WWE: Mickie James on WWE’s New WWE LFG Series & Her Still Learning from Other Coaches, WWE LFG Premiere Show Notes, More News

Mickie James Comments on WWE’s New WWE LFG Series & Her Still Learning from Other Coaches

A recent episode of News4Jax’s Going Ringside podcast featured Mickie James as the guest. One of the topics discussed included James’ thoughts about WWE’s new WWE LFG television series and her involvement as a coach on the show.

“Honestly, I was honored to be asked to do the show and to be a part of it and to sit alongside Booker T and Bubba Ray and The Undertaker and even be seen in that same… when they say legends, and to be seen in that same platform and level as those guys. Cause I feel like every time we walk in there to work with these hopefuls and train with them, I’m still learning. I’m getting to learn from Shawn Michaels still and Undertaker and Booker T and Bubba Ray. So it’s been a cool experience, I think. It’s been interesting to try to see myself, I guess, in those same shoes alongside these guys that I look up to and have looked up to for so long. So yeah, it’s been different. I didn’t really know what to expect walking in because it is such a different show. I think the closest that we’ve ever done anything was Tough Enough, but this is way different. I think it relates a lot to that with most people associate it with the Tough Enough, but it’s so different and dynamic that obviously you’ve never seen Undertaker as a coach before. In fact, this show is the first time he says it openly is the first time he’s actually coached young, hungry wrestlers to then, you know, be superstars themselves. So you get to see all these superstars that you’ve looked up to for so long and maybe a different light. Our coaching styles are so different. Our personalities, as well as the talent, the kids’ personalities are so, so different. So it’s been fun. It’s been a lot of fun and I think a learning experience for us all.

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

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WWE LFG Premiere Show Notes

This past Sunday featured the official premiere of WWE’s new WWE LFG (Legends & Future Greats) series on A&E.

This new reality-based show features Performance Center recruits being paired off with WWE Hall of Famers and Legends in a points system where recruits compete against each other and a Legend relieving one point if their recruit is ruled to have an outstanding showing. At the end of the season, the Legend with the most points will earn the first ever WWE LFG Championship belt as a prize while recruits would earn the opportunity of receving an official WWE contract.

The Undertaker will be mentoring Tyra Mae Steele and Booker T will be mentoring Anthony Luke after Steele and Luke both earned the right to pick their mentors for the show. The other mentors will be determined randomly on next week’s show.

Current list of WWE Performance Center talents competing in Season 1:

• Brayden BJ Ray
• Shiloh Hill
• Zena Sterling
• Drake Morreau
• Anthony Luke
• Dani Sekelly (Dani Rae)
• Tyra Mae Steele (real name Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock and Olympic gold medalist in wrestling)
• Jasper Troy
• Leigh Laurel
• Chris Island
• Elijah Holyfield
• Bayley Humphrey
• Troy Yearwood
• Tatyanna Dumas
• Penina Tuielaepa
• Sirena Linton

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WWE News & Notes

Rhea Ripley recently announced on Instagram that she was absent from Monday’s WWE RAW show in Charlotte, North Carolina due to her currently being on her honeymoon break with her husband and AEW talent Buddy Matthews.

Asuka recently released a new video on her YouTube channel to inform her fans that her Twitter account was recently hacked.

WWE recently released three new videos to their WWE Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was an Elimination Chamber Qualifying Battle Royal match from the February 17, 2002 episode of WWE SmackDown. The second new video was a “The Best WWE Home Videos – Undertaker, Ultimate Warrior, Bret Hart and MORE” marathon. The third new video was a “Story of the rise of Chyna (1997-99).”

WWE also recently released two new videos to their NXT Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was the full July 31, 2013 episode of WWE NXT. The second new video was the full August 7, 2013 episode of WWE NXT.

As noted before, John Cena is currently scheduled to make several WWE RAW appearances during this March as part of WWE’s upcoming new European tour. Cena recently reflected on Twitter about his upcoming appearances in Europe. Cena stated “In many ways, this Farewell tour started that July night in London. Some of the loudest (and latest) nights on tour have been in Glasgow. I haven’t seen the beauty of Brussels in over a decade. For all of these reasons and many, many more, I’m grateful I can to say “Thank You” to these cities and have one FINAL night together as a family. It’s MY LAST Road to #WrestleMania! LETS GO 🇧🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇬🇧“

As noted before, this past January’s Royal Rumble 2025 event featured social media personality IShowSpeed making a surprise appearance in the Men’s Royal Rumble match. In a recent YouTube stream, IShowSpeed gave his thoughts about Bron Breakker’s spear to him during his time in the Men’s Royal Rumble match. IShowSpeed stated “I ain’t gonna cap. After this, the day after Bron Breakker speared me. I had probably one of the worst headaches. I couldn’t move. I could not move, bro. I thought I was nearly about to die. Real talk. That was maybe one of the craziest, worst experiences ever. Real talk. I’m being so serious.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with Metro, WWE Hall of Famer Jacqueline gave her thoughts about her interest in wrestling one more match for her wrestling career and her choice for a dream opponent. Jacqueline stated “Who knows, I might step back in the ring! You never know. I need that one match. Like I said, a wrestler’s never retired. That one match I would like is probably Charlotte Flair, that would be a good match, because I like her style, I love the way she’s wrestling. She’s tough too. I would love to get in the ring with her and wrestle. That would be a great match. She’s great on the mic, she’s got a great look, she can wrestle!“

In a recent interview with The SPEAKEEZY podcast, Michin revealed that WWE took marijuana off their banned substance list for their talents a couple of years ago. Michin stated “Because it’s (marijuana) more legal, they’ve kind of accepted it. So before, that used to be — marijuana used to be on the drug list and they took that off a couple years ago. So, when I get home on Saturdays, I’ll do that, and just chill out all day and then I get back into the gym on Sunday. Sunday through Wednesday, I work out…” (Transcript h/t: PostWrestling.com)