After he complained about what happened during last week’s title match, Trick Williams on Tuesday said he would defend the title at New Year’s Evil on January 7 in Los Angeles against both Thorpe and Oba Femi, who won the Iron Survivor gauntlet match at Deadline earlier this month. The show ended with the three brawling, with Femi standing tall.

The WWE NXT Championship will be decided in a Triple Threat Match at NXT New Year's Evil on January 7 in Los Angeles, CA.

Last week’s episode of NXT TV ended in controversy when Trick Williams and Eddy Thorpe were both declared the winner of their NXT championship match by two separate referees. Ultimately, NXT General Manager Ava declared Williams the winner,

Trick Williams defended the NXT Championship on the December 17 episode of WWE NXT, but the match ended without a clear winner. In the main event of the December 17 episode of WWE NXT, Williams put his title on the line against Eddy Thorpe.