NXT Deadline 2022 Guide: Match Card, Predictions

Publish date: 2024-04-11

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WWE's premium live event calendar is looking pretty bare between Survivor Series and Royal Rumble now that Day 1 has been canceled. Thankfully, NXT will attempt to fill that gap somewhat via its new event, Deadline. The first-ever Deadline will take place on Saturday, December 10, 2022 and bring with it a brand new match type, the Iron Survivor Challenge. Deadline will start at 8 pm EST and fans in the US will be able to watch it live on Peacock. Everyone else will be able to watch live on the WWE Network, or through whichever affiliate carries the Network in your part of the world. Everything announced for the show so far can be found below.

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UPDATE: 2022/12/07 15:29 EST BY JOSH COULSON

Two more matches were added to the card and the final participants in the Iron Survivor Challenge matches were revealed during the go-home show for NXT Deadline.

UPDATE: 2022/12/01 17:12 EST BY JOSH COULSON

Eight of the ten Iron Survivor Challenge match competitors have been revealed and added to the card.

Bron Breakker vs. Apollo Crews for the NXT Championship

Apollo Crews returned to NXT earlier this year and has made it clear since that he came back to win the brand's biggest title. JD McDonagh has been getting in his way since then, but after finally beating him recently, Crews is now next in line to challenge Bron Breakker.

As for whether Crews will finally win gold in NXT, that seems unlikely. Despite the regime change since he became the face of NXT, Breakker is firmly the head of the brand at this point and that probably won't be changing any time soon.

Men's Iron Survivor Challenge Match

A new match type will be introduced to WWE at Deadline. The Iron Survivor Challenge match. A sort-of hybrid of the Royal Rumble and an Iron Man match, five Superstars will compete for 25 minutes. Whoever has the most points when the timer runs out in this instance will earn a shot at the NXT Title.

Of the Superstars announced for the men's match, the most likely winners are Carmelo Hayes and Grayson Waller. Both likely have bright futures in WWE, and whichever of them doesn't win this and goes on to get a title shot will probably be called up to the main roster at some point between now and the first few months of 2023.

Women's Iron Survivor Challenge Match

Five of NXT's female Superstars will also be competing in an Iron Survivor Challenge match at Deadline. Exactly the same rule set as the men's match with the only difference being the prize on the line in this one is a future shot at the NXT Women's Championship.

If Mandy Rose is still champ after Deadline, which seems likely, I'm still struggling to see past Cora Jade being the one who eventually dethrones her. Jade has a huge and potentially very long future with WWE ahead of her. Much like the men's match, if she doesn't win this, it probably means she has a call-up in her future.

Pretty Deadly vs. The New Day for the NXT Tag Team Championships

Pretty Deadly bragging that they have beaten everyone there is to beat in NXT and no longer have viable challengers for their titles is pretty telling when it comes to the lack of tag teams on the brand. Especially since they haven't really been there that long. While WWE figures out how to remedy that long-term, New Day will get a shot.

This match has come out of nowhere just days before Deadline and other than a lack of challengers in NXT, it's unclear why. Probably just so the Tag Titles actually have a presence on the show. With that in mind, it'll be Pretty Deadly retaining in this one.

Isla Dawn vs. Alba Fyre

Alba Fyre has been tied up trying to get the Women's Title off Rose for a long time now, but she has failed at every turn. Time for her focus to shift elsewhere, a task that has been made easier by the arrival of Isla Dawn. Someone she battled in NXT UK who has now joined her fellow Scot in the Stateside version of the brand.

This is a tricky match to call since either Superstar losing here would look pretty bad. As already pointed out, Fyre has been losing to Rose a lot lately, but Dawn has only just arrived. Fyre to win this one, but Dawn to get one back in a rematch not far down the road.

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