{"id":129198,"date":"2025-01-05T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=129198"},"modified":"2025-01-05T09:42:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-05T14:42:21","slug":"preview-wwe-nxt-1-7-25-new-years-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/01\/05\/preview-wwe-nxt-1-7-25-new-years-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE NXT (1\/7\/25) &#8211; New Year&#8217;s Evil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s episode of WWE NXT is the New Year&#8217;s Evil special. With it being the first show of the year, it&#8217;s expected that it will be action-packed, as everyone looks to get their year off to a dominant start.<\/p>\n<p>NXT New Year&#8217;s Evil emanates from the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California. At time of writing, five matches have been confirmed for the show. Three of these are title matches.<\/p>\n<p>Here is all you need to know ahead of the January 7 NXT.<\/p>\n<h3>WWE NXT Full Card:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>NXT Championship Triple Threat Match: Trick Williams (c) vs. Oba Femi vs. Eddy Thorpe<\/li>\n<li>NXT Women&#8217;s Championship Match: Roxanne Perez (c) vs. Giulia<\/li>\n<li>NXT Heritage Cup Sudden Death Rules Match: Lexis King (c) vs. Charlie Dempsey<\/li>\n<li>Fatal Four-Way Match: Cora Jade vs. Kelani Jordan vs. Lola Vice vs. Stephanie Vaquer*<\/li>\n<li>Six-Woman Tag Team Match: Gigi Dolin, Shotzi &amp; Tatum Paxley vs. Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne &amp; Jazmyn Nyx)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*To determine the number one contender for the NXT Women&#8217;s North American Championship<\/p>\n<h3>Trick Williams Defends NXT Gold Against Oba Femi and Eddy Thorpe<\/h3>\n<p>At New Year&#8217;s Evil, Trick Williams defends his NXT Championship against Oba Femi and Eddy Thorpe in a triple threat match. Williams is nearing 100 days as the champion in his second reign, and he faces his greatest threat yet.<\/p>\n<p>Being the former NXT North American Champion, Femi is already a formidable challenger on his own. Add to that, a highly-determined Thorpe, who is ready to claim an NXT championship for himself. The stakes are so high, and Williams does not even need to be involved in the finish to lose his title.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chaos follows New Year\u2019s Evil Triple Threat announcement: NXT highlights, Dec. 24, 2024\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/blf5jrRdrmI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Giulia Looks To Dethrone Roxanne Perez at New Year&#8217;s Evil<\/h3>\n<p>Roxanne Perez recently got awarded the Female Superstar of the Year award at the NXT Year-End Awards. A major contributor to that is her reign as the NXT Women&#8217;s Champion, and that is under serious threat in the form of the Women&#8217;s Iron Survivor Challenger Giulia.<\/p>\n<p>This has been a long-awaited bout and, at New Year&#8217;s Evil, the stars will align when these two clash. With Perez and Giulia&#8217;s level of wrestling IQ, this could be the match of the night. They could share that accolade but only one of them can walk away the NXT Women&#8217;s Champion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Giulia promises to dethrone Roxanne Perez: NXT highlights, Dec. 10, 2024\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Su3rqQVFjcc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Network<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s episode of WWE NXT is the New Year&#8217;s Evil special. With it being the first show of the year, it&#8217;s expected that it will be action-packed, as everyone looks to get their year off to a dominant start. NXT New Year&#8217;s Evil emanates from the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California. 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