12 Ups And 16 Downs For WWE In 2018

6. Evolution A Big Step Forward

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Heading into WWE’s first all-female PPV, expectations weren’t high.

But Evolution delivered with an entertaining show that produced three solid championship matches, including the first Last Woman Standing match in WWE. There was doubt that the women on the roster could carry a full PPV without some serious smoke and mirrors, none of which was required. This is something that was completely unimaginable just a couple years ago.

When you consider that this came just days before the abysmal Crown Jewel, an all-male PPV, it just showed that putting on a good show is not automatic, nor is it something that is gender-specific.

This isn’t to say that WWE should be putting on an all-woman PPV every year, but it lent more credibility to women’s wrestling in 2018 while allowing the company to check off another box.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.