Generation NXT - NXT recap for May 18, 2016

We find out that Austin Aries' tag team partner is "The King of Strong Style" Shinsuke Nakamura.

Austin Aries and "The King of Strong Style" Shinsuke Nakamura beat Blake and Murphy. After the match, Alexa Bliss turns her back on Blake and Murphy, and then Blake turns his back on Murphy, effectively ending them as a tag team and faction.

We see a video package of Asuka.

Bayley knows that Nia Jax loves to use her size to intimidate, but she says that's not going to happen. She admits that Nia Jax is tough, but she is beatable. After tonight, she will re-focus on becoming NXT Women's Champion once again.

Cathy Kelley interviews No Way Jose, who calls his style "Jose being Jose." He says his smile is why opponents underestimate him and that he has high energy. He says he's here in NXT to have a fiesta.

Carmella says that Enzo Amore will be back soon, and that she is happy for Big Cass' recent success on the main roster. She says she's still in NXT to become Women's Champion.

Carmella beats Peyton Royce by submission.

We see footage from last Saturday's house show in Portland, Oregon, which ended in a brawl between Finn Balor and Samoa Joe that involved most of the locker room. We then see a new contract signing as shown on Facebook Live, where it is revealed that Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe for the NXT Championship at TakeOver will take place in a steel cage, making the match the first-ever steel cage match in NXT history.

Alexa Bliss tells Blake and Murphy that it's about her now, and that it will be easier without them on their back. Murphy gives Blake a disapproving stare.

Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa beat Danny Burch and Rob Ryzin.

NXT General Manager William Regal congratulates the team of Enzo Amore and Bigg Cass and The Vaudevillains for their recent main roster success. He then announces that American Alpha (Jason Jordan and Chad Gable) will defend the NXT Tag Team Championships against The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) in a tag team title rematch at TakeOver.

Nia Jax beats Bayley after Bayley lands hard on her injured left knee and Nia works on it to the chagrin of the ref.

Generation NXT - NXT recap for October 21, 2015

Asuka beats Billie Kay with the Asuka Lock.

We get a special look at Baron Corbin.

Tyler Breeze has it out for Samoa Joe ever since Joe won the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic along with Finn Balor, and says that if he's not number one contender for the NXT Championship, neither is Samoa Joe. If Joe wants to fight him, all he has to do is find him.

Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady beat Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder when Amore gets a small package pin on Scott Dawson. After the match, Dash and Dawson decimate Enzo and Big Cass, with Big Cass falling victim to the Shatter Machine.

We get a special look at Rhyno.

Eva Marie is still on vacation in Paris. She plans on returning soon.

In what is perhaps one of the biggest surprises of 2015, "The Cowboy" James Storm makes a surprise appearance in NXT, fights in an NXT ring and beats Danny Burch.

Apollo Crews opens up about his early life.

Alexa Bliss beats Peyton Royce. After the match, Alexa Bliss mockingly congratulates Bayley before warning her that her Woman's title reign is about to come to an end.

Next week: Samoa Joe vs. Tyler Breeze!

Baron Corbin beats Rhyno.

Samoa Joe calls Tyler Breeze "the epitomy of a desperate man" and tells Breeze to take a picture of himself as he will never look the same again after next week.

Generation NXT - NXT recap for September 30, 2015

Samoa Joe and Finn Balor beat Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady to advance to the semi-finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.

Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa are disappointed they didn't get far in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, but are looking forward to what's next. Gargano has a match tonight with Apollo Creed, and says he and Ciampa are friend with him. Tyler Breeze shows up and challenges Ciampa to a match, saying that he and Gargano cost him the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.

Apollo Crews beats Johnny Gargano.

William Regal announces that Dana Brooke will take on Asuka at NXT TakeOver: Respect...and both Emma and Dana sees of footage of her in action. Needless to say, Dana and Emma don't like what they saw.

We see Asuka at a punching bag.

Dana Brooke and Emma beat Billie Kay and Peyton Royce.

Devin Taylor interviews Jason Jordan and Chad Gable. They say that Baron Corbin and Rhyno will have to overcome them in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic to reach the semi-finals. Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson show up and call them out for saying that they won't be able to beat them, either, as well as for losing the eight man tag match from a few weeks ago for their side, and both teams argue.

Tyler Breeze beats Tommaso Ciampa.

Rhyno and Baron Corbin say that the only people who can stop them...is them.

We take a special look at the events leading up to Sasha Banks vs. Bayley for the NXT Women's Championship at NXT TakeOver: Respect.

Generation NXT - NXT recap for September 9, 2015

Carmella beats the debuting Peyton Royce (formerly Cassie McIntosh) by submission.

Samoa Joe and Finn Balor get ready in the locker room.

This past weekend, Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady beat Angelo Dawkins and Saywer Fulton to continue to the next round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic at an NXT live event.

This past weekend, Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson beat "The Drifter" Elias Samson and Tucker Knight to continue to the next round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic at an NXT live event.

Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa get a surprise upset win against Bull Dempsey and Tyler Breeze after miscommunication between Breeze and Dempsey occurs to continue to the next round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic. Breeze takes his anger out on Dempsey and viciously attacks him after the match.

The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto) are in the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic...and they're ready to win it all for Dusty, starting with Finn Balor and Samoa Joe, who they consider an honor to face off against.

Devin Taylor interveiws Dana Brooke. She's ticked off that Bayley is the new NXT Women's Champion and not her, and feels she's not being taken seriously enough...and that in order to be taken seriously, she has to become champion. She's turned down an invitation to the Arnold Classic in Spain to prove she's a dominant force in NXT.

Dana Brooke beats Billie Kay.

Devin Taylor interviews Apollo Crews, who says that the Apollo Nation is about to take over NXT.

Izzy, the young Bayley fan at front row at every NXT taping, gets a backstage tour with Bayley.

At the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island, Finn Balor and Samoa Joe beat The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara and Kalisto) to continue to the next round of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic.