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Santos Escobar advances to Stand & Deliver ladder match on WWE NXT

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Two of the five competitors in the NXT Stand & Deliver ladder match for the North American Championship are now set. 

Santos Escobar defeated Cameron Grimes in a qualifying match on tonight’s NXT 2.0 episode to advance to the ladder match on April 2. Escobar and three competitors to be determined will challenge Carmelo Hayes for the North American title. 

Following his victory, Escobar had a backstage confrontation with Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio. Escobar and Mysterio ultimately shook hands, and a future match was teased between the two, as Escobar asserted that he was the greatest luchador of all time, not Rey. 

Stand & Deliver is set for Saturday, April 2 at 12 p.m. Eastern time on Peacock and WWE Network. The NXT North American title match is the only match official for the show at this point. 

The lineup:

NXT Stand & Deliver, Saturday, April 2, 12 p.m. Eastern time —

  • NXT North American Championship ladder match: Carmelo Hayes (c) vs. Santos Escobar vs. TBD vs. TBD vs. TBD

WWE confirms start time for NXT Stand & Deliver

Posted on by Joseph Currier

WWE has officially confirmed the start time for NXT’s WrestleMania weekend event.

NXT Stand & Deliver will begin at 1 p.m. Eastern time (noon Central) on Saturday, April 2. The show is taking place on the same day as night one of WrestleMania 38. The WrestleMania main card starts at 8 p.m. Eastern.

The American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas is hosting Stand & Deliver. Tickets for the show are set to go on sale at 11 a.m. Eastern on Friday, March 11.

Stand & Deliver will be the first NXT show to take place outside of Florida since the COVID-19 pandemic began. It will also be the first time NXT has been outside of Florida since its NXT 2.0 rebrand.

Carmelo Hayes defending his NXT North American Championship in a ladder match is set for Stand & Deliver.

Before Stand & Deliver, a special “Roadblock” edition of NXT will take place next Tuesday. The episode will be headlined by Bron Breakker defending his NXT Championship against Dolph Ziggler and Tommaso Ciampa in a triple threat match.

North American title ladder match set for WWE NXT Stand & Deliver

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A ladder match for the NXT North American Championship has been announced for NXT Stand & Deliver. 

After defending the title on tonight’s WWE NXT 2.0 episode, North American Champion Carmelo Hayes announced that his next defense will come on WrestleMania weekend in Dallas at Stand & Deliver in a ladder match, the same match type that decided the inaugural North American Champion on WrestleMania weekend in 2018. 

Hayes defeated Pete Dunne to retain the title on tonight’s show, then declared his intention to defend the title on April 2. 

It was unclear from Hayes’ promo whether the ladder match would be a singles bout, or a multi-person match. The 2018 match that Hayes referenced was a six-way, with Adam Cole defeating EC3, Killian Dain, Lars Sullivan, Velveteen Dream, and Ricochet to be crowned the first North American Champion.

Hayes has held the North American title since defeating the since-released Isaiah “Swerve” Scott in October 2021. 

The NXT Championship will also be on the line at Stand & Deliver. Bron Breakker currently holds that title, but must get through a triple threat match against Dolph Ziggler and Tommaso Ciampa on next week’s Roadblock episode of NXT 2.0. 

The card for Stand & Deliver to this point:

NXT Stand & Deliver, Saturday, April 2 —

  • NXT North American Championship ladder match: Carmelo Hayes (c) vs. TBD
  • NXT Championship match: TBD

Dolph Ziggler becomes number one contender to WWE NXT Championship

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Dolph Ziggler defeated Tommaso Ciampa on tonight’s WWE NXT 2.0 to become the number one contender to Bron Breakker’s NXT Championship. 

Ziggler’s Dirty Dawgs tag partner Robert Roode was disguised as a camera operator during the match, then hit Ciampa with a camera to allow Ziggler to pick up the pinfall victory.

It has not been announced when Ziggler will receive his title shot, but it was hinted during a show-opening promo exchange between Ziggler and Breakker that the match could take place at NXT Stand & Deliver on Saturday, April 2. 

Breakker has held the NXT title since defeating Ciampa for the belt at the New Year’s Evil episode of NXT 2.0 on January 4. His first defense came on last week’s Vengeance Day episode, where he defeated Santos Escobar to retain. 

The April 2 date for Stand & Deliver was confirmed on tonight’s episode. With night one of WWE WrestleMania 38 scheduled for the same day, an afternoon start time for the NXT event is probable.  

Report: NXT Stand & Deliver scheduled as matinee before night one of WWE WrestleMania 38

Posted on by Josh Nason

This year’s schedule for WWE WrestleMania 38 week continues to take shape with PWInsider reporting a discussed change regarding NXT that would have seemed unfathomable just a few years ago.

The website said that while this is still preliminary in the planning, this year’s NXT Stand & Deliver is currently planned for Saturday, April 2nd on the first night of WrestleMania 38.

While the venue has yet to be determined, the idea is the show would be a matinee running from noon to 3 PM Eastern.

If that happens, that would be the first time since NXT began running events during WrestleMania weekend that one of its centerpiece shows wouldn’t have its own night.

PWInsider also reported that the preliminary plan is to air the Hall of Fame ceremony on Friday, April 1st on both Peacock and WWE Network after SmackDown is off the air.

It’s unknown if that would mean the ceremony would be taped ahead of time as it was last year. If it went live, it would begin at 9 PM local time in Dallas, Texas.

WWE announced their slate of events earlier this week, but didn’t provide specific dates.

WWE announces Hall of Fame ceremony, NXT Stand & Deliver for WrestleMania week

Posted on by Joseph Currier

After two years of WrestleMania being affected by COVID-19, this year’s event will look a bit closer to normal.

WWE announced via the Dallas Morning News today that it is returning to putting on a full slate of in-person events during WrestleMania 38 week. That will include this year’s Hall of Fame ceremony, NXT Stand & Deliver, episodes of SmackDown and Raw, and “a ‘Superstore Axxess’ interactive fan experience.”

All of the shows will take place in the Dallas area surrounding WrestleMania 38. Dates, locations, and ticket information for the events have yet to be announced.

In 2020, the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony was canceled due to the pandemic. The 2020 and 2021 Hall of Fame classes were inducted in a ceremony that was taped at the WWE ThunderDome last year.

Stand & Deliver will be the first NXT event to take place outside of Florida since the start of the pandemic. It will also be NXT’s first show outside of Florida since the NXT 2.0 rebrand.

WrestleMania 38 is being held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3.