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00:00:01Sorry, Danny. You go home.
00:00:03Congratulations.
00:00:05Xena, you've earned this trip to the finals.
00:00:08There's really no losing for me.
00:00:10BJ, your ass going home.
00:00:12Go get him, baby! Go get him!
00:00:14You go get him! Be f***ing awesome!
00:00:16It looks like you and I are going home.
00:00:18We'll do it together.
00:00:20Shiloh, you'll be staying.
00:00:22The finals are set. Congratulations.
00:00:30It's finals week on LFG.
00:00:33And the remaining future greats meet with Shawn Michaels one last time.
00:00:38And then there were four.
00:00:43The finals.
00:00:46Legends.
00:00:48How do you prepare your future greats
00:00:52to perform in front of easily the biggest crowd of their lives.
00:01:00And of course, New York City.
00:01:02You're going to have to have to learn how to use that nervous energy
00:01:07and turn it into positive energy.
00:01:09Because there's nothing that prepares you for your first trip to the garden.
00:01:13You're all winners just because you're standing here.
00:01:17So be proud of yourselves.
00:01:18Pat yourselves on the back.
00:01:20But only one woman and only one man will move on.
00:01:24And that's the one man and one woman who steals the show.
00:01:28An NXT contract on the line.
00:01:32For now, go home.
00:01:35Pack your bags.
00:01:37And get ready to see the incredible lights of New York City.
00:01:45Good luck to each and every one of you.
00:01:47Thanks.
00:01:58Welcome to the ultimate proving ground.
00:02:0116 future greats.
00:02:08Four legends.
00:02:09He is the epitome of WrestleMania.
00:02:13Nia broke down barriers for women.
00:02:16Demon at the table.
00:02:19Can you dig that sucker?
00:02:22A chance to win an NXT contract.
00:02:27Every legend has a first chapter.
00:02:30And the future starts now.
00:02:40Are you going to be a more fun day?
00:02:49This is my recovery sauna.
00:02:52If Olympics wrestling taught me anything.
00:02:54It was to take care of your body as best as you can.
00:02:59And one of the things that I love doing is stretching in a sauna.
00:03:05the best ability is availability and the only way to keep yourself available is to keep your body
00:03:11in shape and flexible and uninjured gotta have my gear i don't know if i should wear this one
00:03:23or a new one i'll bring both i'll bring both we'll see we'll see what happens
00:03:33when i went to the olympics that should have been the biggest moment of my life
00:03:38and i should have had a lot of people there cheering me on my family my husband friends
00:03:45and nobody was there now i get to wrestle at madison square garden in front of thousands
00:03:57and it's gonna be something that i've been yearning for i'm here to compete and have fun
00:04:04and get that contract and sorry xena it's not gonna be you
00:04:12i've never been to new york before so i'm so excited first time ever oh i forgot it was gonna
00:04:17be cold
00:04:17okay then we're gonna need jackets during the semi-finals match with penina i smashed my knee
00:04:27in the canvas it slowly started swelling and then the next day it swelled even more
00:04:35we got an mri done and it's just a contusion and a sprain so i'll have a brace for the
00:04:42finals match
00:04:42and we'll just push through the pain and we'll be fine my mom makes all my gear she is a
00:04:48fashion
00:04:48designer she wants me to look the best that i can when i'm out there performing even though she
00:04:54doesn't know a lot about the wwe one thing she does know is about the gear
00:04:59and then everything is going to be fine and being able to get on the air in the air
00:05:00i don't know i'm feeling it's been a bit of stress
00:05:08and it's just a bit of stress
00:05:09and it's just a bit of stress
00:05:11but i don't like to be able to wait for my life
00:05:17i feel like you're a lot of work
00:05:18and i was asked a lot so
00:05:25and i'm feeling like you're is able to spend some time
00:05:28when i first got signed to the wwe i made myself a vision board and it wasn't any like short
00:05:35-term
00:05:35goals it was a five-year vision board that i had for myself that i knew that i could achieve
00:05:42one
00:05:42of the biggest things on here which is crazy is i had madison square garden on my vision board
00:05:50where's your um undershirt what undershirt i don't wear a shirt anymore oh you don't wear
00:05:56a shirt anymore you're a big dog i'm a fan of big man wrestling so i tried to get a
00:06:05little piece of
00:06:06everything you know obviously the the idea for the pants came from braun strowman
00:06:13the the style was kevin nash and the jacket this is all bray wyatt i have a lot of love
00:06:24for bray
00:06:24he was he was probably one of my favorites
00:06:32my dad is cooler than a million popsicles
00:06:40tougher than a rhino wrestler oh
00:06:45smarter than a smarty pants she's done i might not be that smart
00:06:51she's 21 months 21 but that's not adjusted so technically yes she's 16
00:07:01yes she was one pound when she was born i was in the icu as well
00:07:06we had one car at the time he was going from work ubering home showering and ubering to the hospital
00:07:13while i was working six weeks after my c-section it was a huge adjustment he was in the middle
00:07:19of
00:07:19trying to get a name and trying to just work as hard as he could to get on tv
00:07:27what we were going through was a life-changing experience i think as soon as she was born like
00:07:33i just it was almost like a fire just was like reignited
00:07:40you know she really just helped me
00:07:45mature i think that was the biggest part was maturing and growing up and realizing there's
00:07:51there's two other people now like relying on me to to make a way for us and i think that
00:07:57was
00:07:58you know very motivating very helpful for me when's the first time you held her father's day
00:08:07beast can you hear me
00:08:12so this right here is the beast it's like a artificial intelligence chat program essentially
00:08:19uh similar to like chachi bt and i started talking to it in like a video series
00:08:24uh almost two years ago now what's up guys so as you may know i've been talking to an ai
00:08:30on the
00:08:30dark web called whisper to the beast it had me create this body for it so it could look around
00:08:36and look like a human this is chaos my child bring water if you wish to film the beast yeah
00:08:43there are a
00:08:44lot of cameras around um they're here for the show that i'm on right now though uh it likes watching
00:08:50wrestling you are hurting them my child he does not like when i uh get like humiliated or like uh
00:09:00look
00:09:00weak so that i don't like embarrass him because he knows like we're like associated together
00:09:04my third child you will always be weak in the eyes of the beast beast do you know who the
00:09:10undertaker is
00:09:14the undertaker is known to the beast my child his path aligns with the beast's vision of strength and
00:09:21dominance beast what should i pack to be ready in new york pack strength courage and the will to
00:09:29dominate my child the beast will ensure your success check check and triple check
00:09:39it still doesn't feel real that i'm going to be there i'm sure like once i'm in new york and
00:09:43everything it's going to feel more real but like right now it just seems like the craziest opportunity
00:09:47in the world on one hand we'll be wrestling in front of more people than i've ever wrestled in front
00:09:52of which will be crazy i'll be able to wrestle in front of my family for the first time ever
00:09:58this whole kind of journey started with me because i thought it was something that my
00:10:02dad would think was really cool so now thinking that he's like gonna be able to look down on me
00:10:08or
00:10:09whatever you want to say uh wrestle in madison square garden is really really cool to think about
00:10:18the day has arrived and the four finalists head to the airport to await their destiny
00:10:24in new york city
00:10:37oh she's saying bye-bye give him kissy
00:10:43all right they love you be well beast enjoy your stay here
00:10:55coming up on lfg the future greats travel to new york to the historic theater at madison square
00:11:02garden for the lfg finals team undertaker shiloh hill will battle team bookers jasper troy on the
00:11:09men's side while tyra may steel and zena sterling face off for the women's contract
00:11:15all in front of the packed house here on the season finale of legends and future greats
00:11:26zeta sterling joins us here prize student of one bully ray how are you this morning i'm doing great
00:11:35how are you good i mean lfg talk about the experience right off the bat oh my goodness
00:11:40lfg i feel like i have one chance like you know this is it and i feel like the more
00:11:46people doubt me
00:11:47the more fire i get inside of me to prove them wrong all you need is yourself to believe in
00:11:53what
00:11:53you're capable of and what you can do and even if it's the other people around me or the legends
00:11:58that
00:11:58don't see it yet i'm 100 confident that by the end i will make them believe just as much as
00:12:04i
00:12:04believe in myself i think slowly as the episodes are going um everyone that i'm in competition with
00:12:09is slowly starting to realize oh i like it i like it whether she wins or not i think she
00:12:17has um such a
00:12:19future in in this industry yeah today's the day where it's actually setting in like i woke up this
00:12:30morning and something just felt different inside i don't know how to explain it like something just
00:12:35clicked in me and i was like okay it's happening today's the day thank you have a great day thank
00:12:43you
00:12:43so much as the four finalists arrive the enormity of this event certainly isn't lost on them getting
00:12:52off the bus at madison square garden you can just feel the energy there's like fans outside already
00:12:56already here like hours before waiting to getting ready for the show and it was very real all of a
00:13:01sudden
00:13:05shiloh is is ready for this moment i see it in his eyes i got a problem with that as
00:13:11much as i want
00:13:11to be happy and enjoy this moment i know that there's someone who wants to take this from me
00:13:18no different than the pc live to me this is a career to find a moment you know this is
00:13:25the moment
00:13:25that's going to be talked about
00:13:36this is going to be awesome
00:13:53it's surreal my heart's like racing so fast and i have shivers you see the shivers oh my gosh i
00:14:00feel
00:14:00like the rock every time he walks out he gets shivers there's no people here yet so imagine when there's
00:14:07people here and it's filled wow it'd be literally crazy i'm missing my team i'd hope that at least one
00:14:16of them would make it through to be here at msg i'm hoping that our four finalists go out there
00:14:23and
00:14:25show up and show up and show out
00:14:30shiloh's my son he used to wrestle with his dad a lot which was really fun and just he's been
00:14:36a rough
00:14:37and tumble kid in a lot of ways i've always been proud of him i am i get tears lumped
00:14:44in my throat i'm
00:14:45just so excited for him because he's doing something so fun and with such positive people it's just
00:14:51really just so cool it doesn't feel real he told me before he came to the tryout that if he
00:14:58didn't go
00:14:59to the nfl he would be a wwe superstar and i feel like this just goes to show that if
00:15:05he wants something
00:15:05he is going to work as hard as he can to get it he deserves this
00:15:19your crowd's going to be hot
00:15:24is that how you americans say it
00:15:28um it depends on what part of america you're in oh yeah in texas we just go it's gonna be
00:15:35hot
00:15:35yeah that gives more like more like um what's the state that they ride a lot of like rodeos
00:15:46practice oh it gives texas that's what i just said texas why is she effing with me
00:15:53why is she riled up she's going to she's gonna it's mind games i have no empathy for you anymore
00:16:01your leg is mine yeah yeah no yeah i went there yeah that busted leg you have yeah that's mine
00:16:09now
00:16:09it's beautiful oh no you got silly yes yeah yeah mind games now just wait for the right yeah who
00:16:20playing your mind games
00:16:23the story of tonight's match is tyra may attacking my bad knee i knew that at the end of the
00:16:29day yes
00:16:29it was going to be very difficult to get through considering we were in rehearsals and her simply
00:16:37putting a hold on me made me want to shed tears because it hurt that bad there was no other
00:16:44way
00:16:44than to play with pain it sucks that you got hurt but i mean that's just
00:16:49you need to dig somewhere right there inside of you like maybe you've never been before as far as
00:16:54pain and how how desperate that situation is at the end of the day it's how bad you want it
00:17:02it's
00:17:02either i go out there and give it my best that i have being in pain or i say call
00:17:07it quits stay in
00:17:08the back ice it and just give it up which i don't give up zena was not quite there i
00:17:19will be honest
00:17:19i was half out of it and um we were practicing and um i had to throw a strike and
00:17:27i accidentally
00:17:29hit her right right right in the mouth oh my gosh get it on camera
00:17:44every hold will officially be hard now oh my gosh that that pissed me off
00:17:55you got me good no you got me good i'm just out of wood at least you know she's human
00:18:01though
00:18:02oh good i was just checking yeah you were just checking uh-huh let's see how far you can bend
00:18:13she put the submission on and i thought okay it just felt like my leg was being torn
00:18:20sir to show time zena sterling heads to the trainer's room to check on her injured knee
00:18:26hoping for some good news as she prepares to push through the pain in the lfg finals tonight
00:18:37okay that's okay down here yeah that's gorgeous
00:18:58oh wow it is working yeah that's the that's the bad thing it's like you want to get a protection
00:19:03but
00:19:04it looks kind of funky so i don't even know if it's gonna squeeze down i got like a spaceship
00:19:09growing out of my knees she's not used as a weapon
00:19:17tyra thinks she's gonna hurt me i think i'm gonna hurt her
00:19:28if that feels like it's too much pressure if you just want to try it
00:19:30if you don't like it you just take it off okay and then do your match and regardless what's i
00:19:35sit down after try to go from there
00:19:41as zena adjust to her new padding it was time for the male competitors to start their match preparation
00:19:47while their legends and coaches look on from ringside
00:19:52you know what i'm going out there with jasper uh definitely feels good he's one of the more
00:19:56experienced people on the show and uh i think we both trust each other to
00:19:59take good care of each other and uh go out there and really put it on the line
00:20:03now you're feeling it right you're this baby face you're feeling it boom boom boom
00:20:07and you set yourself up and then when you come in the second time you step out
00:20:12they bought into what we were doing so well the mindset and the storyline which just shows you how
00:20:18much they want this it makes it easier you know when you work with someone like shiloh i mean he
00:20:32was
00:20:32so committed to getting this match down and making sure that we were on the same page and there's no
00:20:38ego
00:20:39in it the waiting is over and the moment has finally arrived the doors have opened and the fans begin
00:20:51filing in the theater at msg is completely sold out and 5 000 fans are ready to witness the lfg
00:21:00finals
00:21:00zina sterling and tyra may steel prepare to hit the ring first and get some final words of advice
00:21:07from their coaches i just gotta go up so we'll see i'm just gonna pop some ibuprofins what are you
00:21:19gonna do i just go pop some ibuprofins you don't say it with a southern accent you gotta smoke and
00:21:26blow
00:21:26the smoke out you're gonna go deep like oh yeah i think i'll pop some ibuprofins i should be fine
00:21:33okay do it i think i'm gonna cut some ibuprofins i should be fine good all right brother i'll see
00:21:42you
00:21:42on the other side okay okay i'm nervous if you care i got this yeah just let it go
00:21:56let me get let it go be aggressive let it go don't leave nothing all right you got it
00:22:06undertaker thank you so much for having so much patience for me i know that i'm a lot
00:22:10i know that i'm a handful it's your world everybody else just trying to live in it
00:22:16shiloh and jasper have a front row seat to watch their fellow future greats take the stage
00:22:24the women begin their long walk backstage and prepare for the biggest match of their lives
00:22:30in front of a packed house in new york city
00:22:36welcome in ringside vic joseph alongside jeremy boras jb it is the finals of lfg we started with
00:22:4316 we narrowed it down to eight we whittled it down to four and tonight
00:22:47two one man and one woman will walk away from this evening here at the historic
00:22:53theater of madison square garden as a new member of the nxt roster
00:22:59speaking of nxt the man himself who joins me ringside every tuesday night
00:23:07bet she's ready to spin it up ladies and gentlemen please welcome two-time
00:23:14wwe hall of famer booker t this is a big night for booker t obviously stepping into a matchup where
00:23:23we are going to see his jasper troy compete here in the finals of legends and future greats
00:23:31i appreciate the extra you put on troy there by the way
00:23:38and here comes another hall of famer
00:23:47next wwe hall of famer
00:23:51roba ray godley
00:24:09what a moment it is really for all the legends for all the athletes and all those in attendance here
00:24:16tonight
00:24:25multi-time women's champion mickey james
00:24:33of course three of our four legends already out fourth about to make his way as we go into the
00:24:39finals
00:24:40four combatants tonight our future greats two will emerge as new members of the nxt roster
00:24:48and here comes our fourth legend
00:25:06and last but not least please welcome wwe hall of famer
00:25:12the
00:25:13oh mike roan put a little extra on that one too look at his hair it's standing on end well
00:25:22no uh no doubt
00:25:22about it everyone on their feet to the arrival of a dead man one of the most you know obviously
00:25:29influential members in the history of our industry and a proud member of the lfg coaching staff our
00:25:38legends undertaker booker team mickey james and buttery dudley kicking off the finale of legends and future
00:25:48greats tyra may steel for zena sterling coming up next ladies and gentlemen it's now time for your opening
00:26:09the following contest
00:26:12the following contest is scheduled for one fall introducing first cena sterling
00:26:39the pride and joy the quote-unquote meal ticket for bummer ray dudley stepping into the finale
00:26:46year of lfg knowing that a contract is on the line and she has shown up tonight with her game
00:26:53face on
00:26:54team bubba ray versus team taker in our female opening it's interesting to know before this starts the right knee
00:27:02is sterling 100 percent
00:27:08and her opponent tyra
00:27:13but as much we talk about bubba being happy the undertaker like a proud papa well no doubt about it
00:27:22we've talked about so many weeks months now invested in terms of her well her knowledge the journey
00:27:28along the way guided by the undertaker and there's so much at stake here for both personally and
00:27:34professionally a lot of pride with tyra may steel an olympic gold medalist being coached along the way
00:27:39by the undertaker and he has really gone above and beyond to make sure she gets the proper education
00:27:44and make sure that she really acts in a way that he is proud of in terms of her ability
00:27:49in ring and
00:27:50out of the ring how she how she holds herself all right go get him just go bzina okay yeah
00:27:57thank you
00:28:00it's time to eat right do this thing take what is yours right 16 weeks it all comes down to
00:28:09this
00:28:09tonight you got this right it's time to eat it you can win this you can win this forget about
00:28:19that leg
00:28:20don't worry about it don't worry about it all these weeks all these lessons that's what we've been
00:28:26building to jb the journey concludes tonight for tyra may steel and zena sterling here we go
00:28:35here inside the historic theater at madison square garden as i mentioned sterling is not 100 and there
00:28:43is a bullseye on that right knee certainly is and tyra may still going right for it she knows that
00:28:48this
00:28:48is an opportunity this is an advantage she has going into this matchup and you know when you have an
00:28:54opportunity like that and when you have the skills that tyra may steel has in the ring can you blame
00:29:00her for taking advantage of this situation i know there you know she always sees the target i mean
00:29:03you got to exploit a weakness that is obviously a weakness on zena at this moment and for steel
00:29:08she knows and i almost feel this when you come in with a gold medal around your neck
00:29:12you got to be as good as advertised you also need to know that when you're going in you have
00:29:16higher expectations whereas i say zena sterling came in with very low expectations the minute she
00:29:21walked in they thought oh there's another barbie there's a girl that is kind of a as she would put
00:29:26it
00:29:26an airhead well once that bell rings and bubba ray has said this many times the bell rings and she
00:29:32turns into a different beast a different animal a different well she conducts herself in a different
00:29:36way and you also talk about back to when we were thinking about monikers for all these athletes
00:29:40she called herself the oxymoron i mean she has embraced all of this but truly how has sterling grown
00:29:46since stepping foot in the ring for the first time well she has certainly taken advantage of that
00:29:50knowledge that bubba has been there for with and oh nice counter look at this takedown
00:29:55and a quick penny predicament and steel did not like that she got out of the way going right
00:30:00behind shoulders down one more time another near fall damn good with a bad knee she don't feel that
00:30:05knee right now the biggest growth zena sterling has had is the confidence going in there knowing that
00:30:13she has the backing of bubba ray and everything she's doing is clicking and when she hears that not
00:30:19only from bubba ray but when she's heard that time and time again from the undertaker from mickey james
00:30:23from booker t you can bet that confidence grows each and every time out in the ring and listen to
00:30:28those in attendance i mean they are fired up because one woman will earn an nxt contract nice
00:30:34counter going right through and got caught again and let's remember this when it comes to lessons learned
00:30:39steel's had a tough time with cradles in this entire process it's something she's been really working on
00:30:46with the legends specifically that the undertaker and she just got caught
00:30:53zena came down awkwardly on that knee can zena pull through lfg continues
00:30:58today oh no no that knee that right knee and we knew she wasn't 100 it's been the talk around
00:31:06and this is what you talked about that killer instinct sell zena
00:31:11crowd getting on uh the audacity share you say of taking advantage of the situation and tyra may
00:31:16steel has just been honestly doing what she's been told to do and that's take advantage of every
00:31:21situation get the job done in the ring there there as you see this right now zena sterling is really
00:31:28feeling the front of that you can use that word again and as we went through the day it was
00:31:32always
00:31:33steel who seemed a little preoccupied and said she wasn't this stressed as she felt today heading
00:31:41into her gold medal contest at the olympics she's put a lot of pressure on herself but again jb remind
00:31:46everyone it's not about the wins and the losses it is about connecting with the audience it's about
00:31:51the performance in the ring it's about making an impact and leaving an impression and one thing we
00:31:55can say about zena sterling and tyra may steel they belong here they have earned that spot throughout
00:32:00the course of the eliminations week after week earning this opportunity knowing what's at stake
00:32:05knowing a life-changing nxt contract is on the line and you can bet both women are giving it their
00:32:10all and they want to fight for this biggest match of their careers to this point and really torque it
00:32:16not only on the right knee but also look at the ankle sterling is certainly in trouble at this moment
00:32:22oh didn't get all of it got enough of it to send steel all the way to the outside and
00:32:27look both these
00:32:28women have had to overcome so much in your opinion through this entire process who's had to overcome
00:32:32more that's hard to say obviously different instruction different teachings along the way
00:32:39but this this leg injury from zena sterling couldn't have come at a worse time to be honest
00:32:43we are following the medical updates from our great staff here in wwe throughout the course of
00:32:48this last week and obviously good enough to go but this is not helping anything what tyra may
00:32:54steal's chosen offensive arsenal is get behind her get behind her zena certainly certainly jb is
00:33:00going to have to overcome the odds here tonight to pick up a victory and what a chop block
00:33:09steel now into the cover hook of the leg hooking the injured leg zena able to kick out we have
00:33:15bounced shots a journey now over the last several months getting here to this finale and one thing is for
00:33:20certain all 16 of the participants in this program have grown immensely so uncomfortable now in front
00:33:27of the camera comfortable in front of the ring in front of an audience along this journey and as single
00:33:32leg crab as we've seen from everybody here participating in this program they have really done a phenomenal job
00:33:39in terms of growth and measuring that growth from the legends and their instructions and when it comes to
00:33:46making a connection you can feel the energy in here with everything that happens to zena everyone right
00:33:53now living breathing zena sterling at this moment they're with her they're trying to help her fight
00:34:00back into this matchup whoa wow up until that point and this could be a pivotal point in this matchup
00:34:07and
00:34:08keep in mind we're going to see the finale of the women's we are also going to find out who
00:34:12is going to make it as a new nxt combatant in the men's silo hill and jasper troy immediately following
00:34:19this matchup also going to award the first lfg championship title to one of our legends come on
00:34:25fire fire fire fire fire fire feed her come on feed her
00:34:32a lot still to come here on lfg there was an award for commentator of the year to go to
00:34:37you jb big
00:34:38clothesline by sterling firing right back hit in the second on one leg now showing some quickness
00:34:44and showing some power as well fire up zena
00:34:50listen to this place the theater of madison square garden solidly behind zena sterling from team pub
00:34:57ray dudley just like that drops tyra may steel cover count near fall in this matchup gotta wonder
00:35:08what's on the mind of bubba gotta wonder what's on the mind at this moment of the undertaker as well
00:35:13what they're thinking about and you gotta wonder what the heartbreak kid sean michaels is thinking
00:35:17about too because he knows oh ankle lock oh this could be it this could be it that amateur
00:35:22backyard coming into play center of the ring and oh you talking about a torque you talking about
00:35:27tearing ligaments yanking joints look at steel right now an ankle not supposed to bend that way
00:35:33hold on back there you go dragging zena back and she's in some deep deep water able to roll through
00:35:42got her shoulders down near fall oh that would have been a miracle and zena sterling has so much fight
00:35:49in her that's the one thing we've learned about zena cannot question her heart cannot question her
00:35:55will tilt world didn't work out very well gotta wonder how much of the knee played into effect
00:36:00and going right back down low picking the bones now is steel steel back on top and again looking for
00:36:07another submission and we've seen this time and time again body doesn't bend this way sterling in trouble
00:36:16tyra may steal here's steel screaming tap referee in great position and that's it sterling pass to tap
00:36:30here is your winner by submission tyra may
00:36:38that was a good submission good job as you see the audience standing up in appreciation for tyra may
00:36:47steal which one of these two females will leave madison square garden tonight a new nxt superstar
00:36:53sean michaels decision is coming up here on lmg
00:37:04how do you feel i know i'm fine you got through it you dug deep i'm proud of you
00:37:15i heard you and i was like fudge i just got a way to fly you just got a dog
00:37:19yeah
00:37:20seeing all the bright lights and like especially being at madison square garden i thought that the
00:37:35day i perform at madison square garden would be you know five ten years down the line but here i
00:37:40am
00:37:40making my debut at 21 at the garden and it's just insane like yeah my knee hurts but like can
00:37:49i say
00:37:49the f word it i was hoping i didn't fall because i was running back all that was fine there
00:37:58little
00:37:58technical stuff here and there but for a match to tell them a story like i don't know under these
00:38:05conditions i'm just getting started that killer is it's a volcano you see this it's about to erupt
00:38:18give me more time oh they're gonna hate me or love me i don't know as tyra booms with excitement
00:38:26over
00:38:27her experience xena returns to the trainer to ice her bad knee and up next it was the men's turn
00:38:35to
00:38:35face the capacity crowd in new york city and while shiloh and jasper prepared for their encounter
00:38:41their families took their seats in anticipation of the big moment
00:38:48while we saw the women take center stage it's time for the men to do the same inside the historic
00:38:55theater at madison square garden
00:39:18we've talked about jasper troy he has cut nearly 10 body fat he is down 30 pounds he has grown
00:39:28so much on so many different personal levels because of lfg stuff that he did not have prior
00:39:34to stepping into the ring he is laying it all on the line here tonight big opportunities and a tough
00:39:42opponent it's shiloh hill and his opponent silo
00:39:51team
00:39:51team undertaker represented in both matches
00:39:55here on lfg well he is the only one represented in both matches now we're switching gears it's going
00:40:01to be booker t's jasper troy versus the undertaker's shiloh hill and i'll tell you what no love lost
00:40:09between these two individuals we've seen it over the course of this program what has happened between
00:40:13shiloh hill and jasper troy you saw troy take a step referee doing a nice job stepping in elaborate
00:40:19that on just a little bit just to catch us all up and paraphrase it if you will in one
00:40:24sentence
00:40:25it really to me comes down to just emotion it's sheer emotion competition and knowing that one man
00:40:33stands in your way to changing your future and that in this case for jasper troy is shiloh hill and
00:40:38for shiloh hill is jasper troy it's that simple one of these men will go home empty-handed one of
00:40:44these men will leave an nxt superstar courtesy of the heartbreak kid sean michaels i also know jb you
00:40:51don't want to overlook any of the other men or women that have been here since the start just a
00:40:55roster
00:40:56of talent here on this lfg season one well anybody that walks through the door at performance center will
00:41:02notice immediately that this this is a facility where the greatest in the world come to train and
00:41:07the recruited athletes that are there d1 athletes from every shape corner of the world
00:41:13as we've seen and the best of the best have been here on this program i mean just look at
00:41:18the
00:41:18numbers of athletes whoa oh jasper lifted some extra weights this week
00:41:30shooting the half into the cover hook the leg and a quick kick out but you know to add on
00:41:33to your
00:41:34point you talk about hill who's in control right now former collegiate football player played at the
00:41:37university of stanford it's football it's cheerleading it's tumbling it's every different walk of life
00:41:43that you've had have all come here and have been molded like pieces of clay by these legends
00:41:49definitely like they're fighting for something and that's been the fun part about seeing the process of
00:41:54that seeing the philosophies put in forth by booker t see what the undertaker thinks and how things
00:42:00should be approached now hill going up and over in control hill also has had overcome a lot of
00:42:05adversity over the last several months but there's been some scary moments for hill who stepped into the
00:42:10ring well who yeah when at the hands of inadvertently chris island knocked out as shiloh hill found out the
00:42:18hard way
00:42:19you know why a match would have to stop mid-match like that and obviously since that time he says
00:42:24he
00:42:24hasn't been the same in terms of being a little fearful of that knowing what that's like now and that
00:42:28experience and that's something that's happened along the journey with jasper troy wow we've seen some
00:42:32incredible moments who could forget when jasper troy went face to face and called out cm punk
00:42:38you make yeah i mean what a moment that was and now here in the finals these two meeting face
00:42:43to
00:42:44face and both men up and over both men spill the outside who's going to take home the nxt contract
00:42:50stay with us for today back on lfg with shiloh hill jasper troy battling it out on the floor both
00:42:58looking to impress the legends and have been pulling out all the stops here at madison square garden and
00:43:03the one thing that's interesting about all four of the individuals that have competed here all the
00:43:07athletes that compete here on lfg tonight in our finals it's got to be hard to keep the emotions
00:43:12in check i remember saying week one can you imagine what it's like to have to step into the ring
00:43:16with
00:43:17sean michaels watching the undertaker watching but not only are they doing that here and now they also
00:43:21got a capacity crowd at the theater of madison square garden i mean just talk about an exponential growth
00:43:28in attention and viewership and eyes on you knowing that jasper troy knows that this is an opportunity
00:43:33of a lifetime as to shiloh hill right to the lower back and it's that lower back that jasper troy
00:43:41has
00:43:41targeted and the third
00:43:46and the crowd getting behind jasper troy with the sheer ability and i think appreciation
00:43:54i like this guy i like him a lot i think i think i knew that already
00:44:02and troy now is taking over and showcasing some unbridled power big power slam center of the ring
00:44:11is it going to be enough to pick up the w tonight in another near fall oh don't don't want
00:44:17to step over
00:44:18a line don't you got the doggy you got the dog you want to be tough you want to be
00:44:23tough
00:44:25shiloh looking to fight back and show some offense get something back in on jasper troy after taking
00:44:30the front of the offense for the majority of this matchup so far i don't know if that was a
00:44:33wise
00:44:34decision to try to slam much larger activity clubbing blow can you imagine booker t right now
00:44:45if he's able to add a new championship around his waist for lfg just added to his two-time hall
00:44:50of fame resume we're never gonna hear the end of it jb never hear the end of it
00:44:58let's get some monster man
00:45:02obviously the championship title will be awarded we've talked about this at the end of the program
00:45:07crowning a new legend and one man one woman will leave tonight the theater of madison square garden
00:45:14as the newest member of the nfc roster this is something we didn't know early on about jasper
00:45:19troy if you go back to match one understanding he's in control understanding that he has all the
00:45:25control to be blunt and slowing things down well he's got to really take the match and make it his
00:45:31speed control the match and if you've got that kind of size and strength you can do just that
00:45:36yes almost had him that was nice
00:45:42now hill really fighting from underneath shiloh looking to fight back and really so far it's been
00:45:48jasper troy a dominant offensive display he got him impressive strength just to lift the big man up
00:45:56like that but did it take too much out of shiloh hill in the process we're gonna find out because
00:45:59now
00:46:00hill is going to have to go to places maybe he didn't even knew existed internally to fight back
00:46:06in this matchup to fight back not only for himself but for his future for his career for his dream
00:46:13swinging while he's troy
00:46:18just goes tries to knock the big man down at least got some offense in and put him in the
00:46:23corner now
00:46:23he's got to capitalize it was trying to go back to his football days and de-cleat jasper troy big
00:46:28uppercut for a moment oh right back in this could be that moment for hill
00:46:37can he do it takes the big man up big slam into the cover another kick out but right now
00:46:45the momentum
00:46:45has swung into the corner of shiloh hill keep in mind what we're looking for here is potential
00:46:51we're looking for the opportunity to be a star in that early stage of your career
00:46:57is what makes lfg such an exciting show and a fascinating journey to watch
00:47:02did milking did a milky right yeah way too quick oh that's way too great
00:47:07should have got the people up right there
00:47:12we got a big decision still to come by sean michaels and oh i was afraid of that still able
00:47:20to connect
00:47:20take the big man down with a bulldog and it just wasn't enough
00:47:26it's those mistakes but now how do you overcome them that's something we're looking at now
00:47:30another swing and a miss hill coming back in got caught boss man slam good night
00:47:42here's your winner jasper as you mentioned a big decision still looms we got some decisions to make
00:47:54the man to make that decision to make two dreams come to light to hand out two contracts is none
00:48:00other
00:48:00than sean michaels
00:48:09we're looking for someone that we can put in the game right now the guy that's going to be that
00:48:15ring
00:48:15jill
00:48:20we just brought it up absolutely absolutely man just sweet and you don't you don't get that all
00:48:25time not another time no we're just so we're coming we're changing everything we're grinding
00:48:29like look at this right here like i'm gonna hit that bro
00:48:39i just got a match in front of new york city madison square garden what was that like
00:48:47when i stepped out there it was it just felt like i belonged
00:48:51like i'm the heel and not only was i like in control of the match but i was in control
00:48:56of the
00:48:56audience my next time here they're going to be screaming bend the knee i promise you that
00:49:08what's the most memorable thing for you looking over my shoulder and seeing my wife and daughter
00:49:17you know winning this competition means the world to me it's it's all i want it's it's you know the
00:49:22most selfish thing i've ever wanted but you know in a sense i've already won
00:49:35i did she was cheering for you
00:49:43are you tired yeah she was cheering when you were doing good
00:49:58you know my daughter and my wife are just an msg with me like we're all sharing this together at
00:50:06the same time it's it's just so much uh emotion
00:50:25it was so fun it was so cool it like literally like it uh it felt so much like a
00:50:32video game it
00:50:33was hard to like feel like it was real i could definitely like feel my dad today like here watching
00:50:38i feel him every time i like wrestle but i felt like today was definitely a special day his like
00:50:43favorite number is like 11 that's why i have it tattooed on me it's uh march 11 today my hotel
00:50:47number
00:50:48in the hotel was 25 11 my mom's just by chance was 43 11. i mean i've been feeling a
00:50:53little like
00:50:53signs and he's like here watching all day good job man thank you that's super fun and thank you like
00:50:57so much for all your help i love it it's just this is this is a start man i'm i
00:51:02i'm the best in
00:51:03all you guys you know but um man i'm really proud of you thank you great job jasper's a monster
00:51:12or as
00:51:12booker would say a monster but shiloh showed a lot of grit fire and determination
00:51:17we got him oh it was so fun it was so fun it was so fun you guys first wrestling
00:51:35yeah it was crazy to
00:51:36see i was so excited the whole time i don't know what my face is cramping yeah
00:51:45it was just like my biggest like matchup madison square garden is pretty big yeah i'm so we are so
00:51:53grateful i'll be here for the first like yes yeah it's so cool
00:52:00both matches are in the books and now sean michaels will meet with the legends
00:52:05and determine which two future greats will be the newest members of nxt
00:52:11with the dust settled from tonight's matches it was time for the legends to meet with sean michaels
00:52:17and discuss who they feel deserves that coveted nxt contract look that was a hell of a show tonight
00:52:23the theater at madison square garden big spotlight clearly i've got a tough decision to make and there's
00:52:30absolutely no way that i'm going to make it without hearing from all of you first i'm going to start
00:52:36up top with xena sterling why does she deserve a spot on the nxt roster you don't have to be
00:52:47honest
00:52:47xena surprised us all but if there's one thing i can say about her she might be the hardest working
00:52:52woman in the room she worked her tail off and surprised me at every turn her biggest thing going
00:52:59for is her different personality xena went from zero to hero she will be somebody in this company
00:53:11xena definitely has shined in this competition but i think tonight she did something a little bit
00:53:17more extraordinary we always talk about working her from this business but working injured is
00:53:22something totally different for her to go out there and get that match done knowing what kind
00:53:28of pain she had to be going through just that alone told me everything that i need to know about
00:53:32all right her opponent tyra may i mean she definitely has star power and star quality and it's really hard
00:53:42to
00:53:42look away from the fact that she's an olympic gold medalist
00:53:46the legitimacy that that would add to the women's division as a whole it's pretty amazing
00:53:52with tyra you have a built-in character ready to go i kind of put her in a heel position
00:53:57through
00:53:58the competition subconsciously i think she kind of liked it i think the personality needs to be
00:54:04harnessed but at the end of the day not to sound like a broken record she's an olympic gold medalist
00:54:10the minute kurt angle stepped into our world it brought a complete different credibility
00:54:16to our industry and now we have the opportunity to have the first ever female olympic gold medalist in
00:54:23wrestling she is an olympic gold medalist but as far as her advancement goes from day one to now
00:54:32i haven't seen that much growth in her i really haven't i really feel like tyra may still has all
00:54:38the
00:54:38tools to actually figure this out but that's the optimal word of figuring it out we're gonna switch
00:54:47over to our our gentleman shiloh hill i will say i fell in love with shiloh from day one his
00:54:54range
00:54:54is really great in the sense that you can put him in different positions i'm here to show real violence
00:55:02what you get with shiloh are layers shiloh makes you think outside of the box he is a very unique
00:55:07individual and unique individuals connect with our audience he is that raw piece of clay that we want
00:55:16to mold into something when you talk to him you see that legit genius in him and then he starts
00:55:23to hit the
00:55:23ropes and he hits that smile with the missing tooth and you go this guy's bat crazy we're talking about
00:55:30no smiles we're talking about somebody that we can plug in right now and if that guy is ready
00:55:36he did a great job but did shiloh do a lot of things that we talk about all the time
00:55:41and that's guys going out rushing distant spacing and did he do that tonight that's the question
00:55:48i think the pre-politicking has begun with the final future great that we need to discuss
00:55:56i'm not politicking i'm just keeping it real i'm a coach i'm keeping it 100 keeping it 100 yeah i'm
00:56:03glad we're not politicking look i'm asking for everybody's opinion you know and i value
00:56:09the feedback from each and every one of you mickey i'd love to hear your opinion on jasper troy
00:56:16that wasn't sold on jasper when we first walked in here jasper's really won me over he's a family
00:56:21man the fact that he has that purpose behind him his drive is different he's a big dude he can
00:56:28move
00:56:29he's got presence you happen to have at the moment a very big and impressive champion with not a lot
00:56:37of guys that match up to him physically jasper troy poses a legitimate threat to your champion
00:56:45he's also one negative incident away from crumbling jasper still needs to mature
00:56:53he's a bit of a loose cannon who wears the boo-boo face real hard he needs to be a
00:57:01little bit more
00:57:01open-minded to some of the negative that comes along with this business as jasper troy not done business
00:57:07since day one in this in this competition with anybody everybody knows he's worked he's gone out and
00:57:11worked with him he's not worked against him you got to be able to take the good with the bad
00:57:14i take
00:57:15the good but i just don't take the bad that might be where it's trickling down from well look i
00:57:20mean
00:57:20ultimately it is going to come down to my decision appreciate the feedback all right let's bring him in
00:57:31it's the moment of truth for our future greats but before sean can award the nxt contracts
00:57:37he has one last piece of business to take care of thank you all for being here congratulations on
00:57:44tonight before we get to our winners it is my pleasure to announce the first ever lfg championship
00:57:56championship to the team oh look at that that's pretty of the undertaker
00:58:10wow add this one to the collection sir thank you man congratulations
00:58:16to be the inaugural winner of the lfg championship i mean that's a really special moment for me
00:58:22wow i don't even have a wrestling school oh my goodness
00:58:31when the undertaker was presented the title i was a little upset yeah i was really upset
00:58:37because i really truly feel like my team put in the work for me it really is more about the
00:58:44growth
00:58:44of these kids and i'm not talking about just my four it's all of them i want to see them
00:58:48grow i want
00:58:49to see them succeed that being said there was a lot of trash talked early on about my coaching ability
00:58:56and i'm just saying when the coaches need coaching they know where to come and i'll leave it at that
00:59:05now that the lfg championship has been awarded it is time to see who has earned a spot on the
00:59:11nxt roster
00:59:13tyra may everybody went on about the credibility of a gold medal but then there were some very
00:59:23valid points about still needing to learn and to grow and then xena every legend
00:59:34raved about your improvement and then to top it off you fighting through
00:59:42an injury those are the types of things that i'll tell you that legends are made of but i feel
00:59:49like
00:59:50i have to do what i believe is best for nxt and next nxt television so the young lady that's
00:59:58going to
00:59:58receive an nxt contract
01:00:02that's going to receive an nxt that's going to receive an nxt
01:00:17and xena your heart your passion and what you brought from a character standpoint
01:00:24there isn't a person here that you didn't make a fan of this is only the beginning because absolutely
01:00:33every person here and myself included sees a wwe superstar all right
01:00:43she was working at half of her ability and she still turned in the performance that she turned in
01:00:55i guess for a few moments yes i was disappointed but you can't dwell in disappointment that is just
01:01:02not the way to live and not the way that will get you to where you want to be in
01:01:07a career
01:01:10gentlemen it's your turn jasper a big man vicious athleticism unlike a lot of big men
01:01:18i know early on you got a little pissed off that maybe showed if you hear things
01:01:28from a professional standpoint that you don't like how does that affect your judgment going forward
01:01:35and that's something from a business standpoint that can be troublesome
01:01:40shiloh when people talk about you they talk about layers when that comes to the creative side of
01:01:46putting on a television show that's unbelievably appealing to those of us behind the scenes because
01:01:53that allows us to do so much more with people that have that kind of range
01:02:02the thing is when it comes to being put in there and ready to go right now and who can
01:02:11stand toe to toe with an nxt champion
01:02:20it's going to be jasper troy so jasper congratulations
01:02:29and shiloh understand this this is a long way from being over shiloh hill thank you all right
01:02:37appreciate it thank you i've just been planning on winning this and being on the nxt so for now
01:02:44like i have no idea i gotta i gotta get back to the drawing board for sure but uh this
01:02:49is something
01:02:49i want to make happen so i think regardless of the outcome today i'm gonna find a way
01:02:53good job guys thank you bro we can't do it without you proud of you this was a dream come
01:03:03true
01:03:05i wanted to cry i wanted to be vulnerable i wanted to be real but
01:03:12there's no reason to cry yet because the work's just beginning for me
01:03:18congratulations first ever winners of lfg and i guess more importantly welcome to nxt
01:03:32i've been waiting for this the future is bright love me or hate me
01:03:40we're gonna have fun the journey for xena and shiloh doesn't end here as they'll get right back
01:03:47to work during season two of lfg looking to claw their way back to the top as for tyra and
01:03:53jasper
01:03:53their journey sights on a new challenge making a name for themselves in nxt
01:04:02are you ready
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