Opening match announced for tonight’s WWE NXT

WWE is presenting its New Year’s Evil special of NXT tonight on the USA Network.

Not only has WWE loaded up the card for tonight’s show, but they’ve also promoted that the opening match and main event will air commercial-free.

Karrion Kross vs. Damian Priest in a singles match will open the show while NXT Champion Finn Balor defends against Kyle O’Reilly in the headliner.

Here is the updated card:

NXT Title Match
Kyle O’Reilly vs. Finn Balor (champion)

Last Woman Standing Match
Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Gonzalez

Singles Match (opener)
Karrion Kross with Scarlett vs. Damian Priest

NXT Cruiserweight Title Match
Gran Metalik vs. Santos Escobar (champion)

Xia Li and Boa return from their transformation

Andrew Ravens
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