Tonight’s WWE Evolution airing July 13, 2025, promises an action-packed night live from the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The show sees WWE Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defend her title against “The Eradicator” Rhea Ripley. Plus, WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends her title against WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus. The show kicks off at 5:00 PM ET on YouTube and is available for international fans on streaming platforms like Netflix.
The Countdown To WWE Evolution Pre-Show opens up with an aerial shot of the city of Atlanta, Georgia as Michael Cole welcomes us to the show. We then see Rhea Ripley, IYO SKY, Naomi, Tiffany Stratton and several others stars arriving to the State Farm Arena for tonight’s PLE. Cole then introduces the other pre-show panel Jackie Redmond, Big E and Wade Barrett. Cathy Kelley then talks about the Women’s World Championship Match and Megan Morant talks about the WWE Women’s Championship Match. The panel then runs through the card for tonight’s Evolution PLE and we get a video package looking at the Women’s World Championship Match. We then get a discussion from the panel.
Cathy Kelley then interviews Rhea Ripley and asks her about having never beaten IYO SKY before and their championship match tonight. Ripley says SKY has always been a step in front of her. Ripley then says that was the past. Ripley then says she has to go into this match knowing that SKY wants to take advantage of her anger. Ripley then says this match is built on respect so she hopes to keep her anger under control. Torrie Wilson then joins the pre-show panel and she is asked about the first-ever WWE Evolution PLE back in 2018. Wilson talks about crying throughout the first Evolution show and how she has been emotional all day today. Wilson then says the women have come a long way and are complete badasses. Wilson then says she loved seeing the women rallying behind each other and the best moments were often not caught on camera. Wilson then talks about what it would have meant to her to have something like NXT and to train for a year. Wilson then says when she was around she would learn new moves and have to perform them later that night. Wilson then says sometimes the stress was unbearable. Wilson then says she often wondered how things would have been different if she had NXT.
