By John Moore, ProWrestling.net Staffer (@liljohnm)
NXT TV
Orlando, Florida at the WWE Performance Center
Aired live April 15, 2025 on The CW Network
[Hour One] Vic Joseph, Corey Graves, and Booker T were on commentary. Mike Rome was the ring announcer…
The wrestlers in the opening match were already in the ring. Ricky Saints got a televised entrance as he joined commentary…
1. “All Ego” Ethan Page vs. Lexis King vs. Eddy Thorpe vs. Wes Lee. King gloated early on and ate strikes from all three opponents. Thorpe dominated the next part of the match with kicks against his opponents. Page broke up Thorpe’s pin on Lee. Lee hit Eddy with a double stomp combo. Wes then hit Page with an axe kick combo. King stacked his opponents in the corner, but all three opponents escaped, which sent King into the ringpost.
Page hit Wes with a high kick and single leg Codebreaker, with Vic even referencing Chris Jericho’s naming of the move. Page, Thorpe, and King brawled to the top rope. Wes hit his opponents with a Tower of Doom which invoked a NXT Chant. Wes hit King with a Suicide Dive. Page and Thorpe brawled. Page shoved Thorpe into Ricky Saints. The referee held back Saints from Page, leading to the referee ejecting Saints so he wouldn’t attack Page. A “ref you suck” chant ensued heading into break.[c]
Back from break, Page hit Wes with a Yakuza Kick and body slammed him on King. Page and King traded counters. Page put King in a Boston Crab. Thorpe dragged Wes to ringside. Page, Wes, and Eddy all grabbed King’s limbs to all hold a submission on him. Thorpe broke up the submission wiht strikes. Page put King in a Electric Chair and put Thorpe into a DDT position. Wes caused Page to execute the moves with a Whisper of the Wind.
Wes and Page traded strikes with Wes knocking out Page with a kick. King hit Page with a Swanton. Thorpe hit King with an elbow drop. Lee hit thorpe with a meteora. King hit Wes with a twisting neckbreaker. Page hit King with the Twisted Grin (Twist of Fate) for the victory.
Ethan Page defeated Lexis King, Eddy Thorpe, and Wes Lee via pinfall in 12:20 to become number one contender to the NXT North American Championship.
Page took the mic and was in the process of cutting a promo on Ricky Saints. Saints ran out and laid out Page with a tackle to stand tall and end the segment…
John’s Thoughts: I was afraid a bit when the three wrestlers all had their hold on King due to WWE being obsessed with “getting everybody on the show” this WrestleMania season. Happy they decided to instead go with the expected singles match between the two former AEW alumni. Interesting too, seeing Ethan Page going for the North American Championship this week and going for the TNA Championship in Los Angeles the following week.
A Jordynne Grace profile video aired. Grace talked about how she never started with star power and was not a beauty queen. She said she had negative aura. Grace said she felt like she was in a world not made for her. She said what she did have, that others don’t is self awareness. She said she turned doubt into discipline and that’s when the juggernaut was born. Grace said she fell in love with getting stronger.
She said she was focused on turning her body into an atomic bomb. A montage of Grace changing her body was shown. Grace talked about how she caught the eyes of people while in TNA at the same time people were talking about WWE wrestlers. Grace talked about how she’s aware of what she has to do to leave Vegas with her first championship in WWE…
Vic hyped qualifying matches for the North American Championship ladder match for after the break…
John’s Thoughts: Awesome video for Grace and it was kinda shocking seeing her body transformation over the years, especially since I’ve been covering her career since she hit the scene on television. On top of everything, I’d also like to praise her for being a solid promo over the years. Looking forward to the NXT Women’s title match, but this should have been singles, not the multi-person plague that WWE has enacted this WrestleMania season on all their brands.
An ad aired for the WWE Hall of Fame. Vic Joseph then plugged WWE WrestleMania weekend…
The women’s locker room were in a watchparty room. Zaria and Sol Ruca were on the same page. Izzi Dame and Kelani Jordan showed up to smack talk about also being in the North American Championship ladder match…
Tatam Paxley and Gigi Dolin made their entrance. Lola Vice made her entrance…
2. Tatum Paxley (w/Gigi Dolin) vs. Lola Vice for a spot in the NXT Women’s North American Championship Ladder Match at NXT Stand and Deliver. Paxley and Dolin started the match tradign ground holds. Paxley went for a moonsault into a pin, but Vice quickly went into a Crossface which Paxley blocked with her hands. Paxley put Vice into a bridged armbar which Vice countered into a Triangle. Vice put Paxley into a Kesa Gatame.
Paxley escaped by getting to her feet. Vice hit Paxley with a rough looking but effective spinebuster. Paxley crawled under the ring while Vice and Gigi jawed with each other. Paxley yanked Vice’s shoulder into the crossbeams under the ring heading into break.
Back from break, Tatum Paxley was rallying with crossbodies in the corners. Vice came back with double knees. Vice hit Paxley with an axe and rapid kicks. Vice hit Paxley with her “I’m a Latina” hip attack, getting a two count. Booker T said he wants to be a part of whatever party Vice is holding. Paxley rolled up Vice for a two count. Paxley hit Vice with a crossbody to the back, hurting the injured arm of Vice.
Paxley hit Vice with a Superplex for a good nearfall. Vice hit Paxley with a thrust kick off the springboard and finished off Paxley with a spinning backfist for the victory.
Lola Vice defeated Tatum Paxley via pinfall to qualify for the NXT Women’s North American Championship Ladder Match at NXT Stand and Deliver.
John’s Thoughts: A good performance from two of WWE’s Developmental-NIL types, putting in good work with a good amount of time. Cool to see mah fellow Tae Kwon Do practitioner Lola Vice back in the ring. Cobra Kai never dies! Sorry for the TKD love (fellow TKD practitioner Ethan Page won the match right before too). While Vice has shown improvement in the ring after NXT’s strong push of her, I feel like her push hit a huge halt when they randomly turned her babyface to be Roxanne Perez’s challenger-of-the-month. Ever since then she’s been spinning her wheels and not really developed as a character. I would say it’s best to turn her back heel as that was when she was at her best as a character.
Vic Joseph plugged Undertander’s One Dead Man Show for WrestleManaia weekend…
Vic, Corey, and Booker checked in on commentary and sent the show to a Giulia video package. The package was subtitled. Giulia said she witnessed Stephanie Vaquer become double champion. She said she waited to be granted her rematch, but it was never given. Giulia said that friendships only go so far when it comes to the Women’s Championship. She said she told Stephanie what the Beautiful Madness is. She said Jaida Parker is very confident.
Giulia said Parker likes to give punishment, but not receiver. Giulia said Grace is strong, but she’ll witness Strong Style on Saturday. Giulia spoke in English and said that losing the NXT Women’s title only made her more dangerous. She said she introduced herself to WWE at last years Stand and Deliver and at this year’s she’ll leave women’s champion…
Trick Williams was shown arriving to the Performance Center from the parking lot…[c]
Ava told a few women tag teams backstage that she got them into a women’s number one contender match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships, which will be defended at Stand and Deliver. Roxanne Perez showed up and complained about looking out for the tag teams and not her. Ava said Perez can get in the match if she can find a tag team partner…
John’s Thoughts: Very odd that Perez keeps showing back up in NXT every week. Did they dial down her call-up? They already ditched what seemed like a WrestleMania weekend program with Bayley.
Hank and Tank made their entrance first. Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe made their entrance next with Wes Lee…
3. Tag Team Gauntlet Match. Tank and Tyson started the match. Tyson hit Tank with a clinch knee and shoulder tackle for a nearfall. Tyriek hit Tank with a CQC combo and Northern Lariat for a two count. Hank tagged in and took down Igwe with a tackle. Hank and Tank sandwiched Igwe. Hank and Tank hit Igwe with a high-low power slam for the elimination
Hank and Tank eliminated Tyson and Tyriek via pinfall in 1:38 of match time.
Brooks Jensen and Niko Vance were out next. Hank and Tank dominated with slternating strikes on both opponents. Hank and Tank sandwiched Vance. Tank hit Jensen with an assisted seated Senton for a nearfall. The show cut to break.[c]
The Culling cut the ring in half on Hank. Hank got a window of opportunity after hitting Vance wiht a clothesline. Hank tagged Tank, but the referee didn’t catch it. Vance hit Hank with an assisted power slam for a nearfall. Tank caught a hot tag and cleaned house. Joseph hyped up Tank as one of the first NIL signings when the program was started. Tank dumped Vance to ringside.
Jensen rolled up Tank for a nearfall. Jensen caught Tank out of the air with a spinning heel kick. Tank reversed a Doonsday Device into a cool looking power slam on Jensen for the elimination.
Hank and Tank eliminated The Culling via pinfall 10:07 of total match time.
Tavion Heights and Myles Borne ran out next and worked on Tank with methodical offense. Hank tagged in and rallied with right hands on Borne. Hank ran around the ringside and hit Tavion with a clothesline off the staris. Hank and Tank sandwiched Tavion. Borne hit Hank and Tank with a Flip Dive.[c]
The crowd gave Borne a “Thank you Randy!” chant. Tavion fired up and rallied against Tank. Both men traded shoulder tackles. Tavion no sold a back suplex and gave Tank a back suplex. Tavion hit Tank with a crossbody for a nearfall. Hank dragged Borne to ringside. Tank rolled up Tavion for the elimination.
Hank and Tank eliminated NQCC via pinfall 17:56
Josh Briggs and Yoshiki Inamura were out next. Hank was showing fatigue when struggling to cause Briggs to stagger with strikes. Inamura and Briggs cut the ring in half on Hank with hard hitting strikes. Briggs chokeslammed Hank’s back on Inamura’s knee. Tank broke up Inamura’s pin. Hank surprised Briggs with a rollup with Inamura failing to break up the pin.
Hank Walker and Tank Walker defeat Josh Briggs and Yoshiki Inamura via pinfall and run the gauntlet 20:45 of total match time to become the number one contenders to the NXT Tag Team Championship.
John’s Thoughts: NXT telegraphed the hell out of this outcome, given they were laying it on thick with having Hank and Tank share screentime with tenured tag teams in recent weeks. I was actually down with Hank and Tank being the Stand and Deliver opponents for Fraxiom at Stand and Deliver given their greenness to the scene and Fraxiom’s dominance in Tag Team wrestling over the past year. I never expected Hank and Tank to look great here, let alone run the gauntlet in a 20+ minute match. Props to them, expecially with them being NIL wrestlers. I totally expect Frazer and Axiom to make them look like a million bucks.
Vic Joseph plugged WWE Evolve on Tubi TV…
Evolve GM Stevie Turner was chatting with Kali Armstrong about her being in the main event of Evolve this week. Kali said “bet” and walked off happy. The camera panned over to NXT GM Ava chatting with her two assistants Stevie Turner and Robert Stone. Ava teased a surprise for the last ladder match qualifyer…
The camera cut to NXT Champion Oba Femi arriving to the Performance Center. Before the show cut to commercial, Vic said “is that Dark Sta…” seeing someone behind Oba…[c]
A Jaida Parker promo video aired. Parker talked about being judge all her life. She talked about growing up in the streets of Port Saint Lucie. Parker talked about Stephanie, Grace, and Giulia having experience, but how she fought to their level from the bottom. Parker said she proved she can hang with anybody and withstand pressure. She said she can withstand pressure that makes diamonds, not breaks pipes.
She talked about her father pushing her to taking up soccer. She said she knows how vicious it can be in a women’s locker room, where everybody is trying to knock you down. She said the same is in the locker room. Jaida said her best friend and support system was her uncle. Jaida cried and shed tears about how she broke down after her uncle passed. She said people see her with an attitude. Parker said she’s just not fitting people’s agendas. She said life made her hard. She said she don’t need no friends or attitude, just the situation. She said she’s going to show the world that Jaida Parker don’t play…
John’s Thoughts: Awesome package! Reminded me of those great Jeremy Borash produced packages from the Black and Gold days. WWE needs more profiles like this in general. Jaida came off really well here and I really like the way she presents herself. Only nitpick, is while she said she was from “the hood” those scenes of her hood, made it look like she comes from the burbs.
Stacks. Luca, and Rizzo were at the parking lot with random goons. Stacks said he was the boss for the night and Tony D won’t be joining them. Rizzo headed to the back when Dark State showed up. Stacks and Luca had crowbars with them. Stacks and Luca dominated DarkState and dragged Shugars and Lennox into the Performance Center for a brawl.
The Family dominated and tackled Osiris Griffin through a wall. Dion tossed Stacks into a locker. Saquon Shugars sprayed Luca and Stacks with a fire extinguisher. Cutler James lawn darted Stacks into a garage door. DarkState slammed Luca into a car hood. Tony D’Angelo rolled up and smacked the DarkState members with a crowbar.
DarkState ran off when the Police pulled off. Tony D berated Stacks for taking business into his own hands and said they should take down DarkState at Stand and Deliver. Tony D told Stacks to not mistrust him again. Stacks agreed and hugged Tony D…[c]
John’s Thoughts: I actually kinda dug that. I’m happy they didn’t go with the Cinematic approach for filming this match as that has become a bit overdone in pro wrestling these days. A good, old school, Ruthless Aggression era backstage brawl.
The show cut to a video package where Stephanie Vaquer was visiting her home country of Chile. She was shown doing the media rounds to hype up WrestleMania weekend. She was shown being praised by the mayor of a town in Chile. Stephanie showed off replicas of her Women’s and North American Championship. She talked about being proud to represent Chile and keeping Chile’s name high…
The commentary team checked in. Vic mentioned the pro wrestling math of the odds being against Stephanie Vaquer to leave the match with her title…
Kelly Kincaid interviewed Hank and Tank about winning the gauntlet. Hank and Tank thanked all the advice they were given from legendary tag teams. Tank said they gave the gauntlet a belly boy booming twist. Axiom and Frazer showed up to praise Hank and Tank for their win. Frazer joked that Hank and Tank won for nothing. Hank and Tank said they’ll see Fraxiom at Stand and Deliver. Frazer walked off acting disrespectful, while Axiom shook Hank and Tank’s hands…
Roxanne Perez complained to Ava that even Hank and Tank are making it to Stand and Deliver. Perez proposed being her own tag partner. Cora Jade showed up behind Perez and told Perez “I’m sorry” (for their recent being at odds)…
Karmen Petrovic and Ashante the Adonis made their entrance…[c]
The commentators ran through the advertised Stand and Deliver card…
Kale Dixon and Uriah Connors were chatting with Andre Chase, who talked about how he’s just been afraid about his future. Thea Hail showed up and told Chase to continue Chase U. Hail said she’s not rejoining the University, but proud to be an alum. Thea Hail then made her entrance to the crowd, saying she’s in the next North American Championship qualifyer match.
Thea Hail made her entrance to “Crazy” Eddie Edwards’s old TNA theme…
John’s Thoughts: “Taking back what’s mine! You can’t hold me down! I am the Fire! Woah oh oh oh!”. That was a nice throwback that I never expected. This is also the 2nd time Thea Hail has hijacked a TNA royalty free entrance theme as her first NXT singles theme was also being used by Jody Threat. Hey, I approve of these royalty free songs (Zaria also using Karrion Kross’s old TNA theme). Better than some of the Def Rebel stuff. The Eddie theme was memorable because the crowd had a call-and-response to the “woah oh oh oh” part.
4. Thea Hail vs. Karmen Petrovic (w/Ashante the Adonis) to qualify for the NXT Women’s Nroth American Championship Ladder Match at NXT Stand and Deliver. Petrovic blocked a dive with a high kick at ringside. Petrovic dominated with strikes. Hail rallied back and hit Petrovic with the worlds shortest slam. Hail did the Ultimate Warrior rope pull and senton. Hail hit Petrovic with a armbar slam and armbar for the victory.
Thea Hail defeated Karmen Petrovic via submission in 2:40 to qualify for the NXT Women’s North American Championship Ladder Match at Stand and Deliver.
Vic hyped the show closing segment…[c]
John’s Thoughts: Somewhere Eddie Edwards is watching this show going “what the hell HBK?”. I kid. Good to see Thea Hail back as she’s been off TV for a long time since the end of Chase U. She’s one of WWE’s younger prospects, but has proven over the years that she can get the crowd behind her with her extreme energy.
Trick Williams made his entrance wearing his new “Crash out Trick” shirt. Trick took a mic and said he’s been doing a whole lotta thinking about who he is. He talked about the Young OG calling him Carmelo Hayes recently. He said he gets it, you either die the hero, or live long enough to be the villain. He said Trick Willy is still alive. Trick said that heaviest is the head that holds the crown, and while Oba’s head may be heavy, Trick is coming after the crown.
NXT Champion Oba Femi made his entrance and said that Mr. Williams is acting like the man around here. Oba said Trick is not the man, but a broken record playing the greatest hits over again with noone playing along while Trick is still trying to whoop dat trick. Oba told Trick the spotlight is moving on, and Trick should do the same. Trick said the world still chants “whoop dat Trick”. Trick said it takes more than a few Black Panther chants to become the man around here.
Je’von Evans made his entrance to cut in. Evans told Trick to please shut yo ass up. Evans said he may be trippin’, but it looks like he’s right in his perception of Trick. Evans said he’s going to speak for some people, people are tired of Trick talking over and over and over and over again about going after the title. Evans said Trick is dismissed. Evans said real recognizes real in him and Oba. He said Oba has been glued to championships ever since joining NXT.
Evans said he’s not trying to be a smart ass, but he was hyped about dropping such a respectful champion in Oba. Evans said he keeps hearing people saying that Oba is going to main event WrestleMania, which Evans believes will happen when Oba gets drafted. Oba and Evans hyped up Oba’s alma mater in Alabama. Evans talked about how Oba walks around like everything revolves around him.
Evans said that deadass, he wasn’t supposed to make it to WWE, but Evans ended up overcoming that. Evans said he likes it that Oba is all about that and confident. Oba told the crowd to give Je’von a round of applause and said that is what 20 years old looks like. Oba said Evans had one hell of a rookie year, just like Oba. Oba said Evans may be the future, but he is the present. Oba said Evans can not handle the pressure of this title, because he’s a child.
Trick said once Evans and Oba are done with the complements, they can talk Trick getting the championship back. Evans said he could run circles around Trick and Oba. Trick and Oba brawled with them being on the same page by dumping Evans to ringside a few times. Evans laid out Oba and Trick with a slingshot RKO. Evans closed the show standing tall with the NXT Championship in his hand…
John’s Thoughts: A simple and effective segment to lay out all three Stand and Deliver opponents having a different characterization heading into Stand and Deliver. Trick’s is simple as he’s wearing it on his shirt. He’s crashing out, and becoming Carmelo Hayes, which is a nice character evolution to the dark side. Oba Femi is simple and effective in playing the confident champion. Je’von Evans continues to show that he’s more than just hops and flips. The man has been proving over the past few months that he has range.
Evans plays the role of humble WWE fanboy really well, but he has also shown the ability to flip the switch. Evans has some “future Mania main eventer” potential given what we’ve seen from him. I hope they don’t end up making him the leader of DarkState or something like that, because it’s very tough to find or develop a wholesome babyface main character like Evans. As usual for Stand and Deliver season, the winner of the match will most likely be a signal as to who is being called up or not, so that result is up in the air here I like it. Solid go home show with NXT doing a great job to round out their Stand and Deliver matches.
So Cora Jade will probably be Roxanne’s partner right?
LOL! That ISsss Crazy Eddie’s theme. I missed it. Woah uh uh uh