WWE NXT Deadline 2025 Notes: Oba Femi Wins NXT Title, Femi vs. Cody Rhodes Set for 12/13 WWE SNME, Je’Von Evans Wins Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge, Kendal Grey Wins Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge, Tony D’Angelo Surprise Return, New Year’s Evil 2026 Date Revealed, 12/9 NXT Show Card

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Dec 6, 2025

Oba Femi Wins NXT Title

Saturday’s WWE NXT Deadline 2025 event at the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas featured Oba Femi defeating Ricky Saints to become the new NXT Champion.

As a result of his victory, Femi will be facing off against Cody Rhodes in an exhibition match at WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event show on December 13th at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.

Current card for December 13th WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event show:

  • John Cena’s Final Match – John Cena vs. Gunther
  • Cody Rhodes vs. Oba Femi
  • Bayley vs. Sol Ruca

Je’Von Evans Wins Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge

Saturday’s WWE NXT Deadline 2025 event also featured Je’Von Evans defeating Leon Slater, Myles Borne, Dion Lennox, and Joe Hendry to become the winner of this year’s Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge match.

Evans won the match after scoring two points, followed by Slater, Borne, Lennox, and Hendry at one point each.

As a result of his victory, Evans earned a shot at NXT Championship against Oba Femi at NXT New Year’s Evil 2026.

Kendal Grey Wins Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge

Saturday’s WWE NXT Deadline 2025 event also featured Kendal Grey defeating Lola Vice, Jordynne Grace, Kelani Jordan, and Sol Ruca to become the winner of this year’s Women’s Iron Survivor Challenge match.

Grey won the match after scoring three points, followed by Vice, Grace, Jordan, and Ruca at two points each.

As a result of her victory, Grey earned a shot at NXT Women’s Championship against Jacy Jayne at NXT New Year’s Evil 2026.

Tony D’Angelo Makes Surprise Return

Saturday’s WWE NXT Deadline 2025 event also featured Tony D’Angelo making his surprise return.

Following Je’Von Evans victory in the Men’s Iron Survivor Challenge match, Evans shook Leon Slater and Myles Borne’s hands while Dion Lennox left the ring when Evans offered a handshake as well in praise of the match they all just had. Evans then celebrated in the ring leading to NXT Champion Oba Femi’s music playing and came out to the stage to staredown his new challenger for his belt. This then lead to the lights going off and a video airing on the big screen showing a blurry visual of a mystery person walking on a bridge at night. After the video ended, Evans and Femi were seen giving puzzled looks in return. This led to D’Angelo being shown in the ring and attacked Evans laying him out. D’Angelo then poured out the same materials that NXT GM Ava revealed from a package she received during this past Tuesday’s NXT show.

This was D’Angelo’s first appearance in NXT since this past July.

Date Announced for NXT New Year’s Evil 2026

Saturday’s WWE NXT Deadline 2025 event also featured the official announcement of next year’s NXT New Year’s Evil special will be taking place on January 6, 2026 at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

Current card for WWE NXT New Year’s Evil 2026:

  • NXT Championship – Je’Von Evans vs. Oba Femi (c)
  • NXT Women’s Championship – Kendal Grey vs. Jacy Jayne (c)

Current Card for Next Week’s WWE NXT Show

Saturday’s WWE NXT Deadline 2025 event also featured new matches announced for the card of next week’s NXT show at the Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.

Among the notable new matches announced included a NXT Women’s North American Championship Open Challenge match of mystery opponent vs. Blake Monroe (c).

This new match was setup following a backstage segment involving Monroe and NXT GM Ava.

Current card for December 9th WWE NXT show:

  • NXT Women’s North American Championship Open Challenge match – mystery opponent vs. Blake Monroe (c)
  • Jordynne Grace vs. Kelani Jordan
  • Shiloh Hill NXT in-ring debut
  • Hank & Tank to return
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