WWE announces NXT Deadline for December
NXT Deadline is making its return for 2023.
WWE has announced that NXT Deadline 2023 will take place from Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut on Saturday, December 9. The show will stream live on Peacock/WWE Network.
In December of last year, the first-ever NXT Deadline took place. The show featured the debut of a new stipulation match: the Iron Survivor Challenge. Grayson Waller and Roxanne Perez won the men’s and women’s Iron Survivor Challenge matches.
The graphic for Deadline 2023 indicates that Iron Survivor Challenge will be returning. Here are the rules for the match type:
- Five Superstars will compete in this unique 25-minute match as they battle each other and the clock.
- Two Superstars will start the match, and every five minutes a new Superstar will enter the match until all five are in the ring.
- The goal is to have the most falls when the clock hits 25 minutes.
- Falls can be won at any time via pinfall, submission, or disqualification.
- When a Superstar scores a fall, they will earn one point.
- However, when a Superstar loses a fall, that Superstar must pay the penalty. They are forced out of the ring and into a penalty box for 90 seconds.
- Once the 90 seconds are up, the Superstar can re-enter the match.
- The Superstar who has scored the most falls when the clock hits 25 minutes will be named the Iron Survivor and become the No. 1 Contender to the NXT Championship and NXT Women’s Championship, respectively.
Carmelo Hayes, Tiffany Stratton, Ilja Dragunov, Roxanne Perez, Tony D’Angelo & Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo, and Bron Breakker are advertised for Deadline.
Tickets for the show are going on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, October 6. A pre-sale will begin on Wednesday, October 4.
Deadline will be NXT’s final premium live event of 2023.