Blake Monroe has shared her thoughts on the decision from WWE to move NXT Stand & Deliver away from WrestleMania weekend.
Over the past few years, more NXT PLEs have become standalone events rather than being attached to big WWE main roster PLE weekends like the NXT TakeOver events used to be.
WWE Changes Stand & Deliver Plans This Year
However, one that remained attached was Stand & Deliver, which for the past few years, has taken place on Saturday afternoon before WrestleMania.
That won’t be the case this year, with Stand & Deliver taking place on April 4 in St Louis two weeks before WWE heads to Las Vegas for WrestleMania on April 18 and 19.
NXT star Blake Monroe has shared her thoughts on this change in an interview with ReviewSTL, saying:
“I think for me, I always believe… we call NXT the ‘developmental,’ but I strongly believe we’re a third brand. We’re on The CW every Tuesday, we get a fantastic rating, we get a lot of social buzz.
“I feel like we were attached to WrestleMania because… it used to be called a TakeOver as you know, and it was kind of to help NXT because we had so many people from all over the world coming to town to see WrestleMania. WrestleMania is like the SuperBowl of WWE, it just takes over a city, so I think it was so beneficial for NXT to get that influx of people.
“But I now do believe that NXT has built itself to be such a strong brand, and I think we can show we can hopefully bring some people to St Louis, we can have this amazing show. I think the matches that we have so far – Joe Hendry, Jacy Jayne, myself, Tatum – I think we are going to have an amazing show, and I don’t think that we need help in doing that.
“I think this is a chance for us to prove ourselves as a third brand and show that we can run a huge event, run a huge show, have our own version of WrestleMania.
“And then we do have WWE World which happens in Vegas on WrestleMania week, so I’m sure you will see some of the NXT talents, and we still get to be a part of it, but I’m excited to show we can do our own thing.”
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Blake Monroe’s Status For WWE NXT Stand & Deliver 2026
While she doesn’t currently have a match confirmed for WWE NXT Stand & Deliver as of this writing, it looks inevitable that Blake Monroe will be added to the show.
Monroe has taken possession of Tatum Paxley’s NXT Women’s Championship, with Paxley recently tracking her down and vowing to get it back.
The pair look likely to have a championship match at Stand & Deliver.
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