NXT Deadline

NXT Deadline
NXT Deadline
	NXT Deadline logo
Promotion	WWE
Brand	NXT
First event	2022
Signature match	Iron Survivor Challenge

NXT Deadline (stylized as DEADL1NE) is a professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE, a Connecticut-based professional wrestling promotion. Established in 2022, it is held annually in December for the promotion's developmental brand, NXT. The event features the Iron Survivor Challenge for both the men and women, which is a five-person match in which a wrestler attempts to score the most falls before the 25-minute time limit expires to earn a future match for the NXT Championship and NXT Women's Championship, respectively. The match debuted at the inaugural event. Deadline also replaced NXT WarGames as the brand's December event.

History

On October 15, 2022, the American professional wrestling promotion WWE filed to trademark the name "NXT Deadline" for their developmental brand, NXT.^[1] It was then confirmed that NXT's livestreaming event on December 10 that year would be Deadline, and it aired on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in international markets. The event debuted the Iron Survivor Challenge match-type in WWE, with one each for the men and women. Deadline replaced NXT WarGames as the brand's December event, after the WarGames concept was moved to the main roster for the 2022 Survivor Series for the Raw and SmackDown brands.^[2]^[3]^[4]

On September 28, 2023, WWE announced the return of Deadline, thus establishing Deadline as NXT's annual December event.^[5]^[6]

Iron Survivor Challenge

The Iron Survivor Challenge is a 25-minute match that features five wrestlers. Two wrestlers start the match, and every five minutes, another wrestler enters with the fifth and final participant entering at the 15-minute mark. The objective is to earn the most points before the time expires. Points are earned by scoring a pinfall, submission, or being the victim of a disqualification. A wrestler who is pinned, submitted, or disqualified goes into a penalty box for 90 seconds. The wrestler with the most points when the time expires is deemed the winner, and in the result of a tie, those who are tied enter sudden death overtime. The winners of the men's and women's matches are dubbed the Iron Survivor and receive a future match for the NXT Championship and NXT Women's Championship, respectively.^[7]

Events and Iron Survivor winners

#	Event	Date	City	Venue	Main Event	Iron Survivor	Ref.
1	NXT Deadline (2022)	December 10, 2022	Orlando, Florida	WWE Performance Center	Bron Breakker (c) vs. Apollo Crews for the NXT Championship	Women's: Roxanne Perez	^[8]
1	NXT Deadline (2022)	December 10, 2022	Orlando, Florida	WWE Performance Center	Bron Breakker (c) vs. Apollo Crews for the NXT Championship	Men's: Grayson Waller	^[8]
2	NXT Deadline (2023)	December 9, 2023	Bridgeport, Connecticut	Total Mortgage Arena	Ilja Dragunov (c) vs. Baron Corbin for the NXT Championship	Women's: Blair Davenport	^[5]
2	NXT Deadline (2023)	December 9, 2023	Bridgeport, Connecticut	Total Mortgage Arena	Ilja Dragunov (c) vs. Baron Corbin for the NXT Championship	Men's: Trick Williams	^[5]
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match