Generation NXT 2.0 - NXT 2.0 recap for March 22, 2022

Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams arrive at the arena. They talk about the qualifying matches for the NXT North American Championship Ladder Match qualifiers before they enter.

Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams guest on commentary for the next match.

Solo Sikoa beats Roderick Strong to qualify for the NXT North American Championship Ladder Match at NXT Stand & Deliver. During the match, Santos Escobar shows up to get a closer look at the match.

In backstage footage from earlier today, Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta talk about their match last week, their social media success and being on TMZ. Persia says "In-Dex" is out and "Dusia" is in, but Indi says Persia is welcome to be ringside in her match tonight.

Tony D'Angelo beats Dexter Lumis. During the match, Persia Pirotta and Duke Hudson are seen watching from ringside, and near the end of the match, Hudson distracts Lumis while Indi Hartwell keeps Tony D'Angelo from using his crowbar. Persia takes it away, and when D'Angelo take his crowbar back, he hits Dexter Lumis with it as he turns around, but the referee does not see it. After the match, D'Angelo says he did not come out last week to pay tribute to Tommaso Ciampa, saying he set the hook and Ciampa took the bait, and that Ciampa knew he was finished when he was done with him. He says that "the new don of NXT" will arrive at Stand & Deliver, then Ciampa's entrance theme hits. Suddenly, Ciampa attacks D'Angelo from behind and hits him with the Fairytale Ending. Ciampa tells D'Angelo that he does not get to tell him when he is done, and that if Stand & Deliver is his final chapter in NXT, then he will write his own fairytale ending.

Backstage, McKenzie Mitchell interviews The Dirty Dawgs (Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode). Robert Roode says everyone has forgotten that he is a former NXT Champion and dominated in NXT for a year, and without him, NXT would not be what it is today and would not give an opportunity to a guy like Bron Breakker. Dolph Ziggler tells Robert Roode to break Bron Breakker, but to leave some room for him, as Bron Breakker is about to find out that he is nothing compared to him.

We hear from Grayson Waller and Sanga. Waller says that Stand & Deliver will not measure up without him, then talks about his recent Last Man Standing match before saying he will be the only man standing when he becomes North American Champion. He then says there is one man standing in his way - A-Kid - and while he admits A-Kid is good, A-Kid is not him, as he is a bigger global sensation than A-Kid and A-Kid is just a stepping stone on his way to superstardom.

Elektra Lopez beats Fallon Henley. During the match, Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen brawl with Legado del Fantasma (Joaquin Wilde and Raul Mendoza), and the brawl makes its way tot he back.

Backstage, Draco Anthony is met by Xyon Quinn. Anthony keeps getting calls from Joe Gacy, and soon gets a video message from him telling him he does not have to live life all alone and to let him in to make his life much better. Xyon Quinn tells Draco he knows what he has to do, then tells him he has his back and to run it straight.

Backstage, McKenzie Mitchell interviews Dakota Kai and Wendy Choo. Wendy says they will make it to the final and that she and Dakota will win it all before mentioning Dakota's former friendship with Raquel Gonzalez. Dakota Kai admits she did not know if this would work out, but she looks forward to putting her name on the Dusty Cup a second time.

Bron Breakker beats Robert Roode after powerslamming him out of the air. During the match, Dolph Ziggler is ejected from ringside after the ref sees him help Roode avoid a Spear in the corner. After the match, Ziggler superkicks Breakker and tells him that he will never be on his level after turning his back on the wrong man.

Backstage, Persia Pirotta tells Indi Hartwell that she did not let go of Tony D'Angelo's crowbar on purpose and that D'Angelo ripped it out of her hands, then boasts that Duke Hudson is better than Dexter Lumis and can beat any man on the roster. Dexter then goes to his easel and quickly draws a pictures of Gunther, with Indi asking if Hudson can beat Gunther.

At Chase University, Bodhi Hayward reads an essay on what fortitude means to him as well also get a recap on the feud between him and Von Wagner. When a student raises his hand, Hayward goes off on him before admitting that his anger was taught to him by Andre Chase, who backs Hayward up as Hayward says he will beat Von Wagner next week.

Grayson Waller beats A-Kid to qualify for the NXT North American Championship Ladder Match at NXT Stand & Deliver. After the match, Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams show up. Hayes says that they are still missing one man for his match, and says that the three qualifier losers - Cameron Grimes, Roderick Strong and A-Kid - will be in a Triple Threat Match to decide the last man next week. Hayes says that A-Kid will never be "A-Champ," then Trick Williams says he will beat "A-Mama" before A-Kid kicks Trick in the head and runs away.

As Robert Stone and Von Wagner talk about business backstage, a woman shows up wanting to talk business with Stone.

Before the next match, Zack Gibson says he knows that The Creed Brothers (Julius and Brutus Creed) got attacked last week before asking them if they trust those "beef jerky ears" of theirs, saying he and James Drake did not attack them from behind. Gibson says that if they did attack them, it would be from the front, and both teams immediately start fighting.

The Creed Brothers (Julius and Brutus Creed) beat Grizzled Young Veterans (Zack Gibson and James Drake) after James Drake's knee gives out on him and Julius Creed targets it. After the match, we see video footage of two men in black vandalizing the Diamond Mine training center. They also warn that since Diamond Mine cannot find them, they will find Diamond Mine.

Gunther beats Duke Hudson. After the match, Gunther says he is the most dominant competitor in NXT, yet he has been overlooked. As he says it is a disgrace that LA Knight can talk himself into a title match, LA Knight shows up. As LA Knight is about to speak, Gunther tells him to shut up and listen and that he represents everything wrong with wrestling, as his mouth gets him into title matches but he does not have the skill to win them. Knight tells Gunther that if he interrupts him again, he will knock his hair off his head, and says that he was going to get a match for Stand & Deliver until Walter jumped in, then goes a different route by punching Gunther. Imperium (Gunther, Fabian Aichner, Marcel Barthel) jump LA Knight, but MSK (Nash Carter and Wes Lee) show up to even the odds against Imperium. Knight and MSK stand tall in the ring.

We hear from Cameron Grimes. Cameron says that he wears his heart on his sleeve, and last week, he was upset and emotional. He says that his father was his hero and best friend and breathed the business so much that he lived through him. He says that after he signed to NXT, his father passed, and next week is his final chance at the final spot in the North American Championship Ladder Match and make his father proud. He then says there are three kinds of people in this world: those that get by, those that give their all, and those that do whatever it takes. Cameron says that next week, he will do whatever it takes.

LA Knight vs. Gunther is official for NXT Stand & Deliver.

Before the next match, Toxic Attraction (Mandy Rose, Gigi Dolin, Jacy Jayne) is seen watching the match from "The Toxic Lounge," which is now on ground level and not the balcony.

Io Shirai and Kay Lee Ray beat Wendy Choo and Dakota Kai to win the 2022 Women's Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. After the match, Mandy Rose interrupts the celebration to congratulate Io Shirai and Kay Lee Ray, then tell them that if they think they can beat Toxic Attraction to become tag team champions, they are sadly mistaken. Kay Lee Ray says that when she and Io Shirai entered the tournament, they had destroying Toxic Attraction in mind, then says that the best way to do that is to take the NXT Women's Championship. Io Shirai reminds Mandy Rose that she said she would fight any woman for that title, then Kay Lee Ray says they will cash their tag team title shot on Mandy Rose and make it a Fatal 4-Way match. Gigi Dolin throws her champagne into Kay Lee Ray's face, and when Toxic Attraction attack Shirai and Kay Lee Ray, Cora Jade shows up to even the odds. Cora, Kay Lee Ray and Io Shirai stand tall in the ring to end the show.

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