NXT Stand & Deliver takes place Saturday night in St. Louis.
Six matches are scheduled for the main show, along with one pre-show bout.
Both the NXT men’s and women’s titles will be defended in multi-person matches. Joe Hendry will defend his belt in a four-way against Ricky Saints, Ethan Page, and Tony D’Angelo. Jacy Jayne will put her title on the line in a three-way against Lola Vice and Kendal Grey.
The full card is below:
- NXT Championship: Joe Hendry defends against Ricky Saints, Ethan Page, and Tony D’Angelo
- NXT Women’s North American title: Tatum Paxley defends against Blake Monroe
- Sol Ruca vs. Zaria
- NXT North American title: Myles Borne defends against Johnny Gargano
- NXT Tag Team titles: The Vanity Project defend against Los Americanos
- Kickoff: Birthright (Lexis King, Stacks, Charlie Dempsey, Uriah Connors, and Arianna Grace) vs. Eli Knight, Shiloh Hill, Hank & Tank, and Wren Sinclair
Our live coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. Eastern.
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It did, but you didn’t miss much. It was pretty much just recaps that they will absolutely show at least 2 more times during the main show, and a passable 10-person match. Speaking of:
Birthright (Lexis King, Stacks, Charlie Dempsey, Uriah Connors, and Arianna Grace) vs. Eli Knight, Shiloh Hill, Hank & Tank, and Wren Sinclair
The match happened, everyone got into the pool and it was about 10 minutes. Hank & Tank were funny, Sinclair was the sleeper who beat up Dempsey at one point. Everyone else got their stuff in. Not even commentary could keep track of who was legal (which was probably supposed to play on the “chaos” of the match, but just kinda made them look like they weren’t paying attention, but I digress). Birthright lost when Hill pinned Dempsey. Moving on.
Match Result: Eli Knight, Shiloh Hill, Hank & Tank, and Wren Sinclair defeated Birthright (Lexis King, Stacks, Charlie Dempsey, Uriah Connors, and Arianna Grace)
Anyway, on to Stand and Deliver 2026!
The show kicked off without the traditional footage of wrestlers arriving to work, and instead we got NXT head honcho HBK himself and his hat coming to the ring. Micheals grabbed a mic and welcomd everyone to Stand & Deliver, which was nice of him. He then introduced Sexyy Red who came out unsurprisingly in red.
Red did the typical WWE “guest host” thing where she showed everyone that she really wanted to be there by saying nothing. HBK then mentioned that they had two words for everyone not excited about the show. Then Red and HBK said “suck it” and that was it. HBK left and Red presumably went to a nearby ATM to cash a check.
The opening video package played and THEN the footage of everyone arriving to work (this time with the St Louis Arch in the background) was shown. Pretty sneaky, NXT!
NXT Women’s Championship Triple Threat Match: Jacy Jayne (c) vs Kendal Grey vs Lola Vice
The first match of the night was over the hotly contested NXT Women’s Title. Jayne, the love child of Sasha Banks and 90’s Shawn Micheals, has held the title for almost 400 days over two reigns. Vice is one half of the AAA Mixed Tag Champions (with maybe-boyfriend Mr. Iguana) and Grey is a former EVOLVE Women’s Champion, who relinquished the title to chase the NXT Women’s Championship.
Mike Rome’s hair made the match introductions and we were off! Jayne shoved both Grey and Vice which only encouraged them to team up and kick her out of the rig (literally). Vice and Grey then squared off with Grey going for the legs of Vice.
Jayne came back in time to try and make a double pin, but both Vice and Grey kicked out. Grey went for a rollup, but Jayne sent her out of the ring and turned to Vice. Grey came back in and all three ran the ropes looking for a connection until Grey double dropkicked them both. Jayne went outside and Vice found herself in a headlock from Grey.
Grey avoided some of Vice’s kicks on the apron, but Jayne pulled her off and sent her into the stairs. Vice launched herself from the apron onto Jayne, conencting then tossing her back into the ring. Vice started throwing feet into Jayne’s gut and Fallon Henley got up on the apron to cause a distraction. That gave Jayne an opening to hit a senton.
Grey came in from the top turnbuckle and went for a quick pin, but Jayne kicked out. Vice charged Grey, but Grey ducked, opening her up to a dropkick from Jayne. Jayne sent Vice out of the ring and went for a pin, but Grey kicked out.
Jayne threw hands at Grey, knocking her around the ring. Grey tried to steal one with a rollup, but Jayne kicked out and nailed her with a lariat for a two count. Vice appeared on the apron and Lainey Reid grabbed her ankle to let Jayne hit a neckbreaker on her.
Grey started powering up and landed a sunset flip on Jayne, but Jayne wasn’t phased and hit another senton along with bouncing Grey’s head off the mat repeatedly. Jayne went up top and she battled Grey on the turnbuckle until Vice ran over and hit a double Angle slam from the top rope. She made two covers, but both ended in kickouts.
Vice started kicking everything that moved (in this case, that was Grey and Jayne) setting them up in opposite corners for her unique brand of Rikishi-style offense. Vice hit a suplex on Jayne, but Jayne countered the second one into a German suplex. Then Grey got her suplexes in, dispatching both of her opponents.
Jayne hit a huge high knee out of nowhere on Grey, but Vice broke up the pin before the ref could count three. Jayne and vice traded shots in the middle of the ring while Grey recovered. Jayne hit an insiguri but Vice responded with a round house that forced Grey to break up a pin at 2.5.
Vice caught Grey with a kick, but Jayne pulled her out of the ring before she could complete the pin. Jayne hit a kick off the apron, but screamed and grabbed her foot. She went back in the ring and Grey grabbed her by the sore foot in an ankle lock.
Vice came back in and put Grey in a sleeper. Grey let go of Jayne’s ankle and she and Vice fought until Vice locked in an octopus. Grey rolled through and Jayne hit a knockout knee on Vice. Grey ducked the rolling encore, and grabbed an armbar on Vice.
Vice got out of it and hit a backfist on her, but then Vice abandoned the ring. Jayne went to make a cover on Grey, but Vice put Grey’s foot on the ropes to save the match. Fatal Influence tried involved, but Wren Sinclair chased them off, leaving Jayne to fend for herself.
Grey hit a moonsault from the top turnbuckle on Vice and Jayne, then threw Jayne back into the ring to make a pin. Vice scrambed in to break it up, and Jayne hit Grey with a rolling encore. Vice hit a backfist on Jayne and made a quick cover 1-2-3 to become the new NXT Women’s Champion!
Match Result: Lola Vice defeated Jacy Jayne and Kendal Grey
NXT Tag Team Championship Match: The Vanity Project (Ricky Smokes and Brad Baylor)(c) vs. Los Americanos (Rayo and Bravo)
Kicking things off were Rayo and Smokes but the match moved fast and suddenly it was Bravo taking on both Smokes and Baylor. He dispatched Smokes, but Baylor got the better of him and isolated him in the Vanity Project corner.
Smokes and Baylor traded tags until Bravo got out and made a tag to Rayo. Rayo took out Baylor with a big moonsault and then chopped him into the ropes. Smokes caught a blind tag and speared Rayo in the middle of the ring.
Smokes hit a splash on Rayo in the corner, which gave Baylor a chance to tag in and stomp Rayo. Ryao countered with a suplex but Baylor dragged him back when he went for a tag. Smokes came in and they double teamed Rayo with a dropkick slam combo.
Rayo began a comeback, sending Smokes to the outside and getting a hot tag to Bravo. Bravo hit a crossbody on Baylor then a pop up kick on Smokes. He hoisted Baylor up on his shoulders, but Baylor was able to get out of it and he and smokes went for a double suplex on Bravo. Bravo countered it though and sent them both flying.
Bravo then put Smokes in a spinning neckbreaker and Rayo dropkicked Smokes as Bravo hit a Michinoku Driver. Smokes made a tag to Baylor who hit a side slam on Rayo while Smokes dove onto Bravo on the outside.
Baylor started messing with Rayo’s mask, which activated Rayo’s Luchadore sense and he hit an x-plex on Baylor for a two count. On the outside, El Grande Americano (the green one) gave Bravo a metal piece to load up his mask.
Smokes and Baylor took advantage and hit a double team on Rayo in the ring. Smokes discoverd the metal plate and pulled it out of Bravo’s mask, hiding in his trunks. He then hit a high knee on Rayo on the outside and went up top. Bravo crotched him on the turnbuckle and Rayo climbed up for a headscissor takedown. Bravo then hit a diving headbutt and Rayo made the cover, but Smokes kicked out at two.
Baylor tagged in and split Rayo’s fingers, but left the forearms which Rayo put in his face. Smokes tried to help, but Bravo took him out. Rayo then went for a pin in the ring, but could only get a two count. Jackson Drake took the metal plate from Smokes, but Grande Americano speared him.
Rayo got sent out and Drake clocked Bravo with the metal plate. Smokes hit a double stomp and make the cover, getting the win for Vanity Project.
Match Result: The Vanity Project defeated Los Americanos
-Backstage, Shiloh Hill celebrated his win in the 10man match during Kickoff with Tatum Paxley. Hill Encouraged her and then Sexyy Red wandered in. Ricky Saints arrived as well and called Hill and Paxley wierdos, suggesting that Red would be better off hanging out with him. Then he left though, so… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Sol Ruca vs Zaria
After watching the recap package for this match and seeing the friendship between Zaria and Ruca dissolve, I had to say, Zaria: Maybe you didn’t get the same opportunities as Ruca because you’re kind of a downer? Every clip seemed to have her complaining about something. Anyway, match time!
Ruca ran down to the ring and leapt over the top rope to dropkick Zaria before the bell even rang. The ref rang it though and Zaria at a flurry of Ruca offense until she got it together enough to throw a lariat. Zaria tossed Ruca around the ring until Ruca dodged and Zaria went to the outside. Ruce whiffed on a flip and Zaria bounced her off the announce table.
Zaria hoisted her up on her shoulders and dropped Ruca face first on the steps before throwing her back in to the ring to break the count. Zaria kicked and punched a prone Ruca, dragging her by the hair to the corner. Zaria went up top, but Ruca threw a kick on the way down.
Ruca went for a moonsault, but Zaria caught her and countered with a fallaway slam for a two count. Zaria put some knees to Ruca’s gut and then rolled her over for a quick cover. Ruca kicked out and Zaria dragged her to her feet by the throat. Ruca woke up and countered a body drop into a double stomp to the gut while Booker T rambled on about the O-Jay’s.
Zaria threw a high knee and then a German suplex at Ruca, but Ruca leapfrogged the charge into the corner. Ruca pulled Zaria down off the top turnbuckle with a hurricanrana, giving both women a breather. They got to their feet and traded trash talk and kicks until Ruca planted Zaria with an uppercut and back elbow.
Ruca went up top for a missile dropkick and kipped up looking for a knee strike. Zaria dodged it though and Ruca countered by suplexing her out of the ring. Ruca picked up Zaria on the outside and rammed her repeatedly into the ring apron (the friendship-est part of the ring!)
Ruca tossed Zaria back in and went for the Sol Snatcher, but Zaria saw it coming and countered. They started fighting up the entrance ramp, with Zaria looking for a chokeslam. Ruca avoided it and hit a Sol Snatcher on the steel entrance ramp (you’d think they’d make that thing out of something softer given how ofter people get slammed on it).
Zaria rose up a la Keith Lee and speared Ruca back into the ring. Ruca wasn’t down though and hit another Sol Snatcher for a two count. Ruca went for a spingboard, but Zaria caught her with a spear in mid air. She hit an F5 on Ruca, but somehow, Ruca kicked out at two.
Ruca silently begged Zaria to remember why they were friends in the first place, but that just encouraged a head butt. Zaria pulled Ruca to the second turnbuckle, but Ruca elbowed out of it. They traded strikes on the top turnbuckle until Ruca hit an x-factor from the top rope and a third Sol Snatcher. Ruca pinned Zaria and picked up the win.
Match Result: Sol Ruca defeated Zaria
-Backstage, everyone who passed Lola Vice congratulated her on her NXT Championship win. That included Robert Stone and Sexyy Red, who took a moment to shake booty with the champ, who Stone promised a proper celebration on Tuesday.
NXT North American Championship Match: Myles Borne vs. Johnny Gargano
Gargano was known as “Mr Takeover” during his time in NXT and his feuds with the likes of Tomasso Ciampa and The Undisputed Era are stuff of legend. Gargano has stalled on the main roster, so it would be cool to see him let loose here. Borne started wrestling in Kindergarten, according to Wikipedia.
The bell rang and Borne took down Gargano. They reset and locked up with Borne getting a wristlock on and sending Gargano to the mat. Borne transitioned into a headlock, and then hit Gargano with a shoulder block. Gargano then rolled over onto his face, seemingly giving up.
He popped up and armdragged Borne when it got close though. Gargano started powering up, sending Borne to the outside. Borne came back in and the two traded blows until Gargano sent him to the outside again, this time diving onto Borne from the apron.
Gargano chopped Borne against the ring, but Borne shoved him back-first into the announce table. Borne then picked up Gargano and bounced his spine off the ringpost. Borne tossed Gargano back into the ring and whipped him into the corner.
Borne hit a snap body slam a la Randy Orton and went for a cover, but Gargano kicked out. Borne started throwing uppercuts to the back of Gargano’s head before dropping him over his knee in a back breaker. Gargano then dodged a charge, sending Borne into the ringpost shoulder first.
Gargano hit a heel kick and then speared Borne through the ropes for a two count. Gargano started working the shoulder and arm of Borne. Borne got away from it though and tried to overpower Gargano, but Gargano kicked him in the face about it and then hit a second rope powerbomb from the second rope.
Borne bailed from the ring, but Gargano dove onto him and tossed him back into the ring. Gargano went to the top turnbuckle, but Borne caught him in a powerslam from the top rope. Gargano just got his foot on the ropes to break the cover.
The two traded strikes in the middle of the ring until Borne hit a dropkick and then a German suplex. Gargano popped back up with a kick, but Borne met him with a punch and a spiccoli driver while Candice LeRae tried to cheer Gargano on from ringside.
Gargano stepped out of the ring and Borne dove over the top rope onto him on the entrance ramp. Borne rolled Gargano back into the ring, but Gargano caught him with a DDT and then a driver over the top rope for a very close two count.
Gargano hit a kick to the face and went for the Gargano Escape, but Borne countered with a Borne Again for a two count. Borne turned Gargano over in a Boston Crab. Gargano tried to get to the ropes, but Borne broke his own hold for something and Gargano rolled him up for a two count.
LeRae got on the apron and threw a punch at Borne, giving Gargano a chance to lock in the Gargano Escape submission. Borne tried to get to the ropes, but Gargano kept rolling him back. Finally Borne grabbed the rope, breaking the hold and sliding to the ramp to regroup.
They got to their feet and Gargano threw a superkick. Born hit two more Borne Agains in the center of the ring and that put Gargano down for three, giving the win to Borne and the sadness to LeRae.
Match Result: Myles Borne defeated Johnny Gargano
Suddenly, Dion Lennox appeared and hit Borne in the back with a steel chair. He picked Borne up and slammed him on the chair.
-Backstage, Sol Ruca was interviewed about beating Zaria. She said it was the hardest thing shes ever had to do, but she proved her point. Now it’s time to focus on championship gold. Izzi Dame arrived for reasons and said that she wants the title too, so watch out!
NXT Women’s North American Championship Match: Tatum Paxley (c) vs. Blake Monroe
Paxley won the NXT Women’s North American Title from Izzi Dame, but then Monroe stole the belt from her. Paxley then kind of passive-aggressively asked for it back a bunch before this match was signed. Even as the introductions were done, Paxley just let Monroe raise the belt as if she was the champion. It’s very strange.
Paxley did throw the first punch though, allowing the Ref to get the belt away from Monroe. Why he didn’t just give it back to Paxley and declare the match over, I don’t know. Regardless, Paxley put Monroe in an upside down submission hold, but Monroe got out and started punching her.
Paxley countered a suplex and dropped Monroe into the Tree of Woe (or Tree of Monroe) position for a crossbody. Monroe came back swinging and pulled her off the top turnbuckle onto the steel entrance ramp with a headscissor.
Paxley wailed about her shoulder, saying it might be separated, but Monroe threw her back in and went right to stomping said shoulder. Monroe raked Paxley’s eyes along the rope then threw her into the corner. Monroe then hit a dropkick and went for a cover, but Paxley kicked out, still clutching the shoulder.
Paxley tried to slap Monroe, but she wasn’t able to get much power behind it and Monroe stuffed her in the corner then pulled her back out with a suplex. Monroe then locked on a shoulder-based submission. Paxley couldn’t get out of it until Monroe bounced her head off the canvas.
Monroe went back to the submission hold, but Paxley rolled through to break it up and started throwing punches. She hit a step up insiguri and then a German suplex on Monroe. Paxley draped Monroe over the ropes and hit a kick. Then a spinning axe kick, but Monroe kicked out at two.
Monroe gained some momentum with a sling blade, but Paxley responded with a super kick. They started kicking each other on the mat, but Paxley came up smiling and went to the turnbuckle. Monroe pulled her down and kicked her so she could climb up herself. Paxley kicked her and superplexed her off the top rope, then followed up with another suplex and a sit out bomb for two.
Monroe then hit a series of headbutts and tossed Paxley into the corner. Monroe crawled over and pulled Paxley up by the hair. She took a little too long though and Paxley powerbombed her. They moved to the apron and Monroe powerbombed Paxley off the ring apron to the floor.
Monroe sent her back in and hit a big knee for a two count. Monroe then pulled the pads off the second and third turnbuckles and left the ring. She lured Paxley to the ropes and decked her with the title belt, but Paxley kicked out of the subsequent cover.
Monroe picked up Paxley and put her on the top turnbuckle, but Paxley punched her off and countered a head scissor. She charged Monroe, who head butted her, sending the back of Paxley’s head to the exposed turnbuckle. Monroe hit a Glamour shot DDT, but Paxley kicked out.
Monroe went for a second Glamour Shot, but Paxley countered it into a Cemetary Drive. Paxley grabbed the cover and 1-2-3 got the win and her NXT Women’s North American Title Belt back.
Match Result: Tatum Paxley defeated Blake Monroe
-Backstage, DarkState celebrated Lennox beating up Miles Borne. Saquon Shugars wasn’t happy that he didn’t include the rest of DarkState in the attack. Shugars said that it feels like Lennox thinks he’s the leader of Darkstate when they should be equals. Lennox apolgized and said that on Tuesday they’ll get back to doing what they do best, together. Now. Then. Forever.
-Back from break, Tatum Paxley was congratulated by Hank and Tank on her victory. Vanity Project wandered by and said that their celebration will be better. Blake Monroe entered and asked if there was anything they could to to console her. Monroe said there was and they should grab a hairbrush.
NXT Championship Fatal 4-Way Match: Joe Hendry (c) vs Ricky Saints vs Ethan Page vs Tony D’Angelo
After the introductions it was all over but the shouting. The bell rang and Page and Saints formed a loose alliance, taking out Hendry and then going after D’Angelo. Hendry and D’Angelo fought them off then turned their attention to each other.
Hendry threw an uppercut and D’Angelo threw one back, but then Page took him out of the ring and Saints and Hendry went at it. Page came back in, and Hendry used him as a weapon on Saints. He tossed Page aside then got Saints up in a staaaaaaaalllllllling suplex.
Page knocked D’Angelo off the apron and superkicked Hendry. He and Saints then put the boots to him. Page held Hendry down while Saints laid in some strikes. Then they whipped him into the corner and took turns splashing him. Then the posed. Oh, how they posed.
Hendry fought back out of the corner until Saints caught him with a chinbreaker and Page scoop slammed him. They hit a double staaaaaaaalllllling suplex on Hendry and then both tried to cover him. They argued over who should get the cover in between punching Hendry.
D’Angelo arose and Page and Saints turned their attention to him. Page used Saints as a weapon, suplexing him onto D’Angelo, much to Saints dismay. Hendry popped back up and uppercut Page, but Saints got him with a “little bit of a” stunner. They tried a double cover again, but that of course, was silly.
Saints drove Hendry into the corner and set him up on the top turnbuckle. Page got up on the opposite corner and Saints hit a superplex. Page then leapt for a splash, but got Saints instead! Page went to pin Hendry, but Hendry kicked out. Saints then rocked page with a spear and D’Angelo nailed Saints with ont. Hendry grabbed D’Angelo and landed an AA to leave all four men down in the ring.
Page got up first and dropkicked D’Angelo to the outside. Then he dropped an elbow on Hendry and Saints helped him put the champion in a double Boston Crab. D’Angelo came back in though with a double bulldog on them.
D’Angelo double clotheslined Page and Saints out of the ring then hit a spinebuster on Hendry. On the outside, Page and Saints set up the stairs next to the announce table. They grabbed D’Angelo and Saints hit a Revolution DDT. Page followed up with a Twisted Grin. Hendry then cannonballed over the top rope onto both of them.
Hendry threw Page back into the ring and went for a Standing Ovation, but Saints chop-blocked him down before he could land it. D’Angelo remained motionless on the outside.
Saints and Page went for a double suplex, but Hendry countered it and suplexed them both. D’Angelo popped back in as Hendry was spamming lariats and got caught. Hendry took out Page with a hurricanrana and then caught Saints in midair, throwing him into Page, sending them both out.
Hendry picked up D’Angelo and hit a Standing Ovation, but D’Angelo kicked out at two. Saints and Page came back in and a brawl broke out. D’Angelo suplexed everyone and went for a cover on Page, but Hendry broke it up.
D’Angelo and Hendry traded shots until Hendry hit a DDT. Saints went for Hendry, but he got saved when D’Angelo speared Hendry mid move. He sent Saints and Page out of the ring and then speared Hendry again for a two count.
Saints came back in with a Steel Chair and smacked D’Angelo around with it. Hendry caught him, but Saints countered into a revolution DDT onto the chair. Page broke up the ensuing cover, so Saints swung the chair at him. Page dodged and sent Saints out of the ring. They started brawling in front of the announce table and page sent Saints into the stairs. He then powerslammed him and dragged Saints onto the announce table.
Before he could do anything though, D’Angelo ran around and double speared them both through the table. D’Angelo went back in and tried to speakr Hendry, but Hendry caight him with a knee. D’Angelo hit another spear, then a Dead to Rights. He covered Hendry and 1-2-3 Tony D’Angelo wins the NXT Championship!
Match Result: Tony D’Angelo defeated Joe Hendry, Ricky Saints and Ethan Page
