WWE NXT live results: Fallout from New Year’s Evil
Tonight on NXT is the fallout from New Year’s Evil.
New Year’s Evil ended with Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne both becoming the number one contenders to Roxanne Perez’s NXT Women’s Championship. Dolin and Jayne simultaneously won a 20-woman battle royal in last week’s main event. They’ll challenge for Perez’s title in a triple threat match at NXT Vengeance Day on Saturday, February 4.
Tonight, Dolin and Jayne will speak about their number one contender status.
NXT Champion Bron Breakker and Grayson Waller will address their title match from last week, which ended with Breakker retaining by countout after the ropes broke. Breakker will again defend the NXT title against Waller at Vengeance Day — but this time it will be inside of a steel cage.
Plus, Apollo Crews & Axiom team up against Carmelo Hayes & Trick Williams, Tyler Bate returns, Alba Fyre takes on Sol Ruca, and Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen face off with Gallus.
Our live coverage starts at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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The show begins with a highlights recapping New Year’s Evil.
Opening the show live from the soundstage at the Performance Center is the entrance of Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams. Spoofing Axiom, Trick came out wearing a luchador mask. He pantomimes a pose that mocks Axiom.
The babyface duo of Apollo Crews and Axiom are next to enter. What follows is a tag team match kicking off the show, which was set up last week on the previous episode.
Apollo Crews & Axiom defeated Trick Williams & Carmelo Hayes
Crews pinned Hayes in a good tag match. If the match was designed to make Crews looks like a superstar, it seemingly worked because he got to shine.
The tag bout goes through a commercial break. Crews assists Axiom in doing a dive just before the show cuts to commercial. Military pressing Axiom, Crews sends him flying to the outside. Axiom and Hayes are in the ring when the show returns from the break, and they clothesline each other for a double down.
Double down leads into a sequence of double team spots. Dust settles and Axiom is getting worked over by Hayes and Williams. Hot tag to Crews, and he cleans house. Williams jumped to break up a near fall, so Axiom flew in to take out Williams moments before the finish.
Hayes jumps off the top rope as they go home. “Nothing But Net” is blocked by Crews. Cazadora is countered by Crews, and he holds down Hayes for a three count.
A skit with Tony D’Angelo and Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo on a bridge overlooking water. Stacks thinks he is going to sleep with the fish because of him screwing up last week. Instead, D’Angelo says he is no longer an a “soldier.” Stacks is now an “underboss” in D’Angelo’s mob family.
Indi Hartwell takes Tiffany Stratton’s personal dressing room from her. Hartwell makes it a locker room for all of the NXT women’s roster. Stratton is very upset over this, and she cuts a promo on Hartwell.
Setting up tonight’s main event tag match
The duo of Toxic Attraction is headed the ring where they address the audience. Gigi Dolan and Jacy Jayne were declared co-winners of a battle royal last Tuesday, and they are quite proud of themselves. They are also still seeking revenge on NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez.
Lyra Valkyria interrupts Toxic Attraction’s victory speech. Insults are hurled back and forth until Dolan and Jayne jump Valkyria. They are stomping on her when Perez runs in for a save. Toxic Attraction powders and flees. This angle sets up a main event tag team match for later tonight.
Stevie Turner continues her new role as a live streamer. Turner posts a reaction video where she breaks down the number one contender’s battle royal from last week.
Sol Ruca defeated Alba Fyre
Ruca pinned Fyre after a distraction by Isla Dawn. Ruca won using her new finisher called the “Sol Snatcher,” where she springboards off the middle rope into a flip and lands with a cutter on Fyre.
Clearly getting a push, Ruca on commentary was called “the fastest rising superstar in the [NXT] women’s division.”
Isla Dawn appears just before the finish on a perch overlooking the ring, and she laughs at Fyre for losing the match.
Grayson Waller sits down Vic Joseph for an interview where they discuss the finish of the NXT title match at New Year’s Evil. Waller lost by countout, by he seemingly had Breakker on the ropes. That is when a rope broke, leading to the Waller getting counted out.
Waller says he does not feel like he lost. In fact, Waller has his own replica version of the NXT title belt. Waller puts his belt over his shoulder as he vows to win the cage match at Vengeance Day against Breakker.
Alba Fyre is backstage about to pummel a referee with a her baseball bat. NXT Women’s Tag Team Champions Katana Chance and Kayden Carter try to calm her down, which somehow leads to Fyre challenging Chance & Carter to a two-on-one tag title match.
A video package hypes Tyler Bate’s return later tonight.
Gallus (Joe Coffey & Wolfgang) defeated Josh Briggs & Brooks Jensen (with Fallon Henley)
Gallus wins when Wolfgang pinned Briggs. An injury angle takes Jensen out of the match, and Briggs falls prey to a double team.
This match was set up last week when Gallus jumped Briggs and Jensen. Gallus then stole their spot in a tag match. Tonight they begin with a melee, as brawling breaks out at the start of this tag bout.
Gallus works over Jensen. Briggs tags in, and he is double teamed by Gallus while Jensen is down selling. Gallus teases suplexing Briggs on exposed concrete floor, but Briggs counter to suplex Coffey.
The match goes through a commercial break, and Briggs is getting worked over when the show returns from the break. Jensen tags back in, only to get worked over some more. Hot tag to Briggs, and he is a house of fire. Briggs dives off the apron.
Jensen is backdropped on the exposed concrete, which takes him out of the match. Briggs is alone against both of Gallus. He is stilling running wild when he finally notices Jensen is laid out at ringside. Fallon Henley is at his side waving for medical assistance. Kiana James comes out to check on Jensen, and she bickers with Henley.
Jensen says to get him to his feet. He is determined to continue the match, but Jensen is on rubber legs. Meanwhile, Gallus double teams Briggs, and he is pinned by Wolfgang.
Later in the trainer’s room, Henley storm in demanding to know “what the hell is she doing out there?” Jensen defends James, and Jensen argues with Henley about James.
A skit starts with Duke Hudson hyping up Thea Hail for her match tonight. An angry Andre Chase walks in to confront Hudson about a viral video that shows Hudson apparently running down Chase. Hudson claims he is being taken out of context, and he tries to change the subject by saying they need to focus on Hails match, which is up next.
Thea Hail (with Andre Chase & Duke Hudson) defeated Valentina Feroz
Lopez comes to ringside during the match. She only watches at first, but Lopez later puts brass knux on Feroz’s hand. Not looking to cheat, Feroz surrenders the knux to the referee. Hail counters seconds later, and Hail covers Feroz for the pinfall.
Apollo Crews confronts Carmelo Hays and Trick Williams in a skit outside the building. This was silly, and it was sadly followed by tragic real world news.
Vic Joseph and Booker T address breaking news about the passing of Jay Briscoe. Joseph offers condolences to his friends and family. I echo that. Personally, I was a big fan of Jay Briscoe and his brother Mark. They are both one of a kind. My heart breaks for Jay’s friends, family, and his children.
NXT Tag Team Champions The New Day come to the ring for a promo segment. Pretty Deadly interrupt them, and bickering ensues. Gallus enters after they are name-dropped by Pretty Deadly. Even more bickering ensues as Gallus focuses on New Day. Those two team square up, only for them to be attacked by Pretty Deadly. A melee then erupts. Referees and producers run down for a pull-apart. This would seem to set up a triple threat match for the tag titles.
Roxanne Perez and Lyra Valkyria are being interviewed by McKenzie Mitchell when Javier Bernal interrupts the interview. Bernal has a guitar, and he wants to perform some of his Christmas music. He is told to leave. This was supposed to be comedy.
NXT Champion Bron Breakker sits down with Vic Joseph for an interview about the finish at New Year’s Evil. Breakker also talks about defending his title in a cage match at Vengeance Day.
Javier Bernal is in the ring with his guitar and a microphone stand. In some ways, he is basically doing Elias’ old gimmick where he is about to sing when a babyface’s theme song cuts him off.
Tyler Bate defeated Javier Bernal
Bate pinned Bernal in what was a showcase for the returning Bate. Bernal got some offense, but not for long. Bate makes a quick comeback, and Bate wins easily. What does not come easy is the finish itself. They attempt a Tyler Driver ’97 but botch it, and they go for it again. Does not go well, but Bate cradles Bernal for the pinfall anyway.
Fallon Henley apologizes to Brooks Jensen for arguing with him earlier tonight. Henley agrees to give Kaina James a chance, and that includes as a tag team partner. Henley says she is booked next week in a tag match with James as her partner.
NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez & Lyra Valkyria defeated Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolan & Jacy Jayne)
Perez pinned Dolan to win the match. Cora Jade interferes during the match, causing Valkyria to leave the match to brawl with Jade. Perez overcomes being outnumbered, and Perez wins the match.
Heat on Perez, leading to a hot tag for Valkyria. Cora Jade runs down to ringside, and Jade shoves Valkyria off the top rope. Valkyria tags out, and then she dives to the outside. Valkyria and Jade brawl their way up the entrance ramp and off the soundstage.
Meanwhile, that leaves Perez alone in what is now essentially a two-on-one match. This is the second time that trope is being used on the show. Plus, another match with a stipulation of two-on-one is booked for next week. That is a lot of two-on-ones, but at least the finish of this match had a different outcome than the two-on-one earlier on the show. Namely, the bayface triumphs.
Perez is blindsided by Toxic Attraction, as she is kicked by Dolan. A second attempt at a kick backfires on Toxic Attraction, as Jayne inadvertently kicks Dolan. Perez goes on to deliver Pop Rocks, and Perez covers Dolan for a pinfall.