WWE Evolution (2025)

The 2025 Evolution was a women's professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the second Evolution event and took place on Sunday, July 13, 2025, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brand divisions. This was the first Evolution and the first all-women's professional wrestling event to broadcast on both Netflix and Peacock, and the first Evolution since the inaugural 2018 event seven years prior. Seven matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Naomi defeated Rhea Ripley and defending champion Iyo Sky to win Raw's Women's World Championship; this originally started as a singles match between Sky and Ripley, however, Naomi cashed in her Money in the Bank contract during the match, making it a triple threat match. Earlier on the card, Naomi had lost a No Holds Barred match to Jade Cargill, which featured Bianca Belair as special guest referee. In other prominent matches, Tiffany Stratton defeated WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus to retain SmackDown's WWE Women's Championship, Becky Lynch successfully defended Raw's WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship against Lyra Valkyria and Bayley in a triple threat match, Jacy Jayne successfully retained the NXT Women's Championship against Jordynne Grace, and Raw's Stephanie Vaquer won the Evolution Battle Royal to earn a women's championship match, originally slated to take place at Clash in Paris, however, it was rescheduled for Wrestlepalooza due to Naomi vacating the belt after going on maternity leave. The event received mostly positive reviews from fans and critics alike, with the main event garnering acclaim, as well as the opening match and the WWE Women’s Championship match receiving praise, although with direct criticism being geared towards the NXT Women’s Championship match.