While this week's editions of RAW and
SmackDown Live did very little to promote the pay-per-view, Dave Meltzer on the most recent
Wrestling Observer Radio noted that the internal reaction to
WWE Evolution was that nobody in the company saw it as a big show.
Meltzer further noted that the event was announced for Stephanie McMahon to brag about the show, and also as a way to take heat off for the women not traveling to Saudi Arabia for
WWE Crown Jewel.
As we had earlier reported,
WWE announced that the WWE Crown Jewel pay-per-view will go on as planned in Saudi Arabia on November 2nd, and the female Superstars will not be performing on the card.