In other prominent matches, Roxanne Perez defeated Jordynne Grace from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling to retain the NXT Women's Championship, Oba Femi defeated Wes Lee and Joe Coffey in a triple threat match to retain the NXT North American Championship, and in the opening bout, Kelani Jordan won a Ladder match to become the inaugural NXT Women's North American Championship.

[4] However, in May 2023, the company revived the event for its developmental brand, NXT, which aired via WWE's livestreaming platforms.

[6] However, on April 22, 2024, the company announced that in partnership with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), WWE's sister company under TKO Group Holdings, the event would instead be held at the UFC Apex in the Las Vegas suburb of Enterprise, Nevada on June 9, with the event also promoted as NXT Battleground: Las Vegas.

The top 12 from the combine in order were Sol Ruca, Chase University's Thea Hail, OTM's Jaida Parker, Brinley Reece, The O.C.

's Michin from SmackDown, Fallon Henley, The Meta-Four's Lash Legend, Diamond Mine's Ivy Nile from Raw, Izzi Dame, Kelani Jordan, Tatum Paxley, and Wren Sinclair.

[16] At Stand & Deliver on April 6, Oba Femi retained the NXT North American Championship in a triple threat match involving Josh Briggs and Dijak.

After the match, Wes Lee, who had been sidelined with a back injury since December 2023, made his return and stared down Femi.

[17] Later, NXT General Manager Ava announced that Joe would replace Ivar in the triple threat match.

Later that night, NXT General Manager Ava set up a triple threat match between Femi, Lee, and Joe for the title at Battleground.

(Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson) made a surprise return to NXT and attacked Axiom and Nathan Frazer.

Later that night, the unknown assailant was revealed to be the debuting Ethan Page, who attacked Williams and posed with the NXT Championship.