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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | NXT | ||
| Date | January 4, 2022 | ||
| City | Orlando, Florida | ||
| Venue | WWE Performance Center | ||
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The 2022 NXT: New Year's Evil was the second annual NXT: New Year's Evil professional wrestling television special produced by WWE, and third New Year's Evil overall. It was held primarily for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event took place on January 4, 2022, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and aired live as a special episode of WWE's weekly television series NXT on the USA Network. This was the final event to feature the NXT Cruiserweight Championship, as it was unified into the NXT North American Championship at this event.
Four matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Bron Breakker defeated Tommaso Ciampa to win the NXT Championship. In other prominent matches, North American Champion Carmelo Hayes defeated Cruiserweight Champion Roderick Strong in the opening bout to unify both titles, and Mandy Rose defeated Cora Jade and Raquel González to retain the NXT Women's Championship. The event also marked an appearance by Rick Steiner, who had not appeared in the company since 1994. After the event went off-air, Steiner celebrated with his son, Bron Breakker, after he had won the NXT Championship.