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NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver concludes tonight with a double main event.
NXT Champion Finn Balor will put his title on the line against Karrion Kross. Kross, who had to vacate the NXT Championship due to injury just days after winning it last year, is getting the chance to reclaim the title that he never lost.
Former Undisputed Era stablemates Adam Cole and Kyle O Reilly will look to settle their issues in an unsanctioned match. In storyline, NXT can t be held liable for anything Cole and O Reilly do to each other.
An undisputed NXT Cruiserweight Champion will also be determined as Jordan Devlin and Santos Escobar face off in a ladder match, Johnny Gargano will defend his NXT North American Championship against Bronson Reed, and NXT Women s Tag Team Champions Shotzi Blackheart & Ember Moon will put their titles on the line against Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell.
WWE NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver Night Two live streaming pre-show
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TakeOver: Stand & Deliver goes live on Peacock tonight (Thurs., April 8, 2021) at 8 p.m. ET from Capitol Wrestling Center in Orlando. But the promotion is also offering a free live stream of its Pre-Show starting an hour beforehand, and you can watch it right here!
You’ll get all the usual highlight packages to get you up to speed on all the feuds and angles heading into Night Two of
TakeOver: Stand & Deliver. Sam Roberts, Jimmy Smith, Mickie James & Arash Markazi will break down how we got here and analyze tonight’s match-ups before the special event goes live. Plus, Breezango vs. Killian Dain & Drake Maverick for a future Tag title shot!
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Judge Evan T. Mack listens to arguments from WWE Superstars, pundits and hosts about the hottest button issues in the realm of the WWE Universe. While a panel of debaters make their best arguments to answer these questions, there can be only one winner.
NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver kicks off tonight with night one airing live on the USA Network and Peacock in the United States, and the WWE Network internationally.
In the main event, Io Shirai will put her NXT Women s Championship on the line against Raquel Gonzalez. Shirai, who has been NXT Women s Champion for more than 300 days, was last pinned by Gonzalez in WarGames this past December.
The NXT United Kingdom Championship will also be up for grabs as WALTER defends against Tommaso Ciampa tonight. WALTER s reign as champion recently reached the two-year mark.
New NXT Tag Team Champions will be crowned as MSK (Wes Lee & Nash Carter), The Grizzled Young Veterans (Zach Gibson & James Drake), and Legado Del Fantasma (Raul Mendoza & Joaquin Wilde) face off in a triple threat match. The NXT Tag Team titles were declared vacant last month after Danny Burch suffered a separated shoulder.