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WWE's first ever all-female PPV, Evolution, is just over one week away, and with the main-title matches now set for both Raw and SmackDown, the card is beginning to shape up quite nicely.
Considering the negative press surrounding the company at the moment, the WWE will want to make sure that Evolution is a resounding success, the show will provide the company with the chance to create several historic moments, and they would be wise to capitalise on that.
If the WWE gets Evolution right, then there is every chance that all-female events will become commonplace in the WWE. With that in mind, let's take a look at 5 things that must happen at WWE Evolution.
#5: An all-female commentary team
This idea has been long rumoured but has still not been confirmed. With Renee Young having officially joined the Raw commentary team, becoming the first ever full-time female commentator in the company's history, fans will be hoping to see an all-female team at the company's first ever all-female event.
There are plenty of females available who could join Young on the commentary team, with Paige and Beth Phoenix both being heavily linked with the roles.
The WWE could even shift it around during the night, inviting the likes of Stephanie McMahon, Vickie Guerrero, and many others to play a commentary role for certain matches.
#4: Asuka gets a big win
After winning the first-ever women's Royal Rumble in January, Asuka has quickly become the biggest creative casualty of 2018.
The former NXT Women's champion has not won a PPV match since February when she defeated Nia Jax at Elimination Chamber.
Asuka has lost her aura, and while it may never be fully recovered, the women's battle royal at Evolution provides her with the chance to finally regain some momentum.
Having Asuka pick up a dominant victory in the match, and then go on to face Charlotte at Survivor Series could provide her with something of a redemptive storyline. Charlotte was the one that started the rot for Asuka, and booking her to defeat her a little later down the line would certainly help Asuka re-establish some of her credibility.
#3: Women's tag-team division is announced
This one has been on the cards for quite some time now, and Evolution is the perfect setting to finally introduce it to the WWE Universe.
With the women's division ever expanding, the addition of another title makes a lot of sense, and given the company's focus on building tag-teams in the women's division over the last few months, this one is definitely more likely than a singles mid-card belt.
Whether the WWE decides to crown the first-ever champions at the event, or whether to simply announce it as part of Survivor Series or another upcoming show remains to be seen, though, given the circumstances, the former would be much more logical.
#2: Charlotte Flair breaks Trish Stratus' record
While there is no denying that Becky Lynch is riding a massive wave of momentum right now, it seems highly likely that she will end up dropping the SmackDown Women's Championship to Charlotte at Evolution.
The biggest reason for that is that Charlotte is just one more title-win away from breaking the current record that she shares with Trish Stratus of seven title wins.
The company will want to create as many historic moments as they can at Evolution, and having Charlotte break Stratus' record, and then be greeted by the former champion to celebrate, would certainly create a nice visual that the company can replay for years to come.
Becky Lynch has become one of the hottest stars on SmackDown, and even though fans will be annoyed to see her drop the title, she has now established herself as a headline act, and she will no doubt be back in the title picture very soon.
Going forward, this also presents the WWE with the opportunity to book a WrestleMania rematch between Charlotte and Asuka, with the Empress of Tomorrow finally getting revenge for her first-ever defeat.
#1: Ronda Rousey makes short work of Nikki Bella
Whether fans like it or not, Ronda Rousey's match with Nikki Bella is going to be in the headline spot at Evolution.
The company clearly sees these two women as their most marketable assets, and they will use both women's star-power to try and get the event as much exposure as possible over the next week or so.
The biggest issue with this match is that no-one is going to buy Nikki Bella as a legitimate challenger to Ronda Rousey. The WWE, however, can avoid this by simply having Rousey squash Bella in just a few short minutes.
While having the main-event of the first ever all-female PPV be a squash match may not sound like the best of ideas, it would certainly fit the narrative that is currently playing out on television.
Rousey and the WWE are establishing The Bellas as the face of the Diva's era in the WWE, while the champion is being booked as the face of modern female-wrestling in the company. Having Rousey completely demolish Bella wouldn't just be a logical decision from a wrestling perspective, but it would also be symbolic of the change that the women's wrestling in the WWE has undergone.
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