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00:00:00The E-Superstar Sunday begins now.
00:00:30Doublehead.
00:00:32Oh.
00:00:34He's hurt.
00:00:36Oh, my God.
00:00:42One, two, three.
00:00:46Is that the best you could have done?
00:00:48Yeah. I'm glad that's your answer.
00:00:50Today,
00:00:52Danny, you get the point.
00:00:54We're gonna have to go with Anthony Luke.
00:00:56Alright, so
00:00:58Booker, Nicky,
00:01:00you both are in the lead
00:01:02with two points.
00:01:04It's a beautiful day
00:01:06in sunny Orlando, Florida,
00:01:08and our legends and future greats
00:01:10have arrived at the WWE Performance Center,
00:01:12including Shiloh Hill,
00:01:14who has recovered from his
00:01:16medical scare last week.
00:01:18How you feeling? Feel good.
00:01:20No problems? No headaches? Nothing.
00:01:22Did you watch it back? Yeah, I watched it.
00:01:24Oh, my gosh, yeah. It's crazy.
00:01:26I've never had anything like that.
00:01:28All your football and everything else?
00:01:30Yeah.
00:01:32Last week, Shiloh was just having a phenomenal night.
00:01:34There we go.
00:01:36Got a little dirty dirt now.
00:01:38He was in a position
00:01:40to get the team a point.
00:01:42Things happen.
00:01:46I feel pretty good, all things considered.
00:01:48Ready to get back in there.
00:01:50He's young and rebounds
00:01:52quickly. The WWE protocols
00:01:54are in place for a reason,
00:01:56and they won't let him get anywhere close
00:01:58to a wrestling ring unless he is 100%.
00:02:00So you're all clear, ready to go?
00:02:02Feel good? Yeah, feel great.
00:02:04Okay, man. Kill it.
00:02:06Shiloh needs to decide how much
00:02:08he's going to let go.
00:02:16Welcome
00:02:18to the ultimate proving ground.
00:02:2016 future greats.
00:02:24Four
00:02:26legends.
00:02:28He is the epitome
00:02:30of Wrestlemania!
00:02:32Nia broke down barriers for women.
00:02:34B-Mart
00:02:36at the table!
00:02:38Can you dig that sucker?
00:02:40A chance to win
00:02:42an NXT contract.
00:02:46Every legend has a first chapter,
00:02:48and the future starts now.
00:02:55With Shiloh's match
00:02:57ending abruptly last week,
00:02:59Team Undertaker is yet to find
00:03:01themselves on the scoreboard.
00:03:03But now, with all teams operating at full
00:03:05force, Shawn Michaels has a new
00:03:07challenge ahead for our future greats.
00:03:09Hello, everyone.
00:03:11Big day today.
00:03:13Majority of your coaches
00:03:15and myself enjoyed
00:03:17singles careers, but
00:03:19at one time or another, everybody
00:03:21was more than likely
00:03:23in a tag team
00:03:25or a group, what they
00:03:27call factions.
00:03:29What makes a good faction?
00:03:31It is individual stars
00:03:33who are unique
00:03:35that also can blend together
00:03:37to complement each other,
00:03:39to make everybody
00:03:41bigger.
00:03:43Probably the biggest and most impressive
00:03:45of all time was the NWO.
00:03:47Here's
00:03:49the NWO!
00:03:51The gentleman whose brainchild
00:03:53that was
00:03:55is going to be here today.
00:03:57He's a WWE Hall of Famer,
00:03:59and his name is Eric Fisher.
00:04:03The undisputed
00:04:05king in sports
00:04:07entertainment,
00:04:09Eric Fisher!
00:04:11In the wild
00:04:13and at times ruthless business
00:04:15of professional wrestling,
00:04:17controversy creates cash.
00:04:19Perhaps no one figure realizes
00:04:21this better than former WCW
00:04:23president Eric Bischoff.
00:04:25Bischoff was bold and brash
00:04:27with unmatched ambition and envisioned
00:04:29wrestling's evolution to an edgier,
00:04:31more reality-driven product.
00:04:33His creation of the
00:04:35New World Order disrupted the industry
00:04:37and started a war with the
00:04:39WWE.
00:04:41I have built an empire!
00:04:43A battle which would elevate sports
00:04:45entertainment to new heights.
00:04:47Bischoff's
00:04:49groundbreaking vision for sports entertainment
00:04:51changed the landscape for years to come.
00:04:53He's now an esteemed member
00:04:55of WWE's Hall of Fame.
00:05:01Thank you very much, sir.
00:05:03It is a real blessing
00:05:05and a pleasure to be here. Thank you all
00:05:07very much. How many of you
00:05:09even remember watching the
00:05:11NWO? Were you old enough?
00:05:14Talk to your parents
00:05:16about it. I'll tell you all about it.
00:05:18Look, the NWO
00:05:20was very successful
00:05:22and it was successful for a number
00:05:24of reasons.
00:05:26The NWO, the
00:05:28New World Order, they definitely
00:05:30changed the landscape of
00:05:32wrestling. They really
00:05:34started hitting more adult content.
00:05:36That all kind of started
00:05:38from Eric Bischoff's vision.
00:05:40We also had this great
00:05:42balance. We had contrasting
00:05:44characters that really
00:05:46complemented each other.
00:05:48And that's one of the things that Scott
00:05:50Hall, Kevin Nash, and Hulk brought
00:05:52to the table. On that note,
00:05:54our next guest, he was
00:05:56part of D-Generation X
00:05:58and the NWO. He's a two-time
00:06:00Hall of Famer. Shawn
00:06:02X-Pac Waltman.
00:06:06WWE
00:06:08Hall of Famer, X-Pac!
00:06:12Shawn
00:06:14X-Pac Waltman played a pivotal role
00:06:16in two of wrestling's most iconic
00:06:18factions of all time.
00:06:20As a member of the New World Order, Waltman
00:06:22brought a level of energy and defiance
00:06:24that helped define the NWO's
00:06:26rebellious spirit.
00:06:28Then, as a
00:06:30cornerstone of D-Generation X,
00:06:32Waltman's willingness to push boundaries
00:06:34personified the revolutionary style
00:06:36of that attitude era.
00:06:38Waltman's never-backed-down demeanor
00:06:40was a key factor in the success of both
00:06:42NWO and DX.
00:06:44This two-time Hall of Famer created
00:06:46some of wrestling's most memorable moments
00:06:48that are still talked about today.
00:06:50D-Generation X!
00:06:52D-Generation X!
00:06:54D-Generation X!
00:06:56D-Generation X!
00:06:58D-Generation X!
00:07:00D-Generation X!
00:07:02D-Generation X!
00:07:04D-Generation X!
00:07:06D-Generation X!
00:07:08Oh, look.
00:07:10It's okay, Booker's got two on.
00:07:12Yeah, but both of mine
00:07:14are because of the important role
00:07:16I played in NWO
00:07:18and D-Generation X.
00:07:20Clearly, I think
00:07:22we know the theme of today,
00:07:24right? That's gonna be
00:07:26forming your own
00:07:28faction.
00:07:30Coming up with a faction
00:07:32I thought
00:07:34was a pretty daunting task.
00:07:36What is gonna
00:07:38set us apart from each other in our faction
00:07:40that makes everybody stand out?
00:07:42How can you all
00:07:44work together in
00:07:46harmony, chemistry,
00:07:48while accentuating
00:07:50your strengths,
00:07:52but at the same time
00:07:54know your role
00:07:56without letting go
00:07:58of who it is you really are?
00:08:00I was excited.
00:08:02We got a team full of characters,
00:08:04so I was ready to see what we could put together.
00:08:06In addition to creating a
00:08:08faction, our future Grace
00:08:10will have the added challenge of learning how to
00:08:12work together as the teams prepare to face
00:08:14off in eight-person tag
00:08:16team action.
00:08:18We will have the faction
00:08:20face off.
00:08:22Team Booker.
00:08:24Yes! All right. Versus
00:08:26Team Bubba
00:08:28Ray.
00:08:30Then we will have Team Mickey
00:08:32versus Team Undertaker.
00:08:34I went through kind of a rollercoaster of
00:08:36emotions. At first I was like,
00:08:38oh, crap. That means I'm debuting.
00:08:40This is my first match ever.
00:08:42And then I hit kind of a ride of
00:08:44really excited because I was like, this is my time.
00:08:46This is what I've been waiting for.
00:08:48I'm about to wrestle in front of
00:08:50The Undertaker and Booker T
00:08:52and all the coaches.
00:08:54Very, very nervous.
00:08:56This is my first match. I'm full of nerves
00:08:58and I'm excited.
00:09:00I'm terrified.
00:09:02Our judges here are going to be looking
00:09:04for two different
00:09:06aspects. I'll be looking for
00:09:08your presentation. I want to see a package,
00:09:10a video, a vignette, whatever you want to call it.
00:09:12In fact, if you've got time,
00:09:14Google the very first MWO
00:09:16interview. Well, you talk about
00:09:18the money. You talk about
00:09:20beating people up. Well, it's a
00:09:22new world order and I hope it's
00:09:24okay because there's nothing
00:09:26you can do about it. A vignette
00:09:28is a powerful tool that helps
00:09:30introduce or sometimes reintroduce
00:09:32a character to the WWE
00:09:34audience. Believe
00:09:36in the shield. So that's what I
00:09:38want you guys to do. I want you guys to put together
00:09:40a video that's going to represent
00:09:42the identity of your character.
00:09:44I'm going to be looking at
00:09:46what you guys do in the ring, how everyone
00:09:48works together, how good of a match you all
00:09:50put together. You know the name of this show.
00:09:52So let's
00:09:54go. Alright.
00:09:56The
00:09:58challenge has been set.
00:10:00Which team will reign supreme in this
00:10:02week's Faction Face-Off?
00:10:04The future greats
00:10:06have been presented with their challenge.
00:10:08Coming up with and presenting a
00:10:10faction. What kind of
00:10:12industry changing
00:10:14unit can we create?
00:10:16I want to hear from you guys.
00:10:18I think
00:10:20that we should all
00:10:22be
00:10:24farmers.
00:10:28Didn't we have a talk about her?
00:10:30Bubba is still at zero
00:10:32points. That's
00:10:34okay. My hopes are high because this
00:10:36is the first official week with Cutler
00:10:38on our team. He is
00:10:40replacing Sexy.
00:10:42If you guys remember, Sexy BJ is gone.
00:10:44Unfortunately this past weekend
00:10:46I've stained an injury to my shoulder.
00:10:48There's no tell on how
00:10:50long I'm going to be out for. Don't get too
00:10:52comfortable. Cutler, you got the
00:10:54spot.
00:10:56It's my first official week as part
00:10:58of Team Bubba. Not really sure what
00:11:00to expect, but I'm
00:11:02ready to learn and crush it.
00:11:04Hey, I'm Cutler James.
00:11:06Wrestled at Duke University.
00:11:08Heavyweight there. Team captain.
00:11:10National qualifier.
00:11:12I love the work. I love getting in the
00:11:14ring. I love to fight.
00:11:16You know the Hercules movie.
00:11:18It's all about him trying to find
00:11:20his hero's welcome where he
00:11:22belongs. The quest of
00:11:24my life is trying to find that
00:11:26home, trying to find the place
00:11:28where I belong, and the WWE
00:11:30is where I want to be.
00:11:32What about you, Cutler?
00:11:34I think we have to
00:11:36find a common thread between
00:11:38the four of us, which is going to be kind of difficult
00:11:40given the circumstances.
00:11:42I feel like we're some
00:11:44misformed family.
00:11:46We're all... The misfits.
00:11:48A misformed family.
00:11:50I like where you're going
00:11:52with the family thing.
00:11:54Do you guys know about my father?
00:11:56The Dudleys
00:11:58mean business!
00:12:00According to lore, the Dudley
00:12:02family was a group of siblings born
00:12:04to a traveling wrestler named
00:12:06Big Daddy Dudley. This
00:12:08band of misfits went on to spawn one of the
00:12:10greatest tag teams in wrestling history.
00:12:12The Dudley Boys.
00:12:14We are turning in
00:12:16to the modern day
00:12:18Dudleys. And we're going to be the
00:12:20best Dudleys we can be!
00:12:22So I was just kind of
00:12:24thrown into this challenge. They had decided to
00:12:26be, you know, the Dudleys
00:12:28and it's overalls
00:12:30and I gotta say, it's not my vibe.
00:12:32Despite earning
00:12:34his spot on Team Bubble last week,
00:12:36Cutler James still has a lot to prove to his
00:12:38legendary coach.
00:12:40In that tag match, you stood
00:12:42out to me because I saw
00:12:44fire.
00:12:48I need
00:12:50personality from you.
00:12:52Kurt Angle is so
00:12:54unique because you never would think that
00:12:56an Olympic gold medalist
00:12:58would have that much personality.
00:13:00My name is Kurt Angle
00:13:02and what the heck?
00:13:06I wanna go
00:13:08metal with a broken freaking neck!
00:13:12Whatever personality
00:13:14really lies in there,
00:13:16I need you to throw it all up.
00:13:18Yeah. Don't be shy,
00:13:20don't be reserved, don't think
00:13:22I'm too tough for this or I'm too big
00:13:24for this or I shouldn't be doing this. Okay.
00:13:26Do it all. Let me say,
00:13:28no, that's not right for you because right now
00:13:30there's like no personality
00:13:32there. That's not a bad thing.
00:13:34There's nothing there. I wanna see it all.
00:13:36Okay. Cool? Yeah. Great.
00:13:38Thank you. Thank you.
00:13:40And three, two...
00:13:42Who are we?
00:13:44The Titans!
00:13:48Shooting that vignette with Bubba,
00:13:50it was definitely an experience I won't
00:13:52ever forget.
00:13:54We all based it on kinda where we came from
00:13:56and who we are and
00:13:58for me, being an Aussie,
00:14:00I made sure that I had a special guest.
00:14:02I had my dog by
00:14:04my side. Everyone meet
00:14:06Roger. Straight from Down Under.
00:14:08I can talk all day, all
00:14:10month, all week, all year!
00:14:12You got Xena, who's
00:14:14just like the Barbie doll, Dudley
00:14:16Airhead.
00:14:18She's the only one in pink overalls.
00:14:20And you got Cutler.
00:14:22Science kittens!
00:14:24Alright, alright! Calm down!
00:14:26And myself,
00:14:28I had my Mardi Gras beads, I had my
00:14:30gator-painted cooking paddle with me.
00:14:32We were just having a good time, man.
00:14:34We were just ourselves, really.
00:14:36As Team Bubba looks
00:14:38to embrace the past,
00:14:40Team Booker has their eyes set on the future.
00:14:42Opposed to,
00:14:44you know, going back, we're
00:14:46going forward. That's what this
00:14:48team, forward.
00:14:50Coming up with the faction for our teams,
00:14:52it was always an intriguing
00:14:54thought, to be able to
00:14:56really bring my team into
00:14:58the future, when we call ourselves.
00:15:00Come on,
00:15:02guys. I was processing
00:15:04all this information, and the creative juices
00:15:06weren't flowing very well at the
00:15:08beginning.
00:15:10Come on, guys. There's gotta be something like the
00:15:12NWO, like the New World Order.
00:15:14I got it, I got it.
00:15:16The next era.
00:15:18TNE.
00:15:20TNE.
00:15:22TNE.
00:15:24Being the next era,
00:15:26that name, that title,
00:15:28kind of sums up
00:15:30all of what we believe we are.
00:15:32We are now
00:15:34new trendsetters in
00:15:36WWE. Let's see how they sound
00:15:38right quick, on three. On three.
00:15:40On three. We are
00:15:42TNE!
00:15:44Anthony Marker.
00:15:46Anthony.
00:15:48Luke.
00:15:50That was my first time ever doing
00:15:52a vignette, so it was super exciting.
00:15:54I finally got that feeling of, oh, wow,
00:15:56I'm really a WWE superstar making vignettes.
00:15:58It's raining outside.
00:16:00It was
00:16:02Booker T's idea to have that
00:16:04Matrix feeling to it. We are
00:16:06the next era.
00:16:08A little bit harder. We had Booker T telling
00:16:10us how to pose, telling us
00:16:12how to say our name, to make it bigger
00:16:14than life.
00:16:16With the faction face-off
00:16:18between Team Bubba and Team Booker
00:16:20on the horizon, BJ Ray
00:16:22has made his way to the Performance Center
00:16:24to check in with WWE's medical staff.
00:16:26What's happening? Good to see you.
00:16:28This is
00:16:30the ball and this is the socket.
00:16:32This part of the laver is torn here.
00:16:34It's possible this could
00:16:36heal up and tighten down over time
00:16:38from a non-surgical route,
00:16:40but it's also possible that this may need to get
00:16:42fixed. Yeah.
00:16:44I mean, obviously, that sucks. Like, if I would
00:16:46have that surgery, that's the last thing I want to do.
00:16:48Obviously, I got to meet with the surgeon
00:16:50and, like, see what he has to say.
00:16:52While BJ contemplates
00:16:54his future, tensions are starting
00:16:56to build between Bubba Ray and
00:16:58Booker T ahead of their team's match tonight.
00:17:00Hey, Bubba. How you doing, man?
00:17:02You all right? How are you? Man, I miss you.
00:17:04I miss you. It's always great to see you.
00:17:06It's great to see you, man. It's great to see you.
00:17:08It seems like your
00:17:10team has
00:17:12a problem making some adjustments.
00:17:14What kind of adjustments?
00:17:16Booker's team had it set in stone
00:17:18in their head about how they
00:17:20saw this match going, and
00:17:22they didn't seem very willing
00:17:24to do business. You don't have a problem
00:17:26losing to Zina, right?
00:17:30Yeah!
00:17:32Give it to him!
00:17:34Yeah, I think he would have a problem
00:17:36losing to Zina. I would have a problem
00:17:38losing to Zina. Okay, so you don't want to lose to a girl?
00:17:40No, he doesn't.
00:17:42He's advocating for me.
00:17:44I understand he's advocating for you,
00:17:46but I'm asking you, if I wanted to hear from him,
00:17:48I'd make eye contact with him.
00:17:50The concept that Bubba came up with,
00:17:52I didn't like it.
00:17:54And that's one thing about this business.
00:17:56You gotta be able to stand up for yourself.
00:17:58If you don't like something, you gotta say it.
00:18:00With the amount of talking he does for you,
00:18:02you might want to hire a major manager
00:18:04if you ever make it in this business.
00:18:06Putting this mess together
00:18:08was a big
00:18:10ball of stress.
00:18:12I mean, we're talking about
00:18:14getting eight people
00:18:16all on the same page
00:18:18under a certain
00:18:20amount of time.
00:18:22It's not easy, and for certain,
00:18:24it's not pleasant.
00:18:26So what's your suggestion?
00:18:28I'm just gonna run in.
00:18:30There's too many people talking at one time.
00:18:32It gave me a
00:18:34real taste of what it could be
00:18:36like in WWE, where things
00:18:38just, like that, change
00:18:40on the fly.
00:18:42They're a moment to me, right?
00:18:44Especially if we can create a moment
00:18:46where he's face-to-face with you
00:18:48and he points at Jasper.
00:18:50Right? Now we're gonna
00:18:52feature the big man, right?
00:18:54Now you're gonna look at him. You look at him,
00:18:56you put your hand out, and you just
00:18:58keep eye contact with him.
00:19:00You put your hand all the way out. You know that hand is
00:19:02there. You know that hand is there.
00:19:04You know that hand is there.
00:19:06Bang.
00:19:08Whoa.
00:19:10One thing about Bubba,
00:19:12he knows what he's talking about
00:19:14most of the time, as far as tag
00:19:16team wrestling goes, but I still
00:19:18gotta be able to keep him in check.
00:19:20It's time for our
00:19:22first faction face-off,
00:19:24and Coach Booker T is just a little
00:19:26excited to introduce his team.
00:19:28You know I wear these shades
00:19:30because my team's future
00:19:32is so bright.
00:19:34Ladies and gentlemen, I present
00:19:36to you the Next
00:19:38Era!
00:19:40Applause
00:19:42Applause
00:19:44Now they gotta
00:19:46follow that hype.
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00:20:54Up next
00:20:56is all about functioning
00:20:58as a faction, as a unit,
00:21:00as a team and you
00:21:02can bet, Team Booker's gonna show up.
00:21:04Rock music
00:21:06Rock music
00:21:08Rock music
00:21:10My name is
00:21:12Bob Bob Bob
00:21:14Bob
00:21:16My name is
00:21:18Bubba Ray Goodley.
00:21:20I told this boy that I'm the one that's supposed to do all the
00:21:22I only did it for Dudley.
00:21:23Dudley, it's not just a name, it's a way of life.
00:21:28Drake, your dad, Dudley Dudley,
00:21:32the spokesperson of our family.
00:21:35And Zina, your daddy, sign guy Dudley,
00:21:39held up signs his entire life.
00:21:41Well, at least he didn't stutter like your daddy.
00:21:44Anyways, I love words.
00:21:45Oh my gosh, I can talk about words all day,
00:21:47all week, all year.
00:21:49Oh my gosh, I know all the words in the thoracorus.
00:21:52Vroom.
00:21:54All right, calm down, little dick.
00:21:57I know your dad, Big Dick Dudley,
00:21:59would have been annoyed with her also, but she is family.
00:22:03And Tatiana, your daddy, dances with Dudley.
00:22:07One of the finest Native Americans
00:22:09I have ever met in my life.
00:22:13How he got to Australia and made you, I have no idea.
00:22:18But it doesn't matter because we're gonna win this competition
00:22:21because we are a family.
00:22:24After all, who are we?
00:22:26The Tidings!
00:22:27Yeah!
00:22:28Yeah!
00:22:29Yeah!
00:22:30Yeah!
00:22:31Yeah!
00:22:32Yeah!
00:22:33Yeah!
00:22:34Yeah!
00:22:35Yeah!
00:22:36Yeah!
00:22:37Yeah!
00:22:38Yeah!
00:22:39Yeah!
00:22:40Yeah!
00:22:41Yeah!
00:22:42Yeah!
00:22:43Yeah!
00:22:44Yeah!
00:22:45Yeah!
00:22:46Yeah!
00:22:47Oh, a Portland Conference.
00:22:49We're all Dudleys!
00:22:51Ha ha!
00:22:52Just don't ask a lot of questions, you might not want to know the answer.
00:22:53And their opponents, representing team Bubba Ray!
00:23:01Starkborough!
00:23:02Cena Sterling!
00:23:03Tatyana Duma!
00:23:04and Kutler Jay!
00:23:07Good Dudley!
00:23:09There is Bubba Ray looking like a proud Papa in his own right but that is Cutler, the
00:23:16the new face of Team Bubba.
00:23:18Well, certainly after what we saw last week,
00:23:20Cutler James earning that spot on Team Bubba,
00:23:24replacing the injured DJ Ray.
00:23:27We're gonna see how he fares
00:23:28in this team faction warfare matchup.
00:23:32Let's go, Dudleys!
00:23:34Let's go, Dudleys!
00:23:37No doubt,
00:23:39who everyone here is behind,
00:23:42the Dudleys, and, well,
00:23:44Booker T didn't seem very impressed by that.
00:23:46You know, between those two,
00:23:48there's been a lot of argument,
00:23:49there's been a lot of trash talk.
00:23:50I wouldn't even be surprised
00:23:52if there wasn't some sort of bet on this matchup
00:23:54between those two legends.
00:23:55Well, certainly there's a lot of competition
00:23:57amongst the future greats,
00:23:58but this is also about competition between the legends.
00:24:02Who has done the best job taking their team on a journey?
00:24:06Lee shoulders down, she's in there with Xena Sterling
00:24:08at this juncture in the matchup.
00:24:10Again, this eight-person matchup,
00:24:11the men will face the men,
00:24:13the women will face the women.
00:24:14Cutler James almost, well,
00:24:16paid the price for just sticking his hand in the cage.
00:24:18So great to have Eric Bischoff here,
00:24:20so great to have Sean Waltman sitting in.
00:24:23This is legends and future greats team warfare.
00:24:32Nice takedown by Xena, trying to control,
00:24:33I don't necessarily know if she has everything locked in
00:24:36specifically there on Lee,
00:24:37who's trying to get back to her feet.
00:24:39Hey guys, curiosity, who would our team be?
00:24:43You don't wanna know.
00:24:45You get a lot of X with them.
00:24:46So you'd probably get pulled right off the air here.
00:24:48Right away.
00:24:49Sterling looking for a big body slam.
00:24:51Dudley's in control, into the cover,
00:24:53and a kick out by Lee.
00:24:55And Lee right now, just looking up,
00:24:58she's gotta get back into this matchup.
00:24:59She has not gotten out of the gate in this tag match.
00:25:03Tag, double axel.
00:25:05Separation, separate.
00:25:08No separation there.
00:25:09Tatiana coming in from the top.
00:25:12Boy, what's a girl in her pink?
00:25:14What's her name?
00:25:15Xena.
00:25:16Xena?
00:25:17Ukrainian swimmer.
00:25:19That says something, whether you're not even in the match,
00:25:22but everyone's still talking about you
00:25:23as P-Nasty checks in for the first time, making the tag.
00:25:27Well, speaking of first time,
00:25:28not her first time in the ring,
00:25:29but probably the least experienced,
00:25:31Tatiana Dumas of Team Dudley,
00:25:34feeling the effects of that double team move.
00:25:36Yeah, Tatiana still trying to put it all together,
00:25:40if you will, as she's in there right now,
00:25:42looking up at P-Nasty,
00:25:44and she's about to get nasty here in this tag team matchup,
00:25:47representing Team Booker T.
00:25:51Here we go!
00:25:52Go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
00:25:57Yeah!
00:25:58Show some fire!
00:26:01It's that rugby background coming into play,
00:26:03and then a big leg drop!
00:26:07Cover!
00:26:09Tatiana having to kick out,
00:26:11and you see Anthony Luke, you see Booker T, T-N-E.
00:26:17I believe they are the future, they are the now,
00:26:20but Tatiana right now needs to get to her corner,
00:26:23make a tag, and she does!
00:26:25In comes Cutler!
00:26:25Nah, that was too fast.
00:26:27That was too fast.
00:26:28What's up, guys, how are you?
00:26:32What's B.J. Gray doing?
00:26:33I thought he was off the team.
00:26:35Isn't Cutler James in the team?
00:26:38I'm gonna say it once, get out of here.
00:26:40Get the out of here, now!
00:26:49The eight-man tag is taking place.
00:26:52Team Bubba versus Team Booker,
00:26:55and I'm trying to talk to Eric,
00:26:57and Bubba just loses his.
00:27:02Get out of here.
00:27:03I'm gonna say it once, get out of here.
00:27:05Get the out of here, now!
00:27:06He got so mad out of nowhere, bro.
00:27:08Ooh, okay, bro, you're so scary.
00:27:11What the?
00:27:12What the?
00:27:13Really?
00:27:15Get out of here.
00:27:16Yeah?
00:27:19Low-key, I thought it was kind of funny.
00:27:21You know, I guess that kind of paints the picture,
00:27:23who the bad and the good guy are.
00:27:26What's up?
00:27:29What just happened?
00:27:30Don't worry about it.
00:27:34Well, B.J., first of all,
00:27:35what's he doing out there to begin with?
00:27:37Just trying to get back into this match.
00:27:38We've got an eight-person match.
00:27:40Dudley's, T&E, and if we can apologize,
00:27:44there's Cutler James turning things around
00:27:46for his team for a moment.
00:27:46There's Anthony Luke.
00:27:48Tag was made.
00:27:49In comes the boy from the bayou,
00:27:51one of your favorites,
00:27:52and Anthony Luke may be thinking twice.
00:27:54All right, here's what we talked about, Book.
00:27:57Here's what we talked about, Book.
00:28:00Well, let's see how this plays out, J.B.
00:28:03It's team warfare.
00:28:05Well, who's he pointing at?
00:28:08He was pointing at Jasper Troy.
00:28:11And take a look at these two mountain men.
00:28:17No!
00:28:19Tensions rising and combustible elements about to explode.
00:28:25Jasper Troy just enormous in the ring
00:28:27and certainly uses that size to his ability,
00:28:30but Drake Moreau, as you're seeing,
00:28:32toe-to-toe, match-to-match.
00:28:33We're gonna see how these two evolve on this journey
00:28:37in Legends and Future, Drake.
00:28:40Well, one man and one woman is gonna walk away
00:28:42from this show as an NXT superstar, a contract,
00:28:46but today it's all about functioning as a team,
00:28:49as a unit, as a faction,
00:28:52and that's how they're gonna be judged today.
00:28:55And you see all the legends looking on as Jasper Troy
00:28:59taking off his feet and look at Drake Shimmy
00:29:02in a shake foul with a splash and a cover and an ear fall.
00:29:06Ooh, a knee dance he did.
00:29:08Ooh, a little Bayou boogie.
00:29:09Yeah.
00:29:10Baton Rouge boogie.
00:29:12Well, that Baton Rouge boogie just got squashed
00:29:14like a Baton Rouge bug by Jasper Troy who makes the tag.
00:29:18In comes Anthony Luke and you talk about teamwork.
00:29:20It looks like we're seeing some cohesion right here,
00:29:23right now from TNE.
00:29:25Team Booker in control.
00:29:27Anthony Luke legal.
00:29:29Anthony Luke now turning up the aggression
00:29:31and you wonder when just that competitive fire
00:29:34starts to kick in with all eight of these athletes.
00:29:37We're talking about functioning as a team,
00:29:39as we mentioned before, and so far you gotta,
00:29:41I think you gotta give it to Team Booker in this matchup
00:29:44as the Dudleys have been functioning as a unit,
00:29:46but wow, the impressive cohesiveness
00:29:49of Anthony Luke and Jasper Troy.
00:29:53Maybe should have been a save on that, Booker.
00:29:56Well, certainly Drake Moreau having to do it himself
00:29:59at this juncture, but a big boss man slam.
00:30:01Jasper Troy trying to set him up for more.
00:30:03Drake awfully close though to his corner.
00:30:06Let's get biblical, baby.
00:30:09Booker shouting, Jasper Troy stretching,
00:30:12Drake Moreau screaming, as is his girlfriend, Roxanne Perez,
00:30:16NXT superstar in her own right.
00:30:21Can he wreck this matchup?
00:30:24Come on!
00:30:25Can he rally for the Dudleys?
00:30:29Big neck breaker.
00:30:30Oh God, oh God.
00:30:34We're shaking.
00:30:36Come on, good.
00:30:37You okay?
00:30:39Is this the turning point now, JB, in this matchup?
00:30:44Tags, Luke, Cutler.
00:30:47Again, men face the men, women face the women.
00:30:50Luke's rocked, he scooped, he slammed.
00:30:53Cutler James turns around, Jasper Troy's in.
00:30:56Double your pleasure, double your fun.
00:30:58Cutler James is on a roll.
00:31:00Bubba has to be happy with the newest addition
00:31:03to his team, Cutler James replacing BJ Ray
00:31:07on Team Bubba, and is so effective in the ring.
00:31:10Let's go.
00:31:11Especially after what we saw earlier,
00:31:12he's probably really happy.
00:31:14Into the cover, hook to the leg, and whoa!
00:31:17He nasty came in, didn't get all of it,
00:31:19got a little of it.
00:31:20Referee distracted.
00:31:21Zina Sterling from the top with a splash.
00:31:25But look who's legal.
00:31:26It's still Cutler James and Jasper Troy.
00:31:29Big Samoan drop-esque maneuver into the cover,
00:31:33and a victory for the Dudleys.
00:31:38Here are your winners, the Dudleys!
00:31:43Well, it's not just an aim, it's a way of life.
00:31:45Congratulations to the Dudleys.
00:31:47Thank you, family.
00:31:49Bubba!
00:31:52You have good work.
00:31:56I must say, Bubba Ray did a hell of a job
00:32:00pulling that match together.
00:32:02Bubba Ray did a lot more work, I think,
00:32:06to make that match as good as it was.
00:32:09You know, I think the one guy you lost
00:32:11and the one guy you picked up,
00:32:13I think that made a huge difference in your team.
00:32:15BJ, who got hurt, tons of personality,
00:32:18tons of charisma.
00:32:19I can tell how much you like him.
00:32:21Yeah, I mean, were we not just gonna address
00:32:23the elephant in the room?
00:32:24Like, what the hell happened over here?
00:32:25What was this?
00:32:26I got distracted.
00:32:27What's up, guys?
00:32:28How are you?
00:32:29BJ came up and just, he just started talking to me.
00:32:33You been checking out the scene,
00:32:35helping out on the scene, Dudley, or what?
00:32:37I didn't get a chance to talk to him,
00:32:38his bully just, his bully went after him.
00:32:42Get out of here.
00:32:43I'm gonna say it once, get out of here.
00:32:45Once again, BJ interjected himself.
00:32:49Wrong place, wrong time.
00:32:52Again.
00:32:53Ooh, okay, bro, you're so scary.
00:32:56Don't touch your hands.
00:32:57Get your hands off me, bro.
00:32:59Come down here, man.
00:33:00Come down here, man.
00:33:01Get your hands off me, bro.
00:33:03Mom, what's up?
00:33:04What's up?
00:33:05Get out of here.
00:33:07This kid has all the tools,
00:33:10but he has no idea how to use those tools.
00:33:14And I'm trying, I'm really trying.
00:33:18I'm trying to be the shepherd.
00:33:21I'm trying to corral the sheep.
00:33:23Sometimes there's guys that have so much
00:33:26and they can't get out of their own way.
00:33:28And it just drives me absolutely nuts
00:33:30because we all see the potential.
00:33:34He's got it.
00:33:35He's got the it factor.
00:33:36He's got everything you need,
00:33:38but he can't get out of his own way.
00:33:40I was BJ back in the day.
00:33:42Nobody understands BJ better than I do.
00:33:46If I can't get through to BJ,
00:33:50I might get cut loose.
00:33:52All of that talent, gone.
00:33:59With one faction face off in the books,
00:34:01it's now time for Team Mickey to brainstorm their ideas.
00:34:04Have we thought about a faction?
00:34:06What could we be?
00:34:07What could we do?
00:34:08What's unique and different and fresh
00:34:12and fun?
00:34:13I have an idea that pretty much encompasses
00:34:16what you all are,
00:34:17and that is the perfect athletes.
00:34:21Hand picked.
00:34:22Hand selected.
00:34:24We're all sitting in a circle
00:34:25and just bouncing ideas back and forth.
00:34:28I don't know why.
00:34:28I thought about an alliteration,
00:34:29something that sticks in your head.
00:34:32A pinnacle of performance.
00:34:33Oh.
00:34:34You're so poetic, bro.
00:34:35Yeah.
00:34:37Yeah, because we make the crowd pop.
00:34:39Yeah, we do.
00:34:40Oh, oh.
00:34:41Oh, my goodness.
00:34:43EOP.
00:34:44EOP.
00:34:45That took me a second.
00:34:46We're all very high level athletes.
00:34:48I think at a base level,
00:34:50we have the most athletic team in the entire competition.
00:34:53So why not showcase that?
00:34:56My name is Troy Yearwood,
00:34:57coming from Virginia.
00:34:58Shout out to the 757.
00:35:01What makes me unique is kind of a romantic self.
00:35:03I like to read,
00:35:04love to write poetry,
00:35:06but I can also do this too.
00:35:08Rhythmic.
00:35:08If you play some music,
00:35:09you get right on it.
00:35:11I was lagging behind all of my peers.
00:35:13They were picking it up so fast
00:35:14and I was kind of stagnant for a little while,
00:35:17but I'm older,
00:35:17I'm wiser,
00:35:18stronger,
00:35:19best physical shape I've ever been in.
00:35:20So I think I have everything it takes
00:35:22to be a WWE superstar.
00:35:25EOP.
00:35:26Oh.
00:35:27Yeah.
00:35:28Hold on, now.
00:35:29Now it's cold.
00:35:29Hold on.
00:35:30We're cooking now.
00:35:31We're cooking now.
00:35:32Hold on.
00:35:33EOP.
00:35:34EOP is EOP.
00:35:35What does that look like?
00:35:36And what do we have,
00:35:38or could we get,
00:35:38that all looks
00:35:40Uniform.
00:35:41Kind of similar,
00:35:43but without being the same.
00:35:45I feel like a lot of the teams are gonna go dark.
00:35:47Like they give me that.
00:35:49Yeah.
00:35:49Like I wanna be bad.
00:35:50They wanna be bad so bad.
00:35:52We have a super positive vibe.
00:35:54That's what I think we have.
00:35:55Like the Avengers.
00:35:56Exactly.
00:35:57We're saving the world.
00:35:58Powerpuff girls.
00:36:00The color gold is hidden.
00:36:03Yeah.
00:36:03And when you see gold,
00:36:04you think that's a trophy,
00:36:05that's a champion.
00:36:06While the POP nailed down their presentation,
00:36:09Undertaker has brought in his wife, Michelle McCool.
00:36:12She returns to LFG Arena
00:36:13after helping team Mickey's Danny Sekelski a week ago.
00:36:17I was thinking soul something,
00:36:18like an SOS is a call for help,
00:36:20which your opponents might need.
00:36:22Slayer of souls.
00:36:23Slayer of souls.
00:36:24And he brought up slayers of souls.
00:36:26Like I felt something,
00:36:28and I was like,
00:36:28that one's it, that one's it.
00:36:29There's just something about
00:36:31the way we can incorporate that into our group.
00:36:33And that just represents all of us in our own way.
00:36:37But at the same time as a team.
00:36:39Okay, I forgive you about
00:36:40that whole Mickey James thing now.
00:36:43Undertaker, he's got such a cool kind of vision
00:36:46in terms of creating mystique.
00:36:48I'm just thinking like an alley.
00:36:52You know, like an alley that you wouldn't
00:36:53want to get caught in.
00:36:55Your camera's coming back through this alley
00:36:58and everybody's kind of staged to different points.
00:37:03Undertaker had a lot of input,
00:37:04but he also gave us the room
00:37:06to kind of figure out what we wanted to do
00:37:07and how we wanted to highlight ourselves.
00:37:09Yeah, I could do the boxing gloves around my neck
00:37:11and they'd be holding the football as well.
00:37:13I want it to be like,
00:37:14happy-go-lucky at first and like you said,
00:37:16just, yeah, it's the whole.
00:37:19Turn around, flash the smile,
00:37:21smile goes to the death stare.
00:37:24Just because I have one of the biggest smiles
00:37:27that you see doesn't mean that there is not a dark side.
00:37:31I am going to show that I have darkness within me.
00:37:35With a plan in place,
00:37:36both groups must now work to execute their vision
00:37:39in hopes of securing a coveted point for their team.
00:37:42And action.
00:37:44Filming the vignette was really, really cool.
00:37:46I was excited to show my personality
00:37:48and to show something not a lot of people know about me,
00:37:51my background and working with like literal corpses.
00:37:53So they had a morgue table set up
00:37:56and Kylo played the dead corpse.
00:37:59I think for that part of the vignette,
00:38:00they just wanted to pick whoever had the cutest smile.
00:38:04It was fun to be able to incorporate my background
00:38:07while also incorporating his personality and his character.
00:38:11It represented us as a team,
00:38:13but it had everyone's individuality along with it.
00:38:17Everybody had pretty definable roles.
00:38:19I think it's going to be great.
00:38:22Everybody is really like dark.
00:38:24Dark, gory, and we're just so bright.
00:38:27Good view, buddy.
00:38:29We're champions.
00:38:33Filming the vignette was the coolest experience
00:38:36I've had so far.
00:38:38We all had our little matching coordinating outfits,
00:38:41but we were still able to all be ourselves.
00:38:44Who does he think he is?
00:38:44Sitting here flexing,
00:38:45he's been flexing for 25 minutes.
00:38:47We came up with the idea of having a light up ball
00:38:50that is almost like us holding the world in our hand.
00:38:53We were able to put together something
00:38:55that I was super proud of.
00:38:56It really embodies our team.
00:38:58Y'all gonna see it, y'all gonna see it.
00:39:01Before today's faction face-off,
00:39:03Undertaker and Mickey meet with the teams collectively
00:39:05to go over the day's match.
00:39:07We're doing things that kind of make sense
00:39:09within the course of being a tag here.
00:39:10Yeah, that makes sense.
00:39:11Boom, you're feeling good.
00:39:13You've knocked him down.
00:39:14Boom, you've knocked the other big dude.
00:39:16You're feeling it.
00:39:16This is most of what we do right here,
00:39:18are these little things right here.
00:39:21For Chris Island,
00:39:22it means a chance at redemption after last week.
00:39:25You're in there with Shiloh again.
00:39:27I'm kind of glad for the opportunity,
00:39:29kind of getting right or wrong.
00:39:30I really just hope to finish this match the way I want to,
00:39:33you know, see it all the way through.
00:39:34I think that'll be a good feeling.
00:39:36Hopefully we can get it right this time.
00:39:37I have faith, I have faith.
00:39:39While Chris looks to finish the story
00:39:41he and Shiloh started last week,
00:39:43three future greats are excited to start theirs
00:39:46as they step into the ring for the first time.
00:39:49This is your first match?
00:39:51Yeah.
00:39:52It's a big deal.
00:39:53It's a big deal.
00:39:54It's a big deal.
00:39:55It's a big deal.
00:39:56Yeah.
00:39:58Yeah, my first match I was terrified.
00:40:01I'm excited, but definitely nervous.
00:40:02Yeah.
00:40:03To just be here and do it in front of you all
00:40:06is, it's still just really crazy, so.
00:40:08Yeah.
00:40:09Mickey came up to me and started just talking to me
00:40:11about my match and how I was feeling
00:40:13and I was very honest and vulnerable with her.
00:40:17My name is Serena Linton.
00:40:19I do gymnastics at the University of Arizona.
00:40:23Growing up Mexican-American,
00:40:25was something that I've always watched.
00:40:26My brother Adrian and my dad would play around
00:40:29imitating the WWE and that's ultimately
00:40:31where I started falling in love with it.
00:40:37When I was 16 years old, my dad got deported.
00:40:40My brother Adrian stepped up in his place
00:40:42and took on the role for him of, you know,
00:40:44going to high school graduation, you know,
00:40:47going to my first college gymnastics meet.
00:40:50And three years ago, my brother was murdered.
00:40:55I've been through a lot and just finding my passion
00:40:58and my purpose through them.
00:40:59When I found out WWE were recruiting college athletes,
00:41:02I immediately knew that it was something I wanted to do.
00:41:07You have to assert your size,
00:41:08your strength and your dominance.
00:41:10Yep.
00:41:11And you have to give her something
00:41:12that she has to overcome.
00:41:13Right.
00:41:14And for you, it's the classic
00:41:15David and Goliath kind of thing, right?
00:41:17You're gonna have to work harder.
00:41:18You'll have to use your speed and your agility against her
00:41:24and capitalize on her mistakes.
00:41:26Does that make sense to everybody?
00:41:28Yep.
00:41:29Bailey is my best friend and she's been a part
00:41:33of this journey every step of the way into the WWE.
00:41:36From going to SummerSlam tryouts together
00:41:39and here we are just a month in doing our first match
00:41:42in front of so many important people.
00:41:45It's an incredible feeling.
00:41:47You know, Serena and I,
00:41:48she's one of the first friendships
00:41:49I ever developed here in this business.
00:41:51And it was really cool because she knows me
00:41:54on levels that a lot of people don't.
00:41:58My name is Bailey Humphrey.
00:41:59I was born and raised in Chandler, Arizona.
00:42:02I did acrobatics and tumbling in college for four years.
00:42:05I love athletics.
00:42:06It's been a part of my whole life.
00:42:07I'm super excited to throw girls and not have to catch them.
00:42:11I have a very bubbly personality and I'm very outgoing.
00:42:14I can be very loud and dramatic.
00:42:15And I'm kind of excited to embrace that personality
00:42:18that I don't really bring out much.
00:42:20I'm excited to entertain a lot of people.
00:42:24How y'all feeling?
00:42:25Nervous.
00:42:26Nervous, you should.
00:42:27But excited, I'm ready.
00:42:28Yeah.
00:42:29A little nervous, glad we got to run through it twice.
00:42:31Yeah.
00:42:32Glad we got to get the little kinks out of there.
00:42:33Feel a lot more comfortable now.
00:42:34Right before the match, Undertaker pulled me
00:42:37and Bailey aside, tried to give us some advice,
00:42:39just knowing it was our first match.
00:42:40Don't put so much pressure on yourself.
00:42:42Like, I gotta be perfect.
00:42:43I gotta be this.
00:42:44I gotta be that.
00:42:45If there's something that doesn't work,
00:42:46we'll figure it out and we'll move on.
00:42:50Elijah and Bailey, I mean, they just got into the process
00:42:53of becoming professional wrestlers.
00:42:56I was dreading.
00:42:57I mean, I lost sleep over this match
00:43:00because I'm thinking they're so new to the business.
00:43:04My first match was in an armory.
00:43:08There was maybe 50 people there.
00:43:11I can't imagine having my first match
00:43:14in front of Taker and Booker and Bubba
00:43:17and now at Bischoff and X-Pod.
00:43:22I was always taught that nerves are a good thing.
00:43:24It means you care.
00:43:25And I care so much.
00:43:27And just knowing that legends are going to be watching
00:43:30my first ever wrestling match, it was just surreal.
00:43:44♪♪
00:43:54♪♪
00:44:03Yeah, it feels like a movie, right?
00:44:08Jeremy, are you ready for quite the showcase?
00:44:12The following is an eight-person tag team match
00:44:17scheduled for one fall.
00:44:19Introducing first,
00:44:20representing Team Mickie James,
00:44:25Danny Sekelski, Chris Island,
00:44:28Troy Yearwood,
00:44:30and Serena Linton.
00:44:32Pinnacle of performance.
00:44:38I like when they came out,
00:44:39they all four kind of stood there for a minute
00:44:41for that beauty shot,
00:44:42but I would have loved to see, like, one of the women,
00:44:45a guy, a woman, and a guy.
00:44:48I hate them already.
00:44:51You didn't get the intro.
00:44:52The intro was cool.
00:44:54The intro was cool, right?
00:44:55Yeah, that's cool.
00:44:56I give him that.
00:44:56That's good.
00:44:58♪♪
00:45:05S-O-S.
00:45:10♪♪
00:45:16S-O-S.
00:45:23S-O-S.
00:45:28S-O-S.
00:45:33S-O-S.
00:45:36S-O-S.
00:45:39S-O-S.
00:45:43That was awesome.
00:45:44Bravo.
00:45:45Nice.
00:45:46Bravo.
00:45:47Bravo.
00:45:49We saw their vignette.
00:45:51They didn't come out and tell me who they were.
00:45:54They came out and made me wonder who they were.
00:45:57And when you can get the audience leaning forward
00:46:00because they want to know more,
00:46:02you haven't given them all the answers.
00:46:04You've given them just enough to capture their imagination
00:46:07and create some intrigue.
00:46:09You got them.
00:46:14It was my first time walking out to the wrestling ring.
00:46:17It just felt right, man.
00:46:18It felt like home.
00:46:19♪♪
00:46:22And your opponents,
00:46:24representing Team Undertaker,
00:46:29Bailey Humphrey,
00:46:31Tyra Mae Steele,
00:46:33Elijah Holyfield,
00:46:36and Shadow Hill,
00:46:38Slurs of Soul.
00:46:43I'm not going to lie.
00:46:45I almost jumped in your lap.
00:46:47I got a little bit scared.
00:46:50Well, that's the influence of the Undertaker,
00:46:52the chilling effect, Slurs of Souls.
00:46:54And, wow, you can just tell the presence alone.
00:46:57This is about action warfare.
00:46:59This is about teamwork.
00:47:00This is about emphasizing having to work as a team
00:47:03when given the opportunity.
00:47:04And as Eric Bischoff kind of laid the groundwork
00:47:07for this entire premise,
00:47:09now these teams have to work together
00:47:12as a functioning unit.
00:47:13The butterflies were going,
00:47:15but the minute we locked eyes,
00:47:17it was a quick, like, let's freaking go.
00:47:20I'm ready to go. Game face on.
00:47:22Come on, Bailey.
00:47:24♪♪
00:47:26Bailey Humphrey in there now with Serena Linton
00:47:30to kick off this eight-person mixed tag team matchup.
00:47:33And it's an eight-person matchup,
00:47:35so that means the men will face the men,
00:47:37the women will face the women,
00:47:38and I'm glad you brought up Eric Bischoff
00:47:40because I'm wondering if he knew
00:47:41that P.O.P. would be S.O.L. going up against S.O.S.
00:47:45Literally the minute we started,
00:47:46nerves gone, just full-on excitement,
00:47:49intensity in the moment.
00:47:51We say it all the time,
00:47:52when you're now competing as a team,
00:47:54this isn't necessarily
00:47:55I'm going out there competing for me.
00:47:57I'm competing for my entire squad.
00:48:00This is Serena's first match.
00:48:02This is her very first match.
00:48:04♪♪
00:48:07First match, first match.
00:48:10Is that your way of telling me,
00:48:11Baba, be nice?
00:48:13No, I'm just saying.
00:48:14Chop me.
00:48:16Chop me.
00:48:18Looks like there's almost fighting amongst the legends,
00:48:20but Linton's got to get back to this matchup
00:48:21because she is getting destroyed right now by Humphrey.
00:48:25Got good heel and stick,
00:48:26but we'll get there.
00:48:27We'll get there.
00:48:30That's high praise coming from someone like The Undertaker.
00:48:32He knows he might have found a diamond in the rough,
00:48:35so to speak, with Bailey Humphrey.
00:48:37Well, when you're in a team setting like this,
00:48:39it is important to stand out individually,
00:48:40but it's also important to stand out
00:48:42and be part of this team that functions as a unit.
00:48:45Oh, got her!
00:48:46Got her!
00:48:48Lynn looking around, making the tag.
00:48:50In comes Dani,
00:48:51and, well, the former cheerleader,
00:48:54collegially in the NFL,
00:48:55knows she has an uphill battle here
00:48:57against the powerful Bailey Humphrey.
00:49:00Oh, don't let her out.
00:49:01Okay, all right.
00:49:02Don't let her out.
00:49:03All right.
00:49:04Don't let her out.
00:49:05All right.
00:49:07Well, now this is a treat.
00:49:08Steele, obviously you know the background,
00:49:10an Olympic gold medalist.
00:49:12Certainly with that wrestling background.
00:49:14At one point, the best in the world
00:49:17at amateur wrestling.
00:49:18Now she's going to make a go for it
00:49:19and try and become the best in the world
00:49:21inside the LFG ring.
00:49:23Okay.
00:49:24Not a bad technique right there.
00:49:27Great balance.
00:49:28Come on, Dani!
00:49:32Can you imagine the technique?
00:49:33We talk about the amateur background.
00:49:34You said at one time,
00:49:35I'm going to tell her you said that at one time,
00:49:36see how quickly she takes you down in the back after this.
00:49:39Well, it's about proving yourself
00:49:40each and every time in and out of the ring,
00:49:43and with the guidance,
00:49:44the journey that Tyra Mae Steele is on
00:49:47as a former Olympic gold medalist,
00:49:49certainly got a lot of high expectations
00:49:51for her career.
00:49:52These are like real, real-in-life
00:49:54video game characters.
00:49:56You know, like,
00:49:57their size doesn't really mean as much anymore.
00:50:02We're talking about video games.
00:50:03Dani can do things
00:50:04that you can only create in video games.
00:50:08Eric, it's funny you say that
00:50:09because some wrestlers around the world
00:50:12actually get their moves from video games.
00:50:15They really do.
00:50:16Yeah.
00:50:17Everyone looking on,
00:50:18and there's Chris Island
00:50:19desperately wanting to get into this match.
00:50:21You got to understand,
00:50:22my nerves, like, I keep them low.
00:50:24I needed to prove to myself
00:50:26that I could shake last week
00:50:27and put my best foot forward.
00:50:34Time is of the essence.
00:50:38Holyfield made the tag for his team,
00:50:40which means a man from the side
00:50:42has to come in.
00:50:43Here I come in,
00:50:45new blood,
00:50:46Eliza Holyfield.
00:50:47Step up, dog.
00:50:48Step up.
00:50:59And take a look at these two right now,
00:51:01locking up for the first time,
00:51:03and there seems to be a little bit of animosity
00:51:05between these two.
00:51:06Talk about being the first time in.
00:51:08Eliza Holyfield, very impressive,
00:51:11showing on those signs of the obvious nervousness
00:51:14that has to be in a system
00:51:15being in there for the very first time
00:51:17here on this platform.
00:51:32That, so far, that.
00:51:35Welcome back, Chris Island.
00:51:37That's how I feel about that.
00:51:39The match with Chris,
00:51:40the way all that went down,
00:51:41I definitely wasn't really thinking about that at all.
00:51:43I was really excited to get to wrestle.
00:51:45Let me get in there and get rolling.
00:51:48This matchup's going to continue on LFG.
00:51:52It's an NWO takeover
00:51:54as tonight's LFG continues.
00:51:57Starting at $1,199.
00:52:01One-person tag team matchup continuing again.
00:52:03Men face the men, women face the women.
00:52:05Troy Yearwood in there for the first time
00:52:07for Mickie James' team.
00:52:10You got him, Troy.
00:52:11Yearwood's so impressive, so athletically gifted.
00:52:14Take a look at the height and the precision.
00:52:16Oh!
00:52:17He's got something.
00:52:19That's a drop kick.
00:52:20That was good.
00:52:21You got a pretty drop kick.
00:52:22That was real good.
00:52:23Troy on Mickie James' team, he was really impressive.
00:52:26Really impressive.
00:52:28You've got to wonder, in the back of Shiloh Hill's mind,
00:52:31what happened last week.
00:52:32Obviously medically cleared to compete tonight,
00:52:34but that has to mentally have a psychological disadvantage
00:52:38after what happened.
00:52:39That's a great point that you bring up
00:52:41and you start to wonder.
00:52:42All these athletes in the right have overcome
00:52:44different obstacles in their career,
00:52:46whether it was Hill, who of course was a football player
00:52:49at Stanford, whether it was someone like Chris Island
00:52:51who was an amateur wrestler.
00:52:52You take a look at all these athletes,
00:52:54they've all had to overcome things.
00:52:55This though, a little bit different
00:52:57than what they're used to.
00:53:01And Island high wrist.
00:53:02No reward.
00:53:03It was really, really nice to be back in the ring.
00:53:06Yeah, go to work.
00:53:07It's more fun than like anything I've done.
00:53:09Okay.
00:53:10He's getting it back from last week.
00:53:12And JB, I don't want you to put words in Hill's mouth,
00:53:15but do you think there's a little bit more pressure
00:53:17on his shoulders here tonight, here today,
00:53:20having to step up?
00:53:21Well, he can't be happy with what happened last week,
00:53:23obviously from an emotional, from a psychological standpoint.
00:53:26It's up to him now to make a difference
00:53:28and make us forget about what happened.
00:53:30Oh, look at him go.
00:53:35That is smart team strategy by Team Undertaker.
00:53:38That was a good job of distracting the ref
00:53:41and not keeping him too long.
00:53:43What's the old saying?
00:53:44It's not cheating unless you get caught.
00:53:50You can bet that what we're seeing
00:53:52from Elijah Holyfield here
00:53:54and that whole situation,
00:53:56obviously something coached, I would guess, by The Undertaker.
00:53:59I'm sure there's a couple tricks up the old sleeve
00:54:02from the WWE Hall of Famer to his team.
00:54:04And look at Holyfield
00:54:07taking it to Chris Island.
00:54:10Oh, damn.
00:54:11He's got his abs in his back.
00:54:13Yeah, he's jacked.
00:54:16I gotta be honest, Chris Island has not gotten out of the gate
00:54:19like we're used to him seeing.
00:54:21Now with Shiloh Hill coming on,
00:54:22he's having to face a whole different bug.
00:54:24An onslaught double team here.
00:54:26Now again, this team,
00:54:28Undertaker's team,
00:54:29functioning well as a unit.
00:54:30That's the goal.
00:54:31Into the cover.
00:54:32Stick out.
00:54:33Can they be successful to work as a team
00:54:35given this opportunity?
00:54:36And so far, gotta say,
00:54:37Team Undertaker's SOS.
00:54:40And another shot
00:54:42dropping Yearwood to the floor.
00:54:44This is strategy.
00:54:46Oh, see, he's a lover.
00:54:48Oh, dirty down.
00:54:51That's what you get.
00:54:54I just am seeing a different side of Hill in this matchup.
00:54:57He is oozing confidence as Island
00:54:59trying to make a tag desperately.
00:55:01Don't let him tag.
00:55:02Don't let him tag.
00:55:04Got close,
00:55:05but didn't get close enough.
00:55:06And Hill slamming the door once more.
00:55:08But now,
00:55:09that door, JB,
00:55:10might have just opened
00:55:12for Chris Island
00:55:13and Team Mickie James.
00:55:16About the opportunity.
00:55:18Can he get there?
00:55:19They're reaching out.
00:55:20And Yearwood.
00:55:21He's got a lot of pent-up aggression from the outside.
00:55:23All those cheap shots.
00:55:24And as an athlete,
00:55:25you just want to get in there
00:55:27to start throwing some hands with anyone.
00:55:29Well, it's all about the pinnacle of performance.
00:55:31That's what this team is based on.
00:55:33And as you're seeing there,
00:55:34cover, cover, cover, cover, cover.
00:55:37Great agility.
00:55:38Uh-oh, here we go.
00:55:39It's all breaking loose now.
00:55:41Yeah, I like that.
00:55:42And it is breaking down now.
00:55:43I feel bad for the official.
00:55:45All eight athletes in this matchup.
00:55:47But you've got to remember
00:55:48who are the legal two.
00:55:49It's Yearwood,
00:55:50it's Hill,
00:55:51and Holyfield
00:55:52saving this matchup.
00:55:53And in comes Chris Island.
00:55:55It is breaking down.
00:55:57And you're getting a true taste
00:55:59of the WWE
00:56:00right here,
00:56:01right now.
00:56:02Check out Troy Yearwood
00:56:03hoisting up Hill.
00:56:05What goes up
00:56:07must come down.
00:56:09Right into the cover.
00:56:11One,
00:56:12two,
00:56:13three.
00:56:14Good job.
00:56:17Here are your winners,
00:56:19Pinnacle
00:56:21Hub
00:56:22Performance!
00:56:25It got better as it went along.
00:56:28Beginning a little clunky,
00:56:30got much better as it moved along.
00:56:33Every week's an improvement.
00:56:35Good match, boss.
00:56:39What about us?
00:56:42They're not feeding our ego at all, are they?
00:56:44I mean, we're fans too, right?
00:56:45I was.
00:56:48Maybe go get it right now.
00:56:49No, no!
00:56:51Look, I'm smart.
00:56:52But both of those kids,
00:56:53they got fired, right?
00:56:55Yeah.
00:56:56Are you happy?
00:56:57I'm very happy.
00:56:58They did great.
00:57:02That was three first matches
00:57:03involved in that.
00:57:04And they've only been here,
00:57:05what, a month?
00:57:07Up until you have your first match,
00:57:09you can say you're a wrestler,
00:57:10but you don't really feel like one,
00:57:12you know?
00:57:13After that match,
00:57:14I feel like I'm a true,
00:57:15I'm a wrestler now.
00:57:17We did it!
00:57:19We did it!
00:57:21That was a moment that
00:57:22I will cherish my whole career.
00:57:25And being able to do it
00:57:26with my best friend Serena,
00:57:27I can't even put into words
00:57:29how much that meant to me.
00:57:33The amount of nerves and anxiety
00:57:35I felt in that moment,
00:57:36but knowing that I could trust Bailey,
00:57:38it's an incredible feeling.
00:57:39It's just a dream come true to be here,
00:57:41so to do that is incredible.
00:57:44So they're happy tears.
00:57:46That was a really big deal,
00:57:47and it was so much fun.
00:57:49And if I could do that
00:57:50every single day
00:57:51for the rest of my life,
00:57:52I literally would.
00:57:53You did a great job.
00:57:57I think,
00:57:58especially considering
00:57:59some of them
00:58:00have only been doing it a month,
00:58:01I think they did a great job.
00:58:02Yeah.
00:58:03Shiloh, he really stood out.
00:58:05You know,
00:58:06I think he was the one
00:58:07that really stood out.
00:58:08A big challenge
00:58:09was put in front of us,
00:58:10and I think we were able
00:58:11to put together a match
00:58:12that was really,
00:58:13really happy with.
00:58:14The past couple weeks,
00:58:15I've been super close.
00:58:17I've just been chasing that point.
00:58:23With our matches over,
00:58:24it is now time for the Legends
00:58:26to give their thoughts
00:58:27and for points to be awarded.
00:58:30Legends,
00:58:31I'd love to hear
00:58:32your input
00:58:34on what you saw today.
00:58:35I mean, Mickie James' team,
00:58:37I mean, you guys did an awesome job,
00:58:39and everybody seemed like
00:58:40they had a role.
00:58:41But my team,
00:58:42you guys did a hell of a job
00:58:43in presentation,
00:58:44in rework,
00:58:45hell of a job.
00:58:46Give them the dot.
00:58:47Let them in.
00:58:48Let them in.
00:58:51I think we all can agree
00:58:52that was certainly
00:58:53a purely objective view
00:58:54from Booker T,
00:58:55not biased in any way.
00:58:57So I'm hoping for at least
00:58:59an equally as objective view
00:59:02from you, Tank.
00:59:03What do you say?
00:59:04The two major things
00:59:06that stood out to me
00:59:07are the finishes.
00:59:09In both matches,
00:59:10the finishes were good.
00:59:12The hot tags
00:59:13and the comebacks
00:59:14were high energy
00:59:16and spot on.
00:59:17Now, just on a personal note,
00:59:20my guys,
00:59:21I have never been more proud
00:59:22than I am right now
00:59:23of what you guys did today.
00:59:25To have that moment
00:59:26of him saying, like,
00:59:27good job, I'm proud of you,
00:59:28that made my whole day.
00:59:30One thing I did see today,
00:59:31because I got to see
00:59:32everybody work,
00:59:34there's some legitimate stars
00:59:35in this group.
00:59:36I'm just going to pile on
00:59:37with the compliments
00:59:38because I really am proud
00:59:39of all of you guys.
00:59:40Obviously, I'm proud
00:59:41of my team.
00:59:42I know how much
00:59:43you guys worked.
00:59:44Serena, this is your
00:59:45very first match as well
00:59:46and you wouldn't have known it.
00:59:48Everybody killed it.
00:59:49You guys killed it
00:59:50and I'm really, really
00:59:51proud of you.
00:59:52All of you.
00:59:53The thing that stuck out
00:59:54to me the most
00:59:55was how well you all
00:59:57worked together.
00:59:59I saw a lot of good things.
01:00:01I saw standout
01:00:02performances here
01:00:03and I will name names.
01:00:05Shiloh,
01:00:06Zina,
01:00:07Jasper,
01:00:08and Danny.
01:00:09You guys
01:00:10really, really
01:00:11stood out to me.
01:00:12Not that everybody else
01:00:13didn't do a good job,
01:00:14but those are the four
01:00:15that truly caught my eye.
01:00:18Great job.
01:00:19When it comes to
01:00:20entertainment value,
01:00:21I think the Dudleys
01:00:22did one hell of a job.
01:00:24Yeah, and I know
01:00:25I'm chiming in
01:00:26before I should here,
01:00:27but Zina in particular,
01:00:28you brought such
01:00:29a high level
01:00:30of entertainment.
01:00:31I mean, you were just
01:00:32out there having fun.
01:00:33You were rolling
01:00:34across the ring,
01:00:35kind of half-ass goofy
01:00:36until you weren't.
01:00:38And then you turned
01:00:39on the switch
01:00:40and you got dangerous.
01:00:41And that contrast
01:00:42in your own character
01:00:43is what gives you depth
01:00:44and makes you entertaining.
01:00:46One team
01:00:48is going to get a point
01:00:49from Eric Bischoff
01:00:50for presentation.
01:00:52Another team is going
01:00:53to get a point
01:00:54from X-Pac
01:00:55when it comes to
01:00:56in-ring work.
01:00:58Eric Bischoff,
01:00:59who's it going to be?
01:01:00This is incredibly
01:01:01challenging
01:01:02because everybody
01:01:04was great
01:01:05in terms of your
01:01:06presentation.
01:01:08Each one of the groups
01:01:09came out
01:01:10and told me
01:01:11who they were.
01:01:12They made a statement
01:01:13and that's awesome.
01:01:15But only one team
01:01:16created Mystique.
01:01:19One team made me want
01:01:20to know more about them.
01:01:25Taker,
01:01:26they followed you lead, man.
01:01:28They brought the mystique.
01:01:32When we got that point,
01:01:34I was so proud.
01:01:38Man,
01:01:39I was so excited
01:01:40to finally be on the board.
01:01:41It was a fun feel
01:01:42that I think
01:01:43kind of made us closer
01:01:44as a team as well.
01:01:45I thought Eric
01:01:46hit it right on the head.
01:01:47I thought his point
01:01:48was well given.
01:01:49X-Pac,
01:01:50who's it going to be
01:01:51for the point
01:01:52in ring work?
01:01:53Oh man,
01:01:54this is really tough
01:01:55because when you're
01:01:56in a match,
01:01:57everyone's working together
01:01:58and I think everyone
01:01:59deserves credit.
01:02:00That earlier match
01:02:01was the match
01:02:02that stood out to me.
01:02:03Everyone deserves
01:02:04the same amount of credit
01:02:06for putting on
01:02:07a match like that.
01:02:08But for me,
01:02:09the heels
01:02:10really hold that together.
01:02:12I'm going to have to give it
01:02:13to the
01:02:14next era.
01:02:17You got to.
01:02:18We got overlooked
01:02:20on both occasions.
01:02:23We're still on zero points
01:02:24and to me,
01:02:25that's absolutely bulls**t.
01:02:27For the first time
01:02:29during this competition,
01:02:31I was genuinely disappointed
01:02:34in losing the point.
01:02:35In executing
01:02:37the match that I laid out,
01:02:39my future greats
01:02:41helped earn a point
01:02:43for Booker's team.
01:02:45It's hard.
01:02:46It was a hard decision
01:02:47for X-Pac to make.
01:02:50But he chose
01:02:51the right team.
01:02:53So look,
01:02:54with this, right,
01:02:55Booker jumps out
01:02:56to a lead
01:02:57and you dig that sucker.
01:02:59I know that I can, Bubba.
01:03:01We're still looking
01:03:02scoreless,
01:03:03but we got a long way to go.
01:03:04All right?
01:03:05This ain't over
01:03:06till it's over,
01:03:07boys and girls.
01:03:08Hell of a job today.
01:03:09With this week's
01:03:10points awarded,
01:03:11Shawn Michaels
01:03:12has one more surprise
01:03:13for our future greats.
01:03:16As always, legends,
01:03:17thank you for your input today.
01:03:18And obviously,
01:03:19I want to thank
01:03:20our special guests here today,
01:03:21Eric Bischoff
01:03:22and Sean Waltman.
01:03:28But next week,
01:03:29all right,
01:03:30we've got a very,
01:03:31very special guest
01:03:32joining us.
01:03:33I want you to, uh,
01:03:35look at the big screen
01:03:37and find out
01:03:38who it's gonna be.
01:03:45Hi, everyone.
01:03:46Just when you think
01:03:47you have all the answers,
01:03:51I change the culture.
01:03:54See you,
01:03:55boys and girls,
01:03:56next week.
01:04:01Next time on
01:04:02LFG.
01:04:04I want you to welcome
01:04:05CM Punk.
01:04:06So I want somebody
01:04:07to take this
01:04:08and cut a promo.
01:04:10Zina, go.
01:04:13Jasper,
01:04:14she's trying to be a bully
01:04:15at this point, bro.
01:04:19Tatiana,
01:04:20stop crying.
01:04:22If that means
01:04:23I have to be vulnerable
01:04:24and break down,
01:04:25I'm gonna do it, so.
01:04:27Uh-oh.
01:04:32Uh-oh.