Jordynne Grace vs. Jaida Parker ends in a no-contest. During the match, Jaida backs into Stephanie Vaquer after Jordynne gets caught in the ropes during a tope suicida. Vaquer shoves Jaida away only to get slapped, and Steph rears back only to hit Jordynne after Jaida ducks. After the match, all three women brawl, then Giulia shows up. She teams up with Vaquer to clean house, then lays out Giulia in the middle of the ring with a Northern Lights Bomb.
Backstage, Hank Walker and Tank Ledger are met by Swipe Right (Brad Baylor and "The Smoke Show" Ricky Smokes). Ricky Smokes says they would love to pay it forward after their match with Nathan Frazer and Axiom, and Brad Baylor tells them to take notes.
The Culling (Shawn Spears, Brooks Jensen, Niko Vance, Izzi Dame) meet after Shawn Spears loses the NXT North American Championship. As everyone else says Ricky Saints will pay and that the title will come back to Spears, Shawn Spears says that he appreciates the passion, but the title was just a vessel to bring everyone together and that the focus now lies on succeeding tonight. He says it is about The Culling shining, and that it all starts tonight.
Nathan Frazer and Axiom beat Swipe Right (Brad Baylor and "The Smoke Show" Ricky Smokes).
In backstage footage from earlier today, The Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley, Jazmyn Nyx) find out that they have the chance to qualify for the Women's North American Championship ladder match, and as Fallon and Jacy argue over who will represent them, Jazmyn steps in and volunteers.
Sol Ruca beats Jazmyn Nyx to qualify for the Women's North American Championship ladder match.
Backstage, Sarah Schreiber interviews Je'Von Evans. He says he knew Dark State (Dion Lennox, Cutler James, Saquon Sugars, Osiris Griffin) would be a problem, and that if Trick Williams listened, they would not be in this situation. He says he does not want to be like Trick or Oba Femi, and that he will take things step by step.
Backstage, Giulia says that there are no friends at Stand & Deliver and that she wants a rematch against Stephanie Vaquer.
The Culling (Brooks Jensen and Niko Vance) beat Hank Walker and Tank Ledger.
Ricky Saints heads to the ring. Saints says that when he stepped into NXT, he was going to turn the place upside down and that the revolution would be televised again, and that there would be a brand-new Superstar. He then says he is a man of his word as he stands as North American Champion. He admits he would love to keep the celebration going, but "All Ego" Ethan Page left a bad taste in his mouth after last week, and that he gets that Ethan attacked him after he shattered his ego. Saints calls out Ethan, but gets Lexis King instead, and Lexis says Saints is worried about the wrong guy. As he makes it known that he loves gold and wants the North American Championship, Eddy Thorpe shows up and says it must be nice to walk in and be handed opportunities as other are starved of them.Thorpe says that he was looking in the wrong place for gold, and that the North American title represents the land that was stolen from his people and is essentially his birthright. Wes Lee, Tyriek Igwe and Tyson Dupont show up, and Wes Lee says the title was at its peak when it was around his shoulders and that he is long overdue. Lexis, Wes Lee and Eddy argue with each other, and as Saints is about to give them all a shot, he is attacked from behind by Ethan Page. Lexis, Eddy, Wes Lee and Ethan all start fighting over the North American Championship, and it ends with Wes Lee taking everyone else out.
Backstage, Stephanie Vaquer makes it known to General Manager Ava, Stevie Turner and Robert Stone that she wants Giulia, Jaida Parker and Jordynne Grace at Stand & Deliver.
Backstage, Sarah Schreiber interviews Trick Williams. Trick says that there is always someone in the way of the NXT Championship, but he will be leaving Stand & Deliver with a title around his waist. He says that he is concerned about Dark State (Dion Lennox, Cutler James, Saquon Shugars, Osiris Griffin), and tells Je'Von Evans and Oba Femi to bring their A-game so he can beat both of them.
Wes Lee beats Yoshiki Inamuara after Inamura is tripped off the top rope as Josh Briggs goes after Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe as they both get on the ring apron.
Backstage, Oba Femi says Dark State's (Dion Lennox, Cutler James, Saquon Shugars, Osiris Griffin) presence may put NXT on edge, but he knows that all too well and that he has not forgotten what they did to him. He says Dark State failed to put him down, and tonight, they will face defeat at his hands just like Trick Williams and Je'Von Evans will face defeat at Stand & Deliver.
Izzi Dame beats Wren Sinclair to qualify for the Women's North American Championship ladder match.
Backstage, multiple members of the women's division meet with General Manager Ava regarding another chance a Last Chance Qualifying Match. Ava says she will have something for Stand & Deliver.
Backstage, Uriah Connors and Kale Dixon are suddenly met by Andre Chase, who decides to help them. Meanwhile, Hank Walker and Tank Ledger are met by The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford), who tell them that they are trying to be someone they are not and that they should lean on each other and be who they are. It is also brought up that there is a tag team gauntlet match coming up, and that the winners will face Nathan Frazer and Axiom for the NXT Tag Team Championships at Stand & Deliver.
Dark State (Dion Lennox, Cutler James, Saquon Shugars) beat Trick Williams, Oba Femi and Je'Von Evans in a six-man tag match after Trick and Oba brawl and get held back by officials after Oba tosses Saquon Shugars into Trick. After the match, Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo shows up on the TitanTron and challenges Drak State to a fight in the parking lot, as messing with The D'Angelo Family (Tony D'Angelo, Stacks, Luca Crusifino, Adrianne Rizzo) comes with severe consequences.
Here are the highlights from tonight's show!
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