NXT Stand & Deliver Results, Winners and WWE Highlights

The makeshift team of WWE Women’s Speed Champion Wren Sinclair, Hank & Tank, EK Prosper and Shiloh Hill silenced the boisterous group known as BirthRight. TNA Knockouts Champion Arianna Grace, Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo, Lexis King, Uriah Connors and Charlie Dempsey have not been shy in their goal of taking over NXT, but they ran into a major roadblock at Stand & Deliver. Before the bell, Grace took a cheap shot at Sinclair, and it sparked a major brawl as the official struggled to get control. Once the matchup began, Prosper’s high-flying became a significant advantage as he soared through the skies on multiple occasions to take out his opponents. Sinclair refused to back down to her former No Quarter Catch Crew teammate Dempsey, at one point even tossing him out of the ring. With just Dempsey left in the ring, Hill hit his signature neckbreaker to deliver his team the win and kick off NXT Stand & Deliver with a bang.

Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes retained the NXT Tag Team Championship against Los Americanos. Bravo knocked Smokes around the ring and even mocked him with a few well-timed dance moves. The champions rallied as Rayo couldn’t escape the grasp of Smokes and Baylor, leading to a hellacious beatdown in the corner. With El Grande Americano watching at ringside, Bravo finally tagged back in and cleaned house, even slamming both members of The Vanity Project at the same time. Bravo loaded his mask with the steel plate, but it backfired when Smokes stole it and hid it in his trunks. Jackson Drake attempted to get involved and took the steel plate, but El Grande Americano intercepted him. However, it didn’t keep Drake down for long, as he slugged Bravo with the steel plate.

The emotional matchup between former friends turned enemies ended with Sol Ruca standing tall over Zaria. Zaria only barely entered the ring when Ruca’s music hit, kicking off a big fight before the bell. The Australian powerhouse withstood the early barrage and started to dominate, tossing Ruca around the ring and berating her former friend. Ruca flipped the match by meeting Zaria on the top rope and hitting a huge hurricanrana that downed both Superstars. The two rivals found themselves battling on the ramp, and in a stunning twist, Ruca hit a Sol Snatcher onto the steel. However, Zaria rose and speared Ruca through the ropes to get the action back into the ring. Ruca hit a second Sol Snatcher. Zaria miraculously kicked out, but her former friend returned the favor by kicking out of a massive F-5.

Johnny Gargano returned to his roots in NXT, but the upstart Myles Borne got the victory and retained his North American Championship. With “Johnny Wrestling” chants cascading down from the St. Louis crowd, Borne didn’t blink and brought the fight right to the NXT legend. With Borne on fire, Gargano reverted back to his depressed state, but it turned out to be a ruse as he baited Borne and kicked him out of the ring. An embrace with Candice LeRae at ringside inspired Gargano more as he chopped the champion and cut him down on the outside before hitting his signature Spear through the ropes. Gargano continued the assault with a sunset flip powerbomb and a dive through the ropes, but Borne refused to give in and somehow countered another dive into an avalanche powerslam. After a series of strikes and counters from both champion and challenger, Borne threw caution to the wind with a huge dive over the top rope onto Gargano before driving him onto the steel ramp.

Tatum Paxley conquered Blake Monroe and finally regained the NXT Women’s North American Championship that The Glamour stole. Paxley slugged Monroe right as the bell rang, unleashing a fury of moves that included a twisting submission that left the challenger fighting to get back upright. Unfortunately for the champion, Monroe knocked her off the top rope and sent her crashing onto the steel ramp, injuring her shoulder. The Glamour continued the assault by hitting a missile dropkick and locking in a LeBell lock to further wrench the champion’s injured shoulder. Paxley flipped her hips, got out of the submission hold and tried to power through the injury, but she couldn’t go more than a few seconds without doubling over in pain. The two rivals attempted some mind games, dementedly laughing at each other before launching themselves off the top rope.