New Year's Evil was held on Tuesday from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. The event began showing the arrival of several fighters to the building, including The Rock, who arrived in a pickup truck, opening a drink before putting his personalized belt on his shoulder.
Corey Graves joined Vic Joseph and Booker T at the commentators' table, marking his return to comments at NXT.
Giulia defeats Roxanne Perez and is crowned as the new female NXT champion
Giulia applied a Northern Light Bomb on the ground and, after avoiding a pop rocks, connected a knee followed by another Northern Light Bomb to achieve the account of three.
Eddy Thorpe is not believed after a mysterious attack
Thorpe said he had been the victim of another surprise attack, but the general manager of Nxt, Ava, did not believe him and left him with the coaches to attend to his alleged injuries.
Stephanie Vaquer becomes the number one contender to the NXT American female title
Vaquer won a four -corner fatal fight against Kelani Jordan, Cora Jade and Lola Vice when Jordan failed a 450 Splash, which allowed Vaquer to execute his final movement and achieve victory by covering Jordan.
In a Backstage segment, Oba FEMI confessed to Ava that it was he who attacked Thorpe, but Ava seemed indifferent to revelation.
Gigi Dolin, Tatum Paxley and Shotzi defeat Fatal influence in a fighting female trios
Shotzi achieved the victory for his team by covering Nxt's American champion Fallon Henley.
The Rock Tras Backstage
In Backstage, Ethan Page argued with Ava on not being scheduled for a fight. The Rock intervened and warned Page that Karma would eventually reach him for his actions, including breaking a fighter's jaw. Before leaving, Rock gave a touch to Page, like an old American football coach.
Lexis King defeats Charlie Dempsey and wins the heritage cup
Lexis King beat Charlie Dempsey to keep the heritage cup.
Oba FEMI defeated Trick Williams and Eddy Thorpe in a triple threat struggle to crown new NXT champion.
Trick almost won with a Bottom rock from the second rope, but Femi resisted. Thorpe tried to interfere, but accidentally hit Trick with the chair, allowing Femi to finish it with a PowerBomb for victory.
The Rock closes the show
The program ended with The Rock in the ring, receiving a deafening ovation.
Rock thanked NXT fans for their support and highlighted the importance of the audience in the success of the show. Rock talks about the hug he had with Cody Rhodes last night in RAW. Rock mocks fans for having a problem with that.
Rock says they shut up their mouths and enjoy the trip in which he is taking them. He made several references to his classic phrases and closed with his iconic line: “Can You Smell What the Rock Is Cooking?”
Thus concluded an exciting episode of New Year's Evil.
