On Tuesday night’s WWE NXT New Year’s Evil special event, we saw a title unification match take place as NXT North American Champion Carmelo Hayes defeated NXT Cruiserweight Champion Roderick Strong via pinfall to unify the titles and seemingly end the Cruiserweight division altogether.
You can check out some highlights from the match below:
don't blink#NXTNYE #UnificationMatch @Carmelo_WWE @roderickstrong pic.twitter.com/wTOXJYUlLJ
— WWE (@WWE) January 5, 2022
.@roderickstrong turns @Carmelo_WWE inside out!#NXTNYE #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/SxaU0Zw8lD
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) January 5, 2022
.@_trickwilliams is looking for @Carmelo_WWE to cinch it in! #WWENXT #NXTNYE @roderickstrong pic.twitter.com/68tLj0GonA
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) January 5, 2022
.@Carmelo_WWE and @roderickstrong are putting it all on the line in this #UnificationMatch!!
Who will walk out of #NXTNYE as #WWENXT North American Champion? pic.twitter.com/ccFn3u353b
— WWE (@WWE) January 5, 2022
😱🤯😱🤯#NXTNYE #WWENXT @Carmelo_WWE @roderickstrong pic.twitter.com/1uWvEMGqi7
— WWE (@WWE) January 5, 2022
.@Carmelo_WWE has done it! #NXTNYE #WWENXT #UnificationMatch pic.twitter.com/fPqqTbbZQj
— WWE (@WWE) January 5, 2022