A&E reveals premiere date for ‘WWE LFG’ season two

Season one just finished airing last night, but it won’t be long until “WWE LFG” is back for season two.

A&E has announced that the competition series will return with season two premiering on Sunday, June 22 at 10 p.m. Eastern time. The Undertaker, Booker T, and Bubba Ray Dudley are returning as coaches, with Michelle McCool replacing season one coach Mickie James. Shawn Michaels will also be featured in his role as WWE Senior Vice President of Talent Development Creative.

LFG stands for “Legends & Future Greats.” The premise of the show is that WWE Performance Center recruits are competing to earn an NXT contract. Tyra Mae Steele (Olympic gold medalist wrestler Tamyra Mensah-Stock) and Jasper Troy (former college football player Antoine Frazier) were crowned as the season one winners. The Undertaker also was awarded with the inaugural WWE LFG title belt for having the best-performing team among the coaches.

The next season will feature both new contestants and some returning names.

“The intensity ramps up in season two, premiering Sunday, June 22 at 10 PM ET/PT, as 16 contenders – both new and returning – battle for a chance at their dream. Guided by an all-star lineup of WWE Legends, including coaches Undertaker, Booker T, Michelle McCool, Bubba Ray Dudley, and WWE SVP of Talent Development Creative Shawn Michaels, the competitors enter the next phase of training for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” A&E wrote. “As the coaches share their expert insights, hopefuls hone their skills, face off in high-stakes challenges, and navigate shifting team dynamics and even tougher rivals. Each hour-long episode delivers more action, drama, and the relentless pursuit of becoming WWE’s next breakout Superstar.”

It was announced in March that “WWE LFG” and “WWE’s Greatest Moments” had each been renewed for season two. Their first seasons aired in WWE’s Sunday night programming block on A&E alongside a new season of existing series “WWE Rivals.”

WWE on A&E programming block returning next month

WWE’s original programming block is making its return to A&E next month.

It was announced today that nine weeks of all-new WWE-themed programming will air on A&E starting on Sunday, July 10. The programming block will include the second season of “Biography: WWE Legends,” a new show called “WWE Rivals,” and a new after show named “WWE Smack Talk.”

The Biography episodes will air on Sundays at 8 p.m. Eastern time. This season will have episodes focusing on The Undertaker, Goldberg, The Bella Twins, Lex Luger, Edge, Kurt Angle, Rey Mysterio, D-Generation X, and the first WrestleMania.

WWE Rivals will then air at 10 p.m. Eastern. The show will be hosted by actor and former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr.

Actor and former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr. leads a roundtable discussion of WWE luminaries to delve into the storylines and dynamic characters behind the epic battles that built WWE. Each one-hour episode features archival footage from WWE’s library as well as interviews with the Legends involved and the Superstars who watched these rivalries unfold. Rivalries featured this season include ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin vs. The Rock, Bret ‘Hit Man’ Hart vs. Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker vs. Kane, John Cena vs. Edge and the ‘Monday Night Wars’ between WCW and WWE.

WWE Smack Talk will begin at 11 p.m. Eastern. Booker T, Peter Rosenberg, and Jackie Redmond will be the hosts of the half-hour after show. They’ll be joined by WWE legends, current wrestlers, and other celebrity guests to break down that night’s Biography and Rivals episodes. They will also reveal new information that didn’t make the cut.

WWE and A&E announced this March that they had agreed to an expanded multi-year extension of their programming partnership. The extension will include 130 hours of new WWE-themed programming airing on A&E.