4 Things You Probably Forgot About The Women's Evolution

In case you somehow haven't already heard, WWE is doing its first ever all women's pay-per-view, which will be called Evolution, and it'll take place on October 28 at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

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We don't have any official matches for the upcoming October show, however we do know that the finals of the Mae Young tournament will take place on the show, and on top of that, four championships will be up for grabs as the Raw Women's Championship, SmackDown Women's Championship, NXT Women's Championship, and the brand new UK Women's Championship will all be on the line.

WWE deciding to do an all women's pay-per-view is certainly a good thing, and even though the women in the company are in a position where they can finally be taken seriously as wrestlers, and not just be looked at as eye-candy, there has still been some pretty horrendous moments for the female portion of the roster during the "Women's Evolution."

So, without further ado, let's take a look at the four things WWE probably wants you to forget about the Women's Evolution, which pretty much kicked off back in 2015.

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#4 NXT did it better

Back on August 22, 2015, Bayley and Sasha Banks tore the house down in their NXT Women's Championship match at the now annual Takeover: Brooklyn show. In fact, this might actually be the best women's match in WWE history, however, if you look at the current main roster status of both former NXT Women's Champions, then you'll see that both of them have pretty much been marginalized.

The same thing happens with pretty much everyone who's been brought up to the main roster through NXT, not just the women. However, the men who are brought up and being marginalized aren't considered to be responsible for the up-rise of a particular brand of wrestling, whereas Sasha and Bayley have.

In fact, if you look at WWE's Four Horsewomen in NXT and compare what they've done with them on the main roster, the only one who might be better off is Charlotte Flair. The other three have been terribly underutilized.

There was a time when the thought was that Bayley was going to be the female version of John Cena on the main roster, but instead, because of the way WWE has booked her, she's one of the most unpopular babyfaces on the roster. So, it's pretty much safe to say that her, along with the rest of the Four Horsewomen, were probably better off in NXT.

#3 The debut of Sasha Banks, Charlotte and Becky Lynch

Back on July 13, 2015, Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte Flair made their WWE Raw debut, as they took out the company's current crop of "Divas."

On paper, having three of the most popular NXT stars take out some of the already established stars on the main roster is a good idea. But, the bad part of it was Stephanie McMahon introducing them, and pairing them in teams like she was the adult on the school playground trying to make sure all the teams are fair.

Having all three women debut on the same night did take some steam off of their individual debuts and putting them in separate trios was completely unnecessary, as all three women had already proven their ability to get over as an individual personality.

Furthermore, instead of taking the time to explain the real-life stories of the debuting women, all of which will tell you exactly how hard each of them worked to not only get to the main roster but to be taken seriously as wrestlers in general. Instead, they did the same tired old WWE storylines, which marginalized the three women right off the bat.

#2 Stephanie McMahon Didn't Start The Women's Evolution

On television, WWE has been pushing the idea that Stephanie McMahon pretty much invented what's now known as the Women's Evolution, and that she was one of the biggest advocates of changing the women from "Divas" to "WWE Superstars." Of course, both are horrible, but the latter is a lot better than the former.

But, with Vince McMahon likely being in the final stages of his career, WWE wants another McMahon to be front and centre, and Stephanie is the perfect person for that. However, that doesn't mean she's responsible for anything that happens on television, as she's, to the best of my knowledge, not involved in the company's creative process.

In WWE's defence, it probably is better to have Stephanie McMahon be the front-woman of the Women's Evolution than it is to have someone like Triple H be the face of it, even though he's more responsible for it than his wife is.

#1 It's Still All About Looks

While women's wrestling in WWE is taken a lot more seriously than it was just a few years ago, the rule of who can be the top woman, or women now that there are two brands, thus meaning there are two Women's Championships, haven't changed at all.

As of this moment, we're supposedly in the midst of the hottest period for women's wrestling in WWE, however, the champions are Alexa Bliss and Carmella, both of which are great characters, but they're average at best in the ring. But, they do have one thing above all the other women in the company, which is that the people who are in charge want the best looking woman to be on top in the women's division.

Also, aside from Nia Jax, who is good looking plus size woman, the women on WWE's roster are all athletic women who are easy on the eyes. Of course, I understand that looks are important in the television industry, but if you're going to push a narrative where talent trumps look, then your two Champions probably shouldn't be Carmella and Alexa Bliss.

But, in fairness, both women will probably end up losing their titles either before, or at the upcoming Evolution pay-per-view.

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