10 WWE Evolution Impulse Reactions
3. Match Of The Year?
Ronda Rousey's placement at the top of this card made all the sense in the world from a WWE promotional point of view. To them she was the missing piece of a puzzle they'd intentionally laboured over assembling. But as the show approached it became increasingly apparent how one feud - and one particular combatant - had become the story in WWE women's wrestling.
For better or worse, the Becky Lynch heel turn has fuelled her 'Straight Fire' in a way she inexplicably couldn't convince those backstage of when she was a genuinely beloved babyface.
Growing the character from indignant shades of gray to pitch black hatred, Lynch's performance in the role has been one of the standout successes of 2018, with reward for her exceptional work with Charlotte coming in the form of this heavily-hyped Last Woman Standing match.
It's a formula 'The Queen' already knows well. Long relied upon as a safe pair of hands in a headline spot, she had her best (nearly) topliner to date. It was the best contest in their series. It was the best Last (Wo)Man Standing battle in forever and it was, quite possibly, the best singles match of the year.
Rousey stole the show at WrestleMania in a tag match exquisitely engineered to get her over to the world in one night. Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair fought hard for years to get here, and fought harder to prove their worth. And they both won big.