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WWE LFG Season 03 Episode 02 - 3 May 2026 (Full Episode) - WWE Legends & Future Greats 5/3/2026 Season 3 Episode 2
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00:00Then
00:07Now
00:16Forever
00:24Together
00:38Here at the Performance Center, there is excitement in the air, as LFG Season 2 winner Shiloh Hill prepares to
00:44make his much-anticipated NXT debut.
00:47I've got all this pent-up energy, and now I get to unleash that. It's time to show the world
00:52why no one sleeps on Shiloh Hill.
00:56Living in the snow, missing teeth, throwing up, dark web details, I mean Shiloh Hill, a different breed of individual.
01:09Swing and a miss, going up and oh, a little whisper to the beast from Shiloh Hill, who's victorious.
01:19Here is your winner, Shiloh Hill!
01:23And what a debut for The Undertaker's prized pupil from legends and future greats.
01:31It feels great, man. It feels great. New chapter for sure. Just excited to get right in.
01:40That crowd has been here the whole time, so to be able to, like, kind of share that experience with
01:44them is such a blessing, so cool.
01:54We're all here to be Decemberary to Green.
01:56When the bell rings, it's not about being nice anymore.
01:59If I was on Michaels, you guys would be on NXT tomorrow.
02:02It has to happen now.
02:04You don't have to wait to see who gets called up. They can go at any time.
02:08The future is indeed now here on LFG.
02:18Good seeing you all again. It was a great first week.
02:21Today we will have Carly Bright.
02:24Maddie will be working with Carly.
02:27Carly Bright, been here for a bit.
02:30The art of sewing is going to be a big thing for her. She's tiny.
02:34She doesn't do a great job of looking like she's throwing her whole body into it.
02:38Yeah, she needs to lean into her physicality.
02:40Absolutely. Absolutely.
02:42K.O., you'll be working with Layla Diggs.
02:45She came to us a few weeks ago, so she wanted to try some heel work.
02:49So this is one of her first matches working as a heel.
02:52So what better person to put her with than heel K.O.?
02:55What are you implying?
02:57That you're a heel.
03:00Our second match, we'll have Harley Riggins and Jax Presley.
03:04Booker, you'll be working with them.
03:06Against Harlem Lewis and Mike Derruder.
03:10K.O., you'll be working with them as well.
03:12Okay.
03:13The biggest thing I want to see out of this match is proper tag team psychology.
03:17I don't want to see four individual matches.
03:19I'd love to see our heels cutting the ring off, making the babyface, fight to get the tag.
03:25K.O., Harlem, and Mike, this will be one of their first tag matches.
03:29Mike would want to see if he can lean into some physical ground and pound style work.
03:34I think that plays in the Harlem's moveset as well.
03:39So I think you'll enjoy working with both these guys today.
03:42A big thing for Harley and Jax is less is more.
03:45They don't have to do a hundred moves.
03:49They think action is going to get the reaction, and not understanding that emotion is what gets the reaction and
03:57the connection.
03:58Testify.
03:59Finally, our main event, Drake Moreau working with Bubba and Booker.
04:05You'll have Nathan Cranton.
04:08Nathan Cranton.
04:09Is this the kid from England?
04:10This is the kid from England.
04:12What do we know about this kid?
04:14So he's been here for a very short time.
04:16He is a reality star from England.
04:21I don't like reality stars.
04:21He loves the business.
04:22So Nathan has this charisma and this character down, but we have yet to see him be a badass.
04:28Make me scared of you.
04:31Are you sure that being scared of this guy is possible?
04:35I think if anyone can pull it out of him, Booker T can.
04:40I mean, Book is a magician.
04:41I'm a scary guy.
04:44Drake Moreau.
04:45We all know him.
04:47He's getting a big opportunity right now.
04:49We all see something and have seen something.
04:53I mean, if he doesn't have the match that we need to see from him tonight, is he getting another
05:01chance?
05:03I don't think so.
05:04I don't think it's sink or swim time for Drake Moreau.
05:06Wow.
05:17You know, I've been here three years now.
05:22You know, you sit back here for three years and that just weighs on your mind and you don't know
05:26what's going to happen next.
05:28Hello.
05:29How are you doing?
05:29How are you?
05:30Wonderful.
05:32Sitting in the back and seeing all your friends that you signed with, you know, getting all these big opportunities.
05:37And I'm so happy for them.
05:39I'm a proud friend.
05:43But I'm just wondering, when's it going to be my turn to get an opportunity?
05:47When am I going to get the chance to show out?
05:51You start thinking about your contract deadlines and, hey, my contract's coming up.
05:55Like, you just dread that phone call from Shawn Michaels and don't want to get called into his office and
06:00be let go, you know?
06:01So, that's where I'm at right now.
06:29So, that's where I'm at right now.
06:31I'm going to move for this.
06:32Oh, wow.
06:32So, being so far away from home and then learning a whole new world.
06:35It took a while to, like, adjust to it.
06:37But now, it's just one of the greatest feelings is when the crowd is into it, bouncing off of them,
06:43giving them the energy.
06:44I think it's awesome.
06:45Yeah.
06:46So, after talking to Matt, he mentioned that he had some interest in seeing you work as a heel.
06:51I don't think you've done that much.
06:52No, not much.
06:53Not that much experience.
06:54Some people confuse being a heel with being less good, like, less interesting.
06:59I don't have that vision.
07:01I just think it's all about how you react to what you're doing.
07:04Mm-hmm.
07:05I don't want you to, like, dumb down your skills.
07:08Just be super expressive about how good you are.
07:12Okay.
07:13You know what I mean?
07:13Yeah.
07:13I think that's a pretty easy concept to start with.
07:15Yeah.
07:17So, how long have you been actually wrestling here?
07:19I've been here three years.
07:21Three years.
07:21Okay.
07:22I need to step up my game.
07:23Yeah.
07:23You're the boat.
07:25Yeah.
07:25When I saw your name, I was like, she's the girl I need.
07:28Hi, my name's Carly Bright, and I am from Kenosha, Wisconsin.
07:32I was a gymnast for ten years, and then I started cheerleading.
07:35I found myself at the University of Minnesota, and I cheered there for four years, and that
07:41led me all the way here.
07:43I'm just watching people that come in almost after me, like, pass me by.
07:47Right.
07:47So I'm very, don't step on anybody's toes.
07:49Like, my time will come, but I'm kind of ready to be selfish.
07:52Yeah, I think you should be selfish, and I think you go into this with a story in your
07:55mind.
07:56I'm just making this up, but she, you heard the things that she said about you in the
07:59locker room.
08:00Yep.
08:00She said that you're a pushover, you're a doormat, and you don't belong here.
08:03Put that-
08:04This is getting me heated up right now.
08:05I'm like, I'm feeling it now.
08:07Put that in your head.
08:09Yes.
08:09So that when you start your comeback, it's like-
08:11I see red.
08:12Yeah.
08:14You know what I mean?
08:15Like-
08:15100%.
08:16I love us already.
08:17Like, like, like, like her.
08:19Yes.
08:19When I work with new talent, I say, ask yourself this, why would somebody part with their money
08:23to watch me?
08:24The biggest thing is being relatable in a way that the audience can connect with you emotionally.
08:30I would also want- try to just put a little vocal into it.
08:33Cool.
08:34Bring some vocals.
08:35Yes.
08:35People resonate with aggression, but they throw some sound into it.
08:39Carly Bright is another amazing athlete.
08:42She can do almost anything.
08:44But the key to this is connection.
08:47Can she connect and tell a story?
08:50Good afternoon, Performance Center!
08:53We're getting ready for season three of LFG!
08:59Talk to each other.
09:00Thank you, Michael.
09:01Thanks, Michael.
09:03I'm gonna have fun.
09:04I'm gonna have fun.
09:04We'll have fun and see me.
09:05Long walk to walk try.
09:06Thanks, Michael.
09:07Thanks.
09:15The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
09:18Introducing first, from Kenosha, Wisconsin, Carly Wright!
09:26It's hard not to smile when you see Carly Wright.
09:29I mean, the energy is just so infectious.
09:33Carly Wright in the ring comes to us in the world of cheerleading,
09:36but yes, she's been able to transfer that energy, that excitement, that athleticism
09:40into something good here at the PC.
09:55And her home, from Fresno, California, Layla Diggs!
10:02Layla Diggs takes on Carly Wright for the first time ever on LFG after the break.
10:09We are back on LFG, and J.D., look who's joining us.
10:16Natalya, the boat, one of the greatest women to ever step into a ring.
10:21Someone who's competed at WrestleMania, someone who's won championships on any brand you can imagine.
10:27She's here watching this matchup, obviously has had the ears of both these competitors.
10:31Well, we've not only got Natalya, but Kevin Owens as well.
10:35I mean, you know, stars of WrestleMania here coaching these talent on the bigger and better things in their career.
10:41And right away, Carly Wright and Layla Diggs showing what they can do.
10:51And you just heard what Carly said.
10:53Hey, do you want that contract?
10:54That is what is the most unique thing about this season of LFG, is all these athletes know that we
11:01don't have to wait to the end of the year.
11:03You don't have to go through the trials and tribulations.
11:05If you come out, you make a mark, you're able to make an impact.
11:08In fact, that is all you need to change your life in an instant, courtesy of Shawn Michaels, into the
11:14cover and a kickout.
11:15Almost a quick victory here for Carly Wright.
11:22You know, every woman in the Performance Center locker room competing here on LFG saw what happened to Kendall Gray
11:30at the end of show one last week,
11:32where her life changed instantly.
11:35Coming back from the curtain from her match with TJ Vasa, Shawn Michaels delivers the news.
11:40That is the kind of opportunity that is afforded you here on LFG's and Future Greats.
11:44And you also get the opportunity to be kicked right in the stomach.
11:47And that's the unique thing about LFG.
11:49LFG really gives you the ability to springboard into that next step of your career, that next evolution, so to
11:56speak.
11:56And all the athletes here, you can feel the sense of emotion from them, that they know they're three, four,
12:04five, six, seven minutes away from maybe changing their life.
12:08And we've already heard Carly Bryce say in this matchup, talking about the contract, you know it's on the mind
12:13of every man and every woman.
12:19Carly's doing a good job selling.
12:20She's doing a good job selling.
12:23She's little.
12:23She's got you.
12:24Yeah.
12:24She's moving around too.
12:26She's also dying.
12:30With Kevin Owens watching, Natalya watching, you know they're going to be giving full reports back to Shawn Michaels about
12:36how they perform, their possibilities as a talent, as a competitor.
12:40And can they climb their ranks all the way to NXT?
12:47That's what's interesting about all this is Carly Bryce can find herself at the main event next week.
12:52Jackson Hartley can find themselves at the main event tag team matches.
12:54Next week, that is what is so special about legends and future greats is anything can happen.
13:00And as we've talked about all year on NXT, along with Booker T, there's so much opportunity around the WWE.
13:09The opportunity is here for these women right now in another near fall.
13:13Good kick out.
13:14Yeah.
13:14I did.
13:15Me too.
13:15I thought that was it.
13:17We've seen it now over the course of these previous two seasons.
13:19It's not just rhetoric.
13:21It's not just talk.
13:22The proof is in the fact that Jasper Troy has now held championships in NXT.
13:27We've seen what Shiloh Hill has done.
13:29The talent that has emerged from this program has gone on to do bigger and better things.
13:33And they know it's not just hyperbole.
13:35They can see it.
13:36And it's now in their grasp.
13:37And that's what Layla Diggs is trying to do here with Carly Bright.
13:40Well, Diggs able to counter for a moment.
13:43And while both these women now perched in a precarious position, Bright trying to fight
13:50free, create a little bit of separation, she has for a moment at least, JB.
13:53And we'll see those three years she's been in the performance center looking for a high
13:58risk, will it be a high reward, high crossbody.
14:01Diggs rolls through.
14:04I bet on that.
14:05Me too.
14:08When you see both of our guests sitting on the edge of their seats, big kick, go connected.
14:14Execution-wise, they're really good.
14:16They're both, you know, I guess they're young, but they're really good athletes.
14:22And they're, like, everything they're doing looks good.
14:24They don't grow up or anything.
14:24No.
14:25Especially, I said to Carly, I said, at the finish, you need to be your best.
14:28You can't be weak there.
14:30That's what's special about the performance center and all the coaches led by Matt Bloom being
14:35able to take athletes and take them and put them in a ring and put them through training
14:40and just see how quickly they can pick up on a brand new industry and lifestyle.
14:45And what a move out of nowhere for Carly Bright.
14:50Here is your winner, Carly Ray.
14:55Yeah, it is awesome.
15:04You didn't?
15:05I feel good.
15:06I just wish I was more in the moment throughout the match.
15:11You didn't look not in the moment.
15:12Oh.
15:13It might have felt that way, but everything you guys were doing had a lot of energy and
15:17you seemed totally committed to it.
15:18And you're a good heel.
15:20You really are, yeah.
15:21Like, you're, it's cool, too, when you're a heel and you're, like, obviously, like,
15:25a cocky, arrogant heel, but you can back up everything you're doing.
15:30What's your advice on selling on the back?
15:33So, like, I think towards the end, obviously, in theory, you should get your lowest point.
15:37But you need energy to get to the next part and to keep the fans engaged, right?
15:42Just don't ignore anything that's happened to you.
15:44You know, like, if you're back on top and you hit her with a clothesline, just, like,
15:48one of these for a second and then you, you know what I mean?
15:51It's almost like a rollercoaster to sell, so.
15:54He was really happy with my performance, which means a lot, because if I think it's bad,
15:58but right here, this man is telling me it's good.
16:00He's been at WrestleMania.
16:01He's done all these things, and I need to trust him and believe I am doing something right.
16:06Great job.
16:07I thought you, I thought you, I thought you, you helped me channel that on J.R. Pelton.
16:09You know what I love?
16:10There was a moment at the very end, you snatched her head.
16:13Like, like, it signified, like, no, I'm in control.
16:15It's, like, really came alive for your comeback.
16:20I felt something different from you inside.
16:22I really felt it.
16:23I felt it, like, and you keep channeling that.
16:25Like, next, like, like, next time you work another match, 1% more.
16:29Over time, 1% every other match.
16:31Next thing you know, you'll be 50% better.
16:32Right.
16:33Yeah, so good.
16:34Thank you so much.
16:34So, so, so good.
16:36I felt on cloud nine, like, statement made.
16:39I am not going to be a pushover.
16:41I'm doing this for me.
16:41I'm going to be selfish.
16:42And I don't want to just be good enough.
16:45I'm here to be great.
16:46And that's exactly what I'm going to be.
16:50Next up, Harlem Lewis and Mike DeRuiter against Harley Riggins and Jax Presley in our first tag team matchup of
16:57the season.
16:58My boys, everything starts tonight.
17:02Here at the Performance Center are two good friends, ready to showcase how good they work as a tag team.
17:08Yeah, baby.
17:10My name is Jax Presley.
17:12I'm from Middletown, Maryland.
17:14I'm Harley Riggins.
17:15I'm the baddest SOB from CLE, man.
17:17I've played four years of college football at Harvard, and then continue playing college football at McNeese State.
17:23Number one in the country in tackles and sportsman-like conducts.
17:26I have a mentally handicapped sister.
17:28And after seeing people bully my sister, a switch flipped inside me, I don't take that anymore.
17:34A year in, you know, I feel pretty comfortable.
17:38My ultimate goal is to be phenomenal.
17:41I want to be the greatest of all time.
17:43My goals are to kick ass, take names, and rise up.
17:46You know what I mean?
17:47I just want to wrestle, man.
17:48I love it.
17:49What's up?
17:50How you doing, man?
17:51Ball players?
17:52Oh, yeah.
17:53Yeah.
17:54How long have y'all been here now?
17:55Been here all over a year.
17:56Just over a year.
17:57Playbook is very, very important, especially from a tag team perspective.
18:01Yeah.
18:01Just like when you play football.
18:03You know, everything is frickin' X's and O's.
18:05You know, so for me and my brother, my brother might tag me in, and I'll point to that rope
18:10just so my brother can shoot him in, and I'll go over here, bang, just to catch him.
18:13It'll look like a plane, opposed to two guys in the ring wrestling.
18:17So, let's work.
18:18Let's go to work.
18:19From a fresh new duo to another fired-up tag team.
18:26With one future great making an LFG return.
18:29Awesome, though.
18:30I love it.
18:31My name is Harlem Lewis.
18:32I'm from Lindenhurst, New York.
18:34I was a runner-up on LFG.
18:37Congratulations.
18:40Thank you very much.
18:42Right after LFG season two ended, I went over to Japan to wrestle for Pro Wrestling Noah
18:46for a little over a month.
18:48It just gave me a whole new insight to Pro Wrestling and to what I need to do to be
18:52successful.
18:53My name is Mike Derrider, and I'm from Belgium.
18:58My father was a pro wrestler, so I'm a second-generation pro wrestler.
19:02However, I'm unique.
19:03With my size, the way I move, I wrestled all around the world, putting myself among the best.
19:12So, I don't think you guys have teamed too often, right?
19:14Just practice matches here and there a couple times, trying to figure each other out.
19:17Okay.
19:18He came here when I was in Japan, and they were like, you guys kind of like look alike.
19:21Like, we wore a similar gear and stuff.
19:22And when I got back, we had a match against each other.
19:25It was like really fun that we had good chemistry against each other.
19:27Do you guys like feel like there's something, you know what I mean?
19:30Together?
19:31Yes.
19:32Yeah.
19:32We have really good chemistry.
19:33I think so.
19:34I'm excited for today to like finally showcase it.
19:36At least appreciate each other or like each other well enough.
19:39It's a good start.
19:40There you go.
19:41There you go.
19:47Those are four big personalities.
19:53Tonight, I'm hoping that I get to see them all shine in their own way.
19:57But a tag team match is a totally different story than a singles match.
20:02All right, boys.
20:03Everything starts tonight.
20:05Let's go out there and work together.
20:07You feel me?
20:08Hell yeah.
20:08You're high.
20:09Let's get this next.
20:10Ha ha!
20:11You got your coach.
20:12Ha ha!
20:13We are set for the first tag team match this season on LFG.
20:20The following contest is a tag team match scheduled for one fall.
20:24Introducing first the team of Jax Presley and Harley Riggins.
20:31Well, these two have quite the reputation, JB.
20:34They do not want to be liked.
20:35They do not care what people think.
20:37They are rough.
20:38They are rugged.
20:38Not just around the edges, but in the ring.
20:41That's Jax Presley up on the ropes.
20:43This is Harley Riggins, his tag team partner, looking to make an impact here on LFG.
20:48And our first tag team match of the season.
20:50Here we go.
20:52Looking forward to seeing it, guys.
20:54All right.
20:54Be safe.
20:55Have fun.
20:56Bye, boys.
20:58Bye.
21:06Bye.
21:07Bye.
21:07Bye.
21:08Bye.
21:09Bye.
21:11Bye.
21:12Bye.
21:15You worked with Harlem last season?
21:17Yeah, I worked with Harlem, man.
21:18He was the runner-up for season two.
21:19He should have won it.
21:20He was the best talent in the whole day.
21:23He really was.
21:24And he's got an attitude that you really want to have on your team.
21:30I mean, he's hardcore like him.
21:34He want to be the guy.
21:35Yeah.
21:35Whatever he needs to be, he can be the guy.
21:37That's what I like about him.
21:38Yeah, man.
21:41Well, you know, Booker's had a lot of success here on LFG.
21:43Jasper Troy from season one.
21:45Obviously, Harlem from season two.
21:47You heard what he thought he had to say.
21:48But look, he did not win.
21:50Shiloh Hill won season two.
21:52We're here on season three.
21:53And you said it last week.
21:55You said it more than once.
21:56We don't have to wait to the end of the year to find out if you're going to be on
21:59NXT.
22:00These athletes don't have to wait to the end of the year to see if they have to win.
22:04I mean, I'm excited about it because at any moment, someone could be awarded a contract.
22:07And all of a sudden appear Tuesday nights on NXT.
22:10Well, look what happened to Kendall Gray last week.
22:12There, yeah.
22:12100%.
22:13Wrestles the main event.
22:14The blink of an eye in an instant.
22:15You have what it takes.
22:17Shawn Michaels sees that ability and will change your life instantly by going to NXT for your career.
22:22And that's what the objective is here.
22:32Hard smash melt offense.
22:34Harlem Lewis, Mike DeRuiter in.
22:36And Mike DeRuiter is from Belgium.
22:38He's a European athlete that brings so much to the table.
22:41Watch this guy.
22:42Not only his strength, but watch his ability to fly.
22:45We get an opportunity.
22:46This guy is both an aerial assassin and a powerhouse all in one.
22:50And I'm waiting for this to pop off between these four because it seems like there's a lot of egos
22:55in this match.
22:56There's a lot of bad attitudes to match.
22:58But I want to go back to last week as well because Drake was able to pick up a victory.
23:01And as we talk about, if you can pick up a win, you can impress some people.
23:06You can find yourself in the main event spotlight.
23:07And that's exactly what he has done.
23:09But we have to see what happened to Kendall Gray last week and go, this could be an opportunity of
23:13a lifetime.
23:13Drake Morell in our main event tonight against Nathaniel Hanson.
23:17And that's going to be an opportunity for him to really excel and show Shawn Michaels what he's made of.
23:21Huge main event still to come.
23:23What a way to kick it off in this tag team matchup.
23:26And a hard-hitting affair already starting out.
23:28And you said it a few times.
23:30Well, wait a minute.
23:31Look at this sidewalk slam.
23:33Is that going to be enough to pick up the win in another near fall in this match?
23:37It's been early on, but you see a lot of trash talking going on.
23:42A lot of chirping.
23:43A little bit more than we've seen from last week and even the last two seasons.
23:47I would say these four guys are known as, you know, more brash, I think, of the individuals here at
23:53the Performance Center.
23:54And I'm not surprised the trash talking is going to be there.
23:56Harley Regans and Jax Presley, of course, in there with Mike Norruder who can fly but is caught midair by
24:01Jax Presley.
24:02Take a look around and you're starting to see the competition here on Season 3.
24:06Just at a different level, it's a different vibe, it's a different feel as a tag was made.
24:11And look at the room, not wasting any time.
24:13Both big men all the way to the outside.
24:16The action continues next on LFG.
24:20G. Harley Regans in control of Harlem Lewis.
24:24Hey!
24:27You know, I see right now what I need to work with these guys on.
24:32My guys, they know how to make themselves look good.
24:35Yeah.
24:36But in this business, you've got to know how to make the other guys look good, too.
24:39They're not even trying to do that.
24:43They're only a year in also.
24:45Right.
24:45It just wasn't designed in a way to make it exciting and then take something away.
24:51Nobody's begging to see the babyfaces.
24:54They don't even know.
24:55I'm still not convinced who the babyfaces are.
24:57No, no, they all need babyfaces in this match.
24:59They really are.
25:01Kevin Owens brings up a good point.
25:03I'd love to get your take on that of the babyfaces in this matchup.
25:08I think it's four men that are in there right now just trying to prove dominance and no one wants
25:12to back down.
25:12Well, listen, if Shawn Michaels calls and Jax Presley says, I'm taking you, but I'm not taking your tight-team
25:17partner, Hartley Riggins, well, guess what?
25:18Jax Presley's going.
25:21There you go, JB.
25:23You've got to see your guy do his thing and fly through the air.
25:27So much strength and power mixed with an ability to fly.
25:30A very rare combination, but Mike DeRuiter can pull it off.
25:34DeRuiter getting back into the ring now.
25:36You saw his athleticism.
25:38Now you're seeing some of that strength, gut-wrench style.
25:41Sit down, powerbomb into the cover, and Presley just breaking that thing up at the last second.
25:49I don't know if Harley is used to being tossed around like that by anybody,
25:53as now things are really starting to break down in this tag-team match, JB.
25:57I feel bad for our official.
26:00He certainly has his hands full of these four.
26:04What a clip.
26:05Back in the ring.
26:07DeRuiter just able to kick out, going right back in into the throat.
26:11Nasty, vicious, and getting hoisted up.
26:15Harley now dropping face-first DeRuiter into the cover.
26:20Will it be enough?
26:21And we have victors.
26:23You're my boys.
26:26That was real flat.
26:28That was real flat.
26:30I didn't know that was to finish.
26:47Oh, that's a shoot.
26:48Yeah, we got a shoot.
26:49We got a shoot here.
26:54How you guys feeling?
26:55Good.
26:59All the work's pretty solid, but it was pretty boring.
27:04Like, there was no...
27:05We couldn't really tell who were heels or...
27:07Like, you didn't really give any reason to cheer for you guys early on.
27:10Y'all had four minutes to eat.
27:12All right?
27:13If I beat on somebody for four minutes, four minutes is the eternity.
27:17Yeah.
27:17As a heel, you dictate the match.
27:19It's the baby's job to put themselves over, but we didn't give them enough to put themselves
27:22over, and we should have been able to call maybe an alternate game plan, not just beating
27:25their ass for the whole match.
27:27What happened after?
27:29It was just...
27:29They go...
27:39They're beating our asses the whole entire match.
27:41Eight minutes of them kicking our ass, and they win.
27:43And for this to just spit on me and my tag team partner, you're not going to get away with
27:47that with me.
27:48In this industry, it's about eye-catching.
27:50You know, if I stepped on anybody's toe, I don't think there's anything wrong with course
27:53correction, but in the moment, that felt like the right thing to do, and it happened.
27:57With me with s*** like that, I wait on that guy to come back to the curb.
28:01Yeah.
28:01I never let the fans see me do s*** like that in front of them.
28:05I'm just...
28:05At the same time, though, the fans are going to see you get s*** done.
28:08S*** that.
28:08S*** that.
28:09When you're handling business, you let that s*** walk in the back, and you handle it
28:15like a man.
28:16I didn't see him spit on you.
28:18What I'm trying to illustrate to Booker's point is the fans, you know, maybe three or four
28:22saw it.
28:22You see what I'm saying?
28:23We didn't even see it.
28:24The only reason we saw something was off is because he went back to bite-faced.
28:27It's s***.
28:28I got hot in the moment for sure, but at the end of the day, this building, the performance
28:31center, this is where I make my money, and I'm not going to screw with my money.
28:34And honestly, the people that I grew up with that I would actually fist fight with ended
28:37up becoming my best friend.
28:38So I...
28:39Who knows?
28:40While Harlem ponders Booker T's advice, an LFG newcomer seeks to make a good first impression.
28:47My name is Nathan.
28:48Nathan.
28:48Yes, I've been a pro wrestler for three years in England before this.
28:51Oh, yeah?
28:52My family are sheep farmers, so I didn't grow up with as many cameras as this, but...
28:56My name is Nathaniel John Ronald Cranston.
28:59I'm 22 years of age.
29:01I'm a seventh generation sheep farmer.
29:04The only time my grandfather would actually stop working on the farm was to watch the
29:09wrestling, and it's something that always stuck with me.
29:13There aren't many people that can shear a sheep in a minute, and I can.
29:16I can kick their asses in not much longer than that.
29:21You know, when you was watching it with your grandfather, did you believe it was entertainment, or did you believe
29:30it was real?
29:31I was watching it like, I kind of knew, but also, I didn't care.
29:34Yeah.
29:34I never doubted that, okay, just because maybe it's predetermined, it's not tough.
29:40I never doubted how much of a man you've got to be to do this.
29:44I see big things for Nathan.
29:46I really do.
29:47I think this kid may take season three by storm, if we could just put him in the right position.
29:54Are we ready?
29:54Yes, sir.
29:55Let's get it done.
29:56Booyah.
30:01This is brutal honesty.
30:03I really believe in you.
30:06I believe in Drake.
30:08I want to see Drake succeed, but I can't go wrestle for Drake Moreau.
30:14No bull****.
30:16It has to happen now.
30:19Once he goes through that curtain, he's on his own.
30:22Do or die, put up or shut up, get over or get out.
30:27We're going to f***ing shock the world?
30:28Are we going to shock the world?
30:29You're fired up now.
30:30You are fired up.
30:31Hell yeah.
30:32Because I want this to work for you.
30:34You feel that f***ing grip right now?
30:35Yes, sir.
30:35That's how bad I want it to work for you.
30:37Yes, sir.
30:37All right?
30:38Take a chop.
30:39All right.
30:39Ah!
30:40Go get him.
30:42Drake has been hearing the same thing for a while now.
30:45I need to see him become a big, mean, dangerous guy tonight.
30:49And that's what's going to get him noticed by Sean.
30:56Energy is through the roof as we walk you in to legends and future greats.
31:07We want to bring you in ringside.
31:08Big shows alongside Jeremy Boras.
31:10JB, are you ready for week two of LFG?
31:14I'm still recovering from week one and what happened and what went down and what we saw.
31:18What we've seen so far in this season is anything can happen.
31:22Fasten your seatbelt because somebody could end up on NXT by the end of this episode.
31:26Let's see what happens.
31:35Let's see what happens.
31:43Here we go.
31:43Drake Moreau.
31:46Got a little bit more personality already.
31:52And just like that, JB is swiveling the hips.
31:57Keep your jacket on.
31:58He's not throwing any beads to you.
32:00Yeah.
32:02He's going to look real nice, baby.
32:04He's got all eyes on him right now.
32:07I think if you don't succeed early in this season, I think it's time to think about some other people.
32:13Nathaniel Granton debuting here on LFG.
32:17And I'll tell you what, I had a moment with Booker T right before coming out here tonight.
32:21And he had high expectations.
32:24A very limited time.
32:26He knew Booker T had the sense.
32:28This kid has it.
32:32Well, I wouldn't necessarily say this individual is regal by any means.
32:39But he is a former 2024 Mr. England pageant winner.
32:48What is that?
32:49Mr. England pageant winner?
32:50I asked.
32:50I said, is this about disease?
32:51Is this about...
32:52No, this is strictly a male beauty contest.
32:55And this guy took it home for all of England.
33:03Hold on a second.
33:04So, I'm listening to the music.
33:07I see the curtsy.
33:08That was very King Booker, if you don't mind me making a reference about that.
33:12Do you think Booker T helped him with the curtsy, so to speak?
33:15There's many possibilities.
33:17Booker T can teach you many different things, obviously.
33:19But right out of the gate, we're going to see something out of Nathaniel Granton to keep an eye on.
33:23His quickness, his size, his ability, his in-ring IQ.
33:28Booker T says, this kid has it.
33:30Let's see if he's right.
33:31Let's talk about his opponent in this match.
33:34Because you said the word growth for Drake.
33:37That's what Bubba's looking for.
33:39He's looking for this man to take not just a baby step.
33:43He's looking for him to take a giant bayou leap.
33:45A bayou leap's a good expression.
33:47Obviously, what we have seen so far in season one.
33:51A learning curve, no question about it.
33:53Season two, he brought more of an energetic, a more fierce attitude.
33:57And he says in season three, he's turning the volume up to 11.
34:01I mean, you'd have to agree then when you talk about season one, season two, this being season three.
34:06I hate to use it this way, but is it time to put up a shutout?
34:11Many people think so.
34:12Many people think so, including Shawn Michaels.
34:16Including head coach of the performance center, Matt Liu.
34:19He's selling for one.
34:21He's doing everything he needs to do right now.
34:25Oh, oh, sidestep.
34:27And right now, chopping down the big fella goes Cranton.
34:30And Cranton right now, right on top and taking full advantage.
34:34And you know, this is also something Booker T has said to him.
34:37If you have a man down, you've got to step on him.
34:39You've got to take him down.
34:40You've got to keep your foot on the gas.
34:42I can't wait to see the expertise, the knowledge that Booker T is going to share with these individuals.
34:47Of course, Bubba Ray as well.
34:48We've seen them in the first two seasons of LMG.
34:51Bestow so much knowledge and benefit so many great athletes here at the performance center.
34:56Grab this hole right here and hold it a little bit.
34:59Yeah, you've got to lose crowd for me.
35:02Huh, huh, huh, huh.
35:05Sound like these kids are listening to me, don't you?
35:07Sound like they've got IFB in the air, huh?
35:09God, you're talking right to him.
35:10When everybody comes to the performance center, they all have their own story.
35:13They all have their own background, come from different places.
35:16Nathaniel Cranton comes to us from a family of sheepholders.
35:19Now he finds himself in the middle of an LMG ring fighting for his life against Drake Moreau.
35:23He really did, and I don't know if you really saw the torque on the knee,
35:25but Cranton had to get out of that some way, somehow,
35:28and going right back low, but a nice knee answered back.
35:31And now is really time, I would think, if you're Bubba Ray,
35:34you're looking at that aggression.
35:36You're looking at that fire, that will to want to win, being able to overcome,
35:42and that is what we're seeing right now, at least a glimpse from Big Drake.
35:47What we're seeing from Drake, and what we have seen from Drake Moreau,
35:50is a lot of heart.
35:51You know, everybody walks around here at the performance center
35:53with, you know, different reputations and whatnot.
35:56Oh, the knee, the knee, the knee.
35:56J.B. the knee.
35:58Referee Jeremy Marcus stepping in from behind.
36:01The feet on the ropes.
36:03And Booker would say, by any means necessary.
36:06Certainly so would a certain Mr. Regal, who may have taught him that along the way.
36:12What we're seeing from Nathaniel Pratton so far here.
36:15That was a great job by our fish.
36:17Bang!
36:17Oh, that first no-succeed, try again.
36:20Spinning, discus, Lariat.
36:23In spite of that leg, he's able to apply that pressure, that power,
36:26and look at this, locked in.
36:27Can he do it?
36:28Yes, massive, big chokeslam, and a big victory tonight.
36:36Here he's right there, Drake Moreau!
36:40Let the party continue.
36:43Well, we certainly saw an explosive ending of the week number one.
36:46I wonder what the heartbreak kid Shawn Michaels could possibly be thinking now
36:50after seeing what he just witnessed in the ring from Drake Moreau.
36:53I think they did good.
36:54See the dancing, though?
36:55The dancing don't make sense if he can get on the leg.
36:58Let's take a look at what we just witnessed from Drake Moreau.
37:03A clothesline that nearly took off the head of Nathaniel Pratton.
37:07And then he's able to follow it up with his massive chokeslam.
37:09That was the second time he attempted that chokeslam.
37:12A lot done to the lower body, a lot done to the knee.
37:15But the boy from the Bayou was able to overcome it here tonight.
37:19And you said it earlier, a blink of an eye,
37:22you can go from LFG to NXT.
37:27Shawn watched your whole match.
37:30He was watching as intently as I've ever seen.
37:35Did you accomplish what you wanted to accomplish tonight,
37:39based on what I talked about with you
37:40and what Coach Bloom talked about with you?
37:42I personally feel that I did, yeah.
37:44Could you have done any better?
37:45No.
37:48Good, if that's the answer I want to hear.
37:51If you're going home, at least you know you did the best you can.
37:54Yeah.
38:01The next morning, Drake is called into a meeting with Shawn Michaels.
38:06Come on over here and have a seat for me.
38:07Yes, sir.
38:08How are we doing?
38:08Doing great, doing great, sir.
38:10Look, Drake, you've been here for how many years now?
38:14Almost three.
38:14Almost three, right, yeah.
38:16So with that said, unfortunately,
38:18your time here at the PC is going to be over with.
38:25A new day at the Performance Center,
38:27and Drake Moreau has been called into a meeting with Shawn Michaels.
38:31Come on over here and have a seat for me.
38:33Yes, sir.
38:33How are we doing?
38:33Doing great, doing great, sir.
38:35Look, Drake, you've been here for how many years now?
38:39Almost three.
38:39Almost three, right?
38:40Yeah.
38:40And look, all the coaches, everybody here speaks extremely highly of you.
38:45The reality is, though, that after a certain amount of time, we have to make decisions about
38:51how much more time and investment we're going to put into somebody before they start to get this.
38:57So with that said, unfortunately, your time here at the PC is going to be over with.
39:05The reality is we simply just do not have a place for you right now in NXT.
39:14But the other side of that coin is there's a huge opportunity for you in AAA.
39:24Man, when Shawn told me my time at the PC was coming to an end, my heart just sank.
39:28Everything I've worked on since being here, all the memories I've made, all the people I've met,
39:32just felt like I lost everything right there in that moment.
39:36But then he tells me, I'm going to AAA, and I'm just filled with excitement, you know?
39:41Like, I watch it a lot.
39:42Roxanne was actually on a show not too long ago, and a true story I actually told her after that
39:48show,
39:48I was like, I would love to go to AAA and be a part of a culture that I'm not
39:53used to
39:53and just soak all that in and learn.
39:55I'm ready to get to work.
39:59That's going to be a place where you're going to be in front of fantastic crowds.
40:03You're going to be in a wrestling environment.
40:06And I think you're really going to come into your own down there.
40:09You're going to go down there, AAA, with the guy that you've worked with before.
40:14I have every confidence in you that you will find incredible success down there.
40:19And as things get out here in NXT, I have no doubt there'll be a place where you hear
40:24sooner rather than later, so congratulations.
40:28Thanks, man.
40:29You got it.
40:30I'll give you a heart attack.
40:33Big fan of Drake.
40:34Big fan of Drake since season one.
40:39Saw so much potential in him.
40:42I'll be following his career.
40:44I'll have to put on the subtitles so I know exactly what they're talking about,
40:47but great job, Drake.
40:49Best of luck.
40:51My time on LNG was absolutely amazing.
40:54And really life-changing.
40:56You know, LNG gave me the opportunity to be on TV every week and show what I can do in
41:02the ring, show who I am outside of the ring, be surrounded by all these great legends and
41:07learn so much from them.
41:09For Undertaker to give me this opportunity, you know, he must have saw something in me.
41:13And working with him, I really grew as a wrestler and as a performer into what someone my size
41:19is in my stature needs to be.
41:22So I'm just so happy to continue to build on what we started and see how far we can take
41:27this thing.
41:32LNG, I love you.
41:34I appreciate you.
41:35Make sure you keep up with your boy Drake Moreau on his AAA adventure.
41:39And just know this ain't a goodbye.
41:41It's a see you later, alligator.
41:44Come on!
41:45Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye!
41:47Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye!
41:49Bye, bye, bye, bye!
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