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ANNOUNCER: AND NOW, WWE NETWORK
PRESENTS EVOLUTION KICKOFF.
A RENEE: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
WELCOME TO A SOLD-OUT NASSAU
COLISEUM.
WE ARE HERE FOR A HISTORIC NIGHT
IN WWE FOR WOMEN EVERYWHERE.
THE MOMENT THAT SO MANY WOMEN
AND MEN HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR.
THE PAST, PRESENT AND THE
FUTURE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO
THE EVOLUTION KICKOFF SHOW, I AM
YOUR HOST TONIGHT RENEE YOUNG.
WE ARE GOING TO KICK OFF ALL
THINGS EVOLUTION, BUT I'M NOT
DOING IT MYSELF.
SHE IS THE FIRST EVER NXT
WOMEN'S CHAMPION, THE YOUNGEST
DIVAS CHAMPION, AND THE CURRENT
SMACKDOWN LIVE GENERAL MANAGER,
PAIGE.
AGE BANK I WANT TO BE JUST A
REGULAR PERSON.
RENEE: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ALL
YOUR ACCOLADES.
THE GLAM IS ON HERSELF -- THE
GLAMAZON HERSELF, WWE ALUNDRA
BRAY'S DEATH ALUNDRA BLAYZE.
-- A NO UNDER BLAZE.
-- ALUNDRA BLAYZE.
RENEE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE
HERE TONIGHT?
PAIGE: IT FEELS LIKE THEIR
WRESTLEMANIA MOMENT FOR ALL OF
US PREDICT THE ADRENALINE
BACKSTAGE, I'M SO EXCITED.
I'M SO PLEASED WE GET TO BE A
PART OF IT.
ALUNDRA: IT'S NICE TO RECONNECT
WITH ONE AND I HAVE CONNECT OVER
THE YEARS.
-- CONNECTED WITH OVER THE
YEARS.
>> IF YOU SO POWERFUL TO BE HERE
AND BE A PART OF THIS.
IT DOES MEAN SO MUCH.
TO EVERYBODY WHO HAS BEEN HERE
WE THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT.
IT'S NOT JUST US HERE TONIGHT.
WE ARE GETTING REAL FANCY
BUSTING IT ALL OUT.
WE ARE GOING TO HAND THINGS OVER
TO CHARLIE CARUSO, WHO IS ON THE
WWE EVOLUTION RED CARPET.
CHARLIE: I CAN RELATE TO YOUR
FEELINGS, I HAVE CHILLS BEING
DOWN HERE AS THIS IS SUCH A HUGE
NIGHT FOR THE WOMEN OF WWE.
I AM SO HONORED TO BE HERE WITH
TWO STAPLES OF THE WOMEN'S
DIVISION, BOTH OF THESE LADIES,
BIG MATCHES AREA ALEXA BLISS AND
SASHA BANKS.
YOU BOTH LOOK GORGEOUS.
TONIGHT OBVIOUSLY A BIG NIGHT
FOR THE ENTIRE WWE WOMEN'S
DIVISION.
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE FOR
YOU?
AND IT JUST SHOWS -- NOW WE ARE
CARRYING IT TO AN ALL-WOMEN'S
PAY-PER-VIEW.
THIS IS AMAZING TO SHOW HOW FAR
WE'VE COME AND TO SHOW THE NEXT
GENERATION HOW FAR YOU CAN GO.
>> FOR ME YOU CAN DREAM ALL
THESE FIRST TIME EVER'S, HELL IN
A CELL.
I NEVER THOUGHT AND A MILLION
YEARS THIS WOULD HAPPEN.
IT'S REALLY LIKE HAVING A DREAM
COME TRUE AND TO BE AROUND ALL
THESE AMAZING WOMEN, MY HEART IS
FULL OF JOY AND I CAN'T EXPRESS
HOW MUCH GRATITUDE AND HAPPINESS
I FEEL RIGHT NOW.
CHARLIE: YOU CAME TOGETHER
TO MAKE HISTORY, HAVING THE
FIRST EVER WOMEN'S TITLE MATCH
IN ABU DHABI.
ALEXA: WE WEREN'T SURE HOW WE
WERE GOING TO BE RECEIVED AND IT
WAS AMAZING, IT WAS SUCH A
POWERFUL MOMENT.
THEY WERE CHANTING, "THIS IS
HOPE."
IT WAS A MAGICAL MOMENT, AND
HAVE A GREAT OPPONENT IN THEIR
-- AND TO HAVE A GREAT OPPONENT
IN THERE WAS AMAZING.
SASHA: THAT MATCH WAS BIGGER
THAN WRESTLING.
I KNEW WE WERE MAKING A
DIFFERENCE, I KNEW WE WERE
MAKING AN IMPACT.
WHEN THEY CHANTED "THIS IS
HOPE," I THOUGHT THIS IS WHAT WE
ARE DOING.
WE ARE CHANGING THE WORLD,
CHANGING THE GAME, AND LETTING
LITTLE GIRLS KNOW YOU CAN DO IT
JUST LIKE THE GUYS, EVEN BETTER.
CHARLIE: WE HAVE SO MANY AMAZING
LADIES WALKING THE RED CARPET.
RENEE: WE TALK ABOUT SO MANY OF
THE FIRSTS FOR WOMEN, IS THERE A
MOMENT THAT STANDS OUT IN YOUR
CAREER'S?
-- IN YOUR CAREERS?
PAIGE: BECOMING A DIVAS CHAMPION
.
AND ON MY BIRTHDAY --
YOU'VE ALREADY SAID IT.
BETH: I GOT TO BE PART OF SOME
AWESOME FIRSTS FOR THE WOMEN.
I GOT TO BE IN THE FIRST WOMEN'S
LADDER MATCH AND DEFINITELY
BEING THE FIRST TO ENTER THE
MEN'S ROYAL RUMBLE.
RENEE: WE TALK ABOUT WOMEN
BREAKING GLASS CEILINGS, AND
THIS MATCHUP HAS GOTTEN SO
INSANELY PERSONAL.
FORMER BEST FRIENDS AND PIONEERS
OF THE WOMEN'S EVOLUTION, BECKY
LYNCH AND CHARLOTTE FLAIR TAKE
EACH OTHER TO THE ABSOLUTE LIMIT
TONIGHT IN THE FIRST EVER LAST
WOMAN STANDING MATCH FOR THE
SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY
FIRST GUEST ON THE CUTTING EDGE,
THE SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S CHAMPION
BECKY LYNCH.
BECKY, THANKS FOR COMING ON THE
SHOW.
YOU AND I HAVE A LOT OF
SIMILARITIES.
I GET THAT YOU THINK YOU ARE
MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICE IN
THROWING AWAY YOUR FRIENDSHIP
WITH CHARLOTTE.
>> BECKY, THAT'S YOUR BEST
FRIEND.
>> WAS THE BEST FRIEND.
>> I HAD TO FIGHT AND SCRATCH
FOR EVERY INCH THAT I EARNED,
JUST LIKE YOU.
>> BECKY LYNCH HAS WON THE
TITLE.
>> BUT THE CHOICES YOU'RE MAKING
, THEY WILL STAIN YOUR SOUL
.
IT ENDS WITH YOU SITTING IN YOUR
HOME STARING AT THE
CHAMPIONSHIPS ON THE WALL AND
YOURSELF.
HERE'S THE KICKER, YOU WON'T
EVEN LIKE YOURSELF.
BECKY: YOU'RE RIGHT.
I DON'T LIKE MYSELF.
I LOVE MYSELF.
NOW I'M RELENTLESS.
MICHAEL: IF SHE CAN BRIDGE INTO
THE FIGURE EIGHT, WE MAY HAVE A
NEW CHAMPION.
BECKY SAVES HER TITLE VIA
DISQUALIFICATION.
BECKY: I'M BETTER THAN THE
QUEEN.
MICHAEL: THE FRIENDSHIP IS LONG
GONE.
BECKY: CAREFUL YOU DON'T HURT
YOUR NECK AGAIN GOING THROUGH
THOSE ROPES.
CHARLOTTE: I'M SORRY, IT REALLY
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU SAY,
BECAUSE ALL SHE CARES ABOUT IS
THAT CHAMPIONSHIP.
THAT'S WHY YOU RAN AT SUPER
SHOWDOWN.
MICHAEL: BECKY USING HER
CHAMPION'S ADVANTAGE HERE.
CHARLOTTE: AND THAT'S WHY YOU
RAN LAST WEEK.
YOU LOVE WHAT YOU'VE BECOME?
MICHAEL: OH MY GOD.
COREY: CHARLOTTE FLAIR JUST
SPEARED THE WOMEN'S CHAMPION
THROUGH THE LED WALL.
>> BECKY LYNCH DEFEND HER TITLE
IN THE FIRST EVER LAST WOMAN
STANDING MATCH.
BECKY: WHO INVITED YOU HEAR? YOU
WANT SOME ADVICE?
YOU NEED TO STRIKE THEM BEFORE
THEY STRIKE YOU.
COREY: THESE TWO FORMER BEST
FRIENDS INTENT ON DESTROYING ONE
ANOTHER.
BCHARLOTTE: WHEN I WIN BACK MY
SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP,
I WON'T JUST BE STANDING OVER A
DEFEATED OPPONENT.
I'LL BE STANDING OVER A FRIEND
WHO LOST HER WAY.
WHO ARE YOU?
BECKY: YOU'RE NEVER GETTING THE
TITLE.
RENEE: JOINING US NOW ON THE
EVOLUTION KICKOFF SHOW, PLEASE
WELCOME THE VOICE OF MONDAY
NIGHT RAW, ALSO A MAN WHO HAS
HELPED ME EXPONENTIALLY IN MY
CAREER IN WWE, MICHAEL COLE.
MICHAEL: I'M SO HONORED AND
PRIVILEGED TO BE A PART OF THIS,
ESPECIALLY TO BE A PART OF THE
SHOW WITH THREE WOMEN WHO MEANT
SO MUCH TO MY CAREER.
BETH, ELIMINATING THE GREAT
KHALI IN THE ROYAL RUMBLE.
AND TO BE A WILL TO CALL SO MANY
OF YOUR MATCHES.
PAIGE, WHEN YOU WON THE
CHAMPIONSHIP THE NIGHT AFTER
WRESTLEMANIA.
OF COURSE, RENE, THE RIDE WE
HAVE BEEN ON AND TO BE YOUR
PARTNER ON MONDAY NIGHT RAW, I
CAN'T TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT IT
IS TO BE A PART OF THIS
BROADCAST AND HOW I'M SO HONORED
TO BE HERE AND REALLY ENJOY ALL
OF THIS WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS.
YOU DESERVE IT AND I CAN'T WAIT
TO BE OUT THERE AMIDST ALL OF
THIS ACTION.
RENE BANK ESPECIALLY THE MATCH
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE FIRST
EVER -- THE FIRST-EVER
LAST WOMAN STANDING MATCH.
HOW PROUD ARE YOU OF WHERE SHE'S
AT?
PAIGE: I'VE KNOWN BECKY LYNCH
SINCE WE WERE 13 YEARS OLD.
I'VE NEVER SEEN THE SIDE OF HER
EVER.
I THINK SHE NEEDED IT.
SHE IS THE DEFINITION NOW A
STRAIGHT FIRE.
I LOVE THIS SIDE OF HER.
BETH: I WAS WONDERING, CAN I
FILE A FORMER COMPLAINT -- A
FORMAL COMPLAINT ABOUT BECKY
LYNCH, THIS SEEMS A LITTLE
PERSONAL FOR ME.
HERE'S THE THING, I ENJOY WHERE
BECKY HAS GONE, I LOVE TO WHERE
SHE'S COME INTO HER OWN.
EDGE CAME TO SMACKDOWN BECAUSE
HE IS UNDEFEATED IN LAST MAN
STANDING MATCH IS.
HE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GO TO
THAT DARK PLACE, AND SOMETIMES
THERE'S NO COMING BACK.
HE FELT COMPELLED TO TALK TO
HER.
WHEN SHE SAID THAT ABOUT HIS
NECK, THAT WAS PERSONAL.
RENE BANK I CAN UNDERSTAND.
MICHAEL: ARE PEOPLE FORGETTING
ABOUT CHARLOTTE?
ALL I HEAR ABOUT HIS BECKY LYNCH
.
CHARLOTTE IS A SEVEN-TIME
WOMEN'S CHAMPION.
HAVE WE FORGOTTEN WHAT CHARLOTTE
IS CAPABLE OF?
SHE WAS PART OF THE FIRST EVER
HELL IN A CELL MATCH.
AND NOW BECKY HAS ARRIVED?
THIS MATCH, TO ME, BENEFITS
CHARLOTTE.
THERE ARE NO PIN FALLS, NO SOME
MISSIONS, NO COUNT OUTS.
YOU INCAPACITATE YOUR OPPONENT
TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN'T
MAKE IT TO THE COUNT OF 10.
TO ME, THAT BENEFITS CHARLOTTE
FLAIR.
REMEMBER WHO HER DAD IS.
RENEE: WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO
THIS MATCH, I DO BELIEVE THIS
LAST WOMAN STANDING MATCH IS
GOING TO STEAL THE SHOW TONIGHT.
THESE WOMEN ARE GOING TO TERI
EACH OTHER APART.
WANT TO MAKE A QUICK PREDICTION
HERE?
PAIGE: I SAY BECKY.
SORRY, BETH.
BETH: I HAVE TO GO CHARLOTTE,
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SHE'S IN THE
ZONE.
MICHAEL: CHARLOTTE.
I'M WITH BETH.
RENEE: HERE'S THE THING, THERE'S
ONLY ONE PLACE YOU CAN SEE WWE
EVOLUTION, AND THAT'S ON THE WWE
NETWORK.
HEAD OVER TO WWE.COM AND SIGN
UP, BECAUSE EVOLUTION WILL BE
ABSOLUTELY FREE TO NEW
SUBSCRIBERS.
WHAT A SHOW WE HAVE HERE
TONIGHT.
MICHAEL: THE RAW WOMEN'S
CHAMPIONSHIP IS ON THE LINE, AND
I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS MATCH.
"ROWDY" RONDA ROUSEY WILL DEFEND
THE WOMEN'S TITLE AGAINST,
ARGUED LEE, ONE OF THE
TRAILBLAZERS AND ONE OF THE
REASONS EVOLUTION IS HAPPENING
TODAY.
NIKKI BELLA VERSUS RONDA ROUSEY
FOR THE RAW WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP
TONIGHT.
RENEE: AND TRISH STRATUS IN
LEADER TAKING ON MY FAMILIAR
FIVE -- TRISH STRATUS AND LITA
TAKING ON A FAMILIAR VIBE.
MICHAEL: KAIRI SANE CONTINUES
HER LONG RIVALRY WITH SHAYNA
BASZLER.
THEY ME TONIGHT FOR THE NXT
WOMEN'S TITLE.
RENEE BANK AND THE TEAM OF SASHA
BANKS, BAILEY AND NATALYA TAKE
ON THE TROUBLE TRIO OF THE RIOTT
SQUAD.
MICHAEL: THE PAST, THE PRESENT
AND THE FUTURE COMING TOGETHER
TONIGHT IN AN OVER THE TOP
BATTLE ROYAL, WHERE THE WINNER
WILL RECEIVE A FUTURE
CHAMPIONSHIP OPPORTUNITY.
RENEE BANK THE FINALS OF THE MAE
YOUNG CLASSIC COME TO A CLOSE
TONIGHT.
THE OZZIE STORM -- THE AUSSIE
STORM, TONI STORM, TAKING ON IO
SHIRAI.
MICHAEL: AND THE FIRST EVER LAST
WOMAN STANDING MATCH FOR THE
SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP.
YOU WIN THIS MATCH BY
INCAPACITATING YOUR OPPONENT TO
THE POINT WHERE THEY CANNOT MAKE
IT TO THEIR FEET BY A COUNT OF
10.
THAT'S HOW YOU BECOME SMACKDOWN
WOMEN'S CHAMPION TONIGHT AT
EVOLUTION.
RENEE: WE ARE JUST GETTING THE
BALL ROLLING HERE.
WE ARE GOING -- HEAD OVER TO WWE
NONWORK.COM AND SIGN UP --
WWENETWORK.COM TO SIGN UP.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THINGS OVER
TO THE RED CARPET AGAIN AREA
CHARLIE: THANK YOU SO MUCH --
AGAIN.
CHARLIE: TRISH STRATUS.
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
PUT INTO WORDS WHAT TONIGHT
MEANS FOR YOU.
YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH IT ALL.
TRISH: I'M STILL PINCHING
MYSELF.
IT'S LIKE EVERYTHING WE SET OUT
TO WORK FOR IN THE BEGINNING
BEING HERE IS FULL CIRCLE.
I MADE MY DEBUT HERE AT NASSAU
COLISEUM.
I CANNOT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
AND ENTERED THE WWE WORLD.
TO BE COMING BACK ON AND INVENT
-- ON AN EVENT THAT FOCUSES ON
WOMEN IS SPECIAL.
THE WORK WE DO NOW REALLY MAKES
A DIFFERENCE.
CHARLIE: I HAD NO IDEA, THAT
FACT ABOUT YOUR DEBUT, THAT'S SO
AWESOME.
TALK TO ME ABOUT WHEN YOU WERE
IN THE POSITION WHERE YOU ARE
COMPETING NIGHT IN AND NIGHT
OUT.
THE JEFFERSON THIS NIGHT WAS
GOING TO COME?
TRISH: I DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS
EVER A THOUGHT FOR US.
THIS IS A HUGE STEP FOR WOMEN IN
THE BUSINESS.
WE WANTED ONE MATCH ON THE CARD.
WE ARE UNDER THE RADAR.
SLOWLY BUT SURELY, THE WORK THAT
WE DID, THE PASSION, THE DRIVE
THAT ALL THE GIRLS HAD.
WHEN YOU GET TO DELIVER LIKE THE
MEN, THE ATHLETES, WE HAD IT IN
US.
WE JUST TRY TO CAPITALIZE.
THE BLOOD SWEAT AND TEARS OF THE
GOLDEN ERA, I FEEL LIKE WE LAY
THE FOUNDATION.
THESE GIRLS ARE THE ONES WHO
BUILT THE FOUNDATION FOR A
PLATFORM TO SPEAK TO THE ENTIRE
WORLD.
CHARLIE: HOW INCREDIBLE YOU GET
A CHANCE TO PROVE YOURSELF --
PROVE TO YOURSELF AND THE REST
OF THE WOMEN, YOU GET TO SHOW
THE WORLD WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
YOU ARE TEARING UP WITH A WOMAN
YOU KNOW ALL TOO WELL, LITA.
WHAT DID GOING TO MEAN WHEN YOU
GET IN THE RING TONIGHT AGAINST
MICKIE JAMES AND ALICIA FOX?
TRISH: IT'S SO SPECIAL TO COME
BACK WITH HER.
OUR CAREERS PARALLELED FROM THE
VERY BEGINNING, RIGHT FROM OUR
RETIREMENT.
MY RETIREMENT MATCH WAS WITH
HER.
I CANNOT HAVE A FITTING -- HAVE
A MORE FITTING ENDING.
THERE WAS ALWAYS A TRISH AND A
LITA CAMP, AND NOW IT'S LIKE
IT'S COMING TOGETHER.
WE'VE BEEN FRIEND, WITHIN 50.
-- WE'VE BEEN FOE.
ESPECIALLY MICKIE JAMES IN
THERE, SHE ROLLED WITH US BACK
IN THE DAY AS WELL.
I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THAT ENERGY
AND THAT EXCITEMENT.
FANS KNOW THAT HISTORY.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE PINNACLE
MOMENTS IN OUR DAY WHEN WE WERE
TELLING STORIES TOGETHER.
IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT TIME
FOR US.
CHARLIE: WE LOOK FORWARD TO
SEEING YOU AND THE REST OF THE
WOMEN.
RENEE: IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR TRISH
TO LACE UP THE BOOTS.
TONIGHT, HALL OF FAMERS, ALSO
KNOWN AS TEAM BEST E, TRISH
STRATUS AND LITA WILL STEP
THROUGH THE ROPES TO TAKE ON TWO
WOMEN THAT HAVE CAUSED ALL SORTS
OF TROUBLE FOR THEM.
PLEASE WELCOME TO THE PANEL NOW,
CARMELLA.
CARMELLA: I'M SO EXCITED TO BE
HERE.
RENEE BANK HOW ARE YOU FEELING
ABOUT TONIGHT?
CARMELLA: I'M SO EXCITED.
-- RENEE: HOW ARE YOU FEELING
ABOUT TONIGHT?
CARMELLA: I'M SO EXCITED.
WE DID THIS, WE ARE DOING IT.
LOOK AT THE WOMEN.
>> WE NEED A PICTURE OF THIS.
>> YOU AND I HAVE HAD A CHANCE
TO TALK ABOUT YOUR OWN EVOLUTION
AND WHERE YOU STARTED FROM NXT
TO WHERE YOU'RE AT NOW.
WHAT A JOURNEY YOU'VE HAD.
HER MILLER: -- CARMELLA: I'VE
BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO BE A PART
OF THESE FIRST EVER'S.
I WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO CASH IN
AND BECOME SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S
CHAMPION.
I FEEL LIKE WE ARE JUST GETTING
STARTED HERE.
I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF
ALL OF THIS.
RENEE: WE CONTINUE TO BREAK DOWN
ALL OF THE THINGS HAPPENING HERE
TONIGHT AT EVOLUTION.
ANOTHER GROUP OF WOMEN THAT ARE
BANDING TOGETHER TO SHINE A
LITTLE MORE LIGHT IN THE WOMEN'S
DIVISION, THE QUEEN OF HEARTS
NATALYA IS TEAMING UP WITH SASHA
BANKS AND BAYLEY TO TAKE ON THE
BRATTY TRIO OF THE RIOTT SQUAD.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE RIOTT
SQUAD? THEY HAVE BEEN RUNNING
ALL OVER.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING DAMAGE.
PAIGE: THEY CAN TRY AND DO IT ON
MY SHOW.
CARMELLA: SHE WOULD NEVER ALLOW
THAT ON SMACKDOWN LIVE.
SHE RULES OF WITH AN IRON FIST.
F BANK WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT
THE RIOTT SQUAD, THEY ARE THICK
AS STEVE'S.
THERE MAY NOT BE -- BETH: WHAT I
APPRECIATE ABOUT THE RIOTT
SQUAD IS THEY ARE THICK AS THE
UTES.
-- THICK AS THIEVES.
>> I CAN RELATE TO HER FEELING
WITH LITA AS WELL.
IF NATTY IS NOTHING ELSE, SHE IS
LOYAL.
I WANT HER ON MY TEAM.
RENEE: SHE'S ACTUALLY STANDING
BY RIGHT NOW.
>> ONE OF THE MOST FABULOUS
WOMEN IN MY OPINION.
WE ARE STANDING AT THE FIRST
EVER ALL-WOMEN'S PAY-PER-VIEW
EVOLUTION.
>> I'M FEELING EXCITED, I'M
FEELING OVERWHELMED IN THE BEST
POSSIBLE WAY.
WE THRIVE ON THIS FEELING.
THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL FOR.
ALL THE TEARS AND THE HEARTACHES
AND HEARTBREAKS AND THE HIGHS
AND THE LOWS ARE LEADING TO NOW.
IT'S AN OVERWHELMING GREAT
FEELING.
>> YOU MENTIONED SASHA BANKS,
YOU SASHA AND BAYLEY TAKING ON
THE RIGHT SQUAD.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MAKE SURE
IT'S YOU THREE WHO ARE
REMEMBERED ON SUCH AN EPIC
NIGHT?
NATALYA: THE RIOTT SQUAD ARE NOT
USED TO BEING PUT IN THEIR PLACE
BY SUCH DOMINANT WOMEN.
WE HAVE A FEW TRICKS UP OUR
SLEEVES TO PUT THEM IN THEIR
PLACE.
I CAN'T WAIT TO TAP OUT A FEW
GIRLS.
>> CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT TRICKS
YOU DO HAVE UP YOUR SLEEVE.
RENAE, BACK TO YOU -- RENEE,
BACK TO YOU.
RENEE: WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
SO MANY WOMEN.
NATALYA IS ANOTHER WOMAN WHO HAS
BEEN AT THE CENTER OF THIS
WOMEN'S EVOLUTION.
SHE HAS BEEN A MAINSTAY WITH
WWE.
THERE ARE SUMMONING WOMEN TO
LOOK UP TO HEAR.
PAIGE: NATTY WAS OBVIOUSLY ONE
OF THEM.
I LOVED ALLONGE ABLAZE, I LOVED
-- ALUNDRA BLAYZE, I LOVED BETH
PHOENIX.
>> I JUST SPOKE WITH GENERAL
MANAGER PAGE IN THE BACK --
MANAGER PAIGE IN THE BACK.
EVOLUTION WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF
THE MOST HISTORIC MOMENTS IN THE
WWE.
I'M HONORED TO BE A PART OF IT.
I WILL BE COMPLETING IN THE
EVOLUTION BATTLE ROYAL.
AND I'M LOOKING FOR TO WINNING
AND GOING ON TO FACE CARMELLA
FOR THE SMACKDOWN WOMEN'S
CHAMPIONSHIP.
CARMELLA: TRUTH, I'M NOT
CHAMPION ANYMORE.
AND YOU'RE NOT IN THE BATTLE
ROYAL.
I'M IN THE BATTLE ROYAL, THOUGH.
I NEED YOUR SUPPORT, IT WILL BE
GREAT.
>> I WILL BE THERE.
>> WHY DON'T YOU DO A -- WORK ON
A DANCE FOR US?
WANT TO DO A LITTLE DANCE BREAK?
GIVE US A DANCE BREAK.
>> DANCE BREAK.
DANCE BREAK.
DANCE BREAK.
>> [LAUGHTER]
>> SUPPORTING CARMELLA ALL THE
WAY.
RENEE: WELL, TRUTH, THANKS FOR
COMING OUT AND JOINING US.
STICK WITH US HERE IN THE
EVOLUTION KICKOFF SHOW.
WE HAVE LOTS MORE TO COME, AND
MAYBE SOME MORE R-TRUTH.
>> I LOVED SO MUCH YOUR GUISES
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO
CHARACTERS -- YOUR GUYS
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO
CHARACTERS.
>> THIS IS NICE, IT DON'T SMELL
LIKE ROACHES IN HERE ARE
NOTHING.
WHAT IS THIS, A CARE BEAR?
>> IT REMINDED ME OF MY SISTER,
THE LOVE, LAUGHTER, ALWAYS
HAVING EACH OTHER'S BACK.
WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION?
>> FAMILIES HAVE A DYNAMIC.
THE SISTER SISTER RELATIONSHIP,
THEY CAN BEAT THE HELL OUT OF
EACH OTHER, BUT IF THEY -- BUT
IF SOMEBODY ON THE OUTSIDE SAYS
SOMETHING, THEY GO ON THE
ATTACK.
>> MY SISTER IS TAKEN ON RONDA
ROUSEY, AND I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW
WHO YOU THINK IS GOING TO WIN?
>> THIS IS A FACT, IS RONDA --
IT'S RONDA.
>> WELL, MY SISTERS FEARLESS.
SHE IS THE LONGEST REIGNING
DIVAS CHAMPION.
>> RONDA GOING TO KNOCK HER OUT.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> EXCUSE ME.
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE TALKING
TO?
YOU GET BACK IN HERE GIRL.
THAT'S RIGHT, WALK UP OUT OF
HERE.
RENEE: I KNOW NIKKI BELLA IS THE
LONGEST REIGNING
WOMEN'S CHAMPION, BUT I WOULDN'T
MESS WITH TIFFANY.
THAT'S SOME FIRST DAY STUFF.
HERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS, WWE
EVOLUTION IS BROUGHT TO YOU IN
PART BY --
GET YOUR DO BW WE CART NOW.
THEY ARE AVAILABLE -- YOUR DO BW
E-CARD NOW -- YOUR WWE CARD NOW.
TONI STORM IS TAKING ON IO
SHIRAI.
TONIGHT A WINNER WILL BE
CROWNED.
>> THROUGH THE YEARS I'VE
WRESTLED, BUT I STILL LOVE IT.
I THINK IT'S THE GREATEST THING
IN THE WORLD.
>> WWE HALL OF FAMER MAE YOUNG
ORIGINATED A MOVEMENT.
THAT BECAME AND EVOLUTION.
-- A MOVEMENT THAT BECAME AND
EVOLUTION -- BECAME AN
EVOLUTION.
AND TONIGHT THAT EVOLUTION IS
REIGNITED.
>> WE STARTED WITH 32 SUPERSTARS
IN THIS EPIC MAE YOUNG CLASSIC
TOURNAMENT.
ONE WOMAN WILL WIN.
ONE WOMAN WILL MAKE HISTORY.
>> A GRUELING EIGHT WEEK
TOURNAMENT TESTED THEIR DESIRE,
THEIR RESOLVE, THEIR PASSION.
UNTIL THERE WERE ONLY TWO.
>> MY NAME IS TONI STORM AND I'M
FROM AUSTRALIA.
>> TONI STORM IN THE RING, YOU
KNOW WE ARE READY TO PARTY
TONIGHT.
TONI: LAST YEAR I MADE IT TO
SEMIFINALS, AND THAT'S GREAT.
THERE'S NO SHAME LOSING TO KAIRI
.
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED I DIDN'T
GET THE JOB DONE.
MICHAEL: THAT YOUNG LADY HAS THE
WORD STAR WRITTEN ALL OVER HER.
TONI: I SAT AROUND AND HAVE
THOUGHT ABOUT THIS FOR OVER A
YEAR NOW.
I CAN'T LET MYSELF DOWN, I CAN'T
LET MY FANS DOWN.
MICHAEL: STORM.
RENEE: A CAREER DEFINING MOMENT
FOR TONI STORM.
TONI: I WANT TO WIN THE MAE
YOUNG CLASSIC BECAUSE THIS IS MY
DREAM.
IO: MY NAME IS IO SHIRAI.
I'M FROM TOKYO, JAPAN.
MICHAEL: SHE IS KNOWN AS THE
GENIUS OF THE SKY.
RENAMING YOU ARE NOT GOING TO
FIT THIS MOMENT -- TO FORGET
THIS MOMENT.
IO: IT MAY BE VERY INSPIRED. --
MADE ME VERY INSPIRED.
MICHAEL: IN JAPAN SHE WAS NAMED
TOP WRESTLER FOR THE PAST THREE
YEARS.
IO: [SPEAKING JAPANESE]
MICHAEL: MOONSAULT.
SHIRAI IS GOING TO EVOLUTION.
IT'S NOT OVER YET, WE'VE STILL
GOT ONE MORE MATCH.
ANNOUNCER: FOR ONE OF THESE
WOMEN, TONIGHT MARKS THE
CULMINATION OF A LIFELONG
JOURNEY.
RUN A BANK THESE WOMEN HAVE BEEN
THROUGH SOME OF THE MOST INTENSE
BATTLES WE HAVE EVER SEEN.
ANNOUNCER: FOR ONE, THE PURSUIT
FOR REDEMPTION.
TONI: I HAVE NEVER FELT SO MUCH
PRESSURE.
ANNOUNCER: FOR THE OTHER, A
CLAIM ON THE WORLDWIDE STAGE.
IO: [SPEAKING JAPANESE]
TONI: I'M BRUISED AND I'M BEATEN
AND I FEEL LIKE I HAVE NOTHING
LEFT, BUT SHE'S NOT GOING TO
BEAT ME.
IO: [SPEAKING JAPANESE]
ANNOUNCER: WHO WILL MAKE
HISTORY?
WHO WILL REALIZE THEIR DREAM?
WHO WILL BE CROWNED THE WINNER
OF THE 2018 MAE YOUNG CLASSIC?
RENEE: HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR
BOTH OF THESE WOMEN, TONI STORM
AND IO SHIRAI TO SHOW UP
TONIGHT?
WHAT A HUGE A LOOK TO MAKE A NAR
THEMSELVES.
THESE ARE TWO WOMEN WHO ARE
RENOWNED AROUND THE WORLD.
PAIGE: TO DO IT ON WWE
EVOLUTION, THIS IS LIKE THE
BIGGEST PLATFORM FOR WOMEN RIGHT
NOW IS TONIGHT.
BETH: I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I'M
SUPER INVESTED IN THIS BECAUSE
YOU AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF
WATCHING THE MAE YOUNG CLASSIC
THIS YEAR FRONT TO BACK.
IT WAS SO MUCH FUN AND I'M
REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THESE TWO
WOMEN HAVE A GREAT TIME.
RENEE: THE BUZZ SURROUNDING
THESE TWO WOMEN, WHEN YOU AND I
WERE GETTING READY TO GO IN AND
CALL THE MAE YOUNG CLASSIC, I
FEEL LIKE THEY WERE TWO OF THE
BIGGEST NAMES, SO HOW FITTING
THEY ARE THE TWO TO MEET HERE AT
THE FINALS.
LAST YEAR, WE NOW HAVE AN NXT
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCHUP
TONIGHT, THIS IS A WAY TO CEMENT
YOUR NAME AND FUTURE GOING
FORWARD.
BETH: THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT, NEEDING A
PLATFORM.
NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT PLATFORM
IT FEELS LIKE THE SKY IS THE
LIMIT.
RENEE: BIG QUESTION, WHICH OF
THESE WOMEN NEED THIS MORE?
PAIGE: I THINK IO SHIRAI,
EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT TONI
STORM.
I THINK SHE'S A STAR AND
HERSELF.
I THINK THIS IS A BREAKOUT
MOMENT FOR IO.
BETH: I'M GOING FOR TONI STORM
HERE.
SHE'S ON A ROLL AND HER PASSION
IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH.
THIS GIRL IS HUNGRY AND WANTS
IT.
SHE IS SPECIAL, SHE IS UNIQUE.
I'M GOING TONI STORM.
REN A BANK FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE
I'VE BEEN ON THE FENCE -- RENEE:
FOR ME I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN ON
THE FENCE.
WE ARE SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE ON
THIS.
WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THINGS ON
BACK TO THE RED CARPET WITH
CHARLIE CARUSO.
CHARLIE: WHAT A NIGHT THIS IS,
THE FIRST EVER ALL-WOMEN'S
PAY-PER-VIEW.
I HAVE A LADY WHO KNOWS HOW
IMPORTANT THIS IS.
THIS IS MARIA MENOUNOS.
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
TONIGHT IN YOUR MIND?
MARIA: IT'S A HUGE MOMENT FOR
THE WOMEN OF THE PAST FOR WWE.
IT'S A BIG MOMENT FOR WOMEN IN
SPORTS IN GENERAL, I THINK.
I'VE BEEN CHATTING WITH SOME OF
THE GIRLS FROM MY MATCH SIX
YEARS AGO, JUST SIX YEARS AGO.
EVERYBODY WAS EMOTIONAL AND
CRYING AFTER THE MATCH
BACKSTAGE.
IT WAS A BIG DEAL TO MAKE IT IN
THE SHOW THEM.
NOW YOU SEE THE GIRLS ON THE BIG
MARQUEE.
NOW WE ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST
PAY-PER-VIEW, IT'S MASSIVE.
CHARLIE: DID YOU EVER IMAGINE IN
YOUR WILDEST REIGNS YOU WOULD BE
SITTING HERE ON THE RED CARPET
TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST-EVER
ALL-WOMEN'S PAY-PER-VIEW?
MARIA: NO, BUT I THINK WE ALL
KNEW IT WOULD HAPPENED -- WHAT
HAPPENED.
I'M GLAD TO BE HERE AND SEE IT
WITH MY OWN EYES.
CHARLIE: I KNOW YOU KNOW ALL
ABOUT THE MATCH IS GOING DOWN
TONIGHT.
WHICH ONE ARE YOU EXCITED TO
WATCH?
MARIA: I'M NOT PICKING.
I LOVE EVERYONE.
AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE EVERY
SINGLE WOMAN, BECAUSE EVERY
SINGLE WOMAN ON THIS ROSTER
DESERVES THEIR MOMENT.
CHARLIE: I KNOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE
SOME THOUGHTS ON ROWDY RODDY
ROUSEY, JOINING THE WWE AND
MAKING A STATEMENT IN HER TIME
THERE -- TIME HERE.
MARIA: SHE'S ROWDY AND SHE'S
AMAZING.
I THINK IT'S BEEN A REALLY COOL
ADDITION TO THIS NETWORK.
CHARLIE: THANK YOU SO MUCH,
MARIA, RENEE TO YOU.
-- MARIA.
IN A, BACK TO YOU.
-- RENEE, BACK TO YOU.
RENEE: MAN OH MAN, WHAT A HUGE
NIGHT.
THE FACT WE ARE GOING TO BE SOLD
OUT HERE IN NASSAU COLISEUM.
THIS ALL STARTED WHEN OUR CHIEF
BRAND OFFICER MADE THIS HISTORIC
ANNOUNCEMENT.
MICHAEL: THE ENTIRE LOCKER ROOM
IS ON THE STAGE TONIGHT AS WE
ARE MOMENTS AWAY FROM A HISTORIC
ANNOUNCE IT.
TRIPLE H: NIGHTS LIKE TONIGHT
HAPPEN BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU.
YOUR DEDICATION, BLOOD, SWEAT
AND TEARS MAKE ALL OF THIS
POSSIBLE.
WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO
ASK ALL OUR WOMEN TO PLEASE STEP
FORWARD ON THE STAGE.
STEPHANIE: IT'S A RARE THING TO
BE ABLE TO MAKE HISTORY, TO
CREATE MOMENTS AND MEMORIES THAT
SOME OF US WILL REMEMBER FOR THE
REST OF OUR LIVES.
MICHAEL: FOR THE FIRST-TIME
EVER WOMEN WILL STEP FOOT INSIDE
HELL IN A CELL.
FIRST WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
IN THE HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE
EAST.
>> THE FIRST 30 WOMAN --
30-WOMAN ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH.
STEPHANIE: THESE MAMAS DON'T
JUST HAPPEN BECAUSE OF
OPPORTUNITY, THEY DON'T JUST
HAPPEN BECAUSE OF INCREDIBLE
TALENT.
THEY HAPPENED BECAUSE YOU DEEMED
IT WORTHY OF READING A PART OF
WHAT YOU LOVE.
YOU DEMANDED MORE OPPORTUNITIES
FOR THE WOMEN IN WWE, IGNITING A
REVOLUTION AND OPENING DOORS FOR
WOMEN THAT SOME OF THEM HAD ONLY
DREAMED OF.
BECAUSE OF ALL OF YOU WE ARE
ABLE TO STAND HERE AND MAKE
ANOTHER FIRST-EVER ANNOUNCEMENT.
ON OCTOBER 28 OVER 50 WOMEN
THEN, NOW AND FOREVER WILL
PARTICIPATE IN AN EVENT CALLED
EVOLUTION.
AND THAT EVENT WILL BE THE
FIRST-EVER ALL-WOMEN'S
PAY-PER-VIEW.
>> YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOUR MIND
SETS.
WE ARE PROVING THAT EVERY DAY.
>> WE HAVE BUSTED OUR BUTTS FOR
A VERY LONG TIME.
WE HAVE COME SUCH A LONG WAY.
>> HAVING HAD ALL OF THESE
HISTORICAL MATCHES, AND NOW
CULMINATING IN THIS, IT'S BEYOND
A DREAM COME TRUE.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEVER
IMAGINED POSSIBLE, AND I CAN'T
WAIT FOR OCTOBER 28.
RENEE: LOOK AT THAT, R-TRUTH.
LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S CARMELLA'S MOM.
I HOPE THEY DANCE.
HOW DID R-TRUTH GET FROM HERE
MOMENTS AGO RIGHT OUT TO THE RED
CARPET?
PLEASE WELCOME ON FORMER WOMEN'S
CHAMPION, THE DISNEY PRINCESS
EVE TORRES.
I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS FROM YOU,
MANY TIMES, MOSTLY FROM KAITLYN.
EVE: THEY DID CALL ME THAT.
I'M DOING AMAZING.
I'M SO INCREDIBLY HAPPY TO BE
HERE AND HONORED TO BE HERE.
I'M GLAD TO SHARE IT WITH YOU
GUYS.
RENEE: AS A FORMER DIVA'S
CHAMPION, WHAT DOES TONIGHT MEAN
TO YOU?
ELITES AND BOUNCE WOMEN HAVE
GROWN IN THIS COMPANY.
EVE: IT'S UNREAL, TO BE HONEST.
IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN WHERE OUR
MINDS WERE BACK THEN COMPARED TO
HEAR.
I HAVE MEMORIES OF HEARTBREAKING
MOMENTS, OF SO MUCH HOPE AND SO
MANY ASPIRATIONS FOR US AS A
DIVISION, AND BEING LET DOWN SO
MANY TIMES.
I KNOW, BETH, WE SHARED SOME ANY
OF THOSE TOGETHER.
IT'S A SPECIAL DAY.
IT'S HONESTLY SO HARD TO CHOOSE
BECAUSE WE HAVE AMAZING MATCHES.
I'M EXCITED TO SEE RONDA DO HER
THING.
I'M ALSO -- I ALSO REALLY LOVE
JUST WATCHING BECKY LYNCH AND
CHARLOTTE FLAIR DO THEIR THING.
I GET CHILLS EVERY TIME I WALKED
-- I WATCH THE PACKAGE.
ALL THE MATCHES ARE GOING TO BE
STELLAR AND ALL THE WOMEN
DESERVE TO BE IN THAT RING
TONIGHT.
RENEE: WHAT DID IT MEAN FOR ALL
THREE OF YOU TO HEAR THAT
ANNOUNCEMENT, THAT WE WOULD BE
HAVING OUR FIRST-EVER
ALL-WOMEN'S PAY-PER-VIEW?
PAIGE: HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN WHAT
YOU FEEL COME A BECAUSE IT'S
INCREDIBLE -- FEEL, BECAUSE
INCREDIBLE.
WHEN WE FINALLY GOT IT, WE WERE
LIKE, YES, WE DESERVE THIS.
EVERY SINGLE WOMAN HAS WORKED
THEIR BUTTS OFF.
THEY ARE GETTING THE TIME AND
THEY DESERVE IT.
EVERY SINGLE WOMAN.
BETH: I THINK WE FELT A MOMENT
OF VINDICATION.
I DON'T WANT TO DISCREDIT ALL
THE MEN WHO STOOD BESIDE US AND
FIGHT FOR US AND BELIEVED IN
OSPREY AT OUR HUSBANDS, OUR
COWORKERS.
-- BELIEVED IN US, OUR HUSBANDS,
OUR COWORKERS.
THERE IS AN UNSUNG GROUP OF
HEROES OUT THERE -- HEROES OUT
THERE OF MEN FIGHTING FOR US.
I WANT TO BREATHE A SIGH OF
RELIEF FOR THAT COMES WE FOUGHT
-- FOR THAT BECAUSE WE FOUGHT.
RENEE: WE HAVE STEPHANIE MCMAHON
STANDING BY.
>> I'M HERE WITH STEPHANIE
MCMAHON ON THE RED CARPET, AND
THEY'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE
MOMENT YOU ANNOUNCED THE
FIRST-EVER ALL-WOMEN'S
PAY-PER-VIEW, EVOLUTION.
WHAT EMOTIONS ARE YOU FEELING
RIGHT NOW?
STEPHANIE: WHAT EMOTIONS AM NOT
FEELING RIGHT NOW?
I WOKE UP WITH TEARS IN MY EYES
AND GOOSEBUMPS FROM HEAD TO TOE.
THIS FEELS LIKE WRESTLEMANIA,
THAT'S WHAT THIS MOMENT IS FOR
ALL OF US TONIGHT.
>> YOUR FAMILY IS WWE, THOU --
THE MCMAHONS.
KNOWING HOW MUCH THE WOMEN HERE
APPRECIATE YOU, THAT'S GOT TO
GIVE YOU A GREAT SATISFACTION
AND PRIDE.
STEPHANIE: I APPRECIATE ALL OF
THE WOMEN HERE.
I'M SO PROUD OF EVERY SINGLE ONE
OF THEM.
THIS HAS TAKEN EVERY SINGLE
WOMAN WHO HAS STEPPED FOOT
INSIDE A WRESTLING RING, FROM
ANY PROMOTION ALL AROUND THE
WORLD.
IT TAKES OUR FANS, ALL OF THE
PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES WHO
REALLY MAKE THIS HAPPEN, AND OF
COURSE THE WWE UNIVERSE WHO
DEMANDED MORE OF US WITH THAT "
GIVE DIVAS A CHACNE" -- A
CHANCE" HASHTAG.
>> WE CAN'T FORGET THE MEN WHO
HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE.
YOUR HUSBAND TRIPLE H HAS BEEN
BY YOUR SIDE.
HOW HAS THAT BEEN?
STEPHANIE: TRIPLE H, PAUL AS I
CALL HIM AT HOME, HAS BEEN
RESPONSIBLE FOR HOW WE BEEN
TRAINING AND RECRUITING OUR
WOMEN.
TRAINING THEM THE SAME WAY,
GIVING THEM THE SAME
OPPORTUNITIES AND THE SAME MATCH
TIME.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT STARTED THIS
MOVEMENT, BECAUSE THE AUDIENCE
IN NXT STARTED CHANCING --
STARTED CHANTING "THIS IS
WRESTLING."
THE WOMEN STARTED STEALING THE
SHOW.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO
DO HERE TONIGHT.
>> THE WOMEN STEALING THE SHOW
TONIGHT, WHAT DO YOU WANT THAT
TO BE?
STEPHANIE: I WANT THEM TO BE
BLOWN AWAY BY THIS EVENT AND I
WANT THEM DEMANDING MORE.
>> WE WANT TO HEAR MORE FROM YOU
GUYS, SO BACK TO YOU.
RENEE: WE ARE ALWAYS DEMANDING,
THAT'S HOW YOU GET IN EVOLUTION.
GOT TO DEMAND AND THEN YOU GET
IT.
THE COOL THING ABOUT EVOLUTION
IS IT'S THE CULMINATION OF THE
PASS, THE PRESENT AND THE
FUTURE.
THEY ARE ALL GOING TO COLLIDE IN
A BATTLE ROYAL.
THE LAST WOMAN STANDING INSIDE
THE RING, SHE WILL EARN A FUTURE
OPPORTUNITY AT A CHAMPIONSHIP
MATCH.
YOU SEE ALL OF THESE WOMEN
COLLIDING INSIDE THE RING AND
ABLE TO SEE THE FIRST-EVER
ALL-WOMEN'S ROYAL RUMBLE.
THAT WAS A MONUMENTAL EVENT YOU
NOW FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP
OPPORTUNITY, THIS IS ANYBODY'S
GAME.
BETH: EVERY CURRENT FEMALE ON
THE ROSTER, THIS COULD BE A GAME
CHANGER FOR THEIR CAREER.
IT'S AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY.
CAN YOU IMAGINE IF ALUNDRA
BLAYZE WINS TONIGHT?
PAIGE: SHE LOOKS SO GOOD.
RENEE: YOU GOT SOMETHING UP YOUR
SLEEVE, EVEN?
-- EVE?
EVE: I CAN'T PUT ANYTHING IN
HERE.
I'VE TRIED.
PAIGE: I THINK NIA JAX IS A
FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH.
SHE IS -- SHE WAS INCREDIBLE IN
THE ROYAL RUMBLE.
>> NOSE TO NOSE WITH THIS WOMAN
HERE.
>> SHE ALSO HAS EXPERIENCE IN A
BATTLE ROYAL ENVIRONMENT.
I CAN SEE NIA GOING VERY
FAR.
RENEE: ANKLE YOU, E FOR JOINING
US ON THE PANEL -- THANK YOU,
EVE, FOR JOINING US ON THE
PANEL.
LET US HAD TO THE RED CARPET AND
HEAR FROM THE AMAZING NIGHT
JACKS.
>> LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL
FAMILY.
WE HAVE NIGHT JACKS -- WE HAVE
NIGHT JACKS -- HAVE NIA JAX.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BELATED.
WWE UNDERSTANDS HOW IMPORTANT
TONIGHT IS.
WHAT DOES TONIGHT MEAN FOR YOU
AND ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR MATCH
TONIGHT?
NIA: I'M DEFINITELY READY.
IT'S AMAZING I GET TO SHARE THIS
MOMENT WITH MY AUNT.
SHE HAS BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS
FOR 50 YEARS, AND NOW SHE GETS
TO WITNESS THE FIRST-EVER
ALL-WOMEN'S PAY-PER-VIEW.
I HOPE I CAN MAKE HER PROUD.
>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOU
SEEING THAT WOMEN ARE FINALLY
BEING ABLE -- DEAN GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITIES HERE IN WWE?
>> IT'S INCREDIBLY EXCITING.
I'M HERE TO SUPPORT MY TWO
NIECES, NIA JAX AND TAMINA
SNUKA.
FOR ALL THE FENCES TO THE OPEN,
I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE FOR
EVOLUTION.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, IF YOU
HAD TO LOOK DOWN THE ROAD EVEN
FURTHER, PEOPLE DIDN'T THINK WE
WOULD GET TO THIS MOMENT, WHAT
HIS NEXT?
-- WHAT IS NEXT?
NIA: WHATEVER WE WANT.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO PUT
ANY LABELS ON IT.
WE CONTINUOUSLY BREAK THE
BARRIERS.
WOMEN CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT,
AND THEY WILL.
>> YOU TO LOOK GORGEOUS.
WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE
WITH US.
BACK TO YOU AND THE TEAM.
RENEE: WE HAVE AN UNBELIEVABLE
SOLD-OUT HOUSE HERE TONIGHT AT
NASSAU COLISEUM.
IT IS ALL ABOUT TO GO DOWN.
AND WWE EVOLUTION IS PRESENTED
BY WWE 2K19, THE VIDEOGAME BEING
HAILED AS THE NOMINAL -- AS THE
NOMINAL -- AS PHENOMENAL.
NOW TO WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE THEIR
NAME IN THE CULMINATION OF THE
FIRST EVER MAE YOUNG CLASSIC,
THEY ARE TAKING THEIR RIVALRY TO
NEW HEIGHTS.
SHAYNA BASLER LOOKS TO REGAIN
THE NXT WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP.
SHE HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PIRATE
PRINCESS, KAIRI SANE FIRST.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THINGS COMING
FULL GO FOR THESE TWO WOMEN.
TO BE AT THE VERY FIRST MAE
YOUNG CLASSIC WHERE KAIRI SANE
WAS ABLE TO BE CROWNED THE
VICTORY THAT NIGHT.
SHAYNA BASLER, THE WOMAN WHO WAS
QUICKEST TO EVER WIN THE NXT
CHAMPIONSHIP THINKS SHE LOST THE
CHAMPIONSHIP TO KAIRI SANE TO
BEGIN WITH.
PAIGE: I LOVE KAIRI SANE.
I THINK SHE'S AN AMAZING
ATHLETE, AN AMAZING WRESTLER,
AND I ENJOY WATCHING HER.
AHOY ALL THE WAY.
BETH: I HAVE TO DISAGREE.
PAIGE: TYPICAL.
BETH: I KNOW.
IF I HAVE TO PICK A WINNER IN
THIS ONE, I LOVE KAIRI SANE AND
I THINK SHE SUPER RESILIENT, BUT
SHAYNA BASZLER HAS THIS DEADLY
VICIOUS STREAK.
I THINK SHE CAME HERE TONIGHT TO
WIN.
RENEE: I THINK I HAVE TO SIDE
WITH BETH ON THIS ONE.
I DON'T SEE SHAYNA BASZLER
WALKING AWAY WITHOUT THE NXT
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP.
HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS, WE
CURRENTLY HAVE SOMEBODY STANDING
BY WHO KNOWS SHAYNA BASZLER ALL
TOO WELL.
>> ONE WOMAN WHO IS VERY
FAMILIAR WITH THE CHALLENGER IN
TONIGHT'S NXT WOMEN'S
CHAMPIONSHIP, WE HAVE ROWDY WHAT
-- WE HAVE ROUNDY -- WE HAVE
ROWDY RONDA ROUSEY.
YOU HAVE BEEN A FAN OF THE
PRODUCT YOUR WHOLE LIFE.
TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE
NOTICED ABOUT THE EVOLUTION AND
WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE A PART
OF IT.
RONDA: I'VE NEVER FELT THIS KIND
OF CAMARADERIE IN MY LIFE.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN INDIVIDUAL
SPORT KIND OF PERSON.
YOU JUST FEEL IT IN THE LOCKER
ROOM, EVERYONE KNOWS THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT'S BIGGER THAN ALL
OF US INDIVIDUALLY.
WE ARE REALLY MAKING HISTORY,
AND SOMETIMES I THINK IT SAYS SO
MUCH.
THERE IS NEVER GOING TO BE
ANOTHER FIRST AGAIN.
SO MUCH DEPENDS ON THE SUCCESS
OF THIS EVENT.
MY HEART FEELS MORE FULL THAN
THE GRINCH AND THE END -- GRINCH
AT THE END.
>> I THINK THAT IS A PERFECT
ANALOGY.
AS A WOMAN IN SPORTS, A WOMAN IN
SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT, FOR YOU TO
SEE ALL THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT
WOMEN CONTINUE TO BE GIVEN,
ESPECIALLY HERE IN WWE, WHAT
DOES IT MEAN FOR THIS PUSH FOR
GENDER EQUALITY?
RONDA: I WANT MY DAUGHTERS TO
DEAL WITH LESS BS THAN I DID.
MY MOM DID EVERYTHING TO MAKE
SURE I DEALT WITH LESS BS THAN
SHE DID.
IT'S A TORCH WE PASS ALONG.
I'M DOING MY BEST TO WHACK AWAY
ON THE BEATEN PATH.
>> YOU ARE TAKING ON NIKKI
BELLA.
YOU HAVE BEEN THROWING JABS AT
EACH OTHER FOR A FEW WEEKS.
WHAT IS YOUR MINDSET GOING INTO
THAT?
RONDA: BECAUSE IT'S PERSONAL,
THE NICEST THING FOR ME TO DO
WOULD BE TO FINISH OUR -- FINISH
HER OFF VERY QUICKLY AND HAVE
THE REST OF THE NIGHT IN PEACE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW PG THIS IS,
BECAUSE SHE'S A BACKSTABBING
BETRAYER I'M GOING TO BE NOT SO
NICE AND LEAVE THAT RING
DIFFERENT THEN -- NOT SO NICE
AND MAKE SURE SHE LEAVES THAT
RING DIFFERENT THAN SHE WALKED
IN.
RENEE: A MATCHUP THAT IS JUST AS
SKATING VERBALLY AS IT WILL BE
PHYSICALLY TONIGHT.
WHEN THE BELL RINGS, THE LONGEST
REIGNING DIVA'S CHAMPION IN THE
HISTORY OF WWE NIKKI BELLA TAKES
ON THE BADDEST WOMAN ON THE
PLANET, THE RAW WOMEN'S CHAMPION
RONDA ROUSEY.
>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A WOMAN
WHO CHANGED THE ENTIRE SPORTS
INDUSTRY.
SHE BECAME A HOUSEHOLD NAME I
DEFYING ODDS.
WANDA: I AM MUCH MORE THAN A
PRETTY FACE.
-- RONDA: I AM MUCH MORE THAN A
PRETTY FACE.
>> HOW INTIMIDATING IS RONDA?
♪
MICHAEL: RONDA ROUSEY HAS
DONE IT.
>> WE WOULD BE PROUD OF YOU AS
THE CHAMPION REPRESENTING THIS
DIVISION.
MICHAEL: OH MY GOD.
WHY?
>> YOU WANT AN EXPLANATION?
WE DON'T OH YOU ONE.
-- WE DON'T OWE YOU ONE.
YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A LOSER WHO
DOESN'T DESERVE IT.
YOU WALKED INTO AN EVOLUTION
THAT MY SISTER AND I STARTED.
I AM THE LONGEST REIGNING DIVA'S
CHAMPION.
MICHAEL: HER RECORD-SETTING RAIN
IS 301 DAYS.
NIKKI: WE MADE EVEN MEAN
SOMETHING.
OUR REALITY SHOWS ME PEOPLE WANT
TO SEE US AND WOMEN'S WRESTLING
EVEN MORE.
WE HAVE BROKEN MORE BARRIERS
THAN YOU HAVE EVER HAD -- THEN
YOU EVER HAVE.
RONDA: THE ONLY DOOR YOU KNOCKED
DOWN WAS THE DOOR TO JOHN CENA'S
BEDROOM.
YOU GUYS CAME RUNNING UP TO ME
AFTER MY WRESTLEMANIA
PERFORMANCE.
I THOUGHT, HOW COOL ARE THESE
LADIES?
I WAS TOO IDEALISTIC.
YOU GUYS WEREN'T THERE TO
SUPPORT ME, YOU ARE THERE
BECAUSE THERE WAS A CAMERA
POINTED AT ME.
NIKKI: ANYONE WHO THINKS THAT
SOUNDS REALLY JEALOUS OF US.
YOU DON'T EVEN COMPARE TO US AT
ALL.
YOUR MOTHER IS ALREADY ASHAMED
OF YOU.
IMAGINE WHAT YOUR MOTHER'S GOING
TO THINK WHEN A DIVA WILL BEAT
YOU FOR YOUR TITLE.
RONDA: MY WORD IS MY BOND.
COME SUNDAY, I WILL END YOU.
I GIVE YOU MY WORD.
RENEE: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO THE
EVOLUTION KICKOFF PANEL, THE
VOICE OF MONDAY NIGHT RAW,
MICHAEL COLE.
ECHO BANK I WAS TRYING TO GET ON
THE RED CARPET BUT NOBODY WANTED
ME.
-- MICHAEL: I WAS TRYING TO GET
ON THE RED CARPET BUT NOBODY
WANTED ME.
ARE YOU GUYS READY FOR RONDA AND
NIKKI TONIGHT?
RENEE: HERE'S MY QUESTION, WHAT
HAPPENS IF RONDA ROUSEY LOSES
TONIGHT?
WHERE DID SHE GO HERE -- GO FROM
HERE?
THE TRASH SHE HAS BEEN TALKING
THE BELLA TWINS, HOW SHE
UNDERESTIMATED NIKKI TONIGHT?
BETH: I THINK EVERYONE IS
UNDERESTIMATING NIKKI BELLA
PRE-AT NIKKI BELLA EAT ME --
UNDERESTIMATING NIKKI BELLA.
NIKKI BELLA BEAT ME.
SHE'S OUT THERE TO WIN AND TO
PROVE A POINT.
SHE CAN SET THE WORLD ON FIRE BY
DEFEATING RONDA ROUSEY.
RENEE: I DON'T THINK I'VE MET A
HARDER WORKER THAN NIKKI
BELLA.
I DON'T THINK THAT THE SHOE FITS
THERE.
PAIGE: BOTH OF THEM, NIKKI AND
BRIE HAVE BEEN A BIG INFLUENCE
ON ME.
THEY WORK REALLY HARD.
AND I DON'T WANT TO DISCREDIT
RONDA, BECAUSE SHE'S DONE A LOT
FOR FEMALE ATHLETES OUTSIDE OF
THE WWE.
THE WOMEN WHO HELD -- WHO IS THE
GLUE OF THE EVOLUTION, I FEEL
LIKE, IS THE BELLAS.
AE EVOLVE -- THEY EVOLVED.
THEY'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS
FOR SO LONG.
MICHAEL: FROM RONDA'S
STANDPOINT, SHE HAS TO BE
WORRIED ABOUT BRIE BELLA
TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW BRIE WILL BE RINGSIDE.
THINK ABOUT THIS, RONDA ROUSEY
HAS BEEN DONE UNDEFEATED SINCE
SHE CAME TO THE WWE.
SHE'S BEEN ON THE BIGGEST STAGE.
FOR RONDA, SHE'S PROVEN SHE CAN
HANDLE THE NERVES, SHE CAN
COMPETE ON A BIG STAGE.
I THINK FOR RONDA TONIGHT, IT'S
AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THE WORLD
HOW SHE'S ADAPTED.
RENEE: SHE CAN SILENCE SOME
HATERS TONIGHT.
MICHAEL: EXACTLY.
RENEE: I WANT SOME PREDICTIONS.
PAIGE, GIVE ME THE TRUTH.
PAIGE: AS MUCH AS TO BE NIKKI, I
THINK RONDA IS GOING TO TAKE IT.
BETH: I'M GOING TO GO RONDA.
MICHAEL: CAN'T BET AGAINST
RONDA.
RENEE: THERE IS ONLY ONE PLACE
YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS EPIC
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH, IT'S ON THE
W DUBYA NETWORK.
HEAD OVER TO W -- ON THE W DUBYA
WE NETWORK.
-- ON THE WWE NETWORK.
HEAD OVER TO WWENETWORK>.COM.
MICHAEL: RONDA ROUSEY DEFENDS
THE TITLE AGAINST NIKKI BELLA IN
A MATCH THAT BOTH OF THESE
LADIES HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD
TO.
IT BECOME SO PERSONAL.
RENEE: AND THE WWE HALL OF FAMER
TRISH STRATUS AND LITA TAKING ON
A FAMILIAR RIVAL IN MICKIE JAMES
AND ALICIA FOX.
ALEXA BLISS IS IN THEIR CORNER.
MICHAEL: FOR THE FIRST-TIME
EVER, THE NXT WOMEN'S
CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE DEFENDED ON
A WWE PAY-PER-VIEW.
KAIRI SANE IS THE CHAMPION,
SHAYNA BASZLER THE CHALLENGER.
THIS YEAR-LONG RIVALRY WILL
CULMINATE TONIGHT.
RENEE: TWO TEAMS WILL BE
BATTLING FOR WHAT'S RIGHT.
THE TEAM OF SASHA BANKS, BAYLEY
AND NATALYA TAKE ON THE TROUBLE
TRIO OF THE RIOTT SQUAD.
MICHAEL: THE PAST, THE PRESENT
AND THE FUTURE COLLIDE IN AN
OVER-D-TOP-ROPE BATTLE ROYAL,
WHERE THE WINNER RECEIVES A
FUTURE CHAMPIONSHIP OPPORTUNITY.
RENEE: AND THE FINALS OF THE MAE
YOUNG CLASSIC COME TO A CLOSE
TONIGHT.
ONE WOMAN WILL BE GROUND THE
VICTOR OF THE PRESTIGIOUS
TOURNAMENT.
THE AUSSIE STORM TONI STORM TAKE
ON -- TAKES ON IO SHIRAI.
MICHAEL: AND FOR THE LAST TIME
-- FOR THE FIRST-TIME EVER, A
LAST WOMAN STANDING MATCH.
YOU INCAPACITATE YOUR OPPONENT
TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN'T
GET BACK TO THEIR FEET BY THE
COUNT OF 10.
THAT HE AND CHARLOTTE, THIS
EXTREMELY PERSONAL RIVALRY
CONTINUES TONIGHT -- BECKY AND
CHARLOTTE, THIS EXTREMELY
PERSONAL RIVALRY CONTINUES
TONIGHT.
RENEE: YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS A
SECOND.
HEAD OVER TO WWENETWORK.COM.
WWE EVOLUTION IS FREE TO NEW
SUBSCRIBERS READ WE ARE MOMENTS
AWAY -- SUBSCRIBERS.
WE ARE MOMENTS AWAY.
BETH: MY HEART STARTED BEATING
FAST.
MICHAEL: I'M EXCITED TO SHARE
THE BOOTH TONIGHT WITH BOTH
WRITTEN A AND BETH.
-- BOTH RENEE AND BETH.
PAIGE, YOU HAVE THE COMFY CHAIR
BACK IN YOUR OFFICE.
RENEE: COLE, YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO BE RINGSIDE FOR SUMMARY
MATCHES, WHAT DO YOU THINK IS
GOING TO BE MATCH OF THE NIGHT
TONIGHT?
MICHAEL: THIS IS HISTORY
TONIGHT.
THE SMACKDOWN AND ROLLINS TITLE
-- RAW WOMEN'S TITLE, THIS IS
GOOD TO BE INCREDIBLE.
RENEE: FOR EVERYBODY WHO HAS
BEEN A SUPPORTER OF ALL OF THE
WOMEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ENJOY TONIGHT.
WE ARE GOING TO PUT ON A SHOW.
STAY TUNED, IT ALL GOES DOWN
RIGHT NOW.
