The event took place on October 28, 2018, at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

It was the first and currently only WWE PPV and livestreaming event to consist solely of women's matches.

In the main event, Ronda Rousey defeated Nikki Bella by submission to retain the Raw Women's Championship.

[2] It was scheduled to take place on October 28, 2018, at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, replacing the previously planned Clash of Champions.

[3] WWE Hall of Famers Lita, Trish Stratus, and Beth Phoenix were advertised as taking part in the event.

It was also announced that the event would host the final of the 2018 Mae Young Classic and that all four of WWE's women's championships at the time would be defended; however, the NXT UK Women's Championship match was later removed from the main card and occurred as a dark match before the show.

He denied that the event was intended to be as a counterpoint for Crown Jewel—a subsequent pay-per-view days later in Saudi Arabia that, per the country's women's rights policies, would not include WWE's female performers at the time.

[6] A documentary special entitled "Road to Evolution" was broadcast on the USA Network ahead of the event, as well as the E!

[19] The two faced each other in a rematch on the following episode of SmackDown, however, it ended in a double countout, resulting in Lynch retaining again.

[23] Before the event aired live on pay-per-view, a dark match took place in which Rhea Ripley defeated Dakota Kai to retain the NXT UK Women's Championship.

[24] The actual pay-per-view opened with Alicia Fox and Mickie James (with Alexa Bliss) facing Lita and Trish Stratus.

[25] Next was the 20-woman Battle Royal which started with various WWE legends eliminating both of The IIconics (Peyton Royce and Billie Kay) and reuniting against current women.

[25] After that, Toni Storm fought Io Shirai in the tournament final of the 2018 Mae Young Classic.

After the match, an elated Storm was congratulated by Triple H, Stephanie McMahon, and Sara Amato.

Natalya then performed a powerbomb on Morgan, followed by a diving elbow drop from Bayley and a frog splash from Banks for the victory.

During the match, as Sane attempted to perform an "Insane Elbow", Baszler rolled out of the ring.

In the climax, Duke and Shafir distracted Sane which led to Baszler applying the "Kirifuda Clutch".

[34] Also on Raw, Sasha Banks, Bayley, and Natalya teamed with Lita and Trish Stratus to defeat The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan), Alicia Fox, and Mickie James in a ten-woman tag team match.

[38] On June 9, 2020, Evolution was broadcast on Fox Sports 1, followed by a special all-female edition of WWE Backstage featuring Renee Young, Paige, Ember Moon, Beth Phoenix, and Sonya Deville.

A report by Alex McCarthy of Sportskeeda in July 2020 stated that a second Evolution event was seen a "no brainer", with female talent pushing for it internally and tentative plans being made for the end of the year.

Triple H said that from a business standpoint, that did not make sense and also gave his own opinion, stating that if female wrestlers wanted to face the best in the world, they should come to WWE.

[46] Other WWE female performers, notably Sasha Banks, have also been in vocal support of another all-female event.

[48] Dave Meltzer stated on Wrestling Observer Radio that whilst Evolution was not a commercial failure for WWE, and not the worst performing event of the year, it was still on the lower end of ticket sales despite its heavy marketing push compared to those similar to its size.