Generation NXT - NXT recap for February 28, 2018

Velveteen Dream beats Tyler Bate with the Purple Rainmaker after crotching Bate on the top rope during a Superplex attempt.

We hear from Paul Ellering, who says The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) became immortalized in last year's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. This year, there are a lot of teams with stars in their eyes, but this is their road back to the top. Akam says all the teams wil suffer, and Rezar says war is their peace.

We see exclusive footage from WWE.com where General Manager William Regal gives Johnny Gargano his termination papers from NXT. Gargano still has some prior commitments, but he will be done within a few weeks. Referee Drake Wuertz says that he made a mistake and wishes he did not count the pinfall that ended Gargano's career, and apologizes to Gargano and Regal. Gargano signs the papers after Regal does the same.

Before the next match, Adam Cole asks the crowd if they know who he is in the ring with right now, and calls Cezar Bononi the 2017 Future Star of the Year. He asks the crowd to get Cezar a round of applause, and says Cezar belongs in The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly). Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish hand Cezar Bononi an Undisputed Era shirt, but when Cezar looks at it, Adam Cole hits Cezar with a cheap shot.

Adam Cole beats Cezar Bononi. After the match, Adam Cole continues to take the boots to Cezar Bononi before The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly) proceed to taunt him, saying only the best get to join them.

We see a video package of the history between Kairi Sane and "The Queen of Spades" Shayna Baszler.

We see another edition of Street Talk starring Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford), where they interview each other and say that they will win the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.

Next week: TM61 (Nick Miller and Shane Thorne) vs. The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) in a rematch of last year's finals in the first round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic!

"The Queen of Spades" Shayna Baszler beats Kairi Sane with the Kirafuda Clutch. After the match, Baszler tells the commentary team that Ember Moon is the real coward and that she knows that she will leave with either the NXT Women's title or one of her limbs.

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Andrade "Cien" Almas and Zelina Vega show up. Zelina Vega calls Almas the greatest champion in NXT history as she introduces him, and says that Johnny Gargano brought his family only to see him lose four times in a clean sweep. Almas says that Johnny Gargano tried to beat him to become NXT Champion again and again only to lose, because he is the best. Almas then brags that he made "Johnny Wrestling" into "Johnny Jobless." Vega asks Almas what that makes, and Almas says that makes him champion. As Vega and Almas leave, however, they are soon met by Aleister Black. Before Aleister can speak, Killian Dain also appears. Killian Dain yells that Aleister Black is in his path, and both men brawl in the ring. Dain hits The Divide, then Almas and Vega leave before Dain says "Not anymore."