WWE LFG 4/6/2025 Episode 8

WWE LFG 4/6/2025 Episode 8

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/wwe-lfg-3302025-episode-7.html

Dani says she's hanging in and isn't cleared to wrestle. She says they don't know what's wrong with her. Troy is sick with the flu and isn't here. Mickie James says she's down 2 people and has her work cut out for her.

Bubba says they scored their first point. He says he wants them to make steps forward.

Booker challenges Chris Island to a push-up contest in front of everyone. Chris wins and Booker says he hurt his shoulder doing it. 

Shawn Michaels greets the wrestlers and says we are at the half-way point. The coaches are asked who their front runners are. Bubba says Zena. Booker says Jasper Troy. Mickie picks Chris. Undertaker says his team needs work and everyone needs to step up. Tyra says that's why she chose Taker as the coach.

Diamond Dallas Page is this week's guest. He says he didn't become a wrestler until he was 35 and his career didn't take off until he was 40. He credits his career taking off with the diamond cutter. He says whoever has the best signature move wins the challenge this week.

Chris wants to do a gutwrench into a go to sleep. Sirena wants a match tonight to show what she's capable of after her bad debut.

Bubba punches Cutler and tells him to take a bump when he feels the impact. He fails to then Bubba tells him to do it again. He says the punch is a finish. Drake wants to do a frog splash and Bubba tells him to do his dance while he's up there. Cutler wants to do an uppercut called "The Uppercutler".

Leigh came up with a tiger feint into a corkscrew kick. Booker says it won't work as there's not a lot of ways you can do it. Booker then gets her to do a powerslam. Shiloh wants to hit people with a keyboard and ddt them. Taker asks where he will get the keyboard from.

Chris wants to do a finisher based off of an old NXT guy named Kal Jak who had to retire. Mickie says she's on the fence but he sold her on it. Sirena wants to do Molly Holly's molly-go-round and asks permission for it. Molly says you need a gymnastics background and says it can be dangerous. She says she wants to make sure she can do it safe first.

Bayley wants to do a head squeeze then throw her opponent down chest first. Taker puts his wife Michelle McCool over. Booker makes jokes about it. Anthony Luke wants to do a backdrop lifting type of move.

Elijah wants to do an uppercut. DDP wants to see where it goes but Taker says Shiloh lost one tooth already.

We see Sirena practice the molly-go-round. Zena wants to do a tilt-a-whirl sideslam. Bubba says she can't hold her well enough. Bubba says Zena isn't generating enough momentum. Bubba wants to her to do it on Dani but she can't and Bubba says she's useless. Chris takes offense to to this.

We go to break and return. Bubba says Chris doesn't understand his sense of humor as he calls Mickie over for this. Chris says he will stand up for Dani anywhere. Bubba then rips him and says not to get involved in others business. Mickie says Chris did just fine.

Bubba says she likes Cutler's and Zena's finishers. Booker says Leigh needs to get the job done and says it's time for Anthony to show what a signature move looks like.

Cutler James vs Anthony Luke

Booer says Luke looks like a big baby. There is no crowd for this, just people from the show.

They lock up. CJ backs up Luke on the ropes and is headlocked. Luke pokes him in the eye then puts the headlock back on. CJ reverses the hold then waistlock takedowns him. CJ side headlock takeovers him.

CJ side headlocks him. Luke hits punches in the corner then CJ hits shots. CJ slams him. Luke backslides him then knocks him over for 2. Luke hits mounted punches. Luke does a dance and CJ rolls on him. Luke hits a flying kick for 2.

CJ is sent hard into the buckles. CJ hits punches and is knee'd in the gut. CJ short arm lariats him. CJ hits back elbows, a corner spear and a lariat. We go to break and return. CJ winds up and hits his uppercut. Luke does a big sell for it but kicks out. Luke then basically hits an ore ga Taue and wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't that interesting. Cutler is just so generic and unexciting. I didn't like Cutler getting his finisher kicked out of.

Booker says Luke made him proud. Bubba says Cutler made him proud and tried to give it flavor. DDP says it went long but they reacted so maybe it wasn't too long. 

Zena Sterling vs Leigh Laurel

Mickie says she likes Zena's blue dress outfit more than her outfit last week.

They lock up. Zena wristlocks her. LL rolls out then Zena takes her down by the arm. Zena yanks on the arm. LL clubs on her then is lariated. LL I guess blocks her tilt-a-whirl side slam. Zena rolls her up for 2.

Zena drops down to tie her shoe then trips her with her foot. Zena then armlocks her. Taker pops for it. Zena's arm is pulled over the 2nd rope.

LL pushes her. LL slams her for 2. Zena makes her comeback and backdrops her. Zena backsplashes her then hits her tilt-a-whirl sideslam to win.

Thoughts: Zena sold a ton here and Mickie pointed it out. The coaches put Zena over and I agreed as Zena sells well, looks good and has personality.

Bubba puts over Leigh's gear, which I agree with. He says Zena impresses her. Booker wants to LL to lay it in more and says she did okay but could have done better. Taker says Leigh looks great in her gear but she should be tired of hearing it. She says she doesn't have the energy to match her look. Leigh cries. Mickie asks if she's okay.

We go to break and return. Leigh says she just wanted to make sure she had a safe match and said she had the wind knocked out of her. DDP says the legends have failed a million times and that's what makes them be them.

Taker says we need to say a prayer for the next match as it could be good or a train wreck. Taker says they have heat and Bubba says Chris has a big mouth.

Chris Island vs Elijah Holyfield

Bubba says Elijah looks like Clubber Lang. Taker rips them for wearing jewelry in the ring.

They lock-up. CI slides out of a punch. CI hits fireman carry takeovers and side headlocks Eli. CI side headlock takeovers him. CI shoulders Eli over. Eli hiptosses him twice.

Eli hits corner spears and corner punches. Eli beale throws CI. Eli hits a stiff corner spear. Eli then hits his uppercut for 2. CI hits punches on Eli Eli knees him in the gut then CI flying shoulders him.

CI hits lariats and slams him. CI then does a tilt-a-whirl into a knee to the head.

Thoughts: It wasn't a bad. A little simple at times but both guys did their stuff well. Chris can move and Eli really does move like some kind of tough boxer would.

We go to break and return. Taker says he would rip their jewelery out and was distracted. Bubba agrees. Bubba says Chris was rude and disrespectful earlier. He tells him to smarten up or he has a target on his back for the rest of the competition. Bubba says he did a good job. DDP agrees and says Chris brought it.

Mickie does a prayer for the next match. Taker says Sirena trying to do a molly-go-round could go south real quick.

Sirena Linton vs Bayley Humphrey

They lock up. Bay pushes Sirena out and she hits her head on the floor. Bubba asks if Sirena is okay. Bay corner spears her then rams her in the corner. Bay puts her on her shoulder. Sirena bulldogs her.

Sirena goes up top and we go to break. Sirean hits a perfect molly-go-round for 2 and Bubba's mouth is wide open. Sirena then hits chops.

Bay catches her crossbody and slams her. Bay does her head crush then pop-up drops her on her chest and gut to win.

Thoughts: What we saw of this was short. Sirena took a bad fall out of the ring but at least she hit her finisher clean. They had the right idea here.

Mickie says she's proud of Sirena. Taker says what they saw was incredible. Taker says he can't be mean. He says he couldn't be more proud. DDP says Bayley was scary and he tells both to give themselves a self high five. Bubba says they had a tale of both matches and says all anyone remembers is the finish. Bubba then offers a high five while she wants a hug. Bubba then gives her a hug.

Molly says Sirena made her proud and says she can use the move.

The judges then award points. Booker gives Anthony Luke a point. Mickie says she will be biased and gives it to Sirena. Taker says Elijah did the task best today. Bubba says Elijah, Cutler, Luke and Chris stepped forward today. DDP says Anthony Luke caught him off of guard in a good way and then puts over Sirena, giving both points.

The standings are:

Team Undertaker and Team Booker - 5 points

Team Mickie - 3 points

Team Bubba - 1 point

Bayley says it's time to shine. Chris says he hears good things about his matches then doesn't get the point. Sirena says it feels good to get a point. 

D'Von Dudley is the guest next week.

Overall thoughts: It was a more wrestling based episode so it was better than some of the others. We're still not seeing full matches in front of real crowds and they are working a feud between Bubba and Chris. It was fine and one of the more enjoyable episodes so far, but you aren't missing a ton if you don't see it.