Generation NXT - NXT recap for October 14, 2025

Ricky Saints heads to the ring to start tonight's show. Saints says that last week, he showed that when you stack the odds against him, he will fight like hell for both himself and the fans, and that when things get tough, Trick Williams will fold under pressure, which is the difference between himself and Trick. He states that when he won the NXT Championship, everything became clear in that moment, but for Trick Williams, it has not been very clear for him, especially when he has abandoned NXT and acts like he is above it. Nevertheless, he wants to give Trick a chance to prove him wrong about all that, and calls his shot by challenging Trick for the title at Halloween Havoc. Trick Williams shows up on the TitanTron and says it is not his fault Saints could not get the job done last week, then says that they are on different levels, stating that Saints grinded his whole life while he has never had to wait in line. He says that Saints is so mad that he is putting the NXT Championship on the line, then says they will do this on his time and that he will see him soon. Saints expected Trick to do this, then says he will burst Trick's "fantasy land" bubble.

Backstage, Je'Von Evans and Leon Slater are disappointed about the ending to their Bound for Glory match. Slater says he had Je'Von a few times, but Je'Von says he could have been champion. The Hardys (Jeff and Matt Hardy) show up and calls what DarkState (Dion Lennox, Cutler James, Saquon Shugars, Osiris Griffin) did a shot at them and considers Je'Von and Slater a threat to DarkState, especially when they are the future of pro wrestling. The Hardys tell them that they will lay in some receipts for DarkState in their tag team title rematch, and Je'Von tells The Hardys that he and Slater have their backs.

We see footage from "NXT Anonymous" where Kelani Jordan talks with Jordynne Grace. Kelani accuses Jordynne of bad officiating at Showdown and says that Jordynne was a big fish in a small fish when she was Total Nonstop Action Knockouts World Champion and is now swimming with sharks, and that she plans to hold the TNA Knockouts title for a long time. Jordynne reminds Kelani that she helped make it possible for her to even hold the title.

Josh Briggs beats Matt Cardona. (The match is Matt Cardona's first in WWE in over a decade since his release and his first under his real name.) During the match, Josh Briggs tries to hit Matt Cardona with a chain, but the referee stops him from doing it and Cardona is able to hit Radio Silence. Briggs powerbombs Cardona out of the air, then blocks Cardona's offense afterwards and hits the big boot for the win.

Hank Walker and Tank Ledger talk with Chase University (Andre Chase, Kale Dixon, Uriah Connors) talk about a potential tag team tiel contendership match with Lyra Valkyria caught in the middle as she is looking for Tatum Paxley. Tatum finds Lyra, but Lya runs into The Culling (Shewn Spears, Niko Vance, Izzi Dame, Tatum). Izzi says Hank and Tank had their chance and failed while Chase University have no talent, and states that Shawn Spears and Niko are the only team worthy of winning the NXT tag titles. Hank and Tank take this as a challenge to a Triple Threat Match, to which Andre Chase agrees, and both parties head to General Manager Ava to get eh match made. Meanwhile, Izzi Dame looks foward to winning the women's battle royal tonight.

We hear from Fatal Influence (Jacy Jayne and Fallon Henley). Jacy says that when she and Fallon created Fatal Influence, they wanted to be the leaders of the women's division, and Fallon says that they have run the division since then. Jacy says they have had their problems, but they have worked them out, and Fallon says Jazmyn Nyx was a problem until she was taken out by someone who, as Jacy put it, was willing to prove themselves in a way that Jazmyn Nyx did in Lainey Reid, who is now the new third member of the group. She says she has seen Jacy and Fallon rise to the top, and she has realized that to be like them, she has to follow in their footsteps. Fallon tells her that she also took it one step further before Jacy welcomes her to the group and tells her that she has earned it.

El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. beats Lexis King in his NXT debut. After the match, El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. calls out "All Ego" Ethan Page, and Ethan shows up. Ethan says it is exhausting being "the greatest North American of all time" and that he has people all over the WWE universe hoping to get their eyes on him, then says that El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. does not have to hunt for him anymore. He announces that El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. will be challenging him for the North American title at Halloween Havoc and that he will beat him. El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. says he has spoken with General Manager Ava and that he wants Ethan in a Day of the Dead Match in which anything goes.

Backstage, Zaria is speaking with Sol Ruca regarding shades of lipstick. When Zaria asks Sol Ruca why she is in wrestling gear, Sol Ruca states that she is in tonight's 20-woman battle royal to determine a #1 contender for the NXT Women's Championship. Zaria asks Sol Ruca how many championships she needs before telling her that she is facing Blake Monroe solo tonight.

Backstage, General Manager Ava and Total Nonstop Action Director of Authority Santino Marella are talking with Je'Von Evans and Leon Slater when Je'Von and Slater want to know if there is a tag team they can face. Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and Arianna Grace show up, and says that if it were not for DarkState (Dion Lennox, Cutler James, Saquon Shugars, Osiris Griffin), Leon Slater would probably not be champion right now. This gives Santino Marella the idea of putting Stacks and Slater in a match for the X Division Championship next week on NXT. All of a sudden, a loud crash is heard, and it is revealed that Trick Williams has attacked Ricky Saints.

Blake Monroe beats Zaria. During the match, Blake Monroe pulls a a metal folding chair out from underneath the ring to use it as a weapon, but Sol Ruca shows up to pull the chair out of her hands. Blake Monroe then produces a hair pin, and she strikes Zaria in the throat with it behind the referee's back to hit the Beauty Shot for the win.

Backstage, we hear from General Manager Ava, who announces that next week, the men's Speed Championship tournament will begin. SmackDown's Axiom will take on Evolve's "Super" Sean Legacy, while Total Nonstop Action's Zachary Wentz will face NXT Jasper Troy. The winners of these two matches will face each other for the right to face El Grande Americano for the WWE Speed Championship.

Hank Walker and Tank Ledger vs. Chase University (Kale Dixon and Uriah Connors) vs. The Culling (Shawn Spears and Niko Vance) ends in a no contest with OTM (Bronco Nima and Lucien Price) to decide #1 contenders for the NXT Tag Team Championships attacking all three teams.

Backstage, Zaria tells Sol Ruca that she is fine following her match with Blake Monroe. Sol Ruca says she should have been out there from the beginning as she apologizes, then says that she wants Zaria to have her opportunity and that she has given her her slot in the 20-woman battle royal tonight. Sol Ruca admits that Blake Monroe was right and that she is somewhat selfish, then says she wants the two of them to have all the gold. The two of them make up.

Backstage, General Manager Ava tells Ricky Saints that Trick Williams is gone as Saints is looking for Trick. She then tells Saints that he will meet Trick Williams next week and asks him to keep it together for their contract signing. Saints tells Ava that he can do that for her.

Backstage, DarkState (Dion Lennox, Cutler James, Saquon Shugars, Osiris Griffin) have attacked The Hardys (Jeff and Matt Hardy). They vow to take back the NXT Tag Team Championships.

Tatum Paxley last eliminates Jordynne Grace and Izzi Dame - inadvertently, as Izzi Dame clotheslines Jordynne Grace over the top rope only for the two of them to tumble over the top rope - to win a 20-woman battle royal and become the #1 contender for the NXT Women's Championship by holding on to the bottom rope as Izzi eliminates herself and Jordynne. During the match, Arianna Grace and Victoria Crawford accidentally get themselves simultatenously eliminated, Lash Legend and Mara Sadé (formerly known as Jakara Jackson) have a reunion, Zaria is forced to eliminate herself to check on Sol Ruca after Sol Ruca is attacked from out of nowhere by Blake Monroe, Kelani Jordan walks on her hands to avoid elimination only to her plans foiled by Jordynne Grace. After the match, Lyra Valkyria celebrates with Tatum Paxley in the ring.

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