Experience Don’t Mean a Thing on ‘Tough Enough’

Last week’s loser was no surprise, but when Matt Cross, the nine-year veteran got sent home, you can bet some jaws dropped. While not in the least bit charismatic, Cross was one of the most talented workers in the competition. To see him clench on to his Tough Enough title as host Stone Cold Steve Austin ripped it out of his hands was one of the most memorable moments of the show thus far.

While last week the competitions were more basic, with contestants running the ring ropes, this week things got turned up a notch. If being hunted down by a guard dog wasn’t enough, contestants this week had to survive an avalanche attack from trainer Bill DeMott, and afterward had to take five high angle body slams.

If it wasn’t apparent now that the trainers are serious, then Cross’ departure has made it crystal clear.

However, there appears to be blatant signs of favoritism and hatred by the shows trainers, which will make it even harder to know who will be the next to leave the show. For example, Trish Stratus has taken a huge liking to current Miss America Rima Fakih and has basically given her a pass for being late to training. After cheating the week before, wearing a pad on her butt during the ring rope exercise, how much longer can she last?

On the other hand, Ryan, aka skid marks, has passed every test, albeit with the least amount of prowess and with an added level of goofiness, but is still being picked on by DeMott and Booker T. At this point, it feels like the kid can’t do anything right. He also seems to be incredibly emotionally soft and is constantly picked on by the other men in the house. When will he be sent home?

Questions still remain as to if Eric is in good enough shape to make it through the competition or if Michelle has the heart. Luke has impressed both weeks, but can he continue to? With plenty of time to go, this competition is still ready for the taking. As a result, it’s wildly entertaining.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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