WWE NXT NEW YEAR’S EVIL 2024 is live out of the WWE Capitol Wrestling Center in Orlando, Florida! Welcome to the eWrestlingNews coverage of NXT results for this week (January 2, 2024)!
Follow along here for results of all the matches and noteworthy moments and keep refreshing for updates. Be sure to chat it up in the comments below and tell us your thoughts while watching this episode!
- NXT Women’s Championship Match: Lyra Valkyria (c) defeated Blair Davenport by pinfall. Lola Vice tried to cash in her Breakout Tournament contract title shot, but she was stopped by Tatum Paxley, who fought alongside Lyra against Vice and Elektra Lopez, though Valkyria wasn’t too into having Paxley next to her.
- Kelly Kincaid broke the news that Ilja Dragunov isn’t cleared to compete tonight, so the scheduled title match won’t happen.
- Latino World Order (Carlito, Cruz Del Toro and Joaquin Wilde) defeated No Quarter Catch Crew (Drew Gulak, Myles Borne and Damon Kemp) by pinfall.
- Backstage, Trick and Carmelo Hayes spoke about the title match with Dragunov, but were interrupted by Grayson Waller talking some trash. Melo volunteered Trick to put his No. 1 contender’s shot on the line to fight Waller tonight.
- Roxanne Perez defeated Arianna Grace by pinfall. However, Roxanne continued to go after Grace after the match, forcing officials to separate them. As a result, the referee reversed his decision, awarding Grace the win.
- Ava was interviewed by Kelly Kincaid about pulling Dragunov from the title match. Also, Ava explained that Paul Heyman had advised her to be the assistant for Shawn Michaels to help him out. If I heard her correctly (as she was talking super fast and clearly nervous to get through her lines), she also said the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic starts next week.
- Backstage, Nikkita Lyons scared Blair Davenport and said she could’ve just taken her out from behind like what Davenport did to her. Blair said that shows she doesn’t have the guts, and her only chance is to take her out from behind, rather than face to face. Officials came over to separate them when Lyons suggested they start fighting right then and there.
- Fallon Henley defeated Tiffany Stratton by pinfall. This means that Stratton will now have to be Henley’s “ranch hand” at the farm, as per the stipulation.
- Backstage, Baron Corbin approached Bron Breakker to be his partner for the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Breakker wasn’t into the idea, but Corbin pointed out that nobody’s going to want to team with Bron, as he’s an a-hole. But so is Corbin. And they could run through the competition. Breakker got on board with the idea.
- In the locker room, Gigi Dolin was taking over Cora Jade’s locker (the one she took back from Karmen Petrovic), leading to the two having an altercation with the other women stepping in between them.
- Ridge Holland was interviewed about his “redemption” return to NXT.
- NXT Men’s Breakout Tournament Final: Oba Femi defeated Riley Osborne by pinfall.
- Backstage, Thea Hail talked to Jacy Jayne about how she should send Osborne a text or give him a gift card to cheer him up for losing the tournament. Duke Hudson and Andre Chase came over to talk about the Dusty Cup. Jayne said Chase can’t focus on two things at once, so she’s in charge now, and it will be Osborne and Hudson entering the tournament instead.
- Right after that, the camera panned to Lyra Valkyria sitting on a production chest. Tatum Paxley popped up to say that as long as Valkyria is still champion, all is right in the world.
- In the locker room, Axiom and Nathan Frazer agreed to team up for the Dusty Cup. Brooks Jensen was sad in the background (somewhat out of focus). Malik Blade and Edris Enofe overheard Frazer talking some trash again, as this is a gimmick of him badmouthing someone who is standing right behind him.
- Tony D’Angelo, Adriana Rizzo and Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo spoke a moment about how OTM wants a title shot and Chase U isn’t off the hook yet. They referred to Adriana as the glue of the family who always gets the job done. Joe Gacy was suddenly in their car trunk, replacing “the guy that was in there”.
- Trick Williams defeated Grayson Waller by pinfall. Carmelo Hayes came out and was talking to Trick, setting up a possible situation for Waller to capitalize on it, but Kevin Owens made a surprise appearance to punch Waller, allowing Trick to hit a high knee for the win.
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