NXT Stand & Deliver (2026)

NXT Stand & Deliver (2026)

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.

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. Outside the US, the event will be available on Netflix in most international markets, SuperSport in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Abema in Japan. The event will feature an appearance by St. Louis native, rapper Sexyy Red.

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.

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 the March 31 episode, with the winners of the tournament facing The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes) for the NXT Tag Team Championship at Stand & Deliver. The tournament was won by Raw's Los Americanos (Bravo Americano and Rayo Americano).

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. The match was won by SmackDown's Johnny Gargano, who made his return to NXT for the first time since NXT Homecoming in September 2025.

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. 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. 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. 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. During the match, however, Grey pinned Vice to win the match, but at the same moment, Grey also submitted, leaving the winner of the match uncertain. The following night, Stone announced that, after speaking with Shawn Michaels, Jayne would defend the title againt both Vice and Grey in a triple threat match.

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. 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. On the next episode, Ruca challenged Zaria to a match at Stand & Deliver, which Zaria accepted.

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. 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. At Vengeance Day, Hendry successfully defended the title against Saints despite Page trying to help. 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. 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. 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.

On the March 17 episode of NXT, after Tatum Paxley successfully defended the NXT Women's North American Championship, she was attacked by former champion Blake Monroe, who subsequently stole the title. The following week, Paxley broke into Monroe's hotel room and demanded her to give the title back on the next episode. There, Paxley challenged Monroe to a title match at Stand & Deliver, which Monroe accepted. A brawl subsequently took place, however, Monroe escaped with the title. The match was subsequently made official.

On the March 17 episode of NXT, Birth Right (represented by Uriah Connors and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo) defeated Hank and Tank (Hank Walker and Tank Ledger) to advance in the NXT Tag Team Championship #1 contenders tournament after interference from their stablemates: Lexis King and TNA Knockouts World Champion Arianna Grace. The following week, Shiloh Hill and Birth Right's Charlie Dempsey participated in the gauntlet eliminator match to determine the #1 contender for the NXT North American Championship at Stand & Deliver. Hill eliminated Dempsey, only to be attacked by Birth Right, which led to his own elimination shortly after. On the next episode, Hill appeared during the finals of the tag team tournament, fending off Birth Right, which ultimately cost Connors and Lorenzo the match. Later that night, Hill approached Hank and Tank, Eli Knight, and WWE Women's Speed Champion Wren Sinclair, and after Ledger pointed out the fact that they do not had a match at Stand & Deliver, Hill stated that he had an idea. Later, NXT General Manager Robert Stone announced that the entirety of Birth Right would face Hill, Hank and Tank, Knight, and Sinclair in a ten-person mixed tag team match on the Countdown to Stand & Deliver pre-show.

Matches

NXT Stand & Deliver (2026)

<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Matches</th><th>Stipulations</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1P</td><td>Hank and Tank (Hank Walker and Tank Ledger), Shiloh Hill, Eli Knight, and Wren Sinclair vs. Birth Right (Lexis King, Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, Charlie Dempsey, Uriah Connors, and Arianna Grace)</td><td>10-person mixed tag team match</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>The Vanity Project (Brad Baylor and Ricky Smokes) (c) (with Jackson Drake) vs. Los Americanos (Bravo Americano and Rayo Americano) (with El Grande Americano)</td><td>Tag team match for the NXT Tag Team Championship</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Myles Borne (c) vs. Johnny Gargano</td><td>Singles match for the NXT North American Championship</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Jacy Jayne (c) vs. Kendal Grey vs. Lola Vice</td><td>Triple threat match for the NXT Women's Championship</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Sol Ruca vs. Zaria</td><td>Singles match</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Tatum Paxley (c) vs. Blake Monroe</td><td>Singles match for the NXT Women's North American Championship</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Joe Hendry (c) vs. Ricky Saints vs. Ethan Page vs. Tony D'Angelo</td><td>Fatal four-way match for the NXT Championship</td></tr><tr><td>(c)</td><td> – the champion(s) heading into the match</td></tr><tr><td>P</td><td> – the match will be broadcast on the pre-show</td></tr><tr><td>Card subject to change</td></tr></tbody></table>

NXT Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tournament

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>1st Round NXT March 17–24, 2026</th><th></th><th></th><th>Final NXT March 31, 2026</th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td><td></td><td> </td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Birth Right (Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and Uriah Connors)</td><td>Pinfall</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Hank and Tank (Hank Walker and Tank Ledger)</td><td>4:33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Birth Right</td><td>10:45</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>Los Americanos</td><td>Pinfall</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>The Culling (Shawn Spears and Niko Vance)</td><td>10:11</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Los Americanos (Bravo Americano and Rayo Americano)</td><td>Pinfall</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>