WWE NXT stars talk Stand & Deliver standing on its own away from WrestleMania weekend

For nan first clip successful NXT Stand & Deliver’s history, nan premium unrecorded arena showcasing nan champion talent successful WWE’s alleged developmental marque will beryllium detached from WrestleMania.

Stand & Deliver will genuinely guidelines connected its ain arsenic it is group to return spot astatine The Factory successful St. Louis, Missouri astatine 7 p.m. ET connected Saturday night. The show will beryllium broadcast connected YouTube.

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Jacy Jayne competes against Sol Ruca during NXT astatine nan 713 Music Hall successful Houston, Texas, connected March 17, 2026. (Meg Oliphant/WWE)

Usually, Stand & Deliver would beryllium nan appetizer for WrestleMania and return spot nan greeting earlier Night 1 of WWE’s biggest premium unrecorded arena of nan year. The past clip it wasn’t connected nan aforesaid time arsenic WrestleMania was successful its first loop erstwhile it took spot successful Tampa, Florida, days earlier nan show.

Being connected its ain has its advantages. NXT tin battalion an arena without forcing nan fans to aftermath up early and tally backmost and distant from spot to spot conscionable to drawback nan show and WrestleMania astatine nan aforesaid time.

"I deliberation it’s good. I mean, it has its pros and cons, but I deliberation this 1 specifically, it’s not connected nan aforesaid play truthful we tin get much eyes connected nan event," NXT Championship contender Tony D’Angelo told Fox News Digital earlier this week. "Every twelvemonth prior, it’s ever nan greeting of WrestleMania Night 1, so, immoderate group don’t consciousness for illustration getting up and going to a show and past going to WrestleMania connected apical of it. I deliberation it’s a bully thing. Everybody tin see, everybody tin watch, each wrestling fans are focused connected NXT Stand & Deliver."

Sol Ruca, who will apt beryllium ending her feud pinch Zaria astatine nan event, was optimistic astir being capable to tie a large crowd for nan show.

Ruca besides suggested she was looking guardant to a calmer gait during WrestleMania play arsenic she is 1 of nan dozens of WWE superstars who will make appearances astatine WWE World successful Las Vegas to meet and return photos pinch fans.

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Tony D'Angelo competes successful nan ringing during NXT astatine nan WWE Performance Center successful Orlando, Florida, connected Feb. 10, 2026. (Conor Kvatek/WWE via Getty Images)

"I deliberation it’s beautiful cool. I deliberation a batch of america would emotion to beryllium progressive successful nan full WrestleMania play but I do deliberation this gives america an opportunity to perchance tie a bigger crowd now that we’re abstracted because having to spell to aggregate shows successful nan aforesaid play – it tin beryllium a batch for nan fans," she said. "I deliberation america having it a small spot abstracted from everything other and still having our ain infinitesimal tin besides beryllium beneficial. I cognize a batch of america are gonna beryllium astatine WWE World anyhow truthful it’ll beryllium benignant of for illustration having nan 2 small WrestleMania moments. I deliberation immoderate of america are a small bummed astir it, but I deliberation it’ll beryllium a bully point for us."

Ricky Saints, who will beryllium going up against Tony D’Angelo, Ethan Page and Joe Hendry for nan NXT Championship, said it was an opportunity for fans who whitethorn not person nan other rate to walk for a travel to Las Vegas to travel and spot what NXT has to offer.

"I deliberation it’s a bully opportunity for group who whitethorn not person nan time, nan money, aliases immoderate nan lawsuit whitethorn be, to spell spot it during ‘Mania weekend," he said. "So, to person it connected a standalone, you don’t person to aftermath up early. You tin spell to different spot and conscionable get to chill retired and not consciousness truthful overwhelmed pinch things that you person to do aliases want to do. I deliberation that’s a really bully move for everyone involved, to beryllium honorable pinch you. That’s from accumulation group to nan wrestler."

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Jacy Jayne, nan NXT women’s champion, admitted she had "mixed feelings" astir having nan arena extracurricular of WrestleMania, but looked guardant to keeping NXT arsenic nan 3rd marque successful WWE and not conscionable a developmental show.

"Yeah, I person mixed feelings astir it but I consciousness for illustration this is nan cleanable opportunity for america to show that we really are nan 3rd brand," she told Fox News Digital. "It’s not conscionable a developmental brand. We tin guidelines connected our own. We tin waste tickets. We’re not conscionable nan future, we’re nan now."

Stand & Deliver is genuinely a glimpse into WWE’s future, and that is underscored by who is connected nan WrestleMania 42 paper this year.

Last year, Stand & Deliver featured NXT stars Stephanie Vaquer, Lash Legend, Oba Femi and Trick Williams successful action. Each of those 4 competitors received their WWE call-up complete nan past twelvemonth and are going to beryllium competing astatine WrestleMania 42.

Sol Ruca wins nan women's North American Championship successful a ladder lucifer during NXT Stand and Deliver astatine T-Mobile Arena successful Las Vegas, Nev., connected April 19, 2025. (Heather McLaughlin/WWE)

Roxanne Perez, Nathan Frazer and Axiom were besides connected nan Stand & Deliver paper and person go apical stars connected nan main roster.

From nan looks of this year’s Stand & Deliver card, location could beryllium a fewer much call-ups by this clip adjacent year. Jayne and Ruca already sewage a sensation of nan main roster. Jayne appeared astatine nan Royal Rumble, arsenic did Ruca. The second was besides progressive connected Saturday Night’s Main Event for John Cena’s last show.

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• This year’s Stand & Deliver paper will look for illustration this:
• Hank Walker, Tank Ledger, Shiloh Hill, EK Prosper and Wren Sinclar vs. Lexis King, Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, Charlie Dempsey, Uriah Connors and Arianna Grace (known arsenic Birthright) successful a 10-person mixed tag squad match
• The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes) vs. Los Americanos (Bravo Americano and Rayo Americano) successful a tag squad lucifer for nan NXT Tag Team Championship
• Myles Borne (c) vs. Johnny Gargano for nan NXT North American Championship
• Jacy Jayne (c) vs. Kendal Gray vs. Lola Vice for nan NXT Women’s Championship
• Sol Ruca vs. Zaria
• Tatum Paxley (c) vs. Blake Monroe for nan NXT Women’s North American Championship
• Joe Hendry (c) vs. Ricky Saints vs. Ethan Page vs. Tony D’Angelo for nan NXT Championship