The Rock says he’ll be at WWE NXT New Year’s Evil

The Rock is staying in LA for one more day.

During a post on Instagram Live that was later shown on Raw, he announced that he would be at NXT’s first live show in 2025 at the Shrine Auditorium tomorrow. This follows his appearance on Monday’s show, the first since he appeared at the end of Bad Blood in October.

During the livestream, The Rock also shared a drink with Cody Rhodes and met up with Travis Scott.

The Rock appeared at the start of Raw’s Netflix premiere and praised Rhodes for carrying the company on his back as WWE Champion for the last year. After Roman Reigns defeated Solo Sikoa for the ula fala, The Rock returned to the ring and put the ula fala on Reigns. After a staredown, The Rock extended his hand the two hugged as Reigns celebrated his win.

The WWE NXT New Year’s Evil lineup:

  • NXT Champion Trick Williams defends against Oba Femi and Eddy Thorpe in a three-way
  • NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez defends against Giulia
  • NXT Heritage Cup sudden death: Lexis King vs. Charlie Dempsey
  • NXT Women’s North American Championship number one contender’s match: Stephanie Vaquer vs. Kelani Jordan vs. Cora Jade vs. Lola Vice
  • Fallon Henley, Jacy Jayne & Jazmyn Nyx vs. Shotzi, Gigi Dolin & Tatum Paxley
  • The Rock will appear

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