Tough Enough

Tough Enough may refer to: Tough Enough ( film), film starring Dennis Quaid; Tough Enough ( film) (Knallhart), German film; WWE Tough Enough, .
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You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Learn more More Like This. Invitation to a Gunfighter Million Dollar Mystery Our Winning Season The Incredible Sarah Edit Cast Cast overview, first billed only: Art Long Carlene Watkins Caroline Long Stan Shaw James Neese Bruce McGill Tony Fallon Wilford Brimley Bill Long Fran Ryan Gert Long Christopher Norris Christopher Long Terra Perry Big John Steve Ward Heckler in Torreyson's Susan Benn Girl in Torreyson's Mark Edson Janitor in Torreyson's Steve 'Monk' Miller Meanwhile, Chris Nifong, having earned the nickname "Career Killer", decides that it might not be his time to be a professional wrestler after Mick Foley talks to the group.

As the competition nears its end, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and Debra visit the kids at home, "Big" holds one more physical challenge for the group at a rock quarry, and Josh must overcome his self-doubt in order to successfully execute a moonsault. The kids wrestle against each other as Vince McMahon watches from ringside. The chairman has more in store for the troupe as they are called into his office at WWF headquarters.

After nine weeks together, through thick and thin, the kids have one final match against their trainers before returning to WWF New York to find out who has earned a WWF contract. Host [ edit ] Stone Cold Steve Austin.

Tough Enough

Steve welcomes them to the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California where it hosted the th episode of WWE Smackdown that night, but the only part they will play in tonight's show is doing clean up duty backstage in addition to changing the NXT ring into Smackdown following the former's taping as well as cleaning up the arena once the show's over. The next day at the training center, Steve Austin introduces courage as the theme for this week's challenges.

Trish Stratus puts Matt, a ten-year pro, through a personality drill. Impressed, she sends him to the ring for an exhibition match with Luke. However, Matt fades into the background as Luke takes control of the match.

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The next day, Steve Austin puts the courage of the contestants to the test when he brings them outside to try to outrun police attack dogs. Rima is 20 minutes late to the skills challenge. In the skills challenge, the contestants are squashed in the corner and then body slammed five times by Bill DeMott. After deliberating on the best and worst, Steve announces the Bottom Three: Ryan, Rima, and Matt. In the ring, Steve Austin scolds Rima for her tardiness but praises her mental toughness. While Steve believes that Ryan may be "too nice" for the business, it is Matt who is eliminated due to his hesitance in demonstrating his skills.

John Cena guest stars.

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Bill sends the contestants on a grueling run. Luke comes in first, and Rima beats all of the women and some of the men. Eric's poor physical condition puts him in last place. The contestants are then sent to the gym for a training session. Mickael shows poor technique and is relegated to working with the beginners. On day two, as Steve enters to announce the life lesson Michelle interrupts him to announce her decision to quit. Her daughter is more important to her than the competition — a decision Steve respects.

Out on the field, the rest of the contestants take on their new Life Lesson — to learn a cheerleading drill and perform it at Universal City Walk. On day three Steve begins the next Skills Challenge: Martin is declared the winner after Eric tires out. Steve and the trainers announce the bottom three — Ryan, Rima and Mickael. At elimination, Steve is impressed that Rima asked for one-on-one help and sends her back to the house.

Steve pits rivals Ryan and Mickael against each other in a promo duel. Ryan impresses Steve with his passion, and Steve decides to send Mickael home. Big Show and Stacy Keibler guest star. Michelle's belt was already displayed on the wall at the end of the episode eveb though Austin didn't give his comment on her withdrawal. Rima receives a one-on-one midnight training session with Bill.

Bill puts her through a grueling workout. The next day, Steve introduces the theme of agility. The test for the day is a series of leaps over the top rope of the ring. Luke and Jeremiah both excel.

The next day, the contestants are sent to Friscoe's, a s style diner, and are told that they will be working as waiters and waitresses — on roller-skates. At the Skills Challenge the following day, the cast is given a sequence of moves to perform to test their agility. The challenge comes down to Andy, Martin and Luke. Martin wins the challenge. Steve Austin returns to announce the bottom three. He calls Rima's name then tells her he's not going to call anyone else and eliminates her on the spot. Rima heads back to the house to pack up her bags.

She brings Steve Austin her Tough Enough belt. Despite her drawbacks in the ring, Austin tells her that there are other ways to break into the business, and she may still have a future in it. Bret Hart guest stars. The theme this week is teamwork.


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The contestants play basketball against a professional team of dwarf players, who win handily with superior shooting and passing skills. The contestants also undergo a grueling outdoor obstacle course, which shows the lack of endurance some have. The bottom three are Ryan, Luke and Christina; Steve Austin tells Luke he is annoyed at his appearance and apparent attitude, but Ryan is sent home because it is his "third strike. The theme of the week is focus.

The contestants are taken through a rope course that involves climbing, balance and focus during which Ivelisse falls off a rope she was expected to repel across when her injured leg gives out. She returns to the course, however, and finishes. Eric, however, does not. After collapsing mid-course due to lack of conditioning, Stone Cold has to send help up to lower Eric down in what Eric calls "probably the most embarrassing, crushing moment of my life.

The remaining four Ivelisse, Christina, Luke and Jeremiah hold the squat position on the top rope while Eric and Andy run the ropes to try and shake them. The two girls fell, sending Luke and Jeremiah into the final part of the competition—a series of moves involving body slams and top rope elbow drops. Jeremiah got sloppy and Luke was declared the winner. Ivelisse is cut, despite Stone Cold telling her he was sure she belonged in the ring, because her injury was keeping her from performing up to standards.

Eric was also cut, having made no improvement in his conditioning. John Morrison guest stars.

The theme for the week is creativity. The contestants are instructedto put a personal touch to their moves.

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Contestants create their own characters to show their creativity. That same night, contestants are put through a two-hour training session. Martin fractures his foot during the session and ends up going to an emergency room, where he's told he cannot continue in the competition.


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Martin is forced to quit, and Stone Cold allows him to hang up his own belt since he is "tough enough". In the skills challenge, in a two-minute time limit, the contestants are told to perform the moves they know including a move off the top rope. Christina performs a move off the ropes which injures her ankle while working a match with A.

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She is taken to the emergency room while Steve tells everyone else they are dismissed and there will be no elimination. The theme of the week was charisma. The trainers take the contestants to Hollywood to meet Psych ' s star, James Roday. Bill DeMott says Jeremiah "gots the charisma". The contestants go back to the house where they go off and do training with The Rock. The Rock says he "will stay for a little bit" to see what will happen. The skills challenge winner is A. Andy gets pissed off at Stone Cold and tells him that he's got the wrong people in the bottom three.

Stone Cold announced that there will be a double elimination. Andy is saved, but Christina and A. It was brought back again in for a sixth edition, but the lack of success meant the concept was shelved permanently. Why did that happen? In fact, an overwhelming majority of the winners just faded away into obscurity despite the hefty contracts they were awarded for winning the show.

Today, we look back at these men and women and where they are today. So, without any further ado, here is our list of all the WWE Tough Enough winners and where they are now:. If anybody remembers Maven, it is because he was given a monster push when he burst onto the scene in WWE. Unfortunately, things never panned out for the inaugural winner of Tough Enough and he was released from the company in