Sol Ruca Wins NXT Women’s North American Title in Chaotic Ladder Match at Stand & Deliver

WWE’s NXT brand presented Stand & Deliver at the T-Mobile Arena on April 19. The event aired on Saturday afternoon ahead of WrestleMania 41 and included several high-stakes matches for fans.

Stephanie Vaquer previously held the NXT Women’s North American Championship. After she defeated Giulia for the NXT Women’s Championship, she was required to vacate the North American title. This led to a series of qualifying matches to determine who would compete for the vacant championship at Stand & Deliver.

The result was a Ladder Match featuring six competitors as Zaria, Kelani Jordan, Sol Ruca, Izzi Dame, Lola Vice, and Thea Hail threw down at Stand & Deliver. Each woman earned her spot in the match, and they all had a chance to climb the ladder and become the next NXT Women’s North American Champion.

This match went on third, right after Hank & Tank won the NXT Tag Team Titles. Each woman got their whole entrance, and they all paid extra attention to the championship title hanging above the ring. Sol Ruca and Zaria received their own entrance, but the big question is how long this partnership will last in the match.

It didn’t take long for this match to get violent, as ladders were used and each woman tried hard to get to the title. Thea Hale almost got to it, but Lola Vice stopped her. Then Kelani Jordan jumped in to get in Vice’s way, and then Jordan hit a splits off the ladder, which gave Thea Hail a chance to powerbomb her off the ladder.

There were bodies all over the place, as well as ladders. They hit one move after another, as nobody wanted to let the others gain an advantage. Fans were really into this match, but a majority of them cheered on Thea Hail, with Lola Vice also getting a great reaction from fans.

Thea Hail climbed up, and was almost there, but Izzi Dame pulled the ladder away from the belt. So, Hail locked on a kimura on top of the ladder, so Dame fell. The Culling came out to check on Izzi, and Thea found herself too far away from the belt, so Zaria spilled her over the top rope onto the Culling.

The match kept going and they ended up bridging a ladder from a ladder to the second rope. Some of the women fought on the ladder and then Zaria climbed up with Lola Vice on her back with a choke hold on. Then Zaria climbed back down and fell back against the ladder. This gave Kelani Jordan a chance to nail a splash onto Lola on the ladder bridge.

Soon, Sol Ruca and Jordan climbed up to the top of the ladder. Zaria fought Jordan and then pulled her down to press slam her to the outside where the Culling caught her. Now Ruca and Zaria were on the ladder and the tag team partners both reached for the title before having a stare-down. The two started exchanding forearms and then Sol kicked her down. Then Ruca flipped up the ladder, but Izzi stopped her from getting the title. Ruca nailed a Soul Snatcher on her, followed by a second one, and then she became the NXT Women’s North American Champion.

Sol Ruca celebrated in Las Vegas as fans cheered her on and Zaria looked up at her partner, the new Women’s North American Champion. The next phase could be a very interesting one.

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