Generation NXT - NXT recap for September 5, 2023

Tiffany Stratton retains the NXT Women's Championship against Kiana James after using Kiana James' business bag as a weapon. Tiffany misses and hits the 401K, but when the referee takes the bag out of the ring, Tiffany rakes Kiana's eyes and hits the Prettiest Moonsault Ever to retain. After the match, Becky Lynch congratulates Tiffany Stratton before mentioning that the NXT Women's Championship is the only title she has yet to win, and after Tiffany's appearance at Payback, she says it is time for The Man to come around in NXT. She announces that next week, Becky challenges Tiffany for the NXT Women's Championship.

Backstage, Diamond Mine (Julius Creed, Brutus Creed, Ivy Nile) is back in their gym. Julius says there will be more drama or goofing off, and Brutus says they have invited the whole tag team division to the gym and that it time to get back to the top of the mountain. Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo, and Julius thanks them for their help from earlier. Suddenly Edris Enofe and Malik Blade show up wanting a tag team title match. Stacks and D'Angelo decide to stick around, as it will be a long night.

Ilja Dragunov beats Oro Mensah. After the match, Wes Lee shows up and says he has the first shot at Carmelo Hayes, but Dragunov tells him that Carmelo Hayes is his and that he will go through everyone who gets in his way. Wes Lee says he has more heart than Dragunov can handle and that he will go through him to get to the NXT Championship. Carmelo Hayes shows up and says he has talked with Shawn Michaels and has gotten all the advice he has needed to hear. He says there is no asterisk next to his match with Dragunov, saying Dragunov took a risk and he took advantage. He also says Wes Lee can come up with any excuse he wants, but Wes took a risk and he took advantage. He then announces that Wes Lee and Ilja Dragunov will face each other, and the winner will face him at No Mercy for the NXT Championship. He hopes they show mercy on each other, because at No Mercy, he will not.

"Dirty" Dominik Mysterio is seen ripping pages out of a WWE rule book before looking at his purple striped referee shirt in the locker room.

Backstage, McKenzie Mitchell interviews Nathan Frazer, who says that he wants the NXT Heritage Cup back so badly as of late. Frazer says that he did not get to NXT by slowing down and that he will will not start tonight.

Backstage, Jacy Jayne and Thea Hail talk backstage when Gigi Dolin shows up and confronts Jacy for taking advantage of Thea. Blair Davenport shows up and calls Thea Hail a child trying to swim in shark-infested waters. This leads to Gigi Dolin and Blair Davenport arguing, and Thea Hail butts in and says she is a grown woman, not a kid, as she tells Gigi Dolin not to stand up for her. Gigi says she may not know Thea, but show knows Jacy, and says Jacy is not the kind of person Thea should be around. Thea refuses to listen and leaves with Jacy.

Nathan Frazer beats Duke Hudson in Group B of the Global Heritage Invitiational and scores two (2) points, putting him in a three-way tie with Joe Coffey and Duke Hudson. Meta-Four (Noam Dar, Oro Mensah, Lash Legend, Jakara Jackson) are seen watching from a distance during this match as well as tonight's other Global Heritage Invitational match.

At the Diamond Mine gym, Hank Walker and Tank Walker talk with The Creed Brothers (Julius and Brutus Creed) about how well they know each other. Bronco Nima and Lucien Price introduce themselves and say they are here to win and want tag team gold, then Scrypts shows up and says that the streets made Bronco and Lucien and that he can relate to that.

Tyler Bate beats Dabba-Kato after getting him in the airplane spin.

Backstage, Dominik Mysterio meets with Carmelo Hayes and talks about how hard it is to be a champion before heading to the ring to see who he defends his title against next.

Backstage, Lyra Valkyria and Roxanne Perez talk about how tired they are of Dominik Mysterio and Becky Lynch's appearance when Kiana James shows up and shows his displeasure with tonight's loss. Lyra tells Kiana that challenging for the title and winning it are two different things, and Kiana brags about taking the opportunity from Roxanne and her lack of hesitation towards doing it again, which starts a brawl between Kiana and Roxanne.

Backstage, McKenzie Mitchell interviews Baron Corbin, who says Bron Breakker and Von Wagner have something to prove and have to prove it to him. He does not care who wins tonight, and that he will enjoy watching both men destroy each other before he picks up the scraps.

In backstage footage from moments ago, Kelly Kincaid interviews Tiffany Stratton, but Tiffany refuses.

Mustafa Ali beats Dragon Lee to become the #1 contender to the NXT North American Championship following a fast count on an O'Connor Roll after Dragon Lee complains to Dominik about the cadence on the pinfall attempt from his sit-out powerbomb. After the match, Mustafa Ali punches Dominik Mysterio in the face, then shakes hands with Dragon Lee before the two of them leave.

Backstage, Ilja Dragunov tells Trick Williams that he meant every word he said about him, but questions Trick's confidence in Carmelo Hayes. Trick says Carmelo can beat Dragunov again, but Dragunov gives him a week to either stop lying to his friend or stop lying to himself.

Backstage, Drew Gulak confronts Myles Borne for meeting with Fallon Henley, Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen behind his back, and he, Charlie Dempsey and Damon Kemp tell him that he is not ready and that next week is his one shot to make an impression.

In backstage footage from last week, Eddy Thorpe says he was ready for Dijak and that Dijak cannot win without take shortcuts, and that he is not done with Dijak yet.

Axiom vs. Butch in Group A of the Global Heritage Invitational ends in a ten-minute time limit draw. Axiom and Butch both earn one point. After the match, Tyler Bate shows up.

In backstage footage from earlier today, Von Wagner is seen apologizing in advance to the announce table for putting Bron Breakker through it. When Mr. Stone shows up, Von Wagner tells him that Breaker is going to get tabled tonight.

Back at the Diamond Mine gym, the entire tag team division is there when Los Lotharios (Humerto Carrillo and Angel Garza) show up wanting the NXT tag team titles. D'Angelo tells them threatening the D'Angelo Family (D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo) is not a good idea, but Angel Garza says he and Humberto Carrillo will claw their way to the tag team titles. When D'Angelo tells Los Lotharios to claw their way out of the room, Garza throws a punch at D'Angelo, starting a brawl between all the tag teams.

Thea Hail beats Gigi Dolin with the Kimura Lock after Blair Davenport attacks Gigi Dolin on the outside as Jacy Jayne distracts the referee.

Backstage, Ivy Nile shows up at a destroyed Diamond Mine gym to see that The Creed Brothers (Julius and Brutus Creed) have never felt better after fighting the rest of the NXT tag team division.

Backstage, Kelani Jordan talks with Lyra Valkyria about her recent loss when Dana Brooke shows up and accuses Lyra of trying to break them up as a team. Lyra says she had no problem with Dana up until now and says she was not teaching Kelani anything, but after she is done with Dana, Kelani may learn to make better friends.

In backstage footage from moments ago, Tiffany Stratton says she has done more in her first two years than Becky Lynch did, and while Becky Lynch may be a star, she is the center of the universe, and her championship is not going anywhere.

Baron Corbin guests on commentary for the next match.

Bron Breakker beats Von Wagner in a no-disqualification match despite Wagner powerbombing Breakker through the announce table. After the match, Breakker attacks Von Wagner with a chair before hitting him in the head with the ring steps, which the show blacks out to censor, ending the show.