WWE Evolution
Updated: 12/20/2025, 11:57:08 AM Wikipedia source
WWE Evolution is a periodic women's professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It is the company's only PPV and livestreaming event to consist solely of women's matches. The inaugural event was held in October 2018, and after years of rumors and speculation, a second event was held in July 2025. In addition to wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brand divisions, the inaugural event also saw involvement of wrestlers from the now-defunct NXT UK brand and also hosted the finals of the 2018 Mae Young Classic.
Infobox
Promotions
WWE
Brand(s)
Raw (2018, 2025–present)SmackDown (2018, 2025–present)NXT (2018, 2025–present)NXT UK (2018)
First event
2018
Event gimmick
Women's professional wrestling
Tables
· Events
1
1
#
1
Event
WWE Evolution (2018)
Date
October 28, 2018
City
Uniondale, New York
Venue
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Main Event
Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Nikki Bella for the WWE Raw Women's Championship
Battle Royal winner
Nia Jax
2
2
#
2
Event
WWE Evolution (2025)
Date
July 13, 2025
City
Atlanta, Georgia
Venue
State Farm Arena
Main Event
Iyo Sky (c) vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Naomi for the Women's World ChampionshipThis was Naomi's Money in the Bank cash-in match.
Battle Royal winner
Stephanie Vaquer
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
#
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
| # | Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event | Battle Royal winner | Ref. |
| 1 | WWE Evolution (2018) | October 28, 2018 | Uniondale, New York | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum | Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Nikki Bella for the WWE Raw Women's Championship | Nia Jax | |
| 2 | WWE Evolution (2025) | July 13, 2025 | Atlanta, Georgia | State Farm Arena | Iyo Sky (c) vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Naomi for the Women's World ChampionshipThis was Naomi's Money in the Bank cash-in match. | Stephanie Vaquer | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||||||
References
- CBS Sportshttps://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/wwe-raw-results-recap-grades-brock-lesnar-gets-a-summerslam-opponent-big-announcement/
- WWEhttps://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/article/stephanie-mcmahon-announces-wwe-evolution-pay-per-view
- 411Maniahttps://411mania.com/wrestling/nxt-uk-womens-title-match-likely-pulled-evolution/
- WWEhttps://www.wwe.com/shows/wweevolution/article/wwe-evolution-match-card-wwe-network
- ESPNhttps://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/24177228/wwe-triple-h-stephanie-mcmahon-discuss-upcoming-all-women-evolution-pay-per-view
- Forbeshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/blakeoestriecher/2020/07/29/wwe-may-bring-back-two-big-events-in-2020/
- Fightfulhttps://www.fightful.com/wrestling/trish-stratus-names-sasha-banks-her-dream-opponent-thought-wwe-evolution-would-be-annual
- Steel Chairhttps://wrestlingsc.com/2021/06/09/nwa-announce-all-womens-ppv-and-73rd-anniversary-show/
- ComicBookhttps://comicbook.com/wwe/news/wwe-mickie-james-wwe-official-womens-wrestling-cant-draw-money-evolution-low-ratings/
- Inside the Ropeshttps://itrwrestling.com/news/mickie-james-says-she-wont-wrestle-on-nwas-all-womens-ppv/
- Wrestling Inchttps://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/07/mickie-james-claims-wwe-evolution-ppv-was-set-up-to-fail/
- ComicBookhttps://comicbook.com/wwe/news/wwe-sasha-banks-keeps-pushing-wwe-evolution-2-trish-stratus/
- Wrestling Inchttps://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2021/06/maria-kanellis-reveals-who-told-her-wwe-evolution-would-never-happen-again/
- WrestleTalkhttps://wrestletalk.com/news/reason-wwe-wont-evolution/
- Wrestling Inchttps://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2018/10/was-wwe-evolution-really-sold-out-photos-647254/
- Ringside Newshttps://www.ringsidenews.com/2021/06/10/triple-h-says-another-wwe-all-female-pay-per-view-is-not-a-must-have/
- Sports Illustratedhttps://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/wwe/wwe-reportedly-planning-return-of-evolution-ple
- Sports Illustratedhttps://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/wwe/wwe-rumors-date-location-second-evolution-event-reportedly-set
- Wrestling Observer Figure Four Onlinehttps://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/wwe-evolution-saturday-nights-main-event-nxt-great-american-bash-set-july-12-weekend/
- The match originally started as a singles match between Sky and Ripley, but Naomi cashed in during the match to make it