Generation NXT - NXT recap for April 17, 2019

Velveteen Dream retains the NXT North American Championship against Buddy Murphy.

We hear from Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford), who host a special edition of Street Talk where they say that they will create their own opportunities after talking to General Manager William Regal. Instead of getting William Regal, they get War Raiders (Hanson and Rowe), who tell them that they will get their match next week.

Johnny Gargano shows up. Gargano exclaims that this has been a long time coming, and four years after being told no during an NXT try-out, he finally stands as "Johnny Champion." He calls NXT TakeOver: New York the toughest task of his career, then he is suddenly interrupted by a very angry Adam Cole, who tells Gargano he got lucky and that he had Gargano beaten in the middle of the ring. Cole says that if it had been any other match, he would have been NXT Champion, and tells Gargano that he is an idiot for thinking he can have a celebration. After a couple of boy band jokes, he reminds Adam Cole that their match was two-out-of-three falls, and tells him that if he wants to grow a pair, he'll be happy to put a few more points on the scoreboard. Cole tells Gargano to be careful what he wishes for, and Gargano is suddenly blindsided in the ring by Roderick Strong before The Undisputed Era (Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, Strong) holds Gargano down so Cole can hit Gargano with a superkick.

KUSHIDA debuts in two weeks.

Dominik Dijakovic beats Aaron Frye in seconds with a discus boot. After the match, Dijakovic says he is only in NXT because his family gave him that opportunity, as they took the opportunity to come to the United States and the spirit is coarsing through his veins to drive him to opportunity. He states that he sees the North American Championship, and tells Velveteen Dream to feast his eyes.

Backstage, Cathy Kelley interviews Adam Cole, who says that tonight showed the difference between himself and Gargano. He says that Gargano gets caught in the moment while he does not, then General Manager William Regal shows up. Regal states that Gargano wants to face The Undisputed Era, starting with Roderick Strong, and says that Gargano vs. Strong is official for next week.

We hear from Aliyah and Vanessa Borne. They say that Candice LeRae got lucky last week and that they weren't ready then, but they are ready now. They then challenge her to a tag team match.

"The Queen of Spades" Shayna Baszler retains the NXT Women's Championship against Kairi Sane by disqualification after Io Shirai stops Baszler from completely shattering Kairi's left elbow. As per pre-match stipulation, this match is Kairi's last opportunity at the NXT Women's Championship. After the match, Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir hold Io Shirai down while Baszler stomps on Kairi's bent elbow.