Female wrestlers unhappy with WWE's idea for a successful Evolution 2025 not going according to plan
Evolution 2025 is happening next week over the weekend on Sunday, July 13. The all-women's professional wrestling pay-per-view event will be produced by
WWE
, and be available for live streaming on Netflix.
Already quite a few matches have been confirmed so far, but one thing that the management did not anticipate was how the fans are responding to the event.
While the first show was a big hit, and fans had been truly anticipating a return of the all-women's show, things are not working out well; with quite a few other big events already taking place around the same time.
WWE Evolution 2025
is facing some issues
The 2025 Evolution will be held at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, and the current setup of there for the event is a total of 6,652 seats.
With only a week in hand, only 4,804 tickets have been distributed as of 4 July 2025, which means 1,578 tickets are still unsold, according to WrestleTix on X (formerly Twitter). This is especially noticeable given that the next WWE Saturday Night Main Event, which will be held the day before Evolution on July 12, Saturday, has already sold 10,731 tickets.
This could be one of the reasons that Evolution ticket sales are low, as people would prefer to attend SNME over the all-women's event, even though the match cards confirmed so far are pretty interesting. From Rhea Ripley vs IYO Sky to
Nikki Bella
challenging
Ronda Rousey
to Tiffany Stratton and Trish Stratus going from friends to foes after their Tag Team win at the 2025 Elimination Chamber.
Tiffany Stratton & Trish Stratus vs. Nia Jax & Candice LeRae: Elimination Chamber 2025 highlights
Another reason for low ticket sales could be Beyonce's Cowboy Carter Tour, which will be in Atlanta, Georgia from July 10 to 14 for four shows, with July 12 being the break day. Thus, SNME, which is also being held at the State Farm Arena, has the conveniently placed date not coinciding with the tour dates, but
Evolution
on the other hand, is being impacted by it. This has become yet another issue for the event, which was already seeing low ticket sales.
If WWE cannot come up with something in the meantime, things are not looking up for Evolution 2025.
Women wrestling stars are dismayed over the Evolution mishap
On Fightful's The Hump, host Sean Ross Sapp said that the female wrestlers in
WWE
are not too happy with how the company is treating the event, Having an all-women's event was a big step for female wrestlers and wrestling in general. But seeing that even after a successful show back in 2018, such less importance is being given in planning the second event after a 5+ years gap, many have expressed their dismay over the turn of events.
'So a lot of the women that I was speaking to felt... a lot of them felt like it was set up. One, it was put in against All In weekend, across the street from a Beyoncé concert, during MLB All-Star weekend, when a lot of the hotels were going to be bought up in the area. They weren't necessarily thrilled with that, but it was hastily produced.'
Ronda Rousey vs Nikki Bella (Image via WWE)
Women wrestling stars are not happy with the approach WWE has taken in producing the event so hastily after a 7 years gap in between. And with so many other events taking place at the same time, it was bound to impact Evolution, but WWE did not take any of that into account while planning the event, and the event is suffering because of that.
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