Eddy Thorpe manipulated all of NXT by faking his own backstage attack to get a title match against Trick Williams on the December 17 show at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Eddy Thorpe Stands Tall Before New Year's Evil 6 of 7 Oba Femi interrupted the NXT Male Superstar of the Year presentation, saying that it did not matter who won the award.