The 2023 men’s Iron Survivor saw Bron Breakker, Tyler Bate, Dijak, Josh Briggs, and eventual winner Trick Williams competing.

Dijak and Briggs started the match, the former getting the first fall with a Feast Your Eyes to the latter. Bate then entered, and Briggs got a fall back on Dijak to make it 1-1-0, and Bate equalled the score with a roll-up once more on Dijak. Williams entered the match next, getting pinned by Bate for him to take the lead. Breakker was the final entrant in the match and delivered three consecutive spears to Briggs, Bate, and Dijak, recording falls on each of them to take the lead. Dijak pinned Williams when he returned to the ring, and Bate tied with Breakker by pinning Dijak; Briggs and Dijak delivered stereo moonsaults to Williams and Breakker to get falls two and three respectively. Williams pinned Briggs to get his first fall, and with the help of an interfering Eddy Thorpe got a further fall over Dijak. He further rolled up Bate to tie up the score, catching Breakker mid-spear with a buzzer-beating pump knee strike and fourth pinfall to win the match.

The match delivered on the format’s potential for a comeback story, presenting each competitor as capable in their own way; Breakker was the dominant favorite, Dijak and Briggs were the clashing titans, Bate was the plucky technician, and Williams was the one to overcome. The bout spurred what would become Williams’ run atop the “WWE NXT” brand, and two NXT titles as well as a TNA World title prove it to be a pivotal milestone in his career.