IWE Evolution

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IWE Evolution
Promotional poster featuring various IWE wrestlers
Promotion	IWE
Brand(s)	Raw SmackDown NXT NXT UK
Date	October 28, 2018
City	Uniondale, New York
Venue	Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Taglines(s)	First-ever all-women's pay-per- view comes to Long Island!
Theme song(s)	"Salute" by Little Mix
IWE Network chronology
← Previous Super Show- Down	Next → Crown Jewel

Evolution is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and IWE Network event, produced by IWE for their Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and NXT UK brands. It will take place on October 28, 2018, at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, in Uniondale, New York. It will be the first pay-per-view in WWE history to be comprised entirely of women's matches.

All of IWE's women's championships will be defended at the event. It will also feature the finals of the 2018 Mae Young Classic tournament. The event was announced on the July 23, 2018 edition of Raw.

Contents 1 Production 1.1 Background 2 Storylines 3 Matches 3.1 Announced participants in Women's Battle Royal 4 References

Production

Background

On July 23, 2018, Vince Matteson, Kaila Matteson, and Triple K opened Raw to announce the creation of Evolution, an all-women's pay-per-view. As part of the announcement, it was announced that the IWE Raw Women's Championship, IWE SmackDown Women's Championship, and NXT Women's Championship would all be defended, in addition to the 2018 Mae Young Classic finale. IWE.com later announced that the IWE United Kingdom Women's Championship would be defended as well. Additionally, IWE.com confirmed that Hall of Famers Lita, Trish Stratus and Beth Phoenix would take part in the event.

Storylines

The card will comprise of matches resulting from scripted storylines, with results predetermined by IWE's writers on the Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and NXT UK brands. Storylines will be produced on IWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live, IWE NXT, and NXT UK.

Matches

No.	Matches*	Stipulations
1	Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Nikki Bella	Singles match for the IWE Raw Women's Championship
2	Becky Lynch (c) vs. Charlotte Flair	Last Woman Standing match for the IWE SmackDown Women's Championship
3	Kairi Sane (c) vs. Shayna Baszler	Singles match for the NXT Women's Championship
4	Rhea Ripley (c) vs. TBD	Singles match for the NXT UK Women's Championship
5	Io Shirai vs. Toni Storm	2018 Mae Young Classic tournament final match
6	Trish Stratus and Lita vs. Alicia Fox and Mickie James (with Alexa Bliss)	Tag team match
7	Women's Battle Royal	Battle royal for a women's championship
8	Bayley, Sasha Banks, and Natalya vs. The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan)	Six-woman tag team match
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match *Card subject to change

Announced participants in Women's Battle Royal

As of June 12, 2026. 21 people have been confirmed.

     – Raw

     – SmackDown

     – Free agent

Entrant	Date Announced
Tamina	October 15, 2018
Billie Kay	October 15, 2018
Peyton Royce	October 15, 2018
Ember Moon	October 15, 2018
Alicia Fox	October 15, 2018
Nia Jax	October 15, 2018
Dana Brooke	October 15, 2018
Asuka	October 15, 2018
Mandy Rose	October 15, 2018
Sonya Deville	October 15, 2018
Carmella	October 15, 2018
Lana	October 15, 2018
Naomi	October 15, 2018
Torrie Wilson	October 15, 2018
Michelle McCool	October 19, 2018
Alundra Blayze	October 19, 2018
Ivory	October 19, 2018
Kelly Kelly	October 19, 2018
Maria Kanellis	October 19, 2018
Molly Holly	October 19, 2018
Zelina Vega	October 22, 2018

References

← 2017 • 2018 IWE Network events • 2019 →
IWE	Royal Rumble • Elimination Chamber • Fastlane • WrestleMania 34 • Greatest Royal Rumble • Backlash • Money in the Bank • Extreme Rules • SummerSlam • Hell in a Cell • Super Show-Down • Evolution • Crown Jewel • Survivor Series • Starrcade • TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs
NXT	TakeOver: Philadelphia • TakeOver: New Orleans • TakeOver: Chicago II • TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 • TakeOver: WarGames
NXT UK	United Kingdom Championship Tournament

IWE pay-per-view and IWE Network events
Current	NXT UK TakeOver (2019–present) • NXT TakeOver (2014–present) • Worlds Collide (2019–present) • Royal Rumble (1989–present) • IWE in Saudi Arabia (2018–present) (Super ShowDown • Crown Jewel • Elimination Chamber (2010–2015, 2017–present) • Fastlane (2015–present) • WrestleMania (1985–present) • Money in the Bank (2010–present) • Stomping Grounds (2019–present) • Extreme Rules (2009–present) • Smackville (2019–present) • SummerSlam (1988–present) • Clash of Champions (2016–2017, 2019–present) • Hell in a Cell (2009–present) • Survivor Series (1987–present) • Starrcade (2018–present) • TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2009–present)
Former	The Wrestling Classic (1985) • No Holds Barred (1989) • This Tuesday in Texas (1991) One Night Only (1997) • Capital Carnage (1998) • In Your House (1995–1999) • Over the Edge (1998–1999) • Fully Loaded (1998–2000) • Invasion (2001) • Rebellion (1999–2002) • Insurrextion (2000–2003) • Bad Blood (1997, 2003–2004) • Taboo Tuesday • December to Dismember (2006) • New Year's Revolution (2005–2007) • One Night Stand (2005–2009) • Unforgiven (1998–2008) • Cyber Sunday (2004–2008) • Armageddon (1999–2000, 2002–2008) • Judgment Day (1998, 2000–2009) • The Great American Bash (2004–2009) • Breaking Point (2009) • Fatal 4-Way (2010) • Bragging Rights (2009–2010) • Capitol Punishment (2011) • Vengeance (2001–2007, 2011) • Over the Limit (2010-2012) • No Way Out (1998, 2000–2009, 2012) • NXT Arrival (2014) • King of the Ring (1985–1989, 1991, 1993–2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2015) • The Beast in the East (2015) • Night of Champions (2008–2015) • Live from Madison Square Garden (2015) • Cruiserweight Classic Finale (2016) • Roadblock (2016) • Payback (2013–2017) • United Kingdom Championship Special (2017) • Great Balls of Fire (2017) • Battleground (2013–2017) • Mae Young Classic Finale (2017) • No Mercy (1999–2008, 2016–2017) • Backlash (1999–2009, 2016–2018) • United Kingdom Championship Tournament (2017–2018) Evolution (2018) • Halftime Heat (2019) The Shield's Final Chapter (2019) • Evolve's 10th Anniversary Celebration (2019)

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