Io Shirai Vs Raquel Gonzalez set to main event Night 1 of NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver

Archie Blade | 20/03/2021
Io Shirai Vs Raquel Gonzalez set to main event Night 1 of NXT TakeOver Stand and Deliver

Io Shirai Vs Raquel Gonzalez for the NXT Women’s Championship set to main event Night 1 of NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver.

For long it was rumored that the Wrestlemania card would involve NXT Talent this year. The reports were plausible considering that it was a two night affair like the year before. Instead however, the WWE announced that NXT would have it’s own two day event as well!

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NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver will take place on the same week as Wrestlemania 37. It will be the first of 34 TakeOver’s to take place over the span of two nights. The first of the two will air on April 7th as part of NXT’s weekly Wednesday night programming; the first TakeOver to air on television  and the second part will feature on pay-per-view, as well as the WWE Network.

Io Shirai Vs Raquel Gonzalez set to main event Night 1 of NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver

So far only three matches have been announced on the card but we already know which match will headline night 1.


Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez were awarded the first ever NXT Women’s Tag Team Championships. They lost the title on the very same night to Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart. An infuriated Gonzalez was later confronted by NXT Women’s Champion Io Shirai, who challenged her to a match.

The event will also see both NXT Cruiserwight Champions, Jordan Devlin and Santos Escobar in a title unification match. The likely main event will be Karrion Kross’ pursuit of the NXT Championship from Finn Balor, a title he never lost.

NXT TakeOver: Stand and Deliver Card so far:

Finn Bálor © vs. Karrion Kross (with Scarlett) – NXT Championship Match

Jordan Devlin © vs. Santos Escobar © – Undisputed NXT Cruiserweight Championship  Unification Match

Io Shirai © vs Raquel Gonzalez – NXT Women’s Championship Match

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Archie Blade

Archie is a WWE and UFC Editor/Author at the SportsRush. Like most combat sports enthusiasts, his passion for watching people fight began with WWE when he witnessed a young Brock Lesnar massacre Hulk Hogan back in 2002. This very passion soon branched out to boxing and mixed martial arts. Over the years he fell in love with the theatrics that preceded the bell and the poetic carnage that followed after. Each bruise a story to tell, each wound a song of struggle, his greatest desire is to be there to witness it all. His favorite wrestler is Shawn Michaels and he believes that GSP is the greatest to ever step foot inside the octagon. Apart from wrestling, he is also fond of poetry and music.

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