NXT: Five Matches Announced for “New Year’s Evil” Next Week, Dusty Classic Returns in Two Weeks

New Year’s Evil

NXT announced a loaded card for next Wednesday’s “New Year’s Evil” themed show.

— NXT Championship: Finn Bálor vs. Kyle O’Reilly

— NXT Cruiserweight Championship: Santos Escobar (c) vs. Gran Metalik

— Fight Pit: Timothy Thatcher vs. Tommaso Ciampa

— Last Woman Standing: Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Gonzalez

— Karrion Kross vs. Damian Priest

– Hosted by Dexter Lumis

And, finally, last but most certainly not least…

🔥 @FinnBalor vs. @KORcombat for the #NXTTitle in a rematch of the 2020 #NXTAwardMatch! #WWENXT @DexterLumis #NXTNYE pic.twitter.com/ucP2jbnf6a

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) December 31, 2020

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic

NXT also announced that the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic tournament will return on NXT in two weeks.

Previous Dusty Classic winners:

– 2015: Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe
– 2016: The Authors of Pain
– 2017: The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole and Kyle O’Reilly)
– 2018: Aleister Black and Ricochet
– 2019: The Broserweights (Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne)

𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂: The Dusty Rhodes #TagTeamClassic returns in TWO WEEKS! #DustyCup 💛🖤#WWENXT @WWEFandango @ZackGibson01 pic.twitter.com/soc8OahYsh

— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) December 31, 2020