8 HUGE WWE Evolution Predictions You Need To Know
Nikki Bella or Ronda Rousey? Charlotte Flair or Becky Lynch?
Contrary to the strained vocals Lemmy loaned to the legendary stable's entrance theme, Evolution isn't really a mystery. Not anymore. Things move forward because they have to, because they can, and because most genuinely want to see measurable progress.
It's why WWE worked so hard congratulating themselves when they attempted to catch up the rest of the world in presenting an element of gender equality in their product.
The binning of the divisive Divas Title in 2016 for the relaunched Women's belt was an important step in a series of them to recalibrate and reimagine a division that had gained a second life thanks to graduates from Triple H's NXT/Performance Center system.
There, he worked diligently to make the women's work about the work, so abandoned was the principle on the main roster. Call-ups Becky Lynch, Sasha Banks and Charlotte Flair were the first of many to force the change, but WWE's efforts haven't been half as impressive as they've purported them to be.
Evolution isn't a mystery - but's certainly bewildering as to why WWE continues to suppress it. Nonetheless, they have a chance her to undo a poor year for their women's division with Sunday's PPV...
8. Sasha Banks, Bayley & Natalya Vs. The Riott Squad (Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan & Ruby Riott)
It wasn't supposed to be this way.
In 2015, Sasha Banks and Bayley had a feud that was rightfully slapped all over the marketing of a revolution that was genuinely taking place in NXT. Away from the criminally short matches and poorly drawn female characters of the main roster, 'The Boss' and 'The Hugger' had an August match that immediately elevated the wrestlers involved, the TakeOver brand, NXT and WWE to a brave new level.
Their work forced everything that followed, including Bayley's main roster call up a full year later after she'd carefully stewarded the developmental league in the absence of her fellow 'Horsewomen'.
The point of this minor history lesson is simply to illustrate that they are both too important to be in a match that would be on a pre-show if the roster was full enough to pad out the rest of this card.
Perhaps the biggest victims of the company's inability to book more than one major women's programme at the time, Bayley and Sasha's bastardised rivalry was briefly salvaged by a renewed friendship, but it's sadly left them no more relevant on the red brand. Expect a formulaic victory for the babyfaces, but one not remotely becoming of just how crucial they were in the embryonic stages of a real evolution.
Winners: Sasha, Bayley, and Natalya.