Backstage, Axiom and Apollo Crews agree to tag up against Trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes.
Hank Walker w/Drew Gulak vs. Charlie Dempsey
Walker hits a nasty shoulder breaker. Dempsey kicks Walker in the knee. Walker stumbles. Dempsey stretches Walker. Dempsey puts Walker in his pretzel finish. Walker gets to the ropes. Walker manages to roll Dempsey into an arm breaker. Dempsey reverses it into the pretzel hold. Walker almost gets to the ropes. Dempsey rolls Walker back to the middle of the ring. Walker taps out.
Winner- Charlie Dempsey
WOW.
Charlie Dempsey with a statement win over @HankWalker_WWE!#WWENXT #NewYearsEvil pic.twitter.com/M2iFW1NhJG
— WWE (@WWE) January 11, 2023
Backstage, Alba Fyre apologizes to Sol Ruca that they haven’t been able to have their match. Ruca says it’s ok. Fyre says they should still have it. Ruca says they will see each other in the battle royal. Fyre gets loud and screams if Ruca wants the match or not. Ruca agrees. Frye apologizes again. There is a lot going on.
Jinder Mahal w/Sanga vs. Julius Creed
Creed rushes the ring and attacks Mahal. After the break, Creed tries a shooting star press, but Mahal rolls out of the way. Creed does a roll and pops to his feet. Mahal boots Creed in the face. Mahal hits the Khallas and pins Creed.
Winner- Jinder Mahal
Backstage, Briggs and Jensen are getting checked on by the trainer. Fallon Henley and Kiana James are there as well. James is overly interested in Jensen, which clearly bothers Henley. Henley says she has to go win the battle royal. James asks Jensen is he wants her to stay. He tells her to go.
20- Women Number One Contender Battle Royal
As soon as the bell rings, Lyra Valkyria eliminates Cora Jade. The NXT Universe is shocked. Toxic Attraction tosses Ruca out. Ruca lands on her hands and proceeds to walk on her hands until she can pull herself back into the ring. Jade runs back to the ring from the backstage area and tries to eliminate Valkyria, but she ducks and Jade goes sailing over the top rope for the second time. Jade goes nuts. The field eventually thins to the final four, Fyre, Valkyria, Dolin, and Jayne. All four women brawl. Jayne tosses Fyre over the top, but Fyre holds on. Valkyria dropkicks but members of Toxic Attraction at the same time.
.@SolRucaWWE are you kidding me?!?!#WWENXT #NewYearsEvil pic.twitter.com/ENDXCTgMh1
— WWE (@WWE) January 11, 2023
Valkyria pulls Fyre out to the apron with a head scissors. Fyre tries to German suplex Valkyria out to the floor, but she holds on. Jayne and Dolin break it up. Fyre fights off Dolin and Jayne. While she is distracted, Valkyria pulls Fyre out to the apron over the top rope for the elimination. While Valkyria celebrates on the apron. Jade hops the barricade and tries to trip Valkyria. Valkyria hopes over Jade and kicks her in the face. Dolin and Jayne knock Valkyria off the apron to eliminate her. Jayne and Dolin are the final two.
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Both women celebrate. Jayne looks at Dolin with a sinister look in her eyes before congratulating her. Jayne starts to eliminate herself. Dolin screams for her to stop. Jayne superkicks Dolin and tosses her over the top. Dolin holds on. Jayne and Dolin fight on the apron. Jayne sets up a superplex. Dolin fights out of it. Dolin and Jayne land right hands at the same. Both women fall to the floor at the same time. The bell rings. A bunch of referees confer. Both Dolin and Jayne are announced as the winners of the battle Royal.
Winners- Jacy Jane and Gigi Dolin
After the match, Roxanne Perez walks out on the ramp and holds up her title.
Backstage, HBK is with Grayson Waller and Bron Breakker. HBK announces the two will face each other again at NXT Vengence Day.
.@ShawnMichaels has spoken:@GraysonWWE will face @bronbreakkerwwe for the #WWENXT Title INSIDE A STEEL CAGE at NXT #VengeanceDay!!!#NewYearsEvil pic.twitter.com/YfUMD4K4hi
— WWE (@WWE) January 11, 2023
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