NXT: New Year's Evil (2026)

NXT: New Year's Evil
Promotion	WWE
Brand	NXT
Date	January 6, 2026
City	TBA
Venue	TBA
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The 2026 NXT: New Year's Evil is an upcoming professional wrestling television special produced by WWE for its developmental brand NXT. It will be the sixth annual NXT: New Year's Evil and seventh New Year's Evil overall. It will take place on January 6, 2026, and will air live as a special episode of NXT on The CW.

Production

Background

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 2026 event is scheduled to take place on January 6. This will be the second edition to air on The CW after NXT's move to the channel in October 2024. ^[3]

Storylines

The card will consist of matches that resulted from scripted storylines. Results are be predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television program, NXT, and the online streaming show, Evolve . ^{[4] [5]}

At NXT Deadline, WWE Evolve Women's Champion Kendal Grey won the Women's Iron Survivor Challenge to earn an NXT Women's Championship match against Jacy Jayne at New Year's Evil. ^{[6] [7]}

Also at Deadline, Je'Von Evans won the Men's Iron Survivor Challenge to earn an NXT Championship match against Oba Femi, who defeated Ricky Saints to win the title earlier that night, at New Year's Evil. ^{[6] [8]} However, instead of waiting until New Year's Evil, Jevon activated his earned title match on the following episode of NXT, but lost after Saints pulled the referee out of the ring to void a pinfall attempt. Due to Evans activating his title match prior to New Year's Evil, NXT General Manager Ava announced that Myles Borne, Joe Hendry, Dion Lennox and TNA X-Division Champion Leon Slater would compete in a fatal four-way match, where the winner would earn a title match at the event.

Matches

No.	Matches*	Stipulations
1	Jacy Jayne (c) (with Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid) vs. Kendal Grey (with Wren Sinclair)	Singles match for the NXT Women's Championship [9]
2	Oba Femi (c) vs. TBD	Singles match for the NXT Championship
(c)  – the champion(s) heading into the match *Card subject to change

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. Thompson, Andrew (December 6, 2025). "NXT New Year's Evil To Air On The CW On January 6th". Fightful. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
4. Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
5. "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE . Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
6. Moore, John (December 6, 2025). "NXT Deadline results: Moore's live review of Ricky Saints vs. Oba Femi for the NXT Title, Iron Survivor Challenge matches". Pro Wrestling Dot Net . Archived from the original on December 7, 2025. Retrieved December 6, 2025.
7. Thompson, Andrew (December 6, 2025). "Kendal Grey Wins Women's Iron Survivor Challenge Match At NXT Deadline". Fightful. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
8. Thompson, Andrew (December 6, 2025). "Je'Von Evans Wins 2025 Men's Iron Survivor Challenge Match At NXT Deadline". Fightful. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
9. Thompson, Andrew (December 6, 2025). "Jacy Jayne vs. Kendal Grey For NXT Women's Championship Set For NXT New Year's Evil". Fightful. Retrieved December 9, 2025.

External links

• WWE NXT official website