Three Left on ‘Tough Enough’

May 23, 2011 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling, TV 0

With five contestants left at the start of the show, WWE’s “Tough Enough” continued to entertain this week.

Christina Crawford was back after suffering an ankle sprain last week and was on the bubble throughout the show. Unable to compete in the ring, she was unable to deliver the goods in the few opportunities she said. As a result, she was sent home.

In another shocking twist, Stone Cold sent A.J Kirsch home, which leaves only three competitors left.

Above everything else, Luke Robinson and Andy Leavine proved in this episode that as far as their in-ring ability is concerned, they are a step above the rest of the competition. Able to perform more than just basic moves in the ring, these two are the least green of the group.

They were so good that the brazen and tough Bill DeMott gave them both a hug.

However, all of them, except Kirsch [who ironically is one of the greenest competitors left] are completely void of charisma and nearly put DeMott to sleep.

It wasn’t enough to keep him in the competition though.

While some of them had their moments, none, aside from Kirsch were able to deliver in the least. That being said, even Kirsch had problems during the tour segment and is a far ways away from delivering the types of promos that will be expected in the WWE. All in all, watching them cut promos, for the most part, was giggle-inducing. This is not only a bad thing for the rest of the competition, but makes you wonder if these guys could cut it in the WWE.

It helped that The Rock was on the show this week doing his best help and critique this segment. Through this, “Tough Enough” has made up for the fact that Booker T hasn’t been on the show nearly as much as he was expected to be. To have The Rock speak his mind and help these kids out was not only good for them, but good for the show as well. The Rock is a guy that fans love and the more he’s on WWE programming, the better.

The same thing goes for Stone Cold, who kept the audience in suspense throughout the last five minutes of the show and helped make it one of the best of the season.

Because of that, the final few episodes look primed to be some of the best TV the series has ever produced.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13861 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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