WWE Evolution: 10 Things That Must Happen

6. WWE Amalgamate The Mae Young Classic & NXT UK Matches

Rhea Ripley NXT UK
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OK, hear us out.

Io Shirai is the obvious choice to win the 2018 Mae Young Classic tournament. The Japanese ex-Stardom wonder has endless potential, and she'll probably get the nod. She shouldn't. Pull up a chair, dear reader, because this is where things get interesting.

Toni Storm has shown serious potential herself during the entire tourney, and there's a window of opportunity open to WWE at Evolution. Right now, NXT UK Women's Champ Rhea Ripley doesn't have a confirmed opponent for the show, and so Storm would be ideal. Imagine she won the MYC then immediately challenged for the belt she almost won before?

Should Toni then triumph, it'd give WWE a significant title change on the first ever all-female pay-per-view and give the UK division some more notoriety. It might seem crass to take the gold from Ripley so quickly, but she'd then have a story of redemption to sell on the weekly NXT UK show.

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