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.