NXT Stand & Deliver (2022)

The 2022 **NXT Stand & Deliver** was the second annual Stand & Deliverprofessional wrestling livestreamingevent produced by WWE. It was held primarily for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. Unlike the previous year's event, which also aired on pay-per-view, the 2022 event was only available on WWE's livestreaming platforms. It took place on April 2, 2022, as part of WrestleMania Weekend at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

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Elimination Chamber
WrestleMania 38

NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver
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The event took place on the same day as Night 1 of WrestleMania 38, and had a special start time of 1 p.m. Eastern Time. Although this was the second Stand & Deliver, it was the first to not be held as an NXT TakeOver event, as that event series was discontinued when NXT became NXT 2.0 in September 2021 and reverted to being WWE's developmental territory. This was also the first NXT event to be held outside of Florida since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

Seven matches were contested at the event, with one match featured on the pre-show. In the main event, Dolph Ziggler defeated Bron Breakker to retain the NXT Championship. In other prominent matches, MSK (Nash Carterand Wes Lee) defeated previous champions Imperium (Fabian Aichnerand Marcel Barthel) and The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed) to win the NXT Tag Team Championship but will later vacate the titles less than a week later due to Nash Carter's release; and in the opening bout, Cameron Grimes defeated previous champion Carmelo Hayes, Santos Escobar, Solo Sikoa, and Grayson Waller In a five-way ladder match to win the NXT North American Championship.

## ProductionEdit

### BackgroundEdit

In April 2021 during WrestleMania 37 week, WWE held a two-night NXT TakeOver event titled Stand & Deliver for the NXT brand. In September 2021, the NXT brand went through a restructuring, being rebranded as "NXT 2.0", reverting to a developmental territory for WWE. The NXT TakeOver series was subsequently discontinued.

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. This second Stand & Deliver was scheduled to be held 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. It was available to stream through Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network internationally. This was the first NXT event to be held outside of Florida since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 and the first held outside of NXT's home arenas—Full Sail University(former) and the WWE Performance Center (current)—since NXT TakeOver: Portland in February 2020.

### StorylinesEdit

The card included matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the NXT brand, while storylines were produced on the weekly television program NXT 2.0 and the supplementary online streaming show Level Up.

At NXT Vengeance Day the Woman’s Dusty Rhodes Classic 2 was announced. And it made official that winners would received a NXT Women's Tag Team Championship At NXT Stand & Deliver 2. Cora Jade panter was attack by Mandy Rose. Cora Jade got a new panter!. New comer. And they won the first match. At roadblock they won their semifinal match. And they final won the finals beating

After retaining the NXT North American Championship on the March 1 episode of NXT 2.0, Carmelo Hayes announced that he would be defending the title in a ladder match at Stand & Deliver.Qualifying matches then began to determine the other participants in the match. Santos Escobar, Solo Sikoa, and Grayson Waller qualified for the match by defeating Cameron Grimes, Roderick Strong, and A-Kid, respectively.Grimes won a last chance triple threat match to qualify for the match.

On the March 15 episode of NXT, Tommaso Ciampa would come out to address the NXT Universe seemingly announcing his departure from NXT. Tony D'Angelo would then come out and challenge Ciampa to a match, claiming he wants to be the next "Don of NXT". Ciampa would then accept and shake hands before D'Angelo would attack Ciampa with a low blow.

After defeating MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee) to win the 2022 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic at NXT Vengeance Day, The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creedand Julius Creed) were granted an NXT Tag Team Championship match against champions Imperium (Fabian Aichnerand Marcel Barthel) at NXT Roadblock, however, they were mysteriously attacked backstage. MSK would replace them in the tag title match, but the match would end in a disqualification when The Creed Brothers attacked both teams. On the March 15 episode of NXT, The Creed Brothers would demand who attacked them, MSK would come out claiming that they did not attack them, but they deserve a match for the tag team titles. Imperium interrupted and attacked both teams, stating that they will defend the titles against both teams as the champions stated that they don't fear anyone. The match was later made official.

On the February 8 episode of NXT 2.0, Raw's Dolph Ziggler made his first-ever appearance in NXT during the NXT Championship match contract signing between champion Bron Breakker and Santos Escobar. Tommaso Ciampa also interrupted the segment and attacked Ziggler. On the March 8 episode titled NXT Roadblock, Breakker, Ciampa, and Ziggler competed in a triple threat match for the championship in which Ziggler won the title by pinning Ciampa. After retaining the title on the March 15 episode, Breakker came out and challenged Ziggler to a match at Stand & Deliver, and Ziggler accepted.

## EventEdit

**Other on-screen personnel**
 Pre-show panel

### Pre-showEdit

In the pre-show, Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez faced Toxic Attraction for the NXT Women's Tag Team Championship. In the end, Kai performed a Helluva Kick to Jacy Jayne followed by a Chingona Bomb by Gonzalez to win the titles for a record-setting second time.

### Preliminary matchesEdit

In the opening match, Carmelo Hayes defended the NXT North American Championship in a Fatal-5-Way Ladder Match. In the end, Cameron Grimes unhooked the title and won the match and the respective title.

In the second match, Tony DeAngelo faced Tommaso Ciampa. In the end, Angelo performed a Fisherman Suplex on Ciampa to win the match, which marked Ciampa's last NXT match. Afterwards, Triple H came out from backstage to share the special moment with Ciampa and both embraced and went backstage.

In the third match, Imperium defended the NXT Tag Team Championships against MSK and The Creed Brothers in a Triple Threat Tag Team Match. In the end, Carter performed a top-rope Frankensteiner￼ on Barthel only for Wes Lee to catch Barthel mid-air and performed a Sitout Powerbomb on Barthel to win the titles for a second time alongside Carter.

In the penultimate match, Mandy Rose defended the NXT Women's Championship against Cora Jade, Kay Lee Ray and Io Shirai. In the climax, Jade performed a Canadian Destroyer on Kay Lee Ray. Outside of the ring, Io Shirai performed a Moonsault on Lee Ray. In the end, Io Shirai performed a Moonsault on Jade but as she attempted a pin, Rose performed a Bicycle Knee on Shirai to retain the title. Prior the match, Rose debuted a new custom title design of the NXT Women's Championship with a white strap and a multi-coloured design with customable plates.

Before the main event, Gunther faced L. A. Knight. In the end, Gunther performed a Powerbomb on Knight to win the match.

### Main eventEdit

In the main event, NXT Champion Dolph Ziggler, accompanied by Robert Roode, took on Bron Breakker. Near the beginning of the match, the referee ejected Roode following interference, after which, Ziggler took off a turn buckle pad. The match was evenly contested throughout, with Breakker showcasing his strength and Ziggler showing off his technical wrestling skills. Throughout the match, Ziggler kicked out of a spear, followed by Breakker kicking out of a Zig-Zag. After another spear and a Military Press Powerslam, Roode returned to take Ziggler out of the cover, which the referee did not disqualify. Following this, Ziggler knocked Breakker into the exposed turnbuckle pad and hit a Superkick to win the match and retain the championship.