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00:01Tonight, it's the LFG Finals.
00:04Now that I'm here, winning is bare minimum.
00:07We're on the road to Houston, where one man and one woman will be awarded an NXT contract.
00:13I found me.
00:14You should be scared.
00:16Danny Sikalski takes on PNasty with everything on the line.
00:20You already know PNasty's coming to win.
00:22And in the men's final, last season's runner-up looks for redemption.
00:26But who will his opponent be?
00:28So we have two for Drake and two for Harlem.
00:32Ain't nobody changing their damn vote.
00:37It's a tense night at LFG, as Drake Moreau and Harlem Lewis get set for a rematch of last week's inconclusive semifinal bout
00:46to determine who will meet Shiloh Hill in the LFG Finals.
00:51Being put in that position, some people are full under that kind of pressure.
00:54And in those environments, I feel like I thrive.
00:56This is it, boys.
00:59Alrighty, last week you had your moment, and it was one hell of a moment.
01:04So much so, you got your legends all bound up.
01:08Alright?
01:09You got two votes for you, and two votes for you, Drake.
01:13And unfortunately, it comes down to me to make the final decision.
01:16I need you guys to go out there, and look, you need to wrestle like your careers depend on it, alright?
01:24Because, at least for the immediate future, it does.
01:28Welcome to the Ultimate Proving Ground.
01:3816 future greats.
01:44Four legends.
01:46He is the epitome of WrestleMania!
01:49Aim high, you better aim hard, because I'm gonna do whatever it takes.
01:52A chance to win an NXT contract.
02:03Every legend has a first chapter.
02:06The future starts now.
02:07We're running it back.
02:16The finale starts now, but these two need to be put to the test to see how they do in front of this audience.
02:23And Shawn Michaels will make the decision.
02:25Marlon Lewis taking on Drake Moreau.
02:28I want you to think about what you just said, though.
02:30Shawn Michaels will make the decision.
02:32At the end of the day, he's the one who's going to be handing a contract to a man.
02:36He's the one who's going to be handing a contract to a woman.
02:39This is his decision now.
02:41It's out of the hands of The Undertaker.
02:42It's out of the hands of Michelle McCool, but it's out of the hands of Booker T.
02:48Whoa, big splash.
02:49I'm in there.
03:00There's the man behind NXT.
03:02That's what we were talking about.
03:03It's out of the hands of the typical four.
03:05It's in the hands of Shawn Michaels.
03:07Certainly, with Shawn Michaels watching on, he has the ultimate say-so.
03:10And NXT is certainly such a launching pad for careers coming out of this show.
03:15We've seen it with Tyra Mae Steele.
03:18Season 1, Jasper Choi.
03:19Season 1, both featured heavily on NXT.
03:23Could be at stake here with Drake Moreau and Harlem Louis.
03:26Taking a step further, thinking about what NXT has done.
03:27We talk about launching careers.
03:29What about Seth Rollins?
03:30What about Charlotte Flair?
03:31What about Becky Lynch?
03:32What about names like Bayley, Roman Reigns?
03:40For real, I appreciate the hard work.
03:43That shows you how important this match is,
03:46that Shawn Michaels made an executive decision
03:48to put a little bit more on this matchup.
03:51To crank it up, crank up the intensity into the cover
03:53and a kick out just a little bit more.
03:55I mean, there is a lot on the line.
03:57That just shows you how tough the competition
03:59into another cover and another near fall.
04:03How tough the competition in Season 2
04:05not only has been, JB,
04:07but just how close everybody is.
04:09Neck and neck between Drake Moreau and Harlem Louis
04:12and now in front of the NXT audience.
04:14The same crowd that gets to see NXT every week.
04:17They're making the decision with their vocal,
04:19with their noise, their claps, their cheers, their boos.
04:22All part of the consideration when you take a look at,
04:25oh, how somebody connects with an audience.
04:27Talk about connecting.
04:28How about that elbow?
04:28Look, I like both of them, but I guess, like, right now,
04:38I guess, I mean, what I feel like we need
04:40from an NXT standpoint.
04:43Part of the loose is a dude who's got a look.
04:45He's got a, I don't know, a tenacity.
04:49But Drake's charisma, his energy, is hard to beat.
04:53Go!
04:54Go!
04:54Go!
04:54Go!
04:55Go!
04:55Go!
04:55Go!
04:56Go!
04:56Go!
04:56Go!
04:56Go!
04:56Go!
04:58That's a very interesting behind-the-curtain look
05:01that you're not going to see only right here, though, on LFG.
05:04Wow, what a fascinating insight into the mind
05:08and the Heartbreak Kid.
05:08Shawn Michaels, of course, along with performance center
05:11head coach Matt Blue by his side.
05:13Drake Moreau taking it to Harlem Lewis.
05:16Could this be it?
05:23Looking for the choke slam like last week.
05:25Go!
05:28Covered on it.
05:28Covered on it.
05:29Cover, go.
05:32Rolling right in.
05:33Oh!
05:34A near call.
05:35It's not going to end like it did last week, JB.
05:38Well, certainly we saw these two go neck and neck at it as we kick off this finale.
05:44One of these two will go on to Houston to compete in this broadcast.
05:48Who will make it to the finals?
05:50Who's dream will continue?
05:52Will it be Harlem Lewis who hoists up a jackhammer?
06:00Lewis picks up the win.
06:03Here is the winner, Harlem Lewis!
06:07The decision is now in the hands of the Heartbreak Kid, Shawn Michaels.
06:12Go back to the pure power put on display by Harlem Lewis.
06:18We saw some insight from Shawn Michaels.
06:20We heard what he had to say as this match was going on.
06:22But he is the man who holds the decision and the fate of these two warriors
06:28in the palm of his hand.
06:30Oh, my goodness.
06:43Awesome job, gentlemen.
06:44You both all right?
06:46Yes, sir.
06:46You all good?
06:47All right.
06:47As we've talked with you guys plenty of times in the past,
06:52you both need a lot of work, all right?
06:54But the thing is, you both have something that we need here in NXT.
07:00And I think that's size, it's charisma, it's energy.
07:05If I was going to plug one of you in immediately,
07:08I got to go with you.
07:13I'm disappointed.
07:16But I will say I believe this season I found out who Drake Moreau is
07:20and who Drake Moreau needs to be.
07:23Understand this.
07:24The journey isn't over, all right?
07:27You're going up against a guy that's done this before.
07:30He was in the finals last year.
07:31All right?
07:32Job not finished.
07:33So it ain't over until it's over.
07:35All right?
07:36Good luck.
07:36Thank you so much.
07:37Thank you both so much.
07:38Thank you, gentlemen.
07:39Shawn shakes my hand and picks me and tells me I'm going to Houston.
07:42And it's like the biggest sigh of relief.
07:44And then for the first time this entire competition,
07:46I actually felt bad because I know that Drake has been working hard.
07:50But having Shawn Michaels shake my hand and telling me
07:52that I'm going to Houston and being in the finals,
07:54that's what these last couple of months has all come down to.
07:57And it's just so nice to finally, like,
07:58have that sigh of relief and breath.
08:00Like, here we go.
08:02This is it.
08:02It is morning in Houston, Texas,
08:17where Booker T heads to his wrestling school,
08:20hoping to inspire his star pupil.
08:23This is it.
08:24Oh, this is it right here, man.
08:26This is it.
08:27This is what it's all about, man.
08:29I say it all the time.
08:30You hear me talk about it, man.
08:33What I always say, checks and championships, man.
08:35That's what it's all about.
08:36Checks and championships.
08:37It ain't about friendships.
08:38Look here.
08:39When it's time to be friends,
08:41the career is going to be well done and over with.
08:43It's about going out there and proving to the world how good you are
08:46and telling them suckers in the locker room,
08:48go follow that.
08:50Go follow that.
08:51This whole competition I expected to get to this point,
08:54but now that I'm actually here, it's like, it is very surreal.
08:56I want more than anything to be able to have an office
08:58or a man cave or something with all my titles,
09:00all my action figures, all my pictures.
09:02This is it.
09:03If you're not looking around and thinking
09:04this is the coolest thing in the world,
09:06then you don't want it, for real.
09:11Last season, after the finals,
09:12I told myself I was going to do everything I could
09:14to get back here and make it different.
09:16I've learned a lot throughout the season and everything.
09:17I feel really confident going in,
09:19but depending on how finals go,
09:21it kind of determines whether the whole season was worth it
09:24or just for nothing, you know what I mean?
09:25And that's a lot of weight to put on one match.
09:27Tomorrow, I'm going to win.
09:31I feel like this match was destined to happen.
09:33I feel like this was meant to be.
09:34I feel like throughout all LFG,
09:36everything that's happened and everything between us,
09:37we came in together, we were signed together,
09:39and now it's like one of us is going to give that contract.
09:42Who's the bigger dog?
09:43I am here in Houston, Texas, for the LFG finals.
09:50I think I'd like to say, despite all odds,
09:52I think everything was stacked against me.
09:54I think everybody looked at me as an underdog,
09:56and I'm just ready to show people that I am that pit bull
09:58that we've been talking about.
10:00Show myself, show taker, show everybody watching
10:02that I never was the underdog.
10:04I just needed that extra push.
10:08This is what I've been waiting for since last season.
10:10Last season, I thought I deserved it.
10:12This season, you know, I feel like I earned it.
10:14I am the one to beat.
10:15They thought, you know, Zena Sterling,
10:17they thought it was going to be Serena
10:18with all the points up front.
10:20It's not about really how you start.
10:21They always say it's how you finish.
10:25You guys already know PNasty's coming to win.
10:27I already made everybody look good all dang season.
10:29I'm the one who got all the points.
10:31Now I just am here to write it off.
10:33Chapter finish.
10:34PNasty about to come and get that contract.
10:40Coming up on LFG,
10:42the future greats head to 713 Music Hall
10:45for the LFG Finals,
10:46where they will lay it all in the line
10:48in front of the legends
10:49and a packed house in Houston.
10:51One man and one woman
10:53will receive an NXT contract tonight.
11:00Back in Houston, Texas,
11:02the LFG finalists arrive at the 713 Music Hall
11:05and prepare for the biggest match of their lives.
11:08This is the moment they've worked for all year
11:12as they'll look to impress Shawn Michaels
11:14in order to earn that coveted NXT contract.
11:17It's a big deal.
11:20The next step,
11:21the opportunity to move forward.
11:23The opportunity for Shawn Michaels
11:25to put you on TV tomorrow.
11:27This is the LFG finals.
11:30But this right here is like my livelihood.
11:33All the seats,
11:35the space we have,
11:36people filling this whole place up
11:38just in a few hours here.
11:41A lot of nerves.
11:43A lot of nerves.
11:43PNasty is also human,
11:45so, you know,
11:46feeling the pressure a little bit.
11:49This is a lot bigger than life right now for me.
11:51We're at the end of the road
11:54or the beginning of the road,
11:55depending on how you want to look at it.
11:57LFG finals.
11:58I'm fortunate enough again
11:59to have two of my kids in there.
12:01Both of them seem to be dialed in.
12:03Eerie calm to Shiloh
12:05and Danny's wound pretty tight,
12:08so they know the enormity of the moment
12:10and I don't think either one of them
12:12will leave anything in the ring tonight.
12:16You're just getting one shot off
12:17every once in a while.
12:18Just don't die.
12:19Stay aggressive.
12:22Excited.
12:23I was always nervous cheerleading
12:25and it told me that I still loved what I was doing,
12:27but I learned how to control it.
12:29And I can't quite say
12:31I've learned how to control this feeling yet.
12:33I'm ready to go out there.
12:34I'm ready to do my job
12:35because at the end of the day,
12:36I was born to be a performer.
12:38I just am trying to take it all in,
12:40looking at the seats,
12:40knowing my family is going to be in there,
12:42my mom, my dad, my sister
12:43are going to be ringside right there with me.
12:46It's a great feeling.
12:49This whole season for me has been
12:51trying to get back to the finals
12:53just so I can get another shot
12:55at what I didn't do last season.
12:57Really, the finals is kind of the all or nothing moment
12:59of making this whole redemption tour worth it.
13:03In this business, I get it.
13:06Like, I get that, you know,
13:07there's an element of working together.
13:10However, the job tonight,
13:12the goal is to win the contract
13:13and Shiloh's not going to be the one to stop that.
13:17This is the culmination of everything they've worked for,
13:19everything they've fought for,
13:20and this is it.
13:22This determines who gets that NXT contract,
13:24which is what all of them are just dying to have.
13:27As the fans finish filling in,
13:32a jam-packed house gets set
13:34to take in the action here in Houston.
13:39It was time for last looks
13:41for Danny Sikelsky and Tee Nasty
13:44as they get set to hit the ring first
13:47here at the LFG Finals.
13:49As we bring you the finale,
13:59the celebration from the legends,
14:01The Undertaker, Michelle McCool,
14:04Bubba Ray Dudley, and Booker T.
14:06Here we go, Vic.
14:07This is for all the marbles.
14:08As you said before,
14:10we've got a man and a woman
14:11whose lives are about to change here tonight
14:14in this, the finale of season two of LFG.
14:17Welcome in ringside, Vic Joseph.
14:18Alongside Jeremy Borash.
14:20And Jeremy, you said it,
14:21there is a lot at stake here on LFG.
14:25It is the season finale for season two here on 80.
14:29We're kicking it off with the ladies.
14:30They're up first.
14:42The following contest is scheduled for one call.
14:46Introducing first, representing Team Undertaker,
14:55Danny Sikelsky.
15:00Danny and Panina, the LFG Women's Final.
15:03This is it.
15:04Everything is at stake.
15:05Who's going to walk away with an NXT contract?
15:08Don't go anywhere.
15:09This match next.
15:10Welcome back to LFG as Pete Nasty makes her entrance,
15:17ready to battle here in the LFG Finals.
15:22Some said she has been molded into an absolute monster,
15:28no pun intended, to Jasper Troy, winner of season one.
15:31Hereby, her coach, Michelle McCool, was firing her up.
15:33I ain't about not to have it.
15:35I want that green, green, green.
15:36What you see?
15:37What you mean?
15:38I'm talking about the whole team.
15:39The whole team.
15:39Where we come, we don't leave.
15:40Danny Sikelsky.
15:42P. Nasty.
15:44Panina Tualepa.
15:45About to do battle here with one of these two.
15:48LFG.
15:49LFG.
15:50Going all the way to the top.
15:52And reaching that pinnacle in NXT.
15:54A contract.
15:55Join a rock.
15:56Wow.
15:57How much power does this woman possess?
16:01Well, that's been something we've talked about a lot since the beginning.
16:05But who really has had a tougher road to the finals here on LFG Season 2?
16:10Well, you can certainly make the case for both.
16:12You can certainly make the case for Danny Sikelsky.
16:15You can see the journey, the hardships along the way.
16:19Family here tonight from both of these competitors watching with so much at stake,
16:24knowing their lives are about to change on such a real level,
16:28both personally, professionally.
16:31Whoop.
16:32Slow it down.
16:34Slow it down.
16:37And wow.
16:38Great shoulder block by Danny Sikelsky.
16:40Ask Jasper Troy what LFG has done for his career.
16:44Oh, we're getting into Jasper here as this evening rolls on.
16:48But now you see, oh, what's Danny picking sport?
16:51And then Mitney Lyon, white and blue, the former Penn State standout cheerleader
16:56out of the Big Ten, looking to fly.
16:59Oh, there's that strength, Borash.
17:01Go.
17:02On display.
17:04Oh, man.
17:06And that's what Panina Tulepa brings to the table.
17:08Just so much strength, so much power.
17:10And it's just, you know, it's fun watching this process
17:13because you're seeing the development and the road.
17:16The road of development, head by Coach Matt Bloom, of course,
17:21the Performance Center, Shawn Michaels,
17:22all the great coaches that have been with us since day one here on LFG.
17:26And just the, you see the personification of what that work,
17:29that hard work and dedication can do.
17:31Well, let's talk about Danny here for a second.
17:32Has she lived up to the billing?
17:33She was a season two favorite when this all started.
17:36She should be here in the finals.
17:38Too calculated.
17:39They let it loose, Panina.
17:45Timey off like this.
17:46It's a fair timey.
17:47It's a fair timey.
17:49It comes down to heart.
17:50It comes down to endurance.
17:51It comes down to what you have deep down inside.
17:53That's left as Danny Sikalski has what it takes to hang in there
17:57and outdo this powerful, powerful woman.
18:00I think she was looking for maybe a crucifix.
18:02And instead, a Samoan drop.
18:06And things starting to get nasty into a cover.
18:10Oh, foot on the rope.
18:11And how about that for some ring awareness?
18:14Heads up maneuver.
18:14Danny Sikalski even just having the presence of mind
18:17to stick that leg up on the rope
18:18and break that three-pound after being the recipient of the...
18:22Whoa, whoa.
18:23Door just opened now.
18:25From behind.
18:26Rolled up.
18:27Shoulders down.
18:28Look, this goes back to what we talked about when it comes to Danny.
18:30You saw the foot on the rope.
18:31You just saw a nice counter.
18:32I mean, she is someone who has really taken to this sport.
18:36Oh, geez.
18:37What's that?
18:37Ford?
18:38Oh, come on now.
18:40There you go.
18:41Come on.
18:45I don't know what that was, but it looked kind of good.
18:49It's one thing to get through this test.
18:51LFG, capture the win on season two.
18:53But then look what's waiting for you on the other side.
18:56Look at the roster of females that either Danny or Panina
19:00will have to step into battle with.
19:02The pressure never stops here in WWE.
19:03That's what we were talking about.
19:04That landscape's going to change,
19:06and one of these women could do just that
19:08is now the rally, so to speak,
19:11here in the late stages of this matchup.
19:13Danny trying to remember everything that's been taught to her,
19:16going back and forth,
19:17and now trying to climb all the way up.
19:20It certainly did.
19:20Nice DDT, tornado style.
19:23Into the cover.
19:24Hook of the leg, and another near fall.
19:28So close for Danny Sikowski.
19:30And something that's impressive to me, JB,
19:31is you saw her slip slightly off that bottom rope,
19:34but she still stayed composed.
19:36She stayed calm.
19:37She executed that DDT from the top.
19:39And a little avoid lane.
19:42Yes, she did.
19:43I'm very short in this face.
19:46It's too holiday.
19:48WWE Universe rising for both these women.
19:53Family in attendance here for both of these fantastic athletes,
19:57and that's some pressure, too.
19:59Just not only your peers.
20:01Shawn Michaels undertake all the legends.
20:03This crowd with their very own family sitting front row.
20:06That is a heaping help and oppression.
20:09And now Panina showing you just why they call her P-Nasty counter.
20:14Could we look for Hell's Gate?
20:15Could we look for Hell's Gate?
20:16Can she lock it in?
20:17It's cinched in.
20:18Panina right now is in trouble,
20:21trying to overcome referee.
20:22Great position, checking the shoulders of Danny,
20:24but there's that power on display.
20:27Panina trying to hoist up, but she collapses down.
20:30Cinched in is Hell's Gate.
20:31Is Panina going to tap?
20:32Danny trying to hold.
20:34Shifts weight, shoulders down.
20:35Panina just kicked out, but didn't relinquish the hold,
20:36which you see so many times, the athletes do.
20:39Hell's Gate.
20:40Hell's Gate locked in on Panina.
20:42Pull up again.
20:43Danny Sikowski finish off P-Nasty.
20:46The finals of LFG.
20:47Nasty has been in this hold for a long, long time.
20:51Panina now, trying to navigate her way,
20:53but Sikowski's attached.
20:55Panina tapped.
20:56Danny won.
20:57Panina tapped.
20:59Started out really good.
21:01Finished okay.
21:02The middle there was a little...
21:03They got a little too excited on it.
21:08Wow.
21:09How great that must feel.
21:12There you see the family that you were talking about
21:16in the front row that added pressure for both these women.
21:19But as we've said time and time again,
21:22it's not just about the victory.
21:24Let's go back.
21:25Hell's Gate was cinched in.
21:27A move that The Undertaker, I would say,
21:30passed down to Danny that she has used time and time again.
21:33There you see the tap.
21:35There you see the victor of the match.
21:38But was it enough?
21:40That, Jeremy, is the question.
21:42You did it.
21:52You literally did it.
21:53I can't do this over.
21:56It's so crazy.
21:59I'm very blessed.
22:00I think that I deserve to be right here where I am.
22:03I earned this position.
22:04And I think the performance I put out there
22:06is just enough to get me that contract.
22:09It's nasty season.
22:10And I know this one is mine.
22:12I know it.
22:15Hi.
22:18What did you think?
22:19Good job.
22:22I'm so proud of you.
22:24Were you okay?
22:25No.
22:25No.
22:26No.
22:27I didn't really watch.
22:28Sorry.
22:29I'm walking.
22:31I'm on my feet.
22:34You didn't watch a little bit.
22:36I teased.
22:36I watched all of it.
22:37I did.
22:38I teased.
22:40With an emotional women's match in the books,
22:43it's now the men's turn to take center stage in Houston.
22:47It's Shiloh Hill versus Harwam Lewis,
22:50two alpha males ready to lock horns.
22:53But only one man will earn an NXT contract.
22:57This one here is going to be what OJR would call a slobber knocker.
23:01LFG Season 2 Finals continuing here on A&E.
23:10The following content is scheduled for one call.
23:15Introducing first,
23:17Rippin' Denny,
23:18Team
23:19The 13th,
23:21Harwam Lewis.
23:27These guys have been neck and neck all season long.
23:30It's who shows up tonight.
23:32That's right.
23:33It all comes down to this.
23:35The two top dogs here on LFG.
23:37Who will step up and impress Shawn Michaels and the legends?
23:40Our final match to determine who makes it to NXT.
23:44Harwam Lewis,
23:45Shiloh Hill,
23:46next.
23:50Welcome back to the LFG Finals.
23:52On his way to the ring,
23:54looking for redemption,
23:55looking for an NXT contract.
23:57It's Shiloh Hill.
23:59And his opponent,
24:08representing Team Undertaker,
24:12Shiloh Hill.
24:15I'll tell you right there,
24:15I feel a lot.
24:16He can apologize after this match.
24:18I got no problem with that.
24:20I got no problem with that.
24:21I like this boy, man.
24:25This one is going to be fun.
24:34Well,
24:34it's going to be fun for us to watch,
24:36but I think for everyone,
24:38including the referee,
24:39it's a fasten your seatbelt.
24:41And hang on for dear life,
24:43because these two do not like each other whatsoever.
24:48Yeah,
24:48very well documented.
24:49And look,
24:50when it comes to Shiloh Hill,
24:51two years now in the finals.
24:52He has to be more prepared
24:55heading into this second season finale.
24:57Well,
24:57he has to know what's going on
24:58in terms of the pressure
24:59and being familiar with that level of pressure
25:02when you're this stage in the contest of LFG.
25:05But make no mistake about it.
25:07You're not going to see anything
25:10as far as butterflies or trepidation
25:13from Harlem Lewis.
25:14You certainly will not.
25:15Is Lewis somewhat of a surprise to you here
25:17as we enter in to this season two finale?
25:21I have to be honest,
25:21no,
25:22he's not a surprise that he's here.
25:23It's not a surprise that he's made it this far.
25:25It's not a surprise that Michelle McCool picked him,
25:27or rather Booker T picked him,
25:29right out of the gate
25:30in the first round of the LFG draft
25:32after Shiloh Hill
25:34on the team of The Undertaker.
25:36And as we've seen through the course of this,
25:37Booker T saw something in this man
25:39at the very early stages.
25:41And make no mistake about it,
25:42Booker T has an eye for talent.
25:44Look at the body shots
25:45and how things are being turned around.
25:46Hill charging right in.
25:47Big shot right to the bread basket.
25:50Wow.
25:52Well, I mean,
25:53that'll intimidate anybody.
25:54And you talk about the dark web,
25:55that is something
25:56that we've learned about Shiloh Hill.
25:58He will go to deep,
25:59deep,
25:59dark states of his mind.
26:01And now Hill
26:02change of the momentum
26:04early on in the match.
26:05Up over and flying to the outside.
26:08And look,
26:08I want to ask you this
26:09when it comes to Shiloh Hill.
26:10This is his second trip to the finals.
26:12What happens if he comes up short this year?
26:14Well, you have to regroup,
26:16rethink,
26:16and refocus.
26:17And that's what Shiloh Hill did
26:18at the end of the first season
26:19of LFG.
26:20Now,
26:21with The Undertaker
26:22and a second round
26:23of this journey,
26:25you know the confidence is there.
26:27And you can see it
26:28in Shiloh Hill.
26:30All the guys popped out
26:31of his head on that one.
26:32I wonder where he learned
26:33that one from.
26:34Damn thievery.
26:36Little Undertaker 101
26:38with that leg drop
26:39from Shiloh Hill.
26:40Go with what works.
26:41Why not?
26:41Shiloh Hill has done that
26:42from the get-go
26:43and with The Undertaker's
26:44tutelage along the way.
26:46Oh, you know,
26:47and of course,
26:47the same with Booker T.
26:48His tutelage with Harlem Lewis
26:50has been very effective.
26:51That's why these two
26:52are here right now.
26:52That's why they're
26:53in the finals of LFG.
26:54Lewis put on the brakes
26:55for a moment.
26:56Ooh.
26:57He's able to get that up
26:58and down.
26:58Nice counter
26:59and a gnarly landing
27:00to the outside.
27:01And that's the heads-up
27:02ring awareness
27:03of Harlem Lewis
27:03able to take his opponent
27:05to the floor.
27:06And remember what happened
27:06last time these two
27:07were on the floor together?
27:08A count-out here on LFG
27:09with a brawl
27:10went all the way to the back.
27:12And these two are,
27:13as I said before,
27:14very competitive.
27:16Oh.
27:17Look, they also both know
27:19what happened
27:19with Jasper Troy,
27:21someone you were talking
27:22about earlier.
27:22He won season one.
27:24His second match in NXT
27:25is...
27:26Harlem Lewis right now,
27:28the referee is going
27:29to count him ten.
27:29I hope he knew
27:30that there is some authority
27:31in this match-up.
27:32It is our head official
27:33in NXT.
27:34But one season one,
27:36second match was
27:36for the NXT Championship.
27:38Shooting the half
27:38into the cover,
27:39hook of the leg,
27:40in a near fall.
27:41Within six weeks,
27:42Jasper Troy was on
27:43a premium live event.
27:44And Harlem Lewis
27:45wants his name
27:46up in the lights.
27:48Into another cover
27:49and another kick-out.
27:50And he might be checking
27:51for a couple more
27:52knocked-out teeth
27:53as Shiloh Hill.
27:53Let's take a look
27:54at this again,
27:54by the way.
27:56Nice.
27:57That's that apology.
27:59He might need to send
28:01him some flowers
28:02for that one.
28:03A fruit hazard.
28:07Harlem Lewis right now.
28:08Oh, wow.
28:09Nice backbreaker
28:10connecting.
28:12Get up!
28:13Get up!
28:16And Lewis
28:16has been barking
28:18all match long
28:19and now hoisting up
28:21Shiloh Hill.
28:22Inside cradle,
28:23shoulders down.
28:26So close.
28:28Ducking the clothesline
28:29right back in,
28:30Shiloh Hill.
28:31Big neckbreaker.
28:31And you talk about
28:33an evolution of an athlete.
28:35That is Shiloh Hill
28:36who picks up the win
28:37in the finals.
28:39Here is your winner,
28:42Shiloh Hill!
28:45Confidence has to be
28:46running at an all-time high
28:48for Shiloh Hill.
28:50Take nothing away
28:51from Harlem Lewis
28:52in this final battle
28:54here on season two.
28:55But only one man
28:57will earn
28:58the prestigious contract.
29:00Let's go back
29:01to some of the action.
29:02Look at that,
29:03Shiloh Hill.
29:03Bam!
29:04Incredible neckbreaker.
29:06Putting the finishing touches
29:07on Harlem Lewis.
29:09But now,
29:10the question is,
29:12Shawn Michaels,
29:13a decision to make
29:15that will change
29:15the lives
29:16of all four
29:18of these individuals
29:18that have made it
29:19to the finals
29:20of Legends
29:21and Future Greats.
29:22Whose life will change?
29:24Who will earn
29:25themselves a contract
29:26to NXT
29:27here
29:28on LFG?
29:30It's all good.
29:31It's all good.
29:32It's all good.
29:33It's all good.
29:35I feel good.
29:36Like, I feel ready to go.
29:37This is fun.
29:37Like, I feel like
29:38I'm comfortable now.
29:39You know what I mean?
29:40And I feel like
29:40every time you go in front
29:41of, like,
29:42a bigger and bigger crowd,
29:43it probably gets
29:43more and more fun
29:44and easier and easier.
29:45So,
29:46turning in the right direction
29:47and really excited
29:47by how everything went.
29:48The matches have concluded,
29:52but now the real drama begins.
29:54Only one man
29:55and one woman
29:56will walk away
29:57with an NXT contract.
29:59And up next,
30:00Shawn Michaels
30:01meets with the legends
30:02for the final
30:03LFG deliberation.
30:10All right,
30:11this is it.
30:12Season 2 finale
30:14of LFG.
30:17Shawn,
30:17you have a huge decision
30:19to make here tonight.
30:20You're going to tell us
30:21which male
30:22and which female
30:23will be awarded
30:24an NXT contract
30:25and who will become
30:27the newest members
30:28of the NXT roster.
30:30Before we get
30:31to your decision,
30:32let's hear final words
30:34about the women
30:35from the legends.
30:37Bubba Ray,
30:38I'm going to start with you.
30:39Both women
30:40have definitely
30:41taken steps forward
30:42from Season 1
30:43to Season 2.
30:45I've definitely seen
30:45the confidence
30:46in Panina
30:48and I've really
30:49seen the confidence
30:50and the growth
30:51in Danny
30:52in the second half
30:53of this season.
30:57What I need,
30:58I need the dog.
30:59I need the dog in you.
31:00I need you to be aggressive.
31:02Come on,
31:03there you go!
31:03If I had to put somebody
31:06on TV tomorrow
31:07like Shawn possibly
31:09has to do,
31:10I'm going to go
31:10with Danny.
31:12I agree with what Bubba said,
31:14but then on the other hand,
31:15I look at Panina
31:16and she just seems
31:18like she's taken off,
31:19seems like she's
31:20found her stride.
31:22Unanimous decision.
31:24Congratulations, Panina.
31:25And you're extra stupid
31:27because you think
31:27you're about to take
31:28Season 2
31:28from P-Nasty.
31:30Season 2,
31:31she seemed like
31:31she's already declared
31:32herself the winner.
31:33That's just the way
31:34I see it with Panina
31:35and just how we've got
31:36a chance to see her.
31:37I've got to go with Panina.
31:39Panina, anytime she comes in,
31:40she makes a statement.
31:41Man, she's unique.
31:43She's unique,
31:43and I've said that
31:44from day one too.
31:45Her presence,
31:46the aura she brings,
31:48the energy she brings,
31:49she's got this striking,
31:50striking beauty
31:51that captivates you,
31:52and you really can't
31:53take your eyes off of her.
31:54And for that reason,
31:55the consistency
31:56and the growth
31:57that she continuously showed
31:58week in, week out,
32:00I've got to go
32:00with my girl Panina.
32:03Both Dani and Panina
32:04showed amazing growth
32:06this season.
32:08I think the more polished
32:11of the two right now
32:13would be Dani.
32:18Okay, let's bring out
32:20Dani and Panina.
32:24I'm walking into a room
32:26with four legends
32:27and Shawn Michaels
32:29with a contract
32:30in his hand,
32:32and it has the odds
32:34to go to me
32:35or my opponent.
32:37Well, ladies,
32:38I was for sure nervous.
32:41I was very confident,
32:42you know, in myself,
32:43and what I did tonight
32:44was enough.
32:45And I was just hoping
32:46that they saw the same.
32:48You both need to be
32:49extremely proud
32:50of what you accomplished
32:52this year.
32:53Dani, I'm going to
32:54and I know
32:54that you came into
32:55this season
32:55with a chip on your shoulder
32:57and a lot to prove.
32:58And you're here today
33:00because you did that.
33:04Panina, your growth
33:05this year has been
33:08absolutely unbelievable.
33:11But we can only have one.
33:14The reality of this is
33:15I have to find a woman
33:16who can step right in
33:17and be a part
33:19of the best women's division
33:21in all of wrestling.
33:23So for that reason,
33:25the winner of this year's
33:26LFG
33:27is you, Dani.
33:30Congratulations.
33:30I didn't think I was going
33:37to get emotional at all,
33:38but obviously the tears
33:39started rolling.
33:40Being handed that contract
33:42to me proves that
33:43every bit of work
33:45and push through
33:46that I've gone through
33:47is worth it.
33:49The little girl inside of me
33:50was strong enough to do it.
33:53And I know that this is
33:55just the start for me.
33:55I was heartbroken,
33:59but it's okay
34:00because I ain't no Cinderella.
34:01I don't need no perfect ending.
34:03I'll write it myself.
34:04So close this chapter.
34:05Y'all keep the pen.
34:07PNAS ain't done yet.
34:09All right.
34:10And now it's time
34:11for the gentlemen.
34:13When it comes to Shiloh
34:14in Harlem,
34:15Undertaker,
34:16who's taking season two?
34:18Both those guys
34:19all season long,
34:21every opportunity they had,
34:22they took advantage of.
34:23They're both incredibly intense,
34:26but still completely opposite.
34:29I'm going to show Booker
34:29exactly why he drafted me
34:30for number one,
34:31and that's because
34:32I'm going to go get that point
34:32every single week.
34:33And I'm that dog,
34:34and when people start barking,
34:35I start biting.
34:36When people start hitting,
34:37I start hitting back.
34:39Shiloh's continued to grow
34:40from season one to season two.
34:42He's had his foot on the gas.
34:44I think Shiloh.
34:47I think both those guys
34:48are ready.
34:48I think we've seen matches
34:49that they've put on together
34:51that could be on any show,
34:52to be honest with you.
34:53Oh, yeah, baby.
34:57You see that there?
34:58Oh, there's the receipt.
35:01There's something that I've liked
35:02about Harlem since day one.
35:04He is so intense
35:05that he often scares me,
35:06to be honest with you.
35:07But the intensity
35:08he brings in the ring,
35:09and it's just so believable.
35:13I just dropped it.
35:15With that Harlem Lewis
35:17standout male for the day.
35:19I think for that reason,
35:22I would choose Harlem.
35:24You know, Sean,
35:26when I look at Shiloh and Harlem
35:28in season two,
35:30it's a complete tie to me.
35:33I think Harlem could use
35:35more time developing
35:37so he doesn't have that
35:38hard-ass look on his face
35:40and maybe learn how to communicate
35:42a little better
35:43with his fellow worker.
35:45So I'm going to go with Shiloh Hill.
35:48Look where you at, my man.
35:49You look like you're puzzled there.
35:50I am a little bit.
35:51You know what I mean?
35:52Because I'm looking for a guy,
35:53you know,
35:54that's intense,
35:56that's got that look on his face
35:57and people wondering
35:58what he's thinking.
36:00I give Shiloh a whole lot of credit.
36:02He did a hell of a job
36:02in his season two.
36:04But then I look at someone
36:05like Harlem Lewis
36:05who has the innate ability
36:07to be able to learn this
36:08and learn it,
36:08not just learn it,
36:09but learn it very, very quickly.
36:11So in essence,
36:12I got to give my vote
36:13to Harlem Lewis.
36:15Let's bring out Shiloh
36:16in Harlem.
36:21All of season two
36:22has led to this moment right now
36:23and it's actually like
36:25for the first time in the season,
36:26I will say like
36:27I was almost uncomfortable.
36:29My heart was beating for sure.
36:31I was way more nervous
36:32walking into that room
36:34to find out
36:35what was going to happen
36:36than I was for any match
36:37or promo all season.
36:42The final moments
36:44of the LFG competition
36:45have arrived
36:46and our two remaining finalists
36:49wait to find out
36:50which of them
36:51has earned an NXT contract.
36:54Here you are
36:55in the finals.
36:56For you,
36:59a second time.
37:02Harlem,
37:03you came into this late
37:04but everybody here
37:06has raved about
37:08the development
37:10that you've had
37:11in such a short time.
37:13And the one thing,
37:14I don't know
37:15if you noticed it tonight,
37:16but when you walked out there,
37:19there was a palpable
37:20gasp.
37:21They were intimidated.
37:24You are one scary-looking
37:26son of a bitch
37:27when you look pissed off.
37:29And that, my friend,
37:31is money.
37:33Don't ever lose that look
37:34because it works.
37:35Shiloh,
37:38you have put in
37:40the time,
37:42the effort,
37:44the work.
37:46You have grown exponentially
37:48as all of the legends
37:50have talked about.
37:52The reality is
37:53I need somebody
37:55that I can plug in
37:57to the NXT system
37:59that people
38:00will look at
38:02and be intimidated by.
38:06You may not be
38:07as intimidating
38:08as this man
38:10right now.
38:15But you're still
38:16pretty damn crazy-looking.
38:18Congratulations.
38:20Wow.
38:25Roddy.
38:27Shiloh, big me.
38:30It's a cool feeling, man.
38:31To physically feel it
38:33in my hands
38:33was just a crazy
38:35weight lifted off my shoulder.
38:36Obviously, at the same time,
38:38it's really the start
38:39of a lot of work
38:40and it's going to be
38:41weight put on my shoulders,
38:42but that's the weight
38:43that I feel like
38:43I'm ready to carry
38:44and I'm excited to carry.
38:48Good job.
38:49My heart sank.
38:50For a split second,
38:52I was angry.
38:53I was confused a little bit.
38:54I was mad,
38:56but I have this little switch
38:58in me that flips pretty fast
38:59that makes me realize,
39:00well, the job's still nothing.
39:01And it's time to run it back
39:04because no matter what
39:05I have to do,
39:05like, I will get
39:07an NXT contract.
39:12I do have to say
39:13thank you all so much
39:15for the time
39:16and the effort
39:18that you put in
39:19to our young talent here.
39:22The bond
39:22and the closeness
39:23that you have
39:26with these talent
39:27goes such a long way.
39:30You can see
39:31the influence
39:32that each and every one
39:33of you have on them
39:34and you understand
39:35how much your words
39:37and your guidance
39:38mean to them.
39:40So thank you all
39:40very much for that.
39:43But I'm sure none of you
39:45are concerned about that.
39:47You want to know who...
39:48Spit it out.
39:50...is the LFG champion.
39:53This is my...
39:54And I know, Book,
39:58all season long,
40:00Booker felt like
40:02the fix was in.
40:03Oh, it was.
40:04It was.
40:04There was kind of
40:05an LFG screwjob going on.
40:07You know, you know.
40:08But Taker, once again,
40:10the defending champion.
40:12But just like the streak,
40:14Dead Man.
40:16Oh!
40:19Everything has to come
40:21to an end.
40:22Get that out.
40:22And the good news is,
40:24at least,
40:25it's going to stay
40:26in the family.
40:27Woo!
40:29Ladies and gentlemen,
40:31our new LFG
40:34fixes in.
40:36Michelle McCool.
40:37Ooh, look at that
40:38nameplate.
40:39Wow.
40:40Wow.
40:41It matches your camo.
40:43All of your outfits.
40:44This is great.
40:49Look.
40:50How beautiful
40:51this is.
40:53This is what
40:54my team earned me.
40:56They helped bring this
40:57home to the right
40:57side of the bed.
40:59Congratulations
41:00to season two
41:01LFG champion
41:03Michelle McCool.
41:06I don't understand, man,
41:13what my life
41:13is going to be like now.
41:15I took two.
41:16What are we going to
41:17talk about that?
41:18I got two contracts.
41:20It was a journey
41:21and I feel like
41:22it's given me
41:23so much confidence
41:23in myself
41:24and so much confidence
41:25in being able to handle
41:26whatever's thrown at me,
41:27honesty and beyond.
41:28LFG has brought out
41:34the performer
41:35in me again.
41:38Is that his idea?
41:43The work really does
41:45begin for those two,
41:46right?
41:48Now they have to go to
41:49the NXT roster
41:50and make a name
41:51for themselves
41:52all over again.
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