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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 you about me.
09:14Say goodbye.
09:14Bye, thank you for the theater.
09:16Well, it's the ring that's talking about my tea hat, like, and we're on to the lottery.
09:19And we're on to the lottery.
09:21Bye.
09:28The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
09:32Introducing first 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 P.J.
11:57Vasa, 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
12:15evolution, so to speak.
12:17And all the athletes here, you can feel the sense of emotion from them that they know they're
12:24three, 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, you
12:32know it's on the mind of every man and every woman.
12:40Carly's doing a good job selling.
12:41Yeah.
12:41She's doing a good job selling.
12:43Here we go.
12:44She's little.
12:44She's got you.
12:45Yeah.
12:46She's moving around, too.
12:47She's also dying.
12:50Don't give up!
12:51With Kevin Owens watching, Natalya 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?
13:08That'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.
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 and they're, like, everything they're doing looks good.
14:48They don't grow up for anything.
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
14:59being able to take athletes and take them and put them in a ring and put them through training
15:04and 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.
15:14Here 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
15:42you seemed totally committed to it.
15:44And you're a good heel.
15:45Yeah.
15:45You really are, yeah.
15:46Like, you're, it's cool, too, when you're a heel and you're, like, obviously, like, a
15:50cocky, arrogant heel, but 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?
16:08Just don't ignore anything that's happened to you.
16:10You know, like, if you're back on top and you hit it with a clothesline, just, like, one
16:14of these for a second and then you, you know what I mean?
16:17Because that's, 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, I thought you, you 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, like, 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 it.
16:50I felt it, like, and you keep channeling that, like, next, like, like, next time you work
16:54another 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.
17:14And 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
17:24team matchup of the season.
17:25All right, boys.
17:26Everything starts tonight.
17:32Here at the Performance Center are two good friends, ready to showcase how good they work
17:37as 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 continue playing college
17:52football at McNeese State.
17:54Number one in the country in tackles and in sportsmanlike conducts.
17:56I have a mentally handicapped sister.
17:59And after seeing people bully my sister, a switch flipped inside me, I don't take that
18:03anymore.
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, especially from a tag team perspective.
18:32Yeah.
18:32Just like when you play football.
18:34You know, everything is freaking 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.
18:58With 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, I went over to Japan to wrestle for 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 Derrider, and 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, putting myself among the best.
19:45So, I don't think you guys have teamed too often, right?
19:47Just practice matches here and there a couple times trying to figure each other out.
19:50Okay.
19:51He came here when I was in Japan, and they were like, you guys kind of, like, look alike.
19:54Like, we wore a similar gear and stuff.
19:56And when I got back, we had a match against each other.
19:58It was, like, really fun.
19:59We had good chemistry against each other.
20:00Do you guys, like, feel like there was something, you know what I mean?
20:04Like...
20:04Together?
20:05Yes.
20:05Yeah.
20:05I think we have really good chemistry here.
20:07I'm excited for today to, like, finally showcase it.
20:10At least appreciate each other or 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 all shine in their own way.
20:31But a tag team match is a totally different story than 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.
20:43You high?
20:44Let's get this dance.
20:45Ha-ha!
20:46We got your goals.
20:47Ha-ha!
20:48We are set for the first tag team match this season on LFG.
20:54The following contest is a tag team match scheduled for one fall.
20:59Introducing first the team of Jack Streslin and Harley Riggins.
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.
21:13They are rugged.
21:13Not just around the edges, but in the ring.
21:16That's Jax Streslin up on the ropes.
21:18Harley Riggins, his tag team partner, looking to make an impact here on LFG.
21:24And 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, Fatima, Mike Garuda, and Harlow Rui.
21:50You worked with Harlow last season?
21:52Yeah, I worked with Harlow, man.
21:54He was the runner-up for season two.
21:55Okay.
21:55He could have won it.
21:56But he 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.
22:11Yeah.
22:11You want to be whatever 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 to find out if you're going to be on
22:36NXT.
22:37These athletes don't have to wait to the end of the year to 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 and 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 in an instant.
22:53If you have one, Shawn 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, Mike DeRuiter in.
23:14And 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, but watch his ability to fly.
23:23We get an opportunity.
23:24This guy is both an aerial assassin and a powerhouse all in one.
23:28And I'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.
23:40And 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.
23:48We had to see what happened to Kendall Gray last week.
23:50We can 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 to really excel
23:58and show Shawn Michaels what he's made of.
24:00Huge main event still to come.
24:01What a way to kick it off in 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 three seasons.
24:26I would say these four guys are known as,
24:29you know, more brash, I think,
24:31of the individuals here at the Performance Center.
24:33I'm not surprised the trash-talking's going to be there.
24:35Harley Regans and Jax Presley,
24:37of course, in there with Mike Noroder,
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 Daruda 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've got to know how to make the other guys look good, too,
25:26and they're not even trying to do that.
25:30They're only a year in also.
25:31Right.
25:32It just wasn't designed in a way
25:33to 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.
25:44No, no.
25:44They already need babyfaces 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 babyfaces in this matchup.
25:55I think it's four men that are in there right now
25:57just trying to prove dominance,
25:59and no one wants to back down.
26:00Well, listen,
26:01if 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've 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.
26:25Now you're seeing some of that strength,
26:27gut-wrench style.
26:29Sit down, powerbomb into 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 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.
26:48Certainly has his hands full of these four.
26:52What a clip.
26:53Back in the ring.
26:56DeRuiter just able to kick out,
26:57going right back in into the throat.
27:00Nasty, vicious,
27:01and 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 to finish.
27:48All the work's pretty solid,
27:51but it was it was pretty boring like there was no we couldn't really tell who
27:56were heels or like you didn't really give any reason to cheer for you guys
27:59early on y'all had four minutes of heat all right if I beat on somebody for four
28:05minutes four minutes is the eternity yeah there's a heel you dictate the match
28:09it's the baby's job to put themselves over but we didn't give them enough to
28:13put themselves over and we should have been able to call maybe an alternate
28:15game plan not just beating their ass for the whole match they're beating our
28:31asses the whole entire match eight minutes of the stem kicking our ass and
28:34they win and for this to just spit on me and my tag team partner you're not gonna
28:38get away with that with me in this industry it's about eye-catching you know
28:42if I stepped on anybody's toe I don't think there's anything wrong with course
28:44correction but in the moment that felt like the right thing to do and it
28:48happened with me with like that I wait on that guy to come back to the curb yeah
28:53I never let the fans see me do like that in front of front of them
28:56I've just I'm gonna see you get that when you had when you handling business you
29:03let that some bitch walk in the back and you handle it like a man I didn't see
29:09him spit on you what I'm trying to illustrate is Booker's to Booker's point
29:12is the fans you know maybe three or four saw it you see what I'm saying we
29:15didn't even see it the only reason we saw something was off because you went
29:18back to pie face the deck I got hot in the moment for sure but at the end of the
29:22day this is this building the performance center this is where I make my
29:25money and I'm not gonna screw my money and honestly the people that I grew up
29:28with that I would actually like this fight with ended up becoming my best
29:30friends so I who knows while Harlem ponders Booker T's advice and LFG newcomer
29:37seeks to make a good first impression my name is Nathan Nathan yes I've been a pro
29:42wrestler for three years in England before this yeah my family are sheep
29:45farmers so I didn't grow up with as many cameras as this but my name is Nathaniel
29:50John Ronald Cranton I'm 22 years of age I'm a seventh generation sheep farmer the
29:58only time my grandfather would actually stop working on the farm was to watch the
30:02wrestling and it's something always stuck with me there aren't many people that
30:07can share a sheep in a minute and I can I can kick their asses and not much longer
30:12than that you know when you was watching it with your grandfather did you believe it
30:21was entertainment or did you believe it was real I was watching it like I kind of
30:26knew but also I didn't care yeah I never doubt I never doubted that okay just
30:30because maybe it's predetermined it's not tough or that I never doubted how much of a man you got
30:36to be to do this like I see big things for Nathan I really do I think this kid may
30:42take season three
30:44by storm if we could just put him in the right position are we ready yes sir let's get it
30:50done
30:50booyah this is brutal honesty I really believe in you I believe in Drake I want to see Drake succeed
31:05but I can't go wrestle for Drake Moreau no bull it has to happen now once he goes through that
31:15curtain
31:15I mean he's on his own do or die put up or shut up get over or get out we're
31:22gonna shock the world
31:23are we gonna shock the world fired up now you are fired up hell yeah because I want this to
31:28work for
31:28you you feel that grip right now yes sir that's how bad I want it to work for you all
31:33right take a
31:33chop all right ah go get him Drake has been hearing the same thing for a while now I need
31:41to see him
31:41become a big mean dangerous guy tonight and that's what's gonna get him noticed by Sean
31:52energy is through the roof as we walk you in to legends and future greats
32:02everyone to bring you in ringside Vic Joseph alongside Jeremy Boras JB are you ready for week
32:08two of LFG I'm still recovering from week one and what happened and what went down and what we saw
32:15what we've seen so far in this season is anything can happen fasten your seat belt
32:19because somebody could end up on NXT by the end of this episode let's see what happens
32:38here we go Drake Moreau got a little bit more personality already
32:49and just like that JB is swiveling the hips take keep your jacket on he's not throwing any beats to
32:57you
32:57yeah he's got all eyes on him right now I think if you don't succeed early in this season I
33:08think it's
33:08time to think about some other people Nathaniel Granton debuting here on LFG and I'll tell you
33:19what I had a moment with Booker T right before coming out here tonight and he had high expectations
33:26a very limited time he knew Booker T had the sense this kid has it well I wouldn't uh necessarily
33:36say this
33:37individual is regal by any means but he is a former 2024 Mr. England pageant winner
33:50uh what is that Mr. England pageant winner I asked I said is this about physique if this is about
33:54no this is strictly a male beauty contest and this guy took it home for all of England
34:05hold on a second so I'm listening to the music I see the curtsy that was very King Booker if
34:13you
34:13don't mind me making a reference about that do you think Booker T helped him with the uh curtsy
34:17so to speak now there's many possibilities Booker T can teach you many different things obviously
34:22but right out of the gate we're going to see something out of Nathaniel Granton to keep an eye
34:26on his quickness his size his ability his in-ring IQ Booker T says this kid has it let's see
34:34if he's
34:34right let's talk about his opponent in this match because you said the word growth for drink
34:41that's what Bubba's looking for he's looking for this man to take not just a baby step he's looking
34:47for him to take a giant bayou leap a bayou leap's a good expression obviously what results from Drake
34:52Moreau and what we have seen so far in season one a learning curve no question about it season two
34:58he
34:58brought more of a an energetic a more fierce attitude and he says in season three he's turning the
35:04volume up to 11. Well I mean you have to agree then when you talk about season one season two
35:09this
35:09being season three I hate to use it this way but is it time to put up a shut up
35:15many people think
35:16so many people think so including Shawn Michaels including head coach of the performance center
35:23Matt Blue he's selling for one he's doing everything he needs to do right now
35:30oh oh sidestep and right now chopping down the big fella goes Cranton and Cranton right now right
35:36on top and taking full advantage and you know this is also something Booker T has said to him if
35:42you
35:42have on a man down you got to step on him you got to take him down you got to
35:45keep 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 we've seen them in the first two seasons of LMG bestow so much knowledge
35:58and benefits so many great athletes here at the performance center grab this hole right here and
36:03hold it a little bit yeah you gotta lose crowd coming
36:08huh huh huh huh sound like these kids are listening you know huh sound like they got IFB in the
36:14year huh
36:15talking right to him when everybody comes to the performance center they all have their own story
36:19they all have their own background come from different places Nathaniel Cranton comes to us
36:23from a family of sheep owners now he finds himself in the middle of an LFG ring fighting for his
36:28life
36:28against Drake Moreau certainly did and I don't know if you really saw the torque on the knee but
36:31Cranton had to get out of that some way somehow and going right back low but a nice
36:36knee answered back and now is really time I would think if you're Bubba Ray you're looking at
36:42that aggression you're looking at that fire that will to want to win being able to overcome and that
36:50is what we're seeing right now at least a glimpse from Big Drake well what we're seeing from Drake and
36:55what we have seen from Drake Moreau is a lot of heart you know everybody walks around here at the
36:59performance center with you know different reputations and whatnot the knee the knee the knee
37:04referee Jeremy Marcus stepping in from behind the feet on the ropes and Booker would say by any means
37:12necessary certainly so would a certain Mr. Regal who may have taught him that along the way what we're
37:19seeing from Nathaniel Cranton so far here that was a great job by our fish
37:24oh that first you don't succeed try again spinning discus lariat in spite of that leg he's able to
37:32fly that pressure that power and look at this locked in can he do it yes massive big choke slam
37:39and a big
37:40victory tonight
37:48let the party
37:50continue
37:51well we certainly saw an explosive ending the week number one I wonder what the heartbreak kid Shawn Michaels
37:56could possibly be thinking now after seeing what he just witnessed in the ring from Drake Moreau did good
38:02see the dancing though the dancing don't make sense with the heat on the leg let's take a look at
38:08what we just witnessed
38:09from Drake Moreau
38:10and a clothesline that nearly took off the head of Nathaniel Cranton
38:15and then he's got a little followed up with his massive choke slam that was the second time
38:19he attempted that choke slam a lot done to the lower body a lot done to the knee but the
38:24boy from the Bayou was able to overcome it
38:27here tonight and you said it earlier a blink of an eye you can go from LFG to NXT
38:37Shawn 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 and what Coach
38:50Bloom talked about with you
38:51I personally feel that I did yes
38:53could you have done any better?
38:55no
38:57good if that's the answer I want to hear
39:00if you're going home
39:01at least you know 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
39:16come on over here and have a seat for me
39:18sir how we doing?
39:19doing great doing great
39:20sir
39:20look Drake you've been here for how many years now?
39:25almost three
39:25almost three right?
39:26yeah and look all the coaches everybody here
39:29speaks extremely highly of you
39:31the reality is though that after a certain amount of time
39:34we 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 and a true story I actually told her after that
40:35show I was like
40:36I would love to go to AAA and be a part of a culture that I'm not used to and
40:41just so call that in and learn
40:42I'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 and I think you're really going to come into your own down
40:55there
40:57you're going to go down there AAA with the guy that you've worked with before
41:01I have every confidence in you that you will find incredible success down there
41:06and as things get out here in NXT I have no doubt there'll be a place for you here sooner
41:13rather than later
41:14so congratulations
41:15alright
41:16thanks man
41:17you got it
41:18give me a heart attack
41:21big fan of Drake
41:23big 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
41:35but great job Drake
41:37best of luck
41:40my time on LNG was absolutely amazing
41:43and really life changing you know
41:46LNG gave me the opportunity to be on TV every week
41:49and show what I can do in the ring
41:51show who I am outside of the ring
41:53be surrounded by all these great legends
41:55and learn so much from them
41:58for Undertaker to give me this opportunity
42:00you know he must have saw something in me
42:02and working with him I really grew as a wrestler and as a performer
42:06into what someone my size and my stature needs to be
42:10so I'm just so happy to continue to build on what we started
42:14and see how far we can take this thing
42:21LNG I love you I appreciate you
42:24make sure you keep up with your boy Drake Moreau on his triple A adventure
42:28and just know this ain't a goodbye
42:30and I'll see you later
42:32alligator
42:33come on
42:35Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.
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