John Cena Announces Men’s Iron Survivor Competitors For NXT Deadline
17-time WWE World Champion John Cena is in the final leg of his retirement tour, with only two matches left in his WWE career. However, tonight on NXT, he made a huge announcement before he wrestles his penultimate match in the company at Survivor Series.
As announced last week by NXT General Manager, Ava, the Never Seen 17 would be choosing all the competitors of this year’s Iron Survivor match for NXT Deadline.
Fans were looking forward to finding out who the competitors would be all week, and they weren’t disappointed as Cena chose some of the best wrestlers NXT has to offer.
Main Event of NXT Gold Rush’s Week Two will decide the final entrant
John Cena heaped praise on all the competitors of the match and also announced that the winner of the main event of tonight’s show, which sees Myles Borne take on Trick Williams, will join the rest of the members Cena selected.
Out of the ones that were announced by John Cena, he picked newly signed WWE star Joe Hendry as one of the competitors. Je’Von Evans, who recently competed in the Last Time is Now tournament, is also slated to be part of the match.
Their time is NOW! 👀
The Iron Survivor Challenge is all about the future of NXT, and @JohnCena has selected some of the best Male Superstars to compete at NXT Deadline! pic.twitter.com/GznQuLVGyu
— WWE (@WWE) November 26, 2025
TNA Knockouts Champion, Leon Slater, was also chosen by the WWE Intercontinental Champion, while the last name that Cena announced was that of the leader of DarkState, Dion Lennox.
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