It's become an annual tradition for the best of WWE NXT to be celebrated either at the tail end of December or sometime in January with the NXT Year End Awards, and we now know the list of nominees and the categories for the 2025 edition.
Announced on WWE.com earlier today, the list of categories is the trimmed-down version that has been the case for the past few years, with categories of Male and Female Superstar of the Year, Tag Team of the Year, Moment of the Year, Match of the Year, and Best PLE/Show of the Year.
Voting is now open, and the winners will be announced on the December 30, 2025 episode of NXT, which is set to be taped in advance this week. Likely, the segments involving the winners will be behind the scenes and not recorded in front of the live audience, but that is not yet confirmed in any way.
Here are the list of nominees for each category.
Male Superstar of the Year:
- Je'Von Evans
- Oba Femi
- Ricky Saints
- Trick Williams
- Ethan Page
Female Superstar of the Year:
- Jacy Jayne
- Sol Ruca
- Blake Monroe
- Tatum Paxley
- Kelani Jordan
Tag Team of the Year:
- DarkState (Dion Lennox, Saquon Shugars, Cutler James & Osiris Griffin)
- Hank Walker & Tank Ledger
- ZaRuca (Sol Ruca & ZARIA)
- Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid / Jazmyn Nyx)
- The Culling (Izzi Dame, Shawn Spears & Niko Vance and Tatum Paxley temporarily)
Moment of the Year:
- NXT vs. TNA brawl
- Blake Monroe’s debut
- Ricky Saints debut
- Tatum Paxley wins the NXT Women’s Title
- Stephanie Vaquer becomes a Double Champion
- Jacy Jayne beats Stephanie Vaquer
- Stacks turns on Tony D’Angelo
- Trick Williams wins the TNA Title
- Joe Hendry appears out of nowhere
- The Hardy Boyz win the Tag Team Title
Match of the Year:
- Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge
- Je’Von Evans vs. Oba Femi – Heatwave
- Ricky Saints vs. Ethan Page – Great American Bash
- Kelani Jordan vs. Sol Ruca – Battleground
- Oba Femi vs. Trick Williams vs. Je’Von Evans – Stand & Deliver
- Lola Vice vs. Jacy Jayne – No Mercy
Best PLE/Show of The Year:
- New Year’s Evil
- Vengeance Day
- Roadblock
- Stand and Deliver
- Battleground
- Great American Bash
- Heatwave
- Homecoming
- No Mercy
- Showdown
- Halloween Havoc
- Gold Rush
- Deadline
What do you think will and/or should win the awards this year? Are there other choices left out that you think should have been nominated instead? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!
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