Tough Enough sucks!
Aside from Maven’s theme song and introducing Nidia to Jamie Noble, WWE’s 13-week Create-A-Superstar series has contributed nothing to professional wrestling. Year after year, competition after competition, these goofs are shown taking back bumps and listening to Triple H lectures on eating, sleeping, and BREATHING this business. And for what? Who has achieved success? Miz is the only contestant to win the WWE Championship…and he was a runner up!
But breast cancer only happens in October and the Hulkster needs something to do, so whatever.
Resurrect Tough Enough.
My favorite of the TE winners is the forgotten Linda Miles. Tall, dark, and sassy, Miles played basketball for Rutgers before entering the squared circle. Her natural athleticism and size made her an easy selection as the next WWE Diva. However, she needed a gimmick.
And so did the Basham Brothers, one of the most underrated duos ever. With two white dudes, and one black woman towering over them, there was no other option than S&M. Fifty Shades of Shaniqua, baby!
The dominatrix led her whipped lackeys to the Tag Team Titles, but was fired within two years of gaining a contract from Tough Enough.
But she was 10 years ahead of her time, and clearly, E.L. James was inspired.
John Corrigan
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