Generation NXT - NXT recap for October 7, 2020

Tommaso Ciampa beats KUSHIDA by disuqalification when Velveteen Dream shows up dressed like a cowboy and inadvertently attacks Ciampa. After the match, KUSHIDA attacks Dream and sends him packing after clotheslining him oer the barricade.

Ember Moon is in the ring. She thanks the fans for the welcome and admits she is shocked she has microphone time, as it has been awhile since she was here. She says that she has been in isolation for fourteen long, hard months, but she is back and she has noticed that a lot of things have changed, and she found clarity and her real self on the way here on her motorcycle. Ember Moon then introduces "Ember's Law:" nobody will walk all over her anymore, and that she will do what she wants when she wants, but there is one thing that will stay the same, and that is a want for championship gold. Suddenly, Io Shirai shows up. After a brief staredown with Ember Moon, Shirai is about to speak when Rhea Ripley arrives. Ripley admits she loves Ember Moon's attitude, and as she says that Ember deserves a title shot, she is attacked from behind by Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez. Ember Moon goes right after Dakota and Raquel, and referees have to stop the brawl. General Manager William Regal shows up and makes a tag team match between the team of Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez and the team of Rhea Ripley and Ember Moon for tonight's main event.

In footage from earlier today, Drake Maverick talks about his tag team match and the plans he has for it with Killian Dain when Killian shows up and says they are not friends. Drake Maverick tells Killian Dain that they have a tag match with Ever-Rise (Chase Parker and Matt Martel) tonight, much to Killian's annoyance.

Backstage, Mackenzie Mitchell interviews Io Shirai, who says that the NXT Women's Championship is her problem, not Ember Moon or Rhea Ripley.

We hear from The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, Roderick Strong). Adam Cole says that Ridge Holland did not get the memo that if you mess with them, you will pay. Kyle O'Reilly is bummed he did not win the NXT Championship, but everyone else says he did his best. Cole says he does not know why Ridge Holland did to him what he did, but Ridge cracked his ribs and is now a dead man for it.

Killian Dain and Drake Maverick - with an awkwardly happy entrance theme - beat Ever-Rise (Chase Parker and Matt Martel) after Killian Dain powerbombs Drake Maverick onto Matt Martel. After the match, Killian Dain punches Drake Maverick in the face as Maverick dances around. Killian Dain then heads to the back while carrying Drake Maverick, who gives the thumbs up on the way out.

We see a video package for Toni Storm, who is returning to NXT.

In footage from earlier today, Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae talk about NXT TakeOver 31 as they walk their dog, and say that they deserve a rematch as things defintely need to change. As they return home, they find out that Indi Hartwell have sent them a brand-new TV.

Austin Theory beats Leon Ruff. After the match, Austin Theory says this is what happens when he is given proper time to warm-up, then says he could be proving to Adam Cole why he is the future of NXT as he mocks Cole's broken ribs. He then states that he is the future of NXT. After Theory says there is nothing anybody can do about that, Dexter Lumis shows up for the first time in ten weeks, starting an impromptu match.

Dexter Lumis beats Austin Theory by submission. After the match, Lumis is suddenly attacked from out of nowhere with a Cave-In by Cameron Grimes, who tells Lumis that when he asks a question, he demands an answer.

Backstage, Mackenzie Mitchell interviews Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzales. Dakota says that Rhea Ripley got in their business, and Raquel says she will take care of Ripley once and for all. As for Ember Moon, Dakota plans to send her to the back of the title opportunity line.

Backstage, Cameron Grimes says that when he asks a question, he demands an answer, and says that everyone will learn not to mess with him.

We see a video package of the before, during and after of the NXT Championship match between Kyle O'Reilly and Finn Balor from NXT TakeOver 31. It is announced that Finn Balor suffered two fractures in his jaw during his match with Kyle O'Reilly, and that he will not be able to speak at length for a little while.

In footage from earlier today, Ridge Holland says that last week, he did not have a Mercedes-Benz, but this week, he does, and Adam Cole can be thanked for that.

We get an NXT Superstar Profile on Damian Priest, courtesy of Burger King.

Backstage, Mackenzie Mitchell interviews Damian Priest, who says that Sunday's afterparty was great, then says that he burned Johnny Gargano's name into the North American Championship at NXT TakeOver 31. He says that if anybody wants an opportunity against him, they can get it, but if they want the North American Championship, they will get a Reckoning.

Ridge Holland beats Danny Burch. After the match, Ridge Holland brushes his foot on Danny Burch's head. Burch responds by slapping Holland in the face, and after a brawl between the two men, Oney Lorcan shows up, but Ridge Holland overpowers him, too. Referees have to run into the ring nd and break up the brawl, but that does not stop Oney Lorcan from hitting Ridge Holland with a top rope plancha. Holland gets back on his feet and continues to overpower Lorcan until referees stop him. Lorcan then hits Holland with another plancha, and one of the referees gives the "X" sign. Lorcan gets in the ring and checks on Danny Burch.

Gargano shows his pleasure not only with a new TV, then notices that Indi Hartwell saved Candice LeRae multiple times in the Women's Battle Royal. Gargano and LeRae start showing an interest in Indi Hartwell.

In another edition of "Thatch As Thatch Can," Timothy Thatcher says that life will grind you down until you quit and is full of peaks and valleys, and that when you have the opportunity, you must strike first. Thatcher says that he will not let life grind him down, and that he will be the one to strike first.

Medical staff and officials are seen putting Ridge Holland on a stretcher. Ridge Holland gives the thumbs up as he is wheeled out.

Shotzi Blackheart beats Xia Li. After the match, Boa shows up in a suit and hands Xia Li a letter in Mandarin Chinese. Xia Li reads it, then leaves with Boa.

Rhea Ripley and Ember Moon beat Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez.

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