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WWE NXT Revenge week two live results: Last Woman Standing

Posted on by Chris Aiken

Sol Ruca and Zaria will attempt to settle their rivalry on WWE NXT tonight.

The lineup for week two of NXT Revenge includes a Last Woman Standing match between former friends Ruca and Zaria. It’s taking place one night after Ruca made her Raw debut on the night after WrestleMania 42, where she faced Liv Morgan but lost due to an interfering Zaria.

The men’s and women’s North American titles will both be on the line tonight. In a casket match, Tatum Paxley defends her belt against Blake Monroe. Men’s champion Myles Borne is putting his championship up for grabs against Dion Lennox.

Another title match will see Lexis King and EK Prosper battle it out to determine a new men’s Speed Champion.

Plus, Joe Hendry, who is heading to the main roster with a call-up to Raw, will take on Keanu Carter.

Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

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NXT is back in on the air in front a live studio audience from a sound stage at the Performance Center in Orlando. This is week two of “Revenge”. The show is opening with a title match.

Myles Borne vs. Dion Lennox (with Darkstate) for the NXT North American Championship

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The Darkstate cohorts involved themselves at ringside, and they distracted Borne so that Lennox could ambush him. Lennox works over Borne through a commercial break, and the beating continues after the break. Borne takes a bump on the ring steps, and he also took a slingshot into a sit-out powerbomb from Lennox for a near fall.

Comeback by Borne, and they trade near falls. Borne is cut off, and he takes a superplex off the top rope. Lennonx goes to cover him, and Borne hulks up. Another distraction from Darkstate at ringside, which allows Lennox to block a finisher from Borne. However, Borne counters Lennox and Darkstate’s interference. Borne then uses zig zag to set up the deciding pinfall.

Good opener.

Match result: NXT North American Champion Myles Borne defeated Dion Lennox via pinfall to retain this title.

— Blake Monroe is backstage with the Vanity Project, and they give her a pep talk as she stares into the reflection in her fake title belt. She says they can go party with “baddies” they matched with on a dating app. They assure her they are a text away, and they will be across the street. Turns out they are catfished by Shiloh Hill, which we learn in another skit after a commercial break where Hill is chatting with NXT Women’s North American Champion Tatum Paxley. She was concerned about Vanity Project interfering in her match later on against Monroe. Shiloh assures her they will not interfere, and he tells her about catfishing them.

Joe Hendry vs. Keanu Carver

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The match goes through a commercial break. Carver uses his size to his advantage in the match, but Hendry was still competitive. Hendry gets worked over, with Carver targeting Hendry’s back. Hendry makes a comeback and he does a kip up. Hendry goes for his signature pose, only to walk into a lariat.

Spinebuster by Carver and he starts pounding on Hendry from a mounted position. The referee steps in to stop the match, as he calls her the bell.

Match result: Keanu Carver defeated Joe Hendry via referee stoppage.

— Lizzy Rain is the focus of a personality profile. Her in-ring debut on NXT is next week, and persona is a heavy metal gimmick.

Lexis King (with Birthright) vs. EK Prosper in the WWE Speed Championship tournament final

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They have an exciting match with what time they had. Birthright members Arianna Grace and Stacks interfere, which allows King to win the tournament and the title. With under two minutes remaining, the fight spills outside.

King takes a bump on the apron and floor. Prosper comes off the top with a moonsault onto a pile of bodies. Under a minute remaining, and Grace slaps Prosper across the face. Prosper then superkicks Uriah Connors and Stacks at ringside. However, that distraction allows King to recover and execute a Coronation. Three count later, and new…

Match result: Lexis King defeated EK Prosper via pinfall after outside interference to win the WWE Speed Championship.

— Following up on a earlier skit, Jackson Drake is with Vanity Project. Drake is upset he got “stood up” by the mystery date, which is a catfish situation.

— Playing off an earlier skit with Robert Stone. Saquon Shugars informs Dion Lennox and Darkstate he got them a rematch for the Men’s North American Championship. Shugars got himself booked in a title match.

Tatum Paxley vs. Blake Monroe in a casket match for the NXT Women’s North American Championship

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As the story goes, Shiloh Hill built the casket used in the match. They brawl throughout the match. Of course, the casket is frequently used as a prop. Other props used early on in the match include a bouquet of flowers and a dollhouse. Paxley takes a bump on the dollhouse at ringside just before the show cuts to a commercial break.

The brawl continues throughout the break, and they are fighting in the ring when the show returns from the break. They fight standing in the casket and top of it. Spanish Fly off the casket to the floor in a spot where the studio audience chanted “holy s***.”

Monroe sprays Paxley with a fire extinguisher, and Paxlet takes an implant DDT on the floor. Monroe puts Paxley inside the casket and shuts the lid. Monroe thinks she won, but Paxley uses Monroe’s fake title belt to block the casket from closely completely.

Tug-o-war over the fake title belt, and Monroe appears to win that battle. Monroe reveals a loaded pillow she used earlier in the match is filled with gimmicked diamonds. Paxley executes her finisher on the pile of diamonds. Following up with a running dropkick on Monroe, and Monroe tumbles into the casket. Paxley tosses the fake title belt into the casket, and Paxley shuts the win. And still…

Match result: NXT Women’s North American Championship Tatum Paxley defeated Blake Mornoe in a casket match to retain her title.

— Jackson Drake leaves the bar with a muscular woman that he met. They hit it off and she tells him he was catfished. They then leave together.

— NXT Women’s Champion Lola Vice enters the ring for her first promo since winning the title. She puts over Jacy Jayne as the former champion. Vice then cuts a good babyface promo before being interrupted by Izzi Dame and The Culling.

Vice is wearing her newly won NXT title around her waist, and her AAA Mixed Tag Team title belt is hanging from her waist. Niko Vance and Shawn Spears circle Vice, and Vance snatches the Mixed title belt. That distracts Vice, which allows Dame to drop Vice with a high kick. Dame poses with the NXT title while standing over a fallen Vice. The theme for heels tonight are distractions often and always.

— New Speed Champion Lexis King is being interviewed alongside Birthright when he confronted by EK Prosper and Dorian Van Dux. This sets up a tag team match against two members of Birthright.

— Kendal Grey is the focus of a great “Chronicle” segment. She narrates a video package talking her upbringing and journey to becoming a wrestler. This is a pretty great personality profile.

— Lola Vice tells Robert Stone she has “the perfect person is mind” to even the score with The Culling after the ambush earlier. A sudden commotion in Stone’s office, and Ricky Saints apparently lured Shiloh Hill into the office by using Stone’s cellphone. Hill was attacked and has a shelf laying on top of him as Stone and security run into the room. This puts their next match in jeopardy. Will Hill recover?

— NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo receivers a mystery gift box while talking with Robert Stone, who tells D’Angelo that next week Stone will have better idea who is his next challenger. Keanu Carver confronts D’Angelo with a warning about “sharks” circling the champ.

Sol Ruca vs. Zaria in a last woman standing match

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Zaria sneaks into the ring during her entrance for an ambush. Ruca fights off Zaria and Zaria is scrambling at ringside. Zaria turns the proverbial tables with a shot from a trash can. A kendo stick soon becomes involved, as does more trash cans. Zaria whips Ruca with cable wire. They do a modified hangman spot for heat.

The brawling continues back in the ring, where Ruca delivers an X-Factor. They do some spots with a kendo stick, and Zaria has to answer a ten count. They tease a powerbomb off the apron, but Zaria escapes to boot Ruca at ringside.

The studio audience chants for tables as the fight continues. Soon thereafter, they do a stunt where Ruca spears Zaria through a gimmicked wall.

They go through a commercial break with more brawling around ringside. Back from the commercial break, and they perched on the barricade. That set up a stunt where Zaria gives Ruca an F5 on the broadcast booth. The desk implodes on impact, and Ruca must answer a ten count. Ruca barely beats the count as Zaria sets up a table at ringside.

Comeback by Ruca, but she is on rubber legs. More tables are set up ringside, complete with Slim Jim logos.Two tables set side-by-side. That leads to a big spot where Ruca climbed on a perch overlooking the ring. She looks to set up a spot with Zaria laid out on the tables.

Zaria disappears from the tables by the time Ruca climbs on the perch. Zaria surprises Ruca on the perch, but Ruca is able to leapfrog a spear. Ruca then executes a Sol Snatcher on the perch. The move looked to hurt Ruca for real. They both rise to heir feet and trade punches atop the perch. Slugfest develops as they tease knocking each other off the perch.

Teetering on the edge, Zaria flails with Ruca holding on to her. Zaria begs off and pleads with Ruca. Zaria says she is sorry, and Ruca pulls her away from the edge. There is an awkward moment where they look into each other’s eyes. They cry tears and hug. Zaria’s face melts into a sinister grin, and she shoves Ruca off the perch.

Ruca takes an ugly bump off the perch on to the tables. One table broke, and Ruca hit her head on the either table. It looked brutally painful. Ruca cannot answer the ten count, and Zaria is the last woman standing.

Match result: Zaria defeated Sol Ruca in a last woman standing match.

WWE NXT 18-49 demo increases, total viewership decreases for the week

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

This past Tuesday’s WWE NXT averaged 584,000 viewers on The CW, down 3.5% from the previous week but the second highest audience for the show in about a month.

Viewership for the previous week was 605,000.

The episode averaged a 0.09 rating in the 18-49 demo, up 12.5% from the prior week and ties the second highest rating the show has done in that category since February 10th.

On a night with no major sports competition, NXT still finished last among English language network programming in both total viewers and 18-49 rating.

As compared to the same week in 2025, overall viewership was down 11.9% while the 18-49 rating was down 35.7%.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of overall viewership and 18-49 demo ratings for WWE NXT on The CW as well as the 10-week average in both categories.

This week’s show was down 4.15% in overall viewers for the average (609,000), but was even in 18-49 as compared to recent averages.

Date18-49Total Viewers
2/3/20260.08629,000
2/10/20260.12637,000
2/17/20260.09744,000
2/24/20260.08589,000
3/3/20260.09604,000
3/10/20260.08541,000
3/17/20260.07588,000
3/24/20260.08581,000
3/31/20260.08572,000
4/7/20260.08605,000
4/14/20260.09584,000
*10 wk avg (not including current week)0.09609,000

Stephanie Vaquer makes cameo appearance on WWE NXT

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Stephanie Vaquer made a surprise appearance on Tuesday’s NXT.

As Lola Vice was preparing for her main event match against Jacy Jayne, the Women’s World Champion appeared and wish her luck against the now former champion Jayne. Vice responded in kind, telling Vaquer to beat Liv Morgan at WrestleMania 42 this coming weekend.

Vice ended up successfully defending her title against Jayne. Although Laney Reid connected with a cheap shot at Vice on the ropes, Jayne missed a second rolling encore and walked into Vice’s spinning backfist. Vice fell on top of Jayne, covering her for the win.

After the match, Fatal Influence tried to carry Jayne away but were met by Kali Armstrong, who debuted earlier in the night. They shoved Jayne out of the way but were taken out by Armstong, who hopped on the apron to meet Vice. But right behind the two were Kendal Grey, with Izzi Dame then appearing on a nearby perch. Zaria came out but was quickly met by Sol Ruca, the two clashing one more time before their last woman standing match next week. The final moments of NXT made it clear that Vice had plenty of future opponents.

Two title matches, Joe Hendry vs. Keanu Carver added to WWE NXT Revenge week 2

Posted on by Bryan Rose

New matches have been added to the second night of NXT Revenge.

Both North American titles will be on the line. Robert Stone on Tuesday agreed with Blake Monroe that she should get a title rematch, but Tatum Paxley would only agree if she got to pick the stipulation. Later, Paxley told Robert Stone she wanted a casket match, pointing to Shiloh Hill nearby who had constructed a casket for her.

The men’s North American title will also be on the line when Myles Borne defends against Dion Lennox. Borne called out Lennox over his attack at Stand & Deliver and eventually agreed to a title match for next week. But the segment also highlighted tension between Shaquon Shugars and Lennox, with Shugars again accusing Lennox of thinking about himself more than about DarkState. The two argued more later in the show, with Osiris Griffin and Cutler James attempting to make peace.

A match to determine the new men’s Speed Champion was also decided on Tuesday, when EK Prosper defeated Dorian Van Dux with a moonsault with seven seconds left in the match. He will face Lexis King next week to crown a new champion.

Joe Hendry and Keanu Carver will meet after Carver crashed Hendry’s concert, where he attempted to explain his future following his title loss. The two quickly got into a fight and despite security attempting to break it up, Carver ended up laying everyone out, bloodying Hendry in the process.

WWE NXT (April 21)

  • Last woman standing: Sol Ruca vs. Zaria
  • Casket match for NXT Women’s North American title: Tatum Paxley defends against Blake Monroe
  • NXT North American title: Myles Borne defends against Dion Lennox
  • WWE Speed title: Lexis King vs. EK Prosper
  • Joe Hendry vs. Keanu Carver

WWE NXT Revenge week one live results: Two championship matches

Posted on by Marc Quill

In the aftermath of Stand & Deliver, WWE NXT begins a new special event tonight.

NXT’s two-week Revenge special kicks off with a pair of title matches on tonight’s episode. Lola Vice won the NXT Women’s Championship from Jacy Jayne at Stand & Deliver in a triple threat that also included Kendal Grey. Tonight, Jayne gets her one-on-one rematch for the belt.

The men’s NXT Championship will also be on the line as Tony D’Angelo defends against Ethan Page. Stand & Deliver saw D’Angelo become the new champ by winning a fatal four-way match.

Joe Hendry, the former NXT Champion, will perform a concert addressing his title loss.

A grudge match between Jaida Parker and Kelani Jordan is also part of tonight’s lineup. Plus, former Evolve Women’s Champion Kali Armstrong makes her official NXT debut.

We’ll also get EK Prosper vs. Dorian Van Dux as NXT’s tournament to crown a new men’s Speed Champion continues.

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

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– Following the “Then, Now, Forever” signature intro, we opened on a hype package that set the stage for tonight’s show.

Jaida Parker vs. Kelani Jordan

Parker and Jordan kicked it off with a long collar-and-elbow tie-up sequence with neither woman getting the upper hand. Jordan got the advantage by sending Parker’s head against the top rope. However, Parker recovered and hit Jordan with a boot, followed by a sliding sleeper hold. Parker kept the hold on tight as she rolled around the rin g with Jordan still trapped. Jordan finally escaped and hit Parker with a boot to the gut, but she was taken down for an armdrag. Big back body drop by Parker sent Jordan out of the ring.

Jordan swept Parker’s leg as she reached the apron. With both women out of the ring, they took each other down with a double-down on the clothesline as we took a commercial break.

As we returned from commercial, Parker was in a bad way as Jordan targeted her legs with attacks during the break. Jordan dragged Parker into near the ring post and smashed the hurt knee against it to cause maximum pain. Parker stopped the onslaught with a nice German suplex. That opening was fleeting as the pain of the knee was too much as Jordan locked in a modified STF right in the middle of the ring. Parker struggled to get to the ropes, but was pulled away just as she was about to reach it. Jordan talked trash to Parker, which seemed to be a mistake as the injured Parker tried to fight back.

Jordan hit a spinning heel kick, but missed on the running splash. Parker took advantage with a Samoan Drop followed by a flurry of running shoulder blocks. Parker connected with the Backstabber to the back of Jordan. With her foe trapped in the corner, Parker clubbed Jordan before hitting a hip drop as she was stunned across the middle turnbuckle. Outside the ring, Jordan pushed Parker against the apron before the two found their way back into the ring. Jordan connected with a nice apron cutter on Parker for a close two-count. Jordan went for a crossbody, but Parker rolled through and caught her. Jordan reversed it into a Dragon Sleeper, but Parker turned that around into a Falcon Arrow for a near-fall. The match ended as Parker ran into an exposed turnbuckle when she tried to hit the Hipnotic , which opened her up to Jordan’s split-legged moonsault for the win.

Kelani Jordan def. Jaida Parker via pinfall

This was a good opener. Some nice stuff between Parker and Jordan here, and the sequence near the end where Jordan’s dragon sleeper got turned into a Falcon Arrow by Parker was unexpectedly smooth.

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– Earlier Today footage saw Shiloh Hill mulling over notes on building something when Ricky Saints confronted him. Ethan Page soon had a chat with Saints, wanting his help for his NXT Title match against Tony D’Angelo. Hill was just ruminating with himself in the background as Saints to agree with Page’s proposal of letting him have a NXT Title shot if he got help to defeat D’Angelo.

– The NXT Focus was on Sol Ruca discussing her deteriorating friendship with Zaria as she recounted the events over the last year that led to their falling out. Next week, the two will face off in a Last Woman Standing Match in Week 2 of NXT Revenge.

Joe Hendry in Concert

Once Hendry got in the ring, he started by saying that he lost the NXT Championship, and it meant that he had to ask a lot of difficult questions. Was it the end of the road? Should he just quit? That’s when Hendry looked in the mirror and said “Joe says no”. With that in mind, Hendry said that it was time to lift everyone’s spirits with a Joe Hendry concert.

Hendry then began to sing a song about his recent NXT Championship struggles. Before he could continue, Keanu Carver interrrupted, much to Hendry’s dismay. Hendry then began to brawl with Carver, who withstood a guitar shot from Hendry. Carver then took down Hendry with strikes as security tried to break everyone up. Outside the ring, the security was with Hendry, as Carver hit them with a spear through the barricade.

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– Tony D’Angelo talked about his match against Ethan Page for the NXT Title, as he promised to smash Page’s ego to keep the title around his waist.

– Lola Vice was in her locker room when Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer dropped by for a visit. The two champions wished each other luck for their big matches this week.

Kali Armstrong vs. Skylar Raye

Raye offered a handshake, but Armstrong slapped the hand away and showed impressive strength as threw her around. Raye tried to fight back with a kick, followed by a version of the Dirty Diana. That didn’t last loong as Armstrong dropped Raye with a fierce spinebuster. Armstrong connected with a running powerslam, but Raye kicked out at two.

Raye tried to fight back again, but she got hit with a scintillating punch combo from Armstrong for another two-count. Armstrong had Raye trapped in a chinlock, but she missed with the elbow drop. Raye countered a Samoan Drop attempt from Armstrong and hit a running shoulder charge. Raye hit a tornado DDT on Armstrong, but couldn’t win it there and then. Raye headed to the top rope and looked for a high-risk maneuver. Armstrong intercepted with a punch as she then hit another running powerslam. Armstrong then finished it off with “The Kali Connection”, a move that resembled a cross between Bron Breakker’s Super Spear and The Pounce. The three and that’s this match done.

Kali Armstrong def. Skylar Raye via pinfall

An nice debut for Kali Armstrong here, and I appreciate that Skylar got her shots in and it wasn’t a complete and total squash.

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– Robert Stone was with Blake Monroe and The Vanity Project, as he said that Tatum Paxley agreed to defend her Women’s North American Title against Monroe, but only if she got to pick the stipuiation, much to Monroe’s dismay.

NXT Championship: Tony D’Angelo (c) vs. “All Ego” Ethan Page

Page talked smack to D’Angelo’s face as the bell rang, but the NXT Champion responded by battering him with strikes and smashing his head against the turnbuckle. D’Angelo scoop slammed Page in the middle of the ring. Page fought back with a kick to the gut as he attempted a suplex on the champion. D’Angelo tried to reverse, but he couldn’t counter the suplex from Page. Ricky Saints appeared at ringside, but he was pulled from underneath the ring. Moments later, we saw Shiloh Hill emerge under the ring, with Saints tied by the legs with a rope. Hill dragged Saints away from the ringside area.

Back to this match, Page dropped D’Angelo on with a kneebuster to the face. Outside the ring, Page hit a swinging neckbreakerr on D’Angelo as this match went to a commercial break.

This NXT Championship match returned from commercial as D’Angelo fought his way out of an Ethan Page resthold. D’Angelo headed to the top rope, but Page reversed that into a powerslam for a two-count. D’Angelo hyped himself up as Page punched at him and he got a surge of adrenaline as a result. Belly-to-belly suplex was followed by a German suplex from D’Angelo. Page got flattened by a D’Angelo spear, but he managed to kick out. D’Angelo’s Forget About It attempt was countered by Page as the two began to hit each other with hard strikes.

D’Angelo hit the Throwback on Page before connecting with Forget About It. One, two….. 2.999999999!!!!!!!!!! D’Angelo sized up Page for a chokeslam, but Page countered with a thumb to the eyes. D’Angelo got thrown into the ringpost as Page set him up on the top rope. Page looked for an avalanche powerslam and made no mistake on it. D’Angelo kicked out at two, which led to Page hitting a body splash from the top rope. Again, D’Angelo kicked out. Page rolled out of the ring and grabbed the NXT Championship from the podium. The referee tried to grab it from him but D’Angelo rolled up him up for a close kickout. Page hit the Ego’s Edge and dropped D’Angelo right on the title belt. D’Angelo somehow kicked out of this.

Outside the ring, Page rearranged the furniture at the commentary table and looked like he was going to hit a Twisted Grin on the table. D’Angelo countered and dropped him face-first onto the barricade. D’Angelo stood on the barricade and hit a spear onto the commentary table. D’Angelo rolled Page back into the ring and connected with Dead To Rights. The three and that’s it, over. Tony D’Angelo remained the NXT Champion.

Tony D’Angelo def. Ethan Page to retain the NXT Championship via pinfall

A solid match for sure, but I gotta be honest, I’m not sure if I like Tony D’Angelo’s character basically turn into “generic tough guy”. His previous gimmick had a lot of personality and fit the wild and wacky world that NXT is trying to present. The match itself was enjoyable despite that.

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– Ricky Starks angrily confronted Shiloh Hill for what he did to him in the previous match, promising it wasn’t over.

Myles Borne addresses Dion Lennox & Darkstate

The NXT North American Champion talked about how he pulled the Black and Gold out of Johnny Gargano at Stand & Deliver. He was going to go celebrate, but Dion Lennox hit him with a chair, which Borne saw as his moment being stolen.

Borne said that Darkstate wasn’t safe, which cued the lights going out and the group appearing amongst the crowd. Dion Lennox spoke about Darkstate’s success, and how they were on a recent slump. But, it was going to be over, and because the key was Borne’s NXT North American Title. Lennox threatened Borne.

Saquon Shugars stated that Darkstate had no leader and seemed to be upset at Lennox challenging Borne for the North American Title, claiming that Lennox cared about his own future more than Darkstate’s. Shugars tried to rush the ring, but Borne got the best of him as the rest of Darkstate pulled Shugars out of the ring, seemingly not on the same page.

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– We got a video from Zaria’s perspective on how her friendship with Sol Ruca broke down. Zaria said that next week, Ruca would be burning alongside the world when she’s the Last Woman Standing

WWE Speed Championship Tournament: EK Prosper vs. Dorian Van Dux

This match was contested under Speed rules, which meant a three-minute time limit for this match. We got inset remarks from Van Dux, where he stated that he was here to change the definition of destruction.

We started off fast with Prosper using his speed to get ahead of Van Dux with acrobatic dodges. Van Dux countered by throwing Prosper out of the ring as he then soared over the top rope with a dive. Van Dux hit a diving splash from the top rope for the two-count. With Van Dux out of the ring, Prosper hit a diving moonsault from the apron to get ahead of it. The action was fast as Van Dux recovered with a dropkick from the middle turnbuckle. Fast clothesline by Van Dux couldn’t put Prosper away as this match entered sudden death. Shining Wizard by Prosper on Van Dux for a near-fall. Things quickened as Van Dux struck his target hard on the jumping cutter, but couldn’t achieve double impact with the splash. With ten seconds to go, Prosper connected with the high-arching moonsault to win a shot at Lexis King for the Speed Championship.

EK Prosper def. Dorian Van Dux via pinfall

I’ll admit that I’m seeing both these guys with fresh eyes and even with that in mind, I enjoyed how quick and high-stakes this match was. Of the two, D.V.D. looked the most impressive to me and he had a good first impression as a result. Good match here.

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– Keanu Carver was being chastised backstage by NXT GM Robert Stone for crashing Joe Hendry’s concert earlier. Carver promised he’d destroy Hendry some more next week.

– A “NXT Chronicle” package on Kendal Grey was shown.

– Elsewhere, Tatum Paxley was asked by Robert Stone about what the stipulation will be for her match against Blake Monroe will be. It turns out the two will face in a Casket Match, as Shiloh Hill rolled in a casket that he created for Paxley.

Next Week – NXT Revenge Week 2:

  • Last Woman Standing: Zaria vs. Sol Ruca
  • NXT North American Championship: Myles Borne (c) vs. Dion Lennox
  • Joe Hendry vs. Keanu Carver
  • NXT Women’s North American Championship Casket Match: Tatum Paxley (c) vs. Blake Monroe

– Things with Darkstate seemed rough right now as Dion Lennox argued with Saquon Shugars about what happened earlier. Shugars seemed upset at Lennox prioritizing his personal glory over the group, but Lennox justified it by stating that going after Myles Borne’s North American Title was perhaps the only chance at gold that the group would get.

NXT Women’s Championship: Lola Vice (c) vs. Jacy Jayne (w/ Fatal Influence)

Vice put her dukes up as the bell rang and things started off at a more methodical pace. Vice took down Jayne as neither woman was able to establish themselves in this early stage of the match. Vice and Jayne traded arm drags as the match took on a more technical pace. Jayne got caught in an armbar from Vice, who then hit her with a hard strike to the gut. Vice targeted Jayne’s gut with kicks to the area as the challenger rolled out of the ring. Vice launched herself from the apron, but Jayne avoided calamity as Lainey Reid took the bullet for her. This allowed Jayne to flatten Vice with a running boot as we took our final commercial break.

We returned to our main event as both Jayne and Vice were recovering in the middle of the ring. Once both women were on their feet, they exchanged strikes and kicks. Vice got the best of Jayne with a snap German suplex. With Jayne stirring to her feet, Vice unleashed a flurry of furious kicks to keep the challenger flatfooted. In the corner, Jayne fell victim to two consecutive running hip strikes. Jayne turned Vice’s submission into a pinning predicament for a near-fall.

Vice kicked Jayne in the head, which sent her foe out of the ring. As Vice rolled Jayne back to the ring, Fatal Influence provided a distraction, which gave Jayne enough time to hit the knee for the near-fall. Jayne maintained momentum as she put Vice on the top rope. However, Vice turned that into a choking submission. Lainey Reid provided a distraction as Fallon Henley hit Vice with a kick to the face. With the referee still distracted, Jayne hit Vice with the spinning punch. The NXT Womens’ Champ somehow kicked out at two here.

Vice used the ropes to assist her in locking Jayne into a sleeper submission. Vice was sent into the ropes by Jayne, as Lainey Reid struck herin the face. The spinning punch from Jayne was avoided, but Vice’s backfist found its target as this matcch came to an end.

After the match, Kali Armstrong literally bulldozed through Fatal Influenced and stared down Vice. Soon, Kendal Grey and Izzi Dame appeared. Just as Zaria headed down to the ring, Sol Ruca attacked her before she could reach the ring. The Triple H/Shawn Michaels producer credits popped up and NXT Revenge Week 1 ended with Vice raising her title high.

Lola Vice def. Jacy Jayne via pinfall to retain the NXT Women’s Championship

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Kind of a standard main event title bout here with the babyface champion overcoming heel interference to retain the gold. The post-match stuff with Vice’s upcoming challengers confronting her was fine and it does set up an interesting road map for her title reign.

Overall, week one of NXT Revenge was alright. The matches were entertaining enough (the Speed tournament match being my standout) and I didn’t feel like my time was wasted watching this show. The set up for week two next week was done well and nothing really stuck out as being overly “bad” at all. All in all, tonight was good.

Cody Rhodes thinks WWE NXT is ‘a lot healthier’ than old system

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Cody Rhodes believes WWE’s developmental system has changed for the better since he was coming up in the industry.

Appearing on Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast ahead of WrestleMania, Rhodes spoke about the changes WWE has made to how the company trains wrestlers. Rhodes personally liked the old-school system he experienced where trainees were more left to their own devices, but he thinks NXT is a much healthier environment to get new wrestlers ready to compete.

“Today, they’ve got it all mapped out really well. They’ve got exactly what you mentioned. They’ve got agility. They’ve got multiple rings, including one that has an extra layer of pad and bounce if you’re going to try big high spots,” Rhodes said. “They’ve got Shawn Michaels. Again, we’re talking about probably the greatest in the ring ever. So that’s your head coach. How could you not be good?

“The system they have down there with the Performance Center now is designed for the NIL athlete because they’re used to it. ‘I came from baseball, I came from football, I came from gymnastics.’ So they need all that. They need a room that’s a recovery suite. They need a full-blown weight room, which they have. They need all that.

“When I came up, you were just doing it yourself, which I liked because you found like-minded people. I remember my whole class of coming up from OVW, but the system now, it’s a lot healthier. A lot healthier to get everybody ready.”

Rhodes added that the introduction of WWE’s wellness policy in 2007 has also led to a change where overall athleticism is more of a focus than just having the biggest physique.

When he started his WWE career in 2006, Rhodes trained in Ohio Valley Wrestling before coming to TV. He’s now on his second stint with the company and his third WWE Championship reign. The main event of WrestleMania 42 night one this Saturday will see Rhodes defend the Undisputed WWE Championship against Randy Orton.

WWE NXT viewership up for Stand & Deliver fallout

Posted on by Paul Fontaine

Tuesday night’s Stand & Deliver fallout episode of WWE NXT averaged 605,000 viewers on The CW, up 5.8 percent from last week. It’s the best audience total for the show since February 17.

In the 18-49 demo, NXT drew a 0.08 rating. That’s the same number the show did the last two weeks and matches the second-lowest rating NXT has drawn in that category so far in 2026.

NXT went head-to-head with an NBA game on NBC and, among the major English-language broadcast networks, finished last in both total viewers and 18-49 demo rating for the night.

As compared to the same week in 2025, NXT’s overall viewership was down 11.4 percent while the 18-49 rating was down 52.9 percent.

Listed below are the last 11 weeks of viewership numbers and 18-49 demo ratings for NXT, as well as the 10-week average in both categories. This week’s show was down 1.8 percent in viewers and 11.1 percent in 18-49 as compared to the recent averages.

WWE NXT ratings —

DateNXT 18-49NXT total viewers
1/27/20260.08674,000
2/3/20260.08629,000
2/10/20260.12637,000
2/17/20260.09744,000
2/24/20260.08589,000
3/3/20260.09604,000
3/10/20260.08541,000
3/17/20260.07588,000
3/24/20260.08581,000
3/31/20260.08572,000
4/7/20260.08605,000
*10 wk avg0.09615,900
*not including current week

Title matches, last woman standing match part of two-week WWE NXT Revenge lineup

Posted on by Bryan Rose

A two-week event will kick off next week with two title matches.

Tony D’Angelo will defend the NXT title next week at NXT Revenge week one on The CW against Ethan Page. They, along with Joe Hendry and Ricky Saints, scored the win in an eight-man tag team match against DarkState on Tuesday. Page pinned Saquon Shugars after pushing away D’Angelo to get the glory for his team.

After the match, D’Angelo laid him out with the dead to rights chokeslam. Robert Stone later made a title match between the two official for next week’s show, the first night of Revenge.

Also set for night one is Jacy Jayne getting her NXT Championship rematch against Lola Vice. As the new NXT Champion was celebrating in the ring, Jayne interrupted and demanded another shot. Stone came out and made the second title match official for next week.

In addition to the two title matches, week one of Revenge will see Jaida Parker face Kelani Jordan, EK Prosper facing Dorian Van Dux in another Speed tournament qualifier, and Hendry will hold a concert to discuss his future following his title loss.

Week two of Revenge will see Sol Ruca taking on Zaria in a Last Woman Standing match. The latter made it clear on Tuesday it wasn’t over between them, spearing Ruca during her match against Izzi Dame. In addition, the men’s Speed tournament finals will take place to crown a new champion and EVOLVE standout Kali Armstrong will make her debut.

WWE NXT Revenge (April 14)

  • NXT Championship: Tony D’Angelo defends against Ethan Page
  • NXT Women’s Championship: Lola Vice defends against Jacy Jayne
  • Jaida Parker vs. Kelani Jordan
  • WWE Speed tournament: EK Prosper vs. Dorian Van Dux
  • Joe Hendry concert

WWE NXT Revenge (April 21)

  • Last Woman Standing: Sol Ruca vs. Zaria
  • WWE Men’s Speed title tournament finals
  • Kali Armstrong debuts

WWE NXT live results: Stand & Deliver fallout

Posted on by Chris Aiken

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.

Daily Update: CM Punk, WWE NXT, Marko Stunt

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  • The most detailed update on the Janel Grant case, with her new filing and claims, a look at those claims in detail, what is net for the case, the key thing regarding the future of the case and why it really comes down to the judges ruling, and timeline for all of this. We cover new cais and the arguments for and against binding arbitration or continuing the civil case.
  • Update on WrestleMania, the card as of this point, reasons for some of the new matches, when matches changed and why, as well as the business for the show, how far behind are ticket sales and interest in the show as compared to the same period last year.
  • Chris Jericho returns to AEW and as much detail as we have on the decision
  • AEW Dynasty update and updated major event ticket sales
  • The death of J Robinson, a college coaching legend and his connections with a number of key figures in pro wrestling, including the recruiting of Brock Lesnar by WWE and the politics behind why WWE waited an extra year to offer him a deal.
  • The most detailed look at the television ratings for all the pro wrestling shows this past week, including competition, comparisons with one year back, Raw vs. Dynamite and how close it has become, and more.
  • It’s CMLL tournament of champions month starting this week
  • Anniversary shows at Arena Mexico and Arena Coliseo this week including a look back at the first show in each building
  • A look at the four title match show at ArenaMexico on Tuesday
  • A super hot match to watch on AAA
  • A look at Stardom’s biggest stipulation of the year and Yokohama Arena show
  • Current Tiger Mask retires
  • Best of the Super Junior tournament update
  • Largest crowd of the year for women’s wrestling in Japan
  • Hodge trophy winner looked at
  • Maple Leaf Wrestling announces new TV deal and a look at the weekend shows
  • Stabbing at a pro wrestling show
  • Very interesting political match will take place with TNA champion vs. AEW star
  • American gold medalist challenges UFC undefeated champion
  • Rebellion notes
  • Lots of injury updates and business notes
  • Wrestler complaining about AEW not booking them enough
  • Kenny Omega talks his and Kota Ibushi’s health
  • Brody King talks the chants
  • Tony Khan and his enemies
  • Kayla Harrison on why her next bantamweight fight will be her last and why she should never have fought at bantamweight to begin with
  • Crazy Dana White story
  • Will Mayweather-Pacquiao II take place and what are the issues
  • Fedor Emelianenko wants to return to combat next year
  • Nick Khan acquires TKO stock
  • Bret & Ross Hart talk Badnews Allen in WWE Hall of Fame

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WWE NXT wrestler Elio LeFleur undergoes surgery

Posted on by Joseph Currier

NXT wrestler Elio LeFleur has undergone surgery for the injury that forced him to vacate the men’s Speed Championship.

Last week, it was revealed that LeFleur would be out of action for six months due to torn labrum ligaments in his shoulder. The injury stems from an NXT house show that took place on March 20. After an injury angle was done, LeFleur appeared with his arm in a sling on NXT last Tuesday and announced that he was vacating the Speed Championship.

LeFleur then made a tweet today revealing that he will be starting the recovery process after undergoing successful surgery.

Formerly known as Aigle Blanc on the indies, LeFleur signed with WWE in 2025 and had his first televised match for the company in Lucha Libre AAA. He then officially joined the NXT TV roster this year. LeFleur became Speed Champion by defeating Jasper Troy and Eli Knight in a triple threat match this February.

WWE will be holding a tournament to crown the new men’s Speed Champion. It kicks off tonight on the Stand & Deliver fallout edition of NXT.

WWE files for ‘NXT Revenge’ trademark

Posted on by Joseph Currier

This week, WWE made a trademark filing that looks to be for a new NXT event the company is planning.

WWE applied to trademark the term “NXT Revenge” on April 6, using the standard language it always does when trademarking event names. The goods and services section of the application lists that the trademark is for “the production and exhibition of professional wrestling events.”

  • Entertainment services, namely, a show about professional wrestling; entertainment services, namely, the production and exhibition of professional wrestling events rendered through broadcast media including television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing wrestling news and information through broadcast media including television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing information in the fields of sports and entertainment through broadcast media including television and distributed via various platforms across multiple forms of transmission media; providing a website in the field of sports entertainment information

There has been no official announcement of the Revenge event yet, and there’s no word on whether it would be a TV special or PLE. NXT just presented its annual Stand & Deliver PLE this past weekend. Instead of taking place during WrestleMania weekend, WWE broke tradition this year by moving up Stand & Deliver and having it be held in St. Louis instead of Las Vegas.

NXT will present its Stand & Deliver fallout episode tonight, so an announcement of the brand’s next PLE could be coming soon. Battleground has typically followed Stand & Deliver on the NXT calendar.

Tony D’Angelo wins WWE NXT Championship at Stand & Deliver

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Tony D’Angelo is the new NXT Champion.

The longtime NXT star finally won the brand’s top title at Stand & Deliver, defeating Joe Hendry, Ethan Page, and Ricky Saints in a four way match. The finish had D’Angelo putting both Page and Saints through the announce table, meeting Joe Hendry back in the ring. D’Angelo cut off Hendry with a spear and pinned him after hitting the dead to rights chokeslam. The show ended with D’Angelo standing tall, holding his new championship.

D’Angelo returned at the end of last year remaining silent about his intentions at first. However, he ultimately revealed two goals of his: taking out DarkState and eventually winning the NXT Championship. After defeating Dion Lennox at Vengence Day, he made his title ambitions clear.

Two others wanted a crack at Hendry, however: Page and Saints. D’Angelo faced Saints in a number one contender’s match but Page interfered, causing a disqualification. Robert Stone eventually announced the four-way for St. Louis.

Hendry held the title for 60 days, winning a ladder match for the vacant title on the February 3 edition of NXT.