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You have the opportunity of a lifetime.

You got one chance.

You want to be a wrestler?

This is like a dream come true.

I got what it takes.

The only thing I was put on the earth is to do it.

Welcome, everybody, to the Million Dollar Tough Enough.

I came here for one thing only.

To get that million dollars.

Oh, this is magnificent.

Let's do it.

You're looking at the winner right here.

You know, obviously, I know I'm going to make it.

I'm not being khaki.

I'm just confident.

You guys should be excited to be here because of thousands and thousands and thousands of entries.

You 50 today have the opportunity of a lifetime.

It's a chance to be a part of the most elite group of sports entertainment athletes in the world.

The WWE.

I mean, this is like a dream come true.

Huge opportunity.

Gotta have hardness.

This is no joke.

There ain't no losers here, dude.

Nice guys.

Good looking kids.

Nice to meet them all.

They're all here for the same purpose.

Everybody else has different backgrounds.

I've never pulled a truck.

I've never ultimately fought.

I'm not a power lifter.

I'm a professional wrestler.

I'm a sports entertainer.

This is the only thing I was put on the earth to do.

And this is the only thing that I'm going to do.

Keep going.

Keep going.

Keep going.

Come on.

Come on.

Go.

Ah.

Ah.

Ah.

Ah.

Ah.

Ah.

Ah.

Ah.

Ah.

Ah.

Ah.

Ah.

Ah.

Ah.

Ah.

Ah.

Ah.

Ah.

Ah.

I just want to welcome you guys to the Optimum Fitness Obstacle Course Challenge part of a

Tough Enough Million Dollar Challenge.

I take what I do very serious.

My job was to cut down people.

So I was going to push until they did drop.

The course didn't look that difficult.

Most people just looking at the course would go, sure, I can do it.

The reason why it's so tough, the sand is one of the main ingredients to what we do out

there.

Running in that sand, the resistance is like doubled or tripled.

Hurry up!

Run!

Run!

You're going above oxygen capability, and you're not used to it.

It's going to take you down.

Are you okay?

The ones that didn't make it, you can tell they didn't want it.

The competition was not just a physical test.

Touch the sand.

Under.

Over.

Hurry up!

It was a mental test as well.

You're supposed to be an athlete!

Aw is not a number!

You win?

You're supposed to be the best we got.

You better dig deep boys, you better dig deep!

It only gets harder.

It only gets harder.

We'll never ever give up.

We have six different levels.

These guys were going through a level 10.

They showed that you can reach inside and you can accomplish things.

And you can't accomplish things.

It's not a number.

A-U is not a number.

A-U is not a number.

You're supposed to be the best we got.

You better dig deep, boys.

You better dig deep.

can accomplish things.

They show that tenacity to really wanting

to be a part of the WWE.

The bar has been set.

Ready to get some?

Yes, sir.

Go.

Let's see it.

Go.

Every square.

Every square.

Oh, you're the Navy.

My inner strength and my pride and my determination

definitely comes from the men in my family.

Very, very strong men in my family.

Let's go, Navy Blue.

Go, go, go, go, go, go.

Go.

Knock him out.

Push him.

5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 132.

I want to be a strong individual.

You know what I mean?

If strong comes across as being a tough guy,

it's not necessarily meant to be that way.

I definitely give everyone the respect that you need to give.

Good morning, guys.

Day two, my friends.

Day two.

Time for another day of health.

Just to inform you, two guys have already dropped out.

If you're not willing to give the commitment

it's going to take to do this, just walk on off,

because I don't want to waste your time,

and I sure as hell don't want you to waste ours.

What's going on with your bicep?

Ah.

And I lay awake all night saying, this was it.

I won't get that chance to fulfill my dream

because of this injury.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Do it.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on, Brian.

Come on.

I came out here today, and I said, no matter what,

I am going to give it everything.

There's no rocks.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Get over that wall.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Go.

That's tough.

Sprint.

Sprint.

Sprint.

Sprint.

Sprint.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Torn bicep.

Torn pictorial.

I think I'm quitting.

Good job.

How bad do you want this?

More than anything in the world.

Injury or no injury, I'm coming to the big time.

I showed them something today that you can't all of a sudden

train to have.

Today, you showed a tremendous amount of heart,

a tremendous amount of passion.

You showed everybody out here just exactly what

this business is about, why we do this.

Thank you for that.

Thank you, sir.

Brian, I'm sorry.

You're injured.

You're cut.

Thank you very much for the opportunity.

I really hope that I get the pleasure and privilege

for one day to be a part of this family.

Hey, Brian.

Brian.

You didn't make it here because you're injured.

What I'd like to do is I'd like to pay for your injury to get

fixed and then send you down to OVW and give you a

developmental deal.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

Woo!

Woo!

It's true to stay alone.

At 24 years old, I just got accepted into the only family

I've ever wanted to be in.

And I'm going to do whatever I have to do and make them know

that that was a great decision.

Final selection process, I was really nervous.

Before we get started, I just want to thank each and every

one of you.

Damn.

I'm going to start getting kind of shaky here.

Your dedication is incredible.

There's a lot of desire and heart in this group right here.

I definitely had a nervous stomach.

Unfortunately, not everybody's cut out for this business and not

everybody will make the eight finalists.

Toughen Up is no joke.

I learned that.

Now to begin the eight finalists for the $1 million Toughen Up.

Daniel Pewter, Ryan Reeves, Nick Mitchell, Mike Lozanic,

Justice Smith, John Meyer, Chris Nalaki.

The final contestant for the $1 million Toughen Up is Dan Rodiner.

I have been so excited for this.

I was so pumped up.

When I heard my name, I just, you know, it was like fireworks just

exploded.

It was just incredible.

I'm living a dream now, you know, just an overwhelming experience.

My gosh, I'm just so overwhelmed.

Being here was a great experience and I'm very, very excited to show

that I'm Toughen Up.

Congratulations to all of you.

I'll be looking forward to seeing you all in Stanford and then

we'll find out just how Toughen Up you really are.

What would I get with a million dollars?

I'd bet it on black.

Honestly, I'd gamble it.

I'd invest it.

And if we win, we bet it again.

Buy me a nice house.

Nice mountain bike.

Couple choppers.

Biggest truck I could find.

Some cattle, because I'm from Texas.

I want a house in the hills.

Beverly Hills, that is.

Jewelry, clothes, vehicles.

Maybe a couple tattoos.

Houses, strippers.

You name it, I'd buy it.

Are you done?

Yeah.

Okay.

You all right?

John Meyer decided to quit.

He came to me, told me that after spending the first night

in a bathtub full of ice water trying to soak,

and then barely getting out of bed the next morning,

that he realized that this just wasn't for him.

I feel like I'm in great physical shape, endurance-wise,

strength-wise, but it's another thing to go in and put your body

through the pressures of learning how to wrestle.

And I was like, you know what?

This just isn't for me right now in my life.

You want big time?

You got big time.

I grew up in the Woodlands, Texas.

It's right outside of Houston with my mom.

My mom's been a single parent,

and I've learned a lot of responsibility.

She's a sensation for me.

I ain't gonna sit here and tell a story

about when I was five years old.

I weighed 40 pounds.

I started working out.

Right now, I'm living in Beaumont

because I moved there to play arena football.

I'm living with my girlfriend, Destiny.

She's awesome.

I was always the kid, always getting in trouble.

Most people think I'm gonna be a heart.

But I'm not like that.

I just like to have fun.

Get to the chopper.

Do it now.

You know where the weight room is?

Happy with 30?

I could have done about 31, 32.

Okay.

I'm always quick to jump up and do something real quick.

I mean, I'm a funny, goofy guy.

I like to entertain people.

My opportunity level has gone way up.

Is that why they call you the Big Booty Bandit?

I've been dreaming of this forever.

Come on, Big Booty Bandit.

Pick it up.

Pick it up.

Pick it up.

Race the action.

My favorite part was just competing with people.

I love competing.

They're pretty serious, and this is a huge business.

Way more money in this business than anything I've ever been in.

So it was like, I can't even explain how I feel right now.

I'm so excited.

My name is Daniel Rodimer.

You expect to win this?

There's no doubt in my mind.

You're a little cocky, aren't you, Dan?

No, just confident.

Well, I wouldn't consider myself cute.

I would consider myself hot.

Every superstar has to have his entourage on fire.

Why don't you back off?

So I'm trying to steal my spotlight.

I want you guys to make out a little bit.

Go!

Get over that wall.

Get over that wall.

Growing up, I was always wild and crazy and all over the place.

My mother and father were so supportive of me,

and they always kept me in one sport or another,

pretty much to keep me out of trouble.

And I love football.

It was my passion.

The four years that I played at the University of South Florida,

I can honestly say they were probably the four best years of my life.

I always had to get put in my place very often,

but most of the time I'd talk my way out of the trouble

that I got myself into.

I got what it takes.

How are you?

It's easy to say it.

Can you show it?

Can you show it right now?

My confidence has been built up over the years.

Just from growing up when somebody says I can't do it,

it just pushes me to be even better.

This opportunity that I have right now,

it's the biggest opportunity ever in my life.

Me?

I'm gonna step up.

Let's go!

If you step in this ring, son, you better bring it.

I'm stepping up.

Trust me, you don't want it.

Here we go.

From eight in the morning to eight at night, I train hard.

Yeah!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Yeah!

My father, he was in the military.

He was actually teaching us Taekwondo in a housing area in Germany,

in the backyard, just learning, you know, Taekwondo.

It really grounded me.

It really disciplined me.

You wanna quit?

I don't talk smack on the microphone.

I smell a lot, yup.

Oh, this is funny, right?

But I guarantee you, if you want some, I could get crunk on it, for real.

And for those of y'all that know crunk, crunk means getting a little hype, you know,

when you get, like, the juices flowing.

I try to incorporate some slang, like crunk, buck wild, and tipsy.

What's up, B?

What's up, B?

Come on, B.

What's up, B?

What's up, B?

Come on, B?

Come on, B?

Come on, B?

What's B?

B is short for brother.

I don't know your name, or you told me your name, and I forgot.

Come on, B.

You know, I forgot your name.

I'm like, come on, B.

You know, let's do this.

Let's get it done.

Let's get it done, man.

The very first day that we started training, I look over, and Justice is proclaiming that

he can have this enormous vertical leap.

I jumped out the gym.

Justice saying that, you know, he's always had a vertical leap of 33 inches.

He's a college basketball player, blah, blah, blah.

Pewter goes, well, I bet you you don't.

It's, like, going to be a 12-inch vertical, but it's all right.

Oh, my God.

If Justice lost, he would dress up as a woman.

And dance for us on the stage.

Right before he goes to jump, I open my loud mouth and say, I can jump an inch higher than you, Justice.

I think I jumped 26 inches.

I guess.

I don't know.

There you go.

You gotta get 27.

Hey!

Oh!

Jesus!

Are you serious?

Welcome to the Penthouse Boutique.

Oh, Jesus.

She may have seen better.

I think you've got the top on backwards.

You're off.

See?

Two guys that big.

Hey, Switch.

Let me get that outfit right there.

Trying on bikini tops and little frilly bottoms.

Oh, man.

And the look on their face.

Dan Rohdeimer's face.

He just looks so sad.

They look like turbans.

You ready, Daniella?

Outfit number two for you.

Oh, yeah.

And inspection.

Yeah.

Hey, keep this up.

Nobody's gonna marry you.

Woo!

Oh, man!

I hit the score, I think!

Oh, my God!

You're gonna play dress up!

It's mine!

So, you know what I'm saying?

It was so funny to dress up as a female.

Stop hitting girls.

I don't know if my dad's gonna find it funny, but...

Here are the outfits that you have decided that these two will wear tomorrow.

What do you think?

Let's give them a big hand.

Woo!

You think they're sexy?

Yeah!

You think they're hot?

Yeah!

Is my skirt too short?

Oh, yeah.

It's way too short.

We like to call him Big White Chocolate, and that's sweet brown sugar there.

Do you have any openings?

I don't know.

What can you girls do?

Dance!

Thanks for bringing us in.

I heard your short staff today.

These two made a bet, and they've lost it.

Dan really seemed to just go for it right away, which is great.

We just went along for the ride.

All the moves that I've picked up over the years, I had the opportunity to use.

I feel a lot more for women.

Don't touch me there.

You know, anytime I see pumps now, I know what you have to go through.

And Justice had this attitude, you know?

He had this face expression that I really like, you know?

Like, his eyes, his smile.

I have that wig at home.

I was like, yo, I'm too big for the pole.

First time I jumped on the pole, I felt like it was going to break.

And what they did, they should never do again.

Let's go.

On SmackDown.

Insane.

We didn't know what we were going to do out there, and that was really building on all of us.

Going into a room with, you know, everybody who you've idolized for your whole life.

Honestly, it was very overwhelming.

And then the Big Show put us in our place.

You're going to love this man if you put it short in the front of me.

You hear me?

This is hollowed ground.

Everybody in this locker room has paid their dues to be here.

You clowns have it.

You will get out of our locker room now.

Peter, he stands bowed up all the time.

He can't help but that's how his body's shaped.

Are you bowing up?

Yeah.

Get the out of my locker room now. Let's go.

Oh, crap. These guys mean business.

I got tossed around by the Big Show.

Get out of my locker room now. Get out!

If there's one sacred thing in our business that's still left, it's our locker room.

Man, I refuse to share it with them.

They're not part of this crew yet.

Man, until they are, they don't belong in our locker room.

Going through that curtain though, I'll tell you, it was just like the biggest rush I've ever felt in my life.

Indescribable.

Indescribable.

At all costs.

They look pretty confident.

Yeah, but imagine what they're feeling inside.

Oh, they're nervous, but they're having a good time. That's cool.

You each have 20 seconds on the mic to tell Big Show exactly what you think.

Oh, that's all we got to do is talk junk. Oh, good.

You'll never be putting me in my place again.

This is the true story of when the Miz came to Oklahoma!

Guess what? We were in Omaha.

If you had this opportunity, you would have taken it too.

It was good because I didn't offend the Big Show.

Some of the other guys, they offended them kind of like Nick.

I didn't know they stat crap that high.

I didn't really mean it, but I had to say it.

I smiled right in your face.

And what did you do?

Absolutely nothing.

Yo, Big Show!

Come out and play!

I'm an ultimate fighter. What?

You think you can get in the ring with me?

Then all of a sudden, well, it's the Big Show!

And then, boom!

And everybody said, oh, hell no.

Of course the Big Show pointed to me first!

Come here.

Rodimer wanted nothing to do with him.

You could tell he was shaking.

I was right there.

Just waiting to tell everybody why you're so tough.

I think everybody...oh!

He swung that mitt and luckily I dodged it

because I probably would have been knocked out.

I'm going to body slam each and every one of you

to find out how tough you are.

And I knew I wanted to stand out,

so I just ripped my shirt off and I got in his face.

Look at Ryan Reeves stepping up.

Oh!

Man!

Oh, man!

Mike was saying it!

The Miz is up and down!

I gave him a little skip up to him.

Oh!

And a slap to Nick Mitchell!

Wow!

Big Show slapped the hell out of you!

Some stars out of the side.

I couldn't hear out of the ear.

There goes Nick Mitchell up and down!

Big Show came out and asked me if I had heart.

And I told him, hell yeah, I got heart.

I don't give up on anything I do.

Chris Narocki didn't explain this pain cold.

Oh, Mike Cole!

This is the Big Show here.

One of the greatest superstars out there slamming me to the mat.

The pain didn't matter.

Look at this!

Oh, Justice Smith!

Oh, and a 470 pound elbow!

That really hurt.

Justice!

It's down!

And he's hurt!

Here we go!

The six-foot-eight road, I remember!

And a knee to the chest!

Even though my chest hurt and my back, my neck, I still know exactly that this is what I want

to do for the rest of my life.

You spend 320 days a year on the road away from your family, you show me you love the business

that much, okay, I'll welcome you in.

If you want a contest, so what?

Go get a lottery ticket.

Winning this competition would make me one step closer to my dream, and that is becoming

a WWE superstar.

This is the true story of when the men came to the Million Dollar Tough Enough Challenge!

Let's see what you're made of, Mr. TV.

I was at Miami, Ohio.

I was in my fraternity house, watching TV one day, and it says, try out for the real

world.

And I was like, really?

Try out for a reality show?

Like, should I do it?

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

No!

And we're mad at true truth.

It's when we're investigating.

I was about to start studying a NBC film 400.

nelle brush one the ship belt.

I created a character alter ego called the Miz on the real world.

Y'all want to know who the Miz is?

I just exploded, and I called it the Miz.

Believe it or not, the Miz was more well-liked than Mike was.

In the first reality show ever, I received the most important shirtless male.

I beat Nick Lachey, Dave Navarro.

I've been to the Playboy Mansion, baby.

Got the invitation in the mail.

Now we go to the books.

Ric Flair, Ric Flair, Hulk Hogan, Mankind, Mankind.

Mankind, The King, read them all.

We've got the Eddie Guerrero story.

We've got WrestleMania 20, Ric Flair collection, The Rock.

Right here, I made this.

This was my first pair of wrestling pants.

I've been going to school in an independent scene

for about two and a half years now.

That's my Miz logo.

These are my eyes, B-Miz.

Now, this is the reason why I don't wear trunks, okay?

I think the best fan could be the best wrestler.

I'm a fan.

I mean, I wouldn't be here if I wasn't a fan.

This is the opportunity of a lifetime, and it's great.

I am Chris Naraki.

I'm from Syosset, New York, which is on Long Island.

I grew up in a family of five.

I have two brothers.

As a little kid, I was really into sports.

It was nonstop.

My parents drive me to different sporting events

and things like that.

I began playing the guitar in eighth grade,

and I'd say around 10th grade, I started writing my own songs.

And that's where I found that I had the gift to improvise music.

I just knew coming in here that that was going to be my kicker.

I just knew coming in here that that was going to be my kicker.

That was the thing I had to do.

And when Al had me do it the first day, I was like, yes, this is it.

I know.

Why don't you improvise us a song right now there, Christopher?

Dan, Dan, Dan, Dan.

Boom, boom, boom.

All men came to L.A.

Watched the porn with the girl last night.

I am Chris Naraki, the womanizer.

Your first challenge begins now.

We all expected to see, like, you know, a whole bunch of superstars.

You are to sprint up to the top of this ramp.

I was like, great, I'm going to go 150%.

And then I found that we were only doing a couple sprints.

Go, go, go!

And we got Nick sitting there walking through the whole thing.

I'm getting picked.

This is the way I feed my family.

You understand?

I'm not going to make that kind of investment in you

and then have you walk out.

I had really bad back spasms.

You want to be in this business?

Prove it now.

Still want this, Nick?

Is there anybody in the superstore?

I threw it pretty bad there.

Immediately after that, we all were given a large bowl of pasta

and a bottle of milk.

And they were like, all right, you guys got 10 minutes to finish it.

What?

I just threw up, and I was like, man, there's no way.

I'm going to eat, like, one of these noodles and throw up again.

I knew they were going to feed us and run us more.

The pepperonis?

Oh, my God.

Tastes like jalapenos.

I just don't think they put enough cheese.

I just blew everyone away, just scarfed all the food down.

Ryan Reeves won the eating contest.

Let's move on to the next challenge.

We went back to the squatting and the push-ups and the suicides, you know.

In the middle of one of our final suicides, we heard our entrance music come on.

Let's go, guys.

Follow me.

Follow me.

This is all for a chance to be a WWE superstar.

It's showtime, folks.

May I introduce to you Mr. Kurt Angle.

The man who stands alone, who does the most squat thrust tonight, wins the special prize.

Starting now.

I was doing them correctly.

I just wasn't doing too many of them.

In my head, I'm just like, don't puke.

Don't puke.

Just keep alive.

I had perfect form.

And Naraki was dying.

He wasn't even doing it.

Chris Naraki picks up the victory.

So what's the special prize?

You're going to have your very first match right here tonight, St. Louis.

Wow.

Against...

None other than your Olympic hero, Kurt Angle.

I was like, Kurt Angle against Chris Naraki.

Kurt Angle, an Olympic gold medalist, is manhandling Naraki right now.

Nice toilet.

And it's over.

That was quick.

Kurt Angle makes quick work of Chris Naraki.

You want to get in the ring?

You want to get in the ring?

I guess Kurt's not through.

You want to get in the ring with me?

Get your in the ring.

Here's Daniel.

Hold up.

Pewter just volunteered to get in the ring.

I'll tell you what, he might have the old proverbial more guts than brains.

And Kurt Angle backing Daniel Pewter into the corner.

He's got a key lock there, Pewter.

Trying to get a key lock on Angle.

Doors are down.

And this one is over.

Daniel Pewter eliminated by the Olympic gold medalist, Kurt Angle.

And so much for the UFC.

Until they prove to me that they belong here, I'm not going to like them.

I'm not going to respect them.

They're going to have to prove it to me, and they haven't yet.

Somewhere during this match between me and Kurt,

I actually suffered a fractured rib.

I didn't know when Chris's ribs were hurt.

That's what this sport's all about.

They're at the hospital till 4 in the morning.

These guys don't even realize what's in front of them.

They have no idea what it's like to be in this business.

We celebrate birthdays here.

I feel like every day should be Al's birthday.

Happy birthday to you!

When we go out, it's always his birthday.

Happy birthday to you!

Being with you guys has pretty much aged me a lot.

Even when we go on the airplane.

It's Al's birthday.

Happy birthday to you!

We're on Al's 55th birthday so far.

What's a birthday without presents?

You saw a garage sale.

Let's stop and see what they have.

There's a little jewelry box.

Keep his earrings in.

I got Al a little head here.

Figured because it was his gimmick years ago.

What does everybody want?

Head!

Al, you look great for 57th.

I don't understand what you're saying.

I don't speak idiot.

Not one of them knows my real birthday.

Keep dressing them up.

You can't take a minute.

Happy birthday to you!

Whoa!

I grew up in Cupertino, California.

Cupertino is in Northern California, north of San Jose.

I had a great family.

As a kid, I wasn't too good of a student.

I had ADD.

Back then I had problems reading.

That was kind of hard to struggle through, but I've gotten past that.

I go to Menlo College in Atherton, California.

It's studying business.

This was going to be my last year in college, but it's going to be pushed back a little bit.

I have a non-profit strength training program for youth that I've tried to help youth out around my city.

I've always loved athletics and gotten to wrestling.

After sixth grade, moved on to high school wrestling.

I was top in the state of California my senior year.

I wrestled one year in college.

I hurt my arm, so I've been doing ultimate fighting.

A little razzing I like because when my coaches push me, I keep going for them.

I was a little nervous.

I cut a horrible promo first promo.

Thing is, Rock, I'm a forgiving man, and I want to forgive you.

I'm not going to forgive you.

Rock, let me tell you about my hobbies.

Hang on a minute.

See that guy behind you?

We're more excited about him crawling up the sand than your promo.

Then we went into Saturday, and Saturday ended up I got the fastest time on the course.

See that girl laying on the beach over there?

They asked me to go pick up a girl down the beach.

Would you want to go out sometime?

We could go downtown.

Do you want to take a walk back with me?

Um.

I'd really appreciate it.

Thank you very much.

I'm so embarrassed.

Oh my gosh.

Did you agree to go out with this guy?

Yes.

You did.

Why?

He's cute.

Sold American.

I'm going to get leaner.

I'm going to get a little bigger.

If the fans like me, that's great.

If they don't, I'm still going to work my butt off.

One way or another, I'm going to get to do pro wrestling.

My name is Silverback Ryan Reeves from Las Vegas, Nevada.

I'd have to say my major obsession is food here.

I constantly need to be eating Ryan Reeves' appetite.

He eats forever.

The way he eats is just amazing because he just keeps pouring in it and he gets out of breath.

He breaks a sweat eating.

What did I take earlier today?

Every meal is my best meal.

Oh yeah.

It's almost like he's getting a workout every time he eats.

Were you disappointed there was no meal served on a fight?

Uh, I had a little bag of pretzels along with my sandwich.

Nice.

I'll carry food with me all the time.

But back at home, I'll have shakes in my car already made and I'll cook tuna fish or chicken

in a little bowl and go with me somewhere in case I get hungry.

That's a problem.

I don't know.

I'm an animal.

Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Lived there my whole life.

Had a great childhood, a great mother, a great father.

I was a good kid.

Good morals.

I kept my mom busy, I can say that.

It definitely would be bodybuilding.

I started, probably I was around 12 years old, I just started lifting.

Every night I do push-ups, squats, crunches before bed.

Like for an hour, like two hours at a time.

It's a passion of mine, just like wrestling is.

Don't touch my goal, don't hustle.

Let's go, let's go!

Go, Brian, go!

Over, go!

Don't fucking have to move, Brian.

It's said that this is a competition and every week it's going to get fiercer and fiercer.

This is, you know, for a million dollars and you've got to be ready for anything.

Now it's just as passion in a heart.

No!

If you open your mouth, you're fine.

How did they open my mouth?

Yo, that's not my shit.

What shit you got out of the plane?

No talk to me.

So traveling with six or seven large children is like traveling with six or seven large children.

Let's get it started when we're out of here.

It's insane.

I need a lot of gas.

And not to mention, if I happen to turn my head, one's over in the shop.

I think you just got us all frosties.

One's up at the ticket counter.

Getting off the plane in Atlanta.

One's over here talking to somebody.

Computer on his phone again.

Computer still on the phone?

On the phone.

Okay.

One's over there.

And it's like I've got to gather them all up, get them in a line, and get them on the plane.

All right, I got to go.

All right.

We're about to head to our third SmackDown.

And this one's going to be a little different because this one will actually be the first

time that one of the contestants will be eliminated.

Ladies and gentlemen, the Torrey Wilson sex test.

I am sex, baby.

All right.

I'm from Texas, so I'm getting some Wranglers.

I'm going to cut the butt out of them.

With the bling bling going, you know.

But before we get to the action, let's find out who's going to go.

Nick Mitchell, you've been cut.

I was stunned.

Reality set in.

I'm very surprised because I don't have as many friends as I thought I had out there.

It's upsetting, but it happens, and it's my birthday today, so happy birthday to me.

Sorry it didn't work out, but you'll see me one day.

I mean, that's how it works, and I don't know.

That's about it.

Now, the Torrey Wilson sex test.

The person that you will be making out with is WWE Diva.

You know, I was expecting one of those little hot honeys.

May Young.

I didn't want to see them come down that ring.

Fantastic.

Lovely.

May, you have 15 seconds with each one of these guys.

I love older people.

A computer.

God, stop.

He's tough enough, Cole.

I'm telling you.

Angie said a little peck.

A little peck.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

She's like a pit bull.

She's trying to grab my booty.

They're giving a new meaning to the word necking.

Some of them actually did slip her the tongue.

Holy cheese.

Stop.

All right, May.

Which one is the winner?

My favorite outfit was Daniel in the white suit.

Oh, whoa.

Pewter.

Then she gave me a lap dance, which I think is awesome, because nobody's ever going to get

a lap dance from her again.

I think we've seen enough.

Yeah, please.

I tap out.

I believe it's important that the guys set up the ring so that they kind of pay their dues

a little bit, and they learn to respect everybody.

You know, it's hard work.

We come at 9 in the morning.

We're till 1, 2 in the morning.

Go, Dorothy.

There's a lot of guys.

That's how they got into the business, just setting up the ring and taking it down.

I think anybody who's worth their salt at one time or another has set up the ring and

taken it down.

It's time for the Tough Enough competition.

But before we begin the Tough Enough competition, one of you have been eliminated.

Obviously, we know it's not going to be me.

I think Ryan really wants Pewter to go home.

We all kind of knew he was getting voted off that week, and we all turned out to be right.

The eliminated contestant is Chris Narocki.

It was very sad to see him go.

Everybody's just crossing their fingers it's not them the next week.

There's not one thing in particular I'm going to miss.

I mean, it's like the whole thing together, you know, between the training, coming here

and traveling, camaraderie between, you know, all the different contestants, you know, spending

time with Bill and Al, learning from their expertise, you know, that was just like, it's

like a dream come true, it's like a wrestling fan and somebody that's wanted to get into

wrestling their whole life.

So, you know, leaving that behind, it's disappointing and it's upsetting, but I can't go out there

right now because I'm out.

One of them will be a millionaire and best of luck to the guy that wins a million dollars

because it's not going to get easier.

Now, the five finalists remain, led to the ring by Al Snow.

You're going to have your chance to prove just how hard you will fight for that WWE brass ring.

Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce to you, the Basham Brothers.

The goal was to get by them and capture the flag in 30 seconds.

I've been dedicating my life for the past two and a half years trying to get a WWE contract.

I really do want this.

I'm all heart.

I want this more than life itself.

I belong here in this business.

One day, I hope to have you fans chanting my name, Silverback, in that ring.

What an effort by Ryan Reeves.

If I had about five more seconds, I would have the flag.

It takes a few things to be a WWE superstar.

Strength, charisma, and heart.

Look at the strength of this kid.

You guys might call me cocky, but I'm just confident.

I don't know if you realize how much time is left, but what an effort.

I'm 6'8", 285 pounds.

Real tough guys.

Don't talk about it.

They be about it.

I wanted this all my life.

I'm going to put it down, and that's what's up.

I used to eat, sleep, and fight in a cage.

I think I'm the best athlete out of all these guys.

It is about earning a contract with WWE, and I'm here to give it my all.

I came real close to getting the flag.

What an effort by Daniel Pewter and all these Tough Enough finalists.

I think all of us pretty much left everything we had out there on the mat.

Ladies and gentlemen, your Tough Enough competitors.

Well, one of these finalists will be eliminated.

We don't know which one.

We'll be down to four tonight.

After last week's competition, Ryan Reeves, you suffered two broken ribs.

And I'm required to ask you, do you wish to quit Tough Enough?

The reason why I call myself Silverback, because a Silverback is a leader of the pack.

And I am the leader of this Tough Enough pack.

And leaders don't quit, and neither do I.

All right, let's find out who has been eliminated this week.

Daniel Rodeheimer, I'm sorry.

You've been eliminated.

Yeah, I felt my stomach drop.

Very surprised.

Very surprised.

This is a dream I've always had for my whole life.

And, you know, unfortunately, this right now is not the time.

Walking out into the crowd of 20,000 people, that was the ultimate rush.

That was the best experience I've ever had in my life.

I'm going to miss that the most.

But that's just going to push me to make it back up to this level someday.

I will definitely be back.

We are now down to four Tough Enough competitors.

This week, you're going to go head to head with each other.

An arm wrestling competition.

How can I beat these guys?

I'm going to make against Miz first.

Mike, we understand you're left-handed, but you will be required to compete with your right hand.

The winner of each of these contests will then face each other to determine the winner of tonight's Tough Enough competition.

Gentlemen, please assume your position.

If I spit in my hand, he might not want to arm wrestle me anymore.

He's trying to act like a badass.

It doesn't do it for me.

He's not.

And Pewter, easy work of Mike Mizanin.

And I agree with you, it's not fair.

That was cake.

They didn't f*** me off.

The kid sat there and smiled at me like, I got you in the bag.

You're nothing.

Justice Smith, Ryan Reeves, assume your positions.

Well, this here, I've got a lot of beef right here.

I've got to go with Silverback.

He's a bull.

He's got broken ribs, though.

Don't forget.

He's huge.

Justice is a very, very strong guy.

I was a little concerned.

Here we go.

Winner here will face Daniel Pewter.

Oh, we've got a good one, Cole.

Justice is pulling Ryan into him.

Look at Ryan Reeves trying to use all his weight.

And that's legal.

You can use a lot.

And Reeves does it.

I know it took a lot out of him, and it took a lot out of me right there.

So, Ryan Reeves will face off with Daniel Pewter.

I was a little scared going against Ryan.

Ryan's a big boy.

Daniel Pewter, he's a great conditioned athlete.

And he has the fans on his side right now.

This is going to be good, Cole.

Ryan Reeves, of course, with perhaps the strength advantage here,

at least the size advantage.

That's the size.

And Pewter's trying to hang it.

Size don't mean nothing.

And look at Daniel Pewter.

Pewter's going to do it.

Daniel Pewter.

I didn't think he was that hard.

Pewter beat me fair and square.

Pewter, he put Miz down so fast, it was not even a waste of energy.

I love Amazek.

Your winner of tonight's 10-foot-off competition,

Daniel.

Pewter!

I enjoy winning, too.

Earlier today, we gave each of the contestants 30 seconds to say who they would vote on and exactly why.

Daniel Pewter.

That's easy.

It would be Daniel Pewter.

Daniel Pewter.

I thought it was hilarious and knew that they were just all scared of me at that point.

Now, don't get me wrong.

Daniel is a great athlete.

He's been strong throughout this whole competition.

But the fact of the matter is, he has his head so far up Bill and Al's butts that he's turning his blonde hair brown.

He doesn't have anything else on me.

I mean, none of them do.

And so they have to make up some goofy-ass reasons that my hair is turning brown because my head's so far up Bill and Al's ass.

Knowing how to work or charm people can come across as being a bit of a suck-ass.

And there were times that I thought that if I stopped too fast that Daniel's head would be so far up my rectum,

I'd need a glass stomach so that he could see where he was going.

It's always about Pewter.

And so I think a lot of people don't like that about him.

Every day we hear it every day about how good I am and how, you know, how bad we are.

Every single day, Justice has a reason why he can't do something.

Then he sits on the ground and Bill and Al get on him and start hitting him.

And he gets pissed off at me because they never beat up on me.

Confidence should not be verbalized.

My confidence level is not arrogant.

I'm not cocky at all.

I go out there and I get the job done.

Oh!

Whoa!

Pewter!

Pewter's gonna do it!

Daniel Pewter!

Fortune favored Dan in almost every single competition.

And so that started to bring about a little bit of animosity.

I mean, this is a competition.

I'd vote off Justice.

The reason is, is he's the biggest guy here.

He comes out.

He has a lot of charisma coming out.

But he hasn't proven himself as being the biggest guy.

So-called, he's been a tough guy on another show and he used to be doing the Battle Dome.

But when he came out here against the Bastion Brothers, he was on the ground squirming, not doing anything.

Well, now that we've found out who the competitors would eliminate, let's find out who the worldwide audience has eliminated this week.

Ryan Reeves, I'm sorry.

You've been eliminated.

Wow.

Ryan Reeves, a pack of his bags.

We're down to three.

Justice Smith, Mike Mazan, and Daniel Pewter survive yet another week.

I can tell you without a doubt that out of the, you know, the remaining contestants, I probably wanted this more than any single one of them.

I've dreamed of doing this my whole life and I don't think any of them could say the same thing.

Tonight's competition, we're going to find out who's tough enough to be in touch with your feminine side.

I was looking forward to dressing like a woman because I knew I was going to win the competition.

Oh, my God.

Oh, this is a little weird.

I almost fell like five times walking out there.

Oh, my.

Hey, I thought it was justice.

Dressing up as a woman was fun.

I enjoyed it.

Oh, my.

That is really Dan, right?

I did the best I could.

I got the biggest boobs I could find.

I got the smallest little mini skirt I could find.

I was blowing some bubbles out there.

But Miz started catching them, which was funny.

Up until, like, that day, Al thought he was going in.

So we were all messing with him.

Al, I'm going to grab your butt.

You can see Al just getting creeped out by the whole situation.

May I introduce to you...

Hardcore Howie!

I just stood there like, oh, my God.

And then they're like, all right, Mike.

Now hit on him.

You each have 30 seconds to convince the audience that you're a woman.

And that Hardcore Howie is the object of your affection.

Hardcore.

You love bashing people.

Can you bash this?

All I hear is Hargo being like, touch me.

Touch me.

And you just feel it tensing up.

And he's shaking like he's ready to knock me out.

I've been talking to your mom.

And she told me that you like crump juice.

And you like lobsters.

Hardcore Howie, I brought you a pewter bear.

And every night when you sleep next to my bear,

you're going to have a smile on your face and pewter in your mind.

When I handed him the bear, I didn't know if he was going to take it

or if he was going to go along with the whole thing

because that's not his style usually.

Now it is your chance to decide who you think is the best female.

Your winner is Michelle Mazanin.

I feel sorry for women.

I know what women feel like now.

Well, it's decision time.

Who will be eliminated tonight?

Soon, we'll be down to just two finalists in the $1 million Toughen Up.

Ladies and gentlemen, your three remaining Toughen Up contestants.

Mike Mazanin, Justice Smith, Daniel Pewter.

Let's find out who has been eliminated this week.

Justice Smith, I'm sorry, you've been eliminated.

I felt a little disappointment.

I wanted to see Daniel Pewter in the final boxing match.

I thought the world might have wanted to see an ultimate fighter

take on this martial artist.

Guess not.

You know, I guess they wanted to see males who has no skills in boxing

or martial arts take on Daniel Pewter who might just kill him.

I really respect those who voted for me, supported me, you know, cared for me.

Thank you very much.

I definitely want a contract.

I definitely want to pursue this as a career.

It's just been a high honor just to be here.

Not to say it's over.

This is just the beginning.

Once you take a walk down this road and you get in the ring, you know it's for real.

I want to cry, you know, definitely, but I came in here smiling, I'm leaving smiling, baby.

Look at the jaw jacking going on.

Hold on, a pewter got in Mizana's face.

Pewter's not playing.

I saw him kiss my ass.

He's in there looking at me like giving me his pewter look like he's stepping up to me.

He's laughing in his face like he's going to do something.

We're not an octagon anymore, buddy.

We're stepping in a squared circle.

That's my house.

We're stepping in my reality.

Tonight, you're going to have your chance to get it on right there in that ring.

Here's your chance to show your endurance, your balance, and your power.

So this is a joust, so to speak.

I think it's safe to say this is the first in the WWE.

I'm sitting there thinking, like, I've done this before on one of my challenges, and so

I was like, all right, well, I can do this good.

It's a two out of three falls competition.

The first contestant who knocks his opponent off the pedestal twice will be declared the

winner.

All I've got to do is feel him and what he's doing and just let him do whatever he's got

to do, and he'll get off balance and he'll fall.

Gentlemen, are you ready?

When we were up there, he started pushing on me.

I was going to try to push him, because I figure if you go side to side, it leaves you

open.

This is all balance.

That's what the deal is.

That's what you're testing with the joust.

And the defense is eliminated.

So Peter is up one fall.

And then the next time, I kind of tried to do the same thing, but I tried to push back

more, but as I pushed back more, he pushed me back.

And so I tried to get into his joust, but that didn't work.

I was already off balance and just went down.

Ball number two, Mizanin must win this ball here.

He's going again.

Mizanin down easily.

Daniel Pewter survives the joust.

Too easy for Pewter.

Too easy.

Ladies and gentlemen, your winner, Daniel Pewter.

It was fun.

They knocked Miz off a couple times pretty quick.

It was not hard.

The two remaining finalists will compete at the Armageddon pay-per-view in a regulation

boxing match called a Dixie Dog fight.

Pewter's an ultimate fighter.

He's boxed before.

I mean, I've boxed here and there, but it's been about six years since I've been in the

ring and actually took a punch.

I've trained in ultimate fighting for six years.

I've done boxing.

I've done kickboxing.

I'm going to give them a show.

And now, ladies and gentlemen, I will introduce to you first, from Cleveland, Ohio, at 210 pounds,

Mike Mizanin.

This past week, I've been hearing people say, Mike, this guy's bigger than you.

He's boxed before.

He's an ultimate fighter.

You're an underdog.

So the fact of the matter is, the underdog is going to have some bite.

Eat it, Pewter.

And here's the opponent from Carpentino, California, at 230 pounds, Daniel Pewter.

Mike, there are two pains in life.

My right and my left.

Tonight, you're going to feel both of them.

And I create referee stoppage, so watch out.

I'm definitely the underdog.

I think the audience wants me to win, but in the same sense, I think they feel that I'm

going to lose.

There's a lot of pressure.

I mean, everyone was like, oh, you have to kick the Miz's ass.

You have to beat him up.

Both athletes look to be in pretty good condition.

I'll tell you, they've got to have a lot of nerves.

Before a fight or something like that, I get a little nervous.

You know, it's always good to have those nerves keeping you on your toes.

I'm nervous.

I'm scared.

Anytime you get in a fight, you're always going to be scared.

But the thing is, that's what being Miz is all about.

Like, when I say the Miz, you know, people are like, oh, what's that, da, da, da.

It's like a state of being.

It's, I turn that fear, I turn all that nervous energy into adrenaline.

And it just builds up, builds up until it explodes.

And that's what I plan on doing in the ring.

I plan on exploding and just being pure Miz.

And here we go with the Dixie dogfight.

Here we go.

Wow, right at him.

Right at him.

You see, look at Mizanin taking it to Pewter right on.

Mike Mizanin taking it to Daniel Pewter.

And Pewter battling back as well.

And Pewter caught him with a left hand as the referee calls for a break.

When the belt first rang, I was like, crap, uh-oh.

Here it comes.

Here we go.

So when he started throwing punches, I just started throwing punches right back.

And it ended up being almost like a barroom brawl.

Miz right there, Al, he's not backing down.

No, he's got a ton of heart.

I'm used to three or five-minute rounds just based on, you know, ultimate fighting.

Most of my ultimate fighting experience was on the ground or just kicking.

My hands are the weakest, but I love to do it.

Big right hand by Daniel Pewter.

Oh, I'm thinking Miz might be going for a little trip.

Oh, look at Miz!

I'm back!

Miz with the left hand.

Oh!

They're shutting him behind!

Oh, that's a rabbit punch, right?

Rabbit punch by Pewter.

He was moving.

I thought he was going to turn around and come right back at me.

They didn't split it up.

It barely touched him because as soon as I saw that he wasn't going to turn around, I pulled it.

Now Miz is going to lay back.

He's a little overly aggressive.

Absolutely.

And he's going to blow himself up.

He's going to punch himself out.

I got winded really quick.

I got gassed out.

Second round, I was dead.

Miz was absolutely gassed out.

You could see in his face.

He was just staying there.

So I started pushing him.

I saw it.

I started going after him.

There's no knockout.

It's going to be up to the great fans to decide this match.

Will it be Mike Mazzetta?

Will it be Daniel Pewter?

Well, it seems to me that we have a winner here tonight.

Daniel Pewter!

But that does not mean Daniel Pewter wins Tough Enough.

Next Thursday night, Nashville, Tennessee, we will crown the $1 million Tough Enough winner.

We started this $1 million Tough Enough with thousands of entrants.

We took those thousands of entrants down to eight contestants.

And you, the audience, have taken it down to two finalists.

But there can only be one winner of the $1 million Tough Enough Challenge.

Feels pretty damn good that I made it to the end.

It's quite an honor to sit there and have these guys that are 6'9", 385, and then come

in and being the smallest guy, the underdog, and taking it all the way to the top.

It's just an honor.

It's probably the only night in my whole life that I haven't slept too long.

Let's find out who receives that $1 million contract.

I was just looking at him.

He was looking at us.

And I was like, whoa.

This is going to happen in a second.

Daniel Pewter, you are Tough Enough.

This is what my final goal was to do.

I'm very happy.

I've worked hard and I've done what I want to do.

I've made my dream work for him.

So, I'm on my way.

Michael, you came a long way out of thousands of people.

You've made it all the way here.

The audience decided that Daniel was Tough Enough and you weren't.

How do you feel?

I mean, obviously, this sucks.

But, Pewter, you did an amazing job.

You did a great job in all the competitions.

And I've been doing this for two and a half years, trying to wrestle, trying to get into WWE.

This past eight weeks, I've learned that this is where I want to be.

Mike, I knew from the very beginning, was probably my hardest competition.

If I had to do anything over it, I really wouldn't do anything.

I think everything is what it was.

And it was the best of my ability.

I think I could have promoted myself, like Pewter, a little bit more.

But that's not the way I wanted to play this game.

You know, in the contest, I wasn't always the strongest guy.

I wasn't always the biggest guy.

But I always put all my energy and all my heart and all my passion for this business into everything I did.

Just because I lost this battle doesn't mean I lost the war.

I'm going to keep on trying and trying and trying until I get that WWE contract that I want so bad.

How would you like to have the chance to main event WrestleMania 21?

I would love it.

I would.

Well, you have an opportunity because before I came out here, I spoke to Theodore Long, and you've been officially entered in the 30-man, over-the-top rope Royal Rumble.

It's crazy.

I can't believe they're going to have me do that.

But that's awesome.

I want to do it.

The biggest challenge in coaching and mentoring the Tough Enough contestants is really finding out who they really are and letting them find out who they really are.

And if this is something that they really, truly want to do, if they truly have a passion for it.

I've learned a lot from the WWE.

I figured out what I want to become and what I'm willing to do to get there.

I couldn't be happier for him.

He's a great kid, and I really expect big things from him.

I think that he's going to be in this business for a very long time and make me very proud.

I've always had enough money to do what I wanted to do.

Not a million dollars.

But, you know, this feels awesome.

I can't believe that I'm here.

I barely made the top eight just because I didn't show too much personality in those two days until I went and picked up the chick on the beach.

Now I'm here, number one.

I beat everybody out.

Sounds good.

Back home.

Back home.

Back home.

Back home.

She's stuck up, so he's gone

And she can't look away

She's still dead, she's gone

Don't walk her back from the light

That's beyond the point of hope

Recover the road

And come back home

Recover the road

And just come back home

Oh

Oh

Oh