WWE LFG 4/27/2025 Episode 10

WWE LFG 4/27/2025 Episode 10

There was no show last week due to Wrestlemania. The show from 2 weeks ago is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/wwe-lfg-4132025.html. To make up for the missing show, they are having a second episode on after this.

The next show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/wwe-lfg-4272025-episode-11.html

Bubba is with BJ Ray and Cutler James at ringside. He says they are responsible for one of the worst matches he has ever seen. Bubba says both were unprofessional. Bubba says they will have a match with each other right now.

BJ Ray vs Cutler James

They have all the lights and stuff on for this but this isn't in front of a real crowd. Bubba shakes his head at BJ's entrance as he has a phone and earpods.

BJ goes for the takedown. James hits shots in the corner and back body drops him. James slams him then side headlock takeovers him. James side headlocks him. BJ hits a punch and bangs James' head off the buckles. BJ clips him then gets on his back for a grounded sleeper.

Bubba is cringing. James back elbows and lariats him. James hits forearms then running lariats him. BJ does like a made in japan variation then hits mounted shots. BJ back elbows him then slams him for 1. James boots him out of the corner hen hits punches. James goes for the slam but BJ gets his back with a sleeper. James then taps out.

Thoughts: This was a weird worked-worked shoot. It would take me at least 3 paragraphs just to explain this whole thing and I don't think it's worth it. Can we please just have normal matches instead?

Cutler says BJ ran out of gas 30 seconds in. BJ says it was clunky and stiff and he knew it was a sh!tty match. Cutler says being in shape is a huge part of this and says to get out if you can't get through a 5 minute match.

Bubba rips both in the back and asks how they could have such an awful match. Bubba says they hate each other and should show it in the ring. Bubba says they need to just do something and he will force them to do something. He says they will do it again. Bubba says he hopes that match doesn't air on this show. Bubba says the stipulation for the rematch will be that someone goes home. We then see they will do this in front of fans.

We go to break and then return to the Performance Center with Shawn Michaels. Shawn says anything can happen out there and this is about being prepared every step of the way. He says power outages and fights have happened in the stands and this is very real. He says something will go wrong in their match and they will have to figure out how to deal with it. Shawn says they won't know what is going on because they never do.  

The coaches talk at ringside. Taker wonders what Shawn means. They say it could get messy and will be a test. Taker says they need to be ready for anything. Bubba wants to throw Drake's name in the hat since he had to be removed from a match. Mickie wants Troy to show something and Booker agrees. Taker says he's scratching his head with Tyra and wants her in there. Booker says he's got Leigh for her. Booker says he went the wrong role with Leigh and says we need to see her as a babyface. Mickie says we should do a mixed tag. Booker says we need Penina, who has something but hasn't brought it out. Bubba says Zena does everything right and is the top girl in this comp. They then bring up Chris Island and Shiloh Hill.

We then go to the arena but there is no live crowd:

Tyra Mae Steele vs Leigh Laurel

They try to lock up and we are told the ring ropes will break. Tyra waistlock takedowns her then gator rolls her. Tyra suplexes her. Tyra takes her down by the leg then elbow drops her. Tyra misses an elbow drop. Leigh dropkicks, facekicks and shoulders her for 2.

The coaches argue. Leigh back elbows her then hiptosses her for 2. Bubba says Leigh doesn't have it. Tyra stun guns her then clubs on her. Leigh is shoved hard into the corner. Tyra hits a bad shot and sends her into the corner again. Leigh is sent into the buckles and the top rope breaks.

We go to commercial break and return. Tyra clubs on her then Leigh cradles her off a suplex attempt. Leigh superkicks her and pump kicks her for 2. Leigh misses a dropkick. Tyra bow and arrows her and taps her out.

Thoughts: They are rookies here, there's no real crowd, the judges trashed them the whole time and while the top rope broke, I do think they knew it was coming (Tyra kept pushing her into it). Leigh looked really green here and missed on a bunch of kicks. The rope breaking limited them more and while maybe it was useful to teach them something, they weren't put in a good position to have a strong match here.

The coaches talk after. Taker says they handled the ring rope breaking well but he says they need to take a step back to get one forward. Booker says they need a lot of work. Tyra says she thought it was better than her tag match and was good for where she is at. Leigh is asked if it was good and she said sure. Bubba says they are taking steps back and not forward. Bubba says Tyra rolled her eyes and Tyra disputes this. Taker wonders if it's him or her going backwards. Leigh says they lost sight of the match and says it was a disappointment.

Drake says he feels confident and says they can make whatever happens work. 

Drake Morreaux vs Troy Yearwood

Bubba does Drake's dance. They lock up. Drake hammerlocks him. We are told more time will be added to their match when they plan to end it. Troy hammerlocks him. Drake snapmares him but Troy flips over with him and keeps the hold on.

Troy keeps the hold on. Drake misses an elbow then takes armdrags and a back elbow. Troy misses a corner charge. Drake dropkicks him but is too close. Drake stomps on him. Drake hits a corner lariat then a short arm lariat for 2. Troy totally misses on some punches.

Drake slams him then hits a bottom rope vader bomb. Drak hits shots to the gut. Drke misses a corner charge and Troy drops him with forearms. Troy hits a flying leg lariat. Troy is told their match has 3 more minutes added onto it.

We go to break and return. Drake throws Troy off the top then hits mounted shots. Troy is thrown over the top and the coaches complain. Troy cradles him and is lariated.  Drake's head is banged off the buckles. Troy hits totally missed punches and forearms him down. Troy misses a dropkick and Drake chokeslams him for the win.

Thoughts: Again, like the last match, the judges trashed it the whole time and there was no crowd. There was also the usual limitations like no big moves or spots and so forth. They also had to go long. On paper, this was a face vs face match and without a crowd, that's a bit tough to pull off. This wasn't good and I don't think it was designed to be. They may have even been told to make it bad since they like to work worked matches. Troy did really miss on some punches though.

The coaches talk after. Taker says he's had time added and cut to his matches. Mickie says they survived but it wasn't great. Booker complains about Troy's missed punches and says he should know better. Taker says Drake is big but everything he does looks small. He says he has to work big.

Bubba asks why he threw him over the top. Drake says it was to give him more time. Bubba isn't happy and knew that was the answer. Taker says you don't just fill time (they do that every show in WWE). Taker says you need to use the time to your advantage.

Drake says he understands and he will live and learn. Troy says he has gotten chewed out or gotten someone else chewed out in his last few matches. he says he feels like he's dragging people down.

Shiloh is excited for the unpredictable in his match.

Chris Island and Penina Tuilepa vs Zena Sterling and Shiloh Hill

The power will go out during this. Zena and PT go at it. Zena rolls out of lock-up's. Zena side headlocks her. PT wristlocks her and the powers goes out for a second. Everyone looks around then they go back to the match. Zena side headlocks her. Zena rolls her into a seatbelt pin off a hiptoss.

Hill and Chris go at it. Chris stomps his foot then lariats him. Chris stomps him in the corner. Hill takes him down and pounds on him. Hill backdrops him. The lights go out again. We go to break and return. Zena and PT get in. Zena lariats Chris hard which should be a DQ. PT swings her around by the hair and clubs on her. PT slams her for 2. PT chinlocks her. Zena jawbreakers out. Hill lariats Chris then shoulders him over. Hill hits a corner spear and bulldogs him.

The girls get in but it's hard to tell if there was a tag or not. Zena slams PT for 2. PT hits Zena from behind. PT samoan drops her and wins.

Thoughts: Again, the match was intentionally sabotaged. I don't think the lights going out caused as much of a problem as the rope going out though like earlier. I don't think they did a bad job with this but there should have been a DQ for Zena hitting Chris and not being able to see tags hurt the match.

The coaches talk after. Taker said he had the power go out during his match and said this is the most likely scenario that could happen. Bubba says they did a good job. Taker says Penina can't catch a break as her best night was in the dark. Booker asks why Chris stomped people since he doesn't do it well. He said they did okay otherwise though.

Chris says he should have to go do 1,000 stomps. Hill says he told Chris to do them. Penina says she feels good. Zena says it was one of her favorite matches.

The coaches award points. Booker gives points to Hill and Penina. Mickie chooses Hill and Zena. Taker gives Hill and Zena points. Bubba gives Hill and Zena. Bubba says Zena watched old lucha matches to build her match.

Zena said she started as the most doubted star and says it's more rewarding and meaningful to score points. Mickie questions whether she should have voted for Chris but said Hill was better. Taker says Hill has a nice range.

The standings are:

Team Undertaker - 7 points

Team Bubba and Team Mickie - 3 points

We don't know what points Booker had as the graphic they showed was blank.

BJ says the loser already went home when he rage quit. Cutler says BJ has been a pain since college. BJ says he might as well be brought back as legend in Season 2. Cutler says he's looking forward to send him packing.

Loser Leaves WWE LFG - Cutler James vs BJ Ray

We have an actual crowd for this one and the arena is all lit up.

James gets behind him then double legs him. James rolls him for a pin attempt then gator rolls him. James shoots in and is knee'd. BJ double legs him. James takes him down but BJ gets on top. BJ front facelocks him. 

James hits corner spears. Booker says get rid of both of them for 2 weeks. BJ fujiwara armbars him then hammerlocks him. BJ's knee is bleeding. James hits a lariat then forearms him over. James hiptosses him then slams him. James hits a back body drop.

BJ hangs onto the ropes and James clubs on him. BJ shoulders him then rolls him into a crucifix and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked the technical wrestling here but it wasn't quite the heated battle it should have been plus they were going to be able to do various things to really put this over.

Bubba still tries to suggest both get sent home.

We go to break and return. Bubba talks to James and BJ. Bubba says this is his decision only. He said they both had opportunities to impress and now one is going home. Booker says BJ talks a good game but he doesn't back it up, so he'd vote him out. Booker then leaves. Mickie says she was pulling for BJ because he talks well and is charismatic. She says James' weakness is his personality and she wants Cutler to stay. Mickie leaves. Taker says he doesn't know what the stakes have to be for them to bring fire and emotion. He says it's disappointing they didn't walk the walk after all the crap that was talked. He says he doesn't know and leaves.

Bubba says he would have handed them their money back if they came to his school. He says BJ is a headache and a problem. He says entertainment trumps wrestling in WWE. He says BJ stays. Bubba says he will say something he hopes James never hears in his career - best of luck in your future endeavors.

BJ smirks and he apologizes. Bubba says he doesn't buy it. Bubba says BJ is finally starting to realize how serious this is. Bubba says he's the maverick and the Tom Cruise. He says there is something there in him and IT factor. He says no matter how much of a f--k up he is, there's something there. He says a lot of screw-ups made it to the top. he says BJ sinks or swims to the top and he will hold the door open while the rest kick him out.

Thoughts: And this is where this program being a worked-shoot fails. Cutler James is supposedly fired from the show. Yet he's on NXT right now and BJ isn't. Maybe they will come up with some explanation on NXT or the next ep to cover it but it better be a dandy because they just exposed themselves here.

BJ says he will be mouth shut and ears wide open until they say they hate him. He says he will win the competition and ask Bubba for his hug.

Cutler says he needs to do some digging and needs to do something different. He says it has to be big.

Next week's show has Tyra/Tatyanna talking trash about each other. 

Overall thoughts: It was a tough watch. Not only was it the usual worked-worked matches here but they took it a step further. Sometimes with wrestling you wonder where it being fake stops and where it being real begins. Here, you wonder where the fakeness being faked stops and where just the fake stuff begins. This show doesn't need a reviewer, it needs a psychologist. I feel like I need to go into the mirror and try to summon Vince Russo by chanting his name three times to understand this one. I didn't like this at all.