The January 4, 2022 of NXT was a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE which took place at the Capitol Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
NXT: New Year's Evil was a special episode of WWE's weekly television series NXT, broadcasted on the USA Network. It took place on January 4, 2022, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida for their NXT brand division. This was the final event to feature the NXT Cruiserweight Championship, as it was unified into the NXT North American Championship at this event.
New Year's Evil also marked an appearance by Rick Steiner, who has not appeared in WWF/E programming since 1994.
Production[]
Background[]
New Year's Evil is a professional wrestling event currently produced by WWE. It was used for a special episode of WCW Monday Nitro on December 27, 1999; WWE acquired World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 2001. After 21 years since that WCW event, WWE revived the name for their January 6, 2021, episode of NXT. At NXT WarGames, it was announced that the second edition of NXT: New Year's Evil would be held on January 4, 2022, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
Storylines[]
NXT: New Year's Evil featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Results[]
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Carmelo Hayes (w/ Trick Williams) (c) [NA] defeated Roderick Strong (w/ Hachiman & Malcolm Bivens) (c) [Cruis] in a Championship Unification Match for the NXT North American Championship and NXT Cruiserweight Championship (15:30)
- Riddle & MSK (Nash Carter & Wes Lee) defeated Imperium (WALTER, Marcel Barthel & Fabian Aichner) in a Six Man Tag Team Match (13:52)
- Mandy Rose (c) defeated Raquel González and Cora Jade in a Triple Threat Match to retain the NXT Women's Championship (12:32)
- Bron Breakker defeated Tommaso Ciampa (c) to win the NXT Championship (15:28)
Other on-screen talent[]
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