During last night's special episode of WWE NXT New Year's Evil, the company announced that WWE EVOLVE Champion Jackson Drake will defend his title against "Super" Sean Legacy. This matchup was made after Drake appeared on last night’s NXT, alongside his Vanity Project allies Ricky Smokes and Brad Baylor, walking into Ava’s office to talk about their plans for 2026.
Drake is the inaugural champion, having won the title back on the April 25th, 2025 episode of EVOLVE. He has held the championship for 217 days. This will be Legacy’s second attempt in capturing the WWE EVOLVE Championship as he previously battled Drake on the November 18th episode of EVOLVE but came up short.
WWE EVOLVE airs each and every Wednesday nights on Tubi.
TONIGHT #WWEEvolve is back w/ its 1st show of the New Year and the Evolve Championship IS ON THE LINE, a WWE ID Debut @LaynieLuck and a NO DQ match w/ @therealestwendy
Stoked to get back to the table and call the action w/ Rosenberg. https://t.co/ko2kxrdZby pic.twitter.com/7QmmrhZeHd— Robert Stone (@MrStoneWWE) January 7, 2026
