Date: 12/10	5:00 PM
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It's the final premium live event of 2022, and this is the Deadline for the NXT superstars to make a big statement this year. Apollo Crews finally gets his change to challenge Bron Breakker for the NXT Championship! Five men and five women battle in their respective Iron Survivor Challenge matches to determine the #1 contender for the main singles titles! The New Day challenge Pretty Deadly for the NXT Tag Team Titles; Isla Dawn takes on Alba Fyre; and much more! Join Nickolye for the live results on Saturday, December 10th starting with the pre-show at 7:30 PM ET/6:30 Central on social media, and the main PPV at 8 PM ET on Peacock (USA) and the WWE Network (worldwide). Hit F5 or refresh as often as you like for the latest updates!

With the pre-show starting at 7:30, we get a couple of notes before the main show. Roxanne Perez gets interviewed and she reveals that she drew #1, meaning she'll go the full distance. Zoey Stark interrupts the interview telling Perez that she will be in there as long as her because Stark drew #2. Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams want the spotlight to talk, but when asked about his order of entrance, he decides to keep that to himself.

In the locker room, Kiana James is warming up for her match when Briggs Jensen shows up with flowers for her. She dismisses him telling him to wear a better shirt next time, but actually smiles after looking at the flowers. As JD McDonagh is reading a book about the human body in another locker room, he says that himself and Axiom are starting the match as the first two competitors. The pre-show comes to a close, and we get ready for the final premium live event of 2022 at 8 PM ET, NXT Deadline!

* #1 Contender Women's Iron Survivor Challenge

Roxanne Perez and Zoey Stark start the match and go one-on-one for the next five minutes. Zoey tries for an early cover but only gets a 1-count, and Roxanne makes a tight cover for 2. Stark backs her into a corner, they wrestle back-and-forth with reversals and counters, Perez with a side headlock, we are two minutes in, Stark doesn't budge from a shoulder block, Perez goes for a backslide, Stark blocks, and Perez does a tilt-a-whirl schoolgirl for 2, plus a mahistral cradle for 2, then gives her an armdrag. Stark hits a mat slam, rolls over for 2, we are at 3:30 now, Stark does a side headlock, hard Irish whip to a corner, body slam, and covers for 2. 4 minutes in as Stark puts her in a headlock, Perez fights out, floats over in a corner, armdrag, covers for 2, then transitions to an armbar. Perez gets a 2-count and dropkick as the 5 minutes are up.

Kiana James slides in, Stark goes for a back suplex, James counters with a sunset flip, 2-count, blocks the finish, kicks her in the head, covers, and Perez breaks the count. Kiana a shoulder block to Perez and yells at her, Roxanne blocks a hiptoss, Zoey dropkicks Kiana who falls on Perez, and she pulls her off to stop the count. Perez rolls up Stark for 2, hits European uppercuts, we have 7 minuytes now, Stark dumps her on the apron and kicks her in the head with a gamengiri. Kiana sends Stark who dropkicks Perez through the ropes, Zoey takes control stomping on Roxanne's head on the steps, and attacks her out the ring. James has Roxanne in the surfboard stretch, Stark and James collide in the ring, Roxanne gives James a back drop, takes Stark down, running uppercut to James, and Stark superkicks Perez then hits the 360 GTS for 3! Perez now has to enter the penalty box as Stark has one-fall to lead.

Cora Jade is out next, laughs at Perez on her way out, gets in the ring, covers James for 2, dropkicks Stark, and attacks both women. Jade is in control until Perez has her 90 second end in the penalty box. Perez gets her hands on her, Jade rolls out the ring, so Roxanne goes after the other women with dropkicks. Perez hits a running uppercut in the corner, Russian legsweep to Stark, covers, and James breaks the count. Perez goes for the Pop Rox, but Jade superkicks Perez and rolls up James for 3! Kiana James must now go into the penalty box. Jade and Perez square up, Stark is in there too, headbutts Perez, they both kick Jade, and Stark puts Perez in the crossface. At the same time, Cora puts Stark in the figure-4 leglock, so Perez puts Jade in the figure-4 headlock! 90 sends are up for Kiana James to re-enter and she goes after everyone. Kiana throws Roxanne out the ring, backflips into a running shoulder thrust, and delivers a spinning back suplex.

Indi Hartwell makes the final entrance at 15 minutes to fill the field as the freshest competitor. Perez does a sunset flip to Indi for 2, Indi drops Roxanne and pins her for 3! Roxanne Perez has to go back into the penalty box for 90 seconds. Stark hits a senton to Indi, Cora is back in fighting with Zoey, but Stark suplexes her and covers for 2. Stark and James battle outside the ring, and James drops her with a springboard moonsault and throws her over the barricade! Perez is back in after 90 seconds and she takes care of Kiana, hits a flying crossbody to Indi, and Jade breaks the count. Roxanne throws Cora out the ring, Zoey punches Perez, but Perez counters her finish with a rollup for 3! Zoey Stark now goes into the penalty box, and four superstars have 1 point while James has 0! James tries to pin all others, but it keeps getting broken up. Indi and Cora fight in front of the announce table, while Roxanne and Kiama battle in the ring. Hartwell suplexes Jade on the floor, and Perez shoves James into the ringpost.

20 minutes in now, Stark is back in the match, fights all women, spin kick to the back of Indi's head, running uppercuts in corners, and suplexes James then kips up. Perez uppercuts Stark, suicide dive to Hartwell, Jade hits a somersault to James, Perez and Hartwell, and finally Stark hits a springboard crossbody onto everybody! 22 minutes in, 3 minutes left!! Stark brings James into the ring, goes up top, misses the phoenix splash, Hartwell drops Stark, James hits the floatover flatliner to Hartwell, Jade drops James, and Perez hits Pop Rox to Cora Jade for 3 at the 23-minutes mark! Roxanna has 2 falls! Cover, break up, cover, break up, cover break up - no one can get the pinfall. Hartwell picks up Perez, and they spill over the ropes. Stark is on the top rope, James climbs up to her, and hits the SPANISH FLY! Cora Jade is released from the penalty box, covers Stark for 2, Perez is back in the ring, 10 seconds left, Jade hits the double-arm DDT to Perez, and Perez rolls out the ring in pain as time expires and she wins the match with 2 points!! WINNER and #1 Contender for the NXT Women's Title, the WOMEN'S IRON SURVIVOR: ROXANNE PEREZ!

What a first-time ever match! Roxanne Perez is in the history books as the VERY FIRST WINNER of the Iron Survivor Challenge match. Backstage, McKenzie Mitchell is interviewing Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley. Ivy says it's unfortunate that The Creed Brothers are not competing against Indus Sher tonight. The NXT Women's Tag Team Champions, Katana Chance and Kayden Carter, show up to show respect to Ivy and Tatum for getting The Creed Brothers time to get better. We could see these two teams battle over the gold in the near future.

* Isla Dawn vs. Alba Fyre

Fyre is ablaze at the beginning going after Dawn with fury and beats her down in front of the announce table. Dawn gets her back into the ring, but Fyre strikes back and hits a sliding flatliner, covers for 2, and transitions to a koji clutch. Dawn counters with a 2-count, lifts her up, backs her into the turnbuckles, hard Irish Whip to the corner and works over the back with a backbreaker for 2. Dawn rips off the padding from the middle turnbuckle, Fyre rolls her up for 2, Dawn hits a meteora, and covers for 2. Isla remains in control of the match with an armbar while pulling the hair, but Alba gets back up and battles back. Dawn traps her in the ropes for more beating, slams her down, hits a top-rope meteora, and covers for a near-fall!

Fyre sends her out the ring and hits a jumping springboard swanton to the floor! The referee starts his count, gets to 9, both women get back into the ring, they trade punches, Fyre hits a face-first suplex, kicks her in the chest, Dawn counters a kick, Fyre hits the tornado DDT, and covers for a near-fall. Dawn kicks her in the head, delivers a Saito suplex, covers for 2.5, goes up top, but Fyre drops her with a gamengiri followed by a suicide dive! Fyre plants her with the Gory Bomb on the floor, gets her back in the ring, and covers for 2.9! Fyre plants her with a fireman's carry slam, goes up top, hits the swanton bomb, covers, but the referee is unable to make the cover as she's spewing black mist! Fyre superkicks Dawn and makes the cover, but the ref is still incapacitated. Another referee comes down to save the match, 2-count, checks on the original ref, Dawn shoves Fyre into the exposed turnbuckle behind the ref's back, and hits the spinning elbow DDT for 3. WINNER: ISLA DAWN!

Apparently, Dawn cursed the referee somehow to make him physically sick, preventing him from finishing the match. Next Saturday will be the 20th annual Tribute to the Troops special on FOX.

* NXT Tag Team Championship: The New Day vs. Pretty Deadly {C}

Xavier Woods starts the match with Kit Wilson for their respective teams. Woods rolls him up for 1, mocks their "side plate check" and Booker T is having a conniption on commentary. Woods chops him on the chest over and over, Wilson hits a shoulder block, Woods leapfrogs over him, lands on his feet, leg sweep, senton, and covers for 2. Kofi Kingston tags in, they chop, him, leg sweep, sliding bulldog, Kingston covers for 2, they make a fake tag to draw in the ref, and Wilson pulls Kofi down by the hair. Elton Prince tags in officially, they hit a double attack legdrop and splash, Prince gets a 2-count, Irish whip to the corner, and Kofi lands on his feet from a monkey flip - and twerks. Prince twerks as well, the crowd calls for a twerk-off, and we get it. Kingston dropkicks him, covers for 2, snapmare, Woods tags in, Kofi with the running kick, Woods with the sliding clothesline, Kingston with a rebound splash, and Woods lands a springboard elbow drop for 2.

Wilson tags in, Woods dropkicks him in mid-air, splash in the corner, Kingston tags in, forearm smash, Woods hits the Honor Roll, Kingston covers for 2, puts a boot up, throws Wilson out the ring, Prince cuts him off, Kingston drops him and hits a tope con hilo to Pretty Deadly! Back in the ring, Prince and Wilson double team Kofi to gain the momentum of the match and ram his head into the ringpost. Prince chokes him on the ropes, Wilson tags in, beats him down, misses a kneedrop, but cuts him off from the tag. Kingston tries to tag, but he's being held back, so he fights back, hits a float-over DDT, and both men are down.

Prince and Woods get the hot tags, Woods clotheslines him twice, ducks swings, baseball slides under, forearm smash, dropkicks Wilson, blocks a rollup, trips Prince onto the ropes, and slides off Prince's back to kick Wislon, then lands the slingshot tornado DDY for a near-fall! Prince blocks a suplex, hits a throat thrust, gets a 2-count, Woods fights back, they trade shots, Prince with a European uppercut, Woods hits a forearm smash, Prince drops him and tags out to assist a rebound Codebreaker! Wilson covers for 2, Kingston is back in to eliminate Prince, but they grab the tag titles, they all play hot potato with the title, and all four men are down with the title in the middle of the ring! They all point fingers, the ref takes the title, Wilson hits Woods with the other title, makes the cover, 1, 2, and Woods kicks out!! Kingston blocks Spilt Milk, hits Wilson with Trouble in Paradise on the floor, Prince rolls up Woods for 2, Woods drops him on the top turnbuckle, Kingston gets the tag, they hit UP UP DOWN DOWN, WOODS TAGS IN, COVERS, 1-2-3!!!!! WINNERS and NEW NXT TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: THE NEW DAY!!!

THE NEW DAY HAVE BECOME TRIPLE CROWN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!! Kofi Kingston has won his 15TH TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP, surpassing Booker T to take the record for the most tag title victories in history!

Backstage, Katana Chance and Kayden Carter stop and talk to Edris Enofe, Malik Blade and Odyssey Jones. The guys have something to take care of then they'll join them for a party later. Toxic Attraction approach the champs and complain that they gave the next opportunity to Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley, they want the next title shot, they make fun of them, then Ivy and Tatum run in to attack Toxic Attraction. A brawl breaks out and the guys jump in to break it up.

We get a promo for the Royal Rumble on Saturday, January 28th. Earlier we saw Apollo Crews warming up backstage, and now we see Bron Breakker getting ready. Coming up next is the men's challenge match.

* #1 Contender Men's Iron Survivor Challenge

JD McDonagh and Axiom will commence this match, and they waste no time getting into it! McDonagh catches his leg for a shinbreaker, Axiom kicks him away, McDonagh cuts off a dive with an uppercut, Axiom pulls him into the ringpost with his legs,and hits a suicide dive with a bad landing! Axiom comes up with adrenaline, slams him into the penalty box, chops him on the chest, throws him back into the ring, goes up top, McDonagh dropkicks him in mid-air, and we pass two minutes. McDonagh slows his opponent down, but Axiom rolls him up for 2, superkicks him, they clothesline each other, punches and slaps, Axiom lands on his feet, kicks him in the ear, and picks him up by the hair at three minutes. Axiom hits a sliding clothesline for 2, running dropkick in the corner, hesitation dropkick, covers for 2, four minutes in, German suplex is blocked, JD shakes him off, hits a big lariat, sit-down powerbomb, and gets 2.9!

Carmelo Hayes is the next man out, hits JD with the springboard clothesline, and hits the Fade Away springboard legdrop to Axiom for a near-fall. Axiom gets thrown into McDonagh, does a hurricanrana, Hayes catches him, and Axiom hits a clothesline to Hayes who gives McDonagh a DDT! Axiom wipes the both out, Hayes kicks Axiom in the head as JD ducks, he goes back for the springboard, they both superkick him, they all attack each other, Hayes suplexes Axiom onto JD, and Hayes covers Axiom for 3. Axiom is now stuck in the penalty box for 90 seconds. JD and Carmelo battle each other, Hayes hits a haymaker, eight minutes in, and McDonagh hits a snap suplex. McDonagh delivers a suplex backbreaker, hits a Spanish fly, Axiom is released, goes up top, hits a diving crossbody to both men. kicks both in their chests, Hayes with a throat thrust, all three men attack each other, and all three are down.

Grayson Waller runs in at ten minutes, hits the Rolling Stunner onto both Axiom and McDonagh, covers Axiom for 3, and covers McDonagh for 3! Both Axiom and JD McDonagh have to go into the penalty box, and Waller has two falls! Waller gets a 2-count on Hayes, gloats, Hayes avoids the baseball slide, kicks him in the head, and Waller hits the Rolling Stunner onto the apron. The time is up for the penalty box, but instead of coming out, Axiom and McDonagh battle INSIDE the box! Axiom finally walks out, slams the door in JD's face, and Waller attacks Axiom from behind. Hayes is back in the mix, throws Axiom back into the ring, hits a butterfly bomb, covers for a couple of near-falls, Waller pushes him out teh ring, Hayes slams him on the announce table, and Waller suplexes Hayes on the announce table. Waller mocks Booker T, stunning the Hall of Famer leaving him speechless. Axiom with a hurricanrana pin on Waller for 3! Axiom hits the Golden Ration kick to JD McDonagh for 3! Both Waller and McDonagh have to go into the penalty box, and Axiom is up 2 points!

Joe Gacy comes out as the final entrant with 15 minutes surpassed. Gacy works over Hayes and Axiom with corner splashes, Axiom kicks him away, but Gacy comes back with a double-arm crossface, and Axiom taps! Gacy scores a quick fall, Axiom is forced back to the penalty box, Waller attacks him on his way, McDonagh is released as well, and they lock Axiom in the penalty box. Gacy and Hayes knock Waller and McDonagh off the apron, and Gacy wipes out Hayes for 3! Gacy is now up 2 points as Hayes gets walked to the box. Axiom is released, but JD blocks the door, so Axiom climbs over the top, kicks him in the head, and hits a diving moonsault onto everybody! Hayes is released from the penalty box, kicks Gacy in the head, throws Waller into the ring, hits the tilt-a-whirl facebuster, covers for 2.9, then puts him in the crossface, and Waller taps! Every man except for McDonagh now have 2 points! Gacy throws Waller into the penalty box.

20 minutes in, Gacy is on a roll, but Axiom traps him in the armbar then in the triangle, Hayes breaks it up, Axiom kicks him in the head, McDonagh pulls Axiom off the apron and hits The Devil Inside! Back in the ring, McDonagh hits headbutts and The Devil Inside to Hayes, Waller gets released, McDonagh makes a cover, and it gets broken up by everybody. McDonagh stomps mudholes in everybody in all four corners, they all get to their feet, he becomes the target and they wipe him out. Gacy slams Waller on the steps with aurinage, delivers the full nelson bomb to Hayes and puts him in the double-arm crossface, McDonagh breaks it up, so Gacy pulls him in the Rings of Saturn! Axiom breaks it up, so Gacy puts him in the Rings of Saturn, and it's broken up by superkicks by Carmelo and JD. ONE MINUTE LEFT and Axiom hits a springboard DDT! Hayes hits Nothin' But Net to Axiom, makes the cover, Waller pulls Hayes out the ring and punches him, and covers Axiom for 3! Waller is now at three points, Hayes realizes what just happened, Waller blocks every pinfall attempt, so Hayes chases Waller around the ring, behind the commentary table, in and out the ring with 10 seconds left, and time expires with Waller as the victor! WINNER and #1 Contender for the NXT Title, the MEN'S IRON SURVIVOR: GRAYSON WALLER!

As Vic Joseph says on commentary, we'll never hear the end of this as Waller becomes the very first man to win the Men's Iron Survivor Challenge.

We get a commercial for NXT New Year's Evil on January 10. Backstage, Drew Gulak gets interviewed about why he's shown up on NXT. He admits that he hasn't been reaching his full potential lately, so he came to NXT to help anyone who needs it. Damon Kemp shows up to introduce himself, says he's back in the ring this Tuesday when he faces Duke Hudson, and Gulak says he'll watch his match. Speaking of NXT this Tuesday, Toxic Attraction take on Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley, Von Wagner faces Odyssey Jones, and Lyra Valkyria makes her NXT debut.

* NXT Championship: Apollo Crews vs. Bron Breakker {C}

The main event is here, we get the title match introductions, the bell dings, and the main event is underway! Neither man makes a charge, they cautiously circle the ring, collar-and-elbow lock-up, stalemate, lock up again, another stalemate, more circling, test of strength knuckle lock, they even out, Crews with a monkey flip, Breakker with a monkey flip, Crews with a side headlock, lands on his feet from a hiptoss, and Breakker stays on his feet from an armdrag attempt. Crews does a headlock takeover, Breakker counters, headlock takeover, Crews counters, headlock takeover, Breakker counters again, back and forth they go, both men kip up, and they're at another stalemate. Crews with a waistlock, Breakker reverses, Crews reverses, Breakker reverses, and a clean break in the ropes. Both men block hiptosses, thye reach the ropes again, and now Crews lightly shoves him.

Crews leapfrogs him, lands a dropkick, hits the standing moonsault, gets a 2-count, Breakker rolls out the ring, so Crews hits a standing moonsault from the apron, brings him back in, hits the tope atomico, and gets a 2-count. Crews puts him in the headlock, Breakker reverses, does a gator roll, delivers a delayed vertical suplex, kips up, hits a standing moonsault, 2-count, Crews rolls out the ring, and Breakker hits a tope con hilo! Back in the ring, Breakker gets on the middle ropes, Crews hits a jumping knee as a surface-to-air counter, he gets an intense look on his face, and now he pummels him with mounted punches, delivers a death valley driver for 2, German suplex, another German suplex, and a third German suplex for 2. Breakker does a jackknife pin for 2, Crews delivers a powerbomb, dead-lift into a powerbomb, dead-lift into a third powerbomb, and covers for a near-fall! Crews hits a top rope frog splash, covers, gets 2.5, and hits an avalanche splash in the corner.

Breakker side-steps another, hits shoulder tackles, catches him for a powerslam, does a diving bulldog from the top, and covers for a 2-count. Crews counters the military press with a DDT, covers for 2.5, and Crews gets frustrated. Breakker blocks the spinebuster, hits a choke slam, covers for a 2-count, and takes the straps down. Crews counters the press, hits his own military press slam, covers, and gets 1-2-NO! Both men get face-to-face with words, they exchance punches, Breakker clotheslines him, Crews with a jumping enzuigiri, Breakker hits the SPEAR, AND COVERS FOR 1-2-3! WINNER and STILL NXT CHAMPION: BRON BREAKKER!

One spear and it's done - not how I expected that to end but oh well. Breakker has defeated his toughest challenge on the final premium live event of 2022! The copyright logo is in the corner as Breakker celebrates his victory, Grayson Waller pops up with the Rolling Stunner, and he hoists up the NXT Championship while taunting the champion. That's all for NXT Deadline!