Beginnings and addition of Legado del Fantasma (2022–2023) On the April 26 episode of
NXT,
Tony D'Angelo introduced
Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and
Troy "Two Dimes" Donovan as his henchmen who attacked
Santos Escobar the previous week, forming a stable called The D'Angelo Family. At
NXT In Your House on June 4, The D'Angelo Family defeated
Legado del Fantasma (Escobar,
Cruz Del Toro and
Joaquin Wilde). As per the stipulation, Legado del Fantasma had to join The D'Angelo Family. On June 11, Two Dimes was released by WWE. On the June 21 episode of
NXT, D'Angelo challenged Carmelo Hayes for the NXT North American Championship, but lost after interference from Escobar. D'Angelo and Stacks faced
The Creed Brothers (Brutus Creed and Julius Creed) for the
NXT Tag Team Championship on the August 2 episode of
NXT but again lost due to Escobar's interference. On the August 16 episode of
NXT: Heatwave, D'Angelo defeated Escobar in a Street Fight and, as per the stipulation, Legado del Fantasma had to remain linked to The D'Angelo Family while Escobar had to (
kayfabe) leave NXT. D'Angelo faced
Wes Lee for the NXT North American Championship on the December 27 episode of
NXT but lost after interference from
Dijak. The following week on
NXT, D'Angelo turned
face by challenging Dijak to a match at
NXT: New Year's Evil on January 10, 2023, which he lost. He then defeated Dijak on the March 7 episode of
NXT: Roadblock in a
Jailhouse Street Fight. At
NXT Stand & Deliver on April 1, D'Angelo and Stacks failed to win the NXT Tag Team Championship in a triple threat match. The D'Angelo Family entered a brief feud with
Pretty Deadly, defeating them on April 25 at
Spring Breakin' in a trunk match.
Championship success (2023–2025) On July 30, at
NXT: The Great American Bash, D'Angelo and Stacks defeated
Gallus to win the NXT Tag Team Championship, the first championship in his wrestling career. They defeated The Dyad (
Rip Fowler and
Jagger Reid) in their first title defense on the August 15 episode of
NXT. At
NXT No Mercy on September 30, D'Angelo and Stacks retained the titles against Out the Mud (Lucien Price and
Bronco Nima), The Creed Brothers, and
Angel Garza and
Humberto Carrillo in a fatal four-way tag team match. On the October 24 episode of
NXT: Halloween Havoc, D'Angelo and Stacks lost the titles to
Chase University (
Andre Chase and
Duke Hudson), ending their first reign at 86 days, but they would later regain the titles from Chase and Hudson on the November 14 episode of
NXT. During this time,
Adriana Rizzo became a part of the D'Angelo Family, feuding with Price, Nima and
Jaida Parker of OTM, leading to a six-person mixed tag team match at
NXT Vengeance Day on February 4, which the D'Angelo Family won. On the February 13, 2024 episode of
NXT, D'Angelo and Stacks lost the titles to
Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic winners
Bron Breakker and
Baron Corbin, ending their second reign at 91 days. at
NXT 2300. On the February 27 episode of
NXT, D'Angelo interrupted the contract signing between Carmelo Hayes and
NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov, willing to earn a title shot at the NXT Championship. NXT General Manager
Ava set a match between Hayes and D'Angelo at
NXT: Roadblock to determine who would face Dragunov for the NXT Championship at
NXT Stand & Deliver. At
NXT: Roadblock on March 5, D'Angelo introduced
Luca Crusifino as the "
consigliere" of The D'Angelo Family and used
Trick Williams' entrance music to distract and defeat Hayes. At NXT Stand & Deliver on April 6, D'Angelo failed to win the title from Dragunov. On the April 16 episode of
NXT, D'Angelo revealed that his Family were hired by
No Quarter Catch Crew (
Charlie Dempsey,
Damon Kemp, and
Myles Borne) to (
kayfabe) eliminate their leader
Drew Gulak. D'Angelo demanded payment for the job but NQCC refused, causing a brawl between the two factions and resulting in a
six-man tag team match between the two factions at ''
Spring Breakin''' on April 23, which was won by The D'Angelo Family. On the May 7 episode of
NXT, Dempsey and Borne faced
Tyson Dupont and Tyriek Igwe. Before the match started, the referee was declared "unavailable" and Stacks was announced as the
special guest referee, costing Dempsey and Borne the match through a fast count. After the match, an irate Dempsey gave D'Angelo a title shot at the NXT Heritage Cup as payment due to the D'Angelo Family and invoked the Catch Clause, which was then nullified when D'Angelo and his Family kidnapped Kemp and Borne later that night. On the following episode of
NXT, D'Angelo defeated Dempsey 2–1 in
British Rounds Rules to win the Cup, his first singles championship in WWE. He lost the Cup back to Dempsey on the August 13 episode of
NXT after outside interference from NQCC's new stablemate
Wren Sinclair, ending his reign at 90 days. At
NXT No Mercy on September 1, D'Angelo failed to win the
NXT North American Championship from
Oba Femi. However, the following month, D'Angelo defeated Femi in a rematch on the October 8 episode of
NXT to win the title, ending Femi's record-setting title reign at 273 days and becoming the first wrestler to win the NXT Tag Team, Heritage Cup and North American Championships. At
Halloween Havoc on October 27, D'Angelo defeated Femi in a
Tables, Ladders and Scares match to retain the title. At
NXT 2300 on November 6, he successfully defended the title against
Nunzio. On the December 10 episode of
NXT, he defeated
Ethan Page to retain the title. In early 2025, The D'Angelo Family started a feud with
Shawn Spears and his stable over
Izzi Dame. On the March 4 episode of
NXT, D'Angelo lost the title to Spears, ending his reign at 147 days.
Dissolution (2025) At
NXT Stand & Deliver on April 19, 2025, during the six-man tag team match between The D'Angelo Family against
DarkState (
Dion Lennox,
Saquon Shugars and Osiris Griffin), Lorenzo turned on D'Angelo after months of D'Angelo distrusting Lorenzo. This led to a match at
Battleground, where D’Angelo lost to Lorenzo due to a distraction from Luca Crusifino. A week later, Crusifino attacked D'Angelo and Lorenzo during a face off and announced that he was leaving The D'Angelo Family. On the July 15 episode of
NXT, D'Angelo defeated Lorenzo and Crusifino in a triple threat match and effectively disbanded The D'Angelo Family stable. == Members ==