6 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE Evolution 2025 (Results & Review)

2. Ripley, Sky Light Up Main Event

Heading into Sunday night, the bar was set pretty damn high for the Evolution main event. The question was whether Iyo Sky and Rhea Ripley could clear it.

The two superstars gave their resounding answer over the course of 25 minutes, tearing into each other and delivering a fantastic battle that became almost impossible to predict – and then actually took a left turn to throw prognostications off even more. (More on that later.)

Sky and Ripley had fantastic chemistry, and thankfully, they got the soliloquies out of the way early with an “I respect you” comment before the match really took off. Iyo controlled early on, countering everything Rhea threw at her as the announcers pointed out that she had the challenger’s number. Rhea would take over, but Sky came back strongly with a flurry that included a German suplex, suicide dive, missile dropkick, and a Bullet Train Attack.

Ripley fought back with a Razor’s Edge and powerbomb before hitting a Riptide… after a referee bump. The two would continue fighting into the crowd and then back to the ring, where Naomi arrived with the aforementioned left turn, but the match between Iyo and Rhea on its own was a fun, fantastic performance, and it deserves its flowers.