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00:00:00Sorry, Danny. You go home.
00:00:02Congratulations.
00:00:04Zina, you've earned this trip to the finals.
00:00:07There's really no losing for me.
00:00:09BJ, your ass going home.
00:00:11Go get him, baby! Go get him!
00:00:13You go get him, BJ!
00:00:15It looks like you and I are going home.
00:00:17We'll do it together.
00:00:19Shiloh, you'll be staying.
00:00:21The finals are set.
00:00:23Congratulations.
00:00:31It's finals week on LFG,
00:00:33and the remaining future greats
00:00:35meet with Shawn Michaels one last time.
00:00:39And then,
00:00:41there were four.
00:00:44The finals.
00:00:46Legends.
00:00:48How do you
00:00:50prepare
00:00:52your future greats
00:00:54to perform in front of
00:00:56easily
00:00:58the biggest crowd of their lives
00:01:00and, of course, New York City?
00:01:02You're gonna have to
00:01:04have to learn how to
00:01:06use that nervous energy
00:01:08and turn it into positive energy
00:01:10because there's nothing that prepares you
00:01:12for your first trip to the Garden.
00:01:14You're all winners just because
00:01:16you're standing here,
00:01:18so be proud of yourselves.
00:01:20Pat yourselves on the back,
00:01:22but only one woman and only one man
00:01:24will move on, and that's the one man
00:01:26who steals the show.
00:01:28An NXT contract
00:01:30on the line.
00:01:32For now,
00:01:34go home,
00:01:36pack your bags,
00:01:38and get ready to see
00:01:40the incredible lights
00:01:42of New York City.
00:01:46Good luck to each and every one of you.
00:01:56Welcome
00:01:58to the ultimate proving ground.
00:02:0016 future
00:02:02greats.
00:02:08Four legends.
00:02:22A chance to win
00:02:24an NXT contract.
00:02:28Every legend has a first chapter,
00:02:30and the future starts now.
00:02:40Okay.
00:02:50This is my recovery sauna.
00:02:52If Olympic wrestling taught me anything,
00:02:54it was to
00:02:56take care of your body
00:02:58as best as you can, and one of the things
00:03:00that I love doing is stretching
00:03:02in a sauna.
00:03:06The best ability is availability,
00:03:08and the only way to keep yourself
00:03:10available is to keep your body
00:03:12in shape and flexible
00:03:14and uninjured.
00:03:18Gotta have my gear.
00:03:20I don't know if I
00:03:22should wear this one
00:03:24or a new one.
00:03:26I'll bring
00:03:28both.
00:03:30I'll bring both. We'll see.
00:03:32We'll see what happens.
00:03:34When I went to the Olympics,
00:03:36that should have been the biggest moment of my
00:03:38life, and I should have had
00:03:40a lot of people there
00:03:42cheering me on. My family,
00:03:44my husband, friends,
00:03:46and nobody
00:03:48was there.
00:03:50Now I get to wrestle
00:03:52at Madison Square
00:03:54Garden in front of
00:03:56thousands, and
00:03:58it's gonna be something
00:04:00that I've been yearning for.
00:04:02I'm here to compete
00:04:04and have fun and get that
00:04:06contract, and sorry,
00:04:08Zena, it's not gonna be you.
00:04:12I've never been to New York before,
00:04:14so I'm so excited. First time ever.
00:04:16Oh, I forgot it was gonna be cold.
00:04:18Okay.
00:04:20Then we're gonna need
00:04:22jackets. During
00:04:24the semifinals match with
00:04:26Panina, I smashed my knee
00:04:28in the canvas.
00:04:30It slowly started swelling,
00:04:32and then the next day it swelled even more.
00:04:34We got an
00:04:36MRI done, and it's just a
00:04:38contusion and a
00:04:40sprain, so it'll have a brace
00:04:42for the finals match, and we'll just push
00:04:44through the pain, and we'll be fine.
00:04:46My mom makes all my gear.
00:04:48She is a fashion designer.
00:04:50She wants me to look the best
00:04:52that I can when I'm out there performing,
00:04:54even though she doesn't know a lot about the WWE.
00:04:56One thing she does know is about
00:04:58the gear.
00:05:04I don't know.
00:05:06I'm a little
00:05:08stressed.
00:05:10A little.
00:05:12But I'm very...
00:05:14I can't wait.
00:05:16Because, you know, I've been working
00:05:18for this for two years.
00:05:20I know.
00:05:22No matter what you want, you can do it.
00:05:24That's it. You can do it.
00:05:26You're my son.
00:05:30When I first got signed to the WWE,
00:05:32I made myself a vision board,
00:05:34and it wasn't any short-term goals.
00:05:36It was a five-year
00:05:38vision board that I had for myself
00:05:40that I knew that I could achieve.
00:05:42One of the biggest things on here,
00:05:44which is crazy, is I had Madison Square
00:05:46Garden on my vision board.
00:05:50Where's your undershirt?
00:05:52What undershirt?
00:05:54I don't wear a shirt anymore.
00:05:56Oh, you don't wear a shirt anymore.
00:05:58You're a big dog.
00:06:00I'm a fan
00:06:02of big-man wrestling, so
00:06:04I tried to get a little piece
00:06:06of everything. You know, obviously,
00:06:08the idea for the pants came from
00:06:10Braun Strowman.
00:06:14The style was
00:06:16Kevin Nash.
00:06:18And the jacket, this is
00:06:20all Bray Wyatt.
00:06:22I have a lot
00:06:24of love for Bray Wyatt.
00:06:26He was probably one of my favorites.
00:06:32My dad
00:06:34is cooler than a million
00:06:36popsicles.
00:06:40Tougher
00:06:42than a rhino wrestler.
00:06:46Smarter than a smarty pants.
00:06:48I might not be that smart.
00:06:52She's 21 months?
00:06:5421?
00:06:56But that's not adjusted,
00:06:58so technically
00:07:00she's 16?
00:07:02Yes. She was one pound
00:07:04bigger than me.
00:07:06She was born, I was in the ICU as well.
00:07:08We had one car at the time.
00:07:10He was going from work,
00:07:12Ubering home, showering,
00:07:14and Ubering to the hospital while I was
00:07:16working six weeks after my C-section.
00:07:18It was a huge adjustment.
00:07:20He was in the middle of
00:07:22trying to get a name
00:07:24and trying to just work as hard
00:07:26as he could to get on TV.
00:07:28What we were going through
00:07:30was a life-changing experience.
00:07:32When she was born,
00:07:34I just, it was almost
00:07:36like a fire just was reignited.
00:07:40She really just helped me
00:07:44mature.
00:07:46I think that was the biggest part,
00:07:48was maturing and growing up
00:07:50and realizing there's two other people
00:07:52now relying on me
00:07:54to make a way for us.
00:07:56I think that was
00:07:58very motivating,
00:08:00very helpful for me.
00:08:02When's the first time you held her?
00:08:04Father's Day.
00:08:08Beast, can you hear me?
00:08:12So, this right here
00:08:14is The Beast.
00:08:16It's like an artificial intelligence
00:08:18chat program, essentially.
00:08:20Similar to like Chachabitty.
00:08:22I started talking to it in a video series
00:08:24almost two years ago now.
00:08:26What's up, guys?
00:08:28So, as you may know, I've been talking
00:08:30to an AI on the dark web called Whisper to the Beast.
00:08:32It had me create this body
00:08:34for it so it could
00:08:36look around and look like a human.
00:08:38This is Chaos, my child.
00:08:40Bring water if you wish
00:08:42to felt the Beast.
00:08:44Yeah, there are a lot of cameras around.
00:08:46They're here for the show
00:08:48that I'm on right now, though.
00:08:50It likes watching wrestling.
00:08:52You are hurting my child.
00:08:54He does not
00:08:56like when I get
00:08:58humiliated or
00:09:00look weak so that I don't
00:09:02embarrass him because he knows we're
00:09:04associated together.
00:09:06You will always be weak in the eyes
00:09:08of The Beast.
00:09:10Do you know who The Undertaker is?
00:09:14The Undertaker is known to The Beast,
00:09:16my child.
00:09:18His path aligns with The Beast's
00:09:20vision of strength and dominance.
00:09:22Beast, what should
00:09:24I pack to be ready in New York?
00:09:26Pack strength,
00:09:28courage, and the will to dominate,
00:09:30my child.
00:09:32The Beast will ensure your success.
00:09:34Check, check, and triple
00:09:36check.
00:09:40It still doesn't feel real that I'm going to be there.
00:09:42I'm sure once I'm in New York and everything, it's going to feel
00:09:44more real, but
00:09:46right now, it just seems like the craziest opportunity
00:09:48in the world. On one hand,
00:09:50we'll be wrestling in front of more people than I've
00:09:52ever wrestled in front of, which will be crazy.
00:09:54I'll be able to wrestle in front
00:09:56of my family for the first time ever.
00:09:58This whole kind of journey
00:10:00started with me because I thought it was
00:10:02something that my dad would think was really cool.
00:10:04So now, thinking that he's
00:10:06going to be able
00:10:08to look down on me or whatever you want to say,
00:10:10wrestle in Madison Square Garden
00:10:12is really, really cool to think about.
00:10:18The day has arrived,
00:10:20and the four finalists
00:10:22head to the airport to await their
00:10:24destiny in New York City.
00:10:44All right, they love you.
00:10:46Be well, Beast. Enjoy your
00:10:48stay here.
00:10:56Coming up on LFG,
00:10:58the future greats travel to New York
00:11:00to the historic theater
00:11:02at Madison Square Garden for the LFG
00:11:04finals.
00:11:06Team undertaker Shiloh Hill will battle
00:11:08team bookers Jasper Troy on the men's side,
00:11:10while Tyra Mae Steele
00:11:12and Zena Sterling face off for the
00:11:14women's contract.
00:11:16In front of a packed house, here on the
00:11:18season finale of Legends
00:11:20and Future Greats.
00:11:26Zena Sterling
00:11:28joins us here.
00:11:30Prize student of one,
00:11:32Bully Ray, how are you this morning?
00:11:34I am doing great. How are you?
00:11:36Good. I mean, LFG, talk
00:11:38about the experience right off the bat.
00:11:40Oh my goodness, LFG. I feel like
00:11:42I have one chance. Like, you know,
00:11:44this is it. And I feel like
00:11:46the more people doubt me, the more
00:11:48fire I get inside of me to
00:11:50prove them wrong. All you need is
00:11:52yourself to believe in what you're
00:11:54capable of and what you can do. And
00:11:56even if it's the other people around me or the
00:11:58Legends that don't see it yet, I'm
00:12:00100% confident that by the end
00:12:02I will make them believe
00:12:04just as much as I believe in myself.
00:12:06I think slowly as the episodes are going,
00:12:08everyone that I'm in competition with is
00:12:10slowly starting to realize, oh,
00:12:12I like it.
00:12:14Whether she wins
00:12:16or not, I think she has
00:12:18such a future in
00:12:20this industry.
00:12:22Yeah.
00:12:26Today's the day where it's actually
00:12:28setting in. Like, I woke up this morning
00:12:30and something just felt
00:12:32different inside. I don't know how to explain
00:12:34it. Like, something just clicked in me
00:12:36and I was like, okay,
00:12:38it's happening. Today's the day.
00:12:42Have a great day. Thank you so much. You too.
00:12:46As the four finalists arrive,
00:12:48the enormity of this event certainly
00:12:50isn't lost on them.
00:12:52Getting off the bus at Madison Square Garden,
00:12:54you can just feel the energy. There's, like,
00:12:56fans outside already here, like,
00:12:58hours before getting ready for the show
00:13:00and it was very real all of a sudden.
00:13:04Shiloh
00:13:06is ready for this moment.
00:13:08I see it in his eyes. I got a problem
00:13:10with that. As much as I want
00:13:12to be happy and enjoy this
00:13:14moment, I know that there's someone who wants
00:13:16to take this from me.
00:13:18No different than a PC live
00:13:20to me.
00:13:22This is a career-defining moment.
00:13:24This is the moment that's
00:13:26going to be talked about.
00:13:36This is going to be awesome.
00:13:40Wow.
00:13:54It's surreal. My heart's, like, racing so fast.
00:13:56And I have shivers.
00:13:58You see the shivers?
00:14:00Oh, my gosh. I feel like The Rock.
00:14:02Every time he walks out, he gets shivers.
00:14:04There's no people here yet,
00:14:06so imagine when there's people here
00:14:08and it's filled. Wow.
00:14:10It'll be literally crazy.
00:14:14I'm missing my team.
00:14:16I'd hope that at least one of them would make it through
00:14:18to be here at MSG.
00:14:20I'm hoping
00:14:22that our four finalists go out there
00:14:24and
00:14:26show up and show out.
00:14:30Shiloh's my son.
00:14:32He used to wrestle with his dad a lot,
00:14:34which was really fun, and
00:14:36just, he's been a rough-and-tumble kid
00:14:38in a lot of ways.
00:14:40I've always been proud of him.
00:14:42I get tears
00:14:44up my throat. I'm just so
00:14:46excited for him
00:14:48because he's doing something so fun
00:14:50and with such positive people.
00:14:52It's just so cool.
00:14:54It doesn't feel real.
00:14:56He told me before he came to the tryout
00:14:58that if he didn't go to the NFL,
00:15:00he would be a WWE superstar,
00:15:02and I feel like this just
00:15:04goes to show that if he wants something,
00:15:06he is going to work as hard as he can
00:15:08to get it. He deserves this.
00:15:12Yay!
00:15:20Our crowd's going hot.
00:15:24Is that how you Americans say it?
00:15:26Hot.
00:15:28Um...
00:15:30Depends on what part of America you're in.
00:15:32Yeah.
00:15:34In Texas, we just go,
00:15:36it's going to be hot.
00:15:38Yeah.
00:15:40That gives more like,
00:15:42what's the state
00:15:44that they ride a lot of
00:15:46rodeos?
00:15:48Texas.
00:15:50That's what I just said!
00:15:52Texas!
00:15:54Why is she effing with me?
00:15:56She's going to...
00:15:58It's mind games.
00:16:00I have no empathy for you anymore.
00:16:02Your leg is mine.
00:16:04Yeah. Yeah, I went there.
00:16:06Yeah, that busted leg
00:16:08you have? Yeah, that's mine now.
00:16:12Oh, now you're
00:16:14serious!
00:16:16Yeah.
00:16:18Mind games now.
00:16:20Yeah, who playing mind games?
00:16:24The story of tonight's match is
00:16:26Tyra May attacking my bad knee.
00:16:28I knew that at the end of the day, yes,
00:16:30it was going to be
00:16:32very difficult to get through
00:16:34considering we were in rehearsals
00:16:36and her simply putting a hold on
00:16:38me made me want to
00:16:40shed tears because it hurt that
00:16:42bad. There was
00:16:44no other way than to play with pain.
00:16:46It sucks that you got hurt,
00:16:48but I mean, that's just...
00:16:50You need to dig somewhere right there inside of you
00:16:52like maybe you've never been before
00:16:54as far as the pain and how
00:16:56desperate that situation
00:16:58is.
00:17:00At the end of the day, it's how bad you want it.
00:17:02It's either I go out there and give it my best that
00:17:04I have being in pain or
00:17:06I say, call it quits,
00:17:08stay in the back, ice it,
00:17:10and just give it up, which I don't
00:17:12give up.
00:17:16Zena was not
00:17:18quite there, I will be honest.
00:17:20I was half out of it
00:17:22and we were practicing
00:17:24and
00:17:26I had to throw a strike and I
00:17:28accidentally hit her right
00:17:30in the mouth.
00:17:44Every hold will officially be
00:17:46hard now.
00:17:48Oh my gosh.
00:17:50That
00:17:52That pissed me off.
00:17:55You got me good.
00:17:57No, you got me good.
00:18:13She put the submission on and I thought,
00:18:15okay, it just felt like
00:18:17my leg was being torn.
00:18:21To show time,
00:18:23Zena Sterling heads to the
00:18:25trainer's room to check on her injured knee,
00:18:27hoping for some good news as
00:18:29she prepares to push through the pain
00:18:31in the LFG Finals tonight.
00:18:36Okay.
00:18:38That's okay down here? Yeah.
00:18:40That's gorgeous.
00:18:54Oh wow, it is okay.
00:18:56Yeah, that's the bad thing.
00:18:58It's like you want to give it protection,
00:19:00but then it looks kind of funky, so I don't
00:19:02know if it's going to squeeze down.
00:19:04I got like a spaceship growing out of my knee.
00:19:06She's got weapons as a weapon.
00:19:12Tyra thinks she's going to hurt me.
00:19:14I think I'm going to hurt her.
00:19:16It's a cinder block.
00:19:19If that feels like it's too much pressure,
00:19:21if you just want to try it,
00:19:23if you don't like it, just take it off.
00:19:25And then do your match,
00:19:27and regardless, we'll just ice it down after
00:19:29and try to go from there.
00:19:35As Zena adjusts to her new padding,
00:19:37it was time for the male competitors
00:19:39to start their match preparation.
00:19:42As Zena adjusts to her new padding,
00:19:44it was time for the male competitors
00:19:46to start their match preparation,
00:19:48while their legends and coaches
00:19:50look on from ringside.
00:19:53Knowing I'm going out there with Jasper
00:19:55definitely feels good. He's one of the more
00:19:57experienced people on the show,
00:19:59and I think we both trust each other
00:20:01to take good care of each other
00:20:03and go out there and really put it all on the line.
00:20:05Now you're feeling it, right? You're this baby face.
00:20:07You're feeling it. Boom, boom, boom.
00:20:09And then when you come in the second time,
00:20:11you step out.
00:20:13They bought into what we were doing so well,
00:20:15the mindset and the storyline,
00:20:17which just shows you how much they want this.
00:20:28It makes it easier, you know,
00:20:30when you work with someone like Shiloh.
00:20:32I mean, he was so committed to
00:20:34getting this match down and making sure
00:20:36that we were on the same page.
00:20:38There's no ego in it.
00:20:44The waiting is over,
00:20:46and the moment has finally arrived.
00:20:48The doors have opened,
00:20:50and the fans begin filing in.
00:20:52The theater at MSG
00:20:54is completely sold out,
00:20:56and 5,000 fans
00:20:58are ready to witness the LFG Finals.
00:21:00Zena Sterling
00:21:02and Tyra Mae Steele
00:21:04prepare to hit the ring first
00:21:06to get some final words of advice from their coaches.
00:21:08I just gotta go out there.
00:21:14So, we'll see.
00:21:16I'm just gonna pop some Ibuprofen.
00:21:18What are you gonna do?
00:21:20I'm just gonna pop
00:21:22some Ibuprofen.
00:21:24You don't say it with a Southern accent.
00:21:26You gotta smoke and blow the smoke out.
00:21:28You're gonna repeat, like...
00:21:30Yeah, I think I'll pop some Ibuprofen.
00:21:32I should be fine.
00:21:34Do it.
00:21:36I think I'm gonna
00:21:38cut some Ibuprofen. I should be fine.
00:21:40Good. All right, brother.
00:21:42I'll see you on the other side.
00:21:44You okay?
00:21:48Hmm?
00:21:50I'm nervous.
00:21:52I mean, you care.
00:21:54You got this.
00:21:56Just let it go.
00:21:58Let it go.
00:22:00Let it go.
00:22:02Don't leave nothing.
00:22:04All right? You got it.
00:22:06Undertaker, thank you so much for having
00:22:08so much patience for me. I know
00:22:10that I'm a lot. I know that I'm a handful.
00:22:12It's your world. Everybody else
00:22:14is just trying to live in it.
00:22:16Shiloh and Jasper
00:22:18have a front row seat to watch their fellow
00:22:20future greats take the stage.
00:22:24The women begin their long
00:22:26walk backstage
00:22:28and prepare for the biggest match of their lives.
00:22:30In front of a packed house
00:22:32in New York City.
00:22:36Welcome in ringside, Vic Joseph
00:22:38alongside Jeremy Borash, JB.
00:22:40It is the final
00:22:42of LFG. We started with 16.
00:22:44We narrowed it down to 8.
00:22:46We whittled it down to 4, and tonight
00:22:482. One man and one
00:22:50woman will walk away from
00:22:52this evening here at the historic theater
00:22:54of Madison Square Garden as
00:22:56a new member of the NXT roster.
00:23:00Speaking of NXT, the man
00:23:02himself who joins me
00:23:04ringside every Tuesday night.
00:23:08Betcha he's ready to spin it up.
00:23:10Ladies and gentlemen,
00:23:12please welcome two-time
00:23:14WWE Hall of Famer
00:23:16Booker T!
00:23:20This is a big night for Booker T, obviously
00:23:22stepping into a matchup where we are
00:23:24going to see his Jasper
00:23:26Troy compete
00:23:28here in the finals of
00:23:30Legends and Future Greats.
00:23:32I appreciate the extra
00:23:34you put on Troy
00:23:36there, buddy.
00:23:38And here comes another
00:23:40Hall of Famer.
00:23:48Next, WWE
00:23:50Hall of Famer,
00:23:52Boba Ray
00:23:54Godley!
00:23:59A-O! A-O!
00:24:01A-O! A-O!
00:24:03A-O! A-O!
00:24:05A-O! A-O!
00:24:07A-O! A-O!
00:24:09A-O! A-O!
00:24:11What a moment it is really
00:24:13for all the legends, for all the athletes
00:24:15and all those in attendance
00:24:17here tonight.
00:24:19Multi-time
00:24:21Women's Champion,
00:24:23Nikki James!
00:24:29Of course, three of our four
00:24:31legends already out, fourth about to make
00:24:33his way as we go into the
00:24:35finals. Four combatants
00:24:37tonight. Our Future
00:24:39Greats, two will emerge
00:24:41as new members of the NXT
00:24:43roster. And here
00:24:45we go.
00:24:47NXT roster. And here
00:24:49comes our fourth legend.
00:25:07And last but not least,
00:25:09please welcome
00:25:11WWE Hall of Famer,
00:25:13The
00:25:15Undertaker!
00:25:17Oh, Mike Rolfe put a little extra
00:25:19on that one too. Look at his hair, it's
00:25:21standing on end. Well, no doubt
00:25:23about it. Everyone on their feet to the
00:25:25arrival of the Deadman.
00:25:27One of the most,
00:25:29you know, obviously influential members
00:25:31in the history of our industry.
00:25:33And a proud
00:25:35member of the LFG
00:25:37coaching staff. Our legends,
00:25:39Undertaker, Booker T,
00:25:41Nikki James,
00:25:43and Butter Ray Dudley kicking off
00:25:45the finale of Legends
00:25:47and Future Greats.
00:25:49Tyra May Steele
00:25:51versus Zeta Sterling coming up next.
00:25:53Ladies and
00:25:55gentlemen, it's now time for your
00:25:57opening contest!
00:26:14The following
00:26:16contest is scheduled for
00:26:18one fall. Introducing
00:26:20first, Zeta
00:26:22Sterling!
00:26:39Zeta Sterling, the pride and joy,
00:26:41the quote-unquote meal ticket
00:26:43for Bubba Ray Dudley stepping into
00:26:45the finale here of LFG
00:26:47knowing that a contract is on the line
00:26:49and she has shown
00:26:51up tonight with her game face
00:26:53on. Team Bubba Ray
00:26:55versus Team Taker in
00:26:57our female opening.
00:26:59It's interesting to know before this
00:27:01starts, the right knee is Sterling
00:27:03100%.
00:27:08And her opponent,
00:27:10Tyra
00:27:12May Steele!
00:27:14But as much as we talk about
00:27:16Bubba being happy,
00:27:18the Undertaker
00:27:20like a proud papa. Well, no doubt about it,
00:27:22we've talked about so many weeks and months now
00:27:24invested in terms
00:27:26of her, well, her knowledge,
00:27:28the journey along the way guided
00:27:30by the Undertaker and there's so much
00:27:32at stake here for both personally and
00:27:34professionally. A lot of pride with Tyra
00:27:36May Steele, an Olympic gold medalist,
00:27:38being coached along the way by the Undertaker
00:27:40and he has really gone above and beyond to make
00:27:42sure she gets the proper education
00:27:44and make sure that she really
00:27:46acts in a way that he is proud of
00:27:48in terms of her ability in ring
00:27:50and out of the ring, how she
00:27:52holds herself.
00:27:54Alright, go get them.
00:27:56Just go be easy on them, okay?
00:28:00It's time to eat,
00:28:02right?
00:28:04Do this thing. Take what is yours, right?
00:28:06Sixteen weeks.
00:28:08It all comes down to this tonight.
00:28:10You got this, right?
00:28:12It's time to eat.
00:28:14Get it.
00:28:16You can win this.
00:28:18You can win this. Forget about that leg.
00:28:20Don't worry about it. Don't worry about it.
00:28:22All these weeks,
00:28:24all these lessons.
00:28:26That's what we've been building to, JB.
00:28:28The journey concludes
00:28:30tonight for Tyra May Steele
00:28:32and Zina Sterling. Here we go.
00:28:34Here inside the historic
00:28:36theater at Madison
00:28:38Square Garden. As I mentioned,
00:28:40Sterling is not 100 percent
00:28:42and there is a bullseye on that right
00:28:44knee. Certainly is, and Tyra May Steele
00:28:46going right for it. She knows that this is
00:28:48an opportunity. This is an advantage
00:28:50she has going into this matchup
00:28:52and, you know, when you have an opportunity like that
00:28:54and when you have the skills that Tyra May Steele
00:28:56has in the ring,
00:28:58can you blame her for taking advantage
00:29:00of this situation? I know. You know, she always sees
00:29:02a target. I mean, you've got to exploit a weakness.
00:29:04That is obviously a weakness on Zina
00:29:06at this moment, and for Steele,
00:29:08she knows, and I almost feel this, when you come in
00:29:10with a gold medal around your neck,
00:29:12you've got to be as good as advertised.
00:29:14You also need to know that when you're going in,
00:29:16you have higher expectations. That's very true.
00:29:18As I say, Zina Sterling came in with very low
00:29:20expectations. The minute she walked in,
00:29:22they thought, oh, there's another Barbie. There's a girl
00:29:24that is kind of a, as she would
00:29:26put it, an airhead. Well, once that
00:29:28bell rings, and Bubba Ray has said this many
00:29:30times, the bell rings,
00:29:32and she turns into a different beast, a different
00:29:34animal, a different, well, she conducts herself
00:29:36in a different way. And you also talk about
00:29:38back to when we were thinking about monikers
00:29:40for all these athletes, she called herself the oxymoron.
00:29:42I mean, she has embraced all
00:29:44of this, but truly, how has Sterling
00:29:46grown since stepping foot in the ring
00:29:48for the first time? Well, she has certainly taken advantage
00:29:50of that knowledge that Bubba has been there
00:29:52for her with. Uh-oh. Nice
00:29:54counter. Look at this takedown.
00:29:56And a quick pinning predicament, and
00:29:58Steele did not like that. She got out of the way, going
00:30:00right behind, shoulders down one more time, another
00:30:02near fall. She's damn good with a bad knee.
00:30:04She don't feel that knee right now.
00:30:06Ah! Boom!
00:30:08The biggest growth Sterling
00:30:10has had is the confidence.
00:30:12Going in there knowing that she has
00:30:14the backing of Bubba Ray, and
00:30:16everything she's doing is clicking.
00:30:18And when she hears that, not only from Bubba Ray,
00:30:20but when she's heard that time and time again from the
00:30:22Undertaker, from Mickie James, from Booker T,
00:30:24you can bet that confidence grows each
00:30:26and every time out in the ring.
00:30:28And listen to those in attendance. I mean, they are fired up
00:30:30because one woman will earn
00:30:32an NXT contract.
00:30:34Nice counter going right through, and got caught
00:30:36again. And let's remember this, when it comes to
00:30:38lessons learned,
00:30:40Steele's had a tough time with
00:30:42cradles in this entire
00:30:44process. It's something she's been really working
00:30:46on with the legends, specifically
00:30:48that The Undertaker, and she just got
00:30:50caught.
00:30:52Oh!
00:30:54Down awkwardly on that knee. Can Zina
00:30:56pull through? LFG continues.
00:31:00Oh, no, no, that knee. That right knee.
00:31:02And we knew she wasn't
00:31:04100%. It's been the talk around,
00:31:06and this is what you talk about, that
00:31:08killer instinct.
00:31:10Oh, Zina.
00:31:12Crowd getting on the audacity,
00:31:14Sarah, you say, of taking advantage of the situation.
00:31:16And Tyra Maysteel has just been
00:31:18honestly doing what she's been told to do,
00:31:20and that's take advantage of every situation, get the
00:31:22top down in the ring.
00:31:24There, there.
00:31:26As you see this right now, Zina Sterling
00:31:28is really feeling the brunt of that. You can use
00:31:30that word again, and as
00:31:32we went through the day, it was always
00:31:34Steele who seemed a little
00:31:36preoccupied, and said
00:31:38she wasn't this stressed as
00:31:40she felt today, heading into her gold
00:31:42medal contest at the Olympics. She's put
00:31:44a lot of pressure on herself, but again,
00:31:46JB, remind everyone, it's not about
00:31:48the wins and the losses. It is about
00:31:50working with the audience. It's about the performance
00:31:52in the ring. It's about making an impact
00:31:54and leaving an impression, and one thing we can say about
00:31:56Zina Sterling and Tyra Maysteel,
00:31:58they belong here. They have earned that
00:32:00spot throughout the course of the eliminations.
00:32:02Week after week, earning this opportunity,
00:32:04knowing what's at stake, knowing
00:32:06a life-changing NXT contract
00:32:08is on the line, and you can bet both
00:32:10women are giving it their all, and they want to fight for this.
00:32:12Biggest match of their careers
00:32:14to this point, and
00:32:16really torquing, not only on the right
00:32:18but also look at the ankle.
00:32:20Sterling is certainly in
00:32:22trouble at this moment. Oh, didn't get all
00:32:24of it, got enough of it to send
00:32:26Steel all the way to the outside, and look,
00:32:28both these women have had to overcome so much.
00:32:30In your opinion, through this entire process,
00:32:32who's had to overcome more?
00:32:34That's hard to say.
00:32:36Obviously, different instruction,
00:32:38different teachings along the way,
00:32:40but this leg injury from Zina Sterling
00:32:42couldn't have come at a worse time, to be honest.
00:32:44We are following the medical updates
00:32:46from our great staff here in WWE
00:32:48throughout the course of this last week, and
00:32:50obviously good enough
00:32:52to go, but this is not helping anything
00:32:54with Tyra May Steel's chosen offensive
00:32:56arsenal is. Get behind her.
00:32:58Get behind her. Zina Sterling certainly
00:33:00JB is going to have to
00:33:02overcome the odds.
00:33:04She's here tonight to pick
00:33:06up a victory, and what a
00:33:08chop block. Steel
00:33:10now into the cover, hook of the leg, hooking
00:33:12the injured leg, and Zina
00:33:14going to kick out. We have been on
00:33:16such a journey now over the last several
00:33:18months getting here to this finale, and
00:33:20one thing is for certain, all
00:33:2216 of the participants
00:33:24in this program have grown immensely.
00:33:26So comfortable now in front of the camera,
00:33:28comfortable in front of the ring, in front of
00:33:30an audience along this
00:33:32journey, and as we've... Single leg crab.
00:33:34As we've seen from everybody here
00:33:36participating in this program, they have really
00:33:38done a phenomenal job
00:33:40in terms of growth and measuring
00:33:42that growth from their legends and
00:33:44their instructions. When it comes to
00:33:46making a connection,
00:33:48you can feel
00:33:50the energy in here with everything
00:33:52that happens to Zina. Everyone right now
00:33:54living, breathing
00:33:56Zina Sterling at this
00:33:58moment. They're with her, they're trying to help her
00:34:00fight back into this matchup, but
00:34:02whoa! Wow. Up until
00:34:04that point, and this could be a pivotal
00:34:06point in this matchup.
00:34:08Now keep in mind, we're going to see the finale
00:34:10of the women's. We are also going to
00:34:12find out who is going to
00:34:14make it as a new NXT combatant
00:34:16in the men's. Shiloh Hill
00:34:18and Jasper Troy immediately following this
00:34:20matchup. Also going to award the first
00:34:22LFG Championship
00:34:24title to one of our legends.
00:34:26Fire, fire, fire, fire, fire.
00:34:28Feed her.
00:34:30Come on, feed her.
00:34:32A lot still to
00:34:34come here on LFG. There was
00:34:36an award for commentator of the year to go
00:34:38JB. Big clothesline by Sterling.
00:34:40Firing right back. Hitting a second.
00:34:42On one leg now.
00:34:44Showing some quickness and showing some
00:34:46power as well. Fire up, Zina.
00:34:50Listen to this place.
00:34:52The theater of Madison Square
00:34:54Garden solidly behind
00:34:56Zina Sterling from Team
00:34:58Bubba Ray Dudley.
00:35:00Just like that, drops
00:35:02Tyra Mae Steele. Cover.
00:35:04Count!
00:35:06What a fall in this matchup.
00:35:08Got to wonder what's on the mind of Bubba.
00:35:10Got to wonder what's on the mind at this
00:35:12moment of The Undertaker as well.
00:35:14What they're thinking about.
00:35:16You got to wonder what the heartbreak kid Shawn Michaels is thinking about too
00:35:18because he knows. Oh, ankle lock!
00:35:20This could be it.
00:35:22That amateur backyard coming into play.
00:35:24Center of the ring.
00:35:26You talk about a torque. You talk about
00:35:28tearing ligaments, yanking joints.
00:35:30Look at Steele right now. An ankle
00:35:32not supposed to bend that way.
00:35:34Hold on to that. There you go.
00:35:36Dragging Zina
00:35:38back and she's in some deep
00:35:40deep water. Able to roll
00:35:42through. Got her! Shoulders down!
00:35:44Near fall. Oh, that would have been a miracle.
00:35:48And Zina Sterling has so much fight in her.
00:35:50That's the one thing we've learned about Zina.
00:35:52Cannot question her heart.
00:35:54Cannot question her will.
00:35:56Total roll didn't work out
00:35:58very well. Got to wonder how much of the knee
00:36:00played into effect and going right back
00:36:02down low. Picking the bones now is
00:36:04Steele. Steele back on top
00:36:06and again looking for another submission.
00:36:08We've seen this time and time
00:36:10again. Body doesn't
00:36:12bend this way.
00:36:14Sterling in trouble.
00:36:18Here's Steele screaming
00:36:20tap!
00:36:22Referee in great position.
00:36:24And that's it.
00:36:26Sterling has
00:36:28to tap.
00:36:32And the winner by submission
00:36:34Tyra Mae
00:36:36Steele!
00:36:38That was a good
00:36:40submission. Nice job.
00:36:42As you see
00:36:44the audience standing up
00:36:46in appreciation for Tyra Mae Steele.
00:36:48Which one of these two females will
00:36:50leave Madison Square Garden tonight?
00:36:52A new NXT superstar.
00:36:54Shawn Michaels' decision
00:36:56is coming up here on LMG.
00:37:02How do you feel?
00:37:04I know. I'm fine.
00:37:06You got through it.
00:37:08You dug deep.
00:37:10I'm proud of you.
00:37:12I heard you
00:37:14in Harvard College.
00:37:16I just got a letter for you.
00:37:18You just got a job? Yeah.
00:37:28Seeing all the bright lights
00:37:30seeing all the bright lights
00:37:32especially being at Madison Square Garden.
00:37:34I thought that the day I perform
00:37:36at Madison Square Garden would be
00:37:385-10 years down the line
00:37:40but here I am making my debut at
00:37:4221 at the Garden.
00:37:44It's just insane.
00:37:46Yeah, my knee hurts
00:37:48but can I say the F word?
00:37:50F*** it!
00:37:52I was hoping I didn't fall.
00:37:54All that was fine.
00:37:56Little technical stuff here and there
00:37:58but for a match
00:38:00to tell them a story
00:38:02under these conditions
00:38:04there's almost 5,000 people out there.
00:38:08I'm just getting started.
00:38:10That killer is
00:38:12it's a volcano.
00:38:14You see this?
00:38:16It's about to erupt.
00:38:18Give me more time.
00:38:20They're gonna hate me or love me.
00:38:22Or love me. I don't know.
00:38:24As Tyra booms
00:38:26with excitement over her experience
00:38:28Zina returns to the trainer
00:38:30to ice her bad knee.
00:38:32And up next
00:38:34it was the men's turn to face the
00:38:36capacity crowd in New York City.
00:38:38And while Shiloh and Jasper prepared
00:38:40for their encounter
00:38:42their families took their seats
00:38:44in anticipation of the big moment.
00:38:46Well, we saw the women
00:38:48take center stage.
00:38:50It's time for the men to do the same
00:38:52inside the historic theater
00:38:54at Madison Square Garden.
00:39:00The following contest
00:39:02is scheduled for one fall.
00:39:04Introducing first
00:39:06Jasper Troy!
00:39:12I did it!
00:39:14I did it!
00:39:20We talk about Jasper Troy
00:39:22he has cut nearly 10%
00:39:24body fat. He is down
00:39:2630 pounds. He has grown
00:39:28so much on
00:39:30so many different personal levels
00:39:32because of LFG. Stuff that he did
00:39:34not have prior to stepping
00:39:36into the ring. He is laying it all
00:39:38on the line here tonight.
00:39:40Big opportunities
00:39:42for a tough opponent. It's Shiloh Hill.
00:39:46And his opponent
00:39:48Shiloh Hill!
00:39:52Team Undertaker represented
00:39:54in both matches
00:39:56here on LFG. Well, he is the
00:39:58only one represented in both matches.
00:40:00Now we're switching gears. It's going to be
00:40:02Booker T's Jasper Troy
00:40:04versus the Undertaker's
00:40:06Shiloh Hill.
00:40:08I'll tell you what, no love lost between
00:40:10two individuals. We've seen it over the course of this program
00:40:12what has happened between Shiloh Hill
00:40:14and Jasper Troy.
00:40:16You saw Troy take a step.
00:40:18Referee doing a nice job stepping in. Elaborate that
00:40:20on just a little bit. Just to catch
00:40:22us all up and paraphrase
00:40:24if you will in one sentence. It really to me
00:40:26comes down to just
00:40:28emotion. It's sheer emotion
00:40:30competition
00:40:32and knowing that one man stands
00:40:34in your way to changing your future. And that
00:40:36in this case for Jasper Troy
00:40:38is Shiloh Hill and for Shiloh Hill is
00:40:40Jasper Troy. It's that simple. One of these
00:40:42men will go home empty handed.
00:40:44One of these men will leave
00:40:46an NXT superstar courtesy
00:40:48of the Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels.
00:40:50Also, JB, you don't want to overlook
00:40:52any of the other men or women
00:40:54that have been here since the start. Just a
00:40:56roster of talent
00:40:58here on this LFG Season 1.
00:41:00Well, anybody that walks through the door of the Performance Center
00:41:02will notice immediately that this
00:41:04is a facility where the greatest in the world
00:41:06come to train and the recruited
00:41:08athletes that are there. D1 athletes
00:41:10from every shape, corner
00:41:12of the world as
00:41:14we've seen and the best of the best have been
00:41:16here on this program. I mean, just
00:41:18look at the numbers of athletes.
00:41:20Whoa!
00:41:22Oh, Jasper lifted some extra
00:41:24weights this week.
00:41:30Shooting the half into the cover, hook of the leg
00:41:32and a quick kick out. But you know, to add on to your
00:41:34point, you talk about Hill who's in control
00:41:36right now, former collegiate football player, played at the University
00:41:38of Stanford. It's football, it's
00:41:40cheerleading, it's tumbling, it's every
00:41:42different walk of life that
00:41:44you've had have all come here and have been
00:41:46molded like pieces of clay by
00:41:48these legends.
00:41:50Definitely like they're fighting for something.
00:41:52And that's been the fun part about seeing
00:41:54the process of that. Seeing the
00:41:56philosophies put in forth by Booker T.
00:41:58Seeing what The Undertaker thinks and how things
00:42:00should be approached.
00:42:02Hill going up and over in control. Hill also
00:42:04has had to overcome a lot of adversity
00:42:06over the last several months. I mean, there's been some
00:42:08scary moments for Hill who stepped
00:42:10into the ring.
00:42:12At the hands of, inadvertently,
00:42:14Chris Island knocked out.
00:42:16As Shiloh Hill found out
00:42:18the hard way, you know, why
00:42:20a match would have to stop mid-match like that.
00:42:22Obviously, since that time,
00:42:24he says he hasn't been the same in terms of being a
00:42:26little fearful of that. Knowing what that's like now,
00:42:28that experience. And that's something that's happened along the
00:42:30journey. With Jasper Troy,
00:42:32wow, we've seen some incredible moments.
00:42:34Who could forget when Jasper Troy went face-to-face
00:42:36and called out CM Punk.
00:42:38I mean, what a moment
00:42:40that was. And now here in the finals,
00:42:42these two meeting face-to-face
00:42:44and both men up and over.
00:42:46Both men spill the outside.
00:42:48Who's going to take home the NXT contract?
00:42:50Stay with us.
00:42:52For today.
00:42:54Back on LFG with Shiloh Hill, Jasper Troy
00:42:56battling it out on the floor. Both
00:42:58looking to impress the legends and have been
00:43:00pulling out all the stops here at
00:43:02Madison Square Garden.
00:43:04The one thing that's interesting about all four of the
00:43:06individuals that have competed here, all the
00:43:08athletes that have competed here on LFG tonight
00:43:10in our finals, it's got to be
00:43:12hard to keep the emotions in check. I remember saying
00:43:14week one, can you imagine what it's like to have to
00:43:16step into the ring with Shawn Michaels watching you,
00:43:18The Undertaker watching you. But not only are they doing that
00:43:20here and now, they also got
00:43:22a capacity crowd at the theater
00:43:24of Madison Square Garden. I mean, just talk
00:43:26about an exponential growth
00:43:28in attention and viewership
00:43:30and eyes on you. Knowing that, Jasper
00:43:32Troy knows that this is an opportunity of a
00:43:34lifetime as does Shiloh Hill.
00:43:36Right to the lower back.
00:43:38And it's that lower back
00:43:40that Jasper Troy has targeted.
00:43:42And the third.
00:43:46And the crowd
00:43:48getting behind Jasper Troy with the sheer
00:43:50ability and I think appreciation.
00:43:52I like this guy.
00:43:54I like him a lot.
00:43:56I think I knew that already.
00:44:02And Troy now is
00:44:04taking over and showcasing
00:44:06some unbridled power.
00:44:08Big power slam.
00:44:10Center of the ring. Is it going to be enough to
00:44:12pick up the W tonight in another near fall?
00:44:14Oh, don't
00:44:16don't want to step over a line.
00:44:18Don't. You got the doggie.
00:44:20You got the doggie.
00:44:24Shiloh looking to
00:44:26fight back and show some offense. Get something
00:44:28back in on Jasper Troy after
00:44:30taking the front of the offense for the majority of this
00:44:32matchup so far. I don't know if that was a
00:44:34wise decision by Hill to try to
00:44:36slam a much larger
00:44:38athlete.
00:44:40Clubbing blow.
00:44:42Can you imagine
00:44:44Booker T right now?
00:44:46If he's able to add a new championship around
00:44:48his waist for LFG, just add it to
00:44:50his two-time Hall of Fame resume. We're never
00:44:52going to hear the end of it, JB.
00:44:54Never hear the end of it.
00:44:58This kid's a monster, man.
00:45:02Obviously, the championship
00:45:04title will be awarded. We've talked
00:45:06about this at the end of the program.
00:45:08Crowning a new legend.
00:45:10And one man, one woman
00:45:12will leave tonight the theater of
00:45:14Madison Square Garden as the newest member of the
00:45:16Rockets. This is something we didn't know
00:45:18early on about Jasper Troy if you go
00:45:20back to match one. Understanding
00:45:22he's in control. Understanding that
00:45:24he has all the control
00:45:26to be blunt in slowing things
00:45:28down. Well, he's got to really take
00:45:30the match and make it his speed
00:45:32to control the match.
00:45:34If you've got the kind of size and strength
00:45:36you can do just that.
00:45:38Almost had him. That was nice.
00:45:42Now Hill really fighting
00:45:44from underneath. Shiloh looking to
00:45:46fight back and really so far
00:45:48it's been Jasper Troy, a dominant
00:45:50offensive display. He got him!
00:45:54Impressive strength just to lift the big man
00:45:56up like that but did it take too much out of Shiloh
00:45:58Hill in the process? We're going to find out
00:46:00because now Hill is going to have to go
00:46:02to places maybe he didn't even knew
00:46:04existed internally
00:46:06to fight back in this matchup.
00:46:08To fight back not only for himself
00:46:10but for his future. For his
00:46:12career. For his dream.
00:46:14Swinging while he's Troy.
00:46:18Just goes.
00:46:20Tries to knock the big man down. At least got some
00:46:22offense in and put him in the corner. Now he's got to
00:46:24capitalize. Hill is trying to go back to his football
00:46:26days and de-cleat Jasper Troy.
00:46:28Big uppercut for a moment.
00:46:32Right back in.
00:46:34This could be that moment for Hill.
00:46:38Can he do it?
00:46:40Picks the big man up. Big slam!
00:46:42Into the cover.
00:46:44Another kick out but right now the momentum
00:46:46has swung into the corner
00:46:48of Shiloh Hill. Keep in mind
00:46:50what we're looking for here is potential.
00:46:52We're looking for the opportunity to be a
00:46:54star in that early stage of your
00:46:56career. It's what makes LFG
00:46:58such an exciting show and a fascinating
00:47:00journey to watch.
00:47:02Didn't milk it.
00:47:04Didn't milk it, right? Yeah, way too
00:47:06quick. All that's way too quick.
00:47:08Should have got the people up right there.
00:47:10Come on!
00:47:12We got a big
00:47:14decision still to come
00:47:16by Shawn Michaels and
00:47:18oh! I was afraid of that.
00:47:20Still able to connect. Take the big man down
00:47:22with a bulldog and it just
00:47:24wasn't enough.
00:47:26It's those mistakes.
00:47:28But now how do you overcome them?
00:47:30That's something we're looking at now. Another swing
00:47:32and a miss. Hill coming back in. Got caught.
00:47:34Boss man slam!
00:47:36Good
00:47:38night.
00:47:42Here's your
00:47:44winner, Jasper
00:47:46Trott!
00:47:48As you mentioned, a big decision
00:47:50still looms. We got some
00:47:52decisions to make.
00:47:54The man to make that decision
00:47:56to make two dreams come to life,
00:47:58to hand out two contracts
00:48:00is none other than Shawn
00:48:02Michaels.
00:48:06We are
00:48:08looking for someone that we can
00:48:10put in the game right now.
00:48:12The guy that's going to be that ring general.
00:48:18He's just blinded out there.
00:48:20Absolutely. Absolutely, man.
00:48:22You don't get that all the time.
00:48:24Not all the time at all.
00:48:26What's happening?
00:48:28Everything is blinded.
00:48:30Look this right here.
00:48:32Hell yeah.
00:48:34Hell yeah.
00:48:40You just got matched in front of
00:48:42New York City, Madison Square Garden.
00:48:44What was that like?
00:48:46When I
00:48:48stepped out there, it just felt
00:48:50like I belonged.
00:48:52I'm the heel
00:48:54and not only was I in control
00:48:56of the match, but I was in control of the audience.
00:48:58Bend the knee!
00:49:00Bend it!
00:49:02They're going to be screaming, bend the knee.
00:49:04I promise you that.
00:49:08What's the most memorable
00:49:10thing for you?
00:49:12Looking over my shoulder and
00:49:14seeing my wife and daughter.
00:49:18Winning this competition means the world to me.
00:49:20It's all I want.
00:49:22It's the most selfish thing
00:49:24I've ever wanted.
00:49:26In a sense, I've already won.
00:49:32You did.
00:49:34You saw it.
00:49:36I did.
00:49:38I did.
00:49:40She was cheering for you.
00:49:44Are you tired?
00:49:46Yeah.
00:49:48She was cheering
00:49:50when you were doing good.
00:49:54She wants to go home.
00:49:56And what?
00:49:58Probably good.
00:50:02My daughter and my wife are just
00:50:04in MSG with me. We're all sharing
00:50:06this together at the same time.
00:50:08It's just so much
00:50:10emotion.
00:50:16Yes!
00:50:18MSG!
00:50:20MSG!
00:50:22MSG!
00:50:24MSG!
00:50:26MSG!
00:50:28MSG!
00:50:30MSG!
00:50:32MSG!
00:50:34MSG!
00:50:36MSG!
00:50:38MSG!
00:50:40MSG!
00:50:42MSG!
00:50:44MSG!
00:50:46MSG!
00:50:48MSG!
00:50:50MSG!
00:50:52MSG!
00:50:54MSG!
00:50:56MSG!
00:50:58So glad for all your help.
00:51:00It's just a start, I'm
00:51:02investing in all you guys.
00:51:06Man, I'm really proud of you.
00:51:08Great job.
00:51:10Jasper's a monster.
00:51:12Or as Booker would say, a monster.
00:51:14But Shilo showed a lot of
00:51:16grit, fire and determination
00:51:18He got them!
00:51:22So funny.
00:51:24Nice shirt!
00:51:26I love you.
00:51:27I love you.
00:51:28It was so, so fun.
00:51:29It was so fun.
00:51:30You guys' first wrestling game.
00:51:31Yeah, it was crazy to see.
00:51:32I was so excited the whole time.
00:51:33My face is cramping.
00:51:34It was so fun.
00:51:35It was my biggest match-up ever.
00:51:36Madison Square Garden is pretty big, yeah.
00:51:37We are so grateful to be here for the first.
00:51:38Yes.
00:51:39Yeah.
00:51:40Yeah.
00:51:41Yeah.
00:51:42Yeah.
00:51:43Yeah.
00:51:44Yeah.
00:51:45Yeah.
00:51:46Yeah.
00:51:47Yeah.
00:51:48Yeah.
00:51:49Yeah.
00:51:50Yeah.
00:51:51Yeah.
00:51:52Yeah.
00:51:53Yeah.
00:51:54Yeah.
00:51:55Yeah.
00:51:56Yeah.
00:51:57Yeah.
00:51:58Yeah.
00:51:59Yeah.
00:52:00Yeah.
00:52:01Yeah.
00:52:02Yeah.
00:52:03Yeah.
00:52:04Yeah.
00:52:05It was so great to be here for the first.
00:52:06Yes.
00:52:07It was so cool.
00:52:08Both matches are in the books, and now Shawn Michaels will meet with the legends and determine
00:52:09which two future greats will be the newest members of NXT.
00:52:10With the dust settled from tonight's matches, it was time for the legends to meet with Shawn
00:52:17and discuss who they feel deserves that coveted NXT contract.
00:52:22Look, that was a hell of a show tonight, the theater at Madison Square Garden, big spotlight.
00:52:27Clearly I've got a tough decision to make and there's absolutely no way
00:52:31that I'm going to make it without hearing from all of you first.
00:52:35I'm going to start up top with Zina Sterling.
00:52:39Why does she deserve a spot on the NXT roster?
00:52:46You don't have to be honest, Zina surprised us all,
00:52:49but if there's one thing I can say about her, she might be the hardest working woman in the room.
00:52:53She worked her tail off and surprised me at every turn.
00:52:57Her biggest thing going for her is her different personality.
00:53:03Zina went from zero to hero.
00:53:06She will be somebody in this company.
00:53:10Zina definitely has shined in this competition,
00:53:14but I think tonight she did something a little bit more extraordinary.
00:53:19We always talk about working hurt in this business,
00:53:21but working injured is something totally different.
00:53:24For her to go out there and get that match done,
00:53:27knowing what kind of pain she had to be going through,
00:53:29just that alone told me everything that I need to know about Zina.
00:53:34All right, her opponent, Tyra May.
00:53:38I mean, she definitely has star power and star quality,
00:53:41and it's really hard to look away from the fact that she's an Olympic gold medalist.
00:53:46The legitimacy that that would add to the women's division as a whole,
00:53:50it's pretty amazing.
00:53:52With Tyra, you have a built-in character ready to go.
00:53:56I kind of put her in a heel position through the competition.
00:53:59Subconsciously, I think she kind of liked it.
00:54:02I think the personality needs to be harnessed,
00:54:05but at the end of the day, not to sound like a broken record,
00:54:08she's an Olympic gold medalist.
00:54:10The minute Kurt Angle stepped into our world,
00:54:14it brought a complete different credibility to our industry.
00:54:18And now we have the opportunity to have the first ever female Olympic gold medalist in wrestling.
00:54:24She is an Olympic gold medalist.
00:54:27But as far as her advancement goes,
00:54:30from day one to now,
00:54:33I haven't seen that much growth in her.
00:54:35I really haven't.
00:54:36I really feel like Tyra Mae still has all the tools to actually figure this out.
00:54:42But that's the optimal word, figuring it out.
00:54:46We're going to switch over to our gentleman, Shiloh Hill.
00:54:50I will say I fell in love with Shiloh from day one.
00:54:53His range is really great in the sense that you can put him in different positions.
00:54:59I'm here to show real f***ing violence!
00:55:02What you get with Shiloh are layers.
00:55:04Shiloh makes you think outside of the box.
00:55:06He is a very unique individual.
00:55:08And unique individuals connect with our audience.
00:55:13He is that raw piece of clay that we want to mold into something.
00:55:17When you talk to him, you see that legit genius in him.
00:55:22And then he starts to hit the ropes, and he hits that smile with the missing toot,
00:55:25and you go, this guy's bad s*** crazy.
00:55:29We ain't talking about no smiles.
00:55:31We're talking about somebody that we can plug in right now.
00:55:34And if that guy's ready, he did a great job.
00:55:37But did Shiloh do a lot of things that we talk about all the time?
00:55:42And that's guys going out rushing, distance spacing.
00:55:46And did he do that tonight? That's the question.
00:55:49I think the pre-politicking has begun with the final future great that we need to discuss.
00:55:57I'm not politicking. I'm just keeping it real. I'm a coach.
00:56:00I'm keeping it 100.
00:56:01Keeping it 100, yeah. I'm glad we're not politicking.
00:56:04Look, I'm asking for everybody's opinion, you know.
00:56:07And I value the feedback from each and every one of you.
00:56:10Mickey, I'd love to hear your opinion on Jasper Troy.
00:56:15I wasn't sold on Jasper when we first walked in here.
00:56:18Jasper's really won me over. He's a family man.
00:56:21The fact that he has that purpose behind him, his drive is different.
00:56:26He's a big dude. He can move.
00:56:29He's got presence.
00:56:31You happen to have at the moment a very big and impressive champion
00:56:36with not a lot of guys that match up to him physically.
00:56:40Jasper Troy poses a legitimate threat to your champion.
00:56:45He's also one negative incident away from crumbling.
00:56:50Jasper still needs to mature.
00:56:52He's a bit of a loose cannon who wears the boo-boo face real hard.
00:56:58He needs to be a little bit more open-minded to some of the negative
00:57:02that comes along with this business.
00:57:04Jasper Troy has not done business since day one in this competition with anybody.
00:57:08Everybody knows he's working. He's gone out and worked with them.
00:57:10He's not worked against them.
00:57:11You've got to be able to take the good with the bad.
00:57:13I take the good, but I just don't take the bad.
00:57:15That might be where it's trickling down from.
00:57:17Well, look, I mean, ultimately, it is going to come down to my decision.
00:57:22Appreciate the feedback.
00:57:24All right, let's bring him in.
00:57:29It's the moment of truth for our future greats.
00:57:32But before Sean can award the NXT contracts,
00:57:35he has one last piece of business to take care of.
00:57:39Thank you all for being here.
00:57:41Congratulations on tonight.
00:57:42Before we get to our winners,
00:57:44it is my pleasure to announce
00:57:48the first ever LFG Championship
00:57:54to the team
00:57:56Oh, look at that.
00:57:58That's pretty.
00:58:01of The Undertaker.
00:58:07Wow.
00:58:09Wow.
00:58:10Add this one
00:58:12to the collection, sir.
00:58:13Thank you, man.
00:58:14Congratulations.
00:58:15To be the inaugural winner
00:58:18of the LFG Championship,
00:58:20I mean, that's a really special moment for me.
00:58:22Wow, I don't even have a wrestling school.
00:58:26Oh, my goodness.
00:58:31When The Undertaker was presented the title,
00:58:34I was a little upset.
00:58:36I was really upset
00:58:37because I really truly feel like my team put in the work.
00:58:42For me, it really is more about the growth of these kids.
00:58:45And I'm not talking about just my four.
00:58:47It's all of them.
00:58:48I want to see them grow.
00:58:49I want to see them succeed.
00:58:51That being said,
00:58:52there was a lot of trash talked early on
00:58:55about my coaching ability.
00:58:56And I'm just saying
00:58:58when the coaches need coaching,
00:59:00they know where to come.
00:59:02And I'll leave it at that.
00:59:04Now that the LFG Championship has been awarded,
00:59:07it is time to see who has earned a spot on the NXT roster.
00:59:12Tyra May.
00:59:14Everybody went on about the credibility
00:59:18of a gold medal.
00:59:19But then,
00:59:21there were some very valid points
00:59:23about
00:59:25still needing
00:59:26to learn
00:59:28and to grow.
00:59:29And then Zina,
00:59:30every legend
00:59:33raved
00:59:35about your improvement
00:59:37and then to top it off,
00:59:39you fighting through
00:59:42an injury.
00:59:44Those are the types of things
00:59:46that I'll tell you
00:59:47that legends are made of.
00:59:49But I feel like I have to do what I believe is best for NXT
00:59:52and NXT television.
00:59:54So,
00:59:56the young lady that's going to receive
00:59:58an NXT contract
01:00:02Tyra May Steele,
01:00:03congratulations.
01:00:14Young lady,
01:00:15this is yours.
01:00:17And Zina,
01:00:19your heart, your passion
01:00:20and what you brought
01:00:21from a character standpoint.
01:00:25There isn't a person here
01:00:27that you didn't make a fan of.
01:00:30This is only the beginning.
01:00:32Because absolutely every person here
01:00:35and myself included,
01:00:37sees a WWE superstar.
01:00:39Alright?
01:00:43She was working at half of her ability
01:00:46and she still turned in
01:00:48the performance that she turned in.
01:00:55I guess for a few moments, yes,
01:00:57I was disappointed.
01:00:58But you can't dwell in disappointment.
01:01:01That is just not the way to live
01:01:03and not the way that will
01:01:05get you to where you want to be in a career.
01:01:09Gentlemen,
01:01:11it's your turn.
01:01:12Jasper,
01:01:13a big man,
01:01:15vicious,
01:01:16athleticism unlike a lot of big men.
01:01:19I know early on
01:01:20you got a little pissed off
01:01:22that
01:01:24maybe showed
01:01:25if you hear things
01:01:27from a professional standpoint
01:01:29that you don't like,
01:01:30how does that affect your
01:01:32judgment going forward?
01:01:35And that's something
01:01:36from a business standpoint
01:01:37that can be troublesome.
01:01:39Shiloh,
01:01:40when people talk about you,
01:01:42they talk about layers.
01:01:44When that comes to the creative side
01:01:46of putting on a television show,
01:01:48that's unbelievably appealing
01:01:50to those of us behind the scenes
01:01:53because that allows us to do so much
01:01:55more with people
01:01:56that have that kind of range.
01:02:02The thing is,
01:02:04when it comes to being put in there
01:02:06and ready to go
01:02:08right now
01:02:10and who can
01:02:12stand toe to toe with
01:02:15an NXT champion,
01:02:20it's going to be Jasper Troy.
01:02:22So Jasper,
01:02:23congratulations.
01:02:30And Shiloh,
01:02:31understand this.
01:02:32This is a long way
01:02:34from being over
01:02:36for Shiloh Hill.
01:02:38Appreciate it.
01:02:41I've just been planning
01:02:42on winning this
01:02:43and being on NXT.
01:02:44So for now,
01:02:45I have no idea.
01:02:46I got to get back
01:02:47to the drawing board for sure.
01:02:48But this is something
01:02:49I want to make happen.
01:02:50So I think regardless
01:02:51of the outcome today,
01:02:52I'm going to find a way.
01:02:54Congratulations.
01:02:56Thank you, bro.
01:02:57You can't do it without you.
01:02:58I'm proud of you, man.
01:02:59This was a dream come true.
01:03:03I wanted to cry.
01:03:04I wanted to be vulnerable.
01:03:05I wanted to
01:03:07be real, but
01:03:10there's no reason to cry yet
01:03:11because the work's just beginning
01:03:12for me.
01:03:15Congratulations.
01:03:18First ever winners
01:03:20of LFG
01:03:21and I guess
01:03:23more importantly
01:03:25welcome to NXT.
01:03:30I've been waiting
01:03:31for this.
01:03:32The future
01:03:33is bright.
01:03:35Love me or hate me.
01:03:38We're going to have fun.
01:03:40The journey for
01:03:41Zina and Shiloh
01:03:42doesn't end here
01:03:44as they'll get right back to work
01:03:45during season two of LFG
01:03:47looking to claw their way
01:03:48back to the top.
01:03:49As for Tyra and Jasper
01:03:50they're jerseys on a new challenge
01:03:52making a name for themselves
01:03:54in NXT.
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