WWE NXT Outcomes: Winners, Reside Grades, Response and Highlights Earlier than New 12 months’s Evil
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Kayden Carter and Katana Likelihood return to NXT for an thrilling triple menace tag group match, hoping to make a press release to Deadly Affect and the remainder of the NXT ladies’s division.Credit score: WWE.com.
NXT ended the yr for WWE on December 31 with the NXT 12 months Finish Awards, celebrating the final yr of nice motion and moments.
Alongside large classes to be awarded like Male and Feminine Famous person of the 12 months and Second of the 12 months, the ladies of NXT stepped as much as compete.
Kayden Carter and Katana Likelihood returned to NXT to compete in opposition to Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson in addition to Shotzi and Gigi Dolin in a triple menace tag match.
Kelani Jordan and Lola Vice hoped to finish a yr the place they each broke out with a fantastic efficiency and momentum-building win.
The black-and-silver model would additionally proceed to construct main hype for New 12 months’s Evil, which might function Trick Williams vs. Oba Femi vs. Eddy Thorpe and Roxanne Perez vs. Giulia for NXT’s high titles.
Kelani Jordan vs. Lola Vice
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- After sending her to the surface, Vice yelled at Jordan that this was Jordan’s fault as Vice didn’t need this match.
- In a pre-taped video, Giulia talked up Roxanne Perez in addition to the legacy of the opposite high ladies which have held the NXT Girls’s Championship up to now.
- Oba Femi vs. Josh Briggs vs. Dijak was named Match of the 12 months for NXT. Briggs talked from house about how particular this honor was to him.
- After Jade watched Vaquer, Jordan and Vice argue, Ava informed her that she would face all 4 subsequent week for a Girls’s North American Championship alternative.
Kelani Jordan lastly obtained rolling on this bodily battle with Lola Vice, however Cora Jade obtained concerned. The distraction backfired, permitting Jordan to roll up Vice with a bridge to win.
Afterward, Jade attacked Jordan till Stephanie Vaquer made the save. Vice by accident caught Vaquer with a spinning again fist.
On an evening missing for big-time matches, Jordan and Vice obtained the required time to ship a top quality efficiency, full with fascinating teases for the place each ladies might go within the new yr.
Jordan wanted this rebound win as she enters 2025 as a possible NXT essential occasion star awaiting her subsequent alternative.
The end was messier than wanted, however it left fascinating questions for all concerned within the aftermath. Jade has created a number of fascinating rivals.
Whereas Jordan has hinted at a doable heel flip within the final month, it was truly Vice that was positioned within the doable heel position all through this match.
The ladies’s division might use extra heel illustration, particularly as soon as Giulia captures the NXT Girls’s Championship. Vice would possibly rise increased by returning to a heel position in 2025.
End result
Jordan def. Vice by pinfall.
Grade
B+
Notable Moments
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An instantaneous basic.
@Obaofwwe vs. Josh Briggs vs. Dijak at #NXTStandAndDeliver is the 2024 #WWENXT Match of the 12 months! pic.twitter.com/8z25DYx89g
“All Ego” Ethan Web page vs. Cedric Alexander
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- In his interview, Alexander mentioned that Evans’ jaw was wired shut, however The Younger OG nonetheless deliberate to get his revenge on All Ego at New 12 months’s Evil.
- Vic Joseph mentioned that Evans needed to spend his holidays consuming meals by a straw.
- After the match, All Ego smashed the left hand of Alexander in a instrument field, probably breaking his fingers.
- Joe Hendry in NXT received NXT Second of the 12 months. He thanked the followers and reminded everybody that would re-appear at any time.
Throughout an interview with Cedric Alexander, “All Ego” Ethan Web page arrived to threaten Alexander. The 2 brawled all the way in which to the ring, beginning their match early.
Web page went after the mouth of Alexander all through the match. He knocked Alexander’s mouth guard out with a boot then hit a cutter to take the win.
This was the most effective spot NXT has put Alexander in since he first returned to the model. He offered how badly Je’Von Evans had been damage by Web page and why he wanted this battle with Web page.
The tempo of this contest made Alexander look higher than has in a very long time and confirmed the intense worth he has in NXT, even when it was in the end on the shorter aspect.
Credit score to Web page as nicely, who has proven his expertise again and again since arriving in NXT. His new aggression is making him seem like extra of a high heel menace than he has ever been earlier than.
End result
Web page def. Alexander by pinfall.
Grade
B+
Notable Moments
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SAY HIS NAME AND HE APPEARS 🗣️@joehendry‘s NXT debut was THE 2024 #WWENXT Second of the 12 months! pic.twitter.com/bWI5VRp8KQ
Katana Likelihood and Kayden Carter vs. Meta-Ladies vs. Shotzi and Gigi Dolin
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- Carter lifted Likelihood in a handstand from the highest rope earlier than planting her on Jackson for a near-fall that Dolin and Shotzi wanted to interrupt up.
- Dolin lifted the ropes for Shotzi to dive by, however Shotzi obtained her foot caught on the rope for a scary touchdown on the ground.
- Nathan Frazer and Axiom received the award for NXT Tag Group of the 12 months. OTM interrupted Fraxiom’s acceptance speech to declare 2025 their yr.
Deadly Affect distracted the referee, permitting Jacy Jayne to knock down Gigi Dolin and arrange Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson to attach with a wheelbarrow cutter for the victory.
Alba Fyre and Alba Fyre interrupted the celebration of The Meta-Ladies and challenged them to a match within the new yr.
The combination of essential roster and NXT expertise concerned right here offered this as extra of a ladies’s tag group division match than a pure developmental model conflict.
With how a lot the primary roster has struggled to e-book tag groups like Likelihood and Carter in addition to The Unholy Union, an extended NXT run would possibly do a few of these groups.
This NXT crowd was fully behind Likelihood and Carter in a approach that has not translated to the primary roster. The 2 additionally appeared a bit rusty on this motion, rising extra assured later within the motion.
The rustiest performer although was Shotzi. Hopefully, she is all proper after a tough touchdown. It could be finest for the long run that Shotzi and Dolin take that double-team dive out of their playbook.
End result
Legend and Jackson def. Dolin and Shotzi and Carter and Likelihood by pinfall.
Grade
C-
Notable Moments
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The 2024 NXT Tag Group of the 12 months is…#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/kh1cOca9Or
Sol Ruca vs. Izzi Dame
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- Ruca informed Zaria that she wanted to go battle on her personal, leaving her at the back of this match. Zaria got here out late to cheer on Ruca.
- Shawn Spears watched this from the stage, happy with the end result.
- Ava requested Lexis King to provide again the Heritage Cup because it couldn’t be received by disqualification. She introduced Charlie Dempsey vs. King subsequent week sudden dying for the Heritage Cup. William Regal promised to remain out of it.
- Roxanne Perez received NXT Feminine Famous person of the 12 months. The Prodigy warned Giulia about what was coming for her at New 12 months’s Evil.
Outdoors the ring, Izzi Dame threw Zaria right into a diving moonsault from Sol Ruca. The distraction allowed Dame to hit the I-Drive for the victory.
Ruca stays one of many ideally suited stars to work within the NXT system. She is studying from every efficiency and displaying extra all through.
This was a messy displaying for her, however she by no means obtained discouraged when issues went sideways. That fearlessness will result in extra positives than negatives sooner or later.
Dame beating Ruca was a shock, however NXT is refocusing on her whereas promoting that Ruca is caught at a crossroads together with her odd friendship with Zaria.
Hopefully, NXT shouldn’t be shedding observe of what makes Zaria particular. This awkward pairing with Ruca is already taking away a few of her mystique as a powerhouse destroyer.
End result
Dame def. Ruca by pinfall.
Grade
C-
Notable Moments
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What a yr for The Prodigy!
@roxanne_wwe is your 2024 #WWENXT Feminine Famous person of the 12 months! pic.twitter.com/ow9wn8Uz8x
Hank Walker, Tank Ledger and Andre Chase vs. Wes Lee, Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe
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- Lee stopped Shawn Spears from making an attempt to get within the ear of Dupont and Igwe after Hank and Tank confronted their former mates about final week.
- Chase labored the entire match in a gown shirt.
- Lee satisfied Dupont and Igwe to assault their opponents from behind throughout their entrance.
- Kale Dixon requested Chase in regards to the subsequent semester. The Professor mentioned the U was useless.
Hank Walker and Tank Ledger satisfied a downtrodden Andre Chase to group with them. Whereas he began to search out his fireplace, Chase walked out as he understand Chase U was nonetheless gone, leaving Hank to take a stunner from Igwe for the loss.
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It hurts to see @AndreChaseWWE like this… 💔#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/5ewzz2gydY
That is an fascinating alliance that ought to lastly get Dupont and Igwe shifting in NXT. Lee wanted some assist after taking some powerful losses as nicely.
Hank and Tank stay a powerful tag group that would afford to take this loss. They’ll rebound and have a excessive probability of capturing tag group gold in 2025.
Chase’s involvement made excellent sense, even when NXT has not adopted up nicely on Chase U’s finish since his final look.
It’s about time followers hear from not simply Chase however Duke Hudson, Thea Hail and Riley Osborne once more.
End result
Igwe, Dupont and Lee def. Hank, Tank and Chase by pinfall.
Grade
C+
Notable Moments
Eddy Thorpe Stands Tall Earlier than New 12 months’s Evil
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- Femi threw out a Captain Phillips line: “I am the captain now.”
- It was by no means introduced on air who received NXT Male Famous person of the 12 months. It was later clarified on X that The Ruler did in truth win the award.
- Ashante Thee Adonis informed Nikkita Lyons he would spend New 12 months’s alone if he couldn’t discover Karmen Petrovic.
- Backstage, Tony D’Angelo and The Household informed Shawn Spears to again off Izzi Dame.
Oba Femi interrupted the NXT Male Famous person of the 12 months presentation, saying that it didn’t matter who received the award.
Trick Williams arrived to name out Femi’s dangerous conduct after shedding the North American Championship to Tony D’Angelo.
Eddy Thorpe laid out each males from behind, breaking the Male Famous person of the 12 months award on The Ruler and standing tall with the NXT Championship.
This was a wonderful nearer to promote that something might occur subsequent week within the triple menace match for the NXT Championship, although it added little extra to the hype for the match.
The NXT Championship match for New 12 months’s Evil has gotten all of the air time in December, which is a disgrace because the NXT Girls’s Championship match, Roxanne Perez vs. Giulia, might have used extra highlight.
Nonetheless, the hype is robust for New 12 months’s Evil, presenting as stacked a card as NXT can ship without having essential roster assist.
Grade
B-
Notable Moments
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The Ruler reigns 😤
@Obaofwwe is your 2024 #WWENXT Male Famous person of the 12 months! pic.twitter.com/uzgRdTtTsZ
Total Present
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NXT is ready for New 12 months’s Evil to get again into rhythm, and that was apparent within the final two reveals of the yr for the silver-and-black model.
The December 31 episode featured only some matches and none that can be lengthy remembered.
Outdoors of “All Ego” Ethan Web page’s continued heel destruction and the rising Girls’s North American Championship scene highlighted within the opener, this was a missable episode.
The NXT 12 months Finish Awards have been an after thought together with a messy scene that left no definitive reply for Male Famous person of the 12 months on air.
There may be sufficient expertise in NXT that the model might have finished way more, however New 12 months’s Evil ought to greater than draw followers again into the product in 2025.
Total Grade: D