated like ASUKA was for the last few years, CHARLOTTE PPV winning streak and even Undertaker's Wrestlemania winning streak from 2014 and on. However I knew there was no way Ronda was going to lose to someone who has not been champion in three years plus and that is not aggressive in hand to hand combat as her being Bella. Let me say that I have came to accept and adore Nikki Bella ever since 2014 I did not hold anything to her being John Cena's girlfriend(now ex) I see she is a beautiful woman that deserves to explore herself in the ring and out because she had improved significantly in terms of wrestling which is why she has beaten the likes of Charlotte, Sasha, Becky, Naomi, Paige, AJ Lee, and even Beth Phoenix plus many more. I think that Rousey has been rushed to the main event scene to quick but OK MATCH 8.5/10
WWE Evolution: Actually worse than I expected
Platypuschow29 October 2018
I said an all womens ppv was a bad idea. Not because I don't believe women can perform, not because I don't believe women can draw, but because I feared it would fail and ultimately damage the "Revolution".
I'm getting the impression I was right, this whole thing was counterproductive and not the demonstration of how far womens wrestling has come at all.
Allow me to break it down.
Trish Stratus & Lita vs. Mickie James & Alicia Fox
Entirely pointless predictible nonsense, I think little miss Bliss got off lucky not being able to be a part of this garbage fire.
Womens Battle Royale
Womens battle royales were staples of the divas age. Management didn't believe women could draw or have decent matches so they'd stuff as many as they could in a ring at a time and hope for the best. Having one at this ppv seemed a bad call and made even worse by the fact that instead of utilising the NXT or Performance centre talent pool they filled the numbers out with "Legends" most of whom couldn't wrestle in their prime let alone now. The match was unremarkable, generic and the ending was unexpectedly poor.
Sasha Banks, Bayley & Natalya vs. The Riott Squad
With no actual story, no purpose to the match and it basically being what you'd frequently see on RAW each week there was little interest here. The Riott Squad have been used as nothing but jobbers for a longtime now and against the thrown together team of Bayley/Sasha and Natalya this was about as interesting and unpredictible as a stale fart.
Io Shirai vs. Toni Storm
One of the problems with WWE is it's generic western wrestling, compare Shirai and Storms matches in Japan and the comparison is heartbreaking. The two ladies had a passable match here, but it demonstrated that western tame wrestling is so inferior and so neutered that these ladies couldn't show what they can really do.
Kairi Sane (c) vs. Shayna Baszler
I'm a Baszler fan, in fact I'm a huge Baszler fan so I was looking forward to this. The match was passable though a tad short.
Becky Lynch (c) vs. Charlotte Flair (Last Woman Standing Match)
Lynch and Flair tore the house down once again in the match that SHOULD have been the entire events main event. It delivered on every front and though it could have been better they still put on a clinic in there. It did however show once again that the WWE failed miserably in their attempt to turn Lynch heel.
Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Nikki Bella
Where would I even start on this one? So Evolution was set to demonstrate how far womens wrestling has come, how it's gone from the divas 3 minute matches to bouts that rival the mens. So why did they think that putting the talented but green Rousey vs the useless diva Nikki Bella would be a good idea let alone the actual main event of the entire show? Did the match exceed my expectations? Not even slightly, it was a terrible mess of a bout that did nothing for anybody and closed the first ever womens ppv on a seriously low note.
So did Evolution deliver? Absolutely not. No surprises, no debuts, no returns, a main event that is the most counter productive thing I've seen in the industry for years and very few actual logical matches.
The Good:
Lzzy Hale
A few decent spots
Shayna Baszler
The Bad:
Beth Phoenix on commentary
Michelle McCool and all the other girls who shouldn't have been there
Counter productive battle royale
That bronco buster
Lots of botches
Moronic choice of main event
Absence of the UK NXT Womens championship
The Little Mix show theme
Things I Learnt From This PPV:
Yacht users are by definition pirates
WWE still have absolutely no clue what they're doing
I don't see another womens ppv anytime soon
I don't understand why Renee Young is getting praised for her announcing
The fact that Flair has been champion 7 times to Lynchs 2 says everything you need to know about WWE booking
I'm getting the impression I was right, this whole thing was counterproductive and not the demonstration of how far womens wrestling has come at all.
Allow me to break it down.
Trish Stratus & Lita vs. Mickie James & Alicia Fox
Entirely pointless predictible nonsense, I think little miss Bliss got off lucky not being able to be a part of this garbage fire.
Womens Battle Royale
Womens battle royales were staples of the divas age. Management didn't believe women could draw or have decent matches so they'd stuff as many as they could in a ring at a time and hope for the best. Having one at this ppv seemed a bad call and made even worse by the fact that instead of utilising the NXT or Performance centre talent pool they filled the numbers out with "Legends" most of whom couldn't wrestle in their prime let alone now. The match was unremarkable, generic and the ending was unexpectedly poor.
Sasha Banks, Bayley & Natalya vs. The Riott Squad
With no actual story, no purpose to the match and it basically being what you'd frequently see on RAW each week there was little interest here. The Riott Squad have been used as nothing but jobbers for a longtime now and against the thrown together team of Bayley/Sasha and Natalya this was about as interesting and unpredictible as a stale fart.
Io Shirai vs. Toni Storm
One of the problems with WWE is it's generic western wrestling, compare Shirai and Storms matches in Japan and the comparison is heartbreaking. The two ladies had a passable match here, but it demonstrated that western tame wrestling is so inferior and so neutered that these ladies couldn't show what they can really do.
Kairi Sane (c) vs. Shayna Baszler
I'm a Baszler fan, in fact I'm a huge Baszler fan so I was looking forward to this. The match was passable though a tad short.
Becky Lynch (c) vs. Charlotte Flair (Last Woman Standing Match)
Lynch and Flair tore the house down once again in the match that SHOULD have been the entire events main event. It delivered on every front and though it could have been better they still put on a clinic in there. It did however show once again that the WWE failed miserably in their attempt to turn Lynch heel.
Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Nikki Bella
Where would I even start on this one? So Evolution was set to demonstrate how far womens wrestling has come, how it's gone from the divas 3 minute matches to bouts that rival the mens. So why did they think that putting the talented but green Rousey vs the useless diva Nikki Bella would be a good idea let alone the actual main event of the entire show? Did the match exceed my expectations? Not even slightly, it was a terrible mess of a bout that did nothing for anybody and closed the first ever womens ppv on a seriously low note.
So did Evolution deliver? Absolutely not. No surprises, no debuts, no returns, a main event that is the most counter productive thing I've seen in the industry for years and very few actual logical matches.
The Good:
Lzzy Hale
A few decent spots
Shayna Baszler
The Bad:
Beth Phoenix on commentary
Michelle McCool and all the other girls who shouldn't have been there
Counter productive battle royale
That bronco buster
Lots of botches
Moronic choice of main event
Absence of the UK NXT Womens championship
The Little Mix show theme
Things I Learnt From This PPV:
Yacht users are by definition pirates
WWE still have absolutely no clue what they're doing
I don't see another womens ppv anytime soon
I don't understand why Renee Young is getting praised for her announcing
The fact that Flair has been champion 7 times to Lynchs 2 says everything you need to know about WWE booking
The future of women's wrestling!
connordrbs30 October 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Evolution proved to be one of WWE's strongest PPV's of the year standing shoulder to shoulder with Royal Rumble and Summerslam if not better!
Match Review:
Trish and Lita def. Fox and James: 3 stars
Nia Jax wins Women's Battle Royal: 2.5 stars
Toni Storm def. Io Shirai (MYCF): 4.25 stars
Bayley, Sasha, Natalya def. Riott Squad: 3.5 stars
Shayna Baszler def. Kairi Sane (c)(NXT Women's Championship): 4 stars
Becky Lynch (c) def. Charlotte Flair (Smackdown Women's Championship): 4.75 stars
Ronda Rousey (c) def. Nikki Bella (Raw Women's Championship): 3.5 stars
The Good:
The Bad:
Overall rating: 8.4/10
Match Review:
Trish and Lita def. Fox and James: 3 stars
Nia Jax wins Women's Battle Royal: 2.5 stars
Toni Storm def. Io Shirai (MYCF): 4.25 stars
Bayley, Sasha, Natalya def. Riott Squad: 3.5 stars
Shayna Baszler def. Kairi Sane (c)(NXT Women's Championship): 4 stars
Becky Lynch (c) def. Charlotte Flair (Smackdown Women's Championship): 4.75 stars
Ronda Rousey (c) def. Nikki Bella (Raw Women's Championship): 3.5 stars
The Good:
- Becky vs Charlotte stealing the show with one of the greatest women's matches of all time
- 4 Horsewomen teaser
- Trish looked like she never left WWE
- Ronda vs Becky at Survivor Series confirmed!!
- Storm vs Shirai with a 10 minute classic
- A celebration to remember for the ages
The Bad:
- Fox the botch machine
Overall rating: 8.4/10
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