NXT Stand &amp; Deliver (2022)NXT Stand &amp; Deliver (2022) NXT Stand & Deliver (2022) The 2022 NXT Stand & Deliver was the second annual Stand & Deliver professional wrestling live event produced by WWE. It was held primarily for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event was available to stream through Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network internationally. It took place on April 2, 2022, as part of WrestleMania Weekend at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. 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 Carter and Wes  Lee) defeated previous champions Imperium (Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel) and The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed) to win the NXT Tag Team Championship, 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. Production. Background. In April 2021 during WrestleMania 37 week, WWE held a two-night NXT TakeOver event titled 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 in February 2020. Storylines. 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". 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 Creed and Julius Creed) were granted an NXT Tag Team Championship  match against champions Imperium (Fabian Aichner and 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. Event. Main event. 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 Zig-Zag to win the match and retain the championship. NXT Stand & Deliver (2022) The 2022 NXT Stand & Deliver was the second annual Stand & Deliver professional wrestling live event produced by WWE. It was held primarily for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division. The event was available to stream through Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network internationally. It took place on April 2, 2022, as part of WrestleMania Weekend at the American Airlines Center in Dallas