Generation NXT - NXT recap for February 10, 2021

MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee) beat Legado del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza) to advance to the finals of the men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.

Xia Li is up next!

We hear from Mercedes Martinez, who says that twenty years of hard work will pay of Sunday and that the NXT Women's Championship is her destiny and the reason that she came back. She says that Toni Storm is a little girl who is not ready, and tells Io Shirai that her days as champion are numbered and will come to an end on Sunday.

Before the next match, Kacy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter show concern for Xia Li when Cora Jade attacks her from behind.

Xia Li quickly beats Cora Jade. After the match, Kcy Catanzaro and Kayden Carter try to reason with Xia Li, and Kayden confronts the woman in the chair on the stage before being tossed off the stage by Xia Li, who apologizes. The woman on the chair then grabs Boa, and Xia Li attacks Catanzaro.

Backstage, General Manager William Regal is suddenly met by Scarlett, who says that if he were to show up, it would not be good. She then says "Escobar...time's up...next week." Regal makes a match between Escobar and Karrion Kross for next week.

Johnny Gargano is seen in a wheelchair with a sling on his left arm as he is backstage with The Way (Candice LeRae, Austin Theory, Indi Hartwell).

The Way (Johnny Gargano, Candice LeRae, Austin Theory, Indi Hartwell) heads to the ring, with Gargano being placed in his wheelchair. Gargano says his being in the wheelchair in a result of a deadly attack by KUSHIDA at General Manager William Regal's office last week, which resulted in a broken arm. Gargano says he has four fractures in his arm, and says the situation is bad due to how he feels about wheels are the crowd chants "Johnny Wheelchair," and Gargano says he cannot defend the North American Championship against KUSHIDA at TakeOver. He then says KUSHIDA should be suspended indefinitely for attacking him, then General Manager William Regal shows up and says the medical team cleared Gargano yesterday. Gargano says he went to his own doctors, who found breaks in his arm. Regal reveals that not only is the X-ray is not Gargano's, but that it is for a right arm, not his left, then says that either Austin Theory can be his surrogate in the match or Gargano can forfeit the North American Championship right now. Gargano says he will rehab, but Regal says that whatever happens, he will have to confer with KUSHIDA first. Suddenly, KUSHIDA is in the ring. KUSHIDA strikes, and Gargano inadvertently reveals his left arm is not even hurt. Indi Hartwell has to hold Candice LeRae back.

Ember Moon and Shotzi Blackheart beat The Way (Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell) to advance to the finals of the women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and face Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez at NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day after Indi Hartwell takes a bullet on a top rope senton from Shotzi for Candice, even though Indi is the legal participant for The Way. After the match, Dakota and Raquel confront Shotzi and Ember on the stage. General Manager William Regal shows up and says that the winners will receive an opportunity for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships.

We hear from Tommaso Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher. Thatcher says last week's war with The Undisputed Era (Adam Cole and Roderick Strong) was tough and brutal, but it is the way they like it. Ciampa admits Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake) are tough, then says he and Thatcher will take the Dusty Cup.

Backstage, Mackenzie Mitchell interviews Santos Escobar, who says that while Karrion Kross gave him the gift of time, time is relevant. When Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza show up, he tells them not to apologize, for it is an admission of weakness. Santos Escobar tells Wilde and Mendoza they can make their tournament loss up to him by paying Karrion Kross a visit and making sure he does not make it to their match next week.

We see a video package chronicling the feud between Finn Balor and Pete Dunne.

KUSHIDA beats Austin Theory by disqualification after he is superkicked by Johnny Gargano. After the match, Gargano attacks KUSHIDA and tells him he will never have the NXT North American Championship before he and Theory take the boots to him. Gargano makes it clear he wants to break KUSHIDA's arm, but suddenly, Theory is dragged underneath the ring when he throws KUSHIDA into the ring. Gargano drags Theory out, but finds out he dragged Dexter Lumis out instead. Theory crawls out from underneath the ring only to encounter Lumis, then runs into the ring and into an Hoverboard Lock. Gargano goes after KUSHIDA, but he gets a Hoverboard Lock, too. When Theory tries to save Gargano, Lumis locks in Silence on Theory. KUSHDA then raises the North American title up in front of a downed Gargano.

We hear from Toni Storm, who says that five months ago, she predicted she would become NXT Women's Champion, and here she is. She tells Mercedes Martinez it is rude to involve herself in other people's business, then says she has repeatedly beaten Io Shirai. She says that she will walk away as NXT Women's Champion on Tuesday, and that Martinez and Shirai will go to the back of the line because it is Toni Time.

We see a vignette for Imperium (Walter, Fabian Aichner, Marcel Barthel, Alexander Wolfe).

Backstage, Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza are laid out, and Karrion Kross tells Santos Escobar that he should have taken him out himself and that he will do to him what he just did to Wilde and Mendoza.

Cameron Grimes is seen parking in front of the arena with a white Ferrari and handing $100 bills to security and other people on the way to the ring. He talks about Timothy Thatcher took him out two months ago, then says he went home to figure out how to Cave-In Thatcher and got good at video games during his downtime, then found GameStop and put his money in it. He says he was at the right place at the right time and the stock went to the moon, and now he has so much money he has no idea what to do with it except to invest in Dogecoin, which has only made him more rich. After mentioning Elon Musk and pulling up in a Ferrari, he says that he is so much there is nobody who can tell him anything anymore. He says that General Manager William Regal can kiss his grits if he thinks he will wrestle Dexter Lumis or zombies. He says that money is power, and that he has so much money, "it ain't even funny...it's hilarious!"

Backstage, Johnny Gargano says he tried to do KUSHIDA a favor tonight, but on Sunday, his match with KUSHIDA for the NXT North American Championship is happening so he can prove he is "Johnny Freakin' TakeOver." He says that KUSHIDA had better be ready to wrestle the match of his life, because TakeOver is his world.

We hear from Io Shirai, who says she is looking forward to Sunday's Triple Threat Match after having won the NXT Women's Championship in one. She says toni Storm is just another challenger and that Mercedes Martinez's journey will end. Shirai says her journey will never end and that she will remain NXT Women's Champion.

Before the next match, Zack Gibson says Timothy Thatcher and Tommaso Ciampa are as dumb as they look after Ciampa's last tag team ended the way that it did while telling Thatcher to stick his "fake friendship" up his ass as the Dusty Cup belongs to Grizzled Young Veterans (Gibson and James Drake). This leads to Thatcher and Ciampa attacking Gibson and Drake before the bell rings.

Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake) beat Timothy Thatcher and Tommaso Ciampa to advance to the finals of the men's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic and face MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee). After the commercial break, Ciampa is out of the match and being checked on in the back following Grizzled Young Veterans' attack on his neck before the break. Ciampa comes back, but despite a valiant effort, Gibson stops Willow's bell cold so he and Drake can hit Ticket to Mayhem on Ciampa so he can make the pinfall while Drake holds Thatcher down. MSK and Grizzled Young Veterans have a confrontation on the stage after the match.

The card for NXT TakeOver: Vengenace Day is announced one more time. As each match is announced, everyone involved in each match has a confrontation with each other with a referee staning in-between. Finn Balor and Pete Dunne meet in the ring with no referee.

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