NXT: New Year's Evil (2024)

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NXT: New Year's Evil
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Promotion WWE
Brand(s) NXT
DateJanuary 2, 2024
City Orlando, Florida
Venue WWE Performance Center
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The 2024 NXT: New Year's Evil was the fourth annual NXT: New Year's Evil professional wrestling television special produced by WWE, and fifth New Year's Evil overall. It was held primarily for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event took place on January 2, 2024, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and aired live as a special episode of WWE's weekly television series NXT on the USA Network. The broadcast was part of WWE's week-long programming of New Year's-themed shows called New Year's Knockout Week. This episode also marked NXT's return to livestreaming on the WWE Network in the United Kingdom after previously airing on TNT Sports since January 2020.

Contents

Six matches were contested during the live broadcast. In the main event, Trick Williams defeated SmackDown's Grayson Waller to retain his Iron Survivor Challenge title opportunity for the NXT Championship; Williams was originally scheduled to challenge champion Ilja Dragunov on the show, but due to Dragunov being injured, the match was postponed. In another prominent match, which opened the show, Lyra Valkyria defeated Blair Davenport to retain the NXT Women's Championship, which was Davenport's Iron Survivor Challenge title opportunity.

This event is also notable for featuring Tiffany Stratton's final televised match on NXT, as she only appeared in a few segments before signing with SmackDown the following month.

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. During NXT Deadline on December 9, 2023, it was announced that the fourth edition of NXT: New Year's Evil would be held on January 2, 2024, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and broadcast live on the USA Network in the United States. [3] The show was held as part of WWE's week-long programming of New Year's-themed shows called New Year's Knockout Week, which included Raw: Day 1 and SmackDown: New Year's Revolution. [4]

In the United Kingdom, NXT had aired on TNT Sports since January 2020. However, beginning with New Year's Evil, NXT moved back to WWE's streaming service, the WWE Network. [5]

Storylines

The card included six 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 NXT Deadline, Blair Davenport won the Women's Iron Survivor Challenge to earn an NXT Women's Championship match against Lyra Valkyria, while Trick Williams won the Men's Iron Survivor Challenge to earn an NXT Championship match against Ilja Dragunov. Both title matches were scheduled for New Year's Evil. [8]

The NXT Men's Breakout Tournament is a tournament composed of eight male wrestlers from the NXT brand. The tournament began on the December 12 episode of NXT. The winner earns a contract and can cash in for an NXT Championship or NXT North American Championship match at any time. The final was scheduled for New Year's Evil. [9]

Tiffany Stratton and Fallon Henley had been feuding since October. Their feud came to a head on the December 19 episode of NXT, where Stratton dumped garbage on Henley and challenged her to a match at New Year's Evil, which Henley accepted. If Stratton wins, Henley must become Stratton's servant for a day. If Henley wins, Stratton must work on Henley's ranch for a day. [10]

On the December 19 episode of NXT, Arianna Grace mocked Roxanne Perez for losing her match to Kiana James at NXT Deadline before being slapped by Perez. [10] The following week, Grace spoke with Ava and recommended her to force Perez to take anger management classes. Ava then informed Grace that a match between her and Perez would take place at New Year's Evil, which was made later made official. [11]

On the December 19 episode of NXT, SmackDown's Dragon Lee defeated Joe Coffey and Charlie Dempsey in a triple threat match to retain the NXT North American Championship. After the match, Lee was attacked by Dempsey and his No Quarter Catch Crew stablemates Drew Gulak, Damon Kemp, and Myles Borne. The Latino World Order (Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro) then came out to save Lee. [10] The following week, No Quarter Catch Crew challenged Lee, Wilde, and Del Toro to a six man tag team match at New Year's Evil, which they accepted and was made official. [11] However, a day before the event, Lee announced on X that he would miss New Year's Evil due to travel issues and was replaced by Carlito. [12]

Event

Premlinary matches

Main event

Despite Ilja Dragunov signing a contract to defend the NXT Championship against Trick Williams at New Year's Evil, it was announced during the event that Dragunov was not medically cleared to wrestle due to an injury incurred from Ridge Holland two weeks prior. [13] [14] In the locker room, as Williams and Carmelo Hayes were discussing the news, they were interrupted by SmackDown's Grayson Waller. Hayes then put Williams in a match to face Waller with Williams' Iron Survivor Challenge title match opportunity on the line. Williams went on to defeat Waller after interference from SmackDown's Kevin Owens, who appeared from the crowd and attacked Waller with his arm cast. [15]

Results

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes [16]
1 Lyra Valkyria (c) defeated Blair Davenport by pinfall Singles match for the NXT Women's Championship [17] 8:26
2 Latino World Order (Carlito, Joaquin Wilde, and Cruz Del Toro) defeated The No Quarter Catch Crew (Damon Kemp, Myles Borne, and Drew Gulak) by pinfall Six-man tag team match [18] 8:35
3 Arianna Grace defeated Roxanne Perez by disqualification [lower-alpha 1] Singles match [19] 5:09
4 Fallon Henley defeated Tiffany Stratton by pinfall Singles match [19]
Since Stratton lost, she became Henley's ranch hand for a day.
Had Henley lost, she would have become Stratton's servant for a day.		9:04
5 Oba Femi defeated Riley Osborne by pinfall NXT Men's Breakout Tournament final match [19] 9:55
6 Trick Williams [lower-alpha 2] defeated Grayson Waller by pinfall Singles match
Williams' Iron Survivor Challenge title opportunity for the NXT Championship was on the line.		13:06
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

NXT Men's Breakout Tournament

This section is an excerpt from NXT Breakout Tournament § 2023 Men's.[ edit ]
First round
NXT
December 12-19, 2023		Semifinals
NXT
December 26, 2023		Final
New Year's Evil
January 2, 2024
         
Riley Osborne Pin
Keanu Carver 3:28
Riley Osborne Pin
Lexis King 3:43
Lexis King † Pin
Dion Lennox 2:59
Riley Osborne 9:45
Oba Femi Pin
Oba Femi Pin
Myles Borne 3:35
Oba Femi Pin
Tavion Heights 4:10
Tavion Heights Pin
Luca Crusifino 3:25
† King replaced Trey Bearhill after he attacked Bearhill with a chair.

Notes

  1. ↑ Perez originally won the match by pinfall, but due to her continuing to attack Grace after the match, the referee reversed the decision.
  2. ↑ Williams was originally scheduled to face Ilja Dragunov for the NXT Championship, but due to injury, Dragunov was unable to compete and instead, a match between Waller and Williams was scheduled.

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