The Rock made a special appearance at WWE NXT New Year’s Evil. “The Final Boss” stayed in town after appearing at the WWE RAW on Netflix premiere in Los Angeles, as he went to NXT New Year’s Evil the next day.

The real Final Boss showed up on NXT as The Rock told fans to not to be hypocrites when it comes to his treatment of Cody Rhodes.

The segment concluded with The Rock praising the WWE NXT roster, saying that they’ve been working their asses off. He closed out his promo with his classic “If you smell…… what The Rock is cooking!” catchphrase. This promo was all over the place and had no real direction.

Following his surprise return during Monday's Netflix premiere of "WWE Raw," The Rock appeared during "WWE NXT New Year's Evil" for a backstage segment with General Manager and his eldest daugher, Ava,

WWE NXT drew its highest total viewership in five years with the NXT New Year’s Evil special. Wrestlenomics (via Variety) reports that 957,000 viewers tuned in on Tuesday. This marks NXT’s highest total viewership since September 25th,

The NXT Championship and NXT Women's Championship are up for grabs at NXT: New Year's Evil on Tuesday, Jan. 7.

Tuesday night’s special New Year’s Evil edition of WWE NXT averaged 957,000 viewers on The CW, up 52.9 percent from last week. It’s the best viewership total for NXT since moving to The CW and is the show’s largest overall audience since September 25, 2019.

WWE RAW premiered on the streaming giant Netflix, where fans got to see a completely different side of The Rock. The Great One opened the show, officially kicking off the Netflix era of WWE at the Inuit Dome in Los Angeles,

The Rock made his debut on the developmental brand's special edition, WWE NXT New Year's Evil. This week he also kicked off WWE RAW's new era on Netflix with an exciting appearance at the Inuit Dome in Los Angeles,

While on the red carpet for the WWE Raw debut on Netflix, Cody Rhodes weighed in with his thoughts about the historic evening.