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[Countdown to Stand & Deliver Pre-Show] No. 1 Contender Fatal 4-Way Elimination Match: Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson vs. Roxanne Perez & Cora Jade vs. Fatal Influence vs. Tatum Paxley & Gigi Dolin

The Meta-Girls were eliminated by Roxanne Perez pinning Lash Legend
Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez were eliminated when Jade was pinned by Dolin and Paxley
Fatal Influence was eliminated with Jayne taking a pin from Dolin

RESULT: Gigi Dolin and Tatum Paxley win
THOUGHTS: Solid enough match. I'm curious why they're splitting Cora and Roxanne again. This means Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez are definitely retaining their titles at WrestleMania, as I can't picture Paxley and Dolin facing Bayley and Lyra Valkyria.

NXT North American Championship Match: Ricky Saints (c) vs. Ethan Page

RESULT: Ricky Saints retains by pinfall.
THOUGHTS: Solid match, but I think this is going to be overshadowed by many other matches tonight. Maybe it was a good idea to start it off with this, as it could have been better. I still think Saints isn't using the right finisher.

NXT Tag Team Championship Match: Fraxiom (c) vs. Hank Walker & Tank Ledger

RESULT: Hank and Tank won the titles by pinfall!
THOUGHTS: Good on these guys. They had the crowd eating out of their hands, which I honestly didn't think was going to happen. I'm still not sure this is the right call for Hank and Tank to be the tag team champions, but after this performance, I'm willing to admit I might be wrong.

Ladder Match for the Vacated NXT Women's North American Championship: Izzi Dame vs. Kelani Jordan vs. Lola Vice vs. Sol Ruca vs. Thea Hail vs. Zaria

RESULT: Sol Ruca won the title!
THOUGHTS: There have been better ladder matches in NXT history, but I enjoyed this. I'm surprised Ruca won, since they just gave her the Women's Speed Championship. I guess that matters so little that they aren't even going to really count her as a double champion. Still strange, but I'm down for this. Ruca was my preferred pick to win and she deserves it.

Six-Man Tag Team Match: The Family (Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, Luca Crusifino & Tony D'Angelo) vs. DarkState (Dion Lennox, Osiris Griffin, and Saquon Shugars, with Cutler James)

RESULT: DarkState won by pinfall.
THOUGHTS: Stacks turns on D'Angelo, low-blowing him when The Don has his back turned. I never understand why heel turns happen during the match, as Stacks should still want to win and then turn on Tony D after. WWE just wants the shock of the moment, though. I had thought there was a possibility D'Angelo would split and get called up to the main roster to leave Stacks in charge or something like this, but I also thought that they wouldn't necessarily have Stacks be the one standout. I figured Luca Crusifino and Adriana Rizzo would need to be with someone, and that they wouldn't join D'Angelo on the main roster. But maybe Tony D isn't getting called up quite so fast. Not sure, but I'm curious, so that's good.

Fatal 4-Way Match for the NXT Women's Championship: Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs. Giulia vs. Jaida Parker vs. Jordynne Grace

RESULT: Stephanie Vaquer retained by pinfall over Jaida Parker
THOUGHTS: Awesome match, as expected. What I didn't quite expect was that Vaquer would retain, as I was going into this thinking Giulia would pin Parker. All four killed it and have such bright futures. They're awesome.

Triple Threat for the NXT Championship: Oba Femi (c) vs. Je'Von Evans vs. Trick Williams

RESULT: Oba Femi retained by pinfall on Evans.
THOUGHTS: Another great match. This dynamic of speed/Evans, power/Femi, and finesse middleground with Williams was a good combination. Evans continues to impress, Femi's the man, and I always dig Trick. I don't think I've ever seen a referee kick someone (Femi in this instance) for holding him back from a pinfall, so that was fun. I have no idea who can dethrone Femi at this point (and that's perfectly okay)