- 6/16/2025
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00:00:00All right, final warning, this will not be easy.
00:00:05If you have any doubts, now is the time to speak up or check out.
00:00:09Down, up.
00:00:10All right.
00:00:11Let's go, let's go.
00:00:13You wanna quit?
00:00:14You wanna quit?
00:00:16That's it, get it all up.
00:00:17Let's go now, come on, you gotta finish.
00:00:19You gotta finish now.
00:00:22Are you guys ready for this process?
00:00:25Yes, sir.
00:00:26Let's get it done.
00:00:30We can't continue with you for Tough Enough.
00:00:33You're medically disqualified.
00:00:34You're right there, you're all over there.
00:00:37Fight, fight, fight.
00:00:38There's a lot of different people here and it's exciting to be a part of this.
00:00:41Everybody calls me ZZ and I wrestle alligators for a living.
00:00:44Leave it all on the line, have no regrets.
00:00:48I come from a really small town, so I feel like I was born Tough Enough.
00:00:52It's really hard.
00:00:53I didn't think that the Tough Enough minicamp would be this difficult.
00:00:56Do you have what it takes to make it?
00:01:01I want to go without a fight.
00:01:06It's just been a moment that I've been waiting for and planning for and training for and thinking
00:01:27about for quite some time.
00:01:29I think the mental preparation is key.
00:01:32You can be as physically prepared as you think but you could step into that performance center
00:01:35and still, you know, they could still work you to the point where you want to give up.
00:01:40And that's when the mental preparation is there.
00:01:42You may think my injuries are a disadvantage.
00:01:47People like to classify my situation as a disability.
00:01:51They couldn't be more wrong.
00:01:53I meet obstacles every day.
00:02:00It's kind of just the story of my life now.
00:02:02I put this thing on every day and it's just hard to deal with occasionally but it's just
00:02:08in those little moments that are like, you know, man, come on, you're still good.
00:02:12You can still go do it.
00:02:13You just got to choose to do it.
00:02:15And there's a lot of reasons why I do it and the main reason is I just want to do what
00:02:20I love doing and support my family doing it.
00:02:27I'm so nervous, but I'm just so ready at the same time because I know that we're going
00:02:52to get our asses handed to us.
00:02:54This is amazing.
00:02:55Come on, I'm in the WWE train facility.
00:02:57You know, I'm going to be amongst the best of the best.
00:03:00I'm looking for a whole new beast.
00:03:02I'm expecting it.
00:03:03I've heard a lot about it, so now's the time to get it done.
00:03:07I'm expecting a lot of hard work.
00:03:09That's going to hurt, but I'm going to love it.
00:03:10No pain, no gain.
00:03:11I feel like I'm kind of different from all the other girls.
00:03:14Like, they're all models, actresses, you know what I mean?
00:03:17And this is my first time doing anything like this.
00:03:19But otherwise, I'm not really worried.
00:03:21I'm excited.
00:03:22Today's a big day and, you know, we're all meeting everyone and I'm just getting super
00:03:26excited as to how it all goes down.
00:03:29Hello?
00:03:30Hi.
00:03:31Hey.
00:03:32How you doing?
00:03:33What's going on?
00:03:34Oh, nothing.
00:03:35This is so crazy.
00:03:36I'm sitting here in the performance center with all the rings.
00:03:37It's so cool how they have it all set up.
00:03:38Crazy.
00:03:39Do you think you're like a Barbie doll?
00:03:40Do you like do stuff?
00:03:41No, I mean, I'm sure I come off more as a, you know, oh, this girl probably can't, won't
00:03:44be able to handle this, you know?
00:03:45What we have to go through today, but they'll be surprised.
00:03:46So just wait and see.
00:03:47Have you talked to my dad?
00:03:48No, I haven't spoken to your dad.
00:03:49Is he freaking out?
00:03:50Oh, no.
00:03:51Is he freaking out?
00:03:52Oh, no.
00:03:53The dog keeps on doing something, yeah.
00:03:54He's like, he's upset that he's left.
00:03:55Yeah, I'm sure.
00:03:56It must be because I'm not there.
00:03:59Yeah, I think.
00:04:00Can you tell me what he's doing?
00:04:01Yeah?
00:04:02Would you tell them to pee at, like, do stuff?
00:04:04No, I mean, I'm sure I come off more as a, you know, oh, this girl probably can't,
00:04:05can't, won't be able to handle this, you know, what we have to go through today but.
00:04:06They'll be surprised so.
00:04:07Just wait and see.
00:04:08Have you talked to my dad?
00:04:09Is he freaking out?
00:04:10Oh, no.
00:04:11Is he freaking out?
00:04:12Oh, no.
00:04:13He's, I think he's upset that he left.
00:04:15Yeah, I'm sure.
00:04:16Just continue to pee on the floor.
00:04:19It must be because I'm not there.
00:04:21Yeah, it's been two days.
00:04:22Imagine what it's going to be like.
00:04:24Oh my gosh, that's so funny.
00:04:26It's 12 weeks when you go to the end.
00:04:30This whole thing, it's not, you know, it's not a pageant.
00:04:33It's not how big you are.
00:04:34It's really everything.
00:04:35So I feel that basically just by looking at people,
00:04:38getting the first impression, can't really go by that.
00:04:40Right now, I haven't seen anything that's really scared me
00:04:44or I'm fearful for anyone because I think
00:04:46my mentality, I just, I go in and just destroy.
00:05:06Thanks for being here.
00:05:07Before we get started, I am Booker T,
00:05:09six-time World Heavyweight Champion, WWE Hall of Famer.
00:05:13Alongside of me as leader, WWE Hall of Famer,
00:05:16as well as Billy Gunn, WWE Legend.
00:05:20Guys, before you guys, thank you.
00:05:25There were 11,154 videos submitted and you, 40,
00:05:31are the ones that made it here at this minicamp.
00:05:3440 of you will have a chance to prove to us that you have
00:05:41what it takes to make it on to Tough Enough.
00:05:45Now, there will be various challenges from physical to mental.
00:05:51Now, guys, I want you guys to know something.
00:05:53This right here is the WWE Performance Center.
00:05:56But this is your Madison Square Garden.
00:06:02You guys come from all over to be here.
00:06:06One of you from as far as Australia.
00:06:09Wow.
00:06:10We've got fitness models.
00:06:13We've got MMA fighters.
00:06:15What?
00:06:16Professional boxer.
00:06:17And we've even got ourselves a gator wrestler.
00:06:20What?
00:06:21But what you guys have done before today does not matter.
00:06:24It's what you do in the next two days that matters.
00:06:27You guys have what it takes to be a WWE superstar?
00:06:31Yeah!
00:06:34So, reality time.
00:06:36Most of you won't make it past the minicamp.
00:06:39By the end of the day, there will be several eliminations.
00:06:42Tomorrow, there will be more eliminations.
00:06:44Make no mistake about it.
00:06:46You can leave this process at any time.
00:06:49So, this last chance will show us that you're Tough Enough.
00:06:52So, until there's 13 contestants, good luck.
00:06:56You should be asking yourself right now.
00:06:59Do you have what it takes to make it?
00:07:03Yeah!
00:07:05No, I didn't hear it yet.
00:07:07Do you have what it takes to make it?
00:07:10Yeah!
00:07:17You got chairs over there.
00:07:1840 of them.
00:07:19Four rows of ten.
00:07:20Let's go.
00:07:21No one walks.
00:07:22On the hop.
00:07:23Let's go.
00:07:24Let's go.
00:07:25That's the guy right there.
00:07:26There he goes.
00:07:27Tell us your name, where you're from, and why you think you're Tough Enough.
00:07:32Hi, I'm Alex Galizia.
00:07:33I'm from Long Island, New York.
00:07:35What separates me from everyone else here, the rest of the 40, is that I'm the strongest
00:07:40mother here.
00:07:42And you could quote me on that.
00:07:45Being a WWE superstar, we hold people to a different level, right?
00:07:50So, you coming out here and slinging language like that in front of the ladies and stuff
00:07:53is kind of offensive to me and to everybody in here, because they're all professionals.
00:07:59So, easy with slinging the language around in this building, if you don't mind.
00:08:02Yes, sir.
00:08:03If I pulled one of those guys from the back back there and he came out here and embarrassed
00:08:08you in a strength contest, what would you do?
00:08:10Well, I told you I was pound for pound the strongest guy here.
00:08:13Pound for pound, that means on your level, as far as your size, as far, say for instance,
00:08:18it's a heavy weight.
00:08:19You know what I mean?
00:08:20You're going to be stronger than that guy, too.
00:08:22That's what you're telling me.
00:08:23Probably.
00:08:24Yeah, most likely.
00:08:25Absolutely.
00:08:26You can quote me on that.
00:08:28All right.
00:08:29And if I don't do it, if I embarrass myself or get my ass kicked, you guys can send me
00:08:33home.
00:08:34I've been giving, you know, kids German suplexes for real legitimately against their will since
00:08:39I was 15.
00:08:40And, you know, I have proof of that.
00:08:42I'm Jeremiah Kingdom.
00:08:43This is my brother Nehemiah Kingdom.
00:08:45And those are our real legal names.
00:08:48We have a leg up because we're identical twins.
00:08:51We're 6'6 and 6'7.
00:08:54We're athletic.
00:08:55Man, John Cena ain't trying to see me.
00:08:57Man, whoop John Cena's tail, man.
00:09:00We're mentally strong and we have a big heart.
00:09:02And I think that if you have the heart, you can surpass anybody.
00:09:06W-W-E tough enough.
00:09:07You don't have to up the scale, man, because that ain't tough enough.
00:09:10The twins are here!
00:09:11I love the twins!
00:09:16Take no twins!
00:09:18All right.
00:09:19Okay.
00:09:20Move a little faster to the ring.
00:09:21Good job, guys.
00:09:22Get your asses in the ring.
00:09:24And, uh, take your time.
00:09:26Feeling real good right now!
00:09:31Hey, everybody. My name is Jeremiah Kingdom.
00:09:33Hey, everybody. My name is Nehemiah Kingdom.
00:09:35And we are...
00:09:36And we are...
00:09:37And we are...
00:09:38The Kingdom Twins.
00:09:39What makes you guys think that you're better than the Usos?
00:09:42Honestly, I believe we have heart, man.
00:09:44I believe that...
00:09:45It'll take a lot more than that.
00:09:46At the end of the day, I believe that the Kingdom Twins won't give up.
00:09:50We're gonna fight to the end, and I believe that we can surpass all of our competition.
00:09:54I can honestly see myself as a tag team champion.
00:09:57And I'm gonna beat him for the NXT Championship.
00:10:00I'm gonna see it.
00:10:01Thank you, guys.
00:10:02Okay.
00:10:04Are you nervous?
00:10:05No.
00:10:06No.
00:10:07My name's Daria the Jersey Devil Baranado.
00:10:10I like to be referred to as the Jersey Devil.
00:10:12Everybody back home calls me the Hammer.
00:10:14I'm gonna call me the Big Tie Boeski.
00:10:17I would say, on a personal level, my friends would probably call me, uh, the lovable ass .
00:10:22I like to think of myself as Randy Orton.
00:10:25My one weakness is a perfectionist.
00:10:28My favorite match, I don't think I have one.
00:10:30I am tough enough.
00:10:31I believe I'm tough enough because...
00:10:33I'm tough enough because...
00:10:34I'm tough enough because...
00:10:35I'm tough enough because I'll take a Famouser from Coach Billy Gunn.
00:10:38I'm tough enough because I'm fierce, I'm fun, and I'm totally fearless.
00:10:42And I'm tough enough because it takes a lot to stop.
00:10:44I'll take a scissors kick from Coach Booker T.
00:10:47I'm sassy, I'm confident, and I'm passionate.
00:10:50Lita, I'll take a moonsault off the top turnbuckle.
00:10:52Why you think you're tough enough?
00:10:54I don't know.
00:10:55I will grab a hold of the line between victory and power,
00:11:00and I will wrestle it down to the ground like a ninja tiger.
00:11:04Being a bartender and an MMA fighter,
00:11:08how do you handle people when they don't think it's time for them to leave the bar?
00:11:11I tell them to get the out.
00:11:12Let's pretend that we're, like, on a network show while you're talking.
00:11:15Let's just pretend.
00:11:16I tell them to get the hell out.
00:11:17Who's your favorite wrestler?
00:11:18This isn't gonna make sense, but I love both John Cena, The Rock, and all of you guys.
00:11:23What is the best joke that Lance Storm has ever told you?
00:11:28Oh, I think that's a trick question.
00:11:34Does Lance Storm tell jokes?
00:11:37No.
00:11:38I believe I can take the Intercontinental Championship from Ryback.
00:11:45Tell me about your most wild experience as an exotic dancer.
00:11:50What's a good story I can tell?
00:11:53I don't know.
00:11:56What does the WWE mean to you?
00:11:59Am I too familiar with it?
00:12:01You say you're not familiar with, you know, WWE.
00:12:05Why are you here?
00:12:06Do you have any idea what it takes to become a WWE superstar,
00:12:11other than just holding that mic in your hand?
00:12:13I would assume lots of charisma, optimism, tenacity, and perseverance.
00:12:19Phillip, I want to give you some advice.
00:12:22Next time you apply for a contest and people take their time to spend time with you
00:12:26and spend money on you and invest in you, I really advise you to do some research
00:12:31and come prepared and act like you have the passion that you want to be here
00:12:36because it just doesn't seem like you do.
00:12:39They asked the wrong questions.
00:12:43That's how I felt.
00:12:46This is a huge blessing for me.
00:12:49It really is.
00:12:50I stood right there and was in tears.
00:12:53So this is surreal and I'm thankful for this.
00:12:56And I'm going to tell you right now, you can teach anybody how to lift weights,
00:13:01how to build their self up.
00:13:02You can teach anybody wrestling moves.
00:13:05You can't teach personality.
00:13:07You can't teach hunger.
00:13:09That's what I have.
00:13:10And I know that I'm meant for this.
00:13:12I was bullied a lot.
00:13:14Instead of me feeling sorry for myself, you know, I use that anger and that passion
00:13:18to make myself better in sports, in school, in order to show the world
00:13:22that I'm not going to back down.
00:13:24So that's the reason I'm tough enough.
00:13:26I was born in Egypt, but I grew up in Saudi Arabia for a little while.
00:13:30And I've seen some dark things.
00:13:32I saw people beheaded right in front of me.
00:13:34More recently in 2011, I was part of the Egyptian Revolution.
00:13:38And I went to call my parents and tell them I wasn't going to make it.
00:13:41So I have that toughness from that young age, from my upbringing, my experience.
00:13:45And I want to change the world.
00:13:47And this is the first step in me doing so.
00:13:49Tell me about telling your son that you're going to come here and the good part of that,
00:13:55but then potentially leaving him for quite a while.
00:13:57My son was in tears watching me walk through that airport.
00:14:00I'm his hero.
00:14:01And the fact that I told him, you know, you have to understand what this could be for the both of us.
00:14:07No family, it's just me and my son.
00:14:09And I'm taking this on wholeheartedly.
00:14:11And there's no looking back from here for me.
00:14:13My name is Mike Hayes.
00:14:22I'm from Louisville, Kentucky.
00:14:24And I'm tough enough because a long time ago when I had to, I chose to be.
00:14:30In 2006, my Humvee was hit by an improvised explosive device and I was the only survivor.
00:14:39Please excuse these emotions.
00:14:41It's just, it's going to come and I'm probably going to let them fly.
00:14:43That's all good too.
00:14:44You let them rip.
00:14:45I had to drag myself out of the Humvee as it was burning, carrying my own leg.
00:14:51I didn't even know if I was going to make it home.
00:14:54I woke up three days later in Texas and that's when I had to decide whether or not I was tough.
00:15:02And it wasn't always easy.
00:15:04It wasn't like I just kept up out of bed and put on a prosthesis and said, hey, let's do this.
00:15:09But if I didn't make that choice to be tough, I wouldn't be here today.
00:15:12I wouldn't be alive.
00:15:13There's no doubt that you're tough.
00:15:15I got, probably right now you're probably the toughest human I know.
00:15:19What makes you a WWE superstar?
00:15:24This is the most powerful means of connection in television and in the world.
00:15:29When you're standing in this ring, there could be 70,000 people in an arena staring at you,
00:15:34connecting, ready to channel their emotions through you and feel.
00:15:38Every time I step in this ring, that's what I feel.
00:15:40I feel that connection.
00:15:42I love that with all my heart.
00:15:44It's, it's what's kept me going.
00:15:46Thank you guys.
00:15:49Appreciate it.
00:15:51Mike Hayes, he was, I mean, he was, he was unbelievable.
00:15:55Knowing his story, knowing what he had been through and knowing his trial, his tribulation, losing his leg, almost losing his life.
00:16:03A special kind of guy.
00:16:04He's that guy who is a team player.
00:16:07He's a WWE superstar at heart.
00:16:12Y'all having a good day?
00:16:14Good day.
00:16:15Now that I've seen you, I'm awesome.
00:16:17I'm looking at y'all from over there, it's like, man.
00:16:20My name is Emery Zane Luke, and I'm from a small hometown called Bayou Buff.
00:16:25Everybody calls me ZZ, and I wrestle alligators for a living.
00:16:28I could spread the message of Louisiana and alligators, and I could save my state, and I could feel like I did my part.
00:16:34Is this real?
00:16:35It is.
00:16:36It's not as real as it gets, I would imagine.
00:16:39All my life, my uncles and my dads and my grandfathers have been on me to be tough.
00:16:44You can't get no tougher than wrestling, man.
00:16:47I've messed that alligator.
00:16:49I'm here to master people.
00:16:51So I'm digging you, your trip to Orlando.
00:16:54Is that like the first time you've left your town?
00:16:56Coming here is my first flight, man.
00:16:59We hit bumps in the sky.
00:17:00I didn't know they had bumps in the sky.
00:17:01It was just like the movies.
00:17:03That was totally new to me.
00:17:04Nobody explained that.
00:17:06I just want to say you're different than everybody that's walked out into this ring.
00:17:10You're not the prototypical WWE superstar, but I believe that you have everything it takes to make it in this business.
00:17:18So I'll be pulling for you.
00:17:20Thank you, brother.
00:17:21If you make the cut for tomorrow, everyone's going to come in their swimsuit.
00:17:26I got some little shorts.
00:17:27Makes my butt look great.
00:17:29Like my ankles don't get wet when I take a shower of water, just run off my behind.
00:17:33Y'all got smiles now.
00:17:35I like him, yeah.
00:17:36He's good.
00:17:37Yeah.
00:17:38Yeah, he's good.
00:17:39Coming here, I knew I was going to meet people.
00:17:40I sleep, nigga.
00:17:41And I knew that I had to make a bond with these people in order to survive.
00:17:42Man, you stay out of getting a man.
00:17:43No way he's quitting.
00:17:44No way.
00:17:45I'm not physically fit enough for this.
00:17:46Like, I am fit.
00:17:47Round's a shape.
00:17:48When I'm done, I ain't gonna be able to breathe.
00:17:49But for this business, round don't cut it.
00:17:54This is a one-shot.
00:17:55It's a one-time thing.
00:17:56So it's gonna be up to them to go out there and, you know, do everything that they possibly
00:18:01can to get to that finish line.
00:18:02And if they're gonna make it, we're gonna find out.
00:18:05Three, two, one, begin.
00:18:06Down, up.
00:18:07Down, up.
00:18:08Down, up.
00:18:09And I'll leave it all up there today.
00:18:12We're just getting started.
00:18:13Go, guys.
00:18:14Let's go.
00:18:15Wait!
00:18:16Where are we at?
00:18:17It's already?
00:18:18No.
00:18:19So now that everybody can get to that finish line.
00:18:20If they're gonna make it, we're gonna find out.
00:18:213,2,1, begin!
00:18:22Down.
00:18:23Up.
00:18:24Go on.
00:18:25Down.
00:18:26Up.
00:18:27Do it.
00:18:28Let's go.
00:18:29Down.
00:18:30Up.
00:18:31Down.
00:18:32Up.
00:18:33All right.
00:18:34We're just getting started.
00:18:35Go, guys.
00:18:36Keep it.
00:18:37Because I do it, guys.
00:18:38Come on.
00:18:39Move it, move it, move it.
00:18:40As far as, like, these drills, I've never done any of this before.
00:18:44Everybody's dying.
00:18:46You better suck it up, man.
00:18:48You came a long way.
00:18:49Your arms are straight, you're leaning back,
00:18:51and you better have a smile on your face.
00:18:57He's done, guys.
00:18:59He won't be back tomorrow.
00:19:01He will not be back tomorrow.
00:19:03He will not be back.
00:19:07I didn't think that the tough enough minicamp
00:19:09would be this difficult.
00:19:11First day.
00:19:12Suck it up, baby.
00:19:14Suck it up.
00:19:15You want to quit.
00:19:16You want to go home.
00:19:18The respect I have for WWE superstar,
00:19:22their condition is insane.
00:19:24It was easy, everyone can do it.
00:19:27You're privileged to be here.
00:19:30I'm not going to yak yet, though.
00:19:32They haven't got me yet.
00:19:34This is what the WWE is all about.
00:19:37Pushing yourself to the limit.
00:19:39Yeah.
00:19:40Stand up, baby.
00:19:41Oh, yeah.
00:19:42Finish.
00:19:43Yeah.
00:19:44One second.
00:19:45Let's go.
00:19:52All right.
00:19:53Yeah.
00:19:57Lead through your nose.
00:19:58Out through your mouth.
00:19:59My name is Nick Kaffari.
00:20:01I'm from Lakewood, Ohio.
00:20:03The reason why I'm tough enough
00:20:04is my drive and determination.
00:20:06Come on.
00:20:07Down.
00:20:08Push.
00:20:09Push.
00:20:10Down.
00:20:11Down.
00:20:12Up.
00:20:13Let's go.
00:20:14No, no, no, no.
00:20:15Let's go.
00:20:16Definitely being able to reach down deep in myself
00:20:17and make sure I have it in me to do whatever I need to do.
00:20:20Get up.
00:20:21Get up.
00:20:22Get up.
00:20:23Get up.
00:20:24You don't look like the most athletic person in the world.
00:20:29I mean, how do you think you're going to compare with all of those,
00:20:34you know, jacked, dumb, muscled up guys?
00:20:37At home, I'm actually a power lifter.
00:20:39So it's like, it's not too much as far as the aesthetics go.
00:20:43But I have it, I have it in me to drive deep.
00:20:47When I found out that I made it onto the show,
00:20:49the past two weeks I've switched on my routines
00:20:51into high rep, low weight exercises.
00:20:53I've been implementing a lot of running.
00:20:59Three.
00:21:00My chest is fixed.
00:21:02Two.
00:21:03Are you lightheaded or dizzy?
00:21:04Yes.
00:21:05One.
00:21:06I don't want you going anymore.
00:21:07You're fine.
00:21:08And you just stop it.
00:21:09I don't like it.
00:21:10I'm losing your time.
00:21:11Go guys.
00:21:12I feel so stupid.
00:21:15For the past week leading up to this,
00:21:17I've been running a mile every day.
00:21:19And every time after I feel like I'm about to pass out,
00:21:21it's just like I figured I was out of shape.
00:21:23Breathe nice and slow and deep, okay?
00:21:26We have someone with shortness of breath and chest tightness
00:21:30and a regular heartbeat.
00:21:32It's the WWE Performance Center.
00:21:35Okay.
00:21:36Thank you very much.
00:21:38Bye.
00:21:39Talk to the doc.
00:21:40Talked to the doc.
00:21:41He was feeling my pulse and he said I had some irregular heartbeats.
00:21:45So you wanted to?
00:21:47You want to give me a good check, though?
00:21:51Understandable.
00:21:52Nothing really puts you to the test like being put to the test.
00:21:55I'm never going to say never.
00:21:57I'm never going to quit.
00:21:58That wasn't why I'm here, you know?
00:22:01I was here because literally my body gave up.
00:22:03I was here because I couldn't breathe.
00:22:04I was here because my heart was messed up.
00:22:07And I would still be there as soon as the doc checked me out if he didn't send me here.
00:22:10He said he doesn't play with heart.
00:22:12I just, you know, I hope in the long shots, the long shot that didn't mess up my chances.
00:22:18But, you know, I just hope for the best.
00:22:21As far as the cut down go this first night, it's still going to be a process.
00:22:30We're still going to have to get rid of, you know, a few of them.
00:22:33And it's going to be a hard choice.
00:22:35Our favorites will go on the top, our least favorites.
00:22:38And then our cuts, you know, we'll figure that out.
00:22:41But we want you guys to weigh in.
00:22:44And then we'll lock down the final ten.
00:22:47Hank?
00:22:48I like Hank.
00:22:49I said cute but boring.
00:22:51That's what I thought.
00:22:52Hank, there was something about Hank, though.
00:22:54Hank gives a dark horse.
00:22:55Toby, who got himself here even though he was cut.
00:22:59I wanted him to give me more.
00:23:02That's why I kind of was getting on and just hair because I just wanted him to give me more passion instead of a rehearsed cast.
00:23:10He wrestles alligators.
00:23:14I'm serious.
00:23:15I don't know what he is.
00:23:17He's got functional strength.
00:23:19We have six.
00:23:21Let's cut two more girls.
00:23:23To me, she's more, she's less about a contract and she's more about a TV show.
00:23:27He's never gonna hold up.
00:23:29Plus his age and everything, he's not gonna hold up.
00:23:31Phillip, I don't really know anything about WWE.
00:23:35That was the stupidest thing ever.
00:23:37Got it this way, Lena.
00:23:39With cracks.
00:23:40Yeah.
00:23:41I love the Kingdom twins.
00:23:44What?
00:23:45I just think that their brains were scrambled because they had just done 600 questions on a psych test.
00:23:50My advice is, and it is applicable all the way through as being a WWE superstar, they might be changing your segment, yelling at you as you're walking through the curtain.
00:24:00They might have just answered a 600 site question, but they haven't been in front of us, so they needed to come out there and flip that switch.
00:24:06My thing is this, this is tough enough.
00:24:09The guys that we pick on this thing, they gotta look at least halfway the part of perhaps being a WWE superstar if they win that contract.
00:24:16Those two guys win that contract, everybody in America gonna laugh at us.
00:24:20And I totally agree with Booker.
00:24:22The thing is, you look at him, you go, I don't care if he's six, seven, I'll whip his ass easy.
00:24:31Guys, this is tough enough.
00:24:33And I wanna say you guys have done a great job today, but ten of you will be cut.
00:24:39At least.
00:24:40At least ten of you will be cut.
00:24:43And two have already cut themselves because they're not medically cleared.
00:24:50Are you guys ready for this process?
00:24:52Yes, sir.
00:24:53Are you guys ready for this process?
00:24:55Yes, sir.
00:24:56Well, let's get it done.
00:25:01How are you feeling?
00:25:04A little uneasy.
00:25:05I thought I could have done better physically.
00:25:07I'm gonna say this to you, I'm gonna say it to everybody in this room.
00:25:12Preparation is the only luck that you're ever gonna have in this business.
00:25:17You didn't make the cut.
00:25:20Have a nice flight home.
00:25:23Being able to stay focused, yes.
00:25:26Being able to entertain, I don't know.
00:25:30This is not the time for laughing and playing around and joking around.
00:25:33You made the cut.
00:25:34But I tell you, going forward, I see a whole lot more of that.
00:25:37I'm gonna be really, really happy.
00:25:38Cut your ass and send you home to make it in this business.
00:25:42You gotta be able to laugh at yourself.
00:25:44Along the strength of that right there, you have made it.
00:25:48I'm not sure where you stand as a superstar.
00:25:52So I got one word for you.
00:25:54Coachable, are you?
00:25:55Yes, sir.
00:25:56No, you're not.
00:25:58How'd you just tell me you're coachable?
00:25:59I told you 40 times over there and you did the exact same thing every single time I told you.
00:26:03You did not make the cut.
00:26:13You came across real cocky, real confident, like selling yourself, but in a way that was just a little boastful and not super likable.
00:26:23I must say that you did not make the cut.
00:26:28Quite a story.
00:26:30You lived it.
00:26:31Just like I told you today.
00:26:32Probably the toughest guy I know.
00:26:35Then again, just like I asked you, does that make you WWE superstar?
00:26:41You got a ton of trying, yeah.
00:26:43I saw you in the ring and saw you go through all the tests.
00:26:46And the one thing I saw more than anything was I did not see quit.
00:26:49I commend you for going through that.
00:26:52No, I'm on that.
00:26:53You made it to the next round.
00:26:58First thing I thought about when I saw you as well as your brother, I said, man, we should send these guys back home.
00:27:04Because they don't have a chance at doing this.
00:27:08You made the cut, barely, just like your brother.
00:27:11But cuts will continue.
00:27:13So make sure you do everything you need to do to make it through that next cut.
00:27:19Where I have the most heat is probably with whoever picks you to put you here in the first place.
00:27:24You've been cut.
00:27:26Stop with the wrestling stuff.
00:27:28You're going to have to drag my unconscious body out of this building before you ever hear me say I quit.
00:27:34Please stop.
00:27:36And just, sometimes we just want to have conversation.
00:27:38I thought you was going to come in here and blow everybody out of the water.
00:27:43And, um, I didn't see that.
00:27:47At this time you didn't make the cut.
00:27:54What do I do with you?
00:27:56You make me into a superstar.
00:27:58Yeah.
00:27:59Just go ahead.
00:28:00You got to give me something to work with.
00:28:02I don't think I know.
00:28:04That is the question.
00:28:10I like you.
00:28:13I think you got a great story.
00:28:16I think your cause, you know, why you want to do this is honorable, if that's really the reasons why you want to do it, you know, for kids and whatnot.
00:28:22Being able to change someone's life, you know, that's, that's huge in this lifetime to be able to change one life.
00:28:29It gives me so much pleasure to be able to do that.
00:28:31And hopefully we'll get a chance to change your life.
00:28:34By letting you make it to the next round.
00:28:35All I can say is we gave it our all and we didn't quit.
00:28:50We just feel like, you know, to a certain extent that our time was wasted because the WWE knew what they were getting.
00:28:57We came here hoping to be trained and taught how to be wrestlers, the fundamentals of wrestling.
00:29:04And I know we went through one day of like intense cardio and we didn't quit.
00:29:09At the end of the day, we did not quit.
00:29:12What was the deciding factor?
00:29:16Being a Football Spiderman, we just feel like, you know, overall wrestling isn't for us.
00:29:23We do apologize for that, but at the same time we have our reasons why we believe that we're, you know, not fit for the show.
00:29:32How you gonna look at yourself in the mirror knowing you guys didn't finish?
00:29:36You know, based off, you know, a lot of the comments, you know, that were said, you know, from you and the other two judges.
00:29:44I don't know. I don't know if you guys will hold up.
00:29:47Can you survive on your own?
00:29:49You did make the cut. Barely.
00:29:51Barely.
00:29:53Things maybe should have been said differently to kind of more, more encourage us.
00:29:58I mean, I understand this is tough enough.
00:30:00And the thing is, it's not fair.
00:30:02It's no right or wrong.
00:30:05That's just life.
00:30:09Let's do it.
00:30:11So just take that with you right there.
00:30:12You know what I mean?
00:30:13Take care of your business.
00:30:14Thank you, sir.
00:30:15Thank you, sir.
00:30:16Appreciate it.
00:30:17Well, welcome, everybody.
00:30:18I'm not going to waste anybody's time with an inspirational speech.
00:30:19I'm just going to get right into what we're doing and what my expectations are.
00:30:35A-C-E, okay?
00:30:37Attitude, charisma, and effort.
00:30:38If you have that, you're in my good graces.
00:30:41All right, guys.
00:30:42Ready?
00:30:43Go!
00:30:45Come on, baby.
00:30:47Drive, drive, drive, drive.
00:30:50There you go.
00:30:52Good job.
00:30:53That's it.
00:30:54You got it.
00:30:55Keep your hands.
00:30:56Keep your hands.
00:30:57There it is, brother.
00:31:00Let's go, baby.
00:31:01Let's go, let's go.
00:31:04What's up, man?
00:31:05Finish.
00:31:06Finish, freak.
00:31:07Let's go, baby.
00:31:09Come on.
00:31:11Feet one.
00:31:12That's what I like to see.
00:31:24Walking in the door.
00:31:28There you go.
00:31:31That's it.
00:31:32Get it all out.
00:31:33I got it.
00:31:34Oh, yeah.
00:31:35Cameras?
00:31:36You like that?
00:31:42My body took a little bit of a U-turn on me.
00:31:48So the drills they put us through were no joke.
00:31:53And it was as fun as it was, my body didn't agree with it very well.
00:31:59I really feel like I'm making excuses right now, and I hate it.
00:32:01But when I took my liner off last night, it had blood in it.
00:32:05Some of my bones don't have as much padding and cushion.
00:32:09They had been rubbed open by my socket because I was hitting the bottom of it.
00:32:15And it's just kind of a labor just to walk at this point.
00:32:25It's nice to see all you guys.
00:32:26My name is Khalil Bell.
00:32:27I'm from Runner Park, California.
00:32:28And I know the first thing you guys are probably thinking,
00:32:30is this the body of an NFL running back?
00:32:32And I just got to let you know, yes, it is.
00:32:34Football, I think a lot of times, guys are neutered, for lack of a better word.
00:32:40You can never really be yourself.
00:32:42I've always kind of been like the person that's kind of like the life of the party.
00:32:48I just figured it's an opportunity to show my personality, show who I am.
00:32:51Hey, Trippin', bro.
00:32:53I like to have fun.
00:32:54I'm very flirtatious.
00:32:55There's some very beautiful girls here.
00:32:57And, you know, I'd be lying if I said I haven't looked.
00:33:00Khalil is like the, I think I'm Mr. Pimp Daddy.
00:33:04We'll see what happens.
00:33:05You know, I don't know.
00:33:06I'm trying to keep it professional, but have some fun at the same time.
00:33:09He loves the girls.
00:33:10He loves to flirt.
00:33:11I'm sexy.
00:33:12Light skin.
00:33:13Light skin.
00:33:14I'm light skin.
00:33:15Every five minutes, he yells out light skin.
00:33:17If you guys don't have me on the show, they're going to be very disappointed.
00:33:21Here we go.
00:33:22Three, two, one, begin.
00:33:24One, two, one, begin.
00:33:29I know what the first day usually entails.
00:33:30It's usually made to kind of try to weed out the group and try to, you know, figure out who really wants to be here and who wasn't.
00:33:36So, at the end of the day, you got to just keep on fighting.
00:33:38And I think that's what they're looking for.
00:33:39Change!
00:33:43Change!
00:33:44I'm trying to just be me, but it's hard to do when there's so much pressure and so much on the line.
00:33:51I am Ashley Urbanski and I'm from Oakland, California.
00:33:55I'm a rock and roller.
00:33:57I'm a goofball.
00:33:59Monsters and riding my Harley and gore.
00:34:04Dad, you are a ballsy badass and you're why I'm here.
00:34:07I am a ballsy entertainer.
00:34:12I may not be the diva that WWE asked for, but I am a big fighter and I'm a thriver.
00:34:21I definitely feel like I stand out.
00:34:23Short roll!
00:34:30I love it.
00:34:31I breathe it.
00:34:32I need it now.
00:34:45When I get in there, that's my environment.
00:34:46That's my sanctuary.
00:34:47So the training, like, I got to thrive.
00:34:49So I was just trying to, like, spark it up.
00:34:51You know what I'm saying?
00:34:52Set!
00:34:55Two!
00:34:58Three!
00:35:01Seven!
00:35:04I'm all about positive living, like, positive vibes.
00:35:06Just being cool, you know, because that's going to come back to you.
00:35:08My name is Josh Bradel.
00:35:10I'm 24 years old.
00:35:11I'm from Denver, Colorado.
00:35:13I'm also known as the Yeti.
00:35:14If you don't know what a Yeti is, it's very similar to a Bigfoot.
00:35:19It's an abominable snowman, you know?
00:35:21I give off the vibe of a Yeti.
00:35:24Obviously, my size is a huge plus.
00:35:27I just got released from Green Bay Packers.
00:35:29Quick, quick, quick!
00:35:30That's not who I am anymore.
00:35:31This is, like, what I'm going for.
00:35:32I'm feeling good, man.
00:35:33I'm proud.
00:35:34I'm just glad.
00:35:35I'm glad if one door closes, I'll hold it open.
00:35:38You got to count, baby!
00:35:39Two!
00:35:41My most positive trait is probably my demeanor, my leadership.
00:35:44Let's go, three!
00:35:45Come on, baby!
00:35:48I love to compete, so I'm going to take it to the next level.
00:35:50I'm going to inspire.
00:35:52I'm an empty canvas, so I'm waiting on you guys to take me where I can't take it myself,
00:35:56and I'm all in, baby.
00:35:57I'll leave y'all with the Yeti car.
00:35:59What?
00:36:00Shit!
00:36:01We heard all kinds of people coming out on all kinds of levels, all kinds of levels,
00:36:07even though they didn't want to, coming out and going, did I just say that?
00:36:12My name's Daria the Jersey Devil Baranado, Jersey girl born and raised, and I'm an MMA fighter.
00:36:20Fighting is what I was born to do.
00:36:23When I'm competing against you, I'm going to beat you, because I can get in there and I can let it all out.
00:36:29Triple H, I came from the MMA world, sir, but I'm in your world now, and I am giving myself over to you guys.
00:36:39Are you in a relationship or single, or what's your...
00:36:42I'm in a relationship.
00:36:43I'm not, I don't have a wife yet, but I have a girlfriend.
00:36:46Christina, I love you.
00:36:47And to all my friends in high school, because they don't know who they're a lesbian yet,
00:36:52this is kind of my coming out party.
00:36:54Woo!
00:36:56You're making me sweat a little bit.
00:36:57Do you want us to put that on the internet now, or wait?
00:36:59I mean, go ahead.
00:37:01I believe that the greatest people in the world take the greatest risks,
00:37:04and you don't get anywhere in life without that.
00:37:06So, um, if it's coming out on national television, in front of people that, you know, I grew up with,
00:37:12that are going to be like, texting me like, what? Like, since when?
00:37:15If that's what it takes to be me and to show the world who I am, love it or hate it,
00:37:20you know, they can't knock me for it.
00:37:26How are you going?
00:37:27Do you have something to eat yet?
00:37:28No.
00:37:29No?
00:37:30No, I'm going to pass out.
00:37:31Can you guys get Gabby a Tic Tac or a mint or something?
00:37:34No, that's all right, I can't hold it.
00:37:35I'm tough.
00:37:36All right, all right.
00:37:37Tough enough.
00:37:38My name is Gabriella Castrovicci.
00:37:39I'm from Brazil.
00:37:40I currently live in Connecticut.
00:37:42I am a WBFF Diva Bikini Pro.
00:37:46You know, there's a lot of people that really have the passion that they want to be a wrestler.
00:37:51I came here because I know I can do this.
00:37:54Everything I do, I put my heart into it, and that makes me be very successful.
00:37:59I have a lot of experience of lifting and doing cardio and doing diets,
00:38:07but nothing really on wrestling.
00:38:09Mm-hmm.
00:38:10So, I think this girl's a huge .
00:38:12Gabby?
00:38:13Yeah.
00:38:14My personality is very feisty.
00:38:16I'm Brazilian.
00:38:17I'm not fake.
00:38:19Come on, dude.
00:38:20You can be tired of just doing four.
00:38:23I'm very aggressive.
00:38:25I say whatever I want.
00:38:27You're out of breath.
00:38:28Oh, my God.
00:38:29Be careful, because I am, like, what I am.
00:38:32If I don't like them, I'm just going to tell you.
00:38:37At 816, you're back in line.
00:38:39Get a squirt of water.
00:38:40Back in line at 816.
00:38:41Let's go.
00:38:42My name is Patrick Clark.
00:38:44I was born and raised in Washington, D.C.
00:38:47When I was just two years old, my father was killed.
00:38:50Turned on WWE TV one day, watching Undertaker in the middle of a ring, it changed me.
00:38:56It just took me away from that harsh reality I've been having to live with my entire life.
00:39:01I believe I'm tough enough, because after being raised in Washington, D.C. with a single mother, and overcoming odds there, I can overcome anything.
00:39:09Yo, come on, guys.
00:39:11Hustle, hustle.
00:39:12All my life, I've struggled, and I've put everything I've had into wrestling.
00:39:17For me to even be on the show just puts everything into perspective and shows me that I haven't wasted my life trying to chase a dream.
00:39:25You're strong, Patrick.
00:39:26Come on, man.
00:39:27My personality is pretty straightforward.
00:39:30I don't pull any punches.
00:39:31I don't try to act phony in front of people, and it upsets me that when I get a lifetime opportunity to come live my dream, and I'm set in a room with 39 other individuals who claim that they want to do this, that this is their passion.
00:39:47So I'm standing upstairs trying to start a wrestling conversation, and nobody knows anything.
00:39:53It pisses me off.
00:39:54Fight for it.
00:39:55Come on.
00:39:56Come on.
00:39:57I'm not here to make friends.
00:39:58I'm here to get noticed, and I'm here to earn a WWE contract.
00:40:04If you don't have the passion for it, or if you're just here because you got selected, I don't think you're gonna fare off too well.
00:40:12I know what I'm here for.
00:40:14Patrick Clark's the next WWE superstar.
00:40:16You just haven't met him until now.
00:40:18My name is Steven Tizanos-Pinto.
00:40:20I'm a WBFF pro muscle model.
00:40:23Being in shape and the drills, I have been leading all the drills.
00:40:27Million dollar body, million dollar face.
00:40:29Billy.
00:40:30Billy Gunn.
00:40:31You call daddy a personality of a bologna sandwich?
00:40:36They said my personality was a little flat, and I was a little vocal today, as you saw earlier.
00:40:41I'll talk this whole drill, and I'll talk the next ring.
00:40:44I'll talk all day.
00:40:45I'll keep talking all day.
00:40:46I'll keep talking all day.
00:40:48Hopefully one day I'll be able to see you in the ring, and you would never say anything negative about me.
00:40:53All day.
00:40:54All day.
00:40:55Where you at?
00:40:56I promise you that.
00:40:57And then Booker, Booker T, you said that you didn't like my smiling.
00:41:03You look like a pretty boy bodybuilder that's wanting to play wrestling.
00:41:08I'm so sorry.
00:41:09I have a better smile than you.
00:41:11Is everything that you said a true?
00:41:13As far as what?
00:41:14Like you being six feet tall.
00:41:16Everything I said is very, very valid.
00:41:18You don't look six feet tall to me.
00:41:20I am six feet tall.
00:41:22Do you have a tape measure?
00:41:23Right now, we can bust that out.
00:41:38Whatever happens, there's no regrets.
00:41:40The only thing I would have regretted is leaving.
00:41:42I kind of regretted not being a part of the workout today.
00:41:45Because as I was watching, I was like, man, I know how to do that.
00:41:48There's no magic wand or magic pillow that'll make me feel better or make my leg grow back.
00:41:53So there's no point in even worrying about that.
00:41:55You swing for the fences and you hope for a home run.
00:41:57But if not, at least you swung your hardest.
00:41:59Let's go, guys!
00:42:00Let's go, man!
00:42:01Let's go, man!
00:42:02Let's go, man!
00:42:03Let's go, man!
00:42:04Let's go, man!
00:42:05Let's go, man!
00:42:06Let's go, baby!
00:42:07Let's go!
00:42:08Monster and awesome!
00:42:09Monster and awesome!
00:42:10Monster and awesome!
00:42:13Yeah!
00:42:14All right!
00:42:15Have no regrets!
00:42:16Get your knees up!
00:42:17Last one!
00:42:18This is my hero!
00:42:19This is my hero!
00:42:20This is my hero!
00:42:21This is G.I. Joe.
00:42:22It's an action video.
00:42:23You're the man.
00:42:24Literally.
00:42:25You just had me in tears.
00:42:26So screw you for that.
00:42:27That was awesome.
00:42:28I would like for you to join me in welcoming your host for Tough Enough.
00:42:36He is Chris Jericho.
00:42:40Welcome to Tough Enough is Jericho!
00:42:49All right!
00:42:50It's been a long two days.
00:42:52Now it's time to find out who goes home and who's Tough Enough.
00:42:59You guys ready?
00:43:00There's a lot more to being a world champion in this business than how tall you are, how much weight you can lift.
00:43:17It's a brand new world for all you guys.
00:43:22Mike.
00:43:23Yeah.
00:43:24Come up here.
00:43:25You got something you want to say?
00:43:30What's the matter?
00:43:31Please.
00:43:32This has been the greatest experience of my life so far because it's been so enlightening and so encouraging, so powerful.
00:43:47The human connections that were made in this building, I think that's what sports entertainment is about.
00:43:56Unfortunately, my body in this competition did not keep up with my mind and heart.
00:44:08Right now, I don't think it's my time to be here.
00:44:15I'm removing myself from the competition.
00:44:19But I don't think it's over.
00:44:23I just need to figure some new things out with what I got to deal with so I can come back here and hopefully get another chance and do what I love to do from the bottom of my heart.
00:44:36Just to make it here humbled me so much coming from where I started to standing in a WWE ring holding a WWE microphone.
00:44:50I just want to say thank you all for everything.
00:44:53I couldn't appreciate it more.
00:44:55And you guys today, the reason I finished was because of all of you.
00:45:02And I couldn't be more thankful.
00:45:04I just appreciate it very much.
00:45:05And I hope to see all of you again soon.
00:45:07All of you.
00:45:09Everything was just so amazing and so positive and so encouraging that it's hard for me to be bummed out right now.
00:45:37Love goes on and on.
00:45:39And I love this business.
00:45:40And I love connecting with people and doing my best to show them what they're capable of.
00:45:47And somehow, someway, I'm going to continue to do that.
00:45:50Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:46:02Hold your horses, dude.
00:46:03I'm in charge of this thing.
00:46:05Go back there, all right?
00:46:06All right, Tommy, come on up.
00:46:11I'd like you to take your hat off, though, man.
00:46:14Show some respect when you're in the ring.
00:46:16You wouldn't wear that in church, would you?
00:46:17No, sir.
00:46:18This is now your church.
00:46:19Do me a favor.
00:46:20Look me in the eye when you're talking to me.
00:46:21Yeah, look me in the eye when you talk to me, okay?
00:46:22Yes, sir.
00:46:23Yes, sir.
00:46:24I know I'm short, but you don't have to do that.
00:46:26Sorry, man.
00:46:27I'm trying to get the angle for you.
00:46:30How you guys feeling?
00:46:32Heart-speeding?
00:46:33Yeah.
00:46:34Like this?
00:46:35I think you could be a great WWE superstar one day.
00:46:39You know, it takes a lot of audacity to come in here with your own nickname.
00:46:43At 19 years old, are you too young at this time?
00:46:47To be known as the Jersey Devil when you haven't done anything yet.
00:46:50A lot of people might not want you around anymore because of that.
00:46:54I'm not one of those people.
00:46:56I want to see a lot of good things from your Jersey Devil because you made it.
00:46:59You're tough enough.
00:47:00Oh, my God.
00:47:02You're tough enough.
00:47:03You made it.
00:47:04My biggest thing was your attitude, and you rubbed a lot of people the wrong way.
00:47:11You didn't make it, Gabby.
00:47:12I'm sorry.
00:47:13That was a shame, but it will come back stronger, definitely.
00:47:16I saw you doing some of those drills, man.
00:47:18You looked like you were starting to really blow up.
00:47:20Yeah, it felt like I got hit by a bus, but when you hear that bus coming, you turn around
00:47:25and grab the grill, and you just hold on, because whatever it stops, you might be half
00:47:29alive, but you're going to get it.
00:47:31Interesting analogy.
00:47:33I was 19 years old when I got into the wrestling business.
00:47:36Fortunately, you're going to have to go through all the same stuff that I did because you made it.
00:47:40You're tough enough.
00:47:41You're tailor-made for a reality show, man.
00:47:49Just not this one.
00:47:50You're not ready.
00:47:51I'm sorry, ZZ.
00:47:53You're going home, man.
00:47:55Thank you, bro.
00:47:56Yeah, it hit me hard.
00:48:00I'm going to know in the bottom of my heart that I did my best, and that's all anybody could
00:48:06really ask for.
00:48:08Yeah.
00:48:09The final two.
00:48:14The two big mouths vying for one spot.
00:48:20Six feet for sure.
00:48:21Yeah.
00:48:22Yes.
00:48:23No, no, no, no.
00:48:24Don't even try that.
00:48:25That's 5'11".
00:48:265'11".
00:48:27If you put your hair up, it's almost six feet.
00:48:28UCLA.
00:48:29You're full of yourself.
00:48:30I know you're ladies, man.
00:48:31You love the ladies.
00:48:32I don't know if you thought this was a club.
00:48:33You guys both rub me the wrong way.
00:48:34Like, do I have to pick one of these?
00:48:35This is the first time I've ever really been able to show my personality, and, you know,
00:48:49sometimes it can rub people the wrong way, but, you know, that's what sells tickets.
00:48:54That's what brings people in.
00:48:56You're tough enough, Khalil.
00:49:03You made it.
00:49:05Sorry, Steven.
00:49:06Thank you, guys.
00:49:11Thanks, guys.
00:49:13Down to the final two.
00:49:20One spot remaining.
00:49:22Come up here, Samantha.
00:49:25Come up here, Ashley.
00:49:28You guys are the final ones.
00:49:34What do you think?
00:49:36I'm a little nervous, but I'm excited, and, overall, it was the best experience ever,
00:49:42and it's something I want more than anything, so I'm just ready.
00:49:46How about you, Ashley?
00:49:48Well, just like all the girls here, I'm nervous, but, you know, these nerves mean I'm
00:49:54I love it, and I like the feeling.
00:49:58I like the feeling.
00:49:59I like the feeling.
00:50:00And it's like one stays, one goes, and look at you guys.
00:50:03You're pretty apples to oranges comparison right there.
00:50:07It's a split decision.
00:50:08It's a split decision.
00:50:10You're like a, you're, you're a more sure thing.
00:50:13You're like, you're a very pretty girl with an athletic background.
00:50:16You, on the other hand, not everybody's gonna like you, but not everybody has to.
00:50:24Samantha, I like you.
00:50:26I like what you can do.
00:50:27I like what you've shown.
00:50:29Ashley, I'm not, I'm not as sold on you.
00:50:33I don't know if you have enough confidence to do this.
00:50:39You look very scared.
00:50:41I don't think you guys seen anything that I can bring yet.
00:50:45I love to wrestle, and you guys haven't seen anything that I can do yet.
00:50:49I feel like, I feel like I, I need, I need more time.
00:50:54I, I need it.
00:50:55I need to be here.
00:50:56You had as much time as everybody else did.
00:50:58Two days.
00:50:59What gives you the right to get more time?
00:51:00I have more to give.
00:51:02I, I am a wrestler, and you guys have not seen any wrestling that I can do.
00:51:07And I just, I wanna show you guys what, what I can do in the ring, and I haven't gotten to yet.
00:51:12If you guys keep me here, and if I won, I would be wrestling until I'm 80.
00:51:19That's how much I love wrestling.
00:51:21I, I have it.
00:51:22I'm a badass.
00:51:23I'm ballsy.
00:51:24I'm here to win.
00:51:27Out of the two of you, you're not my choice.
00:51:30But it's not completely up to me.
00:51:36I'm sorry, Sam, you're going home.
00:51:39You're tough enough.
00:51:41You made it, Ashley.
00:51:54I was definitely in my head and thinking the worst, uh, to prepare myself.
00:52:00So, I was like, oh crap.
00:52:02I'm, I'm out.
00:52:03I'm definitely out.
00:52:04And that's scary.
00:52:07Honestly, I thought for sure when I was on the stage that I had it.
00:52:11Um, especially with that whole fight at the end.
00:52:13Um, I thought for sure.
00:52:15And I'm not gonna stop now.
00:52:16I found the positives and I'm just, I'm so honored, honored to be here and work with these people.
00:52:23Hello?
00:52:24Dad.
00:52:25Yeah?
00:52:26Yeah.
00:52:27We just had the final elimination to get on the show.
00:52:31And what happened?
00:52:33Um, Dad, I made the show.
00:52:37You made the show?
00:52:39Yeah.
00:52:40You better vote for me.
00:52:41You better vote for me.
00:52:42You better vote for me.
00:52:43I get your vote, man.
00:52:44I can't believe it.
00:52:45Oh, God.
00:52:46Damn.
00:52:47You got it.
00:52:48You proud of me?
00:52:49Oh.
00:52:50How?
00:52:51You proud of me?
00:52:52I'm proud of you.
00:52:53I'm proud of you.
00:52:54Hell yeah.
00:52:55I'm proud of you.
00:52:56I'm proud of you.
00:52:57Hell yeah.
00:52:58I'm double proud of you.
00:52:59Dad, I'm a bad, I'm a badass because of you.
00:53:15Um, everybody okay?
00:53:16Resting?
00:53:17That's good.
00:53:18No big message here.
00:53:19I just say hi.
00:53:20Um, Ashley, I need you to talk to me for a second.
00:53:23So, I know today, you know, we had a lot of tests, and we had a lot of tests, and we
00:53:28went through, you know, we had a lot of tests, and we went through, you know, your initial
00:53:48set of screening, all right?
00:53:50Um, then we had our tryouts, then second set of screening where I, you know, did orthopedics
00:53:55with you, then we handed you off to our cardiac team.
00:53:58During that testing, unfortunately, they did come up with something.
00:54:02They did find an issue with your EKG that potentially could be a dangerous heart condition.
00:54:08So, we need to go ahead and further evaluate you for that.
00:54:11What, what, what, what are you guys going to do now?
00:54:15Like, what does that mean?
00:54:16Well, as far as it goes for competition here for Tough Enough, we can't continue with
00:54:21you for Tough Enough.
00:54:22You're, you're medically disqualified for Tough Enough.
00:54:29As far as it goes for you as an athlete, we, you are able to do further workup for it.
00:54:35In fact, what I'm going to do with you is I'm going to go ahead and turn you over to Dr.
00:54:38Donahue, the cardiologist who worked with you today, to get a little further information
00:54:42about it, and to figure out what is the next step.
00:54:45I don't even know what to think right now.
00:54:50I, I never thought, like, this is the last thing I thought I would, would be leaving because of.
00:55:00I've always been fine. I, I just want to wrestle. Like, I don't care about this show.
00:55:07We're getting famous off this show. I just, I just want to wrestle.
00:55:16Hey.
00:55:21Hey, I just heard. I'm sorry.
00:55:23Sometimes there's not a whole lot to say other than it sucks.
00:55:37I just really want to show what I can do.
00:55:40The most important thing, though, is we've got to figure out what's going on.
00:55:43Let's figure out your heart, and then, um, we'll give you another shot.
00:55:47You come back here to the performance center and show us what you can do, okay?
00:55:51But this time, healthy.
00:55:52Okay.
00:55:53Okay?
00:55:55All right.
00:55:56Hey, you're going to be all right.
00:56:03He'll be back.
00:56:04I know he will.
00:56:05No, I did not know.
00:56:06Is that on social media?
00:56:07Yeah, because people are talking about...
00:56:08If it was on social media, we would know.
00:56:09Yeah, I know.
00:56:10We've all been doing.
00:56:11Oh, my God.
00:56:12We only know because we saw her pick up our bags and leave.
00:56:13And she was crying.
00:56:14That's crazy.
00:56:15Yeah.
00:56:16I have a couple of people from wrestling in Brazil calling me today to get interviews.
00:56:17So, I told them to hold off right now.
00:56:19So, here's the thing.
00:56:20We're at the end of the road.
00:56:21Your culture, your heart, your heart, your heart, your heart, your heart, your heart, your heart,
00:56:33whatever you want to call it, to some is seen as abrasive.
00:56:38And I see that as aggressive, knowing what you want, not being afraid to go after it.
00:56:43I love that.
00:56:44So, congratulations.
00:56:46You're not tough enough and you're in the show.
00:56:48Appreciate it.
00:56:49All right.
00:57:03You got a lot of feedback from a lot of people.
00:57:28I think everybody loved your personality and who you are.
00:57:31But there was a lot of questions about whether or not you could withstand this, physically do this.
00:57:38I'm of the belief that what will separate you from everybody else is heart.
00:57:43I believe you have the heart to make it and to do it.
00:57:47So, congratulations.
00:57:48All right.
00:57:49It's really an honor to be here.
00:57:52And before I give up, my heart's going to explode.
00:57:57Count on it.
00:57:58Yes, sir.
00:57:59Go get them.
00:58:00Triple H told me that.
00:58:01I had to loosen my belt a little bit.
00:58:03My heart sank straight to my draws.
00:58:05Just plopped like a newborn baby giraffe.
00:58:07Congratulations.
00:58:08You were the cast of Tough Enough.
00:58:13Everyone embraced him.
00:58:20At first he thought it was fake.
00:58:21He was like, you guys planned that?
00:58:23And he was like, no.
00:58:24Everyone loves ZZ.
00:58:25It's ZZ.
00:58:26You got to love him.
00:58:28So lucky to have him back.
00:58:30That guy is a character.
00:58:32Do you have what it takes to make it?
00:58:35Yes!
00:58:36What went down?
00:58:38God.
00:58:39What didn't go down?
00:58:40Yes!
00:58:41Each and every one of us did with up-downs.
00:58:46I've been pushed to my limits, you know?
00:58:48Like, I'm very proud of myself.
00:58:49Let's go!
00:58:50Let's go!
00:58:51And now there's 13 of us, and I'm one of them,
00:58:53and I'm ecstatic beyond measure.
00:58:56Oh, so happy.
00:58:58Over 11,000 applicants for Tough Enough.
00:59:00I made it.
00:59:01I made it through it.
00:59:02I'm Tough Enough.
00:59:07I think what made his last two days more memorable for me
00:59:10was seeing reality up close and personal.
00:59:19Mike probably had the biggest impact on my heart.
00:59:22He was moving.
00:59:23He was touching.
00:59:24He was courageous, just like he is in the military.
00:59:26He was a courageous human being.
00:59:27It lit a fire under me.
00:59:29He's going faster than half the people that first showed up here with one leg.
00:59:35And not even getting any type of special treatment.
00:59:38Like, you know he didn't want that.
00:59:39You know, it made me question, man, would I be here if I had one leg?
00:59:44Would I take life and grab it by the hair and drag it along wherever I wanted to go with it?
00:59:50And that's what Mike did.
00:59:56Ten years from now, you don't forget little bits.
00:59:58You remember it all because it's very powerful.
01:00:01Knowing that I had the opportunity to get this close to my dream
01:00:05and have the last two days in this minicamp as a life experience.
01:00:10Come on, stay drunk!
01:00:12It's like Christmas morning.
01:00:14Two days in a row though.
01:00:16I'm a firm believer in life that as long as you tell yourself you can do something
01:00:20and you believe it, you can do anything.
01:00:22I felt so excited for them knowing what it's like to really want something
01:00:28and to have an opportunity and to be like, man, this is your shot.
01:00:32I'm like rooting for them all.
01:00:35Oh, I'm so glad that I applied for Tough Enough.
01:00:41I just hope that this journey is as inspiring for them as I'm inspired watching them go on it.
01:00:48Now it's like game time, game phase, there's 13 people, contracts on the line.
01:01:03I'm ready for it.
01:01:04You know, I have a lot of energy and I'm ready to apply it to whatever they throw at me.
01:01:09Hey, congrats.
01:01:11Get ready.
01:01:13This moment.
01:01:15Who's gonna be that one guy?
01:01:16Who's gonna be that one woman?
01:01:18Good luck.
01:01:28I was absolutely mad to entertain the world.
01:01:31I love kickboxing.
01:01:33All the people believe they're good.
01:01:35I know I'm great.
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