— A Last Woman Standing match between Rhea Ripley and Raquel Gonzalez has been announced for the WWE NXT New Year’s Evil special.
Gonzalez and Ripely have been feuding for a few months now, and Ripley defeated Gonzalez in singles action at the Halloween Havoc special back in October. Tonight’s NXT episode saw Ripley defeat Dakota Kai in singles action, but a big brawl with Gonzalez broke out after the match.
The Last Woman Standing match was later revealed when New Year’s Evil host Dexter Lumis was shown drawing a poster for the match.
The special New Year’s Evil edition of NXT on the USA Network will air live on Wednesday, January.
— Tonightβs NXT saw Io Shirai attempt to come down to the ring and confront who she thought was Toni Storm. However, in a shocking turn of events, Mercedes Martinez made her way down to the ring and delivered a brutal assault to Shirai, making a huge statement in the process.
Things started with Toni Storm appearing backstage at NXT, saying that she wanted the NXT Womenβs Championship for herself. Shirai then made her way down to the ring in an attempt to confront Storm. However, she was shocked to find Martinez come down to the ring instead, and was promptly assaulted by Martinez, who delivered a brutal beating to the hands of the champion in her return to the ring.
