Generation NXT UK - NXT UK recap for March 31, 2022

Xia Brookside beats Amale. During the match, a woman with blonde hair attacks Amale from behind the barricade and runs off, allowing Xia Brookside to get the win with Broken Wings. After the match, the mystery woman accompanies Xia Brookside to the back.

We hear from Isla Dawn as she places a small candelabra near the NXT UK Women's Championship. She says she has been listening and that the bond between Meiko Satomura and the title is quite unbreakable, but she has a plan. She says Meiko has something she wants and needs, and if Meiko wants to see the title again, she will do as she asks. She then blows the candles out.

We hear from NXT UK Superstars regarding the NXT UK Championship match between Roderick Strong and Ilja Dragunov, which takes place next week.

Trent Seven beats Ashton Smith after grabbing the tights on a stack-up pin.

In backstage footage from earlier today, A-Kid says he feels great ahead of his match against Teoman and excited for what may be next for him. He says that he is back at NXT UK and that the brand is always special to him, and that he cannot let Teoman get away with what he did to him, Saxon Huxley and Charlie Dempsey. He says he is ready to step up to Teoman.

We hear from Wild Boar, who says that Eddie Dennis is not as smart as he thinks he is if he thinks he cannot handle anything he throws at him. He says he will cut the strings of his puppets one by one, and that Eddie Dennis will always be seeing him.

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In backstage footage from during the break, Ashton Smith and Oliver Carter is met by Tyler Bate and Trent Seven. Trent Seven says that a win is a win and that he was getting the job done, then Assistant to the General Manager Sid Scala shows up as they argue and tells both teams they will have a discussion over what will be done next week. After Scala asks Smith and Carter to leave, Trent tells Tyler - who says he saw what happened - that he cannot lose the NXT UK Tag Team Championships and that the win is a win.

Tate Mayfairs beats Kenny Williams by count-out in his NXT UK debut. During the match, Kenny Williams pulls Tate Mayfairs out of the pinfall attempt and tosses him out of the ring. Mayfairs partially hides underneath the ring, and when Kenny tries to pulls him back out, he finds he cannot drag him out easily. Kenny looks underneath the ring only to find Sam Gradwell, who throws Tate Mayfairs back into the ring and keeps Kenny out, allowing Tate Mayfairs to win by count-out just before Gradwell chases Kenny to the back.

Backstage, Wolfgang says that Mark Coffey is ready and that the NXT UK Heritage Cup Championship is coming home with Gallus tonight. Suddenly, Die Familie (Teoman, Rohan Raja, Charlie Dempsey) shows up, and Teoman mocks Wolfgang for talking about heritage. Charlie Dempsey asks why Gallus (Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey, Wolfgang) is always chosen to represent British heritage, but Wolfgang says he is ready for a fight and he does not need a reason. Dempsey says "So do I," then Die Familie leaves.

Andy Shepherd moderates a face-to-face meeting between Roderick Strong and Ilja Dragunov. Dragunov says that Roderick Strong's work speaks for itself and that he can push things to the next level like he can. Roderick Strong says he sees a lot of himself in Dragunov and finds it inspiring, and that Dragunov pushing himself to a level he has never experienced before for growth is very important to him. He says there is no bigger test than Dragunov and taking the NXT UK Championship, who he says is at the top of his list. Dragunov says Strong does not know about the path that he has taken to get here and prove what "Unbeseigbar" is really all about, as a tsar takes care of the people that support him. Strong says Dragunov is living in the glory of the moment of being champion, but he has not felt the disappointment of losing something as big as the title, and that nothing hurts him more than saying he was a champion, and that Dragunov will feel that after their match and that will be his true challenge. Dragunob says that is his prediction, not reality, and that he will be the one standing up above Strong when the match is over.

Noam Dar beats Mark Coffey two falls to one (2-1) to retain the NXT UK Heritage Cup Championship. Noam Dar scores the first fall with an inside cradle with 1:51 (one minute, fifty-one seconds) left in Round 2. Mark Coffey scores the second fall with 1:27 (one minute, twenty-seven seconds) let in Round 3 with an enzuigiri after taking out Sha Samuels for getting involved earlier in the match. At the end of round 4, Sha Samuels and Joe Coffey almost come to blows when Noam Dar refuses to let go of Champagne Super Kneebar and stomps at the back of Mark Coffey's head. Noam Dar scores the third and deciding fall with 1:14 (one minute, fourteen seconds) left in Round 5 after Sha Samuels gets involved and Joe Coffey chases him around the ring, allowing Noam Dar to hit the Nova Roller and retain.