Generation NXT - NXT recap for March 20, 2019

WWE COO Triple H shows up with the NXT Championship in his hands to start tonight's show. After thanking the fans for supporting NXT and proclaiming it as the place where dreams become possibilities, he says that just being in the NXT ring is a dream and that the dream could end at any moment. Triple H admits that he would like to announce Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa for the NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: New York, but reality has made that match impossible. He announces that the dream has been put on hold for Ciampa, as Ciampa has required neck surgery and has been forced to relinquish the NXT Championship. However, when one dream ends, another begins, and another begins tonight when Ricochet, Adam Cole, Aleister Black, Velveteen Dream and Matt Riddle face off for an opportunity to face Gargano in New York City for the vacant NXT title. He also announces that this match has to be decisive and will be a two-out-of-three falls match, and whoever wins the match will become the new NXT Champion.

Cathy Kelley gets an impromptu interview backstage with "The Finest" Kona Reeves, who says that tonight's main event will be great, but it will not be the finest. The Forgotten Sons (Jaxson Ryker, Steve Cutler, Wesley Blake) also show up, but they are more focused on next week's main event, which are the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic finals. They hope Aleister Black or Ricochet win so the NXT Championship can wreck their focus and they can face War Raiders (Hanson and Rowe) for tag team gold.

We see a video package for three of the participants of tonight's Fatal 5-Way Match - Aleister Black, Ricochet and Velveteen Dream - and their comments on tonight's match.

We see a video package regarding Tommaso Ciampa's recent surgery history.

We see a video package for the other two participants of tonight's Fatal 5-Way Match - Matt Riddle and Adam Cole - and their comments on tonight's match.

Backstage, Cathy Kelley interviews Kairi Sane and Io Shirai. Kairi says they are looking forward to tonight's main event, and Shirai says that nothing can come between their friendship, and that the best woman will win the NXT Championship. Bianca Belair shows up and says that neither of them should be going to NXT TakeOver: New York, and says that she will have to run through the both of them to become NXT Women's Champion if she has to.

Adam Cole beats Matt Riddle, Aleister Black, Ricochet and Velveteen Dream to face Johnny Gargano for the vacant NXT Championship at NXT TakeOver: New York.