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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?
09:04Good afternoon, Performance Center!
09:07We're getting ready for season three of LFG!
09:12Talk to me about that.
09:14Bye, thank you for the theater.
09:16Well, it's a link.
09:16I'm going to talk to you about my tea.
09:18I'm going to talk to you about my sweet and long-to-luck tree.
09:19I'm going to talk to you about your time.
09:21See you guys.
09:22Bye.
09:22Bye.
09:28The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
09:32Introducing from Kenosha, Wisconsin, Carly Bright!
09:40It's hard not to smile when you see Carly Bright.
09:44I 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
09:51able to transfer that energy, that excitement, that athleticism into something good here at
10:09And her own, from Fresno, California, Layla Diggs!
10:17Layla Diggs takes on Carly Bright for the first time ever on LFG.
10:28J.B., look who's joining us.
10:34Natalya, the boat, one of the greatest women to ever step into a ring, someone who's competed
10:40at WrestleMania, someone who's 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, you know, stars of WrestleMania here coaching these talent on the bigger and better
10:59things in their career.
11:00And right away, Carly Bright and Layla Diggs, showing what they can do.
11:06Come on, you want that contract?
11:10And you just heard what Carly said.
11:11Hey, do you want that contract?
11:13That is what is the most unique thing about this season of LFG, is all these athletes know
11:19that we don'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
11:33the cover and a 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
11:48happened to Kendall Gray at the end of show one last week, where her life changed instantly.
11:55Coming back from the curtain from our match with PJ Vassa, Shawn Michaels delivers the news.
12:00That is the kind of opportunity that is afforded you here on Allegiance 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
12:15evolution, so to speak.
12:17And all the athletes here, you can feel the sense of emotion from them that they know
12:23they're three, four, five, six, seven minutes away from maybe changing their life.
12:28And we've already heard Carly Bright say in this matchup, talking about the contract,
12:32you know, it's on the mind 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 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
12:56back to Shawn Michaels about how they perform, their possibilities as a talent, as a competitor.
13:01And can they climb the ranks all the way to NXT?
13:08And that's what's interesting about all this is Carly Bright can find herself in the main
13:12event next week.
13:13Jackson Hartley can 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
13:29around 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.
13:39We'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, Bright trying to fight
14:13free, create a little bit of separation.
14:14She has for a moment at least, JB.
14:16And 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.
14:25Oh.
14:28I bet on that again.
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.
14:39Like, they're both, you know, I guess they're young, which helps, but they're really good
14:45athletes.
14:46And they're, like, everything they're doing looks great.
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.
14:54And that's what's special about the performance center and all the coaches led by Matt Bloom
14:59being able to take athletes and take them and put them in a ring and put them through
15:04training and just see how quickly they can pick up on a brand new industry and lifestyle.
15:09And what a move out of nowhere for Carly Bright.
15:13All right, here is your winner, Carly Rae.
15:19Very good?
15:20Yeah, Rae did awesome.
15:29You didn't?
15:30I felt good.
15:31I just wish I was more in the moment throughout the match.
15:36You didn't look not in the moment.
15:38Oh.
15:38It might have felt that way, but everything you guys were doing had a lot of energy and
15:42you seemed totally committed to it.
15:44And you're a good heel.
15:45You really are, yeah.
15:47Like, you're...
15:48It's cool, too, when you're a heel and you're, like, obviously, like, a cocky, arrogant heel,
15:52but you can back up 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.
16:03But you need energy to 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,
16:14one of these for a second and then you...
16:15You know what I mean?
16:17So, it'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,
16:24but right here, this man is telling me it's good, he's been at WrestleMania, he's done
16:27all these things, then I need to trust him and believe I am doing something right.
16:32Great job.
16:33I thought you...
16:33Oh, thank you.
16:34You helped me channel that energy, I 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...
16:51And you keep channeling that.
16:52Like, next time you work another match, 1% more.
16:56Over time, 1% every other match.
16:58Next thing you know, you'll be 50% better.
16:59Right.
16:59Yeah, 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.
17:09And 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
17:20against Harley Riggins and Jax Presley
17:23in our first tag team matchup of the season.
17:25All right, boys.
17:26Everything starts tonight.
17:32Here at the Performance Center are two good friends
17:34ready 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
17:50and then continue playing college football at McNeese State.
17:54I'm number one in the country in tackles
17:55and in sportsman-like conducts.
17:56I have a mentally handicapped sister,
17:58and after seeing people bully my sister,
18:01a switch flipped inside of me,
18:02I don't take 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, Booker?
18:22How you doing, man?
18:23Ball 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,
18:30especially 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,
18:38my brother might tag me in
18:40and I'll point to that rope
18:41just so my brother can shoot him in
18:43and I'll go over here, bang, just to catch him.
18:45It'll look like a plane
18:46opposed to two guys in the ring wrestling.
18:49So let's work.
18:50Let's go to work.
18:51From a fresh new duo
18:53to another fired up tag team.
18:58With one future great making an LFG return.
19:03My name is Harlem Lewis.
19:04I'm from Lindenhurst, New York.
19:06I was a runner-up on LFG.
19:09Congratulations.
19:12Thank you very much.
19:14Right after LFG season two ended,
19:16I went over to Japan
19:17to wrestle for pro wrestling Noah
19:19for a little over a month.
19:20It just gave me a whole new insight
19:22to pro wrestling
19:23and to what I need to do to be successful.
19:26My name is Mike Derrider
19:29and I'm from Belgium.
19:31My father was a pro wrestler,
19:33so I'm a second generation pro wrestler.
19:35I'm unique.
19:36With my size,
19:37the way I move,
19:39I wrestled all around the world
19:41putting myself among the best.
19:45So, I don't think you guys have teamed
19:46too often, right?
19:47Just practice matches here
19:48and there a couple times
19:49trying to figure each other out.
19:51Okay.
19:51He came here when I was in Japan
19:53and they were like,
19:53you guys kind of look alike.
19:54We wore a similar gear and stuff.
19:56And when I got back,
19:57we had a match against each other.
19:58It was really fun.
19:59We had good chemistry against each other.
20:00Do you guys feel like there's something,
20:03you know what I mean?
20:04Together?
20:05Yes.
20:05Yeah.
20:05We have really good chemistry.
20:07I'm excited for today
20:08to finally showcase it.
20:10At least appreciate each other
20:11or like each other well enough.
20:13It's a good start.
20:14There you go.
20:15There you go.
20:21Those are four big personalities.
20:27Tonight, I'm hoping that I get to see them
20:29all shine in their own way.
20:31But a tag team match is a totally different story
20:34than a singles match.
20:36All right, boys.
20:37Everything starts tonight.
20:39Let's go out there and work together.
20:41You feel me?
20:42Hell yeah.
20:43All right?
20:44Let's get this next.
20:48We are set for the first tag team match
20:51this season on LFG.
20:54The following contest
20:56is a tag team match scheduled for one fall.
20:59Introducing first
21:00the team of
21:01Jack Breslin
21:02and Harley
21:04Riggins.
21:06These 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.
21:13They 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,
21:21looking 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 hosts, the team of Mike Garuda and Harlow Ruiz.
21:50You worked with Harlow last season?
21:52Yeah, I worked with Harlow, man.
21:54He was runner-up for season two.
21:55He 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.
22:06I mean, he's hardcore like him to...
22:10You want to be the guy.
22:12Whatever he needs to be, to be the guy.
22:13That's what I like about him.
22:15Yeah, 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 because 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 with the blink of an eye.
22:52In an instant, you have what to take.
22:54Shawn Michaels sees that ability
22:56and will change your life instantly
22:57by going to NXT for your career.
23:00And that's what the objective is here.
23:10Hard smash melt offense.
23:12Harlem Lewis, Mike DeRuiter in.
23:13And Mike DeRuiter is from Belgium.
23:16He's a European athlete that brings so much to the table.
23:18Watch this guy's not only his strength,
23:21but watch his ability to fly.
23:23We get an opportunity.
23:24This guy is both an aerial assassin
23:26and a powerhouse all in one.
23:28I'm waiting for this to pop off between these four
23:31because 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, if 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.
23:48Well, you have to see what happened to Kendall Gray last week.
23:50And go, this could be an opportunity of a lifetime.
23:52Drake Moreau in our main event tonight.
23:53Again, Nathaniel Cranston.
23:55And that's going to be an opportunity for him
23:57to really excel and show Shawn Michaels what he's made of.
24:00Now, huge main event still to come.
24:01What a way to kick it off with this tag team matchup.
24:04And a hard-hitting affair already starting out.
24:07And you said it a few times.
24:09Oh, wait a minute.
24:10Look 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 two 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.
24:34The trash talking is going to be there.
24:35Harley Regans and Jax Presley,
24:37of course, in there with Mike DeRuiter,
24:39who can fly but is caught midair by Jax Presley.
24:42Take a look around
24:43and you're starting to see the competition
24:45here on Season 3 just at a different level.
24:48It's a different vibe.
24:49It's a different feel as a tag was made.
24:51And look at DeRuiter not wasting any time.
24:53Both big men all the way to the outside.
25:05Continuing action here on LFG,
25:07Harley Regans in control of Harlem Lewis.
25:14You know, I see right now
25:15what I need to work with these guys on.
25:19My guys, they know how to make themselves look good.
25:22Yeah.
25:23But in this business,
25:24you got to know how to make the other guys look good too.
25:26They're not even trying to do that.
25:30They're only a year in also.
25:32Right.
25:32It just wasn't designed in a way to make it exciting
25:35and then take something away.
25:38Nobody's begging to see the baby faces.
25:41They don't even know.
25:42I'm still not convinced who the baby faces are.
25:44No, no.
25:44They already have baby faces in this match.
25:46They really are.
25:48Kevin Owens brings up a good point.
25:50Let me get your take on that
25:52of the baby faces in this matchup.
25:55I think it's four men
25:56that are in there right now
25:57and just trying to prove dominance
25:59and no one wants to back down.
26:00Well, listen,
26:01if Shawn Michaels calls Jax Presley
26:03and says,
26:03I'm taking you,
26:04but I'm not taking your tight team partner
26:05hard to break it.
26:05So guess what?
26:06Jax Presley's going.
26:09There you go, JB.
26:10You got to see your guy do his thing
26:12and fly through the air.
26:14So much strength and 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.
26:26Now you're seeing some of that strength,
26:27gut-wrench style.
26:29Sit down, powerbomb,
26:31into the cover,
26:32and Presley just breaking,
26:35acting up at the last second.
26:37I don't know if Harley is used to being
26:39tossed around like that by anybody
26:41as now things are really starting
26:43to break down in 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 close.
26:53Back in the ring.
26:55DeRuiter just able to kick out
26:57and right back in into the throat.
27:00Nasty, vicious,
27:02and getting hoisted up.
27:04Harley now dropping face-first DeRuiter
27:07into the cover.
27:09Will it be enough?
27:10And we have victors.
27:12You're my boys.
27:16That was real flat.
27:18That was real flat.
27:19I didn't know that was the finish.
27:28It's so late to do anything.
27:30You should have done it
27:31while the mask was happening.
27:37Oh, that's a shoot.
27:38We got a shoot here.
27:44How you guys feeling?
27:45Good.
27:46Yeah?
27:48Um,
27:49all the work's pretty solid,
27:52but it was,
27:52it was pretty boring.
27:54Like, there was no,
27:55we couldn't really tell
27:56who were heels or,
27:57like, you didn't really give any reason
27:58to cheer for you guys early on.
28:00Y'all had four minutes of heat.
28:03All right?
28:04If I beat on somebody for four minutes,
28:05four minutes is the eternity.
28:07Yeah.
28:08As 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
28:12to put themselves over,
28:13and we should have been able
28:14to call maybe an alternate game plan,
28:15not just beating their ass
28:16for the whole match.
28:18What happened after?
28:19It was just,
28:20they built you.
28:21No, you spit at me.
28:22You did?
28:23Yeah.
28:23Legit?
28:24Yeah.
28:24And I'm not hot about it,
28:25but, like, also,
28:26I'm not gonna let him spit at me
28:27and walk away.
28:28Like, I'm gonna slap him in the face.
28:30They're beating our asses
28:31the whole entire match,
28:32eight minutes of just them
28:33kicking our ass,
28:34and they win.
28:34And for this to just spit
28:36on me and my tag team partner,
28:38you're not gonna get away
28:39with that with me.
28:39In this industry,
28:40it's about eye-catching.
28:41You know,
28:42if I stepped on anybody's toe,
28:43I don't think there's anything
28:44wrong with course correction,
28:45but in the moment,
28:46that felt like the right thing
28:47to do,
28:47and it happened.
28:49With me with shit like that,
28:51I wait on that guy
28:51to come back to the curb.
28:53Yeah.
28:53I never let the fans
28:54see me do shit like that
28:55in front of them.
28:56I'm just, I'm just,
28:57I'm just, I'm just,
28:57I'm just,
28:57I'm just,
28:58I'm just,
28:58I'm just,
28:59I'm just,
29:00that,
29:01when you're handling business,
29:03you let that sumbitch
29:04walk in the back,
29:05and you handle it
29:07like a man.
29:08I didn't see him spit on you.
29:10What I'm trying to illustrate
29:10is Booker's,
29:11to Booker's point,
29:12is the fans,
29:12you 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
29:17something was off
29:18is because you went back
29:18to pie-face the thing.
29:19Exactly.
29:20I got hot in the moment
29:21for sure,
29:21but at the end of the day,
29:22this is,
29:22this building,
29:23the performance center,
29:24this is where I make my money
29:25and I'm not gonna screw
29:25with my money.
29:26And honestly,
29:27the people that I grew up with
29:28that I would actually
29:29like fist fight with
29:29ended up becoming
29:30my best friend,
29:31so I,
29:32who knows?
29:33While Harlem ponders
29:34Booker T's advice,
29:35an LFG newcomer
29:37seeks to make
29:38a good first impression.
29:39My name is Nathan.
29:40Nathan.
29:41Yes,
29:41I've been a pro wrestler
29:42for three years
29:43in England before this.
29:44Oh, yeah.
29:45My family are sheep farmers,
29:46so I didn't grow up
29:47with as many cameras as this,
29:48but.
29:48My name is Nathaniel
29:50John Ronald Cranston,
29:52but I'm 22 years of age.
29:54I'm a seventh generation
29:55sheep farmer.
29:57The only time
29:58my grandfather
29:59would actually
30:00stop working on the farm
30:01was to watch the wrestling.
30:03And it's something
30:04that always stuck with me.
30:06There aren't many people
30:07that can shear a sheep
30:08in a minute,
30:08and I can.
30:09I can kick their asses
30:11in not much longer than that.
30:15You know,
30:16when you was watching it
30:17with your grandfather,
30:18did you believe
30:20it was entertainment
30:22or did you believe
30:23it was real?
30:24I was watching it like,
30:25I kind of knew,
30:26but also I didn't care.
30:28Yeah.
30:28I never doubted
30:29that, okay,
30:30just because
30:31maybe it's predetermined
30:32it's not tough
30:33or that.
30:34I never doubted
30:35how much of a man
30:36you've got to be
30:36to do this.
30:38I see big things
30:39for Nathan.
30:40I really do.
30:41I think this kid
30:42may take season three
30:44by storm
30:46if we could just
30:46put him in the right
30:47position.
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
31:07for Drake Moreau.
31:09No bull****.
31:10It has to happen now.
31:14Once he goes through
31:15that curtain,
31:15he's on his own.
31:17Do or die,
31:18put up or shut up,
31:20get over or get out.
31:22We're going to
31:22shock the world?
31:23Are we going to
31:24shock the world?
31:25You're fired up now.
31:25You are fired up.
31:27Hell yeah.
31:27Because I want this
31:28to work for you.
31:29You feel that
31:29grip right now?
31:30Yes, sir.
31:31That's how bad
31:31I 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
31:39the same thing
31:39for a while now.
31:40I need to see him
31:41become a big,
31:43mean,
31:43dangerous guy
31:44tonight,
31:45and that's what's
31:46going to get him
31:46noticed by Sean.
31:52Energy is through
31:53the roof
31:55as we walk you in
31:56to legends
31:58and future greats.
32:03Everyone to bring you
32:04in ringside,
32:04Vic Joseph,
32:05alongside Jeremy
32:05Boras.
32:06JB,
32:07are you ready
32:08for week two
32:09of LFG?
32:10I'm still recovering
32:11from week one
32:12and what happened
32:13and what went down
32:14and what we saw.
32:15What we've seen
32:16so far in this season
32:17is anything can happen.
32:18Fasten your seatbelt
32:19because somebody
32:20could end up on NXT
32:21by the end of this episode.
32:23Let's see what happens.
32:38Here we go,
32:40Drake Moreau.
32:42Got a little bit more
32:44personality already.
32:46Drake Moreau!
32:49And just like that,
32:51JB is swiveling the hips.
32:54Keep your jacket on.
32:55He's not throwing
32:56any beats to you.
32:57Yeah.
32:59He's going to look
33:00real nice, baby.
33:02He's got all eyes
33:03on him right now.
33:04I think if he don't succeed
33:06early in this season,
33:07I think it's time
33:08to think about
33:09some other people.
33:14Nathaniel Granton
33:16debuting here
33:17on LFG
33:18and I'll tell you what,
33:19I had a moment
33:20with Booker T
33:21right before coming
33:22out here tonight
33:23and he had
33:24high expectations.
33:26A very limited time.
33:28He knew Booker T
33:29had the sense.
33:30This kid
33:31has it.
33:34Well, I wouldn't
33:36necessarily say
33:37this individual
33:38is regal
33:40by any means,
33:41but he is
33:41a former
33:432024
33:44Mr. England
33:46pageant winner.
33:50What is that?
33:51Mr. England
33:51pageant winner?
33:52I asked.
33:53I said,
33:53is this about physique?
33:54Is this about...
33:55No, this is strictly
33:56a male beauty contest
33:57and this guy
33:58took it home
33:59for all of England.
34:01Huh.
34:06Hold on a second.
34:07So,
34:08I'm listening to the music.
34:10I see the curtsy.
34:11That was very King Booker,
34:13if you don't mind
34:13me making a reference
34:14about that.
34:15Do you think Booker T
34:16helped him with the curtsy,
34:17so to speak?
34:18There's many possibilities.
34:20Booker T can teach you
34:21many different things,
34:21obviously.
34:22But right out of the gate,
34:23we're going to see
34:24something out of
34:25Nathaniel Cranton
34:26to keep an eye on
34:27his quickness,
34:28his size,
34:29his ability,
34:30his in-ring IQ.
34:31Booker T,
34:32he says.
34:33This kid has it.
34:34Let's see if he's right.
34:35Let's talk about
34:36his opponent in this match
34:37because you said
34:38the word growth
34:39for Drake.
34:41That's what Bubba's
34:42looking for.
34:43He's looking for this man
34:44to take not just
34:45a baby step,
34:46he's looking for him
34:47to take a giant
34:48Bayou leap.
34:49A Bayou leap's
34:50a good expression.
34:51and obviously what
34:51result from Drake
34:52Moreau and what we
34:53have seen so far
34:54in season one.
34:55A learning curve,
34:56no question about it.
34:57Season two,
34:58he brought more of
34:59an energetic,
35:00a more fierce attitude
35:01and he says in season
35:03three,
35:03he's turning the volume
35:04up to 11.
35:05Well, I mean,
35:06you'd have to agree then
35:07when you talk about
35:07season one,
35:08season two,
35:09this being season three.
35:10I hate to use it
35:12this way,
35:13but is it time
35:14to put up or shut up?
35:15Many people think so.
35:17Many people think so,
35:18including Shawn Michaels,
35:20including head coach
35:22of the performance
35:22center, Matt Blue.
35:24He's selling for one.
35:25He's doing everything
35:26he needs to do right now.
35:29Oh, oh, sidestep.
35:31And right now,
35:32chopping down
35:33the big fella
35:33goes Cranton.
35:35And Cranton right now,
35:36right on top
35:37and taking full advantage.
35:39And you know,
35:39this is also something
35:40Booker T has said to him.
35:41If you have on a man down,
35:43you gotta step on him,
35:44you gotta take him down,
35:45you gotta keep your foot
35:46on the gas.
35:47I can't wait to see
35:48the expertise,
35:49the knowledge
35:49that Booker T is gonna share
35:51with these individuals,
35:52of course,
35:52Bubba Ray as well.
35:53We've seen them
35:54in the first two seasons
35:55of LMG.
35:56Bestow so much knowledge
35:58and benefit so many
35:59great athletes
36:00here at the
36:01Performance Center.
36:02Grab this hole right here
36:03and hold it a little bit.
36:04I'm coming to the left.
36:05Yeah, you gotta lose
36:05crowd coming.
36:08Huh, huh, huh, huh.
36:10Sound like these kids
36:11are listening, you know?
36:12Huh?
36:13Sound like they got
36:13eye of being here, huh?
36:15God, you're talking
36:15right to him.
36:16When everybody comes
36:17to the Performance Center,
36:18they all have their own story,
36:19they all have their own background,
36:20come from different places.
36:21Nathaniel Cranton comes to us
36:23from a family of sheepers.
36:25Now he finds himself
36:25in the middle of an LFG ring,
36:27fighting for his life
36:28against Drake Moreau.
36:29Certainly did,
36:29and I don't know
36:30if you really saw
36:30the torque on the knee,
36:31but Cranton had to get
36:32out of that some way,
36:34somehow,
36:34and going right back low,
36:35but a nice knee answered back.
36:37And now is really time,
36:38I would think
36:39if you're Bubba Ray,
36:41you're looking at
36:42that aggression,
36:43you're looking at that fire,
36:44that will to want to win,
36:47being able to overcome,
36:49and that is what we're seeing
36:50right now,
36:51at least a glimpse
36:52from Big Drake.
36:53Well, what we're seeing
36:54from Drake,
36:54and what we have seen
36:55from Drake Moreau,
36:56is a lot of heart.
36:58You know,
36:58everybody walks around here
36:59at the Performance Center
37:00with, you know,
37:01different reputations
37:02and whatnot.
37:02Oh, the knee,
37:03the knee,
37:03the knee,
37:04referee Jeremy Marcus
37:06stepping in
37:06from behind,
37:08the feet on the ropes,
37:10and Booker would say
37:11by any means necessary.
37:13Certainly so would
37:15a certain Mr. Regal,
37:17who may have taught him
37:18that along the way.
37:19What we're seeing
37:19from Nathaniel Cranton
37:21so far here,
37:22that was a great job
37:23by our fish.
37:24Boom!
37:25That first,
37:26you don't succeed,
37:27try again.
37:28Spinning,
37:29discus,
37:29Lariat.
37:30In spite of that leg,
37:31he's able to fly
37:32that pressure,
37:33with that power,
37:33and look at this,
37:34locked in.
37:35Can he do it?
37:36Yes!
37:36Massive,
37:37big,
37:38choke slam,
37:39and a big victory tonight.
37:44Here's the winner,
37:46Drake Moreau!
37:48Let the party continue.
37:51Well,
37:51we certainly saw
37:52an explosive ending
37:53of the week number one.
37:54I wonder what
37:55the heartbreak kid
37:56Shawn Michaels
37:57could possibly
37:57be thinking now
37:58after seeing
37:59what he just witnessed
38:00in the ring
38:00from Drake Moreau.
38:01I think they did good.
38:02See the dancing,
38:03though?
38:04The dancing
38:04don't make sense
38:05with the heat on the leg.
38:07Let's take a look
38:07at what we just witnessed
38:09from Drake Moreau
38:10and a clothesline
38:12that nearly took off
38:13the head of Nathaniel Cranton.
38:15And then he's got a little
38:16followed up
38:16with his massive choke slam.
38:17That was the second time
38:19he attempted
38:20that choke slam.
38:21A lot done
38:21to the lower body,
38:22a lot done
38:23to the knee,
38:24but the boy
38:24from the Bayou
38:25was able to overcome
38:27here tonight.
38:28And you said it earlier,
38:30a blink of an eye,
38:31you can go from LFG
38:32to NXT.
38:36Shawn watched
38:37your whole match.
38:39He was watching
38:41as intently
38:42as I've ever seen.
38:44Did you accomplish
38:45what you wanted
38:47to accomplish tonight
38:48based on what
38:48I talked about with you
38:49and what Coach Bloom
38:51talked about with you?
38:52I personally feel
38:53that I did, yes.
38:53Could you have done
38:54any better?
38:55No.
38:57Good.
38:58If that's the answer
38:59I want to hear.
39:00If you're going home,
39:02at least you know
39:03you did the best you can.
39:04Yeah.
39:10It's a new day
39:11at the Performance Center
39:12and Drake Moreau
39:14has been called
39:14into a meeting
39:15with Shawn Michaels.
39:17Come on over here
39:17and have a seat for me.
39:18Sir, how are we doing?
39:19Doing great.
39:20Doing great, sir.
39:21Look, Drake,
39:22you've been here
39:23for how many years?
39:24Almost three.
39:25Almost three, right?
39:26Yeah.
39:26And look,
39:27all the coaches,
39:28everybody here
39:29speaks extremely highly of you.
39:31The reality is, though,
39:33that after a certain
39:34amount of time
39:34we have to make decisions
39:36about how much more time
39:39and investment
39:40we're going to put
39:40into somebody
39:41before they start
39:42to get this.
39:43So with that said,
39:44unfortunately,
39:45your time here
39:46at the PC
39:47is going to be over with.
39:52The reality is
39:53is we simply
39:54just do not have
39:56a place for you
39:57right now
39:58in NXT.
40:00But the other side
40:02of that coin
40:03is there's a huge
40:05opportunity for you
40:06in AAA.
40:11Man,
40:11when Shawn told me
40:12my time at the PC
40:13was coming to an end,
40:14my heart just sank.
40:15Everything I've worked on
40:17since being here,
40:17all the memories I've made,
40:18all the people I've met,
40:19just felt like
40:20I lost everything
40:22right there in that moment.
40:23But then he tells me
40:24I'm going to AAA
40:25and I'm just
40:26filled with excitement,
40:27you know,
40:28like I watch it a lot.
40:29Roxanne was actually
40:30on a show
40:31not too long ago
40:32and a true story
40:34I actually told her
40:35after that show,
40:36I was like,
40:36I would love to
40:37go to AAA
40:38and be a part of a culture
40:39that I'm not used to
40:41and just so call that in
40:42and learn.
40:42I'm ready to get to work.
40:47That's going to be a place
40:48where you're going to be
40:49in front of fantastic crowds,
40:51you're going to be
40:52in a wrestling environment
40:53and I think you're really
40:54going to come into your own
40:55down there.
40:57You're going to go down there,
40:59AAA,
41:00with the guy
41:00that you've worked with before.
41:02I have every confidence in you
41:04that you will find
41:05incredible success
41:06down there
41:06and as things
41:08get out here
41:09in NXT,
41:11I have no doubt
41:11there'll be a place
41:12where you're here
41:12sooner rather than later
41:14so congratulations.
41:16Thanks, man.
41:17You got it.
41:18I gave me a heart attack.
41:21Big fan of Drake.
41:23Big fan of Drake
41:24since season one.
41:25Screw the body.
41:26He had it.
41:27Saw so much potential in him.
41:30I'll be following his career.
41:32I'll have to put on the subtitles
41:34so I know exactly
41:35what they're talking about
41:35but great job, Drake.
41:37Best of luck.
41:40My time on LNG
41:42was absolutely amazing
41:43and really life-changing.
41:45You know,
41:46LNG gave me the opportunity
41:47to be on TV every week
41:49and show what I can do
41:51in the ring,
41:51show who I am
41:52outside of the ring,
41:53be surrounded
41:54by all these great legends
41:55and learn so much from them.
41:58For Undertaker
41:59to give me this opportunity,
42:01you know,
42:01he must have saw something in me
42:02and working with him,
42:04I really grew
42:05as a wrestler
42:06and as a performer
42:06into what someone my size
42:09and my stature
42:10needs to be.
42:11So I'm just so happy
42:12to continue to build
42:13on what we started
42:14and see how far
42:15we can take this thing.
42:21LNG,
42:22I love you.
42:23I appreciate you.
42:24Make sure you keep up
42:26with your boy,
42:26Drake Moreau
42:27on his AAA adventure
42:28and just know
42:29this ain't a goodbye.
42:31It's a see you later,
42:33alligator.
42:33Come on!
42:35Bye-bye-bye-bye!
42:37Bye-bye!
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