NXT Stand & Deliver (2026)

NXT Stand & Deliver
PromotionWWE
BrandNXT
DateApril 4, 2026
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
VenueThe Factory at the District
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The 2026 NXT Stand & Deliver, also promoted as NXT Stand & Deliver: St. Louis, is an upcoming professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE for its developmental brand NXT. It will be the sixth annual Stand & Deliver and will take place on Saturday, April 4, 2026, at The Factory at The District in St. Louis, Missouri. This will be the first Stand & Deliver to take place outside of WrestleMania week and NXT's first standalone event to stream on YouTube in the United States.

Production

Background

Stand & Deliver is an annual professional wrestling event that was previously held during WrestleMania week by WWE for its developmental brand, NXT, since 2021 and is considered NXT's biggest event of the year. On February 25, 2026, WWE announced that the sixth annual Stand & Deliver would take place on Saturday, April 4, 2026, at The Factory at The District in St. Louis, Missouri, marking the first Stand & Deliver to not be held as part of WrestleMania week, as that year's WrestleMania 42 takes place two weeks later on April 18 and 19. Tickets went on sale on March 4 via Ticketmaster.[1]

Ahead of WWE's contract expiration with Peacock for broadcasting NXT's livestreaming events in the United States, NXT's head of creative Shawn Michaels posted to X on March 11, announcing that Stand & Deliver would be available in the United States on WWE's YouTube channel, marking NXT's first standalone livestreaming event to air on the platform.[2][3] Outside the US, the event will be available on Netflix in most international markets, SuperSport in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Abema in Japan.[4] The event will feature an appearance by St. Louis native, rapper Sexyy Red.[5]

Storylines

The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television program, NXT.[6][7]

On the March 10 episode of NXT, then-Interim General Manager Robert Stone announced that a tag team tournament would take place over the next few weeks, with the finals scheduled for NXT: Roadblock, with the winners of the tournament facing The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes) for the NXT Tag Team Championship at Stand & Deliver.[8]

On the March 17 episode of NXT, then-Interim General Manager Robert Stone announced that a Gauntlet Eliminator match would take place on the following episode, with the winner facing Myles Borne for the NXT North American Championship at Stand & Deliver.[9] The match was won by SmackDown's Johnny Gargano.[10]

At Deadline, Evolve's Kendal Grey won the Women's Iron Survivor Challenge to earn an NXT Women's Championship match against Jacy Jayne at NXT: New Year's Evil on January 6, 2026, but failed to win the title after inumerous inteferences from Jayne's Fatal Influence stablemates, Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid.[11][12] After that, Grey kept pursuing a rematch with Jayne, and on the March 11 episode of Evolve, after a successful title defense, Grey vacated the WWE Evolve Women's Championship to permanently move to the NXT brand.[13] On the March 17 episode of NXT, Grey stated her intentions of challenging for the title at Stand & Deliver, however, she was interrupted by Lola Vice, who stated the same.[9] The following week, after Grey defeated Henley and Reid in a tag team match, Grey once again stated that she would beat Jayne for the title at the event, however, Vice also appeared and once again stated the same. Because of that, then-Interim General Manager Robert Stone announced that Grey would face Vice the following week, where the winner would challenge Jayne for the NXT Women's Championship at Stand & Deliver.[10]

After several months of dissension, Zaria turned on her tag team partner, Sol Ruca prior to her NXT Women's Championship match against Jacy Jayne on the February 24 episode of NXT. Jayne subsequently defeated Ruca in six seconds to retain the title.[14] The following week, Zaria faced Jayne for the title, but the match ended in a no contest after Ruca attacked both women. This led to a triple threat match for the title on the March 17 episode, where Jayne retained.[9] On the next episode, Ruca challenged Zaria to a match at Stand & Deliver, which Zaria accepted.[10]

On the February 2 episode of NXT, Joe Hendry won the vacant NXT Championship in a ladder match after pushing Ricky Saints off a ladder.[15] During this time, Saints and reigning NXT North American Champion Ethan Page formed an alliance. On the February 24 episode of NXT, Saints attempted to help Page retain the title against Myles Borne, but he was neutralized by Hendry. Page subsequently lost the title.[14] At Vengeance Day, Hendry succesfully defended the title against Saints despite Page trying to help.[16] Three days later on NXT, Tony D'Angelo also stated his intentions on challenging for the title while later that night, Page and Saints defeated Hendry and Borne in a tag team match, with Page pinning Hendry.[8] On the next episode, both Page and Saints stated their intentions of challenging for the title. Hendry subsequently appeared, and after pretending a dissension between them, Page and Saints attacked Hendry, however, all three men to be attacked by D'Angelo.[9] One week later, D'Angelo and Saints faced each other, but the match ended in a disqualification win for Saints after Page interfered. Hendry subsequently appeared and attacked the three men. Then-Interim NXT General Manager Robert Stone subsequently announced that Hendry would defend the title against D'Angelo, Page, and Saints in a fatal four-way match at Stand & Deliver.[10]

Matches

No.Matches*Stipulations
1The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes) (c) vs. Birthright (Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and Uriah Connors) or Los Americanos (Bravo Americano and Rayo Americano)Tag team match for the NXT Tag Team Championship[17]
2Myles Borne (c) vs. Johnny GarganoSingles match for the NXT North American Championship[18]
3Jacy Jayne (c) vs. Kendal Grey or Lola ViceSingles match for the NXT Women's Championship[19]
4Sol Ruca vs. ZariaSingles match[20]
5Joe Hendry (c) vs. Ricky Saints vs. Ethan Page vs. Tony D'AngeloFatal four-way match for the NXT Championship[21]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

NXT Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tournament

1st Round
NXT
March 17–24, 2026 		Final
NXT
March 31, 2026
    
Birthright
(Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and Uriah Connors) 		Pinfall
Hank and Tank
(Hank Walker and Tank Ledger) 		4:33[9]
Birthright
Los Americanos
The Culling
(Shawn Spears and Niko Vance) 		10:11[10]
Los Americanos
(Bravo Americano and Rayo Americano)[a] 		Pinfall

Notes

  1. ^ Eli Knight and Sean Legacy were originally supposed to be part of the tournament, however, after Legacy suffered an injury on the March 10 episode of NXT, he was not medically cleared to compete, with Elio LeFleur replacing him. However on the March 24 episode, LeFleur and Knight were also unable to compete after being attacked backstage by an unknown assailant, being replaced by Raw's Los Americanos (Bravo Americano and Rayo Americano)

References

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  3. ^ Michaels, Shawn [@ShawnMichaels] (March 11, 2026). "Guess I better figure out how to get onto @YouTube… because #StandAndDeliver streams LIVE across the globe on @WWE's YouTube Saturday, April 4 at 7e/4p!" (Tweet). Retrieved March 12, 2026 – via X (formerly Twitter).
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  21. ^ "NXT Champion Joe Hendry vs. Ricky Saints vs. Ethan Page vs. Tony D'Angelo". WWE. Retrieved March 25, 2026.
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