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The women of WWE took center stage in Long Island last night as Evolution was the main trend on Twitter all around the world and it can be agreed that the show more than delivered. Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch went above and beyond in their fight over the SmackDown Women's Championship, whilst Shayna Baszler walked out with the NXT Women's Championship and Ronda Rousey was able to hold on to her Women's title as she overcame the threat of Nikki Bella with her sister Brie at ringside.
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The Women's Battle Royal was also a huge success as many WWE Hall of Famers and all round legends of the business made their return to the ring and WWE staged what was an interesting future vs past storyline throughout.
Evolution was a huge step in the Women's Revolution and even though the show itself made history as the first one that the women have ever hosted solo, there were also a number of interesting records made throughout the night.
#5 First ever NXT Championship match at a WWE pay-per-view
The NXT Women's Championship was defended at a WWE pay-per-view for the first time in its history as Kairi Sane defended against Shayna Baszler. This was a match that befitted the history that it was given since it included the debuts of Marina Safir and Jessamyn Duke and saw Sane and Baszler raise the bar in their feud
The women are the first NXT competitors to be given a chance to defend their titles at a WW pay-per-view, ahead of all male stars in developmental.
Baszler made some history of her own as part of the match when she picked up the NXT Women's Championship for the second time. The former MMA star is now the first woman in NXT history to have held the title twice.
#4 First SmackDown/Raw pay-per-view Women's Championship match without Alexa Bliss
Ronda Rousey successfully defended her Raw Women's Championship against Nikki Bella last night at Evolution in what was the first Raw Women's Championship match that didn't include Alexa Bliss since she had been moved over to the brand.
Bliss has been involved in either the SmackDown or Raw Women's Championship matches at every pay-per-view since the brand split back in 2016 but because she was defeated by Ronda Rousey back at Hell in a Cell, she was unable to find a way back into the title picture ahead of the historic all women's pay-per-view.
Bliss was supposed to be part of the tag team match against Lita and Trish Stratus where she would team with Mickie James, but because she suffered a concussion at a recent WWE Live Event she was pulled from the match and replaced by Alicia Fox.
#3 First ever women's referee at a pay-per-view
The first ever all women's pay-per-view included a number of female ring announcers, commentators and even Jessika Carr who was the first ever female referee at a WWE pay-per-view.
Jessika refereed the NXT Women's Championship match which saw Baszler become the first two-time NXT Women's Champion. Sadly, this and the Mae Young Classic final were the only matches that Carr was part of in Long Island when many of the WWE Universe wanted her to be part of the main event.
The commentary team made history since it was the first time two women had commentated on a full WWE pay-per-view as Beth Phoenix and Renee Young joined Michael Cole and it was the first time that three separate women had been able to ring announce a full pay-per-view with Lilian Garcia, JoJo Offerman, Dasha Fuentez taking control of the show.
#2 First main roster Last Woman Standing Match
WWE presented the match between Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair as the first Last Woman Standing match in WWE history, which isn't actually true. Nikki Cross and Asuka collided in the first-ever Last Woman Standing match on NXT over the NXT Women's Championship a few years ago.
Much like when Sasha and Bayley collided in the first Ironwoman match at Takeover: Brooklyn back in 2015 but WWE didn't bring this one up ahead of the first Ironwoman match on the main roster between Sasha Banks and Charlotte Flair at Roadblock back in 2016.
WWE seems to overlook all of the additions to the Women's Revolution that NXT made over the years, but interestingly last night was the first time that NXT has been included in the main roster Revolution and their contributions were noted.
#1 Nia Jax is a history maker
Nia Jax was the biggest threat in the Women's Battle Royal last night at Evolution and after she was able to eliminate both Zelina Vega and Ember Moon, The Irresistible Force was able to win the Battle Royal and make history.
Jax is now the winner of the first ever 20-woman battle royal at an all women's pay-per-view which is quite the claim to have after missing out on the first ever Women's Royal Rumble win. Nia will now have the chance to step up to Ronda Rousey once again as she challenges for the Women's Championship following Rousey's win over Nikki Bella.
Jax lost her title to Bliss back at Money in the Bank after she cashed in her Money in the Bank contract mid-match between Rousey and Jax and now she will be given a chance to regain the title one-on-one.
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