WWE television special
The 2023 NXT: New Year's Evil was the third annual NXT: New Year's Evil professional wrestling television special produced by WWE, and fourth New Year's Evil overall. It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event took place on January 10, 2023, 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.
Six matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Toxic Attraction members Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne co-won a 20-woman Battle Royal to become the number one contenders for Roxanne Perez's NXT Women's Championship. In other prominent matches, Bron Breakker defeated Grayson Waller via countout to retain the NXT Championship, and Dijak defeated Tony D'Angelo to become the number one contender for the NXT North American Championship. The event also saw the NXT return of Jinder Mahal, who defeated Julius Creed, as well as Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang), who won a gauntlet match to become the number one contenders for The New Day's (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) NXT Tag Team Championship.