WWE NXT star Tony D'Angelo warns title contenders he's on a 'path of destruction'

Tony D’Angelo finds himself backmost successful the NXT Championship representation arsenic helium heads into Stand & Deliver connected Saturday night, but helium faces an uphill situation successful winning the rubric for the archetypal time.

D’Angelo volition beryllium successful a fatal four-way lucifer against NXT champion Joe Hendry, Ricky Saints and Ethan Page. Nearly a twelvemonth ago, it was his stablemate Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo turning connected him astatine Stand & Deliver. The Family officially broke up successful July and D’Angelo would instrumentality to enactment successful December with a wholly caller look.

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Tony D'Angelo helps up Joe Hendry during NXT astatine the WWE Performance Center connected January 13, 2026 successful Orlando, Florida. (Mike Marques/WWE via Getty Images)

The Family was down him and helium acceptable his sights connected the NXT Championship.

"I learned that you can’t enactment each your religion and your spot successful others," helium told Fox News Digital successful a caller interview. "You got to spell with your gut. I did that with The Family. I did it with ‘Stacks’ and past you saw however that turned out. It tin beryllium your closest people. You ne'er know. You got to spot your gut. Go with what you deliberation is close and I deliberation that can’t truly pb you down the incorrect path."

D’Angelo made wide earlier this period helium was coming for Hendry and the championship. In his instrumentality to the ring, helium was capable to dispatch Cutler James and past Dion Lennox astatine Vengeance Day.

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Tony D'Angelo successful ringing during NXT's Vengeance Day connected March 7, 2026 successful Orlando, Florida.  (Matt Pendleton/WWE via Getty Images)

D’Angelo told Fox News Digital he’s laser-focused connected the championship.

"I’m nary alien to it. I went to warfare with Ilja Dragunov successful Stand & Deliver successful Philly. I came up a small spot abbreviated connected that one. But, look, I americium connected a way of demolition close now," helium said. "I don’t deliberation there’s thing that’s gonna halt maine from getting what I privation and it’s the NXT Championship.

"I mean, it feels good, but I’m not nervous. I don’t consciousness similar I’m successful heavy waters close now. I consciousness like, I really person the vantage successful this one."

D’Angelo is simply a one-time NXT North American champion, two-time NXT tag squad champion and won the Heritage Cup once.

Tony D'Angelo successful ringing during NXT astatine the 713 Music Hall connected March 17, 2026 successful Houston, Texas. (Meg Oliphant/WWE via Getty Images)

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Stand & Deliver volition instrumentality spot Saturday nighttime astatine The Factory successful St. Louis, Missouri. The lawsuit begins astatine 7 p.m. ET and tin beryllium seen connected YouTube.

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