NXT Championship match confirmed for New Year’s Evil
Leon Slater is heading to New Year’s Evil.
In the main event of Tuesday’s NXT, the TNA X Division Champion defeated Joe Hendry, Dion Lennox, and Myles Borne in a four-way match to determine Oba Femi’s opponent for January 6. The finish had Hendry and Lennox brawling on the outside as Slater connected with the swanton 450 splash on Borne for the victory. The closing moments of NXT saw Oba Femi arrive to stare down his future challenger.
At NXT Deadline, Je’Von Evans won the Iron Survivor Challenge and initially was set to face Femi at New Year’s Evil. However, on the following NXT he interrupted a Ricky Saints/Femi promo and said he wanted his title match immediately. Femi accepted the challenge and the two wrestled on the show’s main event. Evans had the match won until Saints, upset that Evans had gotten a title match before him, turned against Evans and dragged the referee out of the ring. Evans took out Saints with a dive but the momentum had already shifted, with Femi ultimately emerging as the winner.
With Evans already cashing in, Ava on last week’s show made the New Year’s Evil number one contender’s match for this week’s show featuring the four men who didn’t win the Iron Survivor Challenge at Deadline.
NXT New Year’s Evil (January 6)
- NXT Championship: Oba Femi defends against Leon Slater
- NXT Women’s Championship: Jacy Jayne defends against Kendal Grey
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