Tatum Paxley will defend her Women’s North American Championship against former champion Blake Monroe this weekend at “WWE NXT” Stand & Deliver.
Monroe appeared within the ring with the title belt she had stolen from Paxley, drawing the rightful champion out to confront her and make the challenge for Saturday’s event in St. Louis.
Monroe accepted the challenge before Paxley demanded her title back, to which Monroe declined. That began a tussle for the belt won out by Paxley sending Monroe out of the ring. But “The Glamour” managed to get her hands on the belt as she retreated.
Paxley won the title from Izzi Dame at Vengeance Day in the beginning of March, retaining it over Dame in a Steel Cage match on the March 17 episode of “NXT” to proceed her title reign, and thus drawing the pursuit of former champion Monroe.
Monroe lost the North American title to Thea Hail in December in a finish that hadn’t been planned, spurring a feud between her and Hail that eventually passed onto Jaida Parker as Hail dropped the title to Dame; Monroe beat Parker in a Street Fight at Vengeance Day to clear her path back to the brand new champion, stealing the title from Paxley after attacking her following her cage match defense.