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Corey Graves joins NXT commentary team at New Year’s Evil

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Corey Graves is back on NXT.

Graves joined the NXT commentary desk on Tuesday for New Year’s Evil, calling the action along with Booker T and Vic Joseph. This comes as WWE shuffles around their commentary teams once again following the Netflix premiere of Raw.

After retiring as a wrestler due to injury, Graves first joined the NXT announce team in 2014. In 2017, he joined the Raw commentary team and remained on the main roster, switching between the Raw and SmackDown brands over the years. Most recently, he was part of the SmackDown announce team with Micheal Cole.

The new announce teams for WWE’s main roster shows include Cole & Pat McAfee on Raw, which premiered on Netflix Monday, and Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett on SmackDown, which recently moved from Fox back to the USA Network.

New Year’s Evil saw Giulia win the NXT Women’s Championship and Oba Femi win the NXT Championship. The Rock also appeared on the show.

New matches added to WWE NXT New Year’s Evil, updated lineup

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Three new matches have been added to next week’s WWE NXT New Year’s Evil TV special lineup.

After defeating Charlie Dempsey in controversial fashion to win the NXT Heritage Cup on last week’s show, Lexis King was ordered to defend the Cup against Dempsey under sudden death rules on the Tuesday, January 7 New Year’s Evil show.

King won the Heritage Cup on the Christmas Eve episode by disqualification after interference from William Regal. Regal was also part of the backstage segment on Tuesday’s show where the rematch was announced:

A four-way to determine the new number one contender to the Women’s North American Championship has also been added to next week’s lineup following a backstage confrontation on this week’s show. Stephanie Vaquer, Cora Jade, Lola Vice, and former Champion Kelani Jordan will meet next week to determine Fallon Henley’s next title contender.

A trios match has also been announced for New Year’s Evil, with Fatal Influence’s Henley, Jacy Jayne, and Jazmyn Nyx taking on Shotzi, Gigi Dolin, and Tatum Paxley.

Already announced for next week’s card are Roxanne Perez defending the NXT Women’s title against Giulia, plus Trick Williams defending the NXT Championship in a three-way against Oba Femi and Eddy Thorpe.

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