4 Ups & 4 Downs From WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2025 (Results & Review)

1. Multi-Person-A-Mania

Rather than lodge complaints about the booking of individual matches, consider this a blanket criticism of NXT defaulting to multi-person matches as crutches for Stand & Deliver.

The old wrestling axiom “Personal issues draw money” has always been proven correct, but NXT opted to bypass a couple of decent stories for singles matches to jam more wrestlers onto the card.

The NXT Women’s Championship match would have worked well as a singles with either Jordynne Grace challenging or a returning Giulia earning her rematch. Instead, they both challenged Stephanie Vaquer, with the recently defeated Jaida Parker being thrown into the mix. One guess who took the pinfall. Also, despite the match being good overall, it lacked drama and heft – no one really bought the title changing hands in a four-woman match.

The Women’s North American Championship scene was a mess, with Vaquer simply vacating it, prompting a six-woman ladder match. Even if La Primera still relinquished the title, they could have had a mini-tournament on NXT to set up a singles match, but then they couldn’t have a spotfest with more bodies in the ring.

The NXT Championship triple threat bucked the trend of “more isn’t necessarily better,” but it still was another multi-person match. Throw in a tag bout and a six-man tag, and there was only one singles match – the North American Championship battle between Ricky Saints and Ethan Page – on the entire card. That’s not a recipe for long-term success.