anyone else watching? Cool show basicallly like the ultimate fighter for prowrestling, basically last contestant that survives the trainnig and development and its coed

im guessing theyll wind up in the WWE, it features stone cold, booker t, and trish stratus as coaches

ive always been intrigued by the pro wrestling schools, its about time theres a show about it

[Edited on April 4, 2011 at 11:53 PM. Reason : 4]

4/4/2011 11:43:08 PM

Not watching as I don't have cable, but I'll mention that this is like the 4th or 5th season of Tough Enough.

4/5/2011 12:14:51 AM

ha my bad

i guess the miss usa is a contestant on the show

[Edited on April 5, 2011 at 12:17 AM. Reason : d]

4/5/2011 12:16:50 AM

I won't watch this but I will mention here (since I don't want to make a thread about it) that I watched Wrestlemania last night, first time watching pro wrestling in a looooong time.


It's not as good as it used to be. So many matches were just one dude getting beat on while laying on the ground for 90% of the match.

4/5/2011 12:18:35 AM

Quote :

"just one dude getting beat on"

better than having to watch a dude getting beat off, amirite?

[Edited on April 5, 2011 at 2:31 AM. Reason : /]

4/5/2011 2:30:51 AM

2/3rds of the tough enough contestants are already seasoned pro wrestlers

hell, a couple of them already have wwe developmental contracts

just sayin'

4/5/2011 4:27:06 AM

Quote :

"It's not as good as it used to be. So many matches were just one dude getting beat on while laying on the ground for 90% of the match."

While the product has gotten worse as a whole, last night's Wrestlemania was particularly mediocre.

By contrast last year and the year before were excellent.

4/5/2011 8:58:19 AM

didn't this used to be on MTV?

4/5/2011 9:17:22 AM

Yes, now they just co-produce it. Surprisingly, Tough Enough contestants who actually make it into the WWE do fairly well.

4/5/2011 10:05:40 AM

well sheesh...rough crowd

well i think its cool anyway

4/5/2011 11:55:39 AM

I heard that wrestling is fake.

4/5/2011 12:05:40 PM

The season 1 winner is the "Fitness Expert" on QVC or some shit now.

4/5/2011 12:53:58 PM

just to emphasize that this is no more of a reality show than smackdown, the woman who was eliminated in episode 1 has been signed to a developmental contract

4/6/2011 3:09:58 PM

i mean that doesnt mean anythign because even on the ultimate fighter people who lose the first damn fight of the season wind up in the UFC

they just dont get the money like the finalists and the winners do

i dont see how its that big of a deal that rejects get some form of contract, it should also be painfully obvious that she may have talent worth pursuing despite the way she was portrayed on the show

hell she was probably portrayed on the show that very way so that she gets a "pop" when she appears on TV.

so its not groundbreaking news or anything that she gets signed to a developmental contract

[Edited on April 6, 2011 at 3:28 PM. Reason : d]

4/6/2011 3:26:35 PM

it's sort of a bad example in any case because vince has been hiring models who can't work for shit for years and years at this point

this is all an angle in the first place. the original tough enough was on the regular reality model, but then daniel puder almost destroyed the last vestiges of kayfabe on raw and that went out the window. vince tried to do a reality angle with wwe nxt but instead of going for developmental talents everyone latched on to bryan danielson, who was recognized as an accomplished indy performer due to accessibility on the internet (something that didn't happen when randy savage debuted, for instance)

so now vince has taken his in-house talent from nxt and thrown in some semi-known national performers in a silly format that will only be watched by people who like austin and trish

4/6/2011 3:40:19 PM

that makes more sense i havent followed WWE in a while but someone told me they had gotten back to better one on one matches

man kayfabe was gone like 2001 when undertaker came out on motorcycles and shit, fuck that

4/6/2011 10:46:02 PM