Trick Williams, Blair Davenport win WWE NXT Iron Survivor Challenge matches

Trick Williams and Blair Davenport are the NXT Iron Survivor Challenge 2023 winners.

At Saturday’s NXT Deadline event, Williams and Davenport emerged victorious in the Iron Survivor Challenge matches. With those victories, Williams has earned an NXT Championship shot and Davenport has earned an NXT Women’s Championship shot. They’re both getting their title matches at NXT New Year’s Evil on Tuesday, January 2.

The Iron Survivor Challenge is a 25-minute match where the wrestler who has scored the most falls by the time runs out is declared the winner. The match debuted in 2022 with Grayson Waller and Roxanne Perez becoming the first Iron Survivors.

Williams defeated Bron Breakker, Tyler Bate, Dijak, and Josh Briggs to win the men’s Iron Survivor Challenge. Williams only had one fall entering the final minute, but he went on a flurry where he pinned Dijak, Bate, and Breakker to end the match on top with four falls.

In the women’s Iron Survivor Challenge match, Davenport won with three falls. She defeated Lash Legend, Tiffany Stratton, Fallon Henley, and Kelani Jordan. 

Davenport took the lead with a late fall over Henley. Davenport then ran away from Legend so that Legend had no chance to even things up.

Following the match, Davenport had a staredown with NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria. Cora Jade then made her NXT return by ambushing Valkyria and posing with the NXT Women’s Championship belt.

New Year’s Evil is the first NXT episode of 2024. It’s currently set to feature the following title matches:

• NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov defends against Trick Williams
• NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria defends against Blair Davenport