Oba Femi defeated Trick Williams and Eddy Thorpe in a triple risk match at “WWE NXT New Yr’s Evil” to grow to be the brand new NXT Champion.
Femi grew to become the primary contender to Williams’ title along with his win within the Iron Survivor Problem at Deadline in December, with Thorpe managing to con his manner into the image with a staged assault on himself to rule him out of Iron Survivor; he later revealed that he had staged it so he had a reputable criticism for Williams to provide him the title shot. That subsequent title match noticed a double-pin end, as soon as extra giving Thorpe a declare to be in Tuesday’s title bout, rendering it a triple risk.
Earlier within the present, Thorpe was proven to have been apparently attacked backstage, however Basic Supervisor Ava did not want to imagine the identical lie twice and brushed it off, sustaining that the match will go forward as deliberate, and that might issue into issues afterward. Each the champion and the Iron Survivor made their entrance, however Thorpe was conspicuously absent for the beginning and far of the early goings. Femi appeared to have the match gained with the sit out powerbomb to Williams, however Eddy Thorpe emerged and pulled the referee out of the ring. Femi then beginning hammering away at Thorpe within the ring, permitting Williams to hit the Trick Shot however just for a rely of two. Williams had Femi scouted for the second Trick Shot, however Thorpe hit Williams with a metal chair permitting for Femi to regain his bearings, hitting the sit-out Powerbomb one final time to get the pinfall over the now-former NXT Champion.
