Female Superstar of the Year: Sol Ruca
Four would deserve the award. Blake Monroe has only been on NXT for seven months, but she has already made a strong impact. Jacy Jayne is the NXT Women’s Champion and a former TNA Knockouts Champion. Kelani Jordan hasn’t held an NXT title in 2025, but is also a former TNA Knockouts Champion. And there’s Sol Ruca, someone I barely knew about a few months ago. Watching her wrestling is a huge slap in the face.
She is the future, what the NXT fans noticed as they chose her. At WWE Saturday Night Main Event XLII, she defeated an NXT alumna, Bayley. She is the longest-reigning WWE/NXT Women’s Double Champion in history, as the WWE Women’s Speed Champion and NXT Women’s North American Champion. Her main roster call should come faster than we think.
The 2025 NXT Female Superstar of the Year Award goes to… 👊 pic.twitter.com/1OGSYaGquU
— WWE (@WWE) December 31, 2025
Moment of the Year: Tatum Paxley wins the NXT Women’s Championship
Being NXTNA, I honestly was hesitating between the NXT vs. TNA brawl and The Hardy Boyz winning the NXT Tag Team titles. Tatum Paxley’s win moved the fans. Since day one, Paxley has embraced being the outcast. After trying to fit in, Paxley finally embraced her misfit side, and she began to see success in the ring as a direct result.
The peculiar Paxley is often seen backstage playing with her creepy dolls that seem to resemble her fellow NXT Superstars. She finally found a home in The Culling alongside Shawn Spears, Niko Vance, and Izzi Dame. That boosted her to winning the NXT Women’s Championship at NXT Halloween Havoc 2025. That win didn’t please The Culling, who let her down and became her foes.
Best PLE/Show of the Year: “Stand & Deliver”
Despite being described as a “chaotic” PLE, the fans chose the WrestleMania 41 weekend PLE. As I said earlier, I haven’t watched it. The fans made a choice, and I can only respect it. I’m a rookie at the NXT Results game, so I’ll do better in 2026.
I’ll see you next week for NXT New Year’s Evil 2026, as I keep on exploring the NXT world through the NXTNA “cold war.” Till then, enjoy the last hours of 2025. May the Nygma be with you.
NXT New Year’s Evil 2026 Card (01/06/2026)
- WWE NXT Women’s North American Title Match: Thea Hail (c) vs. Blake Monroe
- WWE NXT Women’s Title Match: Jacy Jayne (w/Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid) (c) vs. Kendal Grey (w/Wren Sinclair)
- WWE NXT Title Match: Oba Femi (c) vs. TNA X-Division Champion Leon Slater
- The Culling (Shawn Spears & Niko Vance) are barred from ringside – Izzi Dame vs Tatum Paxley
We asked some people across @WWENXT and @ThisIsTNA who will win between @Obaofwwe and @LEONSLATER_… 👀
Who do you have walking out of New Year's Evil as the NXT Champion?! pic.twitter.com/NCl0sidi4l
— WWE (@WWE) December 31, 2025
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