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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 3 of LFG!
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 able to transfer
09:52that energy, that excitement, that athleticism, into something good here at the PC.
10:09And her host, from Fresno, California, Layla Diggs!
10:17Layla Diggs takes on Carly Bright for the first time ever on LFG.
10:29JB, look who's joining us.
10:31Natalya Diggs!
10:33Natalya Diggs!
10:34Natalya Diggs!
10:35Natalya, the boat, one of the greatest women to ever step into a ring.
10:39Someone who's competed at 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 italian but kevin owens as well i mean you know stars of wrestlemania here
10:56coaching these talent on the bigger and better things in their career right away carly bright
11:01and layla diggs showing what they can do and you just heard what carly said hey do you want that
11:12contract that is what is the most unique thing about this season of lfg is all these athletes
11:19know that we don't have to wait to the end of the year you don't have to go through the
11:23trials
11:23and tribulations if you come out you make a mark you're able to make an impact that is all you
11:29need
11:29to change your life in an instant courtesy of sean michaels into the cover and a kick out almost a
11:35quick victory here for carly bright you know every woman in the performance center locker room
11:46competing here on lfg saw what happened to kendall gray at the end of show one last week where her
11:53life changed instantly coming back from the curtain from our match with pj vasa sean michaels delivers
11:59the news that is the kind of opportunity that is afforded you here on alleged and future greats
12:04and you also get the opportunity to be kicked right in the stomach and that's the unique thing about lfg
12:09lfg really gives you the ability to springboard into that next step of your career that next evolution
12:16so to speak and 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 and we've already heard
12:29bryce say in this matchup talking about the contract you know it's on the mind of every man and every
12:35woman carly's doing a good job selling yeah she's doing good job selling she's she's little she's got
12:45to yeah she's moving around too she's also just dying with kevin owens watching natalia watching you know
12:54they're going to be giving full reports back to sean michaels about how they perform their possibilities
12:59as a talent as a competitor and can they climb the ranks all the way to nxt
13:08and that's what's interesting about all this is carly bright could find himself in the main event next
13:12week uh jackson hartley could find themselves in a tag team match next week that is what is so special
13:18about legends and future greats is anything can happen and as we've talked about
13:24all year on nxt along with uh booker t there's so much opportunity around the wwe the opportunity
13:31is here for these women right now in another near fall good kick out yeah i did me too i
13:38thought that
13:38was it we've seen it now over the course of these previous two seasons it's not just rhetoric it's not
13:43just talk the proof is in the fact that jasper troy has now held championships in nxt we've seen what
13:50shiloh hill has done the talent that has emerged from this program has gone on to do bigger and
13:55better things and they know it's not just hyperbole they can see it and it's now in their grasp and
14:00that's what layla digs is trying to do here with carly bright well digs able to counter for a moment
14:05and uh while both these women now perched in a precarious position bright trying to fight for
14:13create a little bit of separation she has for a moment at least jb and we'll see those three
14:18years she's been in the performance center looking for a high risk will be a high reward high cross
14:24body kicks rolls through oh i've been on that me too when you see both of uh our guests sitting
14:34on
14:35the edge of their seats big kick though connected execution wise they're really good like they're
14:40both you know i guess they're young yeah which helps but they're really good athletes and they're
14:46like everything they're doing no especially i said to carly i said at the finish you need to be your
14:51best
14:52you can't be weak there that's what's special about the performance center and all the coaches led by
14:58matt bloom being able to take athletes and and take them and put them in a ring and put them
15:04through
15:04training and just see how quickly they can pick up on a brand new industry and lifestyle and what a
15:10move
15:11out of nowhere for carly bright here is your winner charlie ray
15:18hey
15:19very good yeah they did awesome
15:29you didn't i feel good i just wish i was more in the moment
15:35throughout the match you didn't look not in the moment oh it might have felt that way but
15:39everything you guys will do and had a lot of energy and you seem totally committed to it and you're
15:44a
15:44good heel you really are yeah like you're it's cool too when you're a heel and you're like obviously
15:50like a cocky arrogant heel but you can back up everything you're doing what's your advice on
15:57selling on the back so like i think towards the end obviously in theory you should at you should get
16:02your
16:02lowest point but you need energy to get to the next part and to keep the fans engaged right just
16:08don't
16:08ignore anything that's happened to you you know like if you're back on top and you hit her with
16:12a clothesline just like one of these for a second and then you you know what i mean
16:17because that's it's it's almost like a roller coaster to sell so he was really happy with my
16:22performance which means a lot because if i think it's bad but right here this man is telling me it's
16:26good he's been at wrestlemania he's done all these things then i need to trust him and believe
16:29i am doing something right great job i thought you thank you you helped me channel that energy i
16:35felt it you know what i love there was a moment at the very end you snatched her head like
16:40like it
16:40signified like no i'm in control like you really came alive for your comeback
16:47i felt something different from you inside i really felt it too i felt it like and you keep channeling
16:52that like next like like next time you work another match one percent more over time one percent every
16:57other match next thing you know you'll be 50 better right yeah so good thank you so so good
17:03i felt on cloud nine like statement made i'm not going to be a pushover i'm doing this for me
17:09i'm
17:09going to be selfish and i don't want to just be good enough i'm here to be great and that's
17:15exactly
17:15what i'm going to be next up harlem lewis and mike deruder against harley riggins and jax presley
17:23in our first tag team matchup of the season all right boys everything starts tonight
17:32here at the performance center are two good friends ready to showcase how good they work
17:37as a tag team yeah baby oh my name is jax presley i'm from middletown maryland
17:44i'm harley riggins i'm the baddest sob from cle man i've played four years of college football at
17:50harvard and then continue playing college football at mckney state number one in the country in tackles
17:55and sportsman like conducts i have a mentally handicapped sister and after seeing people
18:00bully my sister switch flipped inside me i don't take that anymore
18:05a year in you know i feel pretty comfortable my ultimate goal is to be phenomenal i want to be
18:12the greatest of all time my goals are to kick ass take names and rise up you know what i
18:18mean i just
18:18want to wrestle man i love it what's up how you doing ball players oh yeah yeah how long y
18:26'all been here
18:26now just over a year playbook is very very important especially from a tag team perspective
18:32yeah just like when you play football you know everything is freaking x's and o's you know so
18:37for me and my brother my brother might tag me in and i'll point to that rope just so my
18:42brother
18:42can shoot him in and i'll go over here bang just to catch him it'll look like a plane opposed
18:47to two
18:47guys in the ring wrestling so let's work let's go to work from a fresh new duo to another fired
18:54up tag team
18:58with one future great making an lfg return my name is harlem lewis i'm from lindenhurst new york
19:07i was a runner-up on lfg congratulations
19:12thank you very much right after lfg season two ended i went over to japan to wrestle for pro wrestling
19:18noah
19:19for a little over a month it just gave me a whole new insight to pro wrestling and
19:23to what i need to do to be successful my name is mike the reader and i'm from belgium
19:31my father was a pro wrestler so i'm a second generation pro wrestler i'm unique with my size
19:37the way i move i wrestled all around the world proving myself among the best
19:45so i don't think you guys have teamed too often right just practice matches here and there a couple
19:49times trying to figure each other out okay he came here when i was in japan and they were like
19:53you guys
19:53kind of like look alike like we wore a similar gear and stuff and when i got back we had
19:57a match against
19:58each other it was like really fun that we had good chemistry against each other do you guys like
20:02feel like there was something you know what i mean like together yes yeah yeah we have really good
20:06chemistry like i'm excited for today to like finally showcase it at least appreciate each other or like
20:12each other well enough it's a good start there you go
20:21those are four big personalities
20:26tonight 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 everything starts tonight let's go out there and work together
20:45we are set for the first tag team match this season on lfg the following contest is a tag team
20:57match
20:57scheduled for one fall introducing first the team of jacks wrestling and harley riggins
21:06well these two have quite the reputation jb they do not want to be liked they do not care what
21:11people think they are rough they are rugged not just around the edges but in the ring
21:16that's jacks presley up on the ropes harley riggins his tag team partner looking to make an
21:21impact here on lfg and our first tag team match of the season here we go looking forward to seeing
21:28it
21:28all right guys all right be safe have fun all right boys
21:41and their opponents the team of mike the rooter and harlem
21:50you worked with harlem last season yeah i worked with harlem man he was runner-up for season two
21:55he should have won um he was the best the best talent in the whole thing he really was
22:00and he's got a he's got an attitude that you really want to have on your team i mean he's
22:07hardcore like into you want to be the guy yeah whatever he needs to be the guy that's what i
22:14like about
22:14it yeah man
22:17well you know booker's had a lot of success here on lfg jasper troy from season one obviously harlem
22:23from season two you heard what he thought he had to say but look he did not win shiloh hill
22:27won season two we're here in season three and and you said last week you 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 these athletes
22:38don't have to wait to the end and then the year to see if they have to win i mean
22:41i'm excited about
22:42it because at any moment someone could be awarded a contract and all of a sudden appear tuesday
22:46nights on nxt well look what happened to kennel gray last week there yeah 100 the main event
22:51the blink of an eye in an instant if you have one sean michaels sees that ability
22:56and will change your life instantly by going to nxt for your career and that's what the objective is here
23:10hard smash mouth offense harlem lewis mike de ruyter in and mike de ruyter is from belgium he's
23:16european athlete that brings so much to the table watch this guy's not only his strength
23:21but watch his ability to fly we get an opportunity this guy is both an aerial assassin and a powerhouse
23:27all in one yeah i'm waiting for this to pop off between these four because it seems like there's a
23:32lot of uh egos in this match there's a lot of bad attitudes to match but i want to go
23:37back to last
23:37week as well because drake was able to pick up a victory and as we talk about if you can
23:42pick up a
23:42win you can impress some people you can find yourself in the main event spotlight and that's
23:46exactly what he has done well you have to see what happened to kendall gray last week and go
23:50this could be an opportunity of a lifetime drake moreau in our main event tonight again nathaniel
23:54and that's going to be an opportunity for him to really excel and show sean michaels what he's made
24:00of now huge main event still to come what a way to kick it off with this tag team matchup
24:04and a
24:05hard-hitting affair already starting out and you said it a few times oh wait a minute look at this
24:10sidewalk
24:11slam is that going to be enough to pick up the win in another near fall in this match has
24:17been
24:17early on but you see a lot of uh trash talking going on a lot of chirping a little bit
24:23more than
24:23we've seen from last week and even the last two seasons i would say these four guys are are known
24:29as
24:29yeah you know more brash i think of the individuals here at the performance center i'm not surprised the
24:34trash talking is going to be there harley reagan's and jacks presley of course in there with mike
24:38the router who can fly but is caught midair by jacks presley you take a look around and you're
24:44starting to see the competition here on season three just at a different level it's a different
24:48vibe it's a different feel as a tag was made and look at the router not wasting any time both
24:53big men
24:53all the way to the outside continuing action here on lfg harley riggins in control of harlem lewis
25:13you know i see right now what i need to work with these guys on
25:19my guys they know how to make themselves look good yeah but in this business you got to know
25:24how to make the other guys look good too and they're not even trying to do that
25:30they're only a year in also right it just wasn't designed in a way to make it exciting and then
25:35take
25:36something away nobody's begging to see the baby faces they don't even know i i'm still not convinced
25:43who the baby faces are even with the way they are baby faces they really are well kevin owens brings
25:49up a good point let me get your take on that of the baby faces in this matchup i think
25:55it's four men
25:56that are in there right now just trying to prove dominance and no one wants to back down well listen
26:01and if sean michaels calls uh jacks presley and says i'm taking you but i'm not taking your tight
26:05team partner harley riggins well guess what jacks presley's going there you go jb you got to see your
26:11guy do his thing and fly through the air so much strength and power mixed with an ability to fly
26:18a very
26:19rare combination but mike daruder can pull it off and daruder getting back into the ring now you saw his
26:25athleticism now you're seeing some of that strength gutwrench style sit down powerbomb into the cover
26:32and presley just breaking acting up at the last second i don't know if harley is used to being
26:39tossed around like that by anybody as now things are really starting to break down in this tag team
26:45match jb i feel bad for our official he certainly has his hands full of these four
26:52what a clip back in the ring daruder just able to kick out going right back in into the throat
27:00nasty vicious and getting hoisted up are they now dropping face first daruder into the cover
27:09will it be enough and we go baby victor you're my boys
27:15that was real flat that was real flat i didn't know that was to finish
27:28check
27:29so late to do anything
27:36oh that's a shoot yeah we gotta shoot we gotta shoot here
27:44how you guys feeling good yeah um all the work's pretty solid but it was it was pretty boring
27:54like there was no we couldn't really tell who were heels or like you didn't really give any reason to
27:59cheer for you guys early on y'all had four minutes of heat all right if i beat on somebody
28:04for 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 put themselves over
28:13and we should have been able to call maybe an alternate game plan not just beating their ass
28:16for the whole match what happened after it was just they know you know no he spit at me he's
28:22like
28:22like went back yeah yeah and i'm not mad i'm not hot about it but like also i'm not gonna
28:26let him
28:27spit at me and walk away like i'm gonna slap in the face they're beating our asses the whole entire
28:31match eight minutes of this them kicking our ass and they win and for this to just spit on me
28:37and my tag
28:37partner you're not going to get away with that with me in this industry it's about eye catching
28:41you know if i stepped on anybody's toe i don't think there's anything wrong with course correction
28:45but in the moment that felt like the right thing to do and it happened with me with like that
28:50i wait
28:51on that guy to come back to the curb yeah i never let the fans see me do like that
28:55in front of
28:55front of them at the same time though the fans are going to see you get that when you had
29:01when
29:02you handling business you let that sumbitch walk in the back and you handle it like a man
29:08i didn't see him spit on you what i'm trying to illustrate his bookers to booker's point is the
29:12fans you know maybe three or four saw it you see what i'm saying we didn't even see it the
29:16only reason
29:17we saw something was off is because you went back to buy faces exactly i got hot in the moment
29:21for sure
29:21but at the end of the day this is this building the performance center this is where i make my
29:25money
29:25and i'm not going to screw with my money and honestly the people that i grew up with that i
29:28would actually like fist fight with ended up becoming my best friends so i who knows
29:33while harlem ponders booker t's advice an lfg newcomer seeks to make a good first impression
29:39my name is nathan nathan yes i've been a pro wrestler for three years in england before this
29:44my family are sheep farmers so i didn't grow up with as many cameras as this but
29:48my name is nathaniel john ronald cranton i'm 22 years of age i'm a seventh generation sheep farmer
29:57the only time my grandfather would actually stop working on the farm was to watch the wrestling
30:03and it's something always stuck with me there aren't many people that can shear a sheep in a minute
30:08and i can i can kick their asses and not much longer than that
30:15you know when you was watching it with your grandfather did you believe it was
30:22entertainment or did you believe it was real i was watching it like i kind of knew but also
30:27i didn't care yeah i never doubt i never doubted that okay just because maybe it's predetermined
30:32it's not tough or that i never doubted how much of a man you got to be to do this
30:37like
30:38i see big things for nathan i really do i think this kid may um take season three by storm
30:46if we could just put him in the right position are we ready let's uh let's get it done booyah
30:55this 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 he's on his own do or die put up or shut up get over or get out we're gonna
31:22shock 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 that's how bad i want it to work for you all right take
31:33a chop all
31:34right ah go get him drake has been hearing the same thing for a while now i need to see
31:41him become
31:42a big mean dangerous guy tonight and that's what's going to get him noticed by sean
31:52energy is through the roof as we walk you in to legends and future greats
32:03they want to bring you in ringside big joseph alongside jeremy boras jb are you ready for week
32:08two of lfg i'm still recovering from recall one and what happened and what went down and what we
32:14saw what we've seen so far in this season is anything can happen fasten your seat belt
32:19because somebody could end up on nxc by the end of this episode let's see what happens
32:39here we go jake morrow
32:43got a little bit more personality already
32:50and just like that jb is swiveling the hips take keep your jacket out he's not throwing any beads to
32:57you yeah he's gonna look real nice baby he's got all eyes on him right now i think if you
33:05don't succeed
33:06early in this season i think it's time to think about some other people
33:15nathaniel granton debuting here on lfg and i'll tell you what i had a moment with booker t right before
33:22coming out here tonight and he had high expectations a very limited time he knew booker t had the sense
33:30this kid has it well i wouldn't uh necessarily say this individual is regal by any means but he is
33:41a 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
34:06hold on a second so i'm listening to the music i see the curtsy that was very king
34:12booker if you don't mind me making a reference about that do you think booker t helped him with the
34:17uh
34:17curtsy so 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 cranton 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 right
34:35let'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 for
34:47him to take a
34:48giant bayou leap a pie you leap's a good expression obviously what was from drake moreau and what we
34:53have seen so far in season one a learning curve no question about it season two he brought more of
34:59a
34:59an energetic a more fierce attitude and he says in season three he's turning the volume up to 11. well
35:05i mean you have to agree then when you talk about season one season two this being season three
35:10i hate to use it this way but is it time to put up a shut up many people think
35:16so many people think
35:18so including sean michaels including head coach of the performance center matt blue he's selling for
35:25one he's doing everything he needs to do right now oh oh sidestep and right now chopping down the big
35:33fella goes cranton and cranton right now right on top and taking full advantage and you know this is
35:39also something booker t has said to him if you have a man down you got to step on him
35:44you got to
35:45take him down you got to keep your foot on the gas i can't wait to see the expertise the
35:49knowledge
35:49that booker t is going to share with these individuals of course bubba ray as well we've seen
35:54them in the first two seasons of lmg bestow so much knowledge and benefits so many great athletes
36:00here at the performance center grab this hole right here and hold it a little bit yeah gotta lose crowd
36:07come here huh huh huh sound like these kids are listening to you don't uh sound like they got
36:13if b in the ear huh god you're talking right to him when everybody comes to the performance center they
36:18all have their own story they all have their own background come from different places nathaniel
36:22cranton comes to us from a family of sheepers now he finds himself in the middle of an lfg ring
36:27fighting for his life against drake marone certainly did and i don't know if you really saw the torque
36:31on the knee but cranton had to get out of that some way somehow and going right back low but
36:36a nice
36:36knee answered back and now is really time i would think if you're bubble ray you're looking at that
36:42aggression you're looking at that fire that will to want to win being able to overcome and that is
36:50what 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 maroe is a lot of heart you know everybody walks around here at the
37:00performance 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 uh 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 line oh that first you
37:26don't
37:26succeed try again spinning discus larian in spite of that leg he was able to fly that pressure that
37:33power and look at this locked in can he do it yes massive big choke slam and a big victory
37:41tonight
37:44here's your winner drake maroe let the party continue well we certainly saw an explosive ending
37:53of the week number one i wonder what the heartbreak kid sean michaels could possibly be thinking now after
37:59seeing what he just witnessed in the ring from drake maroe they did good see the dancing though the
38:04dancing don't make sense with the heat on the leg let's take a look at what we just witnessed from
38:10drake
38:10maroe and a close line that nearly took off the head underneath nathaniel cranton and then he's
38:16able to follow it up with this massive choke slam that was the second time he attempted that choke slam
38:21a lot done to the lower body a lot done to the knee but the boy from the bayou was
38:26able to overcome it
38:27here tonight and you said it earlier a blink of an eye you can go from lmg to nxt
38:36sean watched your whole match he was watching as intently as i've ever seen
38:44did you accomplish what you wanted to accomplish tonight based on what i talked about with you
38:49and what coach bloom talked about with you i i personally feel that i did could you have done any
38:54better no good if that's the answer i want to hear if you're going home at least you know you
39:03did the
39:03best you can yeah
39:10it's a new day at the performance center and drake maroe has been called into a meeting with sean
39:16michaels come on over here and have a seat for me sir how we doing doing great doing great sir
39:21look drake
39:22you've been here for how many years now almost three right yeah and look all the coaches everybody
39:28here speaks extremely highly of you the reality is though that after a certain amount of time we have
39:35to make decisions about how much more time and investment we're going to put into somebody before
39:41they start to get this so with that said unfortunately your time here at the pc is going to be
39:49over 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 triple a
40:11man sean told me my time at the pc was coming to an end my heart just sank everything i've
40:16worked on
40:17since being here all the memories i've made all the people i've met just felt like i lost everything
40:22right there in that moment but then he tells me i'm going to triple a and i'm just filled with
40:27excitement you know like i watch it a lot roxanne was actually on a show not too long ago and
40:33a true
40:33story i actually told her after that show i was like i would love to go to triple a and
40:38be a part
40:39of a culture that i'm not used to and just so call that in and learn i'm ready to get
40:43to work
40:47that's going to be a place where you're going to be in front of fantastic crowds you're going to be
40:52in
40:52a wrestling environment and i think you're really going to come into your own down there
40:57you're going to go down there triple a with the guy that you've worked with before i have every
41:03confidence in you that you will find incredible success down there and as things been out here in
41:09nxt i have no doubt there'll be a place where you're here sooner rather than later so congratulations
41:15all right thanks man you got it i'll give me a heart attack big fan of drake big fan of
41:24drake since
41:24season one saw so much potential in him i'll be following his career i'll have to put on the
41:33subtitles so i know exactly what they're talking about but great job drake best of luck
41:40my time on lfg was absolutely amazing and really life-changing you know lfg gave me the opportunity
41:47to be on tv every week and show what i can do in the ring show who i am outside
41:52of the ring be
41:54surrounded by all these great legends and learn so much from them for undertaker to to give me this
42:00opportunity you know he must have saw something in me and working with him i really grew as a wrestler
42:06and as a performer into what someone my size and my stature needs to be so i'm just so happy
42:12to
42:12continue to build on what we started and see how far we can take this thing man
42:21lfg i love you i appreciate you make sure you keep up with your boy drake moreau on his triple
42:28a
42:28adventure and just know this ain't a goodbye it's a see you later alligator come on
42:36so
42:37you
42:41you
42:42you
42:42you
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