NXT Champion warns The Rock for stealing his spotlight at WWE New Year’s Evil

Two NXT champions were crowned on the 2025 edition of WWE New Year’s Evil

After delivering one of the historic shows of Monday Night RAW on Netflix, WWE delivered the fifth edition of WWE New Year’s Evil. The fifth edition of New Year’s Evil emanated from the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California. on January 7, 2025, and featured stars from the NXT brand of WWE.

A total of five matches were set for the event including three title matches, a NXT Women’s North American No. 1 Contenders Fatal 4-Way match, and a six-woman tag match. Two new champions were crowned in the 2025 edition of the event.

Giuilia defeated Roxanne Perez to win the NXT Women’s Championship while Oba Femi emerged victorious in the triple-threat match against Trick Williams and Eddy Thorpe. This was his second title in the developmental brand on the Stamford-based promotion.

As promised Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson made his appearance at the Shrine Expo Hall. Johnson revealed on the debut episode of Monday Night Raw on Netflix that he will be making an appearance on the 2025 edition of New Year’s Evil.

Oba Femi warns The Rock of consequences for stealing his spotlight

In a recent episode of Busted Open Radio, the newly crowned champion, Femi commented on Johnson closing out the Tuesday night special show. Femi stated Johnson was “stealing the moment” from him and he wasn’t even aware of it at that time.

Femi added that he’ll let it slide this time, but if it happens again, there will be consequences. The new champion was irked that the Championship match did not close out the show.

“At the moment the time was being stolen from me, I wasn’t even aware it was being stolen from me. Maybe if I knew, I would have gone up to him and been like, ‘Hey, Uncle Dwayne, what are you doing?’ I’ll let it slide this time, but next time Uncle Dwayne comes in and steals time from me, there are going to be problems.” Femi said

Johnson closed the 2025 edition of the New Year’s Evil where he cut a promo lauding the fans for supporting and cheering the rising talents. He also showered praise on Unisdputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes for carrying the company on his shoulders.

Johnson also talked about his conversation with the General Manager of NXT and his daughter Ava, who told him he’d feel the energy difference between NXT and RAW and stressed the importance of the fans’ energy for the wrestlers to perform.

On the other hand, Femi now has a target on his back as the NXT Champion. With the title in his possession, everyone will be gunning for him, gazing for a chance to take it away.

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