{"id":132940,"date":"2025-03-30T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=132940"},"modified":"2025-03-30T07:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T11:00:12","slug":"wwe-nxt-preview-4-1-25-ricky-saints-challenges-for-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/03\/30\/wwe-nxt-preview-4-1-25-ricky-saints-challenges-for-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE NXT Preview (4\/1\/25) &#8211; Ricky Saints Challenges For Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s episode of WWE NXT continues the road to Stand &amp; Deliver during the WrestleMania 41 weekend. Thus far, only one match has been confirmed, but it is a major one. Regardless, history shows that a lack of confirmed matches does not mean a shortage of chaos in NXT.<\/p>\n<p>Here is all you need to know ahead of the April 1 NXT.<\/p>\n<h2>WWE NXT Card:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>NXT North American Championship Match: Shawn Spears (c) vs. Ricky Saints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ricky Saints Challenges For NXT Gold<\/h2>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-55\">\n<p>Ricky Saints is set to challenge for his NXT championship on the April 1 edition of NXT. He will be challenging Shawn Spears for the NXT North American Championship. Spears is less than 30 days into his first reign as the titleholder, and he is already facing his biggest threat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Saints made it clear from day one that he is in NXT to make a statement. What bigger statement could he make than to be successful in his first challenge for a WWE title? Spears does have The Culling, but will they be able to trump the ambitions of Saints?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shawn Spears crashes Ricky Saints\u2019 exclusive sit-down interview: NXT highlights, March 25, 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HoWor64XIFw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a> for more on WWE NXT and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Network<\/a>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The CW<\/a>\u00a0(NXT),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tubi<\/a>\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A&amp;E<\/a>\u00a0(WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a>\u00a0(WWE Main Event as well as archives and premium live event streaming). 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