NXT: New Year's Evil is a New Year's-themed professional wrestling television special produced by the American promotion WWE for its developmental brand NXT since 2021. The event was originally established by rival World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and produced as a special episode of its Monday Nitro program on TNT on December 27, 1999. WWE acquired WCW in 2001, and after 21 years since that WCW event, WWE revived New Year's Evil in 2021 as an annual special episode of NXT, held in early January. It was broadcast on USA Network from 2021 before moving to The CW in 2025.
History
On December 27, 1999, the former professional wrestling promotion World Championship Wrestling