Johnny Gargano Makes NXT Return To Win #1 Contender Gauntlet Match

TLDR

Johnny Gargano returned to NXT on the March 24 episode and won a #1 contender gauntlet match to earn a shot at Myles Bourne's North American Championship at Stand & Deliver. The gauntlet match featured competitors including Shiloh Hill, Jackson Drake, Dion Lennox, and Charlie Dempsey, with Gargano ultimately winning after Birth Rite attacked Hill and threw him back in the ring. Gargano was accompanied by Candice LeRae, who brought him to NXT as part of an ongoing storyline from RAW following Tommaso Ciampa's departure to AEW.