Lexis King is officially "WWE NXT" Heritage Cup Champion after defeating Charlie Dempsey in a Sudden Death Rules match at New Year's Evil.

Lexis King officially won the NXT Heritage Cup at WWE NXT New Year’s Evil. King previously defeated Charlie Dempsey on the December 24th episode of WWE NXT to win the NXT Heritage Cup. King’s cornerman,

Raine had both competitors and William Regal, who had helped King claim the NXT Heritage Cup, in her office to break the news. NXT's general manager informed both men that the rul

Oba Femi is your new NXT champion as he defeated Trick Williams and Eddy Thorpe in a Triple Threat match at WWE New Year's Evil to win the title! Lexis King also retains/wins the Heritage Cup!

Lexis King defeated Charlie Dempsey to win the NXT Heritage Cup at WWE NXT New Year’s Evil 2025, and as it was before when he thought he won the championship on the Christmas Eve episode, there was some dispute regarding the finish. King apparently head-butted Dempsey in the groin before delivering his Cross-Arm Twisting Neckbreaker for the win.

NXT GM Ava made the match official on the December 31st episode of NXT. King won the Heritage Cup by DQ on the December 24th episode of NXT when William Regal, King's cornerman, hit King.

Three new matches have been added to next week’s WWE NXT New Year’s Evil TV special lineup. After defeating Charlie Dempsey in controversial fashion to win the NXT Heritage Cup on last week’s

Oba Femi has won the gold. At WWE NXT New Year’s Evil, Trick Williams defended the NXT Championship against Oba Femi and Eddy Thorpe. Before the match, Thorpe was attacked backstage. He did not enter alongside Williams and Femi,

Roxanne Perez came into the 2025 New Year’s Evil special episode of NXT television this week having been women’s champion for 274 days, an impressive feat considering how stacked the women’s division has been in the WWE developmental brand.