On tonight’s edition of WWE NXT (March 14) the first qualifying match to determine who would vie for the NXT Women’s Championship at Stand & Deliver.
With an upcoming WWE NXT premium live event, Stand & Deliver rapidly approaching during WrestleMania weekend a potential injury threw a bit of a wrench into original plans.
After a big defense against Meiko Satomura on last week’s edition of WWE NXT (March 7), WWE NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez seemingly collapsed and was taken away from the Performance Center in an ambulance.
The collapse was just an angle with the idea that Satomura, who was trying to be a mentor, had accidentally ended up overwoking Perez before and during the match.
It was announced that Perez was released from the hospital there was a less than favorable medical update to share, and accordingly there would be qualifying matches.
The qualifiers to to determine who would enter “a multi-woman ladder match” for the NXT Women’s Championship in Los Angeles at Stand & Deliver for WrestleMania weekend.
The first qualifier featured Sol Ruca versus Zoey Stark.
After a short but hard hitting match, Zoey Stark would pick up the pinfall victory and advance from this qualifying match.
Later in the show, Gigi Dolin beat Kiana James to earn her way into the ladder match.
It’s not confirmed how many participants there’ll be as it was just announced that qualifiers will continue in the coming weeks.
After tonight’s NXT, the card for Stand & Deliver on April 1 afternoon is now as follows:
Bron Breakker (c) vs. Carmelo Hayes – NXT Championship
Grayson Waller vs Johnny Gargano
Gigi Dolin vs. Zoey Stark vs. TBD – NXT Women’s Championship Ladder Match
Wes Lee (c) vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA – NXT North American Championship
Fallon Henley & Kiana James (c) vs. Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn – NXT Women’s Tag Team Championship
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