The 2025 WWE: New Year's Evil is the fifth annual NXT: New Year's Evil professional wrestling television special produced by WWE, and sixth New Year's Evil overall. It will be held primarily for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event will take place on January 7, 2025, at Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California and will air live as a special episode of WWE's weekly television series NXT. This is the first NXT television special to use the WWE branding.
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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | NXT | ||
| Date | January 7, 2025 | ||
| City | Los Angeles, California | ||
| Venue | Shrine Expo Hall | ||
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Production
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New Year's Evil is a professional wrestling television special currently produced by WWE held around New Year's. It was originally broadcast as a special episode of World Championship Wrestling's (WCW) Monday Nitro on December 27, 1999; WWE acquired WCW in 2001.[1] After 21 years since that WCW event, WWE revived New Year's Evil for its developmental brand NXT as a special episode of NXT on January 6, 2021,[2] and it has since been held annually in early January. The 2025 edition is set to take place on January 7, 2025, at the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California.[3][4]
Storylines
editThe card will consist of matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are 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.[5][6]
At NXT Deadline, Oba Femi won the Men's Iron Survivor Challenge to earn an NXT Championship match against Trick Williams, and Giulia won the Women's Iron Survivor Challenge to earn an NXT Women's Championship match against Roxanne Perez, with both matches taking place at New Year's Evil.[7]
Matches
edit| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||||
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| 1 | Trick Williams (c) vs. Oba Femi vs. Eddy Thorpe | Triple threat match for the NXT Championship[8] | ||||
| 2 | Roxanne Perez (c) vs. Giulia | Singles match for the NXT Women's Championship[9] | ||||
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References
edit- ^ Rueter, Sean (December 6, 2020). "NXT goes with a WCW deep cut for its next themed episode". Cageside Seats. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ Thomas, Jeremy (December 6, 2020). "WWE Announces 'New Year's Evil' Special Episode of NXT". 411Mania. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (December 7, 2024). "NXT New Year's Evil To Take Place In Los Angeles". Fightful. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
- ^ Tessier, Colin (December 11, 2024). "WWE Officially Announces Venue For NXT New Year's Evil 2025". Fightful. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
- ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
- ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
- ^ Powell, Jason (December 7, 2024). "NXT Deadline results: Powell's live review of Trick Williams vs. Ridge Holland for the NXT Title, Iron Survivor Challenge matches, Jaida Parker vs. Lola Vice in an NXT Underground match". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
- ^ Defelice, Robert (December 7, 2024). "Men's Iron Survivor Challenge Winner Crowned At NXT Deadline 2024". Fightful. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ Defelice, Robert (December 7, 2024). "Women's Iron Survivor Challenge Winner Crowned At NXT Deadline 2024". Fightful. Retrieved December 10, 2024.