Tony D'Angelo Wins Gold At WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2026 Full Show Review & Highlights
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Alex Riley return
An NXT veteran, at least, Alex Riley is imminently announcing that he's going to do another run in wrestling.
Zarya contract status
Of all the women on any roster of WWE that I feel like needs to just count down the days until their contract is up and jump ship, it is Zarya.
Johnny Gargano contract
I don't know what this does for Johnny Gargano. Give me a number. I want to be able to measure the time left on his current contract in minutes.
Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne gimmick
I cannot separate these two great wrestlers [Tyler Bate and Pete Dunne] from this god-awful gimmick, including the masks. It's impossible for me to believe it has gone on this long.
Johnny Gargano booking
If Johnny Gargano losing clean doesn't feel really big in NXT, that's a problem. Everything in this was good, but none of it felt important.
Kendall Gray character development
Kendall Gray is amazing. It's so rare that you have a woman in WWE whose character is 'I'm a really great wrestler.'
WWE booking philosophy
They don't know how to make faces do things that feel layered without them doing things that just like someone who's not a good person would do. Attacking her on the way in is just heel 101.
Cody Rhodes booking
If I'm Cody Rhodes, one thing I'm doing is wearing a cup during WrestleMania season. That guy gets low-blowed on the way to WrestleMania consistently.
Tatum Paxley performance
Tatum Paxley is worlds better than they allow her to be. She's fully invested in her character beat-to-beat while performing all of the moves perfectly.
NXT Stand & Deliver review
The biggest thing they got right was the main event, but it just feels like it didn't have the Zaza Zing of the biggest show of the year aspect.