Generation NXT - NXT recap for March 8, 2017

Before the next match, Eric Young sends the rest of SAnitY (Nikki Cross, Alexander Wulfe, Killian Dain) to the back, but they return with a beaten-down Roderick Strong. The rest of SAnitY then head to the ring as Dillinger checks on Roody, and No Way Jose also checks on him before referees carry Roddy to the back. Jose and Dillinger then head to the ring, but the numbers game quickly catches up with them. The match between Dillinger and Eric Young ends up never taking place.

Billie Kay and Peyton Royce are looking for a place to hang their NXT Breakout Star of the Year plaque in the Performance Center when they come across Ember Moon. Ember Moon notices them and confronts them, and Billie and Peyton run away.

Andrade "Cien" Almas beats Ho Ho Lun.

Coming soon to NXT: Aleister Black...

Ember Moon beats Billie Kay after scaring Peyton Royce off the apron.

TJ Perkins says he hasn't lost sight of the Cruiserweight Championship, but he's rolling where competition takes him. TJ Perkins says he has trained together with Shinsuke. He says he doesn't steal moves; he steals moments.

Before The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) can face The Ealy Brothers (Gabriel and Uriel Ealy), The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) rush in and annihilate the Ealys, decimating one of them with Last Chapter as The Revival flee through the crowd.

General Manager William Regal announces that at NXT TakeOver: Orlando, Ember Moon will face Asuka for the NXT Women's Championship. Ember Moon says that at TakeOver, NXT will enter a new phase.

Next week: Kassius Ohno vs. Bobby Roode for the NXT Championship!

In footage from earlier today, Kassius Ohno tells Tom Phillips that it feels great to be back in NXT, but says it's a little surreal as it's no longer an empty warehouse. He says that NXT was where he had doubt in his career path. He never had so much as an opportunity for the NXT Championship, and until he gets it, that doubt will not be put to rest. He hopes to do just that before TakeOver.

In an interview via satellite from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Bobby Roode says he doesn't care what Kassius Ohno has to say and that his goal is to mold NXT into his image. He asks if either he or a "long-haired, dirty hippy from the '70s" should be NXT's champion, and says the answer is rather obvious. Roode then proclaims that the fate of NXT is in hands, and he will retain the NXT Championship so he can walk into TakeOver with it.

"The King of Strong Style" Shinsuke Nakamura beats TJ Perkins.

General Manager William Regal announces that the winner of next week's NXT Championship match will defend the title at NXT TakeOver: Orlando against "The King of Strong Style" Shinsuke Nakamura.