The 2025 New Year's Evil was a professional wrestling television special produced by WWE for its developmental brand NXT. It was the fifth annual NXT: New Year's Evil and sixth New Year's Evil overall. It took place on January 7, 2025, at the Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles, California and aired live as a special episode of NXT on The CW. This was NXT's first television special to solely use the WWE branding. The event featured an appearance from The Rock.
Five matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Oba Femi defeated previous champion Trick Williams and Eddy Thorpe in a triple threat match to win the NXT Championship. In another prominent match, Giulia defeated Roxanne Perez to win the NXT Women's Championship.