Dave Meltzer has reviewed the final WWE Premium Live Event of 2023.
On Saturday, December 9th, NXT presented Deadline for the second time. Starting the main card strongly, Dragon Lee defeated Dominik Mysterio to become the new North American Champion, ending Mysterio’s second reign with the title and meaning that the core 4 members of The Judgment Day are no longer all draped in gold. This was the only title change to take place at Deadline.
The show also saw the return of the Men’s and Women’s Iron Survivor challenges and Ilja Dragunov retained the NXT Championship against Baron Corbin in the main event of the show.
Meltzer’s thoughts, critiques and star ratings for each of the matches have been published in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Dave Meltzer’s Ratings For NXT Deadline Are As Follows:
- Axiom defeated Nathan Frazer on the pre-show – ****
- Dragon Lee defeated Dominik Mysterio to become the new North American Champion – ***1/4
- Blair Davenport defeated Tiffany Stratton, Lash Legend, Fallon Henley and Kelani Jordan in the Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge – ***1/4
- Carmelo Hayes defeated Lexis King – ***
- Trick Williams defeated Dijak, Josh Briggs, Tyler Bate and Bron Breakker in the Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge – ****1/2
- Kiana James defeated Roxanne Perez in a Steel Cage match – **1/2
- Ilja Dragunov defeated Baron Corbin to retain the NXT Championship – ***1/2
With the final episode of WWE NXT in 2023 taking place on December 26th, the show has been pre-taped. Spoilers for the upcoming episode of WWE NXT have been circulating online as a result of this.