After he complained about what happened during last week’s title match, Trick Williams on Tuesday said he would defend the title at New Year’s Evil on January 7 in Los Angeles against both Thorpe and Oba Femi, who won the Iron Survivor gauntlet match at Deadline earlier this month. The show ended with the three brawling, with Femi standing tall.

Trick Williams will defend his NXT Championship in a triple threat match against Oba Femi and Eddy Thorpe at NXT New Year's Evil on January 7th. The bout was made official by NXT GM Ava on the December 24th episode of NXT. Trick was the one who suggested the bout, conceding that he could lose the title without being pinned.

Last week’s episode of NXT TV ended in controversy when Trick Williams and Eddy Thorpe were both declared the winner of their NXT championship match by two separate referees. Ultimately, NXT General Manager Ava declared Williams the winner,