Well, well, well… Ricky Saints didn’t take long to trade AEW catering for WWE gold. Just one week into his NXT career, he’s already your North American Champion, having pried the title from Shawn Spears’ perfectly sculpted hands. But now comes the fun part—defending it.
And as of next week, that’s about to get very complicated.
NXT announced—both on last night’s episode and via the company’s favorite social media megaphone, X (formerly known as “that place where everyone fights over screenshots”)—that a fatal four-way match will determine who gets to punch Ricky Saints in the face at Stand & Deliver.
Your contenders:
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“All Ego” Ethan Page – still mad, still handsome, still probably holding grudges from AEW catering line disputes.
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Lexis King – Brian Pillman Jr. with extra smugness and double the hair product.
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Wes Lee – former NA Champ, parkour personified.
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Eddy Thorpe – vibes like a chill indie playlist but wrestles like a heat-seeking missile.
This high-stakes quad-threat will headline next week’s show, and let’s be honest—Ethan Page is looking like the odds-on favorite. Why? Well, after Saints won the title, Page stormed the ring, yanked the belt like it owed him money, and posed over Saints like a man auditioning for next-level petty. Saints tried to call him out on NXT, but instead got interrupted by Lee, King, and Thorpe—basically triggering a mid-ring group therapy session with punches.
Page eventually flattened Saints anyway, then turned around and brawled with his upcoming opponents, just to remind everyone: he’s got receipts and a belt-shaped vision board.
Oh, and that’s not all—next week’s episode will also host a tag team gauntlet match to determine challengers for Axiom and Nathan Frazer. The teams? A buffet of big guys, high-flyers, and two dudes literally named Hank and Tank. It’s basically NXT: The Video Game Custom Character Showcase.