NXT: New Year's Evil (2021)

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NXT: New Year's Evil
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Promotional poster featuring Finn Bálor and Kyle O'Reilly
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)NXT
DateJanuary 6, 2021
CityOrlando, Florida
VenueWWE Performance Center
Attendance0 (behind closed doors)[a]
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NXT: New Year's Evil was a special episode of WWE's weekly television series NXT, broadcast on the USA Network. It took place on January 6, 2021 at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and featured WWE's virtual fan viewing experience for their NXT brand division called the Capitol Wrestling Center.[1] This event was the first to have its New Year's themed since New Year's Revolution in 2007. It was hosted by Dexter Lumis.

Six matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Finn Balor defeated Kyle O'Reilly to retain the NXT Championship. In other prominent matches, Santos Escobar defeated Gran Metalik to retain the NXT Cruiserweight Championship, Raquel González defeated Rhea Ripley in a Last Woman Standing match, and in the opening bout, Karrion Kross defeated Damian Priest.

Production[]

Background[]

New Year's Evil is a professional wrestling event currently produced by WWE. It was last 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. Prior to this event, WWE also organized a pay-per-view in a similar theme, New Year's Revolution, which was held from 2005 to 2007. WWE also announced that the show would be hosted by NXT wrestler Dexter Lumis.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic[]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WWE's NXT events had to be presented from a behind closed doors set at NXT's home base of Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida since mid-March; WWE's programming for Raw and SmackDown were also done in this manner but at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, before moving to Orlando's Amway Center in August in a setup dubbed the WWE ThunderDome (the ThunderDome was then relocated to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida in December). In October 2020, it was announced that beginning with TakeOver 31, NXT would be moving their events to the Performance Center, which would feature the new "Capitol Wrestling Center" setup, an homage to the Capitol Wrestling Corporation, the predecessor to WWE. Like the ThunderDome for Raw and SmackDown, LED boards were placed around the Performance Center so that fans could attend virtually, while additionally, friends and family members of the wrestlers were in attendance, along with a limited number of actual live fans, divided from each other by plexiglass walls.[2][3]

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.[4]

Results[]

No. Results Stipulations Times[5]
1 Karrion Kross (with Scarlett) defeated Damian Priest Singles match[6] 15:29
2 Santos Escobar (c) (with Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza) defeated Gran Metalik (with Lince Dorado) Singles match for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship 12:28
3 Xia Li (with Boa) defeated Katrina Cortez Singles match 1:27
4 Raquel González (with Dakota Kai) defeated Rhea Ripley Last Woman Standing match[7] 17:26
5 Kushida and Shotzi Blackheart defeated The Way (Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae) (with Austin Theory and Indi Hartwell) Mixed tag team match 8:57
6 Finn Bálor (c) defeated Kyle O'Reilly by submission Singles match for the NXT Championship 17:24
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Notes[]

  1. ^ The event was held without a paying audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, though it featured a live crowd of WWE wrestlers, trainees, and select invited fans as well as virtual fans via NXT's Capitol Wrestling Center viewing experience.

References[]

  1. ^ "NXT to present New Year's Evil on Wednesday, Jan. 6". WWE. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Capitol Wrestling Center to be unveiled tonight at NXT TakeOver 31". WWE. October 4, 2020. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  3. ^ Defelice, Robert (October 4, 2020). "NXT TakeOver 31 To Feature The Debut Of The Capitol Wrestling Center". Fightful. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  5. ^ Moore, John (January 6, 2021). "1/6 NXT TV results: Moore's review of New Year's Evil featuring Finn Balor vs. Kyle O'Reilly for the NXT Title, Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Gonzalez in a Last Woman Standing match, Karrion Kross vs. Damian Priest, Santos Escobar vs. Gran Metalik for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  6. ^ Garretson, Jordan (December 22, 2020). "Damian Priest set for powerhouse collision with Karrion Kross". WWE. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  7. ^ Garretson, Jordan (December 28, 2020). "Rhea Ripley to face off with Raquel González in Last Woman Standing Match at NXT New Year's Evil". WWE. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

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