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With new champions at the top of each division, WWE NXT presents its Stand & Deliver fallout episode tonight.

Tony D’Angelo and Lola Vice picked up the biggest victories of their respective careers on Saturday with D’Angelo winning the NXT Championship and Vice becoming NXT Women’s Champion.

An appearance by the new Women’s champ has been confirmed for tonight, with Vice set to speak after her victory over Jacy Jayne and Kendal Grey.

A tournament to crown the new men’s Speed Champion will begin after Elio LeFleur had to vacate the title due to torn labrum ligaments in his shoulder. LeFleur, who has now undergone surgery to repair the injury, is expected to be out of action for six months.

Sol Ruca defeated Zaria in a grudge match at Stand & Deliver, and she’ll now face off against Izzi Dame tonight.

A triple threat match is also set with Keanu Carver battling Jasper Troy and Josh Briggs.

Join us for live coverage starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

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NXT is back on the air in front of a live studio audience on a sound stage at the Performance Center in Orlando. Opening the show is the entrance of the new NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo.

Billed as the first “grand slam champion” in NXT history, D’Angelo gets into the ring for an opening monologue. The studio audience chants “you deserve it” before D’Angelo begins to speak.

Tony D says some people on the audience have seen him since day. Now is not just a man, but he is the man. He has finally become NXT Champion. D’Angelo goes on to say he is the first grand slam champion in history.

D’Angelo says along the way he made a lot of decisions. Some good and bad, but he would not change any of those decisions because they made him who he is now.

Tony D says his hands have an iron grip on the title. He says no one can take it from him, and he name drops Joe Hendry. Of course, when his name is said he appears as per his gimmick.

Out comes Joe Hendry and the studio audience that just gave D’Angelo a standing ovation is now gleefully clapping along to Hendry’s theme song.

Hendry says to say his name and he appears, but without the NXT title. Hendry congratulates D’Angelo on winning the title, and says he was the better man that night. But that is only one night, and they had to deal with “those two clowns.” If not for Ricky Saints and Ethan Page, would have D’Angelo still have won the title? Or would we still all be singing “we believe”?

Interrupting them is Ethan Page, who wants a one-on-one title match. Page uses air quotes when saying if he was not peroccupied by his “best friend”, then Page claims he would have beaten Hendry to become champion. Instead we have the “knockoff Punisher” as champ.

Ricky Saints enters to interrupt his so-called friend Page. Saints says that Page attacked him first, so do not blame his shortcomings on Saints. Had Page put his ego aside, Saints claims he would be the champ.

D’Angelo interjects to tell them all to get in line. The end result will still be D’Angelo winning. With that the lights go dark inside the sound stage and out comes Darkstate. They four members of Darkstate storm the ring under a strobe lights. A huge brawl breaks up as the show cuts to its first commercial break.

Security and wrestlers from the roster pour out to trying to separate the brawlers. After a commercial break, NXT General Manager Robert Stone is angry. Before screaming “that’ not how we start a show,” Stone orders D’Angelo, Hendry, Page and Saints to put their gear on because they are teaming up in an eight-man tag team match against Darkstate at the top of the hour.

Sol Ruca vs. Izzi Dame (with The Culling)

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Like Dennis Stamp, part of the story of the match is Dame was upset she did not get booked in a match at Stand & Deliver.

The match itself goes through a commercial break. Ruca springboards into a corkscrew tornillo splash on the outside just before the break. When the show returns from commercials, the match continues. Ruc a soon springboards into a Buckshot Lariat of sorts.

Ruca fires up before delivering a missile dropkick for a near fall. They would go on to trade near falls, with Dame leaping off the top rope for a super codebreaker.

Dame takes a spear (which is foreshadows the arrival of Zaria), and Dame powders. Ruca goes for a moonsault. She lands on her feet after Niko Vance pulls Dame to away to safety while Shawn Spears distracts the referee. Suddenly, Zaria runs in to spear Ruca on the floor. Dame rolls Ruca back into the ring. Dame then uses a Liger bomb as a finisher before pinning Ruca.

Match result: Izzi Dame defeated Sol Ruca via pinfall after outside interference by The Culling and Zaria.

After the match, Zaria yells at a fallen Dame. “I say when this is over!”

— Vanity Project is in Robert Stone’s office along with Blake Monroe. The faction presents Monroe with a replica of the Women’s North American Championship. Stone objects to this, and he books a mixed tag team match where Monroe can choose any member of The Vanity Project as her partner. Monroe picks Jackson Drake as her tag partner against Tatum Paxley and Shiloh Hill.

— Elio Lefleur, with his arm in sling, joins Dorian Van Dux and EK Prosper (formerly Eli Knight) in a locker room skit. Van Dux thanks Lefleur for the opportunity that he gave him. Prosper says not so fast, because Van Dux must first defeat him.

Keanu Carver vs. Josh Briggs vs. Jasper Troy in a triple threat match

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This is a three-way hoss fight, and the pummel each other like unstoppable forces meeting immovable objects. The match also goes through a commercial break.

Tandem offense at times, but each man for himself most of the time. Broken up pinning attempts and thunderous strikes throughout the match.

Troy gets a close near falls on Briggs after a chokeslam. He goes for another attempted chokeslam on Briggs, but Carver rushes in with a pounce that sends Troy crashing outside the ring. Another pounce by Carver, but this time the victim is Briggs. Carver follows up with a vertical suplex into a powerslam (which looks like a modified jackhammer), and Carver pins Briggs.

Match result: Keanu Carver defeated Josh Briggs and Jasper Troy when Carver pinned Briggs.

— NXT Women’s North American Champon Tatum Paxley is backstage talking with Shiloh Hill. There is some comedy until Ricky Saints walks up to chastise them for being weird. They make fun of him, and Saints calls them freaks.

— Saints was heading to the ring, but his ring entrance comes during a commercial break. Joe Hendry gets a full entrance before the show cuts to picture-in-picture. After the break, everyone is in the ring ready for the eight-man tag booked earlier tonight by Robert Stone.

Joe Hendry, Ricky Saints, Ethan Page and NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo vs. Darkstate (Dion Lennox, Cutler James, Saquon Shugars & Osiris Griffin) in an eight-man tag team match

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Playing on prior tension, Ricky Saints and Ethan Page bicker. They would argue a few times, which backfires for their team. Good thing the story of the match was it was thrown together impromptu, because it seems thrown together.

Both Hendry and D’Angelo get to clean house at different times during the match. Lennox cuts off D’Angelo with a spinebuster as the show cuts to a commercial break. D’Angelo has recent history with Darkstate in their recent feud, and they work him over during the break.

Hot tag during the break, and Hendry runs wild. When the show finally returns from picture-in-picture, Hendry is being worked over by Darkstate. He is fighting back when the show returns to full screen, but Hendry is soon cut off. More heat on Hendry as Darkstate work him over.

NXT Men’s North American Champion Myles Borne runs in at ringside at one point wearing a suit. Borne attacks Lennox and they brawl at ringside. The rest of Darkstate are distracted by the attack on Lennox. Hot tag to D’Angelo, the heels bump and feed for Tony D.

Parade of high spots that leads to Hendry doing a dive over the ropes to the floor onto a group. Back in the ring, D’Angelo spears Shugars. The spear is the frontrunner for most overused move of the night. Anyway, D’Angelo gives Shugars a spinebuster, but Page makes a bling tag. Page boots D’Angelo out of the way, and Page delivers a Twisted Grin (Twist of Fate) on Shugars. Page then covers Shugars for a three count.

Match result: Joe Hendry, Ricky Saints, Ethan Page and NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo defeated Darkstate when Page pinned Shugars.

After the match, D’Angelo gives Page a spinebuster to get a bit of comeuppance.

— Jaida Parker cuts a promo on Kelani Jordan. They meet next week in a match.

Lexis King (with Birthright) vs. Chazz “Starboy” Hall in a speed tournament match

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New to the NXT audience, Chazz Hall gets an inset promo during his entrance to introduce himself. Hall talks about tearing up the West Coast indie scene since he was 11 years old. In unrelated note, Hall looks like Spike Dudley with his gear.

Hall looks good in the match. He goes for a shooting star press, and King gets his knees up to block it. King then executes The Coronation, and King pins Hall.

Match result: Lexis King defeated Chazz Hall via pinfall to advance in the speed tournament.

Shiloh Hill & NXT Women’s North American Champion Tatum Paxley vs. Blake Monroe & Jackson Drake (with NXT Tag Team Champions The Vanity Project) in a mixed tag team match

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Paxley and Monroe have a pose-off and tug-o-war at the start over the North American belts. They are doing a take-off on the Razor Ramon-Shawn Michaels feud from 1994 with the two title belts. One being the real title and the other being a fake.

Tandem offense at times. Paxley & Hill do stereo surfboards at one point before the show cuts to a commercial break.

Heat on Hill as he is worked over until a hot tag to Paxley. She runs wild on both Monroe and Drake. Brad Baylor tries to interfere at ringside, but Paxley kicks him away. That led to Hill doing a flip dive over the ropes on Vanity Project at ringside. Meanwhile, Paxley for a 450 and rolls through when Monroe evades the splash. Paxley and Monroe each tease their finisher.

Drake jumps and gets kicked by Paxley. However, that distracts Paxley enough that Monroe ambushes her with headbutt. Monroe then executes her Glamour Shot DDT, and Monroe pins the North American champ.

Match result: Blake Monore & Jackson Drake defeated Tatum Paxley & Shiloh Hill when Monroe pinned Paxley.

— Sarah Schreiber interviews Robert Stone in his office. This led to Stone announces a two-week special called NXT Revenge. Next week it begins with a main event where Tony D’Angelo defends his NXT title against Ethan Page. Week two is headlined by Sol Ruca against Zaria in a last woman standing match. Joe Hendry will also be in concert, Kali Armstrong debuts, and a new Speed champion crowned in the next two weeks on NXT.

— Kali Armstrong (not relation to “Bullet” Bob and his sons) is featured in a personality profile.

Fatal Influence confronts Lola Vice

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NXT Women’s Champion Lola Vice enters the sound stage for an in-ring promo celebrating her title win. She also has her AAA Mixed Tag Team title belt with her.

Vice talks about winning the title until she is interrupted by former champion Jacy Jayne. Joining Jayne is her cohorts Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid. The studio audience boos Jayne unmercifully as she cut sa promo on Vice.

Out comes Robert Stone to book a title rematch for next week. The heels then jump Vice with Reid and Henley ambushing her, but Vice fights them off. Jayne barely escapes a spinning back fist from Vice as she flees the ring. The champion stands defiantly as the show goes off the air.