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WWE Legends & Future Greats Season 3 Episode 11 - July 5th 2026 (Full Episode) | WWE LFG S03 E11- 5 July 2026 (Full Episode) | WWE Legends & Future Greats 7/5/2026 S03 E11
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00:00Then, now,
00:23forever, together.
00:32The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
00:36Introducing first, the Phoenix, Arizona, Serena Linton!
00:44I got added to my first NXT live event loop.
00:47I am super excited.
00:49An NXT live event loop is where we travel to different cities
00:54and different states to perform in front of different crowds
00:58around the country.
01:00We are going to Knoxville, Nashville, and Birmingham,
01:03and this is such a huge opportunity,
01:06and it's showing me that I'm heading in the right direction.
01:13I'm not on NXT,
01:15so some of the fans have no idea who I am,
01:17so this is my introduction to them.
01:20It was a lot of fun to hear the crowd react.
01:26It definitely gave me a lot of confidence.
01:30It made me super excited for the future,
01:32and this experience means that I'm exactly where I'm meant to be,
01:36especially on NXT.
01:49We're out here to be decent. We're here to be great.
01:52I need you to look like you're in control.
01:55If I was Shawn Michaels, you guys would be on NXT tomorrow.
01:57It has to happen now.
01:59We don't have to wait to see who gets called up.
02:02They can go at any point.
02:03The future is indeed now here on LFG.
02:15K.O., Booker.
02:16What's up?
02:17Bubba, good to see you.
02:19Another episode of LFG is upon us,
02:20and I know the talent are excited to get working and get learning.
02:24We've got three matches today.
02:25K.O., you'll have the first one.
02:27Okay.
02:29Friends, PJ Vassa, Serena Linton.
02:32This is a match to continue what we're working on with PJ,
02:36get comfortable being a big body.
02:38Getting in there with your friend
02:39and hitting them a little bit harder is always a little bit easier.
02:42Yeah, sure.
02:43Serena, she's gonna be a babyface today,
02:44so just listen to the people, staying in the fight.
02:49Okay.
02:49Does she have experience as a babyface?
02:52She's been back and forth.
02:53Oh, okay.
02:53She never really dove into either too hard,
02:55but she's learning all sides of it right now.
02:58Okay, cool.
02:59Bubba, you'll have this one.
03:01Jaime Garcia, Braxton Cole.
03:03Braxton's someone you know well.
03:04He's super coachable.
03:06You've worked with him in the past.
03:08Yes.
03:08Gave him the book idea.
03:09You gave him the book idea.
03:11I've challenged him to take ownership in some of these ideas
03:14and come up with some creative stuff to bring it forward
03:16rather than just coming out with a book.
03:18What can he do with that book?
03:20What's he doing now?
03:22Well, we saw him looking at the book earlier.
03:24He's not gonna get disqualified.
03:27Jaime Garcia, finding some grit in his work right now.
03:30That's something that Shawn wanted to see as well.
03:32Everything's just very smooth.
03:34And when he is coming out of the cell,
03:36let me feel like you were in the cell.
03:37You were getting beat up a little bit earlier.
03:39We call it residual selling, abandoning the residual cell.
03:46Gotcha.
03:47Closing out the show, Booker.
03:48Apollo and Elijah.
03:50They're working together.
03:51They had a tag match, but now is their first true test.
03:54Hank and Tank.
03:55Ooh.
03:55Who?
03:55NXT veterans.
03:57Tag team champions.
03:58You find yourself in between two semis, going 80 miles an hour,
04:01sounding a little bit like, Hawk, Hawk.
04:05Hank and Tank, get it there.
04:06They're right there.
04:08Look at them.
04:08They're on top of their mouth.
04:10This is Elijah's first chance to get in there against a team who is established.
04:15We wanna get a gauge of where Elijah is on the big stage,
04:20and get him in there with people who know what they're doing.
04:23Holyfield.
04:24Holyfield.
04:25This kid?
04:26Money.
04:27Money.
04:27Checks and championships, baby.
04:29Checks and championships.
04:31Direct deposits.
04:322026.
04:33All right, so that's our show this week.
04:35Like I said, I know the talent are excited to get going.
04:37They're over there waiting to talk to all three of you,
04:39so let's have a good one.
04:40Spin it up.
04:41You don't wanna do your LFG on three thing anymore?
04:44He abandoning.
04:45I think, I feel like, if I catch you guys off guard with it,
04:48you're gonna go in on it.
04:49You're expecting it right now.
04:50Eh.
04:58Today, my opponent will be Serena Linton, Miss Spicy.
05:02I think Serena's great.
05:04I think she has all the characteristics to become a star one day.
05:07She is my best friend at the PC, so I'm very excited for this opportunity.
05:11Hey, guys.
05:13You guys are good friends, from what I understand.
05:15And I think that will lead you guys to being pretty physical with each other,
05:19which I think they really want out of both of you.
05:22Miss Spicy's gonna have to bring the spice.
05:24Yeah.
05:25Absolutely.
05:26PJ's a phenomenal performer.
05:28She's very aggressive, and so it's important for me to know,
05:31going into this match that I need to match her energy and match her aggressiveness.
05:35For you as a babyface, I think people really like his defiance.
05:38Because even if you're getting your ass kicked, even if you swing but you don't hit her,
05:42or you pipe face her back, like, that people can really get behind, you know?
05:47I know that I have to use every ounce of energy and every ounce of my little five-foot-two
05:52self
05:52to try and take this monster down.
05:55Right away.
05:55It could be a thing where as soon as the bell rings, you run, you drop kick her,
05:59and, like, the first one just takes her back to the corner, like, holy .
06:02And then you hit a second one.
06:04Yeah.
06:04And then this one, like, oh, my God.
06:06And then you're just all over her.
06:07Like, it doesn't have to be pretty, you know?
06:09Yeah.
06:09It's like you're overwhelmed.
06:11You're not necessarily hurt.
06:12So when you get back up, it's almost like you're stumbling into the corner.
06:16You're not, like, you know, like, because if you kick out,
06:18and then you just crawl to the corner like that, it's a different feel.
06:22Now you look beat up.
06:24But if you get her off and you're just, like, stumbling like holy .
06:27And then the next thing's like, oh, here's the thing.
06:29Here's the bulldog button.
06:31No, you.
06:32Boom.
06:32Yeah.
06:33There's ways to hit in safe places where you can hit pretty hard.
06:36On the receiving end, but also when they're on the giving end of the offense,
06:40there's a way to sell for that as well.
06:41I've tried to kind of really let them know that it's pretty important that they bring that out.
06:46I don't think she should move after, but if you just catch her and just, like, you,
06:50you, and that, you know what I mean?
06:51Oh, and they go, yeah.
06:52It's quicker, too.
06:53Yeah.
06:53Okay.
06:54The pacing of the heat that I'm going to be running to executing big matches in my body language,
07:01my aggression, my facials, a lot of it comes down to me.
07:04And Serena just has to be that spitball of fire, just trying to take down a giant.
07:15Can you feel it?
07:17I feel it.
07:20Can you feel it?
07:24Wow.
07:25The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
07:29Introducing first, the Phoenix, Arizona, Serena Linton.
07:37Well, certainly brings a different attitude, and it seems like the attitude grows week by week in this woman.
07:45You think that's attitude, or you think that's confidence?
07:47To honor that.
07:49You are the legend here at the announce desk, so I will fall back to whatever you say.
07:54So, yes, the confidence is growing in this woman, but also the same thing to be said for her opponent.
08:09And her opponent, from Seattle, Washington, P.J. Fusa!
08:19Well, when you talk about confidence, this woman has never lacked any sort of confidence.
08:25She's never had self-doubt.
08:27She's been close to the mountaintop in the past.
08:30She's been fighting for a contract.
08:33She's been fighting here, as all of our superstars do, for the main event spot.
08:38Huge main event coming your way on LFG tonight.
08:41But what a way to kick off the action with the women of Legends and Future Greats here this week
08:46on A&E.
08:46All of your teams like Freddie.
08:48Money, man, you ain't ready.
08:49You ain't ready.
08:50You ain't ready.
08:51You ain't ready.
08:51You ain't ready.
08:53You ain't ready.
08:53You ain't ready.
08:54You ain't ready.
08:55You ain't ready.
08:56P.J. Vasa and Serena Linton about to lock horns in this matchup.
09:03And watch out for Serena Linton.
09:05I tell you, she has really turned up the volume when it comes to her aggressiveness.
09:08And you can thank her coaches for that.
09:11You can thank KO Kevin Owens.
09:13I thought you said the aggressiveness was confidence.
09:16It's a little of both.
09:17I mean, if you can work it out, the equation to balance yourself, you can end up with quite a
09:21life career here.
09:22Whoa!
09:24Well, just getting caught.
09:25P.J. Vasa, not to cut you off there, JB, just took this matchup in control just like that.
09:30Oh!
09:30A little bit of quickness, though, being shown by Linton getting out of the way.
09:33And, again, these are two women who do know each other so very well.
09:37They've been in the Performance Center with each other.
09:39They've been in the ring with each other.
09:40This is a rematch of sorts for these two.
09:43But when you take a look at the women that have been here for a long time, that have been
09:50in the ring with each other,
09:51that have been in the same classes, don't you start to get the realization that they start understanding that they
09:57are direct competition for one another
09:59into the high cross body or low cross body in a kick out?
10:02Well, that goes back to the debate.
10:03Is this a team sport or is this an individual competition?
10:06At the end of the day, you're obviously...
10:07Oh, look at this.
10:07Some of that gymnastics background from Serena Linton.
10:10At the end of the day, you're fighting for yourself, you're fighting for your career, you're fighting for your family,
10:13your opportunity to get to that NXT roster.
10:15Boom!
10:16Boom!
10:17But at the same time, it takes a good opponent to get you there.
10:19Well, we've said it time and time again here on this program over the last several weeks that all it
10:25will take is one match, one moment,
10:29maybe even one minute to change your life, change your career.
10:33But with all that being said, and the fact that we've documented how long these two have been on LFG,
10:39how long they have been inside the Performance Center,
10:42don't you start to feel that the pressure is starting to build on their shoulders internally?
10:48Maybe it's their own internal pressure that they need...
10:51Are we looking, Gale?
10:52...they need to take that next step?
10:54Could be a bit more intensity, but the execution's all right, just not a whole lot of emotion.
11:00You know, it's taken years for some, and others have leapfrogged right to the top.
11:04Take a look at our very first episode at our Kendall Gray winner,
11:09who really came in quickly, learned this.
11:12Kurt Angle famously learned this very quickly.
11:14Some pick it up quicker than others.
11:16Some take a longer time to get there.
11:18The road is paved with bumps and bruises along the way,
11:20but to end up on NXT, to end up on the main roster of SmackDown,
11:24you've got to pay your dues, you've got to put the time in.
11:26It doesn't happen easy for anybody.
11:29And I think a lot of the women that are here also look at, you know, the Rhea Ripley's of
11:33the world.
11:33They look at the Liv Morgans of the world, who just earlier this year
11:36was the winner of the Women's Royal Rumble matchup.
11:40Found herself on the grandest stage of them all, WrestleMania.
11:43Found herself as a multi-time former champion, as Linton able to kick out.
11:47There are a lot of different women that they can look up to.
11:50When they go through the Champions Halls, they see a Bianca Belair.
11:53They all strive for that greatness.
11:55Well, those pictures are up there for a reason.
11:56Those pictures are up there to inspire and to show you what's possible.
11:59When you walk the hallowed halls here of the Performance Center,
12:02you can't help but be inspired every direction you look.
12:10The success of somebody you see come in here and rise through the ranks all the way to WrestleMania.
12:16This place is about inspiration and inspiring others.
12:20And for these two women, they are right now as fierce as they get, as focused as they get, as
12:26well.
12:27And oh, that black hole is where Linton just went.
12:30Will it be enough?
12:31Hook of the leg and a kick out.
12:34And I say these two because they are so focused on being the best.
12:39They are so focused on putting the right foot forward.
12:42They don't want to be a stepping stone.
12:43They don't want to be an afterthought.
12:44They want to go out there and they want to impress.
12:46That Linton right now trying to take down, well, P.J. Vasa had.
12:50Oh, wow.
12:51Wait a minute.
12:52She had a different direction she wanted to go, but Linton used that quickness one more time.
13:02Oh, no. Linton again.
13:04Second time.
13:04Able to get out of the way.
13:05Oh, look out.
13:06Serena's to the top.
13:07It's dangerous from here.
13:08We've seen this before from the top.
13:10Serena Linton.
13:14Mauling around.
13:15Hit it to perfection.
13:20Here is your winner, Serena Linton.
13:26Serena Linton almost in self-shock.
13:31I don't know if you'd want to call that an upset, but whatever it was,
13:35it's got to feel good to pick up a victory.
13:38Will that be enough?
13:40To find herself with a contract.
13:43Huge win for Serena Linton on LFG.
13:51Here is your winner, Serena Linton.
13:58So I thought execution wise everything was pretty good.
14:01Everything, like, you took everything great, you took everything great.
14:03When you came at the beginning, you were throwing everything at her and that was great.
14:08You weren't just standing there.
14:09You, like, she took the whole .
14:10All that was really working well.
14:12And she was moving with, like, a lot of urgency, which is what she needs, right?
14:16But then you didn't look like you were getting your ass beat, but you didn't look really overwhelmed either.
14:20You were just kind of like, almost looked like you were just kind of going through the motions.
14:23Like, I'm not saying put her through the ring, but there needs to be more purpose behind it.
14:27And then you .
14:28But instead it was just more like, boom.
14:31When you first come through the curtain, your presence right away, but it needs to translate in your work.
14:37It humbles me a little bit because, like, people know I talk a lot of .
14:42And, you know, I'm not holding up my end of the bargain.
14:45Like, it's just a wake-up call for me.
14:46It made me want to get back to work.
14:48Very much a learning experience for PJ Vassa, yeah.
14:51I felt like I got to show an aggressive side of Miss Spicy today as a babyface.
14:55And I'm really proud of myself because I felt on my end that I tried my best to lay everything
15:00in and be super aggressive and say sorry later.
15:03All her shots looked real.
15:04She was intense.
15:05She didn't just do the same thing over and over.
15:08Like, I don't think she could be on NXT tomorrow.
15:10She's not quite there yet, but I was pretty impressed with how she handled today's match for sure.
15:20Hey, guys.
15:21How are you?
15:21Hello.
15:22So, I believe the book has become effective for you.
15:25Yeah.
15:25Meaning, like, a good part of your act.
15:27So, we've seen the book work for you once.
15:30Oh, it's the book!
15:32Oh!
15:33Ah, there we go.
15:34We've seen the book not work for you once, right?
15:38Great job by our officials stepping in.
15:40We're so proud of that for breakfast.
15:42Oh!
15:42Oh!
15:43Oh!
15:43Oh!
15:44Oh!
15:46Oh!
15:46Oh!
15:47Oh!
15:47Oh!
15:47We do something today where the baby face sees the book coming.
15:54Yeah, that's what we had.
15:55Okay, great.
15:56We had that with the rolling dropkick.
15:57Great, great, great.
15:58Same age.
15:59We're all on the same page.
16:00So because you're so smart, the only way I see you getting mad is by him frustrating you.
16:10Mm-hmm.
16:11Yes?
16:11I agree.
16:12You know what all the reversals are, right?
16:14So you see him try to go to a top wristlock.
16:17You muscle him back down.
16:18You see him try to go underneath.
16:20You box him out.
16:22But then all of a sudden, the backflip and reverses you.
16:24And you're like, where did that come from?
16:26And that has to be shown through your movement and your pantomime.
16:30And most importantly, your facials.
16:32Come on up.
16:33Boom.
16:33Right there.
16:34Bang.
16:35And take a good snap back bump.
16:36Lock it in.
16:37Anytime I get the chance to work with Bubba is a chance that I'm grateful for because he shows me
16:43and tells me what the psychology is like, the emotions that I'm trying to get out of the crowd.
16:47And those are the things that I want to be really good at.
16:49And for a cutoff spot, we can use something really big for a cutoff spot.
16:54Yeah.
16:54You take a bump or whatever.
16:57You're stunned and on your feet.
16:59You go to the top rope.
17:01Go over.
17:02Catch him.
17:03Give him the big flare bump off the top.
17:06Haven't seen that done here.
17:08I like the flare one because it's huge.
17:12Bubba put his spin on it and just let us know why he would do things a certain way.
17:17Slow it down.
17:18Take your time.
17:19Also, I've been doing this for eight years now.
17:22So I'm no stranger to wrestling.
17:24I love it.
17:24I have my unique own style that I think that that's what brought me here.
17:28Maybe it can be finish my combat and go up, trying to whip, go for the souffleks, but bomb hits
17:36the ball away.
17:37Bomb selling, selling.
17:38He's going to go for the book.
17:40Drama, drama, drama with the rap.
17:43Ah, .
17:43Easy.
17:45Out of nowhere.
17:46I got you.
17:47Three, two, one.
18:02The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
18:05Introducing first from Golf Town, New Hampshire, winged at 240 pounds, Braxton Cole.
18:13Oh, well, here's someone who considers himself the most educated individual in the Performance Center.
18:22Yeah.
18:22And I think the fact that he comes out with the set piece of literature illustrates the fact that reading
18:31is important.
18:32Yeah, that's fair.
18:33Obviously.
18:35But at the same time, I'm wondering if there's something a little more behind this.
18:38And I think we heard earlier from Bubba, Bubba Ray Dudley, our legend, watching over this matchup, giving advice on,
18:47you know, specifically how to work this into what we're seeing inside the ring.
18:54How that plays out, we will see.
18:59Oh, we've also seen him.
19:01Whoa, whoa.
19:01Apparently he wants.
19:06All right.
19:06All right.
19:07All right.
19:07All right.
19:07All right.
19:08Oh, wow, Vic, we've never seen Braxton pick up a mic before.
19:11What's he going to say?
19:16If you guys all could shut up.
19:21My name is Braxton Cole, the PhD of WWE.
19:27And today, I give you guys the privilege of me reading my favorite passage from my favorite book, Privilege Without
19:37a Point.
19:38Apologies by Wendell.
19:40Apologies by Wendell Kenzinting.
19:41Oh, I can read.
19:49Oh, I can read.
19:50While the modern world villainizes success, it is important to-
19:58You wanted to hear him read?
19:59I was ready to hear this.
20:00Get out, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, fire up.
20:05And his opponent, from Madrid Spain, weighing at 205 pounds, Amy Garcia.
20:13Thank you, Garcia is ready for action.
20:18What a one-on-one matchup.
20:19This is going to be Garcia high flyer.
20:21We've seen here on LFG, the Spaniard getting ready to maybe take Braxton Cole to school.
20:28And yes, the fun was intended.
20:29I like what we're seeing here.
20:31And obviously, the crowd is involved as well to connect with the audience.
20:35Especially on an entrance like that.
20:37You're obviously connecting on a level that brings interest.
20:40They want to see you succeed.
20:41They want to be part of your operation and your success.
20:44And certainly, Amy Garcia looking to take out Braxton Cole in this.
20:48Let's leapfrog him right to the top.
20:50And obviously, looking for a place on the NXT roster.
20:53That's the goal.
20:54Now, this kind of goes back to the opening contest when we talked about,
20:56is this a team sport or is it not?
20:58I mean, everyone in here, obviously, is in it for themselves.
21:01They all know that while they are in the ring, while they may have a tag team partner,
21:05they also want to stand out on their own.
21:07And Garcia has been able to do that time and time again from what we've seen.
21:11And for Braxton Cole, he just seems to irritate people.
21:15Well, everybody's got their own special talents, right?
21:19Braxton Cole has found his, I think.
21:23For Braxton Cole, we've also seen him not afraid to cut corners here on LFG.
21:28Or when we've seen him in the Performance Center working out.
21:34Well, don't let the book fool you.
21:35You can't judge a book by its cover.
21:37In his case, he's an incredible athlete.
21:40He's showcasing you exactly what he's been learning.
21:42And he is applying the education he has received at the Performance Center here on LFG.
21:54Calling him a nerd.
21:56He's got to get under his skin a little bit.
21:57Got to get in his head.
22:01Oh, we've seen this unique style of offense.
22:05And for Garcia, this would be a massive victory if he's able to pull it off.
22:11I always think something interesting about Performance Center athletes that come here from outside the United States is they're leaving
22:18everything they know behind.
22:20They're leaving their lifestyle, their country, their family, their friends, all for an opportunity, all for a dream.
22:26And when you lose that part of your life for another part of your life, you're going to put everything
22:31you have into achieving that goal and the reason you left it all behind in the first place.
22:35You know, we all don't know what it's like.
22:38And you talk to Garcia, he is doing this for his family.
22:41He's doing this for those that he isn't just trying to impress.
22:44He's trying to get a better life for.
22:47He wants them to be so proud of him.
22:49Back home right now is Braxton Cole right on top of his opponent.
22:56Third time, not the charm.
22:58I mean, talk about that.
22:59What a European uppercut that was.
23:01Because that is what we call a de-cleater.
23:03Well, certainly as a man delivering that European uppercut to a true European.
23:13What's he looking at?
23:15I don't know if he's looking at the WWE Universe or if he's maybe looking at that book that he
23:20brought out here.
23:25We're going to talk about some intellectual offense right now from Garcia.
23:30And you're so right.
23:32Once Garcia gets the momentum going, that's a freight train that's hard to stop.
23:36And certainly we've seen many, many incredible moments from Jaime Garcia.
23:40And he's looking to fire up that engine again.
23:48Oh, the pace starting to quicken, and that is exactly where Garcia likes it.
23:53Now hoisting Cole up, showing some strength into the cover.
23:57Hooks the outside leg in just a two count.
24:02Come on, you can't fire her up while you're sitting on your ass.
24:05Take him off!
24:08Take him off!
24:10Take him off!
24:10Take him off!
24:12Take him off!
24:13Take him off!
24:13Take him off!
24:13Do you see Garcia crack his neck maybe back into place?
24:16And it might have just been popped right back out.
24:19Nice X-Plex from Cole, who is going and finally had his hands on that book.
24:24What's the title of the book?
24:26Yeah, you said you wanted to read it.
24:28Obviously you weren't that interested in it.
24:30The official-
24:31Oh!
24:32Turn the page!
24:33Talk about turnabouts fair play!
24:37Here is your winner, Jaime Garcia!
24:42Well, unfortunately for Rax and Cole, his book was hardcover.
24:46And it was a hardcover delivered to the face.
24:48Oh, maybe Garcia will have a little late-night reading of his own
24:52as he celebrates his victory on LFG.
25:01All right, guys.
25:02I liked your beginning, you know, with the book.
25:06My favorite book, Privilege Without Apologies.
25:11I think you can sound more arrogant than whiny.
25:15It was a good first effort, don't get me wrong.
25:17But we're gonna work on that arrogance.
25:20And then I never got the impression that you were frustrated or mad.
25:24And frustration was the word that we were going for.
25:27Because he's doing things that you didn't see coming first.
25:31Remember, you're the smartest guy.
25:33You have to kick that bottom row for whatever it is to show me frustration.
25:38Something.
25:39Snack the neck.
25:39Whatever it is.
25:41Throw a tantrum.
25:42Yeah!
25:42Yeah, things like that.
25:44I was just trying to show it, like, here.
25:46Use your whole body.
25:47Be so over the top.
25:49I thought it was good in the sense that I learned.
25:52But, like, there's some that I up that, looking back at it, now I'm like, damn, like...
25:58That side does exist in me.
26:00I do have that arrogant side.
26:02But I just need to learn how to embody that.
26:05And really just, like, not give a what anybody says or anyone does when I'm in that persona.
26:12I got the impression from you tonight that if you don't hear noise or reaction, you get nervous.
26:21There's a lot of movement for no reason.
26:24Almost like you might be working for spots and reactions.
26:29Don't do that.
26:30Don't do that.
26:31Tell the story.
26:32I want to see fire in your face.
26:34I want to see fists.
26:35And then I want you to take the movement that we talked about and apply it the right way.
26:40I get what everything that Bubba says, and that's maybe why it hurts me.
26:45I'm just...
26:46I'm happy I'm here.
26:47I'm in the WWE.
26:48That's insane.
26:49I'm a kid from Spain.
26:50But maybe that's why it breaks me like,
26:53I've done so much to get here.
26:56These little things, like, should not happen again.
27:03Boo-yah!
27:04What up, guys?
27:05What's up, bud?
27:06How y'all doing?
27:06Yes, sir.
27:07Yes, sir.
27:07Good.
27:08How we doing?
27:08Y'all know I'm working with y'all today, right?
27:11Let daddy up.
27:12Hank and Tank.
27:13Yeah, buddy.
27:14Yeah, buddy.
27:15We're Hank and Tank.
27:16Hank Walker and Tank Ledger, more commonly known as the bodacious belly boys of NXT.
27:22We have seen LFG up close in person.
27:24It's amazing to see how quickly all of the talent begins developing, and that gets Hank and I fired up.
27:29So we're excited.
27:31We're excited to get a little bit more global tonight with Apollo Crews and Elijah.
27:35How y'all feel about this thing?
27:36How y'all feel about this tag match?
27:38Excited, man.
27:38Fired up.
27:39It's rock and roll.
27:39Yeah.
27:41What's the ultimate goal in this match?
27:44Tell the story?
27:46Bob.
27:48We're showing.
27:48Bob.
27:50We got a new tag team forming together.
27:53You're close.
27:53Coming together.
27:54You're close.
27:54Everybody know you guys.
27:56We gotta get the people to know him.
27:59So important to do that.
28:02Thank you, Tank.
28:03I love the energy that the belly boys, the belly boys bring to the table.
28:07Now they're gonna get a chance to, you know, see how far we can bring Elijah Holyfield.
28:12That's the one thing I need you guys to have in your head.
28:16Thinking about how we get Elijah over in this match.
28:20The thing about that, we win it tonight, all right?
28:22All right, now.
28:23All right.
28:24All right.
28:25That's right.
28:26Chuckie, duckie.
28:27Quack, quack.
28:28All right.
28:29Kill those cameras.
28:44Hank and Tank, they were at my first trial.
28:46From seeing them at a trial teaching me how to do a forward roll to now being in the ring
28:50with them, it just shows how fast, you know, this thing goes along.
28:53I think big thing in professional wrestling is learning from the people who've gone before.
28:57All we do are standing on the shoulder tops of giants and getting the opportunity for Elijah to tag with
29:02Apollo Crews is like sitting under the learning tree of Isaac Newton.
29:06You know what I mean?
29:06You're gonna just soak up so much freaking knowledge.
29:08But just also how grateful we are to get in the ring with Apollo as well.
29:12He's a pro, he's pro, and someone we aspire to be like.
29:16What would you open the spot?
29:17You exchange headlock takeovers?
29:18Boom.
29:19The idea was I was about to give him one rack and it was gonna be almost like a mutual
29:22break of life.
29:23I know it.
29:24All right, trust me.
29:25But that's like doing this right here.
29:28I'm seeing you push me.
29:29Mm-hmm.
29:31That's what that's like.
29:32I need somebody to be one up there.
29:34Yes, sir.
29:34Well, you make that object mean something, but you still don't do anything but register.
29:39Make something out of nothing.
29:41All right.
29:41Man, I love working with Booker, man.
29:43He has such a unique way of going about things.
29:45And I think I can understand the way he explains things very well.
29:53Hey, do me a favor on that right there, too.
29:55I don't know if you've been told this before, but just your posture right there.
29:59Chill it.
30:00Elijah Holyfield went to give Hank Walker a slam.
30:04The body language of Hank Walker screamed to me.
30:08We got to fix that.
30:09The most important thing about taking a body slam is called getting light.
30:13You know, we need to think about shifting gravity.
30:15I just need you to get your right toe from the bottom to the top as far as it can
30:21go.
30:22Make sure that right toe you press off it and you kick it up to the top.
30:26Do that for me real quick.
30:27Hey.
30:28They got ready to do it.
30:29I screamed out, right toe, right toe.
30:35Bang.
30:36He was like, right?
30:38He was like, right?
30:39He was like, right?
30:40He was like, right?
30:40He was like a .
30:40Man, they don't put him at Carmel Ledger for nothing.
30:42I never heard of it before, but when he tried it, he went up like a feather.
30:46Your right toe, that's the only thing you need to think about.
30:49Even guys like Hank and Tank, as advanced as they are, they're still learning.
30:54You don't learn those little tricks to the trade unless you're taught it.
30:57Trust me, I was taught that.
30:59Always a pleasure.
31:01Appreciate you, boys.
31:03The doors are open, and the crowd eagerly awaits tonight's main event as Elijah Holyfield prepares for his biggest test
31:11yet.
31:15A lot of responsibility falling on you in this match.
31:18You're kind of out there.
31:19Now it's sink or swim.
31:20Yes, sir.
31:21All right?
31:21Yes, sir.
31:21Keep your head on straight.
31:23Think about all the little that we've talked about.
31:25All the little stuff.
31:26Let's get this done.
31:27You already know.
31:27All right.
31:32Well, it is the moment we have been waiting for.
31:34The time is now.
31:36It's our main event this week on Legends and Future Greats.
31:40Ringside, I'm Vic Joseph, of course, with Jeremy Boras, JB.
31:44JB, our main event this week comes to us from our tag team division.
31:48Really looking forward to this one.
31:49On one end, you have a former tag team champions in Hank and Tank taking on a team that's formed
31:56here on this show
31:56and has excelled here all the way to the top, the main event on LFG.
32:01Will it be enough to get to that next level?
32:03We're going to find out.
32:04Tag team action about to get underway.
32:20The following contest is a tag team match scheduled for one fall.
32:26Introducing first, Hank Walker, Team Ledger, Hank, and Tank.
32:33JB, put your shirt down, put your jacket back on.
32:36We don't need your belly hanging out either, but it is a rarity to see NXT superstars here on LFG.
32:42It shows you the status of this show, how meaningful these main events are,
32:47because Hank and Tank know they could be seeing the future in the ring with them tonight.
32:52Well, they certainly could be.
32:53In fact, the fact that they are in the ring now, former NXT tag team champions here on LFG,
32:58and this show is about testing the future and putting them to work.
33:02We're going to find out how a tag team that could very well be amongst Hank and Tank
33:06in the ranks of the tag team division in NXT will fare here this week on LFG.
33:15This is a battle for power.
33:17I'm the man of the hour.
33:19It's here to eat or devour.
33:21Be a hero or coward.
33:22You got to conquer all to get to the top of the tower.
33:26This is where the team is.
33:27Apollo!
33:41And their opponents, the team are Elijah Holyfield and Apollo Crews.
33:54WWE Universe on their feet for this main event.
33:58This certainly has a big fight feel.
34:01One that I don't know we've ever felt outside of a finals here on LFG.
34:11I want to ask you a serious question here.
34:13This is not a knock on someone like Apollo Crews.
34:15Someone who we've documented on this program.
34:18But has Elijah Holyfield brought out a new side of Apollo Crews?
34:24Absolutely.
34:26The fact that this man is one of the most intense individuals you'll ever see.
34:32Beautiful work. Beautiful work.
34:35This is sportsmanship.
34:38It's been inspirational to Apollo Crews.
34:41Has really brought out a different side of Apollo Crews.
34:44And especially when you can attach or you vibe or you jive with somebody that's really on the same page
34:49as you.
34:50In your career along the way.
34:52Apollo Crews sees a younger version of himself.
34:55A hungry version of himself.
34:56I think something that's interesting is as we've watched Apollo for whether it's been a mentor at the Performance Center.
35:04Whether it's been in singles competition against his tag team partner here tonight.
35:07His style has switched a little bit in the ring.
35:10And I think it's because he has seen himself in Holyfield.
35:13He's also seeing what the future holds and how he can better himself.
35:18And I do think that that has a lot to do with Holyfield and what these two bring out of
35:23each other.
35:23They bring out the absolute best.
35:26Yeah, that's no question about it.
35:27Every tag team has an origin story.
35:30In the case of Apollo Crews and Elijah Holyfield.
35:32It all started when Apollo Crews was watching Elijah Holyfield on this program and said,
35:37There's something interesting about Elijah Holyfield.
35:40And look, the same we said for Hank and Tank is Hank has made the tag.
35:43Hank was a security guard at the Performance Center.
35:46Turned into a WWE superstar.
35:47You know, his tag team partner, that being Tank, was an NIL athlete.
35:51Played defensive tackle at Northwestern.
35:53So they brought out the best in each other.
35:57And abs versus bellies.
35:59What do you want to call that one, JB?
36:01I'll tell you what.
36:02That's an interesting opportunity for Elijah Holyfield.
36:05Ooh.
36:06He just ripped down that left arm.
36:08Of course, surgically repaired.
36:10Coming back after eight, nine months on the sidelines.
36:13But it will be interesting to think about this.
36:16Will Holyfield listen to Apollo Crews?
36:19Because Crews has been trying to better Holyfield.
36:22Trying to teach Holyfield along the way.
36:25And it's going to be interesting because we've seen the teaching, so to speak.
36:29Can it be applied?
36:30But right now, Holyfield not worried about listening.
36:32He's worried about surviving.
36:33As from the left arm, now over to the right arm.
36:36And obviously, you work on the right arm.
36:38You start taking away that punching power of Holyfield.
36:41Tag made Apollo legal.
36:45Whoa.
36:46Whoa.
36:49Apollo and Elijah are gelling together as a tag team.
36:53And now Apollo in.
36:57You've seen the trust grow between the two.
36:59I mean, look.
37:00You've got to have a deeper scoop on these two.
37:03Are they living together?
37:04Are they training together?
37:04Well, what's the deep intel here, JB?
37:07Well, throw some other intel your way.
37:09And that's the fact that not only has Elijah Holyfield benefited greatly,
37:12from the knowledge put on by Apollo Crews.
37:15But let's not forget Booker T.
37:17The entire rock has been there with him.
37:19We saw the training to get into this matchup today.
37:22What Booker's offered as far as his advice.
37:24I dare say Elijah Holyfield has some great, great mentors.
37:29Cover.
37:29Off the elbow.
37:30Hook of the leg.
37:31And, you know, that's a great one.
37:32Then you think about not only who here in the WWE.
37:34You think about, you know, his family and the mentors he has there.
37:39And everything that he has grown up.
37:41The pedigree that he is.
37:42The athlete that he is.
37:43Oh!
37:44Oh!
37:45Continuing that ground and pound offense.
37:47Misses though on the elbow.
37:49Ever so slightly.
37:50And that could be a little mistake that could cost them in the long run.
37:53Big right hand from the outside by Hank Walker.
37:57Well, Elijah Holyfield will tell you himself, you know, the name,
37:59obviously the pedigree.
38:00That'll get your attention.
38:01It's up to him now to carve a name for himself in this industry
38:05and not rely on the name of his father.
38:13Oh!
38:15Look, Apollo tagged himself in.
38:17But Hank was able to make his way over to Tank.
38:19Tank with a shot on Holyfield right back in on Apollo Crews.
38:21And right now, one half of the former NXT Tag Team Champions
38:24rocking and rolling.
38:26Big atomic drop.
38:28Springboard.
38:29Big shoulder tackle out of the corner.
38:31And the champs starting to find their groove.
38:36We talked about Booker T.
38:37Booker T has also mentioned that Hank and Tank,
38:40their time in Japan,
38:41has helped them grow into the superstars they are now.
38:44Certainly has.
38:44And you see the confidence in Hank and Tank,
38:46and it's been an evolution of sorts.
38:48Cover wood.
38:49Apollo Crews, right place, right time to break that up.
38:52And right now, all four men in the ring.
38:55Things starting to break down.
38:56Big pump kick from Crews.
38:58Oh!
38:58Nasty back elbow.
39:00Combination offense.
39:01Wow.
39:02From the former Northwestern defensive lineman
39:05who just got a spinebuster delivered from him.
39:11I should say, to him, from Holyfield,
39:15who's looking for that knockout power.
39:17Oh!
39:19Caught Hank, not Tank.
39:21Tank from behind.
39:22And the former champs pick up the win.
39:26Here are your winners, Hank and Tank!
39:31Holyfield obviously frustrated in defeat.
39:36Well, Tank can celebrate.
39:39Hank might not wake up until next week here on LFG.
39:43Maybe chalk that up to experience, or in fact, maybe inexperience.
39:47Let's take a look at what happens.
39:51Hank and Tank, who are starting to find that groove.
39:53As I said, Apollo Crews would break things up.
39:56This matchup would continue.
39:57Then you'd start to have things break down.
39:59There was a big uppercut.
40:01Was looking for Tank.
40:02Found Hank.
40:03Tank was legal.
40:05And Tank, former tag team champion,
40:08was able to pick up the victory for his team.
40:10But there is lessons in defeat.
40:13We'll see what lessons are learned for Elijah Holyfield,
40:17as he's obviously frustrated.
40:19But tonight on LFG, Hank and Tank pick up the win.
40:31What's up, boys?
40:32Thank you, thank you.
40:33Cool finish.
40:34Very cool finish.
40:35Very cool finish.
40:36Thank you, thank you.
40:38Everything worked good except the loss.
40:40That's part of the game, right?
40:41But Elijah did great.
40:42I'll get it.
40:43Very good.
40:43Thanks.
40:44Cool coach.
40:45How you feeling?
40:46Good, good, good, good, good.
40:48I thought it was good.
40:49The one guy who really performed and did his job,
40:54I must say, was Elijah Holyfield.
40:56He went out there and he remembered everything.
40:58More than mistakes, of course.
41:00There are always going to be mistakes,
41:02but Elijah Holyfield passed the test that we needed him to pass.
41:07So I definitely commend Hank and Tank as well as Apollo
41:10for going out there and understanding what the task at hand was.
41:13Being on LFG puts in perspective how fast time in this business goes.
41:18Let's pause for a second.
41:19We're casually dropping Booker T's name like he's another fellow co-worker.
41:23He's not for the people at home.
41:24No!
41:24It's humbling, it's exciting,
41:26and Elijah was just absolutely the chair on top.
41:28He kicked ass all day.
41:29Boys, thank you.
41:30That was fun.
41:34So fast.
41:34God, leave.
41:35Time flies and you're having fun, bro.
41:37Hopefully the set will look good on the knockout.
41:42I'll tell you my best friend, getting pieced up,
41:45but taking a bullet for me.
41:46I think it was a pretty successful night.
41:48I walked out there, had a grown man's belly in my face
41:50because I was slapping my belly.
41:51Belly boys are on LFG and it was an honor.
41:53Oh, and getting this up ring with Apollo again,
41:55like true vet of business like that,
41:57really kind of get in there and learn something, you know?
41:59Learn something new every time.
42:00And I feel like, hopefully,
42:01we brought a little bit of that to Elijah.
42:03.
42:03That was a great spot.
42:07Thank you, Apollo, so much.
42:08We went out and executed what we were supposed to,
42:11but with me, it's always,
42:12I'm trying to get on to the next thing and be better.
42:15When you want to learn and you're working your ass off
42:17and you are doing the things that you need to do,
42:19the rest is going to follow.
42:21The crowd already loves him.
42:23He comes out, they're chanting Holyfield,
42:24and the more they see him, the more they get used to him,
42:27the more they're going to love him.
42:28And it's a blessing.
42:29It means that some people think, you know,
42:30I have the ability to go out there and hang with them.
42:33And hopefully, I showed that I can,
42:35and hopefully, they keep giving me opportunities.
42:37I'm going to take everyone that gives to me.
42:39He looked like he belonged in the match.
42:42And 2026 could be a breakout year for Elijah Holyfield.
42:46We're bothancia chalala and hepping,
42:52Now, my son was infinitely remarkable,
42:53When we thought about this,
42:53We're finally pregnant.
42:53In 180 Southwestern.
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