2025-04-15 WWE NXT - REVIEW
2025 Malapert Smark Podcast Review System (Rev2):
🤯 - Mind Completely Blown!!! [+10]
🔥 - This Was Fire!! [+5]
❤️ - Loved It! [+3]
👍👍 - REALLY Liked It! [+2]
👍 - Liked It [+1]
½ - Kinda Liked It [+0.5]
👊 - Indifferent [0]
👎 - Didn’t Like it [-1]
👎👎 - Really Didn’t Like It [-2]
🤬- Hated It [-3]
🤮 - Made Me Sick [-5]
🙋♂️- Chris Jericho Bad [-10]
Or any combination of the like…
*Blog Note: This is not meant to be an in depth summary, but a “bare bones” description of which segments I am reviewing. I will assume you’ve seen this episode before reading my review, but if you’re looking for more detailed in-depth summaries, i would direct you to search for this episode by date on Google.com …
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🌪️OVERALL SHOW REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - ❤️
Robert TheFrozenAsian -
➡️OVERALL SHOW COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: I really enjoyed this show. i think it was one of the better overall shows in recent memory considering even raw and smackdown. shawn michaels is a bold booker. he’s got all the talent in the world here and he just puts it all together so well and smacks us in the face with it! i’m very impressed with how well this show came together. go-home for Stand and Deliver and it delivered.
The parking lot fight made this an iconic episode to me…
⭐️Robert:
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STORYLINES:
(1) Ethan Page gets Ricky Saints ejected from ringside, wins 4-Way and shot at Saints’ North American title…
Participants:
Details:
-4 Way Match: Wes Lee vs Lexis King vs Ethan Page vs Eddy Thorpe… Ricky Saints joins commentary…
Ethan Page pushes Eddy Thorpe into Ricky Saints which pisses off Ricky Saints. The ref ejects Ricky Saints for getting into Ethan Page’s face…
Winner: Ethan Page… who earns shot at Ricky Saints’ North American title at Stand and Deliver…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan:
⭐️Robert:
(2) All four participants in the NXT title 4-Way feature in high quality video packages and cut deep promos…
Participants:
Details:
-Video Package has Jordynne Grace cutting a promo on her transformation over old pictures and footage from TNA….
-Video Package has Giulia cutting promo on how she felt watching Stephanie Vaquer thriving while she’s been out, was well as her other opponents, whom she calls obstacles getting to Stephanie…
-Video Package has Jaida Parker cutting a promo on her life and the upcoming match…
-Video Package has Stephanie Vaquer cutting a promo on her life and her upcoming title defense…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Lots of cool TNA footage here… Much like on Raw with the 3 women in the world title match, good video packages here for these 4. all of them. well made. solid.
⭐️Robert:
(3) Lola Vice and a returning Thea Hail qualify for vacant North American title ladder match at Stand and Deliver… Tatum Paxley & Karmen Petrovic miss out…
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
Stevie Turner, Ava
👉Supblots:
(A) Zaruca not on the same page?…
(B) Kelani Jordan quest to regain North American title…
Details:
-Match: Tatum Paxley w/ Gigi Dolan vs Lola Vice… Gigi Dolan taunts Lola Vice from the outside but doesn’t get involved…
Winner: Lola Vice… who qualifies for North American title ladder match at Stand and Deliver…
-Backstage, Ava is talking w/ Stevie Turner & Robert Stone. She has found a participant for the last qualifier…
-Match: Karmen Petrovic w/ Ashonte Thee Adonis vs Thea Hail…
Winner: Thea Hail… who qualifies for vacant North American title ladder match…
-Post Match, all the ladder match contestants stare off from different spots around the arena.
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - +1/2
Robert TheFrozenAsian - +1/2
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: I guess Lola Vice deserves to go over based on how strongly she’s been booked. not that Tatum is bad at all! Gigi and Tatum and very entertaining to watch, but i wasn’t too into the match other then the involvement on the outside. same with Thea Hail and Karmen Petrovic. nice to see Thea Hail back but the match was interesting only for the booking, and Karmen Petrovic misses out on the ladder match. too bad. maybe they can figure something for her to do storyline wise w/ Ashonte Thee Adonis at Stand and Deliver… Gigi Dolan & Tatum Paxley recovered extremely well from this loss, immediately getting wwe tag title #1 contender’s match. they not gonna win. but they’ll be an attraction on that show.
(A) i’m guessing these two will go at it at least with some friendly competition at some point during this match, but still remain friends…
(B) might be my pick to win it …
⭐️Robert:
(4) Women without Stand and Deliver deliver matches given WWE tag title #1 contender’s match, except Roxanne Perez who has trouble finding a partner for the match…
Participants:
Subplot:
(A) Roxanne & Cora Jade saga...
TMS: 👍👍
Details:
Enter Roxanne Perez who is pissed. She knew it would be a tag team thing… Ava tells her if she can find a tag partner she’s in the match…
-Backstage, Roxanne Perez complains about her situation to Ava and wants to enter the tag match by herself…
Enter Cora Jade, who suggests she would take an apology…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍 + 1/2
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Funny how Gigi Dolan & Tatum Paxley stumbled into this scene after their loss (See storyline #3…). nice little touch…. btw, looks like Jazmyn Nyx is actually the odd one out, but she’ll support her team mates with a good attitude, i guess. if she’s fine with it 🤷♂️…
(A) I knew it was gonna be Cora! Cora and Roxanne should feud with Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez! that would be dope!… but i like more than i would have before now. anything Cora and Roxanne and i’m there…
⭐️Robert:
(5) NXT tag title #1 contender’s gauntlet match… Hank & Tank run the gauntlet!! NQCC, Culling, Wes Lee’s crew AND Briggs & Inamura all beaten! …
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
Ava, Stevie Turner, Robert Stone
Match #1: Hank & Tank vs Tyson Dupont & Tyreke Igwe w/ Wes Lee…
Winners: Hank & Tank…
Match #2: Hank & Tank vs Culling (Niko Vance, Brooks Jensen)…
Winners: Hank & Tank…
Match #3: Hank & Tank vs No Quarter Catch Crew (Miles Borne, Tavion Heights)…
Winners: Hank & Tank…
Match #4: Hank & Tank vs Josh Briggs & Yoshiki Inamura…
Winners: Hank & Tank… who earn NXT tag title match at Stand and Deliver…
-Post Match, Briggs and Inamura are extremely disappointed...
-Backstage, Robert Stone praises the gauntlet match speaking w/ Ava & Stevie Turner backstage…
-Backstage, Hank & Tank are interviewed…
Enter Fraxiom… Axiom is very respectful while Nathan Frazier is not…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - + 1/2
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: the idea for the booking here is awesome. another, shawn michaels, you son of a b*tch moment. i popped for the booking. nonstop solid match after solid match … but as for the who actually ended up winning? …. uhhhh. ok. i like Hank & Tank but idk if i don’t know if I would have buried all these teams for them. maybe NQCC and Wes Lee‘s crew but not Culling or Briggs & Inamura. they could have ordered this differently. plus they just did an angle where someone ran the gauntlet on Smackdown…
⭐️Robert:
(6) Underboss Stacks goes above Tony D’Angelo’s head in attempt to take down Dark State in the parking lot… the Family back him up and WILD parking lot brawl ensues… Dark State best Stacks & Luca Crusifino when Tony D’Angelo shows up with the police… Tony D’Angelo scolds Stacks and reveals original plan…
Participants:
Details:
-A tweet from Stacks is shown during gauntlet match… they are headed to the arena…
-The arrivals of the two factions are teased all night when others would arrive…
-The Family (Stacks, Luca Crusifino, Adriana Rizzo) arrive in the parking lot with backup. Stacks tells the others that Tony D’Angelo isn’t coming and that he made this call. Although stunned, they stand with Stacks and the fight goes down…
Enter Dark State (Saquon Shugars, Osiris Griffin, Cutler James, Dion Lennox)… wild fight ensues….
i mean WILD…
Enter Tony D’Angelo to run off Dark State as the cops arrive….
Tony D’Angelo berates Stacks and reveals the plan all along was to do it at Stand and Deliver… although he is stern with Stacks, they hug it out…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 🔥
Robert TheFrozenAsian - ❤️
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Ok. this was freakin awesome!!! if it weren’t for the plot holes i would given this more points! i’ll point out that, how could Tony D’Angelo not this was gonna go down? he don’t watch the show?! 😄 anyways. other than that, i freakin adored this. this is a wrestling history highlight reel moment!! from the moment that Stacks let it be known that Tony D’Angelo wasn’t coming and it was his call. and the looks on Luca Crusifino’s & Adriana Rizzo’s faces when they found out. to the moment Luca Crusifino backed him up. and then the fight itself looked so good. this was the Bron Strowman / Bronson Reed moment of 2025.
⭐️Robert:
(7) EVOLVE BUSINESS… Kali Armstrong in main event on Wednesday, gets high praise from Ava…
Participants:
Peripheral Participants:
Robert Stone
Details:
-Backstage, Stevie Turner informs Kali Armstrong of her match tomorrow on EVOLVE… Ava makes positive comment about Kali Armstrong…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👊
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: 👍 only because i actually i watch EVOLVE! 😄 other than that, i really don’t know why this had to be here. kinda seemed out of place. maybe they could have figured another way to promote that match for tomorrow.
⭐️Robert:
(8) Despite Kale Dixon & Uriah Connors belief in him, Andre Chase is apprehensive to take on new mentors, but returning Chase U alumni Thea Hail gives her blessing…
Participants:
👉Subplots:
(A) Thea Hail returns, to be on her own...
Details:
-Backstage Segment w/ Andre Chase, Kale Dixon & Uriah Connors…
Enter Thea Hail…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan:
⭐️Robert:
(9) Final Face Off before Stand and Deliver sees Je’Von Evans stand tall over Oba Femi & Trick Williams heading into NXT title match…
Participants:
Details:
-Throughout the night, as we waited the arrivals of the street fight participants, we instead got Trick Williams and Oba Femi arriving…
-Show ending segment has Trick Williams cutting in ring promo…
Enter Oba Femi who cuts promo. Trick Williams responds…
Enter Je’Von Evans cutting a promo… the discussion leads to a fight ending w/ Je’Von Evans standing over Oba Femi & Trick Williams to end the show…
🌪️REVIEWS🌪️
Kayhan TheMalapertSmark - 👍
Robert TheFrozenAsian - 👍
➡️COMMENTS⬅️
⭐️Kayhan: Maybe a little too much long winded talking, but i guess it’s fine since they all seemed willing to listen to each other. this isn’t like a hate feud, but a healthy competitive feud… my favorite part of this is when they started actually fighting. that looked awesome. these 3 are gonna have a great match , i’m sure…
⭐️Robert:
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