WWE Evolution: 8 Things We Learned

1. It’ll Take Time For These Events To Draw

Without wishing to appear cruel, Evolution looked like a 2000-era WCW pay-per-view at times. Not in terms of the in-ring work, obviously, but in lighting. The Nassau Coliseum's upper lighting rig was turned off, apparently to spare WWE's blushes that their first ever all-women's pay-per-view hadn't shifted every seat in the place.

Despite happy reports from Michael Cole, Renee Young and several others, Evolution wasn't actually a "sell out" at all. The gaps were hidden by clever camera work, as one would expect, and this (along with an energetic crowd) did help mask the lower attendance. Still, some fans on social media revealed WWE's ruse by posting pictures of sparse groups on the hard cam side.

This isn't something anyone should be poking fun at.

The sad truth is this: it'll take time before everyone is sold on an all-female pay-per-view and they prove an automatic draw. It must be disappointing internally for WWE that the show didn't actually fill every seat in the building. Rest assured that they'll work overtime to ensure that any all-women's sequel is busier.

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