The main event for the upcoming WWE NXT New Year’s Evil special has been declared. Kyle O’Reilly vs. WWE NXT Champion Finn Balor will go down on that show marking the next title defense for the champion. This match was made official on this week’s episode of NXT which had a new challenger determinant match on the card.
O’Reilly defeated Pete Dunne in that match to become the new number-one contender to the WWE NXT Champion Finn Balor. He nailed a suplex from the apron to the floor on his opponent. Dunne was hanging over the bottom rope with his face down in the mat when O’Reilly went to the top and delivered a flying knee drop to Dunne’s head. O’Reilly thus got the pinfall win.
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WWE NXT New Year’s Evil 2021: Main Event & More Announced
WWE then confirmed Dunne vs. Balor with the title on the line for the first NXT episode of 2021, on January 6, which is being dubbed as NXT New Year’s Evil. O’Reilly vs. Balor will be a rematch from the “Takeover: 31” event on October 4, which saw Balor retain in the main event match that lasted for almost 30 minutes.
A host has also been announced for the upcoming WWE NXT New Year’s Evil. Dexter Lumis will be hosting that special episode. The announcement was made after Lumis appeared on the show on several occasions on the show. WWE is using him just like Shotzi Blackheart acted as the Halloween Havoc host back in October.
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Lumis drew the NXT New Year’s Evil logo on a platform inside the Capitol Wrestling Center. On a related note, Triple H also announced with a tweet that Ghostmane’s “Lazaretto” single will be the official theme song for the show coming in three weeks of time.
Another new match has been confirmed for WWE NXT New Year’s Evil edition where Karrion Kross will be facing Damian Priest in a singles competition.
It was last week that Kross returned from an injury, attacking Priest and thus putting him on the shelf for a short time. Kross then made his in-ring return on this week’s episode, picking up an easy win over Desmond Troy in singles action. After the win, Kross spoke into the camera and warned Priest saying “your a** is mine” at New Year’s Evil.
The gimmick-based show, NXT New Year’s Evil will air, live on the USA Network on Wednesday, January 6 from the Capitol Wrestling Center at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. The at present match card of the show is as follows,
Host: Dexter Lumis
NXT Title Match
Kyle O’Reilly vs. Finn Balor (c)
Karrion Kross with Scarlett vs. Damian Priest
