The event garnered positive reviews from critics, with much praise be directed to the North American title match between Cameron Grimes and Carmelo Hayes.

Additionally, due to USA Network's broadcasting of the 2022 Winter Olympics in NXT's normal slot, the television special aired on Syfy.

[6] On the following week's episode of NXT, Breakker gave thanks to Ciampa for congratulating him on his win and paying respect to his father Rick Steiner.

As Breakker left the ring, he crossed paths with Santos Escobar and Legado Del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza) as he was getting ready for his upcoming match.

[7] On the January 25 episode, Escobar was in the ring with Legado Del Fantasma, complaining how Breakker rose quickly in NXT and captured the title before him.

[9] On the February 8 episode of NXT, a Championship Summit was held where both Breakker and Escobar traded words on who was going to leave Vengeance Day as champion, when Raw roster member Dolph Ziggler appeared and confronted Breakker over his comments about him on Twitter, and said that he had never held the NXT Championship.

Ciampa and Ziggler brawled at ringside, leaving Breakker to get beat down by Wilde and Mendoza, and double powerbombed through the table.

[10] At NXT: New Year's Evil, the seventh Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic was announced, with the eight-man men's tournament beginning on January 18.

[7] The following week, D'Angelo conducted a memorial service for Dunne's career and set his sights on Carmelo Hayes' NXT North American Championship.

[14] On the January 25 episode of NXT, D'Angelo fought Cameron Grimes in a number one contender's match for a shot at the title at Vengeance Day, but lost after Dunne appeared and hit his hand with a cricket bat.

[10] On October 26, 2021, at NXT: Halloween Havoc, Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) defeated Io Shirai and Zoey Stark, and Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta in a Triple Threat Tag Team Scareway to Hell Ladder match to win the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship for the first time in their careers.

[15] The television special began with Pete Dunne taking on Tony D'Angelo in a weaponized steel cage match.

Throughout the match, the two used various weapons, and both kicked out of their respective finishing moves (D'Angelo out of a Bitter End and Dunne out of a Fisherman's Buster).

[18] Following this, footage was shown of Cora Jade and Raquel González training for the 2022 Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.

[18] In the third match, Carmelo Hayes (accompanied by Trick Williams) defended the NXT North American Championship against Cameron Grimes.

In the closing moments, after Brutus took out Lee, Carter attempted a Suicide Dive, but Julius caught him and performed a Cartwheel Slam.

Back inside the ring, Julius performed a Basement Lariat on Carter to win the tournament and earn a future NXT Tag Team Championship match.

[18] In the main event, Bron Breakker defended the NXT Championship against Santos Escobar, who was accompanied by Legado Del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde, Raul Mendoza, and Elektra Lopez).

[18] Matthew McFarlin of Slam Wrestling gave the event 4 out of 5 stars, saying: "[W]ith relatively quick matches, tonight's entire lineup was exciting and effective.

The "WWE style" bogged down the main event's first half, but when the chains are off for people like Carmelo Hayes and MSK, the in-ring action is amazing stuff.

[18] Jeremy Thomas of 411Mania called the North American Championship match "unequivocally great" and displayed "execellent work" from Hayes and Grimes, praised the NXT Championship main event for being "a strong effort for both men", felt the Weaponized Steel Cage opener and Dusty Rhodes Classic Finals were good matches that needed a couple more minutes, and criticized the Women's Tag Title bout for not clicking and getting out of second gear.

He gave the event an 8.5 out of 10, concluding that: "It's not my favorite of the NXT special episodes of the last few years and a title change would have made this feel more significant, but all the champions really should keep the gold right now so I have no major complaints.

"[20] Kevin Pantoja, also writing for 411Mania, praised the North American Title bout as the "best thing on the show" that highlights Hayes as a "goddamn star", the NXT Championship match as a "good main event that played to the strengths of the guys involved", called the Dusty Rhodes Classic Finals "a quality match" that shows the Creeds' growing improvement, felt the Weaponized Steel Cage opener had "some highlights" but criticized the redundant weapon usage, and was "disappointed" with the Women's Tag Title bout.

[26] During Vengeance Day, a match between Tommaso Ciampa and Dolph Ziggler was announced for the following week where the winner would be the number one contender for Bron Breakker's NXT Championship.

[22] After Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta failed to defeat Toxic Attraction (Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jayne) for the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship, they entered the 2022 Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, but lost to Dakota Kai and Wendy Choo in the first round.