WWE NXT Deadline 2025 12/6/2025

WWE NXT Deadline 2025 12/6/2025

We are in San Antonio, Texas. Booker T and Vic Joseph are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive.

NXT Title - Ricky Saints (c) vs Oba Femi

This being the opener is definitely curious especially when one of the ISC matches would be better to open the show with.

Oba blocks a takedown and throws him. Oba corners him and RS armlocks him. Oba backbreakers him. Oba yanks on the arm. OBa its snake eyes on him. RS blocks an F-5 and hits a codebreaker on the arm. RS walks the top rope and he clubs Oba's arm. 

RS trips him and stomps him. RS 2nd rope dropkicks him for 2. Oba catches RS' crossbody and backbreakers him. Oba gorilla press drops him. Oba chokes him on the 2nd rope then suplex throws him. Oba kicks him in the chest.

Oba hits punches in the corner and drops RS. Oba armlocks him and clubs his back for 2. Oba hits some mounted punches and RS fires up. RS dropkicks him in the knee then flying back elbows him. RS walks the top rope and diving headscisosrs him. RS hits a nice spear for 2.

RS does a rebound lariat. RS hits a cutter off of Oba's spinning lariat attempt. RS does a grounded guillotine. Oba drops him gut first on the top rope. Oba is pulled over the top rope. RS topes him into the commentary table.

Oba gets in and is hit with a fameasser for 2. They trade shots. Oba hits lariats and lariats him from behind. Oba running euros him in the corner. Oba hits a big ending on him for 2. Oba misses a corner charge and goes into the post. Oba chops RS down on the apron. Oba is sent into the steps.

RS tornado ddt's him on the steps. RS tornado ddt's him inside for 2. Oba pop-up powerbombs RS for 2. Oba hits a pop-up sit out last ride and pins him.

Thoughts: I figured Oba was winning here since the winner faces Cody and he's a much better match for him. I guess RS' title reign was just to give him something to do and up his credibility a little. I can't say it leaves a good impression of RS though as they got the title off of him quick. It was an okay match but not much more. It wasn't super exciting, it went a little longer than it needed to and had a slower pace.

RS stares down Oba after and offers a handshake. Oba shakes hands with him. 

We see a taped sitdown interview with Wren Sinclair and Kendal Grey. Grey says she's excited and says it doesn't feel right now. She says she used to watch Cena. She talks about her childhood and says she always told herself, "never give up and never back down". She says she has to prove she belongs in the ISC. Wren says she's a bad@ss and says she will know what to do. Grey says she wants to be locked in to become the iron survivor.

Wren says she can't wait to see Grey hold up the WrenQCC sign when she wins the iron survivor. Grey says she saw Wren in it last year. Grey says she will show she is built for big moments. She says everyone will talk about her by the end of the night.

Sol Ruca is talking to Zaria on video call. She says she's sorry about what went on the last few weeks and says she'd love for her to be here.

We get a video of Hank and Tank going to Japan. We see clips of them and then see clips of them wrestling there. We see them with the GHC Tag Titles, which they lost already.

Women's Iron Survivor Challenge - Jordynne Grace vs Kendal Grey vs Sol Ruca vs Lola Vice vs Kelani Jordan

KJ and KG are first in. KJ boots and forearms her. KJ misses a corner spear. KG sweeps her and misses a basement dropkick. KJ sweeps her then KG spears her. They bridge up together. KJ flips out of a sweep and forearms her. KG waistlock takedowns her. KG rolls her for 2. KJ basement dropkicks her. KG sweeps her then slingshot double stomps her for 2. 

They cradle each other. KJ double stomps her back on the apron. KJ rams her into the apron edge. KJ northern lights suplexes her for 2. KG is booted and takes a backbreaker. KG swinging facebusters her. KG's head is banged into the 2nd buckle. KJ then legdrops her over the 2nd rope for 2. KG gutwrench powerslams her and pins her. KG is in the lead with 1 point.

Jordynne Grace is next in. Grace knees KG in the gut then shoulders and back elbows her over. Grace suplexes her. Grace meteora's her from behind against the buckles then running back elbows her. Grace 2nd rope vader bombs her for 2. Grace unset flips her. Grace pulls her arms back and KJ breaks it up.

KG and KJ trade pin attempts. KG rolls her into an ankle lock. KJ rolls her up for 2. KJ blocks a roll up and pins KG. KG and KJ are in the lead with 1 point each.

Grace facekicks KJ. Grace rams KJ backwards into the buckles. Grace short arm clotheslines her. KJ high kicks her then facebusters her for 2. KG exits the penalty box and is lariated by Grace. KJ tornillo plancha's Grace outside. KJ gets a 2 count on KG. Grace is pulled down off the 2nd rope. We get a tower of doom spot with Grace sending the two down. Lola Vice is next in.

Vice hits spin kicks on the girls and picks up a pin on KG. Lola, KG and KJ are tied for the lead with 1 point each.

Lola kick combos KJ. She hits corner hip attacks on KJ and Grace then germans both. Lola does a double hip attack in the corner on KJ and Grace. Lola backdrops KJ for 2. Lola hits chest kicks on KJ in the corner then hits knees on Grace. KG exits the penalty box. She overhead belly to belly suplexes KJ then rolling armbars Grace. KG then gets a surprise pin on Grace. KG has 2 points, Lola and KJ each have 1 point.

KG top rope germans KJ. Lola gets a 2 count on KJ. KG superkicks KJ on the apron. KG tries to armbar Lola. Grace kicks the penalty box door open and nails KJ with it. Grace spinebusters KG then package sitout powerbombs her for 2. Grace does a suplex on Lola.

KJ top rope crossbodies Grace but Grace rolls and pins her. KG leads with 2 points, Grace/KJ/Lola each have 1 point.

Sol Ruca comes out. KJ pulls Sol's springboard down and sends her knee into the steps. Grace hits a double northern lights suplex and tries a double pin but is put in a double armbar. Sol is taken to the back by the doctors. 

Grace takes a double superkick. KG and Lola trade pin attempts. Grace flying shoulders KG twice. She then backdrops her. Grace tries a five knuckle shuffle but KJ superkicks her. KJ rolls up Lola for 2. KJ is swung by her arms and legs and she hits a double pele kick. KJ spanish flies Grace off the apron to the floor. Sol comes back out and running knees KJ.

Sol hits a double sol snatcher and pins KJ. She then pins Lola. KG and Sol are in the lead with 2 points, everyone else has 1 point.

Sol back elbows KG. She then germans her. Sol backcrackers Grace. Lola and KJ fight in the penalty box. KJ tries to escape. Sol hits a top rope double dropick. Sol running knees Grace for 2. Sol rolls KG into a grounded dragon sleeper. JG rolls both and does a double single leg crab on them.

Lola and KJ leave the penalty box. Lola hits kicks inside Sol slingshot facebusters Lola. Grace finlay rolls Sol. KG casadora flatliners Grace for 2. KJ top rope splashes Grace and pins her. KJ, Sol and KG are tied with 2 points, Grace and Vice have 1 point.

Sol takes sown KJ and pounds on her. KG pounds on Lola. Sol dropkicks KJ off the apron. Sol asai moonsaults 2 opponents outside. KJ asai moonsaults Sol outside. KJ olympic slams Lola. KJ misses a 450 off the top. 

Grace germans Lola, forcing her to suplex KJ. Grace spinning torture rack sitout bombs KJ and pins her. There's a 4-way tie for the lead with Lola at 1 point. 

Lola then pins KG. We have a 5-way tie at 2 points.

Sol backdrops Grace on the apron. Lola climbs Sol's back with a choke. KJ and KG fight in the penalty box. Sol drops Lola on the floor. Sol does a sol snatcher off the steps onto Lola on the floor which looked like it hurt her most. KJ exits the penalty box. she 450's Lola inside for 2. KG top rope diving flatliners Lola and pins her. KG is in the lead with 3 points and everyone else is at 2 points. We hit 25 minutes and Grey wins! Grey is now the #1 Contender and gets a title shot at New Year's Evil.

Thoughts: Whoa, big upset here. Grey's been getting good reactions, WWE's high on her and they pulled the trigger here. It was a really good match full of fast paced action. It was competitive all the way through and everyone had a shot at winning this. This was so much fun and they did a good job with it. 

Fatal Influence come out and Jacy holds her title up at Grey. 

We get some clips from Evolve. We get a Drake Morreaux video. It's Gal then does Stud-O-Meter rankings. 

Ava and Blake Monroe talk in the back. Blake wants to do an open challenge for her title. Ava says she's only champ as Zaria threw in the towel. Ava reminds her that anyone gets an opportunity in an open challenge. She says she's no Ilja Dragunov. Blake says she's more intense. Ava says she's no Sami Zayn and she says she's more loved. Ava then agrees to the open challenge.

Myles Born is interviewed. He says he wanted a title shot at Ricky but if winning the ISC means he gets another shot at Oba, he's down. He says he has thought about whether he want to be first or last in the ISC. He says he chooses to come out 3rd.

We then see Kelani and Jordynne Grace fighting in the back. Security breaks it up.  

WWE NXT North American Title - Ethan Page (c) vs Mr. Iguana

Ig waistlocks him and Page throws him off the side headlock. Page shoulders him over and Ig does his pose on the mat. Page is confused and spins him around. Page rolls him over and says, "he's dead". Ig then armdrags him. Ig headflips and taunts him. Booker says he doesn't like Iguana.

Page wristlocks him. Ig rolls out and trips him. Ig rolls him up for 2. Page knees him in the gut. Ig goes up and over. He grabs Yesca and Page ddt's him. Ig's head is banged off the buckles. Page goes for a superplex and Ig hits him with the toy. Ig top rope crossbodies him for 2.

Ig satellite headscissors him out. Ig misses a plancha outside. Page slaps Ig and sends him into the steps. Page back elbows him and slaps him in the back of the head. Ig does his dead pose. Ig boots him out of the corner and flying headscissors him. Ig springboard flying headbutts him. Ig grabs his toy and grabs Page's finger. Ig walks the top rope and is pulled down into a powerslam. 

Page stomos him then slams him. Page boots him in the face. Page grabs Ig's toy. Page spits on it and throws it on the ramp. Ig gets mad. Ig hits chops. Ig backrolls into a ddt. Ig is crotched up top. Page goes for a 2nd rope razor's edge and is hit with a 2nd rope hurricanrana. Ig tope con hilos him into a headscissors outside.

Ig top rope diving headbutts him in the chest for 2. Ig is thrown off the top and Page hits a twist of fate to win.

Thoughts: It was an entertaining bout. Ig didn't really botch here which was good as that has been bringing him down. Ig did his usual shenanigans with the toy and flew around here before being put down. This did what it was supposed to do and ended before it overstayed its welcome.

Kendal Grey and Wren Sinclair are interviewed. Ken says her adrenaline is pumping. She says no one expected her to win. Sol Ruca walks in. She says she was the better performer but if her knee was better, she'd be where she is. Wren calls it an excuse and brings up Zaria. Sol says Zaria is her best friend. She says Zar fought for her and she will do the same for her.

Dark State talk in the back. Oba Femi goes up to them. He tells Dion he did his part. Dion says he won't be the only one. He says his 4 opponents won't be safe and Oba won't be at New Year's Evil either. Oba says we will see.

Tatum Paxley vs Izzi Dame

TP is wearing pink and has facepaint smeared all over her face. Izzi has The Culling with her. Spears and Niko stare down TP in the ring. Izzi then slides in and almost gets TP from behind.

Izzi and TP stare down. Izzi grabs her like she will hug her. TP gives her evil eyes  and hits chest forearms. Izzi lariats her. Izzi euros her. TP flipping leg drops her while she is bent over. Izzi begs off outside. Izzi says she didn't mean to do it and hugs her. Izzi then throws her into the steps. 

Izzi kicks her in the ribs then knees her in the gut. Izzi double knees TP's crossbody in the corner. Izzi throws her off her shoulders. Izzi hits a corner spear then hits chops and punches in the corner. Izzi corner spears her.

Izzi backbreakers her for 2. Izzi knees her in the gut. TP gets on her back with a sleeper. Izzi rams TP into the buckles. Izzi knees her in the gut. TP is laid on the top rope then is pulled into the middle rope connector. Izzi boots her in the head. Izzi backbreakers her.

Izzi crabs TP then does a lion tamer. TP cradles her for 2 then is lariated. Izzi slaps her. TP hits chops and germans her. TP elbow drops her for 2. TP comes off the top and runs into a dropkick. Izzi twisting fisherman's neckbreakers her for 2.

TP superkicks her. TP crucifix bombs her. TP crossbodies her through the ropes and almost lands head first. She step up enzugiri's her off the commentary table. TP germans Izzi on the floor. They get on the commentary table. Izzi begs TP. TP hits a tequila shot on her on the table.

Shawn Spears gives TP two dolls. Shawn pulls the head off one of them and is slapped by TP. Izzi facekicks TP then sky highs her for the win.

Thoughts: I was surprised to see Izzi win. I assume they are extending the program but I don't know if that's the right call with TP's current status. The match was just okay. TP did a good job and they had a lot of drama with the heels trying to manipulate her. Izzi is still pretty generic in the ring and isn't quite becoming the taller wrestler I expected her to be. Tatum almost broke her neck on a crossbody through the ropes outside.

Spears drops the doll's head on TP after.

We see a taped sit down interview with Dion Lennox. He said he got pushed around and made fun of when he came here. He says they don't know him and he found 3 guys like him. He says Darkstate was 4 guys with the same goal. He says the fact that Cena sees him is a dominant force means they are doing something right. He says he came here to be Dion Lennox though.

Dion says he wants Darkstate to control all of NXT, not the tag division only. Dion says why not bring singles gold to the family? He says when one eats, they all eat. He says his success is their success. He says he will show everyone that his time is now. He says he carries his anger with him everyday and if you push him hard enough, you will find out. He says he's been grinding for recognition, opportunities and gold. He says he's where he has to be and one step away from being champ. He says if he gets it done, he has no one to thank but himself. Dion is asked if he wants to fight Oba for the title. Dion says he's been waiting a long time to say what he said to Oba. He says he wants Oba to win as nothing will be more satisfying than taking down the guy who started all this. He says he will find out that when he strikes, not a d@mn thing is safe.

Shiloh Hill does another video. He talks about how he started playing football. He said he saw squirrels talking and wondered how it would be if he could communicate with them. He says he chased down a squirrel and grabbed its tail. He says the squirrel bit him and a high school football coach asked if he thought about playing football. He says the squirrel disappeared after. He says he has a tooth in his head. He said he got into a fight at 9 years old. He says they started laughing at each other and he headbutted him. He says he felt his tooth and says it's still lodged in his skull. He say we are at a good point to see where this cranks out. We then see a computer program running and it says it's time for everyone to wake up and not to sleep on him. The program says he's ready for his first match on NXT this Tuesday. 

Men's Iron Survivor Challenge - Dion Lennox vs Myles Borne vs Joe Hendry vs Je'Von Evans vs Leon Slater

Leon and Evans are first in. Leon blocks an os cutter. Leon enzugiri's him from the apron. Evans moves away from a high flying move attempt. Leon trips him. Leon flying headscissors him, Evans flying headscissors him. They catch each other's kick at the same time. Leon rewind kicks him.

Leon handspring back elbows him for 2. Leon hits him in the gut. Evans punches him and Leon spin kicks him in the gut. Evans seated springboard headscissors him then dropkicks him for 2. 

Evans chops him and Leon chops back. Leon rolls him up for 2 and they trade pin attempts. Leon rolls him up off a springboard. Evans kips down out of a lariat, kips up and stunners him. Evans tries a seated springboard and is kicked in the back of the head. Evans hurricanrana's him and pins him. Evans is in the lead with 1 point and no one else has a point. 

Myles Borne is next in. MB lariats Evans and euros him. MB final cuts him for 2. Evans superkicks him out of the corner. MB olympic slams him for 2. Leon exits the box and springboard crossbodies Evans for 2. Leon dropkicks MB in the knee. Leon suplexes Evans over the top but both land on their feet outside. MB tope con hilos both.

MB punches down Evans in the ring for 2. MB lariats Leon for 2. MB hits shots on the ropes on his opponents. Evans chops him and flying forearms Leon. Leon's handspring is caught. He swings Evan's boot into MB's face. Evans suplex kip up's Leon then splashes him for 2. Booker is asked how many times he sees it but he sees Terell Tempo do it all the time in ROW.

Dion Lennox is next in. Dion flying lariats Evans and boots MB over. Dion pop up drops Leon. Dion corner spears MB. Dion northern lights suplexes MB. Leon hits chest kicks on Dion. Leon guillotine legdrops Dion over the 2nd rope.

Evans hits punches on Dion. Evans pounds on him then Leon pulls him away to pound on Dion. Evans then pulls him away to stomp Dion. They then stomp Dion together. Dion sits up top and Leon high kicks him. Leon is hit with a doomsday device and Dion emerald flowsion's Evans. Dion pins him. Dion and Evans are tied at 1 point and no one else has a point.

Dion hits corner lariats on MB and Leon. MB is thrown over by Dion. Leon leg lariats Dion. MB backdrops Leon for 2. MB corner splashes Dion. Leon sperkicks MB. Evans exits the box and pushes Leon off the top. Evans topes Leon. Evans frogsplashes MB. 

Joe Hendry is next in as MB hits a superplex. Joe lariats Dion and MB. Joe neckbreakers Leon. Joe fallaway slams Evans. Joe hits a double fallaway slam on Evans and Leon. Dion pounds on Joe. Joe hits punches on Dion and lariats him over the top. Joe sends his other opponents over the top. 

Joe jumps over the top and plancha's his opponents. Joe blocks MB's zigzag. Joe hits a reverse AA on MB and pins him. Joe, Evans and Lennox all have 1 point, Leon and MB have 0 points.

Evans rolls up Joe for 2. Leon backrolls Evans. Joe cradles Leon for 2. Joe is hit with a double superkick then Dion is as well. Evans and Leon then high kick each other at the same time. Leon holds his eye after. MB tries to leave the box and Dion kicks the door into him. Evans corkscrew kicks Joe off the ropes. Evans coast to coast flipping dropkicks Joe. Leon coast to coast dropkicks either Joe or Evans. Leon swanton 450's Joe and pins him. Everyone but MB now has 1 point as MB is at 0 points.

MB zigzag's Leon for 2 then zigzag's Dion. He pins him. All 5 wrestlers are tied at 1 point.

Dion beats up Joe in the box. Joe should be out of the box but he's down. MB, Evans and Leon trade shots in the ring. Joe makes a comeback on Dion and escapes the box. Evans superkicks Joe. MB powerslams Evans. Evans cutters Leon. Joe lariats Evans.

Dion leaves the box. He catches Evans' tope and throws him into the box and locks it along with a ref. Dion lariats Leon and slams MB for 2. Joe hits a standing ovation onto Dion. Evans climbs the box and plancha's Dion off of it. 

Leon corkscrew dives Evans over the top. Leon leg lariats Joe. Evans cutters Leon. Evans double jump os cutters Leon for 2. MB 2nd rope russian legsweeps Evans for 2. Leon top rope swanton 450's Evans. Joe is hurricanrana'd over the top by Leon. Someone gets thrown over the table and knocks over Booker. Evans cradles and pins MB to go up to 2 points. Evans is the winner as we hit 25 inutes. He finishes with 2 points with Leon/Joe/Dion/Borne at 1 point.

Thoughts: Everyone but Leon was in the mix here so that made things interesting. It wasn't as good as the women's match which shocked me. It was still a good match but not the classic I hoped for. Evans and Leon are highlight machines but they didn't get to go too crazy until the end and Evans didn't even do his big suicide dive. Joe has really lost momentum and him losing here was another sign of that. They really pushed hard that Dion could win here.

Evans celebrates after and Oba Femi comes out. The lights go out and we see someone walking on a bridge. Tony D'Angelo then appears in the ring with a new winter leather jacket. Evans offers a handshake and Tony spinebusters Evans.

Overall thoughts: It was a good show from start to finish. Nothing was bad and the Women's ISC match was the highlight of the night. This show was all about the ISC matches and both were a lot of fun in their lone yearly appearance. I'd give this a 7 out of 10 overall and would recommend checking out the ISC matches as they were a lot of fun.