WWE is always ready to do something new for its fans. Similarly, on the recent episode of NXT, the WWE Universe got to hear a major announcement alongside the NXT Championship match and NXT Women’s Championship match.
During the show, Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative Shawn Michaels announced a new type of match in WWE. The match type will make its debut at NXT Deadline next month.
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The ‘Heart Break Kid’ announced a new match that will determine the number one contender for the NXT Titles of men’s and women’s divisions.
Michaels said, “NXT is a brand focusing on the development of the superstars of tomorrow, but also a brand focused on innovation. Saturday, December 10th on NXT Deadline, we’ll present to you a revolutionary new match never done before in WWE history, “The Iron Survivor Challenge”.
Following making the announcement of “The Iron Survivor Challenge” Michaels went on to share the rules of the match. He said, “There will be two Iron Survivor Challenges at NXT Deadline – one for the men and one for the women. Five superstars will compete in this unique 25-minute match.”
.@ShawnMichaels unveils a revolutionary NEW match never done before in WWE history for NXT Deadline! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/ekfGcvo8oY
— WWE (@WWE) November 16, 2022
He added, “They’ll battle each other and the clock. Two superstars will start the match and every five minutes will enter until all five are in the ring. The goal of the match is to have the most falls till the clock is 25-minutes. Falls can happen anytime via pinfall, submission or disqualification. When a superstar earns a fall they’ve earned one point.”
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Furthermore, the Hall of Famer added, there is a penalty involved in this match. When a superstar will be pinned, he/she will “force out of the ring into the penalty box for 90 seconds.”
After 90 seconds are up that superstar can re-enter the match. However, the superstar who will score the most fall until the clock is 25 minutes will be made the Iron Survivor and the number one contender for the NXT Titles of men’s and women’s divisions.
Fans troll ‘The Iron Survivor Challenge’ that Shawn Michaels announced in WWE
The WWE Universe is always ready to see something new in WWE. Therefore, they were happy to hear the news but had some concerns about the match rules. They shared those on Twitter.
Fans do not love the 90 seconds rule.
I like the idea besides the 90 seconds in a box thing instead of that they could of had a rule where if you get pinned , submitted, or Disqualified , you lose 2 points so if you are the first to be pinned you are – 2 points and will have to get at least 3 to be back in the game
— BladesGTS That COD BOT (@BladesGTS) November 16, 2022
Not a bad idea. Penalty box is not needed though
— Eric (@efitzric) November 16, 2022
Is this match already done in TNA?
Didn’t impact wrestling have something like this I believe they did. The only thing that’s different is the time thing, but I remember them having this kind of thing at TNA impact wrestling. Nice innovation not ripping off other wrestling promotions. 🤦🏼♂️
— Jordan Clark Knoefler (@KnoeflerJordan) November 16, 2022
Bro remember how bad the championship scrambles were? It's just gonna be that except with the TNA penalty box and people can get points by being kicked in the balls or being hit with a weapon like in the Bound for Glory Series
— Dennis Jr. (@Dennisjr01) November 16, 2022
The match is just Championship Scramble with the penalty rule, felt a social media user.
This kinda reminds me of a championship scramble match except rather than getting one fall to become interim champion you must score the most falls like in an iron man match, as well as having to sit out 1:30 in the penalty box if you eat a pin or tap out. I kinda fw this concept pic.twitter.com/L5a00oGmqa
— Blake aka Tech2000💽 (@Tech2000_) November 16, 2022
it reminds me of this just with out the box and u earn points instead of who ever gets the pin is the interm champ while instead of saying like mandy rose has 6 points and another has 3 pic.twitter.com/gAybtkbssx
— Dom🧡💙 (@velocitydom) November 16, 2022
This exactly what i was thinking
— Johnny THE BOSS (@JohnnyMTZ10) November 16, 2022
Pity for the last competitor to enter the match with pressure of scoring quick pinfalls.
So the 5th competitor that enters only has 5 minutes to gain falls? As opposed to the first 2 who have 25min?
— Adam (@adalmeida86) November 16, 2022
This is the first thing that came to my mind too
This match leaves the last competitor at a huge disadvantage
It’s stupid
— Galactic World Champion (@Orephiuchus) November 16, 2022
Man, really sucks if you're the last competitor in the match. Only 10 minutes left in the match at that time. But then again, at least everyone else is more tired, so you may be able to sneak a pin or two.
— Triggered Millennial 🌮 (@ScottyDoezKnow) November 16, 2022
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I like it but 25 minutes seems to short. By the time the 5th person gets in there is only 10 minutes left. Bump it up to 35 – 40 minutes
— Matthew Petrovic (@MattPetrovic) November 16, 2022
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