Backstage, Gigi Dolan and Jacey Jane confront Kayden Carter and Katana Chance over them, offering Ivy Nile and Tatum Paxley a title shot. Nile and Paxley rush in, and a brawl breaks out.
Iron Survivor Challenge: Carmelo Hayes w/Trick Williams vs. JD McDonagh vs. Grayson Waller vs. Axiom vs. Joe Gacy
McDonagh tries to attack Axiom before the bell rings. Axiom avoids it. McDonagh takes Axiom down and tries to work the leg. McDonagh tries to wrap Axiom’s legs around the ring post, but Axiom pulls McDonagh into the post instead. Axiom lands on his head during a dive, but he pops back up and seems okay. Axiom sends McDonagh back into the ring. McDonagh catches Axiom with a dropkick as he sails through the air. Axiom and McDonagh trade strikes.
After a series of reversals, McDonagh turns Axiom inside out with a lariat. Sitout powerbomb by McDonagh. Axiom kicks out. Carmelo Hayes is next. Hayes hits a springboard clothesline as soon as he gets in the ring. Hayes hits the fadeaway on Axiom. Axiom kicks out. Axiom lands a flurry of offense. Hayes sets McDonagh and Axiom up for a springboard. Hayes springboards into a double superkick. After another series of reversals, Hayes hits a spinning suplex planting McDonagh on Axiom. Hayes pins Axiom. Axiom has to go to the penalty box.
Hayes 1-Axiom 0- McDonagh 0- Waller 0- Gacy 0
McDonagh hits an atomic backbreaker on Hayes. Standing Spanish fly by McDonagh. Axiom is released and hits a crossbody on both men. Everyone trades strikes. all three men are down. Grayson Waller is out next. As soon as he hits the ring, he hits his rolling stunner on Axiom and McDonagh simultaneously. Waller pins BOTH men. McDonagh and Axiom both have to go in the box.
Hayes 1-Axiom 0- McDonagh 0- Waller 2- Gacy 0
Waller catches Hayes with a stunner on the apron. Axiom and McDonagh are released from the box. As they are leaving the box, McDonagh grabs Axiom from behind. Axiom closes the box door, and both men brawl. Axiom slams McDonagh into the box, then closes the door on his head. Waller attacks Axiom from behind. Waller suplexes Hayes onto the commentary desk. Axiom rolls up Waller for a pin.
Hayes 1-Axiom 1- McDonagh 0- Waller 2- Gacy 0
As Waller is arguing and heading to the box. Axiom reverses the Devil Inside into a Canadian Destroyer. Golden Ratio by Axiom for the pinfall. Joe Gacy is out next.
Hayes 1-Axiom 2- McDonagh 0- Waller 2- Gacy 0
Gacy traps Axiom in a submission. Axiom taps out.
Hayes 1-Axiom 2- McDonagh 0- Waller 2- Gacy 1
McDonagh beats Axiom up in the penalty box. Back in the ring, Gacy hits the Upside Down on Hayes. Gacy pins Hayes. Hayes goes to the box.
Hayes 1-Axiom 2- McDonagh 0- Waller 2- Gacy 2
Gacy lands a springboard splash. Dive by Gacy. Axiom’s time is up in the box, but McDonagh blocks the door from opening. Axiom climbs the box and hits a moonsault on everyone but Hayes, who is still in the box. Hayes’ time expires, and he explodes out of the box with a boot to Gacy’s head. Hayes lands a facebuster into a crossface. Waller taps out and heads to the box.
Hayes 2-Axiom 2- McDonagh 0- Waller 2- Gacy 2
Back in the ring, Axiom traps Gacy in a triangle. Hayes hits an axe kick to break the hold. McDonagh pulls Axiom off the apron and hits the Devil Inside. McDonagh hits Gacy and Hayes with the Devil Inside. Waller is released from the box and rolls into the ring for his stunner, but McDonagh reverses it into the Devil Inside. Everyone breaks up McDonagh’s pin. McDonagh eats a four-way superkick. Gacy uranage suplexes Waller on the ring steps. Gacy traps Axiom in a submission. Hayes hits Nothing but Net. Waller steals the pin.
Hayes 3-Axiom 2- McDonagh 0- Waller 3- Gacy 2
Waller pulls McDonagh out of the ring so Hayes can’t pin him. Hayes chases Waller around the ring, but time expires.
Winner- Grayson Waller
A shoey for your #IronSurvivor!#NXTDeadline @GraysonWWE pic.twitter.com/0QBkgCwdZn
— WWE NXT (@WWENXT) December 11, 2022
