Wednesday, April 7, 2021

NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver - Night One: The Results

Samoa Joe interviews Tommaso Ciampa. Ciampa calls tonight's show and match the most anticipated since his match with Johnny Gargano at TakeOver: New Orleans, and says that he has "been through it" and has had a career, started a family and got into the best shape of his life. He says he is in the best position for his match against Walter, and while he knows it will be special, he says the match will be special. Ciampa proclaims that he has so much to prove tonight, and says he is better than he was two years ago, and that if Walter doesn't think so, he will be in for the night of his life, for Walter cannot hang with him physically. As for what he wants to do before he retires, he wants to hold the NXT UK Championship after having held the NXT Championship.

Samoa Joe interviews Walter. Walter feels that he needs to catch up on six months of inactivity after having held the NXT UK Championship for two years, and that he wants to put on the best match possible. On the subject of Tommaso Ciampa challenging him for the title, he says that the Ciampa of 2018 is similar to who he is now, and says that wrestling isn't the main priority in his life anymore after having succeeded in the sport. He says that his match with Ciampa will not cement his legacy and will be the next challenge for him, saying that every step counts, and while he loves to defend the NXT UK title in America, NXT UK is his top priority. When asked what his next step will be if he is not victorious tonight, Walter says he is not sure what his next step will be.



Backstage, McKenzie Mitchell interviews LA Knight. He says that NXT has become his game and that tonight, five guys will get dropped. He says he feels confident entering the Gauntlet Eliminator Match last, and after tonight, Johnny Gargano will find out that legends fall and new legends take over when he becomes NXT North American Championship.

Zoey Stark beats Toni Storm with an inside cradle.



Backstage, McKenzie interviews MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee). Wes Lee says they are ready after working their way through the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and the tag team gauntlet match, then says he is medically cleared after the dirty tactics by Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake). Nash Carter says that tonight is about MSK, and tonight, their star will shine the brightest.

Samoa Joe interviews Raquel Gonzalez. Raquel says that the last years has been crazy with everything that has been happening in the world and that she has shown who she is, and this year, she wants to make a statement. Raquel says she is confident going into her match with Io Shirai, and says it is an honor that Shirai has chosen her as her competitor for tonight's show, calling it validation of the Superstar she wants to be and a chance to prove she can hang with the best. She says that Io Shirai leaves nothing behind in the ring, but that she is confident in her own abilities and the ability to take what Shirai dishes out. As for being tonight's main event, she says that this means a lot to her considering the journey she had to take to get here, and she is confident that when she beats Shirai tonight, she will smile and be full of pride in everything that has come to this moment knowing that she is in the best place of her life and career.



Samoa Joe interviews Io Shirai. Shirai says she was the champion in Japan for over three years and became the best of the best in Japan before coming to America and WWE to become the best in the world and reach the top. She says that she challenged Raquel Gonzalez after beating the best in the top brands of WWE because she is a big up-and-coming wrestler and because she wants a moment in her career where she wrestles and beats a bigger opponent like Rey Mysterio. She says there is a lot of responsibility and pressure in being in the main event, but she has represented the women's division and the women's title, and the division has come a long way because of her.



Nita Strauss plays America The Beautiful to start tonight's show.



Pete Dunne beats KUSHIDA.



Bronson Reed beats Leon Ruff, Dexter Lumis, LA Knight, Cameron Grimes and Isaiah "Swerve" Scott in a Gauntlet Eliminator Match to face Johnny Gargano for the NXT North American Championship tomorrow night. After the match, Johnny Gargano stares down Bronson Reed from the stage.



Walter retains the NXT UK Championship against Tommaso Ciampa.



We see footage of a dog entering an elevator, coming out at a different floor and running up the ring steps to a pair of stilettos. We then see the words "Franky Monet" and "See You Next Tuesday."



MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee) beats Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake) and Legado Del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza) to become the NXT Tag Team Champions!



WWE CBO Stephanie McMahon and Sarray are seen in the crowd.

Raquel Gonzalez beats Io Shirai to become the NXT Women's Champion!





Here are the top ten moments from tonight's show!



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