WWE NXT Results, Live Recap, and grades: RICKY SAINTS WINS the North American Championship on the same night STEPHANIE VAQUER relinquishes the Women's North American title!

Will Page make it three former AEW stars in a row to win the North American Title??

FULL RESULTS FOR WWE NXT FOR APRIL 1, 2025.
ZARIA defeats Lash Legend by pin.
NO QUARTER CATCH CREW (MYLES BORNE/TAVION HEIGHTS) defeat Hank Walker and Tank Ledger by pin.
KELANI JORDAN defeats Roxanne Perez by pin.
RICKY SAINTS defeats Shawn Spears by pin.

GRADE FOR WWE NXT FOR APRIL 1, 2025: B+.

The best matches were Perez/Jordan and the main event. Jordan and Perez both have an extremely well-rounded move set and are the top tier in the division. The title change was a bit unexpected, but Saints can certainly hold his own and represent the title. The tag match was fine and the progression for Stand & Deliver was good. One drawback was the need to show the boys from Evolve. There are enough other stars who don't get TV time, so there wasn't a need to showcase them.

Saints celebrates in the ring after his win but is blasted from behind by All Ego Ethan Page. He hits a cutter before standing tall with the belt over Saints.

Spears yells, "You made me do this," before he picks Saints up for a C4. Saints blocks it and hits his own C4, but then members of the Culling get on the apron. Saints takes them out and hits a spear in the ring. He hits Rochambeau to win the North American Title in only his third match in NXT.
Result - Ricky Saints defeats Shawn Spears by pin.

GRADE: B+.
It was a different type of match than usual, as most modern matches use too many high-flying moves and spots. This was more of a grounded, hard-fought battle from both men using traditional wrestling. The title switch was a bit of a shock since Spears just won it.

The rivals trade loud chops before Saints hits a flurry of kicks and a splash in the corner. He goes for a Tornado DDT, but Spears counters out. He hits a Spinebuster instead, but Spears rolls out of the ring. Ricky hits the Tornado DDT on the outside. Niko Vance distracts the ref on one side while Izzi Dame gives Spears the title belt on the other. He decks Saints with it, but Ricky kicks out at two.

Spears is in charge after the commercial break. The men battle atop the turnbuckle. Saints lands a Jackhammer off the top.

Saints struts atop the ringside barricade with Spears' arm in tow. He blasts it before strutting and posing again atop the barricade.

Spears rolls out of the ring after the bell rings. Saints doesn't wait and hits a Suicide Dive in front of the announce table. He lands several chops on the outside. Booker and Vic argue that Saints hasn't done enough to earn a shot. Booker thinks Ethan Page did it the right way because Vic says Saints will break Page's record for the fastest title win after debuting.

It's main event time as Rick Saints challenges Shawn Spears for the North American Championship.

Two former Champions battled for a spot at Stand & Deliver!

Sol Ruca, Zaria, and Kelani Jordan argue over the Women's North American title. Sol Ruca and Zaria talk backstage and Zaria mentions the title. Kelani crashes the conversation and says she's going to win it, but Sol says either Zaria OR her will win it because she has a qualifier next week. She calls the team "ZaRuca" but Jordan says she doesn't have time for this (despite walking up to them).

Backstage, Ava, Stevie Turner, and Mr. Stone all argue about Evolve, Stand & Deliver, and Darkstate. Ava says they can compete in a six-man match next week against Trick Williams, Oba Femi, and Je'Von Evans next week. We then see Ricky Starks talking ahead of his title match. He says he's done talking about the past because he's ready for the future.

Perez slaps Jordan, but it just fires her up. She misses Pop Rox, but Jordan grabs the ropes. She kicks Perez in the knee and hits a short DDT before landing her split-legged moonsault for the upset win.
Result - Kelani Jordan defeats Roxanne Perez by pin.

GRADE A-.
Great action from two of NXT's best in-ring workers. Jordan proves she's ready to move up. Both had a spotlight.

Jordan gets a pin after controlling the action during the commercials. She goes for a move off her shoulders, but Perez counters it. The Prodigy goes for a kick, but Jordan catches it. She lands a spinning kick of her own but whiffs on the split-legged moonsault. Perez hits a handspring into a knee/legdrop on Jordan's head for a very close call.

Roxy hits a suplex for a two-count before the show heads to a mid-match commercial break.

Perez controls the action by working on Jordan's arm. Again, the crowd cannot pick a side of who to root for. Kelani fights back briefly by slamming Perez into the middle buckle. Jordan then gets slammed into a buckle arm first.

Roxanne has control back from the commercials. Jordan quickly turns the tides with a dropkick and legdrop for a near fall. Perez takes advantage of a brief distraction to work on Jordan's arm.

Up next is another qualifier between Roxanne Perez and Kelani Jordan.

Two teenagers who got lost show up backstage to confront FrAxiom. They're actually two guys from Evolve who probably can't legally drink. They want a title match and then say a lot of dumb bro stuff, including calling Roxanne Perez "a Smokeshow" because they are always chasing girls.

We see Mr. Chase with the trainer. He says Chase has cracked ribs but isn't medically cleared. The trainer asks if he has anyone to take him home, and he says no. Uriah Connors and Kale Dixon come back him up. We then see Jordynne Grace and Jaida Parker continuing their backstage brawl. FrAxiom, mostly Nathan Frazer, mocks Hank and Tank for not being able to win after some changes. Axiom says he wishes that he and Frazer had a friendship like Hank and Tank.

After Femi sends Trick over the top rope, Darkstate comes out and rushes Femi from the stands. Evans tries to fight back, but they beat on Femi and Evans. Trick gets in the ring next, and they eat him like a piece of meat.

Je'Von adds that Trick is a hypocrite for acting this way, but then Oba Femi comes out to hopefully swat both down. Oba says all he sees when looking at Evans is a small boy with big dreams. Trick laughs and tells Evans to leave, but Femi stops Evans from rushing Trick. Ava then comes out to Teddy Long things into the Triple Threat we knew we were getting, putting Evans in a match with Femi and Evans. Trick is mad so he cheap shots Evans after the announcement.

Evans says he didn't need to bust out of anyone's shadow to become the Golden Child, like Trick did with Carmelo Hayes. Trick essentially disregards everything Evans says because Evans doesn't know how to hold the title or be a Champ, which is partially true. Je'Von says he's not Trick Williams any more - he's Carmelo Hayes. Everything Trick is telling Je'Von right now is what Melo told Trick last year.

He adds that all that success comes with the cost of people in the back hating him. That's not why they started to dislike you - it's because you treated people like Evans like crap for your own selfish needs. Evans comes out to say he finally understands him now. He says at this point last year, Trick was Evans. He became NXT's Golden Child but lost his marbles when he lost the title.

Up next is Trick Williams, who comes out to whine about not having the NXT Title. Trick says he's still the man in NXT even if Oba has the title because "he fought for this," as if no one else has endured the grind.

Tank comes in off the hot tag. He tosses Heights and hits Borne with a clothesline. He adds a shoulder block but doesn't go right for the pin. Tank hits a Spinebuster variant for a near fall. Hank and Tank go for Spilt Milk, but Borne hits a dropkick to send Hank from the ring. NQCC hits a tandem move to pick up the win.
Result - No Quarter Catch Crew defeats Hank Walker and Tank Ledger.

GRADE: B.
Decent flow between each team with some good spots. Bothe teams keep winning and losing matches when they appear so it's hard to invest.

Hank and Tank control the early stages with smashmouth offense. They pancake Tavion in the middle of the ring, but he kicks out at two. Myles hits a blind tag, sending Hank over the top after a Lariat. Heights hits his own clothesline for a two count.

Pretty Deadly is recruiting for their musical!!!

Shawn Spears and the Culling have a lovefest ahead of the main event. NQCC comes out dressed like Chase University rejects.

Who will join Zaria at Stand & Deliver???

Hank and Tank get a pep talk - and gear - from Pretty Deadly. They wear the half shirts but tear them off after No Quarter Catch Crew insults them.

Stacks goes last, revealing Saquon Shugars, who "turned down a scholarship" to Harvard but "people follow him" because he's a sweet talker. He says they aren't jokes and that they need to go after them. The Don tells him to slow down and trust him.

Grade for segment: B-.
It felt like a scouting session with a few notes that anyone with a search engine would be able to find. The tease of tension between The Don and Stacks is good, though.

Luca gives the Don "files" on them, but the one on Dion Lennox isn't anything we don't already know. This basically seems like a scouting report on people at the NFL Combine.

To no one's shock, Kelani Jordan says she should be in the ladder match to make history as winning the title twice. Roxanne Perez walks in and says the same thing. We then go to an "intel summit" of the D'Angelo Family on Darkstate. They must hate pasta!!

Josh Briggs and Wes Lee have an argument backstage. Inamura says Lee used to have honor but doesn't have any.

Legend goes for her finsher, but Zaria counters out. Lash goes for a big boo,t but Zaria ducks. She hits a spear and an F5 for the win.
Result - Zaria defeats Lash Legend by pin.

GRADE: B+.
A meat match for the women's division. Both have been in the tag division lately, so it could have gone either way. Good counters and showing that there's always a bigger dog in your yard or one that can possibly match you.

The women trade strikes until Zaria briefly gets the upper hand. Lash pulls her down to the mat. She goes for a suplex, but both counter the attempt with Zaria landing the move. Zaria goes for a crossbody, but Lash catches her and hits a backbreaker. She goes for a power bomb, but Zaria counters with a Hurricanrana and a big boot. Zaria hits a German Suplex, but Lash leapfrogs when Zaria rushes her. Lash hits a chokeslam for two.

Lash is in control off the commercial break. She puts Zaria in a Torture Rack submission. They both go for a clothesline at the same time.

Zaria gets two off a Sunset Flip. She almost gets the win with another rol-up attempt but Lash kicks out. Legend hits a big boot that sends Zaria out of the ring.

Weird since these two should probably be in the match. The two have a test of strength. Both women land chops that would make Gunther happy. Vic mentions that this is the first singles match for Lash since October.

The first qualifier pits Zaria against Lash Legend.

Jordynne Grace is trying to qualify for human tossing in the next Olympics.

We then see a social media post from Trick Williams, insulting Je'Von Evans before calling Oba to meet in the ring tonight.

Grace says they can finally square off one-on-one but Jaida Parker comes out. She says she would have won the title last week had Grace not retaliated against Parker for attacking her first. She also says Vaquer knows that she would have lost last week, Does she, though??? They keep talking trash to each other until the Champ says they can sor tit out. Grace and Parker brawl briefly until security tries to break things up. Grace tosses one guy near half across the entrance area.

NXT has given her opportunities, and she wants to keep those opportunities open for everyone else in the division. Vaquer says she'll relinquish the title as long as she can pick her opponent for Stand & Deliver. Cue Jordynne Grace.

Ava says the division is too deep not to have two titles and two champions. She says she and Vaquer made the decision together and that Vaquer will relinquish the Women's North American Title, and qualifying matches for a six-woman ladder match will start tonight.