Generation NXT - NXT recap for January 8, 2015

Sami Zayn shows up. He carries the title around in the crowd before he starts speaking. He says that the NXT title isn't just proof he's the best, but that he did it his way. He also says the title isn't his. It belong to all of his fans, whom he dubs "Zayniacs," and says that they all make the music they want to hear. As for Kevin Owens, Owens may have hurt him but he didn't end him, and he plans to defend the NXT title anytime, anywhere. Suddenly, Adrian Neville shows up and congratulates him like he wanted to do weeks ago. Zayn knows that Neville will get his NXT title rematch, but before he can talk about it, William Regal shows up and congratulates them both on a spectacular match at NXT TakeOver: REvolution. He then makes the championship rematch between the two official next week.

The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch) plan to take the NXT Tag Team Championships from The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) tonight.

Hideo Itami beats Curtis Axel.

Byron Saxton interviews Natalya and Tyson Kidd. Not only does it become apparent that Tyson really, really loves his cats, but it also becomes apparent that Kidd plans to replace Finn Balor as the face of NXT when he beats him next week...and plans to replace Sarah McLachlan as the face of ASPCA.

Bull Dempsey and Baron Corbin finally square off next week.

Sasha Banks beats Alexa Bliss with the Banks Statement.

Tyler Breeze beats Chad Gable.

Devin Taylor interviews Finn Balor. Balor says he looks up to and respects Tyson Kidd, but says Kidd will need more than nine lives to survive him.

After the commercial break, it is noticed that somebody peeked from the curtains from afar. Who is this mystery man? (The mystery man is Marcus Louis, but this is his last appearance on NXT and he is never seen or heard from again. This never gets brought up again, either.)

The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) retain the NXT Tag Team Championships against The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch).