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WWE LFG - Season 3 - Episode 02: All on the Line
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00:07Then, 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
01:19victorious.
01:22Here is your winner, Shiloh Hill.
01:26And what a debut for The Undertaker's prized pupil from Legends and Future Greats.
01:35That's nuts.
01:38I feel great, man.
01:39I feel 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
01:48with them is such a bust.
01:49It's so cool.
01:53Come on, talk to them.
01:56Let's go, yeah.
01:58We're out here to be decent.
02:00We're here to be great.
02:00When the bell rings, it's not about being nice anymore.
02:03If I was Shawn 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.
02:17Let's go.
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.
02:39She 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.
02:45Absolutely.
02:45Absolutely.
02:48KO, you'll be working with Layla Diggs.
02:50She came to us a few weeks ago, so 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?
03:03That you're a heel.
03:05Our second match, we'll have Harley Riggins and Jax Presley.
03:09Booker, you'll be working with them.
03:12Against Harlem Lewis and Mike Deruter.
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.
03:22I don't want to see four individual matches, and I'd love to see our heels cutting the ring off, making
03:28the babyface, fight to get the tag.
03:31KO, Harlem, and Mike, 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 moveset as well.
03:45So I think you'll enjoy working with both these guys today.
03:48A big thing for Harley and Jax is less is more.
03:52They don't have to do 100 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.
04:11And, Booker, you'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, Book is a magician.
04:49I'm a scary cat.
04:52Drake Moreau.
04:53We all know him.
04:55He's getting 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
05:09another chance?
05:11I don't think so.
05:12I don't think it's sink or swim time for Drake Moreau.
05:14Wow.
05:26You 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
05:35know what'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
05:45these 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
06:09his office and be let go, you know?
06:11So 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 made 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,
06:47adjust to it, but now it's just one of the greatest feelings is when the crowd is into
06:52it, bouncing off of them, giving them the energy, I think it's awesome.
06:56So after talking to Matt, he mentioned that he had some interest in seeing you work as
07:01a heel.
07:01I don't think you've done that much.
07:03No, not much.
07:04Not that much experience.
07:05Some people confuse being a heel with being less good, like, 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.
07:27Yeah.
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 step up my game.
07:34Yeah.
07:35You're the boat.
07:36Yeah.
07:36When I saw your name, I was like, she's the girl I need.
07:40Hi, my name's Carly Wright, and I am from Kenosha, Wisconsin.
07:44I was a gymnast for 10 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.
08:06And I think you go into this with a story in your mind.
08:08I'm just making this up, but she, you heard the things that she said about you in the locker 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.
08:22So 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!
09:07We're getting ready for season three of LFG!
09:12Talk to each other though.
09:14Bye.
09:16Bye.
09:29The 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,
09:50but yes, she's been able to transfer that energy, that excitement,
09:54that 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,
10:41someone who has won championships on any brand you can imagine.
10:45She's here watching this matchup,
10:48obviously 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
10:57on 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.
11:11Hey, do you want that contract?
11:13That is what is the most unique thing about this season of LFG,
11:17is all these athletes know that 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,
11:32courtesy of Shawn Michaels, into the 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
11:47saw what happened to Kendall Gray at the end of show one last week,
11:52where her life changed instantly.
11:55Coming back from the curtain from her match with P.J. Vassa,
11:58Shawn Michaels delivers the news.
12:00That is the kind of opportunity that is afforded you here
12:02on 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,
12:15that next evolution, so to speak.
12:17And all the athletes here, you can feel the sense of emotion from them
12:22that they know they're 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 minutes away
12:26from maybe changing their life.
12:28And we've already heard Carly Bryce say in this matchup,
12:31talking about the contract, you know it's on the mind
12:34of every man and every woman.
12:40Carly's doing a good job selling.
12:41She's doing a good job selling.
12:44She's little. She's got to.
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,
12:54you know they're going to be giving full reports back to Shawn Michaels
12:57about 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
13:12in the main event next week.
13:13Jackson Hartley can find themselves in the main event tag team matchup next week.
13:17That is what is so special about legends and future greats,
13:21is anything can happen.
13:22And as we've talked about all year on NXT, along with Booker T,
13:27there's so much opportunity around the WWE.
13:31And the 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.
14:05And, well, both these women now perched in a precarious position.
14:12Bright trying to fight, 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.
14:25Oh.
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, connected.
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 great.
14:48Especially, 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 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, he did awesome.
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
15:42seemed 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?
16:08Just 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,
16:14one of these for a second and then you...
16:15You know what I mean?
16:17Because that's...
16:17It's almost like a roller coaster 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...
16:34Oh, 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.
16:40Like, 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 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.
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.
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
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
17:51and then continue playing college football at McNeese State.
17:54Number one in the country in tackles
17:55and in sportsmanlike conducts.
17:57I have a mentally handicapped sister.
17:59And after seeing people bully my sister,
18:01switch flipped inside me,
18:02I don't take that anymore.
18:03Go!
18:04Go!
18:05Go!
18:06Go!
18:06Go!
18:07Go!
18:08Go!
18:37My ultimate goal is to be phenomenal.
18:38My brother might tag me in,
18:40and I'll point to that rope just 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 play opposed to two guys in the ring wrestling.
18:48So, let's work.
18:50Let's go to work.
18:51From a fresh new duo to another fired-up tag team.
18:56Oh!
18:57Yeah!
18:58Yeah!
18:59With one future great making an LFG return.
19:02Awesome, though.
19:02I love it.
19:02That's great.
19:03My name is Harlem Lewis.
19:04I'm from Lindenhurst, New York.
19:07I was a runner-up on LFG.
19:09Congratulations.
19:12Thank you very much.
19:14Right after LFG Season 2 ended,
19:16I 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
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 with my size, the way I move.
19:39I wrestled all around the world,
19:41proving myself among the best.
19:45So, I don't think you guys have teamed too often, right?
19:47Just practiced matches here,
19:49and there were 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, like, look alike.
19:54Like, we wore a similar gear and stuff.
19:56And when I got back,
19:57we 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,
20:03you know what I mean?
20:04Like...
20:04Together?
20:05Yes.
20:05Yeah.
20:05I think we have really good chemistry.
20:07I think so.
20:07I'm excited for today to, like, 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.
20:32But 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.
20:43You all right?
20:44Let's get this date.
20:45Ha-ha!
20:46We got you.
20:46Ha-ha!
20:48We are set for the first tag team match
20:51this season on LFG.
20:55The 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!
21:06Well, 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.
21:14Not just around the edges,
21:15but in the ring.
21:16That's Jack Breslin up on the ropes.
21:18Harley Riggins,
21:19his tag team partner,
21:21looking 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 their opponents,
21:43the team of
21:43Mike DeRuwe
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 could have won it.
21:56He was the best talent in the whole thing.
22:00And he's got an attitude
22:03that you really want to have on your team.
22:06I mean,
22:07he's hardcore-like gift to him.
22:10He want to be the guy.
22:12Whatever he needs to be the guy.
22:13That's what I like about him.
22:15Good on, man.
22:17Well, you know,
22:18Booker'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,
22:25he did not win.
22:27Shiloh Hill won season two.
22:28We're here on season three.
22:30And you said it last week.
22:31You said it more than once.
22:32We don't have to wait
22:33to the end of the year
22:34to find out
22:35if you're going to be on NXT.
22:37These athletes
22:38don't have to wait
22:39to the end of the year
22:40to see if they have to win.
22:41I mean,
22:41I'm excited about it
22:42because at any moment
22:43someone could be awarded a contract
22:45and all of a sudden appear
22:46Tuesday nights on NXT.
22:47Well,
22:47look what happened
22:48to Kendall Gray last week.
22:49There, yeah.
22:50100%.
22:50Wrestles the main event
22:51with the blink of an eye
22:52in an instant.
22:53If you have one,
22:53Sean Michaels sees that ability
22:56and will change your life
22:57instantly by going to NXT
22:59for your career.
23:00And that's what
23:00the objective is here.
23:10Hard smash mouth offense.
23:12Harlem Lewis,
23:12Mike DeRuiter in.
23:14And Mike DeRuiter is from Belgium.
23:16He's a European athlete
23:17that brings so much to the table.
23:19Watch this guy's,
23:19not only his strength,
23:21but watch his ability to fly.
23:23We get an opportunity.
23:24This guy is both
23:24an aerial assassin
23:26and a powerhouse
23:27all in one.
23:28I'm waiting for this
23:29to pop off between these four
23:31because it seems like
23:31there's a lot of egos
23:33in this match.
23:34There's a lot of bad attitudes
23:35to match.
23:36But I want to go back
23:37to last week as well
23:38because Drake was able
23:39to pick up a victory.
23:40And as we talk about,
23:41if you can pick up a win,
23:43you can impress some people,
23:44you can find yourself
23:45in the main event spotlight.
23:46And that's exactly
23:46what he has done.
23:48We had to see what happened
23:49to Kendall Gray last week
23:50and go,
23:50this could be an opportunity
23:51of a lifetime.
23:52Drake Moreau in our main event
23:53tonight against Nathaniel Cranston.
23:55And that's going to be
23:56an opportunity for him
23:57to really excel
23:58and show Sean Michaels
23:59what he's made of.
24:00Now, huge main event
24:01still to come.
24:01What a way to kick it off
24:02in this tag team matchup
24:04and a hard-hitting affair
24:06already starting out.
24:07And you said it a few times,
24:09well, wait a minute.
24:10Look at this sidewalk slam.
24:12Is that going to be enough
24:13to pick up the win
24:14in another near fall
24:16in this match?
24:16It's been early on,
24:17but you see a lot of trash-talking
24:21going on,
24:21a lot of chirping,
24:22a little bit more
24:23than we've seen
24:23from last week
24:24and even the last two seasons.
24:26I would say these four guys
24:28are known as,
24:29you know,
24:30more brash,
24:31I think,
24:31of the individuals
24:32here at the Performance Center.
24:33I'm not surprised
24:34the trash-talking's
24:35going to be there.
24:35Harley Reagans
24:36and Jax Presley
24:37of course in there
24:38with Mike DeRuiter
24:39who can fly
24:39but is caught midair
24:41by Jax Presley.
24:42Take a look around
24:43and you're starting
24:44to see the competition
24:45here on Season 3
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
24:52not wasting any time.
24:53Both big men
24:53all the way to the outside.
25:05Continuing action
25:06here on LFG,
25:07Harley Reagans
25:08in control
25:09of Harlem Lewis.
25:12You know,
25:14I see right now
25:15what I need to work
25:15with these guys on.
25:19My guys,
25:20they know how
25:21to make themselves look good.
25:22Yeah.
25:23But in this business,
25:24you've got to know
25:24how to make the other guys
25:25look good too
25:26and they're not even
25:26trying to do that.
25:30They're only a year in also.
25:31Right.
25:32It just wasn't designed
25:33in a way to make it
25:35exciting
25:35and then take something
25:36away.
25:38Nobody's begging
25:38to see the baby faces.
25:41They don't even know.
25:42I'm still not convinced
25:43who the baby faces are.
25:44No, no.
25:44They already need
25:45baby faces in this match.
25:46They really are.
25:48Well, Kevin Owens
25:49brings up a good point.
25:50Let me get your
25:51take on that
25:52of the baby faces
25:54in this matchup.
25:55I think it's
25:55four men
25:56that are in there
25:57right now
25:57just trying to prove
25:58dominance
25:59and no one wants
25:59to back down.
26:00Well, listen,
26:01if Shawn Michaels
26:01calls Jax Presley
26:03and says,
26:03I'm taking you
26:04but I'm not taking
26:04your tight team partner
26:05hard to break it.
26:05So guess what?
26:06Jax Presley's going.
26:09There you go, JB.
26:11You've got to see
26:11your guy do his thing
26:12and fly through the air.
26:14So much strength
26:16and power
26:16mixed with an ability
26:18to fly.
26:19A very rare combination
26:20but Mike DeRuiter
26:21can pull it off.
26:22DeRuiter getting back
26:23into the ring now.
26:24You saw his athleticism.
26:26Now you're seeing
26:26some of that strength
26:27gut-wrench style.
26:29Sit down, powerbomb
26:31into the cover
26:32and Presley
26:33just breaking
26:35and acting up
26:35at the last second.
26:37I don't know
26:37if Harley is used
26:39to being tossed around
26:40like that by anybody
26:41as now things
26:42are really starting
26:43to break down
26:44in this tag team match, JB.
26:46I feel bad
26:47for our official
26:48certainly has his hands
26:49on these four.
26:52What a close
26:53way back in the ring.
26:56DeRuiter just able
26:57to kick out
26:57and right back in
26:58into the throat.
27:00Nasty, vicious
27:01and getting hoisted up.
27:04Harley now
27:05dropping face first
27:07DeRuiter
27:07into the cover.
27:09Will it be enough?
27:10And we have
27:12victors.
27:13You're my boys.
27:16That was real flat.
27:18That was real flat.
27:19I didn't know
27:20that was the finish.
27:28It's so late
27:29to do anything.
27:30You should have been
27:31on the mat.
27:31What's happening?
27:37Oh, that's a shoot.
27:38Yeah, we got to shoot.
27:39We got to shoot here.
27:44How you guys feeling?
27:45Good.
27:46Yeah?
27:49All the work's pretty solid
27:51but it was
27:52pretty boring.
27:55We couldn't really tell
27:56who were heels or
27:57you didn't really give
27:58any reason to cheer
27:59for you guys early on.
28:00Y'all had four minutes
28:02of heat.
28:03All right?
28:04If I beat on somebody
28:04for four minutes,
28:05four minutes is the
28:06eternity.
28:08As a heel,
28:08you dictate the match.
28:09It's the baby's job
28:10to put themselves over
28:11but we didn't give
28:12them enough
28:12to put themselves over
28:13and we should have
28:14been able to call
28:14maybe an alternate
28:15game plan
28:15and not just beating
28:16their ass
28:16for the whole match.
28:18What happened after?
28:21He spit at me.
28:22He did?
28:23Yeah.
28:23Is that it?
28:24Yeah.
28:24And I'm not hot about it
28:25but also I'm not going to
28:26let him spit at me
28:27and walk away.
28:28I'm going to slap him
28:29in the face.
28:30They're beating our asses
28:31the whole entire match.
28:32Eight minutes of them
28:33kicking our ass
28:33and they win
28:34and for this
28:35to just spit
28:36on me and my tag team partner
28:38you're not going to
28:38get away with that
28:39with me.
28:39In this industry
28:40it's about eye-catching.
28:42You know,
28:42if I stepped on
28:43anybody's toe
28:43I don't think
28:43there's anything wrong
28:44with course correction
28:45but in the moment
28:46that felt like
28:46the right thing to do
28:47and it happened.
28:49Me with like that
28:50I wait on that guy
28:51to come back to the curb.
28:53I never let the fans
28:54see me do like that
28:55in front of them.
28:56At the same time though
28:57the fans are going to
28:58see you get
28:59down and
29:00whatever.
29:01When you handling
29:02business
29:03you let that
29:04son-bitch walk
29:05in the back
29:05and you handle it
29:07like a man.
29:08I didn't see him
29:09spit on you.
29:10What I'm trying
29:10to illustrate
29:11to Booker's point
29:12is the fans
29:12you know
29:13maybe three or four saw it.
29:14You see what I'm saying?
29:15We didn't even see it.
29:16The only reason
29:17we saw something
29:17was off
29:18is because you went
29:18back to pie-face them.
29:19Exactly.
29:20I got hot
29:21in the moment for sure
29:21but at the end of the day
29:22this building
29:23the performance center
29:24this is where I make
29:24my money
29:25and I'm not going
29:25to screw with my money.
29:26And honestly
29:26the people that I grew up
29:28with that I would
29:29actually fist fight with
29:30ended up becoming
29:30my best friends
29:31so who knows?
29:33While Harlem
29:34ponders Booker 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 I've been
29:42a pro wrestler
29:42for three years
29:43in England before this
29:44my family are sheep farmers
29:46so I didn't grow up
29:47with as many cameras
29:48as this but
29:48my name is Nathaniel
29:50John Ronald Cranston
29:52but I'm 22 years of age
29:53I'm a seventh generation
29:55sheep farmer
29:57the only time
29:58my grandfather
29:59would actually stop
30:00working 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
30:11and not much longer
30:12than that.
30:15You know when you
30:16was watching it
30:17with your grandfather
30:18did you
30:20believe it was
30:22entertainment
30:22or did you believe
30:23it was real?
30:24I was watching it like
30:25I kind of knew
30:26but also
30:27I didn't care
30:27I never doubted
30:29that okay
30:30just because
30:31maybe it's predetermined
30:32it's not tough
30:33or that
30:33I never doubted
30:35how much of a man
30:36you got to be
30:36to do this
30:37I see big things
30:39for Nathan
30:39I 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
31:08no bull
31:10it has to happen
31:12now
31:13once he goes through
31:15that curtain
31:15he's on his own
31:16do or die
31:18put up or shut up
31:19get over or get out
31:21We're going to
31:22shock the world
31:23Are we going to
31:24shock the world
31:24You'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
31:54as we walk you
31:56in
31:56to legends
31:58and future
31:59greats
32:03Everyone to bring
32:03you in ringside
32:04Big Joe's
32:05alongside Jeremy
32:05Boras
32:06JB
32:06Are 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 so far
32:16in 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
32:39Here we go
32:40Drake Moreau
32:43Got a little bit more
32:44personality already
32:59He's got all eyes
33:03on him right now
33:04I think if he don't
33:05succeed early
33:06in 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
33:19what
33:19I had a moment
33:20with Booker T
33:21right before
33:22coming out here
33:23tonight
33:23and he had
33:24high expectations
33:26a very limited time
33:28he knew
33:29Booker 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
33:53physique
33:54if this is about
33:54no
33:55this is strictly
33:56a male beauty contest
33:57and this guy
33:58took it home
33:59for all of England
34:06Hold on a second
34:07so
34:08I'm listening
34:09to the music
34:10I see the curtsy
34:11that was very
34:12King Booker
34:13if you don't mind
34:14me making a reference
34:14about that
34:15do you think
34:15Booker T
34:16helped him
34:16with the curtsy
34:17so to speak
34:18There's many possibilities
34:20Booker T
34:20can teach you
34:21many different things
34:21obviously
34:22but right out
34:23of the gate
34:23we're going to
34:24see something
34:24out of Nathaniel
34:25Cranton
34:26to keep an eye
34:26on his quickness
34:27his size
34:28his ability
34:29his in-ring IQ
34:31Booker T
34:32says
34:32this kid has it
34:34let's see if he's right
34:35let's talk about
34:36his opponent
34:37in this match
34:37because
34:38you said the word
34:39growth
34:39for Drake
34:41that's what Bubba's
34:42looking for
34:42he's looking for
34:44this man to take
34:45not just a baby step
34:46he's looking for him
34:47to take a giant
34:48bayou leap
34:49a bayou leap
34:50is a good expression
34:51obviously
34:51what we're seeing
34:52from Drake Moreau
34:52and what we have seen
34:53so far in season 1
34:54a learning curve
34:56no question about it
34:57season 2
34:58he brought more of a
34:59an energetic
35:00a more fierce attitude
35:01and he says
35:02in season 3
35:03he's turning the volume
35:04up to 11
35:05well I mean
35:06you have to agree
35:07then when you talk
35:07about season 1
35:08season 2
35:09this being season 3
35:10I hate to use it
35:12this way
35:13but is it time
35:14to put up
35:14or shut up
35:15many people think so
35:17many people think so
35:18including
35:18Shawn Michaels
35:20including
35:20head coach
35:22of the performance center
35:23Matt Blue
35:24he's selling for one
35:25he's doing everything
35:26he needs to do
35:27right now
35:29oh
35:30oh 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 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
35:48the knowledge
35:50that Booker T is going to
35:50share with 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 here
36:00at the performance center
36:01grab this hole right here
36:03and hold it a little bit
36:04and look
36:04yeah
36:05you gotta let the crowd
36:06come in
36:07huh
36:08huh
36:09huh
36:09huh
36:10sound like these kids
36:11are listening
36:12you don't
36:12huh
36:12sound like they got
36:13IFB in the year
36:14oh god
36:15you're talking right 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
36:24now he finds himself
36:26in 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
36:33some way
36:34somehow
36:34and going right back low
36:35but a nice knee
36:36answered 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
36:44fire
36:44that will
36:45be able 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
36:57you know
36:58everybody walks around
36:59here at the performance center
37:00with you know
37:01different reputations
37:02and what not
37:04referee Jeremy Marcus
37:06stepping in
37:07from behind
37:07the feet on the ropes
37:10if Booker would say
37:11by any means necessary
37:13certainly so would
37:15a certain Mr. Regal
37:16who 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
37:24bang
37:24oh
37:25that first you don't succeed
37:27try again
37:27spinning
37:28discus
37:29lariat
37:30in spite of that leg
37:31he's able to fly that pressure
37:33that power
37:33and look at this
37:34locked in
37:35can he do it
37:35yes
37:36massive
37:37big
37:38choke slam
37:39and a big victory
37:41tonight
37:44here's the winner
37:45Drake Moreau
37:48let the party
37:50continue
37:51well we certainly saw
37:52an explosive ending
37:53of the week
37:53number one
37:54I wonder what
37:55the heartbreak kid
37:56Shawn Michaels
37:57could possibly
37:57be thinking now
37:58after seeing what
37:59he just witnessed
38:00in the ring
38:00from Drake Moreau
38:01I think they did good
38:02see the dancing though
38:03the dancing don't make sense
38:05with the heat on the leg
38:07let's take a look
38:08at what we just witnessed
38:09from Drake Moreau
38:11a clothesline
38:12that nearly took off
38:13the head of Nathaniel Cranton
38:15and then he's able to
38:16follow it up
38:16with this massive
38:17choke slam
38:18that was the second time
38:19he attempted that
38:20choke slam
38:21a lot done to the lower body
38:22a lot done to the knee
38:24but the boy from the Bayou
38:25was able to
38:26overcome it
38:27here tonight
38:28and you said it earlier
38:29a blink of an eye
38:31you can go from
38:31LFG
38:32to NXT
38:36Shawn
38:37watched your whole match
38:39he was watching
38:41as intently
38:42as I've ever seen
38:44did you accomplish
38:46what you wanted
38:47to accomplish
38:48tonight
38:48based on what
38:48I talked about
38:49with you
38:49and what Coach Bloom
38:51talked about with you
38:52I personally feel
38:53that I did
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
39:03that you did
39:03the best you can
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
39:16come on over here
39:17and have a seat for me
39:18sir
39:18how we doing
39:19doing great
39:20doing great
39:20sir
39:21look Drake
39:21you've been here
39:23for how many years
39:24now
39:24almost three
39:25almost three
39:26right
39:26yeah
39:26and look
39:27all the coaches
39:28everybody here
39:29speaks extremely
39:30highly of you
39:31the reality is though
39:33that after a certain
39:34amount of time
39:34we have to make
39:36decisions about
39:37how much more time
39:39and investment
39:40we're going to put
39:40into somebody
39:41before they
39:42start to get this
39:43so with that said
39:44unfortunately
39:45your time here
39:46at the PC
39:47is going to be
39:49over with
39:52the reality is
39:53we simply
39:54just do not
39:55have a place
39:57for you
39:57right now
39:58in NXT
40:00but the
40:01other side
40:02of that coin
40:03is
40:04there's a huge
40:05opportunity for you
40:06in AAA
40:10man
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
40:16worked on
40:17since being here
40:17all the memories
40:18I've made
40:18all the people I've met
40:19just felt like
40:20I lost everything
40:22right there
40:22in 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
40:35I 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 soak all 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
40:58AAA
41:00with the guy that you've
41:01worked with before
41:01I have every confidence
41:04in you that you will find
41:05incredible success
41:06down there
41:07and as things
41:08get out here
41:09in NXT
41:10I have no doubt
41:11there'll be a place
41:12for a year
41:12sooner rather than later
41:14so congratulations
41:15alright
41:16thanks man
41:17you got it
41:18I gave me a heart attack
41:21big fan of Drake
41:22big fan of Drake
41:24since season one
41:27saw so much
41:29potential in him
41:30I'll be following
41:31his career
41:32I'll have to put on
41:33the subtitles
41:34so I know exactly
41:35what they're talking about
41:36great job Drake
41:37best of luck
41:40my time on LFG
41:42was absolutely amazing
41:43and really life changing
41:45you know
41:45LFG 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 by all
41:54these great legends
41:55and learn so much from them
41:58for Undertaker to
41:59to give me this opportunity
42:00you know
42:01he must have saw
42:02something in me
42:02and working with him
42:04I really grew
42:05as a wrestler
42:06and as a performer
42:06into what someone
42:08my size
42:09and my stature
42:10needs to be
42:10so I'm just
42:11so happy to continue
42:13to build on what we started
42:14and see how far
42:16we can take this thing
42:21LFG
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
42:30it's a see you later
42:32alligator
42:33come on
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