NXT: New Year's Evil (2025)

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The 2025 New Year's Evil was a

Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California and aired live as a special episode of NXT on The CW. This was NXT's first television special to solely use the WWE branding. The event featured an appearance from The Rock
.

Five matches were contested at the event. In the main event,

triple threat match to win the NXT Championship. In another prominent match, Giulia defeated Roxanne Perez to win the NXT Women's Championship
.

Production

Background

The event was held at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California.

Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California. This was the first edition to air on The CW after NXT's move to the channel in October 2024.[3][4] On January 6, The Rock announced that he would make an appearance at the event.[5]

Storylines

The card consisted of matches that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television program, NXT, and the supplementary online streaming show, Level Up.[6][7]

At

Iron Survivor Challenge to earn an NXT Women's Championship match against Roxanne Perez, with the match scheduled for New Year's Evil.[8]

On the November 19 episode of NXT,

triple threat match against Thorpe and Femi at New Year's Evil, which was made official by Ava.[14]

On the October 29 episode of NXT, Lexis King faced No Quarter Catch Crew's Charlie Dempsey for the NXT Heritage Cup. King was accompanied by Dempsey's father, William Regal. During the match, Regal passed his signature brass knuckles for King to use against Dempsey, but King refused, wanting to win the Cup on his own merit and lost the match by 0–2.[15] On the December 24 episode, King, again with Regal as his cornerman, faced Dempsey in a rematch for the Heritage Cup. Regal again passed the brass knuckles to King, but King again refused. Regal then punched King to which the brass knuckles fell into the ring. The referee disqualified Dempsey and crowned King the new NXT Heritage Cup Champion after he saw Dempsey with the brass knuckles and assumed that Dempsey used it on King.[14] However, due to a grey area in the British Rounds Rules on whether the Cup can change hands via disqualification of the reigning champion, Ava ordered King to give the Cup back to Dempsey (WWE would still recognize King as the official champion) and announced that they would face each other in a one-fall match for the Cup at New Year's Evil, which would be the first time that a match for the Cup would not be contested under British Rounds Rules.[16]

On the December 10 episode of NXT, Cora Jade attacked Stephanie Vaquer backstage, resulting in a tag team match between Jade and Roxanne Perez and Vaquer's ally, Giulia, and Kelani Jordan, which was won by Jade and Perez. After the match, Vaquer attacked Jade.[12] This led to a match between Jade and Vaquer two weeks later, which Vaquer won. After the match, Jordan attacked Jade as Vaquer tried to restrain Jordan. Later that night backstage, Jordan confronted Vaquer and said she did not need her help, but Lola Vice appeared and said Vaquer was looking out for Jordan.[14] This led to a match between Jordan and Vice the following week, which Jordan won after interference from Jade, who attacked both women after the match, but Vaquer came to their defense. Vice subsequently tried to hit Jade, but accidentally hit Vaquer instead. Later that night backstage, an argument and brawl ensued between Jordan, Vice, and Vaquer, much to the delight of Jade. NXT General Manager Ava subsequently scheduled a fatal four-way match for New Year's Evil, where the winner would become the #1 contender for the NXT Women's North American Championship.[16]

On the November 26 episode of NXT,

six-woman tag team match between the two teams was later scheduled for New Year's Evil.[16]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes
Triple threat match for the NXT Championship[18]
10:43
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Notes

  1. Vengeance Day
    .

References

  1. ^ Rueter, Sean (December 6, 2020). "NXT goes with a WCW deep cut for its next themed episode". Cageside Seats. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  2. ^ Thomas, Jeremy (December 6, 2020). "WWE Announces 'New Year's Evil' Special Episode of NXT". 411Mania. Archived from the original on December 7, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  3. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (December 7, 2024). "NXT New Year's Evil To Take Place In Los Angeles". Fightful. Archived from the original on December 8, 2024. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
  4. ^ Tessier, Colin (December 11, 2024). "WWE Officially Announces Venue For NXT New Year's Evil 2025". Fightful. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  5. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (January 6, 2025). "The Rock Says He'll Be At NXT New Year's Evil". Fightful. Archived from the original on January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
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  9. ^ Moore, John (November 19, 2024). "NXT TV results (11/19): Moore's review of Ridge Holland vs. Andre Chase for a shot at the NXT Championship at NXT Deadline, Iron Survivor Challenge qualifiers". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on November 21, 2024. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  10. ^ Moore, John (December 3, 2024). "NXT TV results (12/3): Moore's review of Iron Survivor Challenge last chance qualifiers, Eric Bischoff and Sean "X-Pac" Waltman appearances, Battle Royal for a shot at the NXT Tag Titles at Deadline". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on December 8, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  11. ^ "Eddy Thorpe is OUT of the Men's Iron Survivor Challenge Match at Deadline". WWE. December 7, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  12. ^ a b c Powell, Jason (December 10, 2024). "NXT TV results (12/10): Powell's review of the Deadline fallout show featuring Je'Von Evans vs. Wes Lee, Iron Survivor Challenge winner Oba Femi, Tatum Paxley and Gigi Dolin vs. Jacy Jayne and Jazmyn Nyx". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  13. ^ Defelice, Robert (December 17, 2024). "NXT Title Match Between Eddy Thorpe And Trick Williams Ends In Controversy". Fightful. Archived from the original on December 19, 2024. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
  14. ^ a b c Moore, John. "NXT TV results (12/24): Moore's review of Charlie Dempsey vs. Lexis King for the NXT Heritage Cup, Stephanie Vaquer vs. Cora Jade, a four-way for a shot at the NXT Tag Team Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on December 26, 2024. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
  15. ^ Moore, John (October 29, 2024). "NXT TV results (10/29): Moore's review of Nathan Frazer and Axiom vs. Je'Von Evans and Cedric Alexander for the NXT Tag Team Titles, Zaria's in-ring debut". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on November 11, 2024. Retrieved October 29, 2024.
  16. ^
    PWTorch. Archived
    from the original on January 14, 2025. Retrieved December 31, 2024.
  17. ^ Moore, John (November 26, 2024). "NXT TV results (11/26): Moore's review of Tony D'Angelo vs. Shawn Spears for the NXT NA Title, Fallon Henley vs. Tatum Paxley for the NXT Women's NA Title, Iron Survivor Challenge qualifiers". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on December 3, 2024. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  18. ^ a b c d e "New Year's Evil 2025 results: Giulia and Oba Femi capture gold at New Year's Evil". WWE. January 7, 2025. Archived from the original on January 8, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  19. Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived
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