Generation NXT - NXT recap for August 1, 2018

Heavy Machinery (Tucker Knight and Otis Dozovich) beat The Mighty (Nick Miller and Shane Thorne) after Street Profits' (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) entrance hits and they show up in the crowd, distracting The Mighty.

Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate and Trent Seven) beat Matt Knotts and Brandon Taylor. After the match, Trent Seven says they are back at Full Sail University, and the last time Moustache Mountain, things did not turn out quite well. He apologizes to Tyler Bate and the fans. He says that he has spoken to General Manager William Regal, and they have a plan. Tyler Bate says The Undisputed Era not only went for their tag team titles, but they also tried to tear them apart. He says that Trent Seven's well-being matters to him, and now Moustache Mountain are on a mission to take back the NXT tag team titles. They are invoking their rematch clause at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV.

Ethan Carter III beats "The Finest" Kona Reeves. During the match, Velveteen Dream shows up and says there is someone in the building who still cannot get over NXT's recent trip to the United Kingdom, and if EC3 wants to talk about it, they can do that, but he has to enter "The Dream's World." If he is lucky, he may be able to bask in the experience. After he leaves, Reeves hits the Hawaiian Drop, but EC3 kicks out, and hits Reeves with the One Percenter as Reeves trash talks him while he is down.

Backstage, EC3 asks what kind of man would turn down The Velveteen Dream's invitation. He will join him for a conversation, but it will turn into a fight for he is the best here, there and everywhere and he is EC3.

"The Queen of Spades" Shayna Baszler beats Candice LeRae with the Kirafuda Clutch. After the match, Baszler puts LeRae in the Kirafuda Clutch again, and two referees show up to break the hold. Suddenly, Kairi Sane runs into the ring and confronts Baszler, but the referees hold her back. Baszler pretends to leave the ring, but goes back in and boots Kairi Sane as she checks on Candice LeRae. Kairi goes after Baszler, but once again, she is held back by the referees.

Outside Full Sail University, Moustache Mountain (Tyler Bate and Trent Seven) says they don't need any tricks to beat The Undisputed Era, as they will take the NXT tag team titles again. Suddenly, War Raiders (Hanson and Rowe) show up. They say that they made it clear that it doesn't matter who has the titles after NXT TakeOver, as they will take out the champions as well as anyone who gets in their way.

General Manager William Regal announces that EC3 will face Velveteen Dream at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV, and that Adam Cole will also defend the NXT North American Championship at the event against Ricochet.

Next week: Ricochet in action! Keith Lee debuts in NXT!

Tommaso Ciampa shows up. Tommaso Ciampa pretends the NXT Championship is telling him that he deserves it, and says it deserves them and that they make a great couple before saying this is his NXT now. He says that all that he needed one moment, and he is a man of his word. He tells the fans to take a deep breath, but all they do is tell him to "shut the hell up." Ciampa then says he looks so good with the NXT Championship, and says nobody has deserved it like he did. He tells the fans to take a deep breath and enjoy it, for this is what it is like when NXT's most dangerous man takes his place at the head of the table. The fans repeatedly chant "No!" He then approaches an elderly woman that he remembers seeing in the front and tells her that he is her NXT Champion. He then gets back in the ring and, as the fans chant "You're an asshole!", says that the icing on the cake is that he not only beat Aleister Black, but Johnny Gargano once again proved that he is a failure and that Gargano loses and he wins. The crowd alternates between "Johnny Wrestling" and "Johnny sucks!" chants as Ciampa says Gargano and Aleister are two of the top talents in the world, but he is the one that ended Gargano's fairy tale with his hands cuffed and put the final nail in the coffin of Aleister's mystique. He says Aleister and Gargano can bicker over who is better all they want, but there is no dispute that he is so much better than whoever is #2 and that he is untouchable. He says that now that he is NXT Champion, NXT is now the A-show and he is the greatest sports entertainer of all time. He then sits in the middle of the ring like Aleister Black in the middle of the ring until Aleister shows up. Aleister walks to the ring, but Gargano all heads to the ring faster than Aleister is walking and overpowers Ciampa, who then escapes over the barricade. Gargano says NXT does not belong to Ciampa while he is still breathing, and that Ciampa is only NXT Champion because of him. As Gargano continues to repeat that last statement, Aleister nearly kicks Gargano's head off and knocks him down. The crowd chants "You deserve it!" to Gargano. Aleister then takes the microphone and tells Gargano that Ciampa is indeed NXT Champion because of him before leaving.