WWE LFG 5/17/2026 Season 3, Episode 4

WWE LFG 5/17/2026 Season 3, Episode 4

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/wwe-lfg-592026-season-3-episode-3.html

We see Tate Wilder working on a motorcycle with his family. They talk about him finding out his wife was pregnant. Tate talks about how things can change at any second in WWE and he doesn't want to let his family down.

Bloom, Booker, Terry Taylor and Bubba Ray are at a table talking. We hear from Terry Taylor about his career. Bloom says Terry knows how to deliver the message with love. Today's matches are Bayley Humphrey vs Nikkita Lyons, Chris Island vs Tate Wilder (Bloom wants Chris to show his real personality and thinks Tate is bored with the basics. Zena Sterling vs Chantal Monroe is the last match. Bloom says they all love Zena but it's been the same Zena for 2 years and she's having trouble being anything but the bubbly girl. Bloom wants Monroe to dial it up and show her personality. They debate what Zena's character is.

Booker talks to Nikkita. He says she has a big test with her. Booker says Nikkita has the showbiz mentality but says the timing has to be right. Booker says she has to dial back her sex appeal. 

Bayley talks about not getting past the first round in LFG 2. She says she's been changing her role to a face role. Booker says Bayley needs to laugh and believe in herself. 

Bayley Humphrey vs Nikkita Lyons

We are at the Evolve arena for this.

Bay backs her up in the corner and lets go. NL side headlocks her. They collide and Nl goes down. NL hits shots to the gut. NL high kicks her. Bay throws her and shoulders her over. Bay slams her for 2. Bay's throat is pulled down over the top rope. NL hits mounted forearms then a split leg drop. 

NL superkicks her in the gut and suplexes her for 2. NL does a grounded cobra twist. NL then does a standing cobra twist. Bay hiptosses her. NL high kicks her then Bay suplexes her. Bay hits lariats then facekicks her. Bay standing moonsaults her for 2. NL knees her in the gut. Bay chokeslams her and pins her.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good as expected. Nikkita is not that great of a worker and when she's the best worker in the match, it's only going so far. Bayley didn't impress as a face. I was surprised by Bayley's standing moonsault.

Booker asks Nikkita how they felt. Booker says Nikkita did good as the general. Bayley thinks they needed to slow down and Booker agrees. 

Matt Bloom tells Bayley and Nikkita they are both big but yet were doing snap suplexes. Bayley says she's green and inexperienced but her confidence is stronger. They then talk about the spike's on Nikkita's bra.

Terry Taylor says Chris Island and Tate Wilder hadn't seen The Rock and Hulk Hogan wrestle. He shows them the match in a kitchen. Tate explains the match.

We see clips of Tate and Chris practicing amateur wrestling. Chris says what he was doing wasn't working. Terry tries to coach them through the match. Chris says it's not about the moves but the before and after. Terry wants the audience to see joy and pain.

Chris Island vs Tate Wilder

This is in the Evolve Arena. Chris Island has already been fired while Tate just made an NXT appearance. Hank and Tank are in the front row. Bubba complains about Chris being in jeans and sneakers. Booker says it's the same guy we have been seeing.

Chris slams Tate down and talks trash. Tate waistlocks him and they roll on the mat. Chris boots him in the gut. Tate dropkicks him then armdrags him twice. Chris kips up and is taken down by the arm.

Tate moonsaults over him and armdrags him. Chris short arm lariats him. Tate sends him hard into the buckles and backbreakers him. Tate back elbows him and Chris lariats him from behind. Chris backdrops him. Chris camel clutches him. 

They trade punches and Tate hits running forearms. Tat flying shoulders him. Tate twisting brainbusters him. Tate hits a top rope moonsault and wins.

Thoughts: Tate was an impressive face here. Chris tried a bit more than usual and wasn't that bad, but these situations are just awkward when you go into random cold matches like this.

Terry talks to the wrestlers and wants Chris to try to win more. Terry wants Tate to be wilder. Tate says Terry shut them down and they didn't hit the emotion side. Bloom asks who the Chris we saw tonight was and says he was screaming and yelling. Bloom tells him he looked fake and says he doesn't want to be screaming. He says they executed well but they are story tellers not stuntmen. Chris says he got the same feedback for 2 years and he has hit the wall.

Chantel Monroe talks about being a gymnast and has only been wrestling for 2 years. Bubba tells her she's going into this as the bad guy. Bubba explains that being a heel is wanting to hurt and embarrass the face. Zena says she's excited to work with Bubba. Bubba wants fire out of Zena. Bubba says Chantel needs to beat the crap out of Zena and make her fight for her life. Chantel wants to slap her and Bubba recommends she does so on his own. Bubba tells them to do what they do and tells Zena to show the next gear. They then do a group cheer. 

Zena Sterling vs Chantel Monroe

We are at the NXT arena here.

CM snapmares her and taunts her. CM backs her up in the corner then double chops her. Zena side headlocks her then front facelocks her. CM forearms and boots her. Zena hits shoulderblocks and fires up. Bubba doesn't want her to pump her fists at her waist.

Zena walks into a superkick. CM hits back elbows and boots on her in the corner. CM hits a corner meteora. CM butt drops her back then knee drops her for 2. CM headscissors her. CM misses a knee drop and a corner meteora. 

CM slaps her. Zena fires up and hits shots. Zena hits running lariats. Zena double underhook suplexes her. CM eye rakes her and jumping codebreakers her for the win.

Thoughts: It was a shorter one but they did what they were supposed to do here. CM did some basic heeling and showed personality. Zena got her comeback spot and was put down.

Bubba asks them how they did. CM says her striking and pacing could have been better. Zena says she's happy with their showing. Bubba says they did well. We see Bubba dancing and watching this. 

Bubba says Zena needs to work on her aggression. Bubba tells Zena to step up her game. Bubba says something is missing in Zena and they need to get something different out of her. They say Zena still has a way to go.

Overall thoughts: It's always a bit hard to rate this show. Today, they gave the wrestlers a task for the match, they had the match then the coaches rated them afterwards. It made sense and that may be the best we can really get out of this format, minus having them do an actual wrestling brand. The first two matches weren't that great, though Tate Wilder impressed. The main was short but acceptable. Neither Natalya or Kevin Owens were on this episode. I wouldn't really recommend this one and there's nothing you really need to see here.