Tough Enough thread

A Rogue Hobo

Digitalism wrote:

John Pollock is that you?

To be fair I posted pretty much the same thoughts while watching both shows live, tough enough is hot trash simple as. Tough Talk is the best part of the whole thing.

grames_bond

I echo everyone's statements here - tough enough is utter muck, but tough talk and the miz in particular is brilliant!

rovert

Digitalism wrote: »

John Pollock is that you?

If you think otherwise please explain.

DJDisk

Does anyone know if Tough Enough is live now YouTube tonight?

diusmr8a504cvk

Should be, I'll catch it in the morning on YouTube.

DJDisk

How can i find it

diusmr8a504cvk

There should be a livestream starting up soon on the WWE Youtube Channel. This is the 3rd episode isn't it?

ricero

Think its on at 1am

DJDisk

Yeah it's the 3rd episode

Stereomaniac

It's starting in a few minutes, the video is available to open up at this address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOIGvNkAfhM

ricero

Pity the sexy blonde one left she was nice to look at

Stereomaniac

The other blonde girl is really nice looking as well. But Daria is probably the best looking I think.

diusmr8a504cvk

If there was a shortage of cúnts Paige would make twenty of them. Didn't see why they got so mad at ZZ about his character

Stereomaniac

Yeah I think Paige is running the risk of alienating people who are fans of her outside of this.

diusmr8a504cvk

Further proof
https://twitter.com/WWEToughEnough/status/618589854046244864

jaykhunter

Thank God you guys also find Paige obnoxious. She keeps cutting across DB and contestants. I get she slid into the Simon Cowell role but she's getting go-away heat from me.

On the flip side, Patrick did a masterful job - he won the hearts of every wrestling fan whilst also saying the right things to the judges ("I'm from the indies but I'm here to learn WWE's way"). Absolutely killed it and batted away anything Tanner tried to pick up on him. Big shame Daria's gone - she showed in Tough Talk that she creates drama & is the foil for Gabi. Plus WWE could use the positive PR with a lesbian contestant. A double length show but definitely an improvement on last week.

Stereomaniac

I thought that Daria would have been the one to have won the female section of the competition. I voted ZZ all the way though.

diusmr8a504cvk

I cringed through all of the entrances, especially Sara Lee's which was so bad the second time around that I closed the video on my phone for a few seconds until it ended. Did anyone notice when Daria was interviewed at the end when Renee asked her about the support she was getting from everyone including from the LGBT community, Daria just answered the question without referring to the LGBT. Then when she finished talking Renee asked her again about the LGBT community to which she finally answered about them, gotta get that lesbian publicity!

diusmr8a504cvk

Is cúnt Paige supposed to be a work or is she really a cúnt?

grames_bond

I'm starting to dislike ZZ - really annoyed me this week! I also think with the public vote he will stay in a lot longer than he deserves to!

Patrick killed it this week, he was brilliant!

Still hate the layout of the show and how they are doing it, too much live sh!te not enough actual competition, too much Jericho (seriously Chris - just f*ck off), and paige was an uber cúnt this week!

diusmr8a504cvk

Yep there's definitely not enough actual competition going on.

Bounty Hunter

the voting sucks, it will keep people in far longer than they deserve case and point this weeks vote where the one who deserved to stay went home because ZZ has personality and Sarah Lee is popular enough online.

Her entrance the second time was literally just her walking around the judges, or did I miss when she did something?

Plus 3 weeks in and all they have done is run the ropes and bump in the wrestling ring. I would hope they would at least show a short training montage to show they have been doing some during the past few weeks while having swamp swimming challenges etc.

Xenji

Not enjoying this season at all, we barely see anything of the contestants and it just feels cheap when they are in the live studio, maybe after 4 years I am seeing the last season through rose coloured glasses, but it was head and shoulders above what we have now.

Looks like USA are not that happy with it either, well according to the dirtsheets.

USA Network officials reportedly believe pro wrestling's popularity is cycling downward, which is indicated by the recent decline in ratings.

USA Network feels that the format of Tough Enough being taped and live isn't working because it doesn't give the judges enough time to make fair decisions, and fans are only given a few minutes instead of a full day or full week to vote. They apparently feel this turns off the audience and leads to a poor word-of-mouth buzz.

USA also felt Steve Austin was a dynamic presence with charisma that carried the previous Tough Enough season, while Chris Jericho comes off as a game show host. They aren't blaming Jericho for anything as much as they are blaming the format of the show. They feel Tough Enough comes off like a game show instead of a reality TV competition.

Additionally, USA is concerned with the fact that the last two Tough Enough winners -- Daniel Puder and Andy Leavine -- were released by WWE before ever amounting to anything in the promotion. The feeling is that winning the show means nothing, which is another reason why fans don't seem to care about the show.

diusmr8a504cvk

Chelsea Green is set to join Tough Enough after the departure of Dianna. You might remember her as the Physical Therapist of Daniel Bryan that Stephanie McMahon claimed he had an affair with.
https://twitter.com/ToughChelseaG/status/618635169772081153

Xenji

She was trained by Lance Storm also.

jaykhunter

I'm annoyed that nobody's annoyed that TE are bringing in a new contestant after 3 rounds of eliminations! Jack Tunney shall hear of this.

rovert

jaykhunter wrote: »

I'm annoyed that nobody's annoyed that TE are bringing in a new contestant after 3 rounds of eliminations! Jack Tunney shall hear of this.

She was at the Tough Enough tryouts, was mysteriously removed and was never announced as eliminated . Everyone who was following closely twigged she would be an alternate.

diusmr8a504cvk

rovert wrote: »

She was at the Tough Enough tryouts, was mysteriously removed and was never announced as eliminated . Everyone who was following closely twigged she would be an alternate.

Yeah Jay you f*cking noob!

jaykhunter

Markus Stocky Copperhead wrote: »

Yeah Jay you f*cking noob!

LOL. The competition started with a set 13, and has been running for weeks, substitutions are bull****! If WWE's Claire Lynch wins, does Dianna get the contract? Like Orton winning the US title for Booker T :rolleyes::p

Digitalism

Paige comes across as a bit of a c*nt on this. Sorry but she seems very catty and is pretty unfunny.

when they were doing the ring extrances during the vote off this week...holy cow that was cringe

rovert

Markus Stocky Copperhead wrote: »

Yeah Jay you f*cking noob!

Oh no that wasn't what that post was about at all. Wasn't talking about paying attention to the show moreso online and news.

Just Chelsea was the most obvious ringer of ringers. Along with being Daniel Bryan's therapist Chelsea has been apart of WWE potential signee mix for ages. She had WWE Performance Center tryout in January. Casey of Square Circle Sirens spotted that the weekend after the Tough Enough auditions a month ago she posted a selfie on Instagram wearing a cast member shirt. She deleted the picture really quick after Casey pointed it out.

diusmr8a504cvk

Digitalism wrote: »

Paige comes across as a bit of a c*nt on this. Sorry but she seems very catty and is pretty unfunny.

when they were doing the ring extrances during the vote off this week...holy cow that was cringe

Don't worry we all feel the same about Paige! I had to turn off the stream for a minute when watching those entrances.

jaykhunter

Digitalism wrote: »

when they were doing the ring entrances during the vote off this week...holy cow that was cringe

Sara Lee's was so devoid of any kind of charisma I had to rethink me rooting for her! Holy God. The judges actually thought it was an improvement which is scary

diusmr8a504cvk

Patrick trying to get the ride off Georgia!

Personally, I don't think she's great looking other than her body but all the females have great bodies to be fair.

jaykhunter wrote: »

Sara Lee's was so devoid of any kind of charisma I had to rethink me rooting for her! Holy God. The judges actually thought it was an improvement which is scary

I think Booker T mentioned something about her eyes which is pretty useless when we can't see that. Sara Lee should have went out last week, I've no idea why people vote for her so much.

Stereomaniac

I actually tweeted Daria out of guilt because I voted for ZZ and got a couple of favourites and retweets. I short-sightedly believed that the "LGBT community" would keep her in the competition. Georgia would seem like the next best option for the female competition I think, if personality is a factor. Can't really say much more on her as we don't see much wrestling.

Lord TSC

Digitalism wrote: »

Paige comes across as a bit of a c*nt on this. Sorry but she seems very catty and is pretty unfunny.

I've only seen a few minutes so far, but I felt that Paige was asked to be the "Mean British Judge" character that a lot of those reality shows have nowadays, ala Simon Cowell....

Stereomaniac

They should really work on having some sort of continuity between all of their different shows though, as we're meant to be feeling sympathy for her on Raw and SmackDown currently.

Lord TSC

Stereomaniac wrote: »

They should really work on having some sort of continuity between all of their different shows though, as we're meant to be feeling sympathy for her on Raw and SmackDown currently.

You don't mean to suggest that the WWE writers should actually put...shock horror....effort into the Diva characters?

Stereomaniac

Yes. that's what I mean. the women are only as over as they're allowed to be, it looks to me.

diusmr8a504cvk

USA Network are running a fan favourite poll about Tough Enough:
http://www.usanetwork.com/wwetoughenough/fan-favorite-poll

Stereomaniac

I voted for ZZ there anyway. Have you cast a vote in it? I hope he goes all the way in it now.

diusmr8a504cvk

Voted for Patrick, Mada had 40% of the votes!?!?

Stereomaniac

Yeah that kind of confused me. I guess they might all be voting like mad over in Egypt today.

diusmr8a504cvk

So did anyone watch episode 4?

jaykhunter

Yep! It was a definite improvement over last week; focusing on promos on TE and TT. Even Hogan looked like he paid attention! I knew he'd get butt-hurt about Patrick saying big guys are done; Hogan's retired. They've pared back Jericho and have cut out a few rounds of clapping (before and after the judges talk), it's SO much better. I wonder if WWE are pissed that Sara Lee absolutely smashes the voting despite them wanting her gone.

grames_bond

Jericho STILL annoys me - get rid of him ffs!

cringeworthy this week, and the studio bits still don't mesh - but overall it was better than previous weeks.

Tough Talk is still a far better show!

diusmr8a504cvk

jaykhunter wrote: »

Yep! It was a definite improvement over last week; focusing on promos on TE and TT. Even Hogan looked like he paid attention! I knew he'd get butt-hurt about Patrick saying big guys are done; Hogan's retired. They've pared back Jericho and have cut out a few rounds of clapping (before and after the judges talk), it's SO much better. I wonder if WWE are pissed that Sara Lee absolutely smashes the voting despite them wanting her gone.

Gabi reminds me of John Carver, they're both incompetent and don't stop talking about where they're from! Felt sorry for Gabi in the sense that nobody took the time to tell her what a promo was so she just tried her best.
Sara Lee should have gone, her super friendly promo on ZZ was pure and utter cringe. Does anyone know why she gets so many votes? Josh being "The British Brawler" is alright but it's a slight ripoff of Bad News Barrett. Mada was good but that stuff he says at the end of the promo makes me think he should've been paired with Muhammad Hassan & Daivari ten years ago !

Bounty Hunter

The show was better, not great but it just had more of what we want to see in it and less faffing about with Jericho and the Judges.

Gabi was the right person to go. To not once but twice not know what a promo was, was shameful. I mean after the first time when they pointed out that it seemed she didn't know what a promo was and she actually admitted that she hadn't known what one was why the hell did she not ask someone.

Sara Lee was lucky that Gabi was so incompetent and is also really lucky that The internet likes that she doesn't have the typical "Diva look"

I've started to like Patrick a little less recently but tbh he is right about Mada's character as it does seem like something from The Warrior / Hogan era that said at least the guy has come out of his shell since ep1 and could develop further.

Tough Talk is the better show:

Miz seems likeable out of character and I like how they actually adress things that get missed on the show like this ep how the new girl had the part on Raw previously as D.Bryan's physical therapist or the coming out bit on ep1 for instance.

Think I need to see more in ring stuff but I'm failing to see any real star yet just a few with individual attributes like Tanner as an athlete / ZZ's personality. I guess Patrick has a passion for it and has won a few tasks but meh so far with him though he is only 21 and I could imagine him getting a development contract a la Cameron from last season even if he doesent win. Still don't know what they saw in her at the time though

Cianan2

Not enjoying it myself, just a bunch of bullies made to live with each other and nothing of note with regards to wrestling. I don't like how Jericho, Paige, Hogan or Bryan come off at all either. Renee is very good at everything!

diusmr8a504cvk

Chelsea to win the female category.