{"id":132944,"date":"2025-04-28T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=132944"},"modified":"2025-04-28T03:40:34","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T07:40:34","slug":"wwe-nxt-preview-4-29-25-ricky-saints-defends-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/04\/28\/wwe-nxt-preview-4-29-25-ricky-saints-defends-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE NXT Preview (4\/29\/25) &#8211; Ricky Saints Defends Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s episode of WWE NXT follows up on the action-packed Stand &amp; Deliver fallout. The show has two title matches scheduled, as well as a highly anticipated face-to-face confrontation.<\/p>\n<p>The show emanates from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. Here is all you need to know ahead of the April 29 NXT.<\/p>\n<h2>WWE NXT Full Card:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>NXT North American Championship Match: Ricky Saints (c) vs. Lexis King<\/li>\n<li>NXT Tag Team Championship Match: Hank &amp; Tank (Hank Walker &amp; Tank Ledger) (c) vs. Josh Briggs &amp; Yoshiki Inamura<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;The Don&#8217; Tony D&#8217;Angelo and Channing &#8216;Stacks&#8217; Lorenzo face-to-face confrontation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ricky Saints Defends NXT North American Championship<\/h2>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-55\">Ricky Saints is now over 25 days into his reign as the NXT North American Champion, and he is set to defend the gold. He does so against former NXT Heritage Cup Champion, Lexis King. This bout was initially supposed to see both championships be defended, but King lost his to the returning Noam Dar on the April 22 NXT.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Saints still has the looming threat of Ethan Page but, for now, he will have to switch his attention to King. This match could set the tone for that specific championship.<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/starkmanjones?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@starkmanjones<\/a> puts his North American Championship on the line against <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LexisKingWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LexisKingWWE<\/a> NEXT WEEK on <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWENXT<\/a>! <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa 8ET\/7CT on <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheCW<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8O4WAiiOKj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/8O4WAiiOKj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE NXT (@WWENXT) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT\/status\/1915843304954204556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Tony D&#8217;Angelo and Channing &#8216;Stacks&#8217; Lorenzo Confrontation<\/h2>\n<p>The D&#8217;Angelo Family imploded at Stand &amp; Deliver, as Channing &#8216;Stacks&#8217; Lorenzo attacked Tony D&#8217;Angelo. This came after weeks of teased tension between the two. Just when we thought things were okay, they turned around quite quickly.<\/p>\n<p>On the April 22 edition of NXT, D&#8217;Angelo and Lorenzo managed to stay out of each other&#8217;s way. This week, they will finally have a face-to-face confrontation. They might or might not have security, but this will surely be tense.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FACE-TO-FACE. <\/p>\n<p>For the first time since the SHOCKING betrayal at <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandAndDeliver?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#StandAndDeliver<\/a>, <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyDangeloWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TonyDangeloWWE<\/a> and <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Stacks_WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@Stacks_WWE<\/a> will meet each other in the middle of the ring with EVERYTHING to say THIS TUESDAY on <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWENXT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWENXT<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa 8ET\/7CT on <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheCW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TheCW<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WRsRKETVdn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/WRsRKETVdn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE NXT (@WWENXT) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT\/status\/1916552973389541844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/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). Follow WWE on social media to relive top moments and matches on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>, and catch fast-paced action on X (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/events\/1773457579022155776?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Speed<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week\u2019s episode of WWE NXT follows up on the action-packed Stand &amp; Deliver fallout. The show has two title matches scheduled, as well as a highly anticipated face-to-face confrontation. The show emanates from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. Here is all you need to know ahead of the April 29 NXT. 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