For the first time in eight years, WWE presented Evolution, an all women's premium live event, headlined by Rhea Ripley challenging Iyo Sky for the Women's World Championship and Hall of Famer Trish Stratus challenging Tiffany Stratton for the WWE Women's Championship.

WWE veteran Drew McIntyre has been at the company and watched the women’s division go from demeaning matches to exciting showstoppers. "The women keep getting better and better and better. At this point it’s redundant to talk about some of the things I used to talk about because I was there when the women weren’t getting the opportunities and it was just a whole different part of the show,