Generation NXT - NXT recap for December 19, 2023

Fallon Henley beats Tiffany Stratton with a Sunset Flip. After the match, Tiffany snaps and attacks Fallon from behind, dragging her by her hair, rubbing her with a wet mop and dumping trash out of a trash can on her.

Backstage, Carmelo Hayes apologizes to Trick Williams for last week. Trick says they are good and that accidents happen, then asks Carmelo if he knows who attacked him. Carmelo says he only has Ilja Dragunov's strength to go by, then proposes that they make the NXT Championship a triple threat match. Trick is reluctant, and says that he won the Iron Survivor Challenge to earn his own title shot. Carmelo says they will not have to fight each other and that it will not matter who wins the NXT Championship, but Trick says it will. Carmelo says he wants Dragunov to pay, and Trick says they have to do it the right way. Trick then asks Carmelo to be by his side on the road to his title match with Dragunov. Carmelo accepts.

Ilja Dragunov heads to the ring. Dragunov says he feels like the third wheel in a weird romance story with Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams. As he keeps talking, Ridge Holland suddenly shows up. He says he is not here to cause problems, and that he has been struggling mentally and needs to know who he is. Dragunov welcomes him back, then asks Ridge what he wants. Ridge says he knows where Dragunov is coming from, and says that he is here to redeem himself. He says that Dragunov can not only help him redeem himself, but also earn redemption. Ridge says that he feels like that he can be in the main event. When Dragunov asks Ridge if he wants a title shot, Ridge says he has too much respect to ask for anything, and that he will run through the locker room to earn that shot. He says their title match will happen, and when it does, it will be his honor, then calls this the first chapter in his own redemption story. Dragunov says that he wrestles with unbridled passion, and if Ridge wants to know where he stands, he will find out tonight. Ridge and Dragunov then have a staredown in the middle of the ring.

Backstage, we hear from Lexis King, saying he is already a breakout star and that when he wins the Men's Breakout Tournament, he will have the contract to prove it.

Backstage, Trick Williams confronts Ilja Dragunov for having a match with Ridge Holland, but Dragunov reminds him that he is the champion and that he calls the shots. Trick says he is champion, but only until New Year's Evil.

Lexis King beats Dion Lennox to advance in the NXT Men's Breakout Tournament. After the match, Trey Bearhill shows up with a chair, and Lexis gets out of the ring, saying Bearhill has not earned another shot at him. Bearhill then helps Lennox up.

We hear from Eddy Thorpe, who says that this year has been "trial by fire" for him and that his feud with Dijak has been heartbreaking for his family. He says that he fights through the pain for his family. He says that Dijak took him out, and in return, he took the Iron Survivor Challenge from him. He then wants a match with no ropes and no excuses and challenges Dijak to an NXT Underground match.

Kiana James and Izzi Dame beat Thea Hail and Jacy Jayne after Izzi gets the hot tag, making it so Thea cannot get the submission win on Kiana.

Backstage, the female locker room talk about Kiana James and Izzi Dame, and Roxanne Perez says that she is not done with them. Arianna Grace says it's only about how you play the game and not wins and losses, but Roxanne says she feels otherwise before she slaps Arianna.

Andre Chase and Duke Hudson are seen gambling with OTM (Bronco Nima, Lucien Price, Scrypts). Duke Hudson tells Andre Chase to stop while he is ahead, but OTM tells him to keep going. Andre Chase proposes a match, where if he and Hudson win, they double their money, and if he and Hudson lose, they walk out with what they came in with. Scrypts also wants a tag team title match. A member of The D'Angelo Family shows up and calls Tony D'Angelo, then says they have a deal.

Before the next match, Dragon Lee picks Charlie Dempsey as his opponent. Gallus (Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey, Wolfgang) shows up, and Joe Coffey tells Dragon Lee to pick him or Dempsey. Dragon Lee picks both, making it a Triple Threat Match.

Dragon Lee retains the NXT North American Championship against Charlie Dempsey and Joe Coffey in a Triple THreat Match. During the match, Joe Gacy is seen underneath the ring, and he drags Joe Coffey underneath the ring. After the match, Joe Gacy flees, then Dempsey, Drew Gulak, Myles Borne and Damon Kemp attack Dragon Lee until Joaquin Wilde and Cruz del Toro show up and make the save.

Backstage, Trick Williams says he should be getting the first shot at the NXT Championship, not Ridge Holland. He says that he should be the one to take the title off Ilja Dragunov.

Cora Jade returns to the women's locker room and reclaims her locker from Karmen Petrovic before throwing her jacket to the ground. When Karmen shows up and see what happened, Gigi Dolin says there's only way to deal with Cora.

Tavion Heights beats Luca Crusifino to advance in the NXT Men's Breakout Tournament.

We see a video package for Blair Davenport vs. Lyra Valkyria for the NXT Women's Championship.

Backstage, Lyra Valkyria is met by Nikkita Lyons. She says she will take care of Tatum Paxley tonight, but tells Lyra she is back for Blair Davenport and for the NXT Women's Championship.

Backstage, Kelly Kincaid interviews Meta-Four (Noam Dar, Oro Mensah, Lash Legend, Jakara Jackson), who are celebrating the holidays. Noam Dar says Josh Briggs has a Christmas miracle coming his way, as he will defend the Heritage Cup against him.

Nikkita Lyons beats Tatum Paxley.

Backstage, Hank Walker and Tank Ledger say they are about to flip the script on Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) tonight.

Backstage, Fallon Henley says she is humiliated, embarrassed and pissed off, and that Tiffany Stratton has had everything handed to her and that she is not done with her. Fallon leaves, then Josh Briggs feels that he will win the Heritage Cup. Brooks Jensen says he and Fallon will have Briggs' back, but Briggs says he has to do this one solo.

Gallus (Mark Coffey and Wolfgang) Hank Walker and Tank Ledger. After the match, Joe Gacy is seen in the Chase U student section of the crowd.

We hear from Dijak, who talks about how he put Eddy Thorpe in the hospital in their strap match before attack him with the turnbuckle last week before telling Thorpe he will see him in the underground.

We hear from Tiffany Stratton, who says that it feels good to put Fallon Henley in her place as "a servant in society," and that the two of them do not belong in the same world. She says that Fallon will always be trash and challenges her to a match at New Year's Evil, and when she wins, Fallon will become her servant.

Ridge Holland vs. Ilja Dragunov ends with Ridge Holland accidentally dropping Dragunov as Dragunov elbows him. Referees and medical check on Dragunov, who has to be placed on a stretcher, while Ridge Holland is disappointed with himself. Dragonuv is helped to the back to end the show.

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