So Long Miss America

After her training session with Bill DeMott over the first 15 minutes of the show, you knew the reigning Miss America, Rima Fakih, was done.

Her days as a WWE hopeful were numbered.

In spite of her desire and beauty, Fakih wasn’t in the type of shape she needed to be. It showed. On top of that, she lacked the trust in the ring with her competitors that is needed in order to be able to execute properly in the ring. While she still has the potential to be an excellent manager or side-bar announcer for the company, the question remains if she’ll ever be able to get it done in the ring.

She may love the business, but it seems she’s unteachable at this point.

With her off the show, the real competition can begin.

Considering that, it’s nice to see that Andy Leavine, Christina Crawford and Ivelisse Velez are getting more time on TV. For a while, “Tough Enough” was the “Eric Watts and Ryan Howe sucks and Luke Robinson doesn’t” show. Beginning to develop all the characters and induce an emotional response with the audience when they’re on-screen, the show is picking up the pace and getting better because of it.

Speaking of getting better, while the uber cocky Robinson is still the alpha dog in this pack of hopefuls, it’s nice to see Matt Casaus continue to do the right thing and be rewarded for it. After he beat Robinson is an exercise, Casaus attempted to shake Robinson’s hand. After Robinson denied the request at professional courtesy they were both given little rants by themselves.

Bottom line- that segment was good TV that told a story void of fist-pumps and unnecessary drama. As far as the overall show goes, all of these people involved have something to lose and every moment counts. The trainers are great at bringing out the finer points of all the contestants and are still familiar enough with the audience that they are trustworthy and believable.

All in all, “Tough Enough” is on its way to becoming a staple on USA’s Monday night lineup.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13819 Articles
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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