WWE has brought back past pay-per-view themes for NXT for years, whether that be No Mercy, Halloween Havoc, Great American Bash, and more.
The theme
WWE is doing so yet again, but this time, the company will be doing it on the main roster for SmackDown. WWE is giving the talent and crew off next week for Christmas and taped the December 22nd episode in advance.
During the taping, AJ Styles, Randy Orton, and LA Knight came out to make their case to face Roman Reigns. A triple threat match was booked for the New Year’s Revolution episode of WWE SmackDown, where the winner would face Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble.
You can check out the full spoilers for the show here.
New Year’s Revolution History
WWE held three New Year’s Revolution events from 2005-2007. The first show was headlined by Triple H vs. Batista vs. Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit vs. Edge in an Elimination Chamber match for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship with Shawn Michaels as the special guest referee.
The following year had John Cena vs. Carlito vs. Chris Masters vs. Kane vs. Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels in an Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship, where Cena retained only for Edge to win it from him with the first-ever Money in the Bank cash-in.
Cena defended the WWE Title against Umaga at the third and final show.