WWE NXT drew its highest total viewership in five years with the NXT New Year’s Evil special. Wrestlenomics (via Variety) reports that 957,000 viewers tuned in on Tuesday. This marks NXT’s highest total viewership since September 25th,

Coming off a historic debut for WWE Raw on Netflix, the train keeps on moving along as NXT presents New Years Evil on Tuesday evening from the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles, Calif. On top of what was already a stacked show,

After an electrifying appearance on WWE’s “Monday Night Raw” debut on Netflix at Inglewood’s Intuit Dome, The Rock surprised fans with another announcement. The Great One will be at WWE NXT “New Year’s Evil” at The Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles on Tuesday night.

Evil is the kick off 2025 for the WWE NXT brand, and this should be a strong card to set the tone for the year. Let's preview the card and predict the winners of every match.

In the opening match of NXT New Year’s Evil in Los Angeles, Giulia kicked off the new year by defeating Roxanne Perez for the NXT Women’s title. This ends Perez’s 274 day reign with the title after defeating Lyra Valkyria at NXT Stand and Deliver last April.

Giulia defeated Roxanne Perez for the NXT Women's Championship in the opening match of "WWE NXT" New Year's Evil.

Welcome to our WWE NXT New Year’s Evil review where we will be recapping some of the biggest highlights (and downsides) from the show. So, without wasting any time, let’s begin. Roxanne Perez vs. Giulia kicked off NXT New Year’s Evil This was a lot better than the first match between Roxanne Perez and Giulia.

Tuesday night’s special New Year’s Evil edition of WWE NXT averaged 957,000 viewers on The CW, up 52.9 percent from last week. It’s the best viewership total for NXT since moving to The CW and is the show’s largest overall audience since September 25, 2019.