NXT Stand & Deliver is a professional wrestling event produced by WWE, a Connecticut-based professional wrestling promotion. Established in 2021, it is held for the promotion's developmental brand NXT and takes place annually during WrestleMania week. The inaugural two-night event was broadcast through multiple outlets, with the first night airing as a television special on the USA Network and the second night on pay-per-view with both nights also airing through WWE's livestreaming services. Beginning with the 2022 event, it has been held as a one-day livestreaming event.
| NXT Stand & Deliver | |
|---|---|
 The 2024 NXT Stand & Deliver logo, modeled after the WrestleMania XL logo; each year's logo is based on that year's WrestleMania logo | |
| Promotion | WWE |
| Brands | NXT (2021–present) NXT UK (2021) |
| Other name | NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver (2021) |
| First event | NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver (2021) |
| Event gimmick | NXT's flagship event |
The inaugural Stand & Deliver was originally held under the NXT TakeOver series. In September 2021, NXT was rebranded and reverted to being WWE's developmental brand and the TakeOver series was discontinued; however, Stand & Deliver continued on as an annual event for NXT. While the original event was held mid-week across two nights, it was reduced to one day beginning with the second event, as well as being held during the day of the first night of WrestleMania. The inaugural event also featured wrestlers from NXT's sub-brand, NXT UK.
History
editNXT TakeOver was a series of periodic professional wrestling events produced by WWE for the company's NXT brand. The 34th TakeOver event was held as NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver and was the only TakeOver to be held across two nights. The event was held on April 7 and 8, 2021, during WrestleMania 37 week. It aired on traditional pay-per-view (PPV) worldwide and the WWE Network in international markets, and was WWE's first live in-ring event to air on Peacock after the American version of the WWE Network had shut down on April 4 that year, following its merger under Peacock. The first night also aired as a television special on the USA Network. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was held at the Capitol Wrestling Center within the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.[1]
In September 2021, the NXT brand went through a restructuring, reverting to a developmental brand for WWE. The Capitol Wrestling Center name was also dropped with NXT's events just being promoted as held at the Performance Center. The TakeOver series was also subsequently discontinued.[2]
On January 24, 2022, it was confirmed that Stand & Deliver would continue on as its own event for NXT with a second Stand & Deliver event announced to be held during WrestleMania 38 weekend, thus establishing Stand & Deliver as NXT's annual event held during WrestleMania week.[3] This second Stand & Deliver was scheduled to be held as a one-day event at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on April 2, 2022, the same day as WrestleMania 38 Night 1. Due to this, Stand & Deliver had a special start time of 1pm Eastern Time. This was the first NXT event to be held outside of Florida since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, and subsequently the first NXT event to be held outside of NXT's home arenas—Full Sail University (former) and the WWE Performance Center (current)—since NXT TakeOver: Portland in February 2020.[4]
On November 3, 2022, WWE announced that the third Stand & Deliver would be held on April 1, 2023, during the day of WrestleMania 39 Night 1. It aired live from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. This in turn established Stand & Deliver to be held annually during the day of WrestleMania Night 1.[5]
Events
edit| # | Event | Date | City | Venue | Main Event | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver | April 7, 2021 | Orlando, Florida | Capitol Wrestling Center at WWE Performance Center | Night 1: Io Shirai (c) vs. Raquel González for the NXT Women's Championship | [6] |
| April 8, 2021 | Night 2: Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly in an Unsanctioned match | [7] | ||||
| 2 | NXT Stand & Deliver (2022) | April 2, 2022 | Dallas, Texas | American Airlines Center | Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Bron Breakker for the NXT Championship | [8][4] |
| 3 | NXT Stand & Deliver (2023) | April 1, 2023 | Los Angeles, California | Crypto.com Arena | Bron Breakker (c) vs. Carmelo Hayes for the NXT Championship | [5] |
| 4 | NXT Stand & Deliver (2024) | April 6, 2024 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Wells Fargo Center | Trick Williams vs. Carmelo Hayes | [9] |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) going into the match | ||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ WWE.com Staff (March 10, 2021). "NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver set to take place Wednesday, April 7 and Thursday, April 8". WWE. Retrieved April 6, 2021.
- ^ Wrestlenomics Staff (October 4, 2021). "The future of WWE NXT 2.0 on the USA Network". Wrestlenomics. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
- ^ Hayden, Joey (January 24, 2022). "WrestleMania week in Dallas to include NXT Stand & Deliver, WWE Hall of Fame ceremony and more". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ^ a b Lee, Joseph (February 16, 2022). "Updated Start Time For WWE NXT Stand & Deliver During Wrestlemania Weekend". 411mania. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
- ^ a b "WrestleMania Goes Hollywood with full week of events in Los Angeles". WWE. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ Moore, John (April 7, 2021). "NXT Takeover Stand & Deliver results: Moore's live review of night one with Io Shirai vs. Raquel Gonzalez for the NXT Women's Championship, Walter vs. Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT UK Championship, MSK vs. Grizzled Young Veterans vs. Raul Mendoza and Joaquin Wilde for the vacant NXT Tag Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- ^ Moore, John (April 8, 2021). "NXT Takeover Stand & Deliver results: Moore's live review of night two with Finn Balor vs. Karrion Kross for the NXT Championship, Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly in an unsanctioned match, Santos Escobar vs. Jordan Devlin in a ladder match to unify the NXT Cruiserweight Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 8, 2021.
- ^ "Tickets to WrestleMania Week Raw in Dallas are now available". WWE. January 28, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
- ^ Carey, Ian (November 8, 2023). "WWE announces WrestleMania week schedule for April 2024". Wrestling Observer Figure Four Online. Retrieved November 9, 2023.