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WWE’s NXT brand held Stand & Deliver at the T-Mobile Arena on April 19. The event was scheduled before WrestleMania 41 and featured several title matches throughout the card. The NXT Title was defended on the card, and this was quite a battle for the brand’s top prize.

One of the main matches was for the NXT Championship. Oba Femi defended his title in a triple threat match against Trick Williams and Je’Von Evans.

This match was the main event for the Stand & Deliver show, as it went on right after Stephanie Vaquer was able to retain her title in a grueling match.

The NXT Title match also received a big fight feel from Mike Rome after each competitor had a chance to make their way to the ring. This match had an explosive start as everyone wanted to throw their weight around to gain an advantage.

We will have to see what’s next for NXT. You never know what Shawn Michaels and his crew will book next, but Stand & Deliver was certainly a big event for the company’s developmental brand.

Je’Von Evans didn’t let his size disadvantage get to him at all. In fact, he was in the thick of the match. That being said, he was also against Trick Williams and Oba Femi, two men who proved that they can shift the match in their favor in a moment’s notice.

At one point, Trick Williams hit a double stacked superplex while sitting on Oba Femi’s shoulders. Fans chanted “fight forever” as they kept going. Needless to say, this main event delivered in many ways.

Je’Von Evans nearly got the win after a great sequence that ended with a top rope cutter. Then Trick Williams took the referee out of the match before Evans dove on him. In the end, Femi sent Evans through the barricade and then Trick nailed a Rock Bottom through the announce table, but the referee was out cold. The referee came back, but then Oba Femi broke up a pinfall attempt from Williams.

Then Evans hit his finisher on Williams, but Williams took him out with a Trick Shot. This was followed by Oba Femi nailing his sitdown powerbomb on Evans for the win to retain his title after a hard-fought match.

The Family just took a brutal hit—and Stacks delivered the blow himself.

During the six-man tag match at NXT Stand & Deliver between Tony D’Angelo’s crew and Dark State, fans expected fireworks, but nobody predicted a betrayal this cold. After a heated buildup where Stacks went rogue and picked a fight with Dark State on NXT, tensions within The Family were already rising. But what happened in Las Vegas made one thing clear: this family’s falling apart fast.

The match itself was hard-hitting with a heavy dose of tension. Stacks brought crowbars into the mix, but Tony D made it clear he wanted no part of that kind of fight. When Tony had a submission locked on him, it looked like Stacks was coming to the rescue—until everything flipped.

After teasing respect and handing the weapon to the ref, Stacks hit a low blow on Tony D’Angelo and watched as Dark State capitalized for the win. Then, instead of slipping out quietly, Stacks stood on the ramp soaking in the heat from a stunned Vegas crowd.

This betrayal wasn’t just a storyline twist—it felt personal. Tony D turned his back for a second, and Stacks made sure he paid for it.

What happens now that Stacks has gone solo? Is this the end of The Family—or just the start of a turf war?

WWE’s NXT brand presented Stand & Deliver at the T-Mobile Arena on April 19. The event aired on Saturday afternoon ahead of WrestleMania 41 and included several high-stakes matches for fans.

Stephanie Vaquer previously held the NXT Women’s North American Championship. After she defeated Giulia for the NXT Women’s Championship, she was required to vacate the North American title. This led to a series of qualifying matches to determine who would compete for the vacant championship at Stand & Deliver.

The result was a Ladder Match featuring six competitors as Zaria, Kelani Jordan, Sol Ruca, Izzi Dame, Lola Vice, and Thea Hail threw down at Stand & Deliver. Each woman earned her spot in the match, and they all had a chance to climb the ladder and become the next NXT Women’s North American Champion.

This match went on third, right after Hank & Tank won the NXT Tag Team Titles. Each woman got their whole entrance, and they all paid extra attention to the championship title hanging above the ring. Sol Ruca and Zaria received their own entrance, but the big question is how long this partnership will last in the match.

It didn’t take long for this match to get violent, as ladders were used and each woman tried hard to get to the title. Thea Hale almost got to it, but Lola Vice stopped her. Then Kelani Jordan jumped in to get in Vice’s way, and then Jordan hit a splits off the ladder, which gave Thea Hail a chance to powerbomb her off the ladder.

There were bodies all over the place, as well as ladders. They hit one move after another, as nobody wanted to let the others gain an advantage. Fans were really into this match, but a majority of them cheered on Thea Hail, with Lola Vice also getting a great reaction from fans.

Thea Hail climbed up, and was almost there, but Izzi Dame pulled the ladder away from the belt. So, Hail locked on a kimura on top of the ladder, so Dame fell. The Culling came out to check on Izzi, and Thea found herself too far away from the belt, so Zaria spilled her over the top rope onto the Culling.

The match kept going and they ended up bridging a ladder from a ladder to the second rope. Some of the women fought on the ladder and then Zaria climbed up with Lola Vice on her back with a choke hold on. Then Zaria climbed back down and fell back against the ladder. This gave Kelani Jordan a chance to nail a splash onto Lola on the ladder bridge.

Soon, Sol Ruca and Jordan climbed up to the top of the ladder. Zaria fought Jordan and then pulled her down to press slam her to the outside where the Culling caught her. Now Ruca and Zaria were on the ladder and the tag team partners both reached for the title before having a stare-down. The two started exchanding forearms and then Sol kicked her down. Then Ruca flipped up the ladder, but Izzi stopped her from getting the title. Ruca nailed a Soul Snatcher on her, followed by a second one, and then she became the NXT Women’s North American Champion.

Sol Ruca celebrated in Las Vegas as fans cheered her on and Zaria looked up at her partner, the new Women’s North American Champion. The next phase could be a very interesting one.

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