Generation NXT - NXT recap for March 21, 2023

Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson and Elton Prince) head to the ring to start tonight's show. As their first official acts as hosts of Stand & Deliver, they are wiping last week's footage from the NXT archives and that nobody will be able to see Gallus cheat to win against them, not will anyone see Bron Breakker and Carmelo Hayes attack them from behind and put them through a table. As they continue to talk, Trick Williams and Carmelo Hayes show up, and Trick tells Pretty Deadly that he warned them to stay out of their business and that they got "table service" when they did not. Trick says he and Carmelo are known to talk their talk and that Pretty Deadly should walk the walk, but Elton Prince takes this as a challenge to a tag team match and Kit Wilson accepts. Trick Williams then announces that Carmelo's tag team partner will not be him, but Bron Breakker. Pretty Deadly attack Trick and Carmelo, but Bron Breakker runs in and overpowers them before helping Carmelo up. Breakker then tells Carmelo that he wants nothing to happen to him before Stand & Deliver.

Backstage, Carmelo Hayes tells Trick Williams that he did not have Bron Breakker's help and questions why he is tagging with Breakker, but Trick Williams tells him that this is a perfect opportunity to scout him. As for Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson and Elton Prince), Trick says they are easy money. Trick says the most important thing is still the NXT Championship, and that Carmelo will have "the cheat code" at Stand & Deliver.

Tiffany Stratton beats Indi Hartwell to qualify for the NXT Women's Championship Ladder Match.

At Big Daddy's, Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) have beers and shoot pool when The Creed Brothers (Julius and Brutus Creed) show up and challenge Gallus to a game. Gallus win the game, but Julius Creed challenges them to a game of darts. Julius ends up hitting bull for the win in the darts game, then The Creed Brothers say they are coming back for their titles and shake their hands as both teams agree they will settle things at Stand & Deliver. Both teams then head out only to run into Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, and everyone heads back into the establishment to handle business.

We see a vignette of Lyra Valkyria training in an abandoned building.

Backstage, McKenzie Mitchell interviews Gigi Dolin. Dolin says it is too early to judge the field, and says the ladder match for the Women's title would not have happen if Roxanne Perez never went down. Dolin says she has won the ladder match she was in, and says she will do whatever it takes to win again. Suddenly, Tiffany Stratton shows up and says Dolin's and everyone else's chances are screwed before declaring the NXT Women's Championship is hers.

Wes Lee is in the ring. On the subject of why he is doing the open challenges for the NXT North American Championship when his number will soon get called, Wes Lee says he had one shot at the title before winning and had to do whatever it took to win it. He also says he has a chip on his shoulder and that he has to prove to himself and the world that he can and will compete against the best and that he deserves to carry the championship. He then mentions the Fatal 4-Way match for #1 contendership for the title and that "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels has allowed him to fill the spots for the match, then Dragon Lee shows up. Dragon Lee says he is also here to face the best and that Wes Lee is the best, but he also loves the chaos and wants to be part of that open challenge against him. Wes Lee says he has followed Dragon Lee's career and has thought about a one-on-one match, and tells him he will see him in Los Angeles, California. JD McDonagh then shows up and gives Dragon Lee a pass before telling him to sit front row and watch him destroy Ilja Dragunov, then asks Wes Lee what his excuse is. Wes Lee asks McDonagh what his excuse will be when Dragunov rips him apart, and McDonagh tells Wes Lee he should be lucky he has not focused on his championship, or else he would not be standing there at all. Suddenly, Dragunov shows up for the next match.

In a video from "NXT Anonymous," Indi Hartwell is frustrated at tonight's loss, and when she asks Zoey Stark what she is looking at, Stark says "Not the next NXT Women's Champion."

Backstage, Fallon Henley confronts Kiana James about Sebastian and threatens to spill the details about what she and Josh Briggs have learned to Brooks Jensen.

Dragon Lee watches the next match from ringside.

Ilja Dragunov vs. JD McDonagh ends in a no contest after both men tumble into Dragon Lee and Dragon Lee fights both men after McDonagh slaps him. After the match, Wes Lee takes all three men out from the top rope, and referees have to rush in to stop the ringside brawl.

Backstage, Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams meet with Bron Breakker. Bron Breakker says he wants to face the best Carmelo he can face at Stand & Deliver, and that he doesn't want anyone messing it up, including Trick. Trick says he just wants Breakker to share the ring with the future of NXT, then Carmelo says he wants the best Bron Breakker he can face.

Backstage, McKenzie Mitchell interviews Wes Lee. He says that JD McDonagh and Ilja Dragunov will never be done with each other, but since McDonagh cannot stay out of his face, he gets the second spot in the North American title match. He also announces that Dragunov has earned his way into the third shot with how he has fought McDonagh. Suddenly, Axiom shows up seeing if he can get the last slot, but Wes Lee says the chaos will continue and that the final spot will be decided in a battle royal. Axiom says that all he needed was an opportunity, and now he has it.

Johnny Gargano's entrance theme hits, but Javier Bernal shows up and heads to the ring. He says that Johnny Gargano took his spot and kept him from going to Stand & Deliver, and says that he is the heart and soul of NXT and has been busting his ass for seven months. Bernal says he wants to know what Gargano has that he does not and says that Shawn Michaels picked the wrong guy, then Johnny Gargano arrives and beats Bernal up. Gargano then calls out Grayson Waller and tells him that if he wants to make things personal and raise the stakes, then they can raise the stakes. He then produces a contract for a type of match he knows very well, and challenges Waller to an unsanctioned match. As he says that he will not be liable for what he does to Waller and that all he has to do is sign the contract, Waller shows up in the TitanTron and asks Gargano if he wants to embarrass himself on NXT's biggest stage, then tells Gargano to hand the contract to announcer Vic Joseph so he can sign the contract. Waller then says he will sign the contract on the condition that he is banned from the building when he signs it next week, and if he even sees a trace of Gargano, he will not sign. Gargano agrees to the deal, then Javier Bernal then gets back in the ring only to get superkicked.

We hear from Eddy Thorpe (formerly known as Karl Fredericks) who says that he is proud of his Native American heritage and that he must carry the responsibility of progression as he holds his people up and leads the way forward. Eddy Thorpe debuts on Tuesday nights next week.

Backstage, McKenzie Mitchell interviews Ivy Nile. Ivy says it took a while to trust somebody like Tatum Paxley and that she trusted her only to be burned. Ivy admits that Paxley mostly did her own thing, but she and The Creed Brothers (Julius and Brutus Creed) accepted her as a part of Diamond Mine. She then says tonight is about a huge opportunity, and if she wins tonight, she has a chance to become NXT Women's Champion, and even Tatum Paxley cannot ruin that.

We hear from Hank Walker, who talks about his rise in NXT from security guard to contracted wrestler, his college football career and finding and losing a mentor in Drew Gulak. He says that Gulak and Charlie Dempsey cannot see in anything as they say he is not cut out for wrestling, but all he has to do is continue evolving. Backstage, Charlie Dempsey and Drew Gulak criticize Hank Walker for not having a killer instinct

Lyra Valkyria beats Ivy Nile to qualify for the NXT Women's Championship Ladder Match.

Backstage, Fallon Henley is attacked by Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre after Fallon is distracted by laughter and flashing lights. Suddenly, Kiana James shows up and makes the save for Fallon, and after referees break up the brawl, Kiana tells Fallon that she cannot tell Brooks Jensen about Sebastian.

Backstage, Wes Lee says one cannot properly predict the winner of a battle royal and that he will sit back and enjoy the match. Suddenly, Jinder Mahal tells Wes Lee he will see him at Stand & Deliver, Dijak tells Wes Lee he has not forgotten about him, and Dabba-Kato says that he was stopped once and that nobody will stop him in the battle royal.

Blake Howard is debate moderator between The Schism (Joe Gacy, Jagger Reid, Rip Fowler, Ava Rayne) and Andre Chase University (Andre Chase, Thea Hail, Duke Hudson). Duke Hudson and Rip Fowler step up first. Fowler says inclusion is the cornerstone of The Schism, and that The Schism has offered Hudson the opportunity to remove his mask of false school spirit and welcome him with open arms. Hudson says that the university has given him a mask and a sense of inclusion, but does not say much else. Next up is Ava Rayne and Thea Hail, and Ava Rayne says she knows that there is safety in The Schism and that Andre Chase University puts up fake walls that The Schism tears down the walls of society. Thea Hail mentions the dictionary definition of safety and says that Chase U has supplied that safety, and that The Schism has brainwashed people into a false sense of safety and security. Andre Chase and Joe Gacy then debate. Gacy says Chase's students are not ready and do not know which way is up, then Tyler Bate steps in for Chase and debates with Jagger Reid. Jagger Reid describes The Schism as "four roots, one tree," and Tyler Bate says it takes more than physical prowess to succeed, but a big strong mind and the ability to take advice, and says Andre Chase is connected to constant growth and evolution in NXT, which The Schism has never had. This leads to a eight-way tag match between both sides at Stand & Deliver, but Gacy states that The Schism is superior physically and philosophically. Duke Hudson then puts the school on the line, with the winner getting control. Gacy accepts the challenge.

At Big Daddy's, The Creed Brothers (Julius and Brutus Creed), Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) and the team of Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo have had a brawl in the bar. All three teams agree to have their fun again at Stand & Deliver.

Bron Breakker and Carmelo Hayes beat Pretty Deadly (Kit Wilson and Elton Prince).

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