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8. The Biggest Night Of The NXT Year

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Saturday morning is a strange time for such a thing to happen, but never had NXT felt as big a deal as it did when Stand & Deliver took over the Wells Fargo Center just hours before WrestleMania.

One of the biggest audiences of the weekend and potentially the largest NXT crowd ever pending certain figure fudging, the 13,453 were treated to an electrifying card and the opportunity to see their weekly television favourites show up and show out in a venue beyond the Performance Center. A range of merchandise shared the wealth too - stars still some way away from the main roster had their names in lights and their shirts on the racks.

 
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