‘Tough Enough’ is Back

After a half decade absence, WWE’s “Tough Enough” is back. However, it’s not the same show many will remember.

Nevertheless, the drama, bumps, bruises and emotional stories that made the original show a winner are all still present.

The bottom line; it’s still a damn good reality show.

Forget fist pumps this season, this show delivers clenched ones.

Because Stone Cold says so.

For those that watched the first season, where a bunch of essentially green fans learned everything from scratch, this season is a bit different. While there are a few people with no wrestling experience, most of them have trained on the independent circuit and are desperate for an opportunity at the big time.

Regardless of that, trainers Stone Cold, Trish Stratus, Booker T and especially Bill DeMott give these people an emotional and physical beating that makes for some great television. The added comedy Austin and DeMott add by giving wrestlers nicknames such as “Afro” and “Skid marks”also provides some much needed laughter in between the tough physical and emotional challenges. The dynamics of the group of potential wrestlers is also a volatile one. Miss USA, Rima Fakih, isn’t as elegant as she puts on for the pageant cameras and with all the fakers, muscle heads and pretty faces in the group, when all pushed together, create a wild dichotomy.

While it wasn’t shown as much as it could have been in the first episode, the inner-workings of the candidates at home will prove to be a nice transition from all the in-ring activities Austin and the other trainers have them doing. From the parties, to the arguments, the show definitely takes a page from “The Real World.”

If you’re a fan of reality TV, that’s a good thing.

With a solid combination of attractive women, dumb jocks, phonies and heartfelt stories, WWE’s new “Tough Enough” gets the job done in the ring and behind the camera.

It looks like Monday night will start a bit earlier this season.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 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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