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WWE LFG - Season 3 - Episode 02: All on the Line
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00:00Then, now, forever, together.
00:40Here at the Performance Center, there is excitement in the air, as LFG Season 2 winner Shiloh
00:46Hill prepares to make his much-anticipated NXT debut.
00:50I've got all this pent-up energy, and now I get to unleash that.
00:53It's time to show the world why no one sleeps on Shiloh Hill.
00:59Living in the snow, missing teeth, throwing up, dark web details.
01:03I mean, Shiloh Hill, a different breed of individual.
01:12Swing and a miss, going up, and oh, a little whisper to the beast from Shiloh Hill, who's victorious.
01:25And what a debut for The Undertaker's prized pupil from Legends and Future Greats.
01:35It's nuts.
01:37It feels great, man.
01:39It feels great.
01:40New chapter for sure.
01:42Just excited to get writing.
01:44That crowd has been here the whole time, so to be able to, like, kind of share that experience with
01:48them is such a bust and so cool.
01:53Come on, talk to them.
01:56Let's go, yeah.
01:58We're out here to be December, a degree.
02:00When the bell rings, it's not about being nice anymore.
02:03If I was Sean Michaels, you guys would be on NXT tomorrow.
02:06It has to happen now.
02:08You don't have to wait to see who gets called up.
02:10They can go at any time.
02:12The future is indeed now here on LFG.
02:23Good seeing you all again.
02:24It was a great first week.
02:26Today we will have Carly Bright.
02:29Maddie will be working with Carly.
02:32Carly Bright, been here for a bit.
02:35The art of selling is going to be a big thing for her.
02:37She's tiny.
02:38She doesn't do a great job of looking like she's throwing her whole body into it.
02:43Yeah, she needs to lean into her physicality.
02:44Absolutely, absolutely.
02:48KO, you'll be working with Layla Diggs.
02:50She came to us a few weeks ago and said she wanted to try some heel work.
02:54So this is one of her first matches working as a heel.
02:57So what better person to put her with than heel KO?
03:01What are you implying?
03:02That you're a heel.
03:05Our second match, we'll have Harley Riggins and Jax Presley.
03:09Booker, you'll be working with them.
03:11Against Harlem Lewis and Mike DeRuiter.
03:16KO, you'll be working with them as well.
03:18Okay.
03:18The biggest thing I want to see out of this match is proper tag team psychology.
03:23I don't want to see four individual matches.
03:25I'd love to see our heels cutting the ring off, making the baby face, fight to get the tag.
03:31KO, Harlem and Mike.
03:32I think this will be one of their first tag matches.
03:35Mike would want to see if he can lean into some physical ground and pound style work.
03:41I think that plays into Harlem's move set as well.
03:45So I think you'll enjoy working with both these guys today.
03:47A big thing for Harley and Jax is less is more.
03:52They don't have to do a hundred moves.
03:56They think action is going to get the reaction and not understanding that emotion is what gets the reaction and
04:03the connection.
04:04Testify.
04:06Finally, our main event, Drake Moreau working with Bubba and Booker.
04:12You'll have Nathan Cranton.
04:14Played for Cranton.
04:15Nathan Cranton.
04:15Is this the kid from England?
04:17This is the kid from England.
04:19What do we know about this kid?
04:21So he's been here for a very short time.
04:23He is a reality star from England who loves the business.
04:30So Nathan has this charisma and this character down, but we have yet to see him be a badass.
04:36Make me scared of you.
04:38Are you sure that being scared of this guy is possible?
04:43I think if anyone can pull it out of him, Booker T can.
04:47I mean, Booker is a magician.
04:49I'm a scary cat.
04:52Drake Moreau.
04:53We all know him.
04:55Getting a big opportunity right now.
04:57We all see something and have seen something.
05:01I mean, if he doesn't have the match that we need to see from him tonight, is he getting another
05:09chance?
05:11I don't think so.
05:12I don't think it's sink or swim time for Drake Moreau.
05:14Wow.
05:25You know, I've been here three years now.
05:31You know, you sit back here for three years and that just weighs on your mind and you don't know
05:35what's going to happen next.
05:37Hello.
05:38How are we doing?
05:38Good.
05:38How are you?
05:39Wonderful.
05:41Sitting in the back and seeing all your friends that you signed with, you know, getting all these big opportunities
05:46and I'm so happy for them.
05:49I'm a proud friend.
05:52But I'm just wondering, when's it going to be my turn to get an opportunity?
05:56When am I going to get the chance to show out?
06:00You start thinking about your contract deadlines and, hey, my contract's coming up.
06:05Like, you just dread that phone call from Shawn Michaels and don't want to get called into his office and
06:10be let go, you know?
06:10So, that's where I'm at right now.
06:21My name is Layla Diggs and I am from Fresno, California.
06:25Started doing track, got a scholarship, went to Fresno State.
06:30I've been at the Performance Center about two years now.
06:34I've now started making my own gear.
06:36I made my entrance robe.
06:37I made this outfit.
06:38I make clothes.
06:39The first time I ever left home was to move for this.
06:42Oh, wow.
06:42So, being so far away from home and then learning a whole new world, it took a while to, like,
06:46adjust to it.
06:47But now, it's just one of the greatest feelings is when the crowd is into it, bouncing off of them,
06:53giving them the energy.
06:54I think it's awesome.
06:56So, after talking to Matt, he mentioned that he had some interest in seeing you work as a heel.
07:01I don't think you've done that much.
07:03No, not much.
07:04Not done that much.
07:05Some people confuse being a heel with being less good.
07:09Like, less interesting.
07:10I don't have that vision.
07:12I just think it's all about how you react to what you're doing.
07:16I don't want you to, like, dumb down your skills.
07:19Just be super expressive about how good you are.
07:23Okay.
07:24You know what I mean?
07:24Yeah.
07:24I think that's a pretty easy concept to start with.
07:26Yeah.
07:28So, how long have you been actually wrestling here?
07:30I've been here three years.
07:32Three years.
07:33Okay.
07:33I need to set up my game.
07:34Yeah.
07:35You're the boat.
07:36Yeah.
07:37When I saw your name, I was like, she's the girl I need.
07:40Hi.
07:40My name's Carly Wright, and I am from Kenosha, Wisconsin.
07:44I was a gymnast for ten years, and then I started cheerleading.
07:47I found myself at the University of Minnesota, and I cheered there for four years, and that
07:52led me all the way here.
07:55I'm just watching people that come in almost after me, like, pass me by.
07:59Right.
07:59So, I'm very, don't step on anybody's toes.
08:01Like, my time will come, but I'm kind of ready to be selfish.
08:04Yeah, I think you should be selfish, and I think you go into this with a story in your
08:07mind.
08:08I'm just making this up, but she, you heard the things that she said about you in the
08:11locker room.
08:12Yep.
08:12She said that you're a pushover, you're a doormat, and you don't belong here.
08:16Put that...
08:16This is getting me heated up right now.
08:17I'm like, I'm feeling it now.
08:20Put that in your head.
08:21Yes.
08:22Yeah.
08:22So that when you start your comeback, it's like...
08:24I see red.
08:25Yeah.
08:26You know what I mean?
08:27Yes, 100%.
08:29I love this already.
08:30Like, like, like, like, like, her.
08:32Yes.
08:32When I work with new talent, I say, ask yourself this.
08:35Why would somebody part with their money to watch me?
08:37The biggest thing is being relatable in a way that the audience can connect with you emotionally.
08:43I would also want, try to just put a little vocal into it.
08:46Cool.
08:47Bring some vocals.
08:48Yes.
08:48People resonate with aggression, but then throw some sound into it.
08:52Carly Bright is another amazing athlete.
08:55She can do almost anything.
08:58But the key to this is connection.
09:00Can she connect and tell a story?
09:03Good afternoon, Performance Center!
09:06We're getting ready for season three of LFG!
09:12Talking about them.
09:15The following cast is scheduled for one fall.
09:32Introducing from Kenosha, Wisconsin, Carly Bright!
09:40It's hard not to smile when you see Carly Bright, I mean the energy is just so infectious.
09:47Carly Bright in the ring comes to us from the world of cheerleading, but yes, she's been able to transfer
09:52that energy, that excitement, that athleticism into something good here at the PC.
10:09And her own, from Fresno, California, Layla Diggs.
10:17Layla Diggs takes on Carly Bright for the first time ever on LFG.
10:28JB, look who's joining us.
10:34Natalya, the boat, one of the greatest women to ever step into a ring.
10:39Someone who's competed at WrestleMania, someone who has won championships on any brand you can imagine.
10:45She's here watching this matchup, obviously has had the ears of both these competitors.
10:50Well, we've not only got Natalya, but Kevin Owens as well.
10:54I mean, stars of WrestleMania here, coaching these talent on the bigger and better things in their career.
11:00And right away, Carly Bright and Layla Diggs, showing what they can do.
11:10And you just heard what Carly said, hey, do you want that contract?
11:13That is what is the most unique thing about this season of LFG, is all these athletes know that we
11:20don't have to wait to the end of the year.
11:22You don't have to go through the trials and tribulations.
11:24If you come out, you make a mark, you're able to make an impact.
11:28That is all you need to change your life in an instant, courtesy of Shawn Michaels, into the cover and
11:34a kickout.
11:34Almost a quick victory here for Carly Bright.
11:42You know, every woman in the Performance Center locker room competing here on LFG saw what happened to Kendall Gray
11:49at the end of show one last week, where her life changed instantly.
11:54Coming back from the curtain from our match with P.J. Vasa, Shawn Michaels delivers the news.
12:00That is the kind of opportunity that is afforded you here on LFG's and Future Greats.
12:04And you also get the opportunity to be kicked right in the stomach.
12:07And that's the unique thing about LFG.
12:09LFG really gives you the ability to springboard into that next step of your career, that next evolution, so to
12:16speak.
12:17And all the athletes here, you can feel the sense of emotion from them that they know they're three, four,
12:25five, six, seven minutes away from maybe changing their life.
12:28And we've already heard Carly Bright say in this match-up, talking about the contract, you know it's on the
12:33mind of every man and every woman.
12:40Carly's doing a good job selling.
12:41She's doing a good job selling.
12:43She's doing a good job selling.
12:44She's little.
12:44She's got you.
12:45Yeah.
12:46She's moving around too.
12:47She's also dying.
12:51With Kevin Owens watching, Natalia watching, you know they're going to be giving full reports back to Shawn Michaels about
12:57how they perform.
12:58Their possibilities as a talent, as a competitor.
13:02And can they climb the ranks all the way to NXT?
13:08That's what's interesting about all this is Carly Bright could find herself in the main event next week.
13:13Jackson Hartley could find themselves in the main event tag team match next week.
13:17That is what is so special about legends and future greats is anything can happen.
13:22And as we've talked about all year on NXT along with Booker T, there's so much opportunity around the WWE.
13:31The opportunity is here for these women right now in another near fall.
13:35Good kick out.
13:36Yeah, I did.
13:37Me too.
13:38I thought that was it.
13:38We've seen it now over the course of these previous two seasons.
13:42It's not just rhetoric.
13:43It's not just talk.
13:44The proof is in the fact that Jasper Troy has now held championships in NXT.
13:49We've seen what Shiloh Hill has done.
13:51The talent that has emerged from this program has gone on to do bigger and better things.
13:56And they know it's not just hyperbole.
13:58They can see it.
13:59And it's now in their grasp.
14:00And that's what Layla Diggs is trying to do here with Carly Bright.
14:03Well, Diggs able to counter for a moment.
14:06And while both these women now perched in a precarious position.
14:12Bright trying to fight free, create a little bit of separation.
14:14She has for a moment at least, JB.
14:17And we'll see those three years she's been in the performance center.
14:20Looking for a high risk.
14:22Will there be a high reward?
14:23High crossbody.
14:24Diggs rolls through.
14:28Me too.
14:28I bet on that.
14:29Me too.
14:31When you see both of our guests sitting on the edge of their seats.
14:36Big kick though.
14:37Connected.
14:38Execution-wise, they're really good.
14:40They're both, you know, I guess they're young, which helps.
14:44But they're really good athletes.
14:46And they're, like, everything they're doing looks good.
14:48No.
14:49Especially, I said to Carly, I said, at the finish, you need to be your best.
14:52You can't be weak there.
14:54That's what's special about the performance center and all the coaches led by Matt Bloom being able to take athletes
15:00and take them and put them in a ring and put them through training and just see how quickly they
15:06can pick up on a brand new industry and lifestyle.
15:09And what a move out of nowhere for Carly Bright.
15:14Here is your winner, Carly Ray.
15:19Very good?
15:20Yeah.
15:21They did awesome.
15:29You didn't?
15:29I feel good.
15:31I just wish I was more in the moment throughout the match.
15:36You didn't look not in the moment.
15:37Oh.
15:38It might have felt that way, but everything you guys were doing had a lot of energy and you seemed
15:42totally committed to it.
15:43And you're a good heel.
15:45Yeah.
15:45You really are.
15:46Yeah.
15:47Like, you're...
15:48It's cool, too, when you're a heel and you're, like, obviously, like, a cocky, arrogant heel, but you can back
15:52up everything you're doing.
15:55What's your advice on selling on the back half?
15:59So, like, I think towards the end, obviously, in theory, you should get your lowest point, but you need energy
16:04to get to the next part and to keep the fans engaged, right?
16:07Just don't ignore anything that's happened to you.
16:10You know, like, if you're back on top and you hit her with a clothesline, just, like, one of these
16:14for a second and then you, you know what I mean?
16:17It's almost like a rollercoaster to sell, so.
16:20He was really happy with my performance, which means a lot, because if I think it's bad, but right here,
16:25this man is telling me it's good.
16:26He's been at WrestleMania, he's done all these things, and I need to trust him and believe I am doing
16:30something right.
16:32Great job.
16:33I thought you...
16:33Oh, thank you.
16:34You helped me channel that energy.
16:35I felt it.
16:36You know what I love?
16:37There was a moment at the very end, you snatched their head.
16:39Like, it signified, like, no, I'm in control.
16:42Like, you really came alive for your comeback.
16:47I felt something different from you inside.
16:49I really felt...
16:50I felt it, too.
16:50I felt it, like, and you keep channeling that.
16:52Like, next time you work another match, 1% more.
16:55Over time, 1% every other match.
16:58Next thing you know, you'll be 50% better.
16:59Right.
17:00Yeah, so good.
17:01So, so, so good.
17:03I felt on cloud nine.
17:04Like, statement made.
17:06I'm not going to be a pushover.
17:08I'm doing this for me.
17:09I'm going to be selfish, and I don't want to just be good enough.
17:12I'm here to be great, and that's exactly what I'm going to be.
17:17Next up, Harlem Lewis and Mike DeRuiter against Harley Riggins and Jax Presley in our first tag team matchup of
17:25the season.
17:25Hi, boys.
17:26Everything starts tonight.
17:32Here at the Performance Center are two good friends, ready to showcase how good they work as a tag team.
17:38Yeah, baby.
17:40My name is Jax Presley.
17:42I'm from Middletown, Maryland.
17:44I'm Harley Riggins.
17:46I'm the baddest SOB from CLE man.
17:48I've played four years of college football at Harvard, and then continued playing college football at McNeese State.
17:53I'm number one in the country in tackles and in sportsmanlike conducts.
17:57I have a mentally handicapped sister, and after seeing people bully my sister, a switch flipped inside me, I don't
18:02take that anymore.
18:05A year in, you know, I feel pretty comfortable.
18:09My ultimate goal is to be phenomenal.
18:12I want to be the greatest of all time.
18:14My goals are to kick ass, take names, and rise up.
18:17You know what I mean?
18:18I just want to wrestle, man.
18:19I love it.
18:21What's up?
18:22How you doing, man?
18:22Ball players?
18:23Hell yeah.
18:24Yeah.
18:25How long y'all been here now?
18:26Been here all a year.
18:27Just over a year.
18:28Playbook is very, very important, especially from a tag team perspective.
18:32Yeah.
18:33Just like when you play football.
18:34You know, everything is frickin' X's and O's.
18:36You know, so for me and my brother, my brother might tag me in, and I'll point to that rope
18:41just so my brother can shoot him in, and I'll go over here, bang, just to catch him.
18:45It'll look like a plane, opposed to two guys in the ring wrestling.
18:49So, let's work.
18:50Let's go to work.
18:51From a fresh new duo, to another fired up tag team.
18:56Oh!
18:57God!
18:58God!
18:58God!
18:58God!
18:58God!
18:58God!
19:01God!
19:03God!
19:04Yeah, my name is Harlam Lewis.
19:04I'm from Lyndonhurst, New York.
19:07I was a runner-up on LFG.
19:09Congratulations.
19:12Thank you very much.
19:14Right after LMG season two, I went over to Japan to wrestle for a pro wrestling noah
19:19for a little over a month.
19:20It just gave me a whole new insight to pro wrestling and to what I need to do to be
19:24successful
19:26My name is Mike Derrida
19:29And I'm from Belgium
19:31My father was a pro wrestler, so I'm a second generation pro wrestler
19:35I'm unique with my size, the way I move
19:39I wrestled all around the world, proving myself among the best
19:44So, I don't think you guys have teamed too often, right?
19:47Just practice matches here and there a couple times
19:49Trying to figure each other out
19:50He came here when I was in Japan and they were like, you guys kind of look alike
19:54We wore a similar gear and stuff
19:56And when I got back, we had a match against each other
19:58It was really fun, but we had good chemistry against each other
20:00Do you guys feel like there's something, you know what I mean?
20:04Together?
20:05Yes
20:05Yeah
20:05I think we have really good chemistry
20:07I'm excited for today to finally showcase it
20:10At least appreciate each other or like each other well enough
20:12It's a good start
20:14There you go
20:14Please
20:15There you go
20:21Those are four big personalities
20:27Tonight, I'm hoping that I get to see them all shine in their own way
20:32But a tag team match is a totally different story than a singles match
20:36All right boys, everything starts tonight
20:39Let's go out there and work together
20:41You feel me?
20:42Hell yeah
20:43You all right?
20:44Let's get to stage
21:00We got you
21:01Jax Presley
21:02And Harley
21:05Riggins
21:06Well, these two have quite the reputation JB
21:09They do not want to be liked
21:10They do not care what people think
21:12They are rough, they are rugged
21:13Not just around the edges, but in the ring
21:16That's Jax Presley up on the ropes
21:18Harley Riggins, his tag team partner
21:20Looking to make an impact here on LFG
21:23And our first tag team match of the season
21:26Here we go
21:27Looking forward to seeing it guys
21:29All right
21:29Be safe
21:30Have fun
21:31All right boys
21:41And there are both
21:42The team of
21:43Mike Garuda
21:45And Harlow
21:47Lewis
21:50You worked with Harlow last season?
21:52Yeah, I worked with Harlow, man
21:54He was runner up for season two
21:55He should have won it
21:56He was the best talent in the whole thing
21:59He really was
22:00And he's got an attitude that you really want to have on your team
22:05I mean, he's hardcore like him to
22:10You want to be the guy
22:12Whatever he needs to be the guy
22:13That's what I like about him
22:14Yeah, man
22:17Well, you know Booker's had a lot of success here on LFG
22:20Jasper Troy from season one
22:22Obviously Harlow from season two
22:23You heard what he thought he had to say
22:25But look, he did not win
22:27Shiloh Hill won season two
22:28We're here in season three
22:30And you said it last week
22:31You said it more than once
22:32We don't have to wait to the end of the year
22:34To find out if you're going to be on NXT
22:37These athletes don't have to wait to the end of the year
22:40To see if they have to win
22:41I mean, I'm excited about it
22:42Because at any moment
22:43Someone could be awarded a contract
22:44And all of a sudden appear Tuesday nights on NXT
22:47Well, look what happened to Kendall Gray last week
22:49There, yeah, 100%
22:50Wrestles the main event
22:51The blink of an eye
22:52In an instant
22:53You have what to take
22:54Shawn Michaels sees that ability
22:56And will change your life instantly by going to NXT for your career
23:00And that's what the objective is here
23:10Hard smash mouth offense
23:12Harlem Lewis
23:12Mike DeRuiter in
23:13And Mike DeRuiter is from Belgium
23:16He's a European athlete
23:17That brings so much to the table
23:18Watch this guy's not only his strength
23:20But watch his ability to fly
23:23We get an opportunity
23:24This guy is both an aerial assassin
23:26And a powerhouse
23:27All in one
23:28I'm waiting for this to pop off between these four
23:30Because it seems like there's a lot of egos in this match
23:34There's a lot of bad attitudes to match
23:36But I want to go back to last week as well
23:38Because Drake was able to pick up a victory
23:39And as we talk about
23:41If you can pick up a win
23:43You can impress some people
23:44You can find yourself in the main event spotlight
23:46And that's exactly what he has done
23:47We had to see what happened to Kendall Gray last week
23:50And go, this could be an opportunity of a lifetime
23:51Drake Moreau in our main event tonight
23:53Again, Nathaniel Cranston
23:55And that's going to be an opportunity for him to
23:57Really excel and show Shawn Michaels what he's made of
24:00Huge main event still to come
24:01What a way to kick it off
24:02In this tag team matchup
24:04And a hard hitting affair already starting out
24:07And you said it a few times
24:09Well, wait a minute
24:09Look at this sidewalk slam
24:12Is that going to be enough to pick up the win
24:14In another near fall in this match
24:16It's been early on
24:17But you see a lot of trash talking going on
24:21A lot of chirping
24:22A little bit more than we've seen from last week
24:24And even the last three seasons
24:26I would say these four guys are known as
24:29You know, more brash
24:31I think of the individuals here at the Performance Center
24:33I'm not surprised the trash talking is going to be there
24:35Harley Reagans and Jax Presley
24:37Of course in there with Mike DeRuiter
24:39Who can fly
24:39But is caught midair by Jax Presley
24:41Take a look around
24:43And you're starting to see the competition
24:45Here on season three
24:46Just at a different level
24:48It's a different vibe
24:49It's a different feel
24:50As a tag was made
24:51And look at DeRuiter
24:51Not wasting any time
24:53Both big men all the way to the outside
25:05Continuing action here on LFG
25:07Harley Riggins in control of Harlem Lewis
25:12You know I see right now what I need to work with these guys on
25:19My guys
25:19They know how to make themselves look good
25:22Yeah
25:23But in this business
25:24You gotta know how to make the other guys look good too
25:26They're not even trying to do that
25:29They're only a year in also
25:31Right, it just wasn't designed in a way to make it exciting
25:35And then take something away
25:38Nobody's begging to see the babyfaces
25:41They don't even know
25:42I'm still not convinced who the babyfaces are
25:44They already have babyfaces in this match
25:46They really aren't
25:49Kevin Owens brings up a good point
25:50Let me get your
25:51Take on that
25:52Of
25:53The babyfaces in this matchup
25:55I think it's
25:55Four men that are in there right now
25:57Just trying to prove dominance
25:59And no one wants to back down
26:00Well listen
26:00If Shawn Michaels calls
26:02Jax Presley
26:03He says I'm taking you
26:04But I'm not taking your tight team partner
26:05Harley Riggins
26:05Well guess what?
26:06Jax Presley's going
26:09There you go JB
26:10You gotta see your guy do his thing
26:12And fly through the air
26:14So much strength
26:15And power
26:16Mixed with an ability to fly
26:18A very rare combination
26:20But Mike DeRuiter can pull it off
26:22And DeRuiter getting back into the ring now
26:24You saw his athleticism
26:25Now you're seeing some of that strength
26:27Gut-wrench style
26:29Sit down powerbomb
26:31Into the cover
26:32And Presley
26:33Just breaking that thing up at the last second
26:37I don't know if Harley is used to being tossed around
26:40Like that by anybody
26:41As now things are really starting to break down
26:44In this tag team match JB
26:46I feel bad for our official
26:48He certainly has his hands full of these four
26:52What a clip
26:53Back in the ring
26:54One
26:56DeRuiter just able to kick out
26:57Going right back into the throat
27:00Nasty
27:00Vicious
27:01And getting hoisted up
27:03Harley now
27:04Dropping
27:06Face-first DeRuiter
27:07Into the cover
27:08Will it be enough?
27:10Here we go baby
27:12And we have
27:12Victors
27:12You're my boys
27:15That was real flat
27:17That was real flat
27:19I didn't know that was the finish
27:28To make a change
27:29So late to doing anything
27:30You should have done it
27:31on the mat
27:31The last time
27:32I can
27:36I can
27:37Oh, that's a shoot
27:38Yeah, we got shoot
27:39We got shoot here
27:44How you guys feeling?
27:45Good
27:49All the work's pretty solid, but it was, it was pretty boring.
27:54Like, there was no, we couldn't really tell who were heels or,
27:57like, you didn't really give any reason to cheer for you guys early on.
28:00Y'all had four minutes of heat, all right?
28:03If I beat on somebody for four minutes, four minutes is eternity.
28:07Yeah. As a heel, you dictate the match.
28:09It's the baby's job to put themselves over,
28:11but we didn't give them enough to put themselves over,
28:13and we should have been able to call maybe an alternate game plan,
28:15not just beating their ass for the whole match.
28:18What happened after?
28:20No, he spit at me. He did?
28:23Yeah. That's it?
28:24Yeah. And I'm not mad, I'm not hot about it,
28:25but, like, also, I'm not gonna let him spit at me and walk away.
28:28Like, I'm gonna slap him in the face.
28:30They're beating our asses the whole entire match,
28:32eight minutes of just them kicking our ass, and they win.
28:34And for this to just spit on me and my tag team partner,
28:38you're not gonna get away with that with me.
28:39In this industry, it's about eye-catching.
28:41You know, if I stepped on anybody's toe,
28:43I don't think there's anything wrong with course correction,
28:45but in the moment, that felt like the right thing to do,
28:47and it happened.
28:49With me with s**t like that,
28:51I wait on that guy to come back to the curb.
28:53Yeah.
28:53I never let the fans see me do s**t like that in front of them.
28:56I've just seen a ton, though.
28:58The fans are gonna see you get s**t on the s**t.
29:00F**k that. F**k that.
29:01When you're handling business,
29:03you let that s**t walk in the back,
29:05and you handle it like a man.
29:08I didn't see him spit on you.
29:10What I'm trying to illustrate is Booker's,
29:11to Booker's point is the fans, you know,
29:13maybe threw a foresight.
29:14You see what I'm saying?
29:15We didn't even see it.
29:16The only reason we saw something was off is
29:18because you went back to pie-face the s**t.
29:20I got hot in the moment for sure,
29:21but at the end of the day, this building,
29:23the performance center, this is where I make my money,
29:25and I'm not gonna screw with my money.
29:26And honestly, the people that I grew up with,
29:28that I would actually like fist fight with,
29:30ended up becoming my best friends.
29:31So I, who knows?
29:33While Harlem ponders Booker T's advice,
29:36an LFG newcomer seeks to make a good first impression.
29:39My name is Nathan.
29:40Nathan.
29:41Yes, I've been a pro wrestler for three years
29:43in England before this.
29:44Oh, yeah.
29:45My family are sheep farmers,
29:46so I didn't grow up with as many cameras as this.
29:48My name is Nathaniel John Ronald Cranton.
29:52I'm 22 years of age.
29:54I'm a seventh generation sheep farmer.
29:57The only time my grandfather would actually stop working
30:01on the farm was to watch the wrestling,
30:03and it's something that always stuck with me.
30:06There aren't many people that can shear a sheep in a minute,
30:08and I can.
30:09I can kick their asses in not much longer than that.
30:15You know, when you was watching it with your grandfather,
30:18did you believe it was entertainment,
30:22or did you believe it was real?
30:24I was watching it like I kind of knew,
30:26but also I didn't care.
30:28Yeah.
30:28I never doubted that, okay,
30:30just because maybe it's predetermined,
30:32it's not tough or that.
30:34I never doubted how much of a man you've got to be
30:36to do this, like.
30:38I see big things for Nathan.
30:40I really do.
30:41I think this kid may take season three by storm
30:46if we could just put him in the right position.
30:48Are we ready?
30:49Yes, sir.
30:49Let's get it done.
30:50Booyah.
30:55This is brutal honesty.
30:57I really believe in you.
31:01I believe in Drake.
31:03I want to see Drake succeed,
31:05but I can't go wrestle for Drake Moreau.
31:09No bull .
31:10It has to happen now.
31:14Once he goes through that curtain,
31:15he's on his own.
31:17Do or die, put up or shut up,
31:20get over or get out.
31:22We're going to shock the world?
31:23I'm ready, man.
31:23Are we going to shock the world?
31:25You're fired up now.
31:25You are fired up.
31:27Hell yeah.
31:27Because I want this to work for you.
31:29You feel that grip right now?
31:30Yes, sir.
31:31That's how bad I want it to work for you.
31:32Yes, sir.
31:33All right?
31:33Take a chop.
31:34All right.
31:35Ah!
31:35Go get him.
31:37Drake has been hearing the same thing for a while now.
31:40I need to see him become a big, mean, dangerous guy tonight.
31:45And that's what's going to get him noticed by Sean.
31:52Energy is through the roof
31:54as we walk you in to legends and future greats.
32:03We want to bring you in ringside.
32:04Big Joseph alongside Jeremy Boras.
32:06JB, are you ready for week two of LFG?
32:10I'm still recovering from week one
32:12and what happened and what went down and what we saw.
32:15What we've seen so far in this season is anything can happen.
32:18Fasten your seat belt because somebody could end up on NXT
32:21by the end of this episode.
32:23Let's see what happens.
32:38Here we go, Drake Moreau.
32:41He's got a little bit more personality already.
32:46Drake Moreau!
32:49And just like that, JB is swiveling the hips.
32:54Keep your jacket on.
32:55He's not throwing any beats to you.
32:57Yeah.
32:59He's going to look real nice, baby.
33:02He's got all eyes on him right now.
33:04I think if he don't succeed early in this season,
33:07I think it's time to think about some other people.
33:15Nathaniel Granton debuting here on LFG.
33:18And I'll tell you what.
33:19I had a moment with Booker T right before coming out here tonight.
33:23And he had high expectations.
33:26A very limited time.
33:28He knew Booker T had the sense.
33:30This kid has it.
33:34Well, I wouldn't necessarily say this individual is regal by any means,
33:41but he is a former 2024 Mr. England pageant winner.
33:50What is that?
33:51Mr. England pageant winner?
33:52I asked.
33:53I said, is this about physique?
33:54Is this about...
33:55No.
33:55This is strictly a male beauty contest.
33:57And this guy took it home for all of England.
34:06Hold on a second.
34:07So, I'm listening to the music.
34:10I see the curtsy.
34:11That was very King Booker, if you don't mind me making a reference about that.
34:15Do you think Booker T helped him with the curtsy, so to speak?
34:18Now, there's many possibilities.
34:20Booker T can teach you many different things, obviously.
34:22But right out of the gate, we're going to see something out of Nathaniel Cranton
34:26to keep an eye on his quickness, his size, his ability, his in-ring IQ.
34:31Booker T says, this kid has it.
34:34Let's see if he's right.
34:35Let's talk about his opponent in this match, because you said the word growth for Drake.
34:41That's what Bubba's looking for.
34:43He's looking for this man to take not just a baby step.
34:46He's looking for him to take a giant Bayou Leap.
34:49A Bayou Leap's a good expression.
34:51Obviously, what results from Drake Moreau and what we have seen so far in Season 1.
34:55A learning curve, no question about it.
34:57In Season 2, he brought more of an energetic, a more fierce attitude.
35:01And he says in Season 3, he's turning the volume up to 11.
35:05Well, I mean, you'd have to agree then when you talk about Season 1, Season 2, this being Season 3.
35:10I hate to use it this way, but is it time to put up or shut up?
35:15Many people think so.
35:17Many people think so, including Shawn Michaels.
35:20Including head coach of the Performance Center, Matt Blue.
35:24He's selling for one.
35:25He's doing everything he needs to do right now.
35:29Oh!
35:30Oh, sidestep.
35:31And right now, chopping down the big fella goes Cranton.
35:35And Cranton right now, right on top and taking full advantage.
35:38And you know, this is also something Booker T has said to him.
35:41If you have a man down, you've got to step on him.
35:44You've got to take him down.
35:45You've got to keep your foot on the gas.
35:47I can't wait to see the expertise, the knowledge that Booker T is going to share with these individuals.
35:52Of course, Bubba Ray as well.
35:53We've seen them in the first two seasons of LMG.
35:56Bestow so much knowledge and benefit so many great athletes here at the Performance Center.
36:02Grab this hole right here and hold it a little bit.
36:05Yeah, you've got to lose the crowd tonight.
36:08Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?
36:10Sound like these kids are listening, you know? Huh?
36:13Sound like they got IFB in the year, huh?
36:15God, you're talking right to them.
36:16When everybody comes to the Performance Center, they all have their own story.
36:19They all have their own background, come from different places.
36:21Nathaniel Cranton comes to us from a family of sheep workers.
36:24Now he finds himself in the middle of an LFG ring, fighting for his life against Drake Moreau.
36:29He certainly did, and I don't know if you really saw the torque on the knee,
36:31but Cranton had to get out of that some way, somehow, and going right back low,
36:35but a nice knee answered back.
36:37And now is really time, I would think, if you're Bubba Ray, you're looking at that aggression.
36:43You're looking at that fire, that will to want to win, being able to overcome,
36:49and that is what we're seeing right now, at least a glimpse from Big Drake.
36:53Well, what we're seeing from Drake, and what we have seen from Drake Moreau,
36:56is a lot of heart.
36:58You know, everybody walks around here at the Performance Center with, you know,
37:01different reputations and whatnot.
37:02Oh, the knee, the knee, the knee, JB, the knee.
37:05Referee Jeremy Marcus stepping in from behind.
37:08The feet on the ropes, and Booker would say by any means necessary.
37:12Certainly so would a certain Mr. Regal, who may have taught him that along the way.
37:19What we're seeing from Nathaniel Cranton so far here.
37:22That was a great job by our fish.
37:24Bang!
37:25Whoa!
37:25That first you don't succeed, try again.
37:28Spinning, discus, Lariat.
37:30In spite of that leg, he's able to fly that pressure, that power,
37:33and look at this, locked in.
37:35Can he do it?
37:36Yes!
37:36Massive, big choke slam!
37:39And a big victory tonight.
37:44Here's the winner, Drake Moreau!
37:48Let the party continue.
37:51Well, we certainly saw an explosive ending to week number one.
37:54I wonder what the heartbreak kid Shawn Michaels could possibly be thinking now
37:58after seeing what he just witnessed in the ring from Drake Moreau.
38:01They did good.
38:02See the dancing though?
38:04The dancing don't make sense with the heat on the leg.
38:07Let's take a look at what we just witnessed from Drake Moreau.
38:11A clothesline that nearly took off the head of Nathaniel Cranton.
38:15And then he's able to follow it up with this massive choke slam.
38:18That was the second time he attempted that choke slam.
38:21A lot done to the lower body, a lot done to the knee.
38:24But the boy from the Bayou was able to overcome it here tonight.
38:28And you said it earlier, a blink of an eye, you can go from LFG to NXT.
38:36Sean watched your whole match.
38:39He was watching as intently as I've ever seen.
38:44Did you accomplish what you wanted to accomplish tonight based on what I talked about with you
38:49and what Coach Bloom talked about with you?
38:52I personally feel that I did, yes.
38:53Could you have done any better?
38:55No.
38:57Good.
38:58That's the answer I want to hear.
39:00If you're going home, at least you know that you did the best you can.
39:04Yeah.
39:10It's a new day at the Performance Center.
39:12And Drake Moreau has been called into a meeting with Shawn Michaels.
39:17Come on over here and have a seat for me.
39:18Sir, how are we doing?
39:19Doing great, doing great, sir.
39:21Look, Drake, you've been here for how many years now?
39:24Almost three.
39:25Almost three, right?
39:26Yeah.
39:26And look, all the coaches, everybody here speaks extremely highly of you.
39:31The reality is though that after a certain amount of time, we have to make decisions about
39:37how much more time and investment we're going to put into somebody before they start to get this.
39:43So with that said, unfortunately, your time here at the PC is going to be over with.
39:52The reality is we simply just do not have a place for you right now in NXT.
40:00But the other side of that coin is there's a huge opportunity for you in AAA.
40:10Man, when Shawn told me my time at the PC was coming to an end, my heart just sank.
40:15Everything I've worked on since being here, all the memories I've made, all the people I've met,
40:19just felt like I lost everything right there in that moment.
40:23But then he tells me I'm going to AAA and I'm just filled with excitement, you know, like I watch
40:28it a lot.
40:29Roxanne was actually on a show not too long ago.
40:33And a true story I actually told her after that show, I was like, I would love to go to
40:37AAA
40:38and be a part of a culture that I'm not used to and just so call that in and learn.
40:43I'm ready to get to work.
40:47That's going to be a place where you're going to be in front of fantastic crowds.
40:51You're going to be in a wrestling environment.
40:53And I think you're really going to come into your own down there.
40:57You're going to go down there, AAA, with the guy that you've worked with before.
41:02I have every confidence in you that you will find incredible success down there.
41:07And as things get out here in NXT, I have no doubt there'll be a place where you're here sooner
41:13rather than later.
41:14So, congratulations.
41:16All right.
41:16Thanks, man.
41:17Tremendous, man. You got it.
41:18Give me a heart attack.
41:21Big fan of Drake.
41:22Big fan of Drake since season one.
41:27Saw so much potential in him.
41:30I'll be following his career.
41:32I'll have to put on the subtitles so I know exactly what they're talking about.
41:36But great job, Drake.
41:37Best of luck.
41:40My time on LFG was absolutely amazing and really life-changing, you know.
41:46LFG gave me the opportunity to be on TV every week and show what I can do in the ring,
41:51show who I am outside of the ring, be surrounded by all these great legends and learn so much from
41:57them.
41:58For Undertaker to give me this opportunity, you know, he must have saw something in me.
42:02And working with them, I really grew as a wrestler and as a performer into what someone my size and
42:09my stature needs to be.
42:10So I'm just so happy to continue to build on what we started and see how far we can take
42:16this thing, man.
42:22LFG, I love you.
42:23LFG, I appreciate you.
42:24Make sure you keep up with your boy Drake Moreau on his triple-A adventure.
42:29And just know this ain't a goodbye.
42:31It's a see you later, alligator.
42:33C'mon!
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