{"id":68571,"date":"2018-10-28T12:46:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T17:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=68571"},"modified":"2018-10-29T03:25:47","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T08:25:47","slug":"wwe-evolution-predictions-tom-gets-it-wrong-know-with-great-uncertainty-result-of-every-match-from-charlotte-vs-becky-to-battle-royal-to-trish-lita-vs-fox-james-to-rousey-vs-nikki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/10\/28\/wwe-evolution-predictions-tom-gets-it-wrong-know-with-great-uncertainty-result-of-every-match-from-charlotte-vs-becky-to-battle-royal-to-trish-lita-vs-fox-james-to-rousey-vs-nikki\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE EVOLUTION PREDICTIONS \u2013 Tom Gets it Wrong: Know with great uncertainty result of every match from Charlotte vs. Becky to Battle Royal to Trish &#038; Lita vs. Fox &#038; James to Rousey vs. Nikki"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1709226284\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>So it\u2019s possible, even likely, that I\u2019m going to get all of these wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Follow <a href=\"http:\/www.twitter.com\/colohue\">@Colohue for updates.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>1. Sasha Banks &amp; Bayley &amp; Natalya vs. The Riott Squad<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>This match came out of nowhere, largely because of the early return of Sasha Banks. As such, it doesn\u2019t look like there\u2019s any sort of feud in place here. When there\u2019s no feud it tends to mean that the faces win. In addition, Sasha Banks lost on Raw. This seems rather cut and dry. I wouldn\u2019t expect Ruby Riott to be up against Rousey next either.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: <b>Sasha Banks &amp; Bayley &amp; Natalya<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>What If?<\/b>: Sasha Banks considers this the perfect time to turn on Bayley?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>2. Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane (NXT Women\u2019s Championship)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>NXT has a considerable amount of female talent in its roster. Unfortunately, NXT also has a very limited amount of time to develop its talent and, as such, I have no idea who might be the next challenger for either competitor. With this in mind I would expect this feud to continue for a little while longer, at least until NXT War Games, which is a lot closer than WWE seems to realise. With no time to build a new feud or a new challenger you ideally have to keep this one going.<\/p>\n<p>As such, I would expect Baszler to regain her championship in a moment of NXT booking that borrows heavily from the traditional WWE narrative handbook.<\/p>\n<p>Winner: <b>Shayna Baszler<\/b><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-368969123\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><b>What If?<\/b>: Baszler loses, but comes back to win the battle royal and challenge Rousey?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>3. Trish Stratus &amp; Lita vs Mickie James &amp; Alicia Fox<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Alexa Bliss hasn\u2019t had much luck recently, has she? Having essentially been working with a series of minor injuries since way back at Wrestlemania, Alexa Bliss has now been pulled from this match too, after having seen the match converted from a singles match to a tag match as well.<\/p>\n<p>WWE have been working hard to push Alexa Bliss to that next level global reach talent that they crave and by and large it\u2019s been working. Unfortunately this match, designed to be that international attraction, will not be doing that job.<\/p>\n<p>Should Bliss have been in the match I would have expected her to get the win, beating Stratus one, two, three in the middle of the ring. Unfortunately that is no longer the case, so this one should be a win for the legends.<\/p>\n<p>Winner: <b>Trish Stratus and Lita<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>What If?<\/b>: Bliss is at ringside at least, and is able to provide enough distraction for Alicia Fox to get the win with her patented Northern Lights Suplex?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>LISTEN TO PWTORCH EDITOR WADE KELLER&#8217;S WWE EVOLUTION PREVIEW PODCAST WITH EX-WWE CREATIVE JASON ALLEN (plus bonus Alexa Bliss interview snippets about Evolution courtesy of Lilian Garcia)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">-On Stitcher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/podcast\/wade-keller-pro-wrestling-podcast\/e\/56887331?autoplay=true\">HERE<\/a><br \/>\n-On Apple Podcasts <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/wade-keller-pro-wrestling-podcast\/id1253158731?mt=2\">HERE<\/a><br \/>\n-Or <strong>search &#8220;Wade Keller&#8221;<\/strong> on your podcast app of choice (choose the blue logo for this podcast)<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2872634179\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: solid 1px #dedede;\" src=\"https:\/\/app.stitcher.com\/splayer\/f\/216954\/56905924\" width=\"100%\" height=\"220\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>4. Toni Storm vs. Io Sharai (MYC Final)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>We\u2019ve seen some tremendous matches in the Mae Young Classic this year, particular from these two and their fellow semi-finalists, Rhea Ripley and Meiko Satomura. Storm vs Sharai should be no different and, really, could be one of four matches that will all be competing for the best match on the show.<\/p>\n<p>For this prediction you have to look at what comes next and there\u2019s one very blatant, obvious signifier of who might be walking out the winner. Toni Storm is now locked in as a lynchpin of the NXT UK brand. As such, we\u2019re not going to be seeing her on Takeovers and we\u2019re not going to be seeing her on main roster TV. What then can she do with a win? Well, not much.<\/p>\n<p>Io Sharai will be going straight into NXT and, logically, is the only well positioned challenger for the NXT women\u2019s championship other than the two in the actual match.<\/p>\n<p>Winner: <b>Io Sharai<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>What If?<\/b>: Whichever women won, they walked straight into a feud with Becky Lynch?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>5. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair (Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship Last Woman Standing)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The third of our matches that could be stealing the show, Becky Lynch vs Charlotte Flair is probably the strongest feud that the WWE have going for them right now. In a Last Women\u2019s Standing format as well these two should deliver. Flair and Lynch are both well equipped for the hardcore format and it would be interesting to see how these two perform against the recent Last Man Standing match between AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura.<\/p>\n<p>The Smackdown Live women\u2019s division is also struggling in the hunt for future challengers here. The expectation is that, with women not performing at Crown Jewel and Survivor Series potentially seeing Raw vs Smackdown once again, the eventual battle royal winner will not be challenging for a long time so there is time to establish someone new. However, there is far too much time if you want to keep Charlotte vs Becky going, so I\u2019m expecting Lynch to win.<\/p>\n<p>Winner: <b>Becky Lynch<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>What If?<\/b>: We really do get to see Lynch vs Rousey at Survivor Series?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Compared to a typical WWE PPV event (not just WrestleMania, but the usual dozen), what is your level of anticipation for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEEvolution?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWEEvolution<\/a> tonight? (We only get four options, so if it&#39;s &quot;the same&quot; still choose a little more or a little less, whichever is closest to your feelings.)<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pro Wrestling Torch (@PWTorch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PWTorch\/status\/1056600084203343872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>6. Battle Royal<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Well this is quite the mess. Honestly, there are a lot of potential winners, especially with the month and a half build that they have until the next PPV that they might be able to challenge on. Naomi, Ember Moon and Nia Jax are all potential winners but, for me, this battle royal needs to start building up someone who desperately needs it.<\/p>\n<p>Winner: <b>Asuka<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>What If?<\/b>: Beth Phoenix gets up from the announce desk, wins the battle royal, then challenges Becky Lynch because of what she said about Edge?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b>7. Ronda Rousey vs. Nikki Bella (Raw Women\u2019s Championship)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>I mean, come on.<\/p>\n<p>Winner: <b>Ronda Rousey<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>What If?<\/b>: Liv Morgan takes out Brie in the battle royal earlier in the night, leaving Nikki with nowhere to run?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll see you for a live tweeting session of Evolution 2018.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THIS RELATED STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/10\/27\/afternoon-update-why-bliss-sidelined-for-evolution-is-a-such-a-big-disappointment-baszler\/\">Afternoon Update: Why Bliss sidelined for Evolution is a such a big disappointment, Baszler on missing scheduled Raw<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3313837501\"><div id=\"pwtor-1218621884\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>So it\u2019s possible, even likely, that I\u2019m going to get all of these wrong. 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