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00:06...together.
00:16Współpraca.
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01:58KONIEC!
02:28I STAY WENT BACK AGAIN!
02:29Yeah. Kevin, we call that a streak.
02:32We'll go to Rhodes this week?
02:33OK.
02:35Hey, so, as I always say, the talent are very excited to work with you all again.
02:39They're excited about their matches throughout the week.
02:41They're asking me, am I working this week?
02:43They want to work.
02:44And that's a good thing.
02:45That's a great thing.
02:46It's a good thing they have.
02:47So our first match of the evening, Johnny Gargano, I'm gonna give this to you again.
02:50This kid has impressed.
02:52He came from the UK tryout.
02:54Jamie Garcia, a lot of bad habits, coming from the Independence City.
02:58KONIEC
03:28Garnia, he looks more like a babyface, right?
03:30Absolutely.
03:32And you said you just want him to be a little bit more gritty?
03:34A little bit more gritty.
03:35Yeah, I get it.
03:36Very bendy.
03:37Gumby-esque in his movements.
03:38Gumby-esque.
03:39But there are times that it looks better when you're a little bit rigid.
03:42Got it.
03:43As someone who also came from the Indies, who has talked to Shawn a bunch,
03:47sometimes what you do looks so pretty, it needs to be a little more gritty,
03:51a little dirty, a little more believable.
03:53So I totally understand that.
03:54A little less bendy.
03:55A little less bendy.
03:55That's bendy.
03:57Next match, KO.
03:59Yep.
04:00Please give me somebody bendy.
04:02Yeah, are they bendy?
04:02What's the bendy level on this one?
04:04I would give him a six on the bendy chart.
04:06That's not that bad.
04:07That's not bad.
04:08What is it on, 10?
04:10So, Nathan Crinton, we saw him last against Elijah in his re-debut.
04:16Nathan has impressed the coaches here.
04:18He came to me after and said, I want to work again.
04:21And I said, I got a match for you.
04:23And this guy, I think we're all going to agree, has an upside to him.
04:29Mike Deruta, last time we saw him was against Elio LaFleur.
04:33I thought he did a really good job in that match.
04:35He was excited for Elio when he got called up.
04:38Enjoy.
04:39Enjoy.
04:40But he wants to know why he wasn't either.
04:43Excited for him, but a little bit of chip on his shoulder right now.
04:47They had a great match.
04:48I was on that match with them.
04:50I was actually a little surprised, not surprised that Elio got called up.
04:53I was a little surprised Mike didn't as well, honestly, after that performance.
04:56But yeah, we'll try to see if we can get it to happen soon.
05:00This lady asked for Booker to be her coach producer for this.
05:05Who wouldn't?
05:06Right?
05:07Right.
05:07The rings.
05:07Props.
05:08Nikita Lyons.
05:10I think we all see something in Nikita Lyons.
05:13Listen, for me as a coach, it's equity in what she does, because it looks good.
05:18Yeah.
05:18And that's reminding the person that she's working with, which is usually going to be less experienced
05:22than her.
05:23So I'm like, she's going against a veteran of LFG, Zena Sterling.
05:29She's worked with Bubba.
05:31Yeah.
05:32Since she started, it's time for her to hear a different voice.
05:35Yeah.
05:36So, look, I think we're aligned on what we want to see from her.
05:39Some believable physicality, a personality, a temperature in the ring that is real.
05:45Does that resonate?
05:46Yeah, 100%.
05:47Just give me, just give me 60 minutes.
05:5060 minutes?
05:51That's all I need.
05:52That's all I need.
05:53The same is, in 60 minutes, we will see.
05:55A totally different Zena Sterling.
05:59All right?
06:00And the thing is, we might not be where we want to be, but we're going to be on the
06:05right
06:05path.
06:06All right, hey, what can you say after that?
06:09Let's get ready.
06:10Here we go.
06:10Here we go.
06:11Put the hands in.
06:11Three, two, one.
06:12Get those hands in.
06:13I got to get ready.
06:14I got to get ready for this.
06:15I got to get ready for this.
06:16Put the hand in.
06:16I got to get ready for this.
06:18Come on.
06:18Do you know how much work this is going to take?
06:2060 minutes of work.
06:21Do you know how much work this is going to take?
06:2160 minutes of work.
06:22It's going to take.
06:23Bubba.
06:24Bubba would have touched on.
06:28With the day's matches set, we get our first look at the newest member of the LFG roster.
06:33And you are already recording that.
06:36My name is Jaime Garcia-Zozalla, and I'm from Madrid, España.
06:40When I was growing up, first, like every single Spanish kid, I was doing some soccer until
06:46I saw wrestling on the television.
06:49My mom wanted me to learn English, but instead of learning English, I went to the wrestling
06:53school.
06:54And I wrestled, I wrestled, and I even learned some English, too.
06:56I also got to study psychology.
06:59That was pretty cool.
06:59But I dropped out because WWE offered me a contract, and that was even cooler.
07:09Jaime, I've heard incredible things about him.
07:11I was kind of privy to him before I worked with him today.
07:15I'm going to be honest.
07:15I have a soft spot for people that come from the Indies.
07:18Like, I'm probably biased in that realm, just because I went down that same path, and I
07:23understand how it is.
07:25I think for you, they wanted just to show a little bit more grittiness.
07:28Yeah, that's true.
07:28And like, dirty it up a little bit.
07:30The neck will let you, like organically, dirty that up, because you have to organically,
07:35like, dig a little bit more and fight for Marines a little bit more.
07:38I want to ask so many questions.
07:39I want to get into that brain.
07:42Just these kind of people who've been in your shoes, who've done, and not only done, they've
07:47excelled at what you're trying to excel at.
07:49Yeah, that's the word.
07:51100%.
07:51Yeah, you think so?
07:52Go!
07:52Throw another one!
07:56That's exciting.
07:57Yeah, yeah.
07:58Like, then you can cover, then you can go, and you're like, oh, stop.
08:01Boom.
08:02Chris, I thought, had a great attitude.
08:05I think he has something special about him as well.
08:08Don't pin him.
08:08Don't pin?
08:09Don't pin him.
08:10Like, let him, let him, let him, let him, let him sell away.
08:13Okay.
08:13Because I was just trying to get across to him to be himself.
08:17I think you lose that sometimes.
08:19I was told that, like, oh, like, you like to be, like, intense and screaming and things
08:23like that.
08:23Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:24I feel like when you're putting the heat on someone, like, you might want to save those
08:27moments, right?
08:29As a heel, I feel like that is your best weapon, is, like, being able to have different levels
08:32and hit those levels.
08:34Yes, sir.
08:34Yes, sir.
08:35I'm really focused on that.
08:36Kill it, dude.
08:36Kill it.
08:37Appreciate you.
08:37Appreciate you.
08:46The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
08:50Introducing first, Bumbo Dreads Spain.
08:52Weighing at 205 pounds, Jaime Garcia.
08:58First match for this individual, highly touted.
09:02I did tell you we were going to have some international flavor on this, did I not, JB?
09:05And I wasn't lying, but Dreads Spain brings us this incredible individual, Jaime Garcia,
09:11about to make his LFG debut, perched up on the top rope, and it's next.
09:19I think we're going to learn a lot about these two men in this matchup, which may, just may
09:25set up their future.
09:27And in the bonus, from Macaville, California, bring it a 240-pound, Chris A-Land.
09:35And I say that because Chris A-Land was on LFG Season 1, was on LFG Season 2.
09:42I go back to another match we just called recently with P.J. Voss, someone who has been here for
09:47quite some time on LFG.
09:49Frustration has to be built.
09:51Doubt has to be creeping in.
09:53There's got to be so many different emotions we don't know about going through this man's
09:57mind that it's right now, in his eyes, he can't fail.
10:02And he's going up a guy in Garcia, who's wide-eyed, bushy-tailed, so to speak, knowing what kind
10:08of opportunity this is.
10:09This is contrasting individuals, contrasting styles.
10:12That makes for a massive matchup kicking us off here on LFG.
10:14Oh, we have an opportunity to see Jaime Garcia for the first time.
10:20And let me just tell you, the Madrid-Spain native is a world champion freestyle wrestler.
10:27I've already seen that kicking at the ankle.
10:28And if you're counting this on points, there's some in the audience that are already starting
10:32to do it, racking them up.
10:34And you're seeing some of that amateur background early on.
10:37And look, Chris A-Land right now, that might be a very wise move by A-Land to get out
10:41of
10:41the way.
10:41I kind of think A-Land's wondering what he's in the ring when not often A-Land gets out
10:45and wrestled when it comes to the ground wrestling aspect of this game.
10:48He wrestled at California Baptist University.
10:50But when you have a guy like Jaime, he wrestled a match, 63-minute-long match with Leon Slater,
10:56if you can believe that.
10:57So the guy gets conditioning as well.
11:02Garcia showing you that speed, that quickness, that elusiveness flying through the air with
11:06ease.
11:07Hand to the cover, hook the leg, and a kick out just as the referee hit one.
11:09I go back to another international sensation who is on this very program with you and I
11:13sitting here ringside, Elio LeFleur.
11:15He changed his life and his career in one match.
11:18And the same could be said for Garcia.
11:20Am I wrong with that?
11:21Absolutely.
11:21We're talking about...
11:22You mean absolutely not?
11:23Absolutely not.
11:24Exactly.
11:25I'll tell you what's not wrong.
11:26The fact that any one of these athletes is just a bell away from being called up to
11:31NXT.
11:32Wow.
11:32Elio LeFleur.
11:33A great example of how many great athletes, a guy that comes in here out of nowhere and finds
11:38himself in the NXT roster.
11:40And wow.
11:45There you go.
11:45There you go.
11:46That's great.
11:47Now get off him.
11:48Get off him all the way.
11:48Love to get Matt Balloon's thoughts as well.
11:51But at the end of the day, possibly even at the end of tonight here on A&E, Chris Island's
11:57new aggressive style.
11:58Who knows what it could lead him to?
11:59Who knows what it could lead him to for Christina Sterling or Nikita Lyons in our main event
12:03tonight.
12:04Looking forward to that one.
12:05It's two of the top females at the performance center.
12:07Wow.
12:08What a stomp from Island.
12:09The women will certainly be taking center stage and right back in with these fists.
12:13Go Island.
12:14I don't want to talk about the main event and take away from what we're seeing right
12:17now.
12:17But that main event may be just as hard hitting as this is with those two women.
12:21But Chris Island is certainly starting to show up and show out.
12:25And that smile that was on Garcia's face at the start of this has certainly been almost
12:30slapped off his face.
12:34At a very quick time, he found out what it's like to be in the ring with Chris Island.
12:39And he's just looking to hang on at this point.
12:41It's almost like an uneasy tension in here right now in LFG because people are seeing Chris
12:45Island, who came out in the first first match ever, was happy to be here.
12:49You've seen him over time get more angry and angry into the cover, hook of the leg and
12:54a kick out.
12:55And he's out here right now having his way physically against his opponent.
12:59We have never seen Chris Island, I don't believe, this vicious in the ring.
13:04He knows that it's time to show something different.
13:07We've seen what he's done through the course of season one.
13:09Season two did okay.
13:10Didn't do great.
13:13Give up.
13:14Give up.
13:15Give up.
13:15Give up.
13:15Give up.
13:18We talk about how global, how the reach is for those that want to be part of the WWE.
13:25How far this company, how far WWE is willing to go in order to find the very best athletes
13:31and wrestlers to be part of this program at LFG.
13:35Well, they, the talent scouts combing the, combing the planet, looking for the next big superstar.
13:45And certainly when you talk about Garcia.
13:49Oh, wow.
13:50Wow.
13:52And he go, you go even deeper and he started thinking about triple A.
13:55What's going on down there?
13:56What's going on around the world?
13:58Garcia right now has an opportunity to achieve all of his dreams here in one matchup.
14:03One moment.
14:04Can he impress Shawn Michaels?
14:07Can he pick up a victory nonetheless against someone like Chris Island?
14:09This will certainly be a monumental moment for Garcia.
14:13All the way from Spain, delivering that kick with a little extra oomph.
14:21I don't know if he slipped going in.
14:22You got to wonder where his legs are at right now.
14:24Not at 100%.
14:26But now hoisting up.
14:28Well, changed my perception.
14:29His legs certainly looked at 100%.
14:31Able to hoist up Chris Island into the cover hook of the leg.
14:34And great job by our officials seeing the foot on the bottom rope.
14:38But also give credit to Chris Island.
14:41Having the presence of mind.
14:42The ring awareness is so important.
14:44And you're a guy like Chris Island able to save himself by extending that leg and breaking the three-counters.
14:53Trying to see exactly what happened to Garcia.
14:56I don't know if he got poked somewhere in the face.
14:59Chris Island right now.
15:00Not at 100%.
15:01Charging back in.
15:03And then the last referee using discretion in this matchup.
15:06Going to continue.
15:06Island holding on for everything he's worth.
15:09But look at these shots right to the lower back.
15:11Garcia.
15:12Oh!
15:15What a suplex out of the corner.
15:18And Garcia just got dropped.
15:22Wow, both legs giving it their all in this one.
15:24No question about it.
15:25Chris Island showing a lot of intestinal fortitude.
15:28Landed on that ankle rung.
15:29You got to wonder if that mentally is taking a page out of his game.
15:32But he looks to be back up on top.
15:33He looks to be...
15:35Whoa!
15:36Gunwretch with a twist.
15:38Good night, Garcia.
15:42Here is your winner.
15:44Chris.
15:45Hey, man!
15:46Take nothing away from Garcia, who certainly made a statement in his first match from Spain.
15:54But in this moment, for this match, all eyes are on that man, Chris Island.
16:06The match was great.
16:08I definitely, like, let go.
16:09Whatever happens, happens, you know?
16:11I definitely put my ball out there.
16:13Your ankle okay?
16:14Great.
16:15Oh, okay.
16:15I thought your ankle was hurt on the suplex.
16:17Yeah.
16:19All the energy and stuff was great.
16:20The suplex might have been lost in transition a little bit neck-wise.
16:24Feels like you hooked it, and then you dropped him.
16:27I feel like you can maybe make that a little bigger for TV audiences.
16:31Fighting from underneath is such an important part of what we do, especially as a babyface.
16:37You're trying to tell the story of never giving up and fighting through all the adversities.
16:43I'll give you guys the same advice that I told the other guys.
16:46Like, this place, like, there's going to be a lot of opinions and a lot of thoughts on who you
16:49are.
16:50You're the only one who knows who you are.
16:52Like, what I watched out there, you have all the potential in the world.
16:54Keep killing it.
16:55Keep doing your thing, and you get where you want to be.
16:57I promise.
16:58Of course, buddy.
16:58Thank you.
16:59I appreciate you guys.
17:00Of course.
17:00We were stagnant for a while.
17:02For two seasons, according to Booker T, Chris Island refused to change.
17:06I think we're shooting off right now.
17:08I think we're taking off to the moon right now.
17:10Tell me if I need to pull back anywhere.
17:12No, I like this guy.
17:13He's just so horrible, you know.
17:15Oh, the mic is on.
17:17Oh, the mic.
17:18No, all right, buddy.
17:19No, bro, thank you.
17:20Thanks, man.
17:25Dude, you showed me some.
17:26Dude, that's the cat I want to work on.
17:28That guy, I just think that guy has so many, so much more possibilities.
17:33Like, you showed me a range tonight.
17:36Yes, sir.
17:36Range, and your dangerous range was nice.
17:39It was tight, man.
17:40I can see you, man.
17:41I can see you.
17:42What?
17:42Out there having fun.
17:43Being loud.
17:44I'm a little pissed off.
17:45Yeah.
17:45Some competitive juices going right there.
17:47Today, he was like, Chris, that right there, we can do business now.
17:51We can blow up.
17:53So, you know, that's all I've been waiting for.
17:55And I got so much more to show him.
17:57Jamie, you did a good job too, man.
17:58You know, there are some things that I want you to get rid of the pander to the people before
18:04you make the cover.
18:05You have this habit right now of like, and then jumping on the cover.
18:09Like, he's down.
18:10Try to win right now.
18:11I want you to just show me you can do that right now.
18:13And then later on down the road, when we get you in different stories, that look may come
18:17back into play.
18:18At this stage of the game, go for the win.
18:20And that's why we're working on that right now.
18:22And once you get this, I'm going to give you something else.
18:28LFG is the place to prove yourself.
18:30And that's what I've come to WWE to do.
18:33I've been all around the world.
18:35I've showed everyone else.
18:36Now it's time to show you.
18:45Michael Deruda is my opponent.
18:48I think it's very impressive what he does.
18:50So, it's going to be exciting to see what we can do together.
18:53Nathan, one of my friends, we got signed on the same tryout in London.
18:58I was really happy to be able to work with him.
19:01I really like Nathan's act.
19:04It's basically ripped off Hunter Hearst Hemsley completely.
19:08But that's fine, you know.
19:10Over 20 years by now, I think it's okay to steal the guy's entire identity.
19:14And if you're going to steal anybody's old identity, Triple H is pretty good.
19:19The biggest thing that had come out from the meeting with Bloom was that he wanted Nathaniel to be more
19:24vicious and more gritty.
19:25So, I kind of centered on that.
19:27Like, ground and pound and just show, like, now there's nothing pretty, you know what I mean?
19:31You're just beating the s*** out of him.
19:33And you just have to make it so people can believe that, oh, this guy, you know, yeah, you're f***ing
19:38fancy, whatever.
19:38However you present yourself, you're, you know, sophisticated, all this s***.
19:42But you've got a dirty side and gritty side.
19:44Like, it sounds so simple, dude, but it's not as simple to make it look natural.
19:49So, I wanted to use the ref because, obviously, as a heel, you know, you want to do underhanded tactics
19:54throughout.
19:56So, he, uh, he really helped me kind of apply the concept that I wanted to do.
20:01So, like, if you're just doing your job and he's standing up and you're just here, once you feel like
20:05he's behind you, like, what the f***?
20:06You're trying to get out of the way because he's, you know, but he's not, we just don't want him
20:10to have to manhandle you.
20:11He's just trying to use you as a shield and then, obviously, you try to get out of his way.
20:15And then, once they get, as you move closer to the ropes, they're going to move on to the next
20:19thing.
20:23Action continuing on Legends and Future Greats.
20:49I know you were hinting about this in our opening contest, but there is international sensations aplenty right now in
20:57the WWE.
20:58All looking for that breakout moment.
21:00And this is the platform.
21:02This is where they can shine.
21:04It's right here on Legends and Future Greats.
21:06I dare say this might be a battle we're about to win.
21:10It's between two of the best out of Europe right now.
21:15What's going on here?
21:16There you see Bailey Humphrey in the crowd, taking the action.
21:19And it seems like Nathan is a bit taken by Bailey.
21:25But not sure if Bailey returns that sentiment.
21:27Nonetheless, Nathan Cranton is in action against the Belgian powerhouse, Mike DeRuiter.
21:33And it's next here on LFT.
21:39The action continuing here on LFG.
21:46And here's the point.
21:48Jeff Russell Viljo.
21:50Mike at 235 pounds.
21:52Mike DeRuiter.
21:56Well, I got to ask you when you take a look at these two, and I might already know the
21:58answer to this.
22:02Who's your favorite in this matchup?
22:03Who are you going on record, JB, as picking to be the victor in this matchup?
22:09I'm going to say the fans, because this matchup is going to be something to watch.
22:13Two of your greatest prospects, future stars, future greats, future NXT stars about to do battle here.
22:22Both bring something completely different to the table, a different style, a different operating system, if you will, internally from
22:29what they believe in and what their motives are.
22:32But this one's going to be exciting, I dare say, fasten your seatbelt.
22:36Let's talk about Cranton here for a second, because you talked about being arrogant, and you start to really think
22:41about it.
22:42I mean, that's sort of an attribute you kind of have to have at a certain level.
22:45I think maybe sometimes he takes it a little too far.
22:50Well, that's a guy that's not afraid to tell you how he feels and what he feels about himself.
22:56Most importantly, that's what Nathaniel Cranton can do, but when he's no job done in the ring.
23:00When the bell rings, it's all business, and we've seen that time and time again so far here on LHL.
23:12Well, tonight it's been here on Legends of Future Greats, and still to come, big main event, our women, JB,
23:19will take center stage here on 80.
23:22Can't wait for this one, Zena Sterling, Nikita Lyons, but can't wait to see what's going to happen in our
23:29main event tonight.
23:30But these two are ready to show the world they belong in the main event.
23:33We're talking about the international competition here in the WWE.
23:37These two specifically, we're talking about from England and from Belgium.
23:40You know, are they looking up to someone like Gunther?
23:42Is he right now the poster child for what a European athlete, a European wrestler could become in the WWE?
23:49Well, sometimes it just takes somebody from your own hometown, your own neck of the woods to show you.
23:53Oh, my.
23:53To inspire you that you two can do it.
23:56Wow.
23:58A big clothesline sending to Rooter down.
24:01And right now, the aggressor in this matchup is Cranton, which I think if you just look at these two
24:06individuals as a whole, it's kind of surprising.
24:14Trying to listen to the official right now in this matchup.
24:16He is not going to be afraid to count both these men out.
24:18The referee right now is at 3-4.
24:20Cranton looking over here.
24:22Looking a little bit too close, I think, for Comfort JB.
24:26It's two of really throwing the rule book out the window on the floor.
24:37Looking for a nice victory with the Rooter trying to fight right back.
24:41Big break, swing and a miss coming right in.
24:43Oh, my.
24:44Someone just caught something in the front row, and I don't know if it was a tooth.
24:49The Rooter, though, hoisting up, able to counter, rolling right through, shoulders down.
24:53And then we got an ear fall.
24:55Putting right back up and right back down.
24:57Nice arm drag takedown.
24:58But look at the counter into the headlight.
24:59The Rooter has not been able to get out of the gates in this matchup yet, JB.
25:04Every move, there has been a counter move.
25:07And Nathaniel Cranton is showing a real sense of ring awareness and a high ring IQ of how he is
25:14able to operate.
25:16And compete against a guy who's bigger than he is, but at the same time, being outsmarted and being outwrestled.
25:21Well, are you willing to make a pick now on who you think is going to win?
25:24Close to call so far.
25:25I've got to take out the Rooter out.
25:27Well, the Rooter now showing you not just his strength.
25:30But how about that drop pick along with the balance?
25:33It's a hippity hop.
25:34Up those ropes.
25:43Swings under a clothesline, comes in, does that hippity hop climb one more time.
25:47Grant not liking it.
25:48And he certainly not going to like that cutter.
25:51Dropped in the center of the ring.
25:52Will it be enough?
25:53Into the cover.
25:54Hook of the outside leg.
25:56And a near fall.
25:57What a matchup this has been.
25:59Well, what makes De Rooter so unique is that size and strength, that power that he has.
26:04that is able to fly like a luchador in AAA.
26:07And right now, did you see that smirk?
26:09Did you see that smile he just had?
26:11It was almost a sinister stare through his eyes.
26:14What the heck?
26:15What's Cranton doing?
26:16Hiding behind the referee.
26:19Well, the referee trying to get out of the way.
26:21And that little bit of daylight just opened the door for Cranton to cut a corner.
26:29Into the cover.
26:31Hook of the leg.
26:32And another kick out.
26:33Wow, what quite, what determination by De Rooter in this matchup.
26:37I got to imagine Shawn Michaels has to take note of Nathaniel Cranton's ring IQ in terms
26:43of how he's able to outsmart De Rooter so far in this matchup to his advantage.
26:47Come on, you wouldn't think Shawn Michaels would sign someone like this off of cutting
26:51a corner like that.
26:52Shawn?
26:54Never once did in his career.
26:55Never worked out for him, did it?
26:57Mr. WrestleMania.
26:57Oh, you know, it's a very good point.
26:59Anything could happen as we've seen already here on LFG.
27:05Main event still to come.
27:06What an opener we had.
27:07What a matchup this has been.
27:09It's been a night of international superstars here on LFG to open doors, open eyes all over
27:14to the world, and De Rooter right now just trying to create some separation, and separation
27:19in deep was created.
27:21And one more time, he's going to the top, looking to fly, JB.
27:27Shooting star into the cover, and that may be the next star in NXT.
27:34Here is your winner, Mike De Rooter!
27:39Looking forward to seeing what happens for both Mike De Rooter and Nathaniel Grant in their
27:44careers.
27:45Who knows where it'll take them, I'll tell you what, but NXT could be the next destination
27:49for either one of them after a matchup like this tonight.
27:53Home sweet home?
27:55Home.
27:57Here is your winner, Mike De Rooter!
28:05Athletically, mechanically, execution-wise, you guys are great.
28:10Like, everything you guys do looks f***ing great.
28:13But I didn't feel a whole lot of emotion behind it somehow.
28:16For me, again, just tempo and that viciousness, like, it's good to be methodical, but sometimes
28:25you just gotta go wild and be scrappy with it.
28:27You gave him the clothesline, and then you kind of sold a little, but you didn't look like
28:31you were f***ing pissed, or, you know, you were just kind of like, boom, and then you
28:35and then you went out there, and you kind of took your time.
28:42In my head, I was seeing more as f***ing boom, and then it's like f***ing, and then you
28:46slide out, and then you f***ing stay on him.
28:48Like, there was no urgency.
28:49Like, to me, a gear change, like, you slide out, boom, boom, boom, boom, pick him back
28:53up, f***ing table, rolling back in, roll back in, boom, and that's like, almost counts
28:58as one stretch, right?
29:00But it was kind of more like, then you went out, you boom, it didn't look like you were
29:05beating the s*** out of him.
29:06Thank you very much.
29:07All right, no problem, guys.
29:08Good stuff.
29:09Thank you.
29:11Good to see you.
29:13I love the music tonight, man.
29:16When did you pick it out?
29:17A while ago, when, after the 70s, you've got to change it, there's a second.
29:20I loved it.
29:21It's such a better.
29:22Good.
29:23Good.
29:23Beat tempo.
29:27I know this sounds petty, but we are a TV company now, man.
29:31You're on a television show.
29:32You did some good work on the outside, you threw him back into the ring, and you're like,
29:35you were booting him with your back to hard camera.
29:37You're blocking everything.
29:38I don't even see his face, I don't even see your face, I just see your back.
29:41I know that's, I saw something I want you thinking about all the time.
29:44But it's only going to help you, man.
29:46Yes, sir.
29:46We're in a TV era right now.
29:48It's important.
29:48Thanks, fellas.
29:49You're right.
29:49Thank you very much.
29:50Now, I just have to be patient.
29:52I know what I have to do.
29:54I just need to show who I am, and then everything will be okay.
30:00We got to the f***ing talk.
30:02Watch.
30:03Watch.
30:03Watch.
30:09Booker!
30:09Hey, what's going on?
30:11All right, Dana.
30:12What's up?
30:13All right, G.I.?
30:14Yes, all good.
30:15All three seasons, I've had the same coach.
30:18It's always been Bubba.
30:20And my coach today is going to be Booker T.
30:24Obviously, I was a little bit nervous, because I've never really worked with Booker before.
30:28If you come out and just, like I say, be a fighter tonight, I'm going to see a whole lot
30:34different than you,
30:35because this is the Zena I remember.
30:42We're playing wrestler.
30:46You know, I'm not going to play wrestler.
30:48You know, I'm not going to play wrestler.
30:48I want to be the wrestler.
30:50Taking Zena Sterling under my wing to give her that expert tutelage that she desperately, so desperately needs.
31:01I'm going to give it to her.
31:03I don't need you to act.
31:04I just need you to react.
31:07I push you, and then you push me.
31:11You can tell.
31:12That's so good.
31:12You can tell that she's fake.
31:13I'm not going to come back, just like I say, if I get slapped.
31:16Bang!
31:17I'm going to take the slap and go.
31:20I might spit out, you know what I mean?
31:22But I'm not going to go.
31:25See what I'm saying?
31:26As I started working with Booker today, and seeing the way that he perceives certain things in wrestling,
31:33and just his point of view, he was able to help me in ways that I don't think Bubba could
31:37have.
31:38I need that to look real.
31:39I need you to look like you're in control right there.
31:42I need you to look like you're in control.
31:45Do that for me one more time.
31:46I need the fans to get behind Xena right there.
31:49And Xena, you got to do it right before she get to the rope.
31:52If you're back in on the rope, you're caught.
31:54Ding, ding, ding, and then take that big shot.
31:56Bang!
31:58There you go, there you go, perfect, there you go.
32:00Once Booker T added his input and put the little finishing touches and changes to our match,
32:06it just made a lot more sense for me.
32:10Let us have fun, let us live in the moment,
32:12That's the point, right?
32:14Have fun, let the crowd feel our emotions.
32:16We're here to tell a story.
32:18It's easy to get caught up in the lights, the people, the cameras.
32:23Booker T, before the match, he just had to go out there, have fun, and live in the moment.
32:28Just remember the little stuff, guys.
32:30Yeah.
32:30Don't rush.
32:31He gave us the fist bumps with his hard-ass Hall of Fame ring.
32:36The two Hall of Fame rings and some of them are right there.
32:39Oh, my God.
32:40I got a illusion from a future great to a motion.
32:43Welcome to Legends and Future Greats as the WWE Universe rises to their feet.
32:50I walk you in here ringside.
32:51I'm Vic Joseph alongside Jeremy Borash, who is a living legend in his own right.
32:55Are you ready for another massive main event here on LFG?
32:59I'll tell you what, I'm really looking forward to this one.
33:01It's been a month or so since we've seen Xena Sterling defeat in the ring.
33:03Some advice to move forward.
33:05Will she be able to implement that?
33:07And, of course, Nikita Lyons.
33:09Are you kidding me?
33:12Xena!
33:20The following contact is set to 414.
33:24Introducing first, from LVU, Ukraine, Xena Sterling!
33:30Will we see a brand new Xena Sterling tonight?
33:33It's Xena and Nikita, our main event next.
33:41It's main event time here on LFG.
33:47It's Xena, our main event here on LFG.
33:51And we're a person from Los Angeles, California, Nikita Lyons!
33:58Well, I know you've had your notes.
33:59I see them right now.
34:00A lot of things are highlighted when it comes to Nikita Lyons.
34:03So, JB, the floor is yours.
34:06Where do we start?
34:07Nikita Lyons, making her entrance to the ring in so much confidence.
34:11Inja Seuss is out of Nikita Lyons.
34:12There's no question about that.
34:13But one thing that I have to point out.
34:17It's been a month since we've seen that lady.
34:19Xena Sterling.
34:20A pick to win season one, possibly.
34:22Pick to win season two, possibly.
34:24What do those two seasons have in common?
34:25She didn't win, and she was coached by Bubba Ray.
34:28Tonight, Xena Sterling has the advice of Booker T for the first time in LFG.
34:34Let's see if she can apply the knowledge of the Hall of Famer Booker T here tonight.
34:41You also brought up a great point, JB, when you talk about self-confidence.
34:44Both these women are very confident in what they can do inside and outside of the ring.
34:48But I do believe when it comes to Nikita Lyons, her self-confidence, it oozes out of her.
34:54That might be her greatest attribute.
34:55Well, one thing that you can say about Nikita Lyons, she's not shy.
34:59That's for sure.
35:00But I'll tell you what, when it comes to hard work, Coach Bloom said this to me once.
35:04I wrote it down.
35:04Hard work pays off in the future.
35:08Laziness pays off now.
35:10And both of these women train very hard here at the Performance Center.
35:14We're going to see that pay off right before our eyes here as they lock up.
35:19And now you get this test of strength between these two women.
35:23And Nikita with a big kick right to the ridge.
35:25She's taken down Xena.
35:27And now she's obviously has the advantage in this test of strength, so to speak.
35:32But look at Xena Sterling powering back up.
35:36Last time we saw Xena Sterling in the ring, she was maybe leapfrog.
35:40Passed by.
35:42Nice fireman's carry into a cover and a kick out.
35:45And that's a great point you bring up.
35:46The action kind of cut you off there.
35:48And, you know, does that sit in the back of her mind?
35:51Absolutely, it did.
35:52I think we're seeing the result of that.
35:54Another cover and a kick out.
35:56And she is ferocious in here tonight against Nikita Lyons.
36:00And Xena Sterling has that fire.
36:01Let's take a look at that again.
36:03I mean, this was full strength.
36:05And I feel the impact as well.
36:06Bam!
36:07And just dropping.
36:08You see Nikita going right to the throat.
36:10Now!
36:11Now!
36:12Nikita!
36:13Nikita!
36:14Nikita!
36:16Nikita!
36:17Nikita!
36:18Nikita!
36:19Nikita!
36:20Jesus.
36:21Yeah.
36:22I didn't look.
36:23I didn't look.
36:24Well, that certainly will take a smile off anybody's face.
36:26Xena Sterling, when she came in, was all smiles.
36:28And I think some people saw that as a weakness.
36:30She's trying to turn into a strength.
36:32But Nikita Lyons right now is pouncing onto Xena Sterling.
36:37Wow.
36:38You saw the momentum there.
36:39And those strikes, we talk about it.
36:40Whether it's the knees, whether it's the fist.
36:42Nikita Lyons can deliver a strike.
36:45This is what we talked about earlier, though, JB.
36:46The striking advantage would go.
36:51To Nikita Lyons.
36:52And that was a body shot that buckled Xena at the knees.
36:56And now Nikita with a fisherman suplex into the cover.
37:02And oof.
37:04Another near fall.
37:05Look at the physicality from Nikita Lyons in this match.
37:07It started with that vicious elbow right to the temple.
37:10And then, bam!
37:11Right to the body.
37:13Trying to crack some ribs.
37:15You can hear those shots being delivered by Nikita Lyons.
37:17Full force.
37:18And just, you know, an advanced striker like that can deliver those punches.
37:22Pinpoint accuracy.
37:23Well, Nikita, that is what has made her dangerous in the past.
37:26She has been sidelined a few times due to injury.
37:29But she's been able to bounce back, showing great resiliency.
37:31As Xena trying to showcase some power.
37:33It was blocked.
37:34And now Xena answering right back.
37:35Now she's the one who's throwing some rights.
37:38Charges in and a big sit-down style.
37:41Almost a Michinoku driver.
37:44And it's still not enough.
37:51Back to the submission.
37:52Goes Nikita Lyons.
37:54Nikita Lyons feels that momentum.
37:56And the coach, of course, Booker T is always about that aggressiveness.
37:59He's always about advising his students that aggressiveness is so important to the ring.
38:08When we talk about another legend, how about a two-time WWE Hall of Famer?
38:11Much like Booker T.
38:12I'm talking about Shawn Michaels.
38:14He's going to have a decision to make.
38:15He's going to have some conversations to have.
38:17Because as we've seen already here on LFG this season, careers can change in a blink of an eye.
38:23I mean, it all started off with our first episode.
38:25Look what happened to Kendall Gray and the trajectory that happened to her.
38:28Whoa, whoa.
38:28Swing and a miss.
38:29And Xena firing back.
38:31Another big clothesline.
38:32Sterling now starting to roll momentum.
38:34Swinging into her corner.
38:36Swing and a miss.
38:37And just throwing down Nikita.
38:40Like nothing.
38:41I mean, that's the power.
38:42We talked about the power on display from Xena Sterling.
38:47And she's able to deliver that.
38:48Now, can she follow up?
38:49That's the question.
38:50Xena trying to remember everything she's learned from season one and two.
38:54Trying for a gut-wrench suplex of sorts.
38:55Nice counter by Nikita Lyons.
38:57Nikita swinging and it's a second time.
39:00Connects right to the throat.
39:02One, two, three.
39:04Nikita victorious.
39:08Here is your winner, Nikita Lyons.
39:12The bad.
39:13The bad at all.
39:14What a kick from Lyons.
39:17We talked about that striking ability from Nikita.
39:21And it was certainly on display here tonight.
39:23Take another look, JB.
39:26Pinpoint precision.
39:28Missed the first time.
39:29She didn't miss the second time.
39:31Nikita Lyons came in with a game plan.
39:34Executed it to perfection.
39:36Has her hand raised high.
39:38Here in our main event of LFG.
39:50Did you guys feel like you learned something?
39:52For sure.
39:53Yes.
39:53You know?
39:53Yeah.
39:54Your little s***.
39:55The back elbow was beautiful.
39:58Like I said, you don't have to do a whole lot of s*** to make it right.
40:03But if I was to like try to find something, it's like really, really nitpicky.
40:08Punches could have been better.
40:10I never did a lot of punches in my career.
40:12I would always do chop, form, chop, form, one punch, pull.
40:18You know what I mean?
40:19That way I don't expose myself throwing punches.
40:22Good job, though.
40:23Like I said, I sit back here and I was proud of you guys.
40:25Yay.
40:26Thank you.
40:26That was my goal, honestly.
40:28Y'all listen.
40:29Yeah.
40:29We teach a monkey how to do it.
40:30Yeah, yeah.
40:31But that don't mean they're going to learn it.
40:32Right.
40:33Booker was happy with it, which was my biggest goal, really.
40:37I think the crowd was excited.
40:39They're always hot.
40:41They're always ready.
40:43I heard them saying big cat, and I'm really grateful for that.
40:47So, yeah, I feel the match went really well.
40:49I have a question.
40:50What do you think about emotion-wise?
40:52I thought your emotion was damn near spot on.
40:56I think you were looking for who you were trying to be, and I think we got close.
41:02Yeah, in the beginning.
41:02I think we came a lot further away from who you was before.
41:06I've been struggling a little bit, fully showing who I am in the ring, and I feel like today
41:13I was able to just kind of say, you know, screw it, just go out there.
41:16Like, what do you have to lose in a sense, you know?
41:19It's not fully there yet, but I'm proud of myself for trying something different out
41:22there for the first time.
41:24I feel like there's a lot more pressure, but I feel like I have more of a confidence in
41:29myself, and I'm ready to get that NXT contract.
41:32Yeah, I think it's only up from here.
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