With one of the biggest WWE Premium Live Events NXT Stand and Deliver 2023 on the horizon, the status of the reigning Women’s Champion is yet to be clarified for the show. Roxanne Perez is the concerned name who is covered with mystery ever since getting collapsed in the ring following her successful WWE NXT Women’s Title defense at Roadblock.
Due to potential unavailability at WWE NXT Stand and Deliver 2023, the head honcho of the brand, Shawn Michaels announced that there will be a ladder match at the upcoming event to crown a new champion. As part of filling up the ladder match fray, a series of qualifying matches were hosted. Overall, four names have qualified for the title match with one more to go.
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Meanwhile, this is what HBK had to offer regarding the situation,
“As of Friday Morning Roxanne Perez was discharged from the hospital. However, after numerous tests, Roxanne’s health is still in question. With Stand and Deliver in less than three weeks, I have the obligation to announce we possibly have to crown a New NXT Women’s Champion. Starting tonight there will be a series of qualifying matches with the winners advancing to Stand and Deliver to compete to become the NXT Women’s Champion in a Ladder Match.”
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PWInsider Elite has provided an update reporting that several sources have said that Roxanne Perez is actually scheduled to be on the NXT Stand and Deliver 2023 show at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California. Nothing is confirmed regarding the capacity of her appearance at the PLE and whether she will be involved in the title match or just present at the arena.
Perez herself took to social media on Tuesday to thank fans for their support but obviously, she did spell out the timespan of her return,
“The doctors are saying we’re no closer to finding out what happened to me at RoadBlock,” she wrote. “I’m very frustrated, but I promise I’ll be back, stronger than ever, but I just don’t know when!”
PWInsider.com has also reported that Zoey Stark, Gigi Dolin, Tiffany Stratton, Lyra Valkyria, and Indi Hartwell are set to square off in a Fatal-5-Way ladder match for the vacant WWE NXT Women’s Championship at NXT Stand and Deliver 2023. Spoilers from the source also informed that the NXT North American Champion Wes Lee will defend against newcomer Dragon Lee, Ilja Dragunov, JD McDonagh, and Axiom in a title match.
In the main event of WWE NXT Stand and Deliver 2023, Bron Breakker will compete against Carmelo Hayes with Breakker’s NXT Championship hanging in the balance. Fallon Henley and Kiana James will defend the NXT Women’s Tag Team Titles against Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn. In another big match, former NXT Champion Johnny Gargano will compete against Grayson Waller in an Unsanctioned Match capacity.
