On the April 2, 2025 episode of NXT, the womens division took center stage as Stand & Deliver drew near. At the top of the show it was announced that Stephanie Vaquer would relinquish the North American Title setting up Ladder Match qualifiers. Lets break it down!
Lets break it down.
We kicked off from the Capital Wrestling Center with La Primera herself. Stephanie Vaquer entered with both her titles in hand and Ava by her sidebecause when youre that good, the General Manager personally handles your announcements.
Ava praised Vaquers dominance and revealed that both titles need defendingso Vaquer would be relinquishing the Womens North American Championship. Cue the gasps.
Vaquer, ever the dignified ace, made it clear she wanted to elevate the division the same way NXT elevated her. But she added one caveat: she gets to choose her opponent for Stand & Deliver. Ava agreed
Enter Jordynne Grace. The Juggernaut wasted no time throwing her name in the hat, calling for the dream match: Grace vs. Vaquer. But not so fast
Here comes Jaida Parker. Sporting casual gear but zero chill, Jaida reminded everyone she had Vaquer beat if not for Graces interference. Jordynne fired back with barbs about Jaidas title-less record and sent her packing with a shove. Security swarmed in, but not before Jordynne launched one unlucky guy across the ring. This triangle feels far from finished.
Bell rings and its power vs. persistence. Lash opens with a takedown and a Northern Lights suplex, immediately reminding everyone shes not just all talk. Zaria answers with some slick reversalscrucifix attempts, chops, and a near-fall sunset flip.
Lash muscles through with a big slam, but misses an elbow. They trade kip-ups (Zarias partial), goozle each other in a mutual show of strength, and the action spills outside thanks to Jakara and Sol Ruca arguing at ringside.
Back from break, Lash is in control, wrenching Zaria in a backbreaker rack. They collide mid-ring with dueling clotheslines, and it becomes a slugfest. Zaria blocks a suplex, hits one of her own, and lands a splash in the corner. Her leap off the ropes gets caughtmassive backbreaker from Lash!
Lash goes for the powerbomb but Zaria flips outpump kick! German suplex! Zarias cooking. She charges, Lash leapfrogs, but Zaria roars back with a spear. And then, with the crowd behind herF5. 1-2-3.
Winner: Zaria
Zaria punches her ticket to the ladder match and immediately calls her shot: she wants Sol Ruca with her at Stand & Deliver. Call it strategy, call it ZaRucawere in.
Kelani Jordan told Ava that history was going to repeat itselfwith her winning gold. Roxanne Perez sauntered in, aiming for a different kind of history: becoming the first woman to hold every NXT womens title.
Kelani, with a chip on her shoulder and finally a voice to match, shut down Roxannes stepping stone comment. Ava? Already booked the match. Next qualifier coming up.
They lock up and we get some beautiful chain wrestling: headlocks, counters, headscissors, reversals. They match each other move-for-move until a break sends us to commercial. Back live, Roxanne uses the apron for a cheeky ref distraction, stomps on Kelanis arm in the corner, and takes control with a ruthless streakhyperextending the elbow and grinding her down. Perez pulls Kelanis arm around the rope for extra damage and delivers a low dropkick for two.
But Kelani wont stay down. She counters out of the corner, hits a flash roll-up, and starts stringing together offense. Inside cradle. Standing switch. Quick two-counts.
Roxanne answers by throwing Kelani hard into the corner and goes right back to the arm like a heat-seeking missile. Northern Lights suplex gets two and some visible frustration from the Prodigy.
Kelani gets a breather after a missed kneedrop and fires backshots to the head, modified DDT for two! She hoists Roxanne up but the crafty veteran counters into an armdrag. Roxanne nails a cartwheel kick and then taunts her opponent before walking into a flurry of strikes.
Kelani escapes Pop Rocks, hits a back kick, lands a DDT, and follows it up
Split-legged moonsault! 1-2-3!
Winner: Kelani Jordan
Massive win. Over a former Womens Champion. In a qualifier. No wonder shes fired up.
Backstage, Kelani crosses paths with Zaria and Sol. Tensions rise fast. Sol coins ZaRuca and says its either her or Zaria leaving Stand & Deliver with gold. Kelani doesnt flinch.
Stephanie Vaquers title surrender wasnt a popular choice, Im looking forward to the six-woman ladder match at Stand & Deliver. Zaria looked like a beast. Kelani Jordan picked up the biggest win of her NXT career. And Sol Ruca hasnt even qualified yet.
Next week, Sols shot at the ladder match. And Jaida Parker vs. Jordynne Grace.
