Two More Go Home

Things have definitely picked up on “Tough Enough.” Slowly but surely, the posers, hopefuls and pretty faces have been weeded out, with only the hungry left.

From here on in, the show is going to be solid.

Overall, the show has begun to let the chains off a bit, as this week the competitors were allowed to jump off the top rope for the first time. Even though many of the maneuvers the competitors perform are still basic, it’s a lot of fun to see these kids do the same moves you see over the course of the first few minutes of every match on RAW.

This episode was also interesting due to the fact that host Stone Cold Steve Austin sent home two contestants. This, in a way, changes the dichotomy of the show a bit. With Eric Watts and Ivelisse Velez gone, “Tough Enough” will have no more excuses. All of the contestant who remain are in adequate shape and want to learn. More importantly, they’re all teachable. However, many of the contestants are still incredibly green, which means it’s only a matter of time until someone gets injured.

Speaking of green, Jeremiah Riggs is one of the greener guy left, but his heart is easily the biggest. With more charisma than Martin Causas and void of Luke Robinson’s ego, he may have a chance to win this thing.

At the same time, Causas and Robinson are still the front-runners, with Causas being Mr. Consistency and Robinson stepping up his game after a bad week last week. Out of these two, who’s better? Right now the edge goes to Causas, but Robinson has the skill set to win the competition. The only question is can he keep his ego in-check long enough to get the job done?

Or will someone else step up and steal the show?

Regardless of what occurs, it should make for some quality TV.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14229 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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