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WWE Legends & Future Greats Season 3 Episode 9 - June 21st 2026 (Full Episode) | WWE LFG S03 E09- 21 June 2026 (Full Episode) | WWE Legends & Future Greats 6/21/2026 S03 E09
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00:09Now, forever, together.
00:35So, I've been having issues with my, trying to figure out what it is, it's hip, SI, lower
00:42back, like not one specific thing happened, it was more just, I think, wear and tear, taking
00:49bumps, you know, just throwing your body to the ground is super unnatural, and there's
00:53times where my whole left leg just shuts down, and I'm limping to medical, obviously, I think
01:02it just gives some proof that what we do is like super physical, you know, like injuries
01:05are a real thing that people go through.
01:10Am I nervous because I feel like I've been off for so long?
01:13Yes, that's there, but one thing I really want to work on is working through my fears
01:20and being comfortable, being uncomfortable, and making mistakes, and knowing that mistakes
01:24are okay, so.
01:29I'm not going to let this prohibit me from doing something that I love, so, I'm going to
01:35keep pushing.
01:42We're out here to be decent, whatever you agree.
01:45I need you to look like you're in control.
01:47You need to show me who you are, 100%.
01:50It has to happen now.
01:52You don't have to wait to see who gets called up.
01:55They can go at any time.
01:56The future is indeed now, here on LFG.
02:06Bubba, I know you're excited.
02:08Booker, I know you're excited.
02:08Terry, so glad to have you back.
02:11Talents are trending in the right direction.
02:13They're applying the coaching critiques.
02:15A lot of people that weren't on Sean's radar in the past are now on Sean's radar.
02:18I think he's really happy with it.
02:20Oh, nice.
02:21Wow.
02:21So, here we go.
02:22Our match is today.
02:23Booker, I'm going to start you off with who I think's got a high upside.
02:27He's an intelligent athlete.
02:29Braxton Cole.
02:30Bubba, you worked with him in the past.
02:32I think you gave him the idea about carrying the book out to the ring.
02:35Yeah.
02:35He's working Harlem Lewis.
02:38Two heels here.
02:39I would challenge Braxton to be the heel and try to use the book in some heelish undertone.
02:46So, you're telling me you want Harlem Lewis to be the babyface?
02:49I think we could see him be a badass babyface.
02:52You did it.
02:53Okay.
02:54Okay.
02:54That might be a chore, but, you know, I mean.
02:56Um, look, just one little thing with Braxton.
02:58We were trying to establish that whole he's smarter than everybody else gimmick, the whole PhD of WWE.
03:04He can show that book a little bit more to the crowd to establish it if they use it for
03:11a finish or if they use it for a false finish.
03:13Yeah, yeah.
03:13I got you.
03:14Terry coming to you next.
03:15Listen, I really like this talent.
03:18I think she's a really hard worker.
03:19She's been here for a few seasons now.
03:21She's worked with Bubba.
03:22She's worked with Booker.
03:24Gina Sterling.
03:26I keep seeing this light bulb flicker on the top of her head, but it's not lighting up right.
03:32But I do believe once she gets it, it can light up right.
03:36She's working with Serena Winton, so this should be a good match.
03:40The thing with Zena, it seems like she's kind of plateaued.
03:43What would you like out of this for her to do something different, give more?
03:46It's all about selling when I see her.
03:49When you get to that offense, make me believe that you want to throw caution to the wind and you're
03:53kicking her ass now.
03:55Zena does not understand the emotion of anger or aggression.
04:00I've had so many talks with her.
04:02She hasn't had an angry day in her life.
04:04Other than her going, ah!
04:07She doesn't know anything else.
04:09Well, Coach Terry makes a lot of people angry.
04:12And there you have it.
04:13I think that's where we go right there.
04:14I just need myself.
04:15All right?
04:16That'll take care of it.
04:17All right, you got it.
04:18And listen, we have a great main event this evening.
04:21Apollo Crews came down here.
04:23He saw Elijah Holyfield.
04:25He said, I want to work with that guy.
04:27They worked.
04:28He still wants to continue the relationship, so he's asked for a tag match.
04:31So it's Apollo and Elijah versus Jaime Garcia and Malik Blade.
04:37Last week, Jaime debuted against Chris Island.
04:40I thought he had a very nice showing.
04:42It's just, hey, man, when it's time to make me feel like you're supposed to be in a fight, make
04:45me believe you want to be there.
04:47And Malik Blade, he's been there for a while.
04:51He's in the bubble.
04:52He's been there for a while.
04:52He's in the bubble.
04:53This is the first time these guys are ever working together, tagging.
04:56First time on the tag team.
04:57Tell me a good story.
04:58Okay.
04:59Tell me a good tag team story.
05:00I love Apollo.
05:01Known him for about 10 years.
05:03Great dude.
05:04He will be a great leader for Elijah and for the other two guys.
05:08And I think we can all agree we're just waiting for that moment for Elijah.
05:12He's got both lows of intensity.
05:14At times, I watch him move in the ring and it comes across as clunky.
05:18But that just comes with reps and feeling the ring.
05:20And he's used to move on a football field.
05:22Once he gets it, I can look out.
05:33Another week, another rep.
05:35A good opportunity to go out there and show my improvements from the week before.
05:41Harlem's cool.
05:42He's been in the PC for a couple years now.
05:46I feel like at this point on LFG, like, I'm fighting below my weight a little bit.
05:51Brax is trying to get over this character with his book.
05:54He wants to outsmart his opponents.
05:56But then when it comes down to it and he's starting to get outwrestled, he's going to go to cheat
06:00regardless.
06:01That's your classic heel.
06:01The heel that thinks they're the good guy.
06:03But when, you know, push comes to shove, they're going to take the easy way out.
06:06You're going to be the baby patient.
06:07Okay.
06:09Baby face Harlem.
06:10Everybody wants to baby face Harlem.
06:11Let's go, baby.
06:17Freeze it right there.
06:18One thing about being a heel.
06:21Like, for me, I might lock up with Harlem, you know, freaking game, but, you know, to the turnbuckle.
06:26Referee comes in to give a clean break.
06:29I don't do anything.
06:30You know what I mean?
06:30I give him a clean break.
06:32Yeah.
06:33You know, but later on, you know you're going to do something.
06:35You know what I mean?
06:36Opposed to you coming out trying to act like a f***er's yore when you really don't have to.
06:41I like that.
06:42What's she like?
06:44Of course, of course, of course.
06:49Hey, that's what I'm talking about.
06:51I love Booker.
06:52I feel like when I first met him, he used to piss me off a little bit.
06:54You know, we would butt heads like Rams a little bit.
06:56But now when I know Booker is my producer, like, I get excited.
07:00You ready?
07:01Holy s***.
07:02Bring the f***ing noise, man.
07:04I got high hopes for Harlem Lewis.
07:06I really do.
07:07And I really like Braxton Cole.
07:09I'm loving his mental aspect of picking the game up as well as in the ring.
07:14He's looking like a beast.
07:16Make sure you give me the right body language.
07:18Got me?
07:18Sir.
07:23Twice a battle we're in for here with our next matchup on Legends of Future Greats.
07:28Big main event still to come.
07:31The following contest is tickled for one fall.
07:35Ancient to see first.
07:36Good Goldstown New Hampshire.
07:38Wig in.
07:38At 240 pounds.
07:41Braxton Cole.
07:44Braxton Cole quite the...
07:47Appears to be the bookworm of sorts.
07:50I think it's good to see everybody's on their phones these days.
07:52Not Braxton Cole.
07:53He prefers a good book.
08:06So they're all calling him nerd.
08:08Like, I'd love for him to show the balls to just take the mic and say,
08:12If anybody else calls me nerd, I'm going home right now.
08:17Braxton Cole with his biggest challenge yet.
08:20A one-on-one battle with Harlan Lewis.
08:22Next.
08:24The action continuing here on LFG.
08:29And his opponent.
08:32From Long Island, New York.
08:33Wig in at 245 pounds.
08:36Harlan Lewis.
08:40Do you not throw the playbook out when you're stepping into the ring with a man with the
08:44attitude of Harlan Lewis?
08:46I'll tell you what, Harlan Lewis walks to the curtain and it's like a, wow, just intimidating
08:50head to toe and taking a page on the Ox Baker playbook of facial hair.
08:54This man comes to the ring with an intimidating look, an intimidating presence, and a smash-mouth
08:59offense that can't be denied.
09:01That's quite the throwback right there for you, J.B.
09:04Ox Baker?
09:04Yeah.
09:05Oh, yeah.
09:06Well, this match, we're going to have two powerhouses.
09:10Two men we've gotten to know here in season three.
09:12Of course, Harlan Lewis had some success in season two.
09:16Didn't come away as the season two winner.
09:19Lockup was weak.
09:21Talk to him about that.
09:22Didn't get, I could talk to him about it every little bit.
09:24You got to figure it out.
09:26There you see Booker T talking to Bubba.
09:28Of course, Booker, I work with every single Tuesday on NXT.
09:32You know, just as well as I do, you get to a point where you can only say it so
09:35many times.
09:36They got to do it on their own.
09:37You got to figure it out.
09:38Sink or swim.
09:39And go back to season one of LFG.
09:41And you can talk about someone like Jasper Choi, who, you know, is the embodiment of what
09:46LFG can do for someone's career.
09:48He came right on the scene, had himself an NXT championship match, went right against the biggest
09:52dog there was, so to speak, in NXT at the time.
09:55And that is what everyone that steps through the curtain, everyone that walks the aisle
09:59and steps in the ring from Harlem Louis to Cole, they understand that.
10:02They understand that this is that first step.
10:05It is that first step, but it's also that opportunity.
10:07And we've seen several times in this season.
10:09Coming back to the curtain, Shawn Michaels is standing there waiting with an NXT contract
10:12ready to change your life.
10:13It can happen any time, any place, after any match in Harlem Louis.
10:17Oh, certainly has been very close.
10:23Speaking of Shawn Michaels in the NXT talent pool, that's amazing here at the performance
10:28set.
10:29Oh, no.
10:30Wow.
10:30Just like that.
10:31That was nasty landing.
10:32And there's a lot to like about Cole.
10:35There's also a lot to kind of just, you don't necessarily know with the way he acts, the way he
10:41carries himself, the way he walks around.
10:42And I'm not saying because his nose is in a book, it's just the side of arrogance that
10:47comes with him.
10:48Arrogance, maybe confidence, maybe a little bit of both.
10:50And certainly that fine line is something that's very interesting to watch when you
10:54see an athlete climbing that mountain all the way to NXT is that process.
10:58When it goes from something that becomes real, that confidence, when they really start to
11:02believe in what they're doing and themselves and the success they've had so far.
11:06Braxton Cole's on his way.
11:09And Cole looked over at the book that he brought here to the ring.
11:12I don't know if he was thinking about sitting down and getting another page read as he's
11:15right back in looking for a belly to back.
11:18Instead, using a little bit of that wit about him and trying to think a little bit more high
11:23risk, a little more damaging, trying to truly punish his opponent.
11:27And a little bit of a delayed hangman neckbreaker of sorts if he can deliver and boom, again, dropping
11:34down with all that torque on the back of the neck of Harlem Lewis.
11:38Cover the count and a kick out.
11:43So far, so good.
11:45Not bad work.
11:46Kids looking better than I've seen them look so far.
11:56When you see what these guys have done, Booker T, of course, Hall of Famer, Bubba Ray Dudley,
12:00Hall of Famer, what they've done in their career and how excited they get to see their knowledge
12:05implemented into the future of this industry, it genuinely excites them.
12:08That's a very cool thing to see in the process is, you know, we're seeing it right before our
12:12own eyes.
12:17You know, Terry Taylor's another fun one to watch.
12:19He shouldn't watch any match with because his insight is just so interesting.
12:24And you're talking about a man who's watched more of these in-ring matches than anybody
12:28on the planet just about with Terry Taylor.
12:30And this coaching has, you know, evolved over the years and seen so many success stories.
12:37That's interesting.
12:38A lot of the coaches that come in here and legends that talk to all these athletes is
12:42there.
12:42Big slam into the cover.
12:44Michinoku Driver S.
12:45And in near fall, they have forgotten more about this business than any of us will ever
12:50know.
12:50And I think that's something everyone has to remember when they're talking to, whether
12:54it's a Bubba or a Booker.
12:55Everybody's here to make these men and women great.
12:58As Cole right now looking for a great counter.
13:00And yet it is another neckbreaker.
13:02Here, certainly focusing on a body part into the cover.
13:05And Lewis again kicking out.
13:07But this goes back to maybe the, I don't want to say style, but the mindset, the thinking,
13:13the education, the always trying to stay one step ahead.
13:15Cole came in here with a plan and he's starting to execute it.
13:18Well, even the best plans, you know, he got somebody like Carlos Lewis when he courted.
13:22What's he doing now?
13:24Well, we saw him looking at the book earlier.
13:26He's not going to get disqualified.
13:28Great job by our officials stepping in.
13:32I wonder if it's part of a bigger game plan.
13:34Basin point right here.
13:36Oh, it was going for a low blow there, I think.
13:38Whatever he was looking for, it didn't work.
13:40Into the cover and Lewis picks up the win.
13:43Here is your winner, I love Lewis.
13:48Not bad.
13:49No, very well.
13:50Not bad.
13:51Good physicality, too.
13:53Well, there you hear what the legends had to say.
13:55What's on the mind is Shawn Michaels.
13:57Big main event still to come.
13:59Here is your winner, I love Lewis.
14:04How do you feel?
14:05Good.
14:06Uh-huh.
14:07How do you feel?
14:08How do you feel?
14:09It felt good.
14:11It felt good.
14:12Let's walk out here real quick.
14:14Sorry.
14:15See how easy that was?
14:17Yeah.
14:18Really good stuff, man.
14:19Got him freaking rushing.
14:21I'm serious.
14:21Don't believe this.
14:22Don't believe this.
14:23That was really good, man.
14:25Booker, he loved the match.
14:26Just pumped out.
14:27We did what he wanted us to do.
14:29Obviously, some things to work on.
14:31Let's dial in and, you know, really, you know,
14:33go to work on the spot.
14:34Like their own bar.
14:36He was almost too square.
14:38You know what I mean?
14:38Give me this here.
14:39You actually want to come here,
14:42and then you go back there.
14:44I'm there picking.
14:45Like in the beginning there, too.
14:47Always think about moving counterclockwise
14:48before you tie up.
14:49Don't just tie up.
14:50Never just tie up.
14:51Give me some action.
14:52Just build it up a little bit.
14:54Exactly.
14:55Exactly.
14:56Exactly.
14:57Good job, boys.
14:59Always.
14:59Thank you so much.
14:59Let's keep moving forward, man.
15:00Appreciate you.
15:01You're moving forward.
15:02Thanks.
15:02Always a pleasure.
15:03Good job.
15:03Good job, boys.
15:04The match went great.
15:06Booker was the most happy I've ever seen him
15:07after any of my matches,
15:08including all of the ones on LFG Season 2.
15:11So that's a win in my book.
15:14Well, dude, I'll say this, man.
15:15Did you want this to be on camera or no?
15:16Because they just don't have a corner of us.
15:17Yeah.
15:17I don't know.
15:18You're a ****.
15:18That's what I would say to you
15:19if the cameras weren't on.
15:21Like, you better start taking some ownership
15:22to the ****, dude.
15:24I don't know, man.
15:25Like, you're selling your creativity
15:27around the character
15:28is a lot more behind
15:29than I imagined it would be.
15:31You're coming out,
15:32you're walking around,
15:32you get the book,
15:33you put it down.
15:33It wasn't incorporated.
15:35You've got to come to the table
15:36with some ideas here, man.
15:37And I don't think you're putting
15:38your fall into this.
15:39Like, some of the movements
15:40and mannerisms
15:41and positioning
15:42that you're putting yourself in
15:43is not right.
15:44Coach Bloom,
15:45he really wants me to focus on
15:47finding, you know,
15:48more of an identity.
15:49I think that's going to take
15:50a little bit of self-reflection.
15:53This is a TV show, man.
15:54Like, you're gaining fans
15:55or you're losing fans.
15:56You should be thinking about this
15:57all the time right now.
15:59Yeah.
15:59This is the most important thing
16:01to you right now.
16:01Yeah.
16:02Because if it isn't,
16:03it's like,
16:03I got another tryout starting up here, man.
16:05And I'll be bringing people in
16:07and, like, people come in,
16:08people go out,
16:08I need you to step up.
16:09He might think I am a little behind
16:12of where he expected me
16:14to be right now,
16:15but, you know,
16:16I have enough belief in myself
16:17to know that I'm going to get there.
16:18I need to figure out
16:19who I want to be.
16:21Self-correcting
16:22is a big part of this, man.
16:23Like, you've got to be able
16:23to start watching this back
16:24and being like,
16:25I've got to get better at that.
16:26All right.
16:27Dude, I thought you had
16:28a nice one in there, man.
16:29You did a good job
16:30of selling,
16:31staying in the fight,
16:32and then blowing
16:33a pretty good comeback
16:33right there, man.
16:35He just has, like,
16:36the most magnificent mind
16:38for this business,
16:38and he will always
16:39give it to you straight.
16:40So I hold his opinion
16:42very, very highly.
16:48My opponent this week
16:49is Serena Linton.
16:52She's all about Miss Spicy.
16:55She's been working heel
16:56for a majority of the season.
16:58I haven't really worked
16:59with Serena a lot,
17:00so I don't really know
17:01how our chemistry is
17:02in the ring,
17:02but I guess we'll find out today.
17:04We have been on LFG
17:06since season one.
17:08However, I will say
17:09that this is my first time
17:10wrestling her this season,
17:12and I've definitely improved
17:14since season one.
17:15Are you the bad guy?
17:16I am the bad guy.
17:17Okay.
17:18So you've got to go out
17:19and make us not like you.
17:20Right.
17:20It's got to be as clear
17:22as night and day
17:22that she's the good guy
17:24and you're the bad guy
17:24before you ever get
17:26in the ring.
17:26What is the story
17:28that they're telling today
17:29in front of this audience
17:30to what looks unique
17:32and different
17:32instead of the same
17:34choreographed routine
17:35that they see
17:35in every other match?
17:36Maybe you give
17:37Serena a turnbuckle.
17:39You hit your shoulder
17:40on either the turnbuckle
17:41or the post.
17:41Now, I got this body part.
17:43You don't just beat her
17:44anywhere.
17:45It's this.
17:47Terry Taylor,
17:47he's very adamant
17:48if you pick a body part,
17:49you stick to it
17:50and you work it.
17:51If her shoulders hurt
17:52and you figure
17:53unique, clever,
17:55Serena-like ways
17:56to make this arm
17:57more wounded,
17:58it's unique
17:59because you figured out
18:00how to try to take
18:01this one body part
18:02away from her.
18:02Okay?
18:03Yep.
18:04Hot dogs.
18:06Let's do it.
18:07Hot dog.
18:08Hot dog.
18:09Hot dog.
18:10Hot dog.
18:11Hot dog.
18:15Our business
18:16is predicated upon
18:17what we do hurts.
18:19The way we get people
18:20to feel,
18:21that's what we're in,
18:21the feeling business,
18:23is they feel sympathetic
18:24for the good guy
18:25because you're inflicting
18:26pain on the good guy
18:27and then we want
18:29the good person
18:29to overcome
18:30and pay back.
18:32People come to see
18:33human beings in conflict,
18:35these larger-than-life
18:36personalities
18:36and these
18:37extraordinary situations
18:39to have these stories
18:40that people can
18:41suspend their disbelief,
18:42get caught up
18:43in the moment.
18:44You want the people
18:45to think,
18:45holy crap,
18:46these two are
18:46in this moment right now.
18:47Makes them feel special
18:48because you're giving them
18:49something more
18:50than just the
18:50Color by Numbers
18:52wrestling match.
18:52Okay?
18:53Thank you very much.
18:54I'm excited to see you guys
18:55for change the world.
18:57Alrighty, thank you.
18:58The biggest thing
18:58that I took away
18:59from working with him
19:00is it's just as important
19:01to be able to do
19:02the simple things
19:03and do them really well.
19:04To be able to tell a story,
19:06we are storytellers first.
19:14You ever notice
19:15how the best part
19:16of anything
19:16is right in the middle?
19:23Action continuing
19:24here on LFG
19:25as Zena Sterling
19:26gets ready
19:26for her opponents,
19:28Serena Linton.
19:29One thing about
19:30Zena Sterling,
19:31she's a student
19:31of the game.
19:32Tape study
19:33is her thing.
19:34She knows
19:34and watches
19:35great matches
19:36not only from
19:37what she's done
19:38in the past
19:38but of course
19:39the legend
19:39she's being caught by
19:40in this case tonight,
19:42Terry Taylor.
19:49Can you feel it?
19:51Can you feel it?
19:54Can you feel it?
19:58Wow!
19:59And her opponent,
20:00Phoenix, Arizona,
20:03Serena.
20:04Linton!
20:07By Zingby Ball.
20:11And I'm glad
20:11you bring up
20:12tape study
20:12because truly
20:13with all the athletes,
20:15male, female,
20:15here that we've seen
20:16on Legends of Future Greats,
20:17how does tape study
20:18truly help
20:19the talent,
20:21the superstars,
20:22go from aspiring superstars
20:23to bona fide NXT,
20:26possibly future
20:26WrestleMania main event?
20:28Well, you just talk
20:28to any athlete out there,
20:30football, baseball,
20:31basketball,
20:32for our world
20:34of world wrestling
20:35entertainment.
20:36Tape study
20:36is absolutely essential.
20:38Not only to review
20:40and to see
20:40but to learn,
20:41to learn from.
20:42And that's the way
20:43it happens.
20:44Obviously,
20:45all the preparation
20:46going into it,
20:47all the review
20:47after it.
20:48That's the process
20:49that goes on here
20:50and certainly
20:50we've seen
20:50some big movements
20:52from Serena Linton
20:54and certainly
20:55excited to see
20:56how her
20:56she seems to be
20:58trending upward
20:58in the course
20:59of this progression.
21:01Here on LMG
21:01and there's a big slap
21:02right across the mush.
21:04Well,
21:04the one thing
21:05about Serena Linton
21:06we can say
21:06is she has certainly
21:07gotten a little
21:09feistier
21:09over the last few seasons
21:11since her arrival
21:12in the Performance Center.
21:13I say
21:14spicier.
21:15That's fair enough.
21:16Yeah.
21:17How about the fact
21:17that she's really
21:18come a long way
21:18and certainly
21:19she loves this
21:20and we saw
21:21what happened
21:22when she got
21:23the feedback
21:23from Coach Bloom
21:24a couple episodes ago.
21:25Wow.
21:25Just emotional
21:26about everything
21:27but certainly
21:28her passion
21:28is certainly
21:29something she wears
21:30on her sleeve.
21:30And you can certainly
21:31say that about
21:32a number of
21:33the athletes here.
21:34You can see
21:34that they all
21:35truly want to succeed.
21:37They're all fighting
21:38for one thing.
21:39That NXT contract
21:40and you can talk
21:40about Terry Taylor
21:41and we can talk
21:42about Booker T
21:42and we can talk
21:43about Bubble Ray Dudley.
21:44There's one man
21:45that they're truly
21:45trying to impress
21:46a two-time
21:47WWE Hall of Famer
21:48Shawn Mike.
21:49Well, the man
21:49who calls the shots
21:50in NXT
21:50and certainly
21:51he's got an eye
21:51for it like no one
21:52else has
21:53a savant
21:53of this industry.
21:54Oh, wow.
22:02That was a huge
22:03lariat delivered
22:04by Zena Sterling
22:06and early on
22:07in Zena's
22:07I guess we'd call
22:09career here
22:10in the WWE
22:10she was always
22:12smiling,
22:12bubbly attitude.
22:13We have certainly
22:14seen a more
22:15aggressive style
22:16and I wonder
22:16if that comes
22:17back to tape study.
22:18I wonder if that
22:19comes back to
22:20coaching as well
22:21and learning
22:21from experience.
22:22Well, it comes
22:22back to growth
22:23and that's what's
22:24all about here
22:25at the Performance
22:25Center.
22:25It doesn't happen
22:26for anybody overnight.
22:27The process
22:28can take years,
22:29five years,
22:30ten years,
22:30sometimes 15 years
22:31before you get
22:32an actual opportunity
22:33and as we've seen
22:35just in the growth
22:35of these two
22:36they started
22:36with episode one
22:37we've seen
22:37the progression
22:38as you see
22:38Booker T,
22:40Bubba Ray
22:40and Terry Taylor
22:41watching on.
22:43You've seen
22:43the progression.
22:44It's obvious.
22:45We've seen it
22:46since the very
22:46first episode
22:47of LFG
22:48with these two.
22:49And we've seen
22:50Serena Linton
22:51pull out some
22:51new moves
22:52and the ability
22:53to escape as well
22:54but could not
22:54get away
22:55from Xena Sterling
22:56and the one thing
22:57we've seen
22:57from Xena
22:58since day one
22:59is that
23:00pure raw power.
23:01Pure raw power,
23:02an incredible athlete.
23:04Just spectacular
23:05what she can do
23:07in the gym
23:08and dedicated
23:09to her craft.
23:10Both of these ladies
23:11really love this
23:12with a passion
23:13and you need
23:13that passion
23:14if you're going
23:15to hang in there
23:15and climb your way
23:16all the way
23:17to the top.
23:17Right now
23:17Serena Linton
23:18climbing on top.
23:21Charging right
23:21back in
23:22and oh
23:23it's that innovative
23:24offense
23:24and again
23:25the growth
23:25that we've seen
23:26for both these women
23:27that is something
23:27Serena Linton
23:28would not have been
23:29able to do
23:29day one
23:30maybe week one
23:30month one
23:31but she has shown
23:32that growth
23:32that you've talked
23:33about in that love
23:34for being here
23:35double stomp
23:36right to the gut
23:37into the cover
23:38hooks the outside leg
23:39on that left shoulder
23:40just getting off
23:41the mat
23:41and now for Serena
23:42something maybe
23:43she's always got
23:44to remember
23:44is not to let
23:46too much emotion
23:47come out
23:48in the middle
23:48of a match
23:49body scissors
23:50locked in
23:50a bit
23:51so far so good
23:52let's not forget
23:53we saw Serena
23:54Linton's very
23:54first match ever
23:56certainly she came
23:57in with a lot
23:58of hope
23:58a lot of optimism
23:59and we've seen
23:59that progression
24:00over the course
24:01of these three seasons
24:02she's been a part
24:02of LFG
24:07shifting weight
24:08is Zena
24:09Serena having
24:10to kick out
24:10relinquish the
24:11hole as well
24:11and I think
24:12there's a lot
24:12to that
24:13is a big
24:14takedown
24:14from Sterling
24:15is that
24:16these athletes
24:17who have come
24:17from all
24:18different walks
24:18of life
24:19all different
24:19division one
24:20sports
24:20professional
24:21sports
24:22Olympics
24:22they've come
24:23in here
24:23to a new
24:24world
24:24and they
24:25didn't get
24:25too down
24:25on themselves
24:26because some
24:26of this
24:27to be honest
24:27with it
24:27some of it
24:28wasn't pretty
24:28well it wasn't
24:29pretty at all
24:29and I'll tell you
24:30what just some
24:31of their journeys
24:31to get here
24:32not pretty
24:32either
24:32I mean look
24:33at the story
24:34Serena Linton
24:34has told
24:35about her
24:35her father
24:36and you know
24:37the trials
24:37and tribulations
24:38she's gone
24:39through
24:39to get to
24:40where she is
24:41and Zena Sterling
24:42coming to us
24:42from the Ukraine
24:43I mean both
24:43ladies gave up
24:44everything they
24:45had to come
24:45and fight
24:45for this
24:46opportunity
24:46to become
24:47an NXT
24:48superstar
24:48here on LNG
24:49you hear those
24:50in attendance
24:51trying to rally
24:52around both
24:52these athletes
24:53in this matchup
24:54I'm sure
24:54Bubble Ray
24:55right now
24:55smiling wide
24:57because we know
24:57Zena has been
24:58his prize pupil
25:00since the start
25:01she has been
25:02so close
25:02to taking it all
25:03and so close
25:03to that opportunity
25:06and timing
25:07is everything
25:07in this business
25:08Vic
25:08and obviously
25:09we're seeing
25:10incredible timing
25:11there
25:11Tilt's a whirl
25:12into the cover
25:13didn't mean to
25:13cut you off
25:14JV
25:14but that's a
25:15big win
25:15for Zena
25:16here is your
25:17winner
25:18Zena
25:19Sterling
25:21again when it
25:22comes to film
25:23study
25:23I used to
25:23watch the greats
25:24and listen to
25:25them as well
25:25you're always
25:25top of that
25:26list
25:32what they did
25:32what young people
25:33they rush
25:34they make the
25:34least out of
25:35something
25:35instead of
25:36they had
25:36good stuff
25:37and they just
25:38shortchanged
25:39themselves
25:39but not bad
25:42Zena Sterling
25:43picks up a
25:44big win
25:44and there you
25:45get a little
25:45bit of insight
25:46from the legends
25:47here on
25:49LFG
25:52Zena
25:53Sterling
25:55dang that was so
25:56good
25:57really good
25:59well done
26:01wonderful
26:02mechanically
26:03everything was
26:03great
26:04but remember
26:04we talked about
26:05the mechanics
26:06and the moves
26:06are a small part
26:07of what we do
26:08we rushed
26:09everything
26:10if you would
26:10have done it
26:10twice as long
26:11we're gonna
26:12have twice the
26:12reaction
26:13if we stay
26:14with this long
26:15enough
26:15the audience
26:16will react
26:17but they don't
26:18have the experience
26:19yet to wait
26:20those four
26:20uncomfortable
26:21awkward seconds
26:22so they take off
26:24and go to the
26:24next thing
26:25we needed to
26:25stay in the
26:26leg scissors
26:26longer
26:27we have to
26:28establish that
26:28hurts
26:29you're in
26:29trouble
26:30and so you
26:31have to get
26:31out of it
26:31we make that
26:32process of
26:33working the
26:34hold
26:34to get you
26:35in the most
26:35jeopardy
26:36so when you're
26:37in jeopardy
26:38and you're in
26:39trouble
26:39the audience
26:39goes
26:40come on
26:40Xena
26:41you can do
26:42it
26:42but we gotta
26:42sell enough
26:43to get to
26:44that place
26:45to where you're
26:45in that much
26:46jeopardy
26:46that the audience
26:47thinks they need
26:48to help you
26:49he just thinks
26:50that we rushed
26:50it a little bit
26:51the things that
26:52he told us
26:52to work on
26:53was the moments
26:54and drawing them
26:55out making
26:55them bigger
26:56giving time
26:56for the audience
26:57to understand
26:58what's going on
26:59and understand
27:00the story
27:00everything I say
27:01here does not
27:02undo how good
27:03that was
27:03I hope it was
27:04a good learning
27:04experience for y'all
27:05because you did
27:06really good
27:08it's fun to be
27:08part of it
27:09thank you
27:13so I'm gonna
27:14say this dude
27:15I really enjoyed
27:16this man
27:16I really enjoyed
27:17it
27:18I see you guys
27:19getting better
27:19each week
27:20I felt it
27:21I didn't see it
27:22I felt like you
27:22had bad intentions
27:24in all your movements
27:24and you were
27:25trying to be
27:26very aggressive
27:26and I appreciate
27:27that
27:27I knew that
27:29a focus for me
27:30today
27:30personal goal
27:31was to really
27:31dial in on
27:32my bitchiness
27:33and my character
27:34work
27:34so it was
27:35really important
27:35for me to
27:36show
27:37Miss Spicy's
27:38bad side
27:38so you gotta
27:39make sure
27:40when you're
27:40in these holes
27:40that you're
27:41listening to the fans
27:42and when you
27:42as a babyface
27:43when they're
27:43chanting for you
27:44you gotta give them
27:45something
27:45doesn't mean
27:46that you come up
27:46and just start
27:46fighting
27:47like a little
27:47shake in your leg
27:48right there
27:48a little something
27:49to let them know
27:50I hear you
27:51and I'm gonna need you
27:52he pretty much
27:53said the same thing
27:54that Terry Taylor
27:55did
27:56just that we could
27:57have elongated
27:58our moments
27:58so that the audience
27:59had time to catch up
28:00to what was going on
28:01but yeah overall
28:02he said he really
28:03enjoyed the match
28:03it was really
28:04nice nice rep
28:05nice rep
28:06dialed in
28:07thank you
28:09thank you
28:12I never met you
28:13what's your first name
28:14my name is Jamie
28:15Jamie
28:15where are you from
28:16I'm from Madrid
28:17Spain
28:17okay so what story
28:19are we trying to tell Jamie
28:20the story is
28:21well for them
28:22they have the mentorship
28:23we just met each other
28:25this is our first
28:26LFG match
28:27on the main arena
28:28so it's our shot
28:29to show
28:30what we have to prove
28:31yeah
28:32so tag team match
28:33we had tag team legend
28:34Bob Array
28:35so I don't think
28:36we could have gotten
28:37anyone better for this
28:38I was very excited
28:39so I came up with
28:40so many ideas
28:41and he could tweak them
28:43from talking with
28:44coach Bloom
28:45it seems like
28:46what he wants to see
28:47from you guys
28:47was like synergy
28:49how well you guys
28:50can gel
28:51as a team
28:52team behind me
28:53like from the second
28:54that we start talking
28:55about the match
28:55we were on the same page
28:57like it's usually hard
28:58but he's very similar
28:59to me in the sense
28:59that he's very high energy
29:01he loves to fight
29:01down this
29:02this one second
29:08what I love about Elijah
29:10is he just has that look
29:11about him
29:11of the intensity
29:12right
29:12where I know for a fact
29:14that's going to help
29:15bring that intensity
29:16out of me
29:16and with my experience
29:18I think he can feed
29:19off to that
29:19he takes the
29:22things that he's told
29:23and he wants to
29:24apply them immediately
29:28do you think
29:29that takes away
29:30from your punch
29:31remember how early
29:32we talked about
29:32no punches
29:33until it was time
29:34for your punch
29:35yeah that's
29:36I don't
29:36I don't think
29:37that body shot
29:38I feel like
29:39the shots to the head
29:40more so
29:40it's like
29:41well you should be
29:42knocking them out
29:42with everyone
29:42Booker
29:44if the kid comes
29:45flying off the rope
29:46and he gives that
29:46little gut shot
29:47do you think
29:48that takes away
29:49from the big punch
29:49reason why
29:51I'm seeing a body shot
29:52knock a lot of guys out
29:54and it's your money shot
29:55so it's
29:56I would move
29:58out of the way
29:58or duck under it
30:00a bail
30:00and then when he
30:01turns around
30:02wham
30:02there's the punch
30:03a big thing
30:04with me
30:04with my finish
30:05it's like
30:06I don't want
30:06to waste
30:06the punches
30:07so we want
30:08to just put
30:09that in the right
30:09spot
30:10and make it
30:10as big as it
30:11possibly can be
30:12because once
30:12this right hand
30:13goes up
30:13the match is over
30:17the four competitors
30:18are ready
30:19and now it's time
30:20for our massive
30:21tag team main event
30:23right now
30:23it's just trying
30:24to really get
30:24in that mode
30:25like it's one
30:26of the few times
30:26in life you really
30:27can like be your
30:28true self
30:29understand that
30:30it's you know
30:30it's a blessing
30:31and go out there
30:32and you know
30:32take this opportunity
30:34because it's only
30:34so many of them
30:35like this
30:37this is what
30:37this is what
30:38it's all about
30:38this is what
30:39everything is all about
30:40I know you only
30:41got six minutes
30:42and I know you
30:43want to go a million
30:43miles an hour
30:44okay
30:45go 999
30:47thousand miles an hour
30:49just so everything
30:51you do means
30:51something
30:52have a great match
30:57at that time
30:59once again
31:00here on legends
31:01and future greats
31:03it's what we've
31:03all been waiting
31:04for our massive
31:06main event
31:07and we want to
31:07welcome you in
31:08ringside
31:09and this week
31:10the main event
31:11has a little bit
31:11of a different
31:12twist to it
31:12because it is
31:14tag team competition
31:16well certainly
31:16tag team competition
31:17at its best
31:18here on lmg
31:19including a teacher
31:20and student
31:21we've seen it evolve
31:22over the last
31:23couple weeks here
31:23now we're going
31:24to see how they
31:25work together
31:25as a tag team
31:27it's going to be
31:27a very interesting
31:28main event
31:29this week on lmg
31:30let's not waste
31:31any more time
31:31let's get the action
31:32started on a and e
31:39the following
31:41contest
31:41is a tag team
31:43match scheduled
31:43for one
31:44four
31:45introducing first
31:46the team of
31:47jimmy garcia
31:48and malik
31:50blade
31:52well you've seen
31:53garcia in the past
31:54here on lmg
31:55the spaniard
31:55always looking to
31:56impress for this
31:57tag team partner
31:58in this matchup
31:59malik blade
31:59i think there's a lot
32:00of pressure on his
32:01shoulders
32:01someone who has been
32:03in nxt
32:03someone who's been
32:04around
32:04someone who's had
32:05going to battle
32:05injuries as well
32:06this is truly
32:07malik blade
32:08time to shine
32:09here in the wwe
32:10looking forward to
32:11seeing what this
32:11tag team duo
32:12offers together
32:13great in singles
32:14competition
32:15together as a team
32:16we're going to find
32:17out
32:55jb for those that
32:56maybe are just
32:57tuning in for the
32:58first time get us
32:58up to speed on this
33:00duo that has gone
33:01from opponents to
33:03partners
33:03well sometimes things
33:05just happen organically
33:06in this industry
33:07sometimes things just
33:08happen and unfold
33:09right before your eyes
33:10and hopefully it
33:11evolves to something
33:12that's magical
33:14apollo cruz was
33:15sitting in the audience
33:16watching elijah
33:17holyfield took an
33:18interest in a man
33:19who's 10 years his
33:20senior
33:22apollo cruz then
33:23went to management
33:25he said i'd like to
33:26face him in the ring
33:27one-on-one we saw
33:28what happened there
33:29these guys have the
33:31match and i think
33:33that they can have
33:35they're gonna tear the
33:36house down
33:37and lo and behold he
33:39said you know what
33:39i don't want to be an
33:40opponent from this man
33:42i want to be standing in
33:43his corner
33:43perfect
33:44i want to be a tag team
33:45partner of this man
33:46and here we go
33:47their first opportunity
33:49to team together
33:51apollo and elijah
33:52that was beautiful man
33:53that was shakespearean
33:55ask jb
33:57well i'll tell you what
33:58they need to tear up a
33:59little bit
33:59let's see what kind of
34:00an ending we have here
34:01for a shakespearean-esque
34:02ending
34:02look it could be a
34:03fairy tale only for one
34:04of these two teams if
34:05sean michaels is able to
34:06reach out offer them a
34:07contract to nxt
34:09let's see what happens
34:10and let's see what
34:11happens when mr garcia
34:12gets in there
34:13hame is certainly a
34:14great athlete we've
34:14talked about this before
34:15the experience is there
34:16but can you match the
34:18intensity of somebody like
34:19elijah holyfield
34:20i mean i'm sure there's
34:21people on the wb roster
34:22that can but here in the
34:23performance center there's
34:24not many that match that
34:25intensity there's not many
34:26that match that grit in
34:28the weight room and
34:28pairing now with apollo
34:30cruise someone who has
34:30been on wrestlemania
34:32somebody who's been
34:33victorious at wrestlemania
34:34into the cover looking
34:35for a victory here in a
34:36near fall someone who's
34:37won an intercontinental
34:38title someone who's won a
34:39united states championship
34:40this is a great mentor
34:41for elijah holyfield
34:42uh let me ask you
34:44something what does
34:44somebody like apollo
34:45cruise has been there
34:46been to the mountaintop
34:47done it all
34:48what does he you know
34:49have to gain by teaming
34:50with somebody like
34:51elijah holyfield and i
34:53asked him that earlier
34:54he said he said this guy
34:56he's 10 years younger
34:57than me but he makes me
34:58feel like i'm a teenager
34:59young again has all the
35:01energy in the world
35:01well apollo cruise doesn't
35:02realize that a tag was
35:04made and it's actually
35:05malik blade who is the
35:07legal superstar and
35:08there's a great job by
35:09our official who realize
35:10that cheap shot from
35:11blade and look this is
35:12a different malik blade
35:13than i have known since
35:15his arrival here in the
35:16performance center well
35:17he's involved with malik
35:18blade he's taken the
35:19opportunity to take
35:20every advantage he knows
35:21what he's up against in
35:22this matchup and he
35:23knows if he stands a
35:25chance against apollo
35:26cruise he's gonna have
35:27to take every short bit
35:28he can and we talk about
35:29uh changing so to speak
35:31into the cover hook of the
35:32leg and a quick kickoff
35:33apollo cruise has also done
35:34that and i can credit i
35:36think holyfield with that
35:37we have seen apollo
35:38cruise here on lfg the
35:40way he's talked the way
35:41he's walked he is not
35:42smiling when he gets in the
35:43ring he's trying to punish
35:44his opponents he's trying to
35:46run through the opposition
35:47as he just got drop kicked
35:49right into a cover and i
35:50believe there might have
35:51been a handful of tights by
35:53garcia and a kick out by
35:54cruz but that same sort of
35:57determination of frustration
35:58you can also see that in
36:00someone like malik blade well
36:02you certainly can and it's
36:03that intensity and
36:04determination that's kept
36:05malik blade in the loop
36:07attempt him here amongst the
36:08ranks of the performance center
36:10just looking for that
36:11opportunity for something to
36:12click
36:18couple elbows by cruz
36:20creating a little bit of
36:21separation trying to make
36:22his way over to the tag and
36:23look at garcia wisely just
36:25pushing cruz in to his corner
36:27making the tag
36:29nice malik nice
36:32let's get those people behind
36:34him
36:41match with elijah holyfield the
36:43sky could be the limit if
36:45they have that combination
36:46that that extra something you
36:48have as a tag team that needs
36:49to be there
36:50and another tag was made
36:51garcia is legal cruz able to
36:53duck
36:54out of the way of blade but
36:55does he realize that garcia
36:57the legal superstar is able to
36:58roll through
36:59both men now in and look at
37:01apollo made the tag
37:03come on elijah come on yeah
37:05nice lay it in
37:06nice
37:06nice
37:07fire up fire up let me see
37:09that fury right there
37:14so much intensity so much
37:16aggressiveness
37:17big bulldog out of the corner
37:19on garcia garcia is the
37:20legal superstar for his team
37:25i don't know if he's got a
37:26bloody nose or what holyfield
37:27does not care
37:28planting garcia
37:30covering in that right
37:32shoulder coming off the mat
37:33what a tag team main event
37:35here on lfg this week
37:37what's blade doing
37:37going right in and taking
37:39out elijah holyfield
37:40remember the boot
37:42and apollo cruz now
37:44with garcia
37:46referee losing a little bit
37:47of control in this matchup
37:48hard to blame him with the
37:49four athletes nice drop kick
37:51for garcia and there's only
37:52one man in the ring
37:53i don't think that's
37:55going to last
38:02i don't know how much of a
38:04tag team partner he got but
38:06blade wiped out as well
38:07holyfield the legal superstar
38:09put back in
38:10garcia looking for the victory
38:11for his team
38:12getting ready
38:13to pounce once more
38:15no one there on the missile
38:16drop kick holyfield had it
38:18scouted
38:19and now could be looking
38:20for the knockout punch
38:25knees buckled
38:27garcia is
38:29out
38:29here are your winners
38:35good stuff guys
38:36good stuff
38:37look at
38:38my god
38:40holy
38:48big things could be coming
38:50jb for this duo
38:52i'll tell you what the future
38:54is in their hands
38:55not a bad first outing
38:57let's take a look at
38:58heiming hercia flying through
39:00the air
39:02reckless abandon goes to the
39:03top misses here but
39:06oh look at this didn't miss
39:07here
39:08oh he didn't miss
39:09he got all that and a little
39:11bit more
39:14what a victory what a feeling
39:16this must be
39:17big things could be on the
39:19horizon
39:19for holyfield and cruz
39:24oh yeah
39:25come on to the follow
39:27the team you didn't know you
39:28need baby
39:30wow
39:35thank you guys
39:36thank you very much
39:38just the one thing i say
39:39so if you guys are in
39:40control and you shoot a guy
39:42in every time we're shooting
39:43somebody and we want to be
39:44doing something offensive
39:45you're not going to shoot a
39:47guy in for both of us to
39:49leapfrog over him
39:50to avoid him
39:51all right
39:52thank you
39:53thank you
39:54that was the first time i
39:56ever talked with sean
39:56michaels so that was
39:57definitely important for me
39:58getting those pieces of gold
40:01is something very rare
40:02something very precious
40:03i thought you guys did
40:04really really well
40:04it was exciting
40:05it was fun i like that jamie
40:08you grabbed a little bit of a
40:09hold first
40:10they would get behind cruz and
40:12then malik you went to that
40:13second headlock
40:14great great great
40:15it settles them down just
40:17enough to start to boil again
40:19great dive jamie
40:20whoa
40:21i thought that the hot tag spot
40:23worked apollo made the tag and
40:26now look who's in good
40:27shoulder good shoulder good
40:29clothesline good clothesline
40:32but this is you in the middle of
40:35the ring you ready
40:38you know how small this
40:39looks i want larger than life
40:43over the top
40:45we are broadway
40:46we played to the back of the
40:48house
40:48big eyes popping out of your
40:50head
40:50every vein popping in your body
40:54and then you start running over
40:56mother truckers
40:56okay
40:57good guys
40:59i really enjoyed it
41:00great thank you
41:01bubba was happy
41:02that's always a good sign
41:04i get a win next time
41:05my way
41:05my way
41:06we're getting those moves
41:12but yeah we're learning
41:13english spanish and tag team
41:15wrestling
41:17just find a circle in the middle
41:18of the ring
41:19where it's just
41:23it's good to feel the chemistry
41:24for the first time
41:25i feel like we complement each
41:27other very well
41:28a lot of like my experience i can
41:29lean on him
41:30and he wants to lean on me for my
41:31intensity and i think both of us
41:33together i feel like it's gonna
41:35make a great match
41:36i love what i felt tonight
41:37i think he felt the same way
41:39and uh
41:40i say the sky's the limit
41:42no limits
41:43yeah
41:44i like that even better
41:45i like that even better
41:48i like that even better
41:49i like that even better
41:50i like that even better
41:51i like that even better
41:51i like that even better
41:51i like that even better
41:51i like that even better
41:51i like that even better
41:52i like that even better
41:52i like that even better
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