Shawn Michaels announces new NXT match: The Iron Survivor Challenge - Cageside Seats

WWE hyped a large announcement from Shawn Michaels connected this week’s episode of NXT TV, and folks wondered if it had to bash with perchance taking a leafage from an aged main roster gimmick match. As it turns out, they were right!

As Michaels explained it:

“NXT is simply a marque focusing connected processing the superstars of tomorrow, but besides a marque focused connected innovation. On Saturday, Dec. 10 astatine NXT Deadline we volition contiguous to you a revolutionary caller lucifer ne'er done earlier successful WWE history.”

They’ll telephone it the Iron Survivor Challenge this time, and determination volition beryllium some a men’s and women’s match. As Michaels explains it, the lucifer volition beryllium 25-minutes agelong and the 5 participants volition conflict each different and the clock. Two wrestlers commencement the lucifer and each 5 minutes a caller wrestler enters until each 5 are successful the ring. Whoever has the astir falls — which tin beryllium earned by pinfall, submission, oregon disqualification — erstwhile the timepiece hits 25 minutes wins. A autumn counts for 1 constituent but losing a autumn means going to a punishment container for 90 seconds. The winners gain a changeable astatine the NXT championship, and NXT women’s championship.

Participants for those matches volition beryllium revealed successful the weeks ahead.

Sound bully to you?