Generation NXT - NXT recap for September 2, 2025

Lash Legend beats Jaida Parker with two Lash Extensions, one on the announce table and another in the ring. After the match, Jaida Parker goes after Lash Legend and throws her into the ring steps before sending her into the barricade with Hipnotic.

Backstage, Blake Monroe meets with Arianna Grace. After finding out that Arianna has great taste in makeup, Blake talks about her recent troubles with Jordynne Grace. Arianna makes it clear that she and Jordynne are not related. Jordynne shows up and goes after Blake Monroe, then Kali Armstrong chews Jordynne out for ruining her NXT debut and tells her that they now have problems.

Je'Von Evans heads to the ring. Je'Von says he thought he had it in the bag at Heatwave and felt that Heatwave was his night to become NXT Champion. He also mentioned that as soon as Oba Femi got a rope break, Oba was able to capitalize and beat him. Je'Von states that he feels he let the fans down, to which the fans chant "We still love you!" All of a sudden, he sees a motorcycle on the TitanTron. The person riding the motorcycle is none other than Josh Briggs, who has an Undertaker gong play before his entrance theme. Briggs says that Je'Von is everything he hates about the NXT locker room and that he is getting all the opportunities he should be getting, and that he should have demanded a rematch from Oba Femi and failed to. He then says that Ricky Starks slipped by and took his opportunities, then says Je'Von wants somebody to motivate him and give him his gold star and that Je'Von will never be good enough to beat Oba Femi. When Je'Von says Briggs acts like he knows him, he boots him and says Je'Von should know when to fight and when to lay down before bringing an open metal folding chair into the ring and choke slamming Je'Von into it.

We see a video package for Xia Brookside vs. Candice LeRae in the WWE Women's Speed Championship Tournament.

Backstage, Hank Walker and Tank Ledger try to get their team fired up. Oba Femi is not in the mood for it, as is Ricky Saints, but Hank says they have a plan before he and Tank leave for catering. Saints hopes Oba is locked in, but Oba wants Saints to worry about himself.

Candice LeRae beats Xia Brookside with 24 seconds left to advance in the WWE Women's Speed Championship Tournament.

In the locker room, Josh Briggs dares people to say anything to his face. Kale Dixon and Uriah Connors confronts Briggs for what he did to Je'Von Evans earlier. Andre Chase jumps in to reason with Briggs, but when Briggs disrespects Chase, this leads to Dixon and Connors getting a match from General Manager Ava.

Backstage, Sol Ruca and Zaria, Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne, Fallon Henley, Jazmyn Nyx) and The Culling (Izzi Dame and Tatum Paxley) meet with General Manager Ava. As all three teams argue, Ava announces that there will be a Triple Threat Tag Team Elimination Match between them and that whoever wins gets a shot at the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships.

We hear from DarkState (Dion Lennox, Cutler James, Saquon Shugars, Osiris Griffin). Saquon says that the whole world is still confused, and Osiris says they are tired of being overlooked. Lennox says that Osiris was overlooked in the NFL and that Cutler was embarrassed on LFG. Osiris says it took Saquon six years to reach WWE because he was too much of a wild card. Lennox says he was told by Oba Femi that he is not championship material, and Osiris says they had to pay their dues by playing security for bigger stars. Saquon says they have played the game of going from security to Superstar, but Lennox did not want to wait. The four says they are tired of being overlooked and that nobody is safe when they strike.

Trick Williams heads to the ring. Trick says that he stands by what he meant last week and that after last week, either he really is the best in NXT or that nobody cares about NXT anymore, then says he does not blame anyone and that as soon as he moves to the main roster, he will never be seen in NXT again. He says that the fans' favorites do not love the fans back before #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) suddenly show up. Gargano says that they love the fans, then says today is the ten-year anniversary of their NXT debut. Gargano mentions that Trick is the greatest Superstar to come out of NXT, with Ciampa seemingly agreeing with him, then they both mention that Ciampa has held the NXT Championship twice as well. It is also mentioned that Gargano held the North American Championship three times on the way to become the first Triple Crown Champion in NXT history while mentioning Trick as Total Nonstop Action World Champion and making fun of Ciampa betraying Gargano. Gargano says that all of the greats of NXT had one things in common, which is their love for the fans, before Ciampa mentions that he and Gargano paved the way for Trick to be in NXT. Trick says he came here not to disrespect, then says that he kicked DIY's accolades and accomplishments back to "medieval times" where they belong. Ciampa shoves Trick, then #DIY hits Trick with Meet in the Middle.

Backstage, General Manager Ava meets with Je'Von Evans and says that if Je'Von does not interfere in Josh Briggs' match tonight, he will get Briggs in a match next week. Je'Von agrees, then Ava has Je'Von escorted out of the building.

We see a vignette for Kali Armstrong.

Jordynne Grace beats Kali Armstrong. After the match, Blake Monroe shows up, and she and Jordynne brawl until security shows up. Blake Monroe's mouth ends up getting busted open.

We see a video package for Lola Vice, who talks about her return home to Little Havana in Miami after nine years of chasing a dream and also talks about her family.

Josh Briggs beats Andre Chase. After the match, Briggs attacks Kale Dixon, then choke slams Uriah Connors through the announce table.

Backstage, Trick Williams says he will see #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) next week.

Oba Femi, Ricky Saints, Hank Walker and Tank Ledger beat DarkState (Dion Lennox, Cutler James, Saquon Shugars, Osiris Griffin) despite Oba and Saints brawling each other when Hank Walker says Joe Hendry's name, causing Hendry to distract DarkState so that Hank and Tank can get the win. After the match, while Hank and Tank celebrate with Joe Hendry, Oba and Saints brawl backstage to end the show.

Here are the highlights from tonight's show!