Ironically nowadays Maven runs a FANTASTIC behind-the-scenes KZread channel.

@chase5298

5 ай бұрын

how is that ironic?

@zoso1up

4 ай бұрын

It's great love his channel and personality

@juho5282

3 ай бұрын

@@chase5298 I swear to god man. I haven't seen a proper use for that word anywhere in years.

Miz is probably the only Tough Enough contestant who has withstood the test of time and had an unexpectedly successful career in WWE. It feels so surreal because many including myself had been following his journey on The Real World. Way before he signed up for Tough Enough. Those little toy replica titles he carried around would ultimately become the real deal leading to him becoming a 2 time grand slam champion.

@armandoclark5001

2 жыл бұрын

Miz is 🗑️ tho

@armandoclark5001

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention anoying af (his character)

@RandomBlackGamer

2 жыл бұрын

@@armandoclark5001 he does his job well.

@allnfun6315

2 жыл бұрын

He has awesome interactions one on one with fans though, especially the kids. I’ll give him that. Seems like a great guy.

@charizard7609

2 жыл бұрын

John Morrison.

The research that goes into these is impressive, hats off to Cultaholic for scouring the internet for weeks to find out what some of these people are up to.

You forgot Martin Wright who was in season 4 and was fired when WWE found out he lied about his age and was 40 when the age limit was 35. He claimed he was 30. He later went on to play The Boogyman and has a legend deal.

@SecondPlace92

2 жыл бұрын

I was gonna say I know Boogeyman was in Tough Enough and I didnt see anything about him lol

@almightycinder

2 жыл бұрын

I believe he was kicked out before the first episode.

@Thugminista777

2 жыл бұрын

He was on tough enough, but never made it on the cast. Just as a tryout hopeful !

@BillyGrimm666

2 жыл бұрын

TTTThirty! Thirty! Thirty!

@bigmike2464

11 ай бұрын

@@almightycinder He was booted during the trials

Great to hear Maven got his life together.

@msp720

2 жыл бұрын

He just showed up on Wrestlemania weekend at a GCW show as a surprise entry in a battle royal.

@saveThe90s88

10 ай бұрын

He has a yt channel.

@codyman5540

10 ай бұрын

@@saveThe90s88And it's really great, joyful to see he's doing well outside the industry.

@DeejayVillain

3 ай бұрын

His KZread channel is fantastic. You should check it out!

Fun fact Matt Morgan and tna put on a little thing for my buddy nate when he was dying of cancer stand up guy

@andrewramsdale

2 жыл бұрын

Damn that’s so cool

I was only just thinking about this today. Where are the Tough Enough competitors now and if anyone has done a video on it. Creepy. 😅

@JamesAColemanFan

2 жыл бұрын

What do you think will be the next lotto numbers mate?

@benno2468

2 жыл бұрын

@@JamesAColemanFan 69420

@radentstwo9793

2 жыл бұрын

I just looked at a clip segment of Shaniqua yesterday and saw a video of her on the news from a few years ago.

@cuckertarlson3037

2 жыл бұрын

Weird...

@WHOOP1976

2 жыл бұрын

U freaking liar!

Maven is doing well by starting a youtube channel. I have a feeling he is going to make it huge in that landscape.

@mattbernacki9282

10 ай бұрын

He was at 10k subs like a month ago, and is now close to 80k.

@vDeadbolt

10 ай бұрын

@@mattbernacki9282 yeah. It's nice seeing someone tell behind the scenes directly to the viewers rather than through someone else. He knows the responses he gets and listens to feedback.

@nothinghere7391

3 ай бұрын

And he did

Forgotten from the last season was Ashley Urbanski, who passed the audition, but was then removed due to a heart condition. She returned later as Shotzi.

ZZ is my cousin. Lovable idiot for sure. Didn't graduate school but somehow found his way on three different tv shows. Trading spouses, Swamp People, and Tough Enough.

Regardless of the topic, Regardless of the wrestlers featured, Regardless of what kind of a day or week we've been having, Regardless of the state of pro wrestling at this moment, You know we're all clicking this video. For that intro alone. This is a proven fact.

@ritebrayned5657

2 жыл бұрын

For the Cult, bro. Forever.

@tyrone5969

2 жыл бұрын

My partner woke up to go to the bathroom once and asked if I had Phil Collins on repeat. I wasn't, but he has hated me watching these videos ever since. Not because of the videos or anything in the videos, only because of the intro. I think that might have made me like it more.

@ritebrayned5657

2 жыл бұрын

@@tyrone5969 As expected. The power of the intro.

@undriftedpop788

2 жыл бұрын

I recreated the entire intro but with wrestlers who been released since

@SamuelDoherty

2 жыл бұрын

I clicked on only for the intro

Daniel Rodimer had an awesome theme in his dark matches! Real classic Jim Johnson sounding stuff

@wakinky8769

2 жыл бұрын

Can I beat Pokemon Emerald using a team of only Season 1 Tough Enough contestants

@ghastlyanarchy1720

2 жыл бұрын

A wild MDB has appeared.

@Nalucha

2 жыл бұрын

EYYY MDB on a Cultaholic vid! Love to see one of my favorite KZreadrs interacting with another one of my favorite channels! Can’t wait for Emerald with only fossils tomorrow!

@MahDryBread

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nalucha Thanks, I hope you like it! You know I was on Desert Island Graps if you wanna see me and Cultaholic do something together!

@hbk4ever2

2 жыл бұрын

Any chance you can find a link?

I actually have gotten to know Alex Frekey a little bit personally over the last few years as he frequented my workplace until I left there in 2019. He's a stellar guy and is nothing like how he was portrayed on the show. I mean, he still resented Patrick Clark, though. Lol. And he really described his comments in a way that makes a bit more sense. He meant more or less just being a wrestling nerd won't get you far, but having a great physique and charisma will get one to the next level. The dude was also absolutely massive, but has since trimmed down to a physique he has said is much healthier for him.

Honestly, it makes me smile knowing most of these people are doing good, especially the ones who’s wrestling stories never ended. Sometimes pursuing your dreams is just as good as achieving them, because you know you gave it anything you’ve got. PS: Dan Rodimer from Tough Enough 4 has the funniest story.🤣

@rickyrosay33977

4 ай бұрын

As a Texan we actually hate being treated as the southern accent cowboy hat wearing stereotype he wasn't going to get votes doing that shtick

It's amazing how in Tough Enough THERE is only ONE dude that came to the top and stayed at the top, The Miz.

@speedy316uk

2 жыл бұрын

yeah and he didnt even win! thats what baffles me the most but give him dues for sticking with it and proving himself even when all the other were trying their hardest to drive him out of the business

@msp720

2 жыл бұрын

John Hennigan arguably has the most worldwide success considering how many places he's wrestled. WWE never put him on top, but pretty much *everyone* else he's wrestled for did.

@horrorfan5157

2 жыл бұрын

Ugh. He's annoying. 👎

@MrRyan-wu4jx

2 жыл бұрын

You have a strange idea of “stayed at the top” considering the guy got a huge main event push 12 years ago then never really returned to the main event scene again.

Miz was a pariah in the locker room early in his career. Came from The Real World, the whole washing chicken over a veterans bag (allegedly), made fun of and hated in by JBL when he called Miz's matches, his VERY punchable face and ended up with the lovely Maryse and started a family. Numerous Intercontinental and United States Championships, Tag Titles WHILE holding US Title, main event WrestleMania AGAINST John Cena (even though Miz was treated as an afterthought in said main event to set up a once, wait twice, in a lifetime main event between Cena and Rock. MITB winner, THAT promo on Talking Smack.... Love him or hate him, but The Miz has come such a long way from being a tool on the Real World to being a HEAT MAGNET on the main roster and going toe to toe with the greats of his era. You CANNOT deny Miz has accomplished his dream of being a WWE wrestler/champion and gone far above ALL expectations. Dude, even my 6 year old daughter LOVES Miz, ESPECIALLY his actions at this year's WrestleMania. Great job as always, I was VERY excited for the intro! It's been a while...

@Muhammadwasapedo

2 жыл бұрын

Miz has a great work ethic. I don't think being bullied from guys the likes of JBL got to him. He loves the business, and you can tell he was truly hurt/mad when Daniel Bryant said he was "safe". He had been in the WWE for a decade at that point, and he still can't get respect from some people.

@speedy316uk

2 жыл бұрын

He was eating chicken over Chris Benoits bag and got crumbs all over it, Chris kicked Miz out of the locker room (which was the style at the time) and he was forced to change in public bathrooms and the hallways of the arena. He apparently did that for 6 months, at this point all the stuff with Chris Benoit went down and apparently the rule was at the time the only person who could get you back in the locker room was the person who kicked you out which obviously wasnt possible. The only reason he got back into the locker room was when The Undertaker spotted him changing in a hallway backstage, The Undertaker approached The Miz and asked him what he was doing and The Miz told him. Undertaker took him to the locker room and announced that The Miz had served his time and was allowed back in on a promise to The Undertaker that The Miz wouldnt make him regret his decision or disappoint him. I would say The Miz has certainly kept his promise to The Undertaker!

@Aniwazoa

2 жыл бұрын

By far the most successful wrestler to come out of Tough Enough.

@ArloTheDuck

2 жыл бұрын

JBL bullied everyone

@eclectica1

2 жыл бұрын

@@ArloTheDuck Except Steve Blackman who literally kicked his ass when he tried.

Anni King is such a missed opportunity. Imagine her opponents on the tope rope, loudly yelling "It's over Anni King, I have the high ground!"

@undriftedpop788

2 жыл бұрын

Gold

@dudeplaysgames5596

2 жыл бұрын

This comment LOL

The Miz is the only two time grand slam champion. He has gone from being an afterthought twice in his career to jump up to being a main event talent. First in 2009-2012, then 2016-2019. The fans always react to him, and he isn't the terrible in ring worker many say. The guy has gotten Sandow, Ziggler, RTruth, BTeam, over in angles. Made us wanna see him beat McMahon and then lose to Morrison. Guy is a all-time great imo. Can't believe it myself.

@nicholastaylor9687

11 ай бұрын

There are people who don't think Miz is a good in ring worker 😮 there is a reason they put rookies in the ring with Miz and Ziggler

the top 3 on this list for me are 1. Miz 2. Morrison 3. Nowinski (Because CTE)

I barely recognized who John Hennigan was with the short hair

@TheForeverRanger

2 жыл бұрын

He could be Robbie Amell's long-lost older brother.

If not for Matt’s brain cancer diagnosis which ultimately took his life, I think he would’ve been a huge star.

@jaysonnacco3545

Жыл бұрын

Matt was my High School Egnlish Teacher. My English teacher had talked about him from time to time and his time I tough enough came up. I was already a fan of Wrestling long before high school so I knew who he was talking about. I thought it was awesome.

@bigmike2464

11 ай бұрын

Johnny Still gets emotional when talking about Matt

@joshdrumheller4920

9 ай бұрын

Probably the biggest "what if" in all of Tough Enough, as he was tragically taken too soon.

I would hate to live in a world without cultaholic.

Even though she's not featured here due to having to leave before things really got started, I'll never forget seeing Shotzi for the first time on on the 2015 season. She had that star quality instantly, so I started taking note of her in Hoodslam afterwards. So glad she made it to the big time, she very much deserves it. She's wonderful!

@P0YSiN

2 жыл бұрын

@matt Yep! She was just Ashley Urbanski back then though haha 😅

@theartoonnerdologist411

2 жыл бұрын

To bad she never got anywhere in the main roster

@sean-michaelw.891

Жыл бұрын

@@theartoonnerdologist411 well, ish?

@theartoonnerdologist411

Жыл бұрын

@@sean-michaelw.891 huh

@sean-michaelw.891

Жыл бұрын

@@theartoonnerdologist411 your both right and wrong

There are a lot of wrestlers I enjoy on this list and had no idea they were on Tough Enough

Man, I really want you guys to rank every NWA champion, mostly because I really want to see the reaction to inevitably ranking Ron Killings and Nick Aldis over guys like Dusty Rhodes

Chrstopher Nowinski is helping others with concussion injuries. BRAVO! Thanks for all the hard work in keeping up with former contestants. Thanks for follow up on Andy Levine.

I met Maven at a wrestling show in NJ 2 years ago. He's getting back into a smaller circuit of an NJ wrestling league called ISPW. Super cool dude, down to earth

My favorite Tough Enough moment was when Stone Cold asked one of the girl contestants her favorite women's match and she said Melina vs Alicia Fox 😆

@timbobcreations3915

2 жыл бұрын

That was Cameron....i saw her as a dumbazz after that.

@SisJenner

Жыл бұрын

That was Cameron. 😭🥴😫💀

I’d be interested to see a retrospective of OVW. How they still exist in some form is pretty crazy considering how much they’ve bounced around

I just watched Tough Enough Season 1 on the WWE network...man.i missed out not watching the show when it was actually on...what a great show

John Hennigan also played a pretty good run on Survivor 37: David vs Goliath (I think you can guess his tribe)

@Crazhead89

2 жыл бұрын

Legitimately had a shot at winning too, as, just like with Christian, EVERYONE loved him.

What happened to every TNA Gutcheck competitor would be a good follow up

@msp720

2 жыл бұрын

Also the Diva Search, some of them never went anywhere and others became a big deal.

Honestly, it's pretty neat seeing as how most of the contestents maybe didn't go on to have successful wrestling careers, but seemed to eventually go on to have successful careers outside of wrestling with families..

Jessie ward was the backstage person who told Goldberg that a relative wanted to see him in that backstage bit with goldust

You do a where are they now episode and your answer for eveything is... WE DONT FREAKING KNOW!!!! Great content guys!!!

Kenny king was so smooth in the ring missed opportunity really

Crazy how so many Season Six eliminated contestants ended up making it to WWE TV

can't we all appreciate how well Adam does on the opening song?

You mentioned John Morrison being the most successful one ever but the Miz headlined Wrestlemnia, did some movies I never watched and has a reality. This man is undefeated lol

It’s gonna be interesting to see if this video gets around to some of the ones you couldn’t find. That’s the cool thing about this

Maven was in a match at a G.C.W event recently. He came to the ring did a bunch of dropkicks and then left the building.

It's interesting how you can literally see how culture changed between season 4 (2004) and season 5 (2010) by seeing the professions of those who were in the program. Most of those from the earlier seasons are in pretty typical office jobs, while in the newer seasons most of them tried harder to push themselves as brands. Many of them selling custom T-shirts or booty pics over working on spreadsheets. This isn't a value judgement. It's just interesting to note.

@lumibean7494

2 жыл бұрын

Work culture has definitely shifted the past decade. It's really fascinating how many are focusing on self endeavors instead of office jobs. Then again I really can't blame many, you can only do the same job for said amount of years before you feel like you want to rip your hair out.

ODB appeared at the 2001 casting call special for Tough Enough 1. Also Awesome Kong/Kharma sent in a video for Tough Enough.

I worked on a really low-budget sci-fi movie, Stormageddon, with John Hennigan, for two weeks. I thought I was going to hate him, but he was an extremely nice guy, even offering to help me train out of some health issues that I was having at the time.

@paxtonpomykal2293

2 жыл бұрын

My dad watched and liked the film but couldn't believe John was in it the film isn't my thing but good job

@billlonee9470

2 жыл бұрын

@@paxtonpomykal2293 I had nothing to do with the story or anything. I was just hired to keep the set moving. Just wanted to point out what a truly nice guy John is. Thanks, though.

I didn't even realize there had been so many Tough Enough...

You FORGOT Michelle who was married to Johnny Fairplay where he appeared in TNA. Also she was on America's Next Top Model where she flopped there as well.

Chad Angeli (pronounced Ange-uh-lee) was a former Division 1 basketball player for UW-Milwaukee prior to Tough Enough Season 3. He had cancer in his eye as a young kid and actually had to have it removed. So the fact that he overcame that to become a Division 1 college athlete and competitor on Tough Enough says a lot about his drive and perserverence.

"He (John Morrison) is a multiple time Intercontinental Champion" Shows a picture of him with the WWE Tag Team Championship 🤣

I seen Eric Watts wrestle all over Los Angeles. Legit didn't know he was on Tough Enough, LOL

Matt Cross still wrestles a lot for MLW and I just saw him wrestle last week winning the SAPW title in Spokane against Martin from that same season 5 and Christoper Ryseck.

13:05 - Lehigh isn't pronounced "Lee", it is pronounced as "Lee-High"

Your pronouncing of Lehigh was hilarious. It's pronounced lee-hi

I sent on a audition tapes!!! Never got a call!!!! That would have been fun!!!!

Now Maven has a very successful KZread channel

I have memorized the intro that jingle is forever connected to wrestling

Poor Mada, he believed his own hype because Hogan was onboard his 80’s mentality towards wrestling. As soon as Hogan was out and replaced by the Miz, Miz literally told him to get out with the 80’s crap.😂

@TheAceOfTrace

2 жыл бұрын

He seems to be doing all right as part of Jason Momoa's entourage.

@horrorfan5157

2 жыл бұрын

The 80s were the best. Better than now.

Am I the only one who clicks MAINLY for the theme. Sometimes don't even finish. LOL. I'm here for the s**t eating grin on keyboard Adam 😁

You know what I noticed in a lot of these competitions like this American idol whenever someone won they didn't really have much success after that it was usually the runner-up that ended up having the better career

I took a pic with Jackie Gayda right after her win in 2002 in WWE NY (The World) as it was called then. I freaked her out I think when I put my arm around her. I never took pics with anyone (I hate photos) & it just seemed natural. I felt her pull away for just a second but relax when she saw I wasn't harming her. Sorry if I made you uncomfortable. I didn't know what to do with my hands!

13:04 Here in Amurrica, we pronounce that as Lee-High University

@Muhammadwasapedo

2 жыл бұрын

I live in Pennsylvania, and that pronunciation had me dying.

I’ve actually been wanting to know where most of tough enough competitors went. Especially guys who won like Andy but still just kind ofdisappeared

The Miz was known before being on Tough Enough.

Outstanding video post, you all definitely did your research. I'm very proud of all of them for having the guts to step out of their comfort zones to do this type of professional taxing work. I'm very proud of Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose. I'm very proud of The Miz and former Johnny Nitro. I'm also proud of Nidia, Jackie Gayda and Alicia Myles.

Chris is one of the best parts about training at the AML training center

@FlipLifeNC

2 жыл бұрын

::::stares intently at whoever this is:::::

I'm not familiar with Lee University here in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Now Lehigh University ( Lee - High ) most notably defeated Duke in the NCAA tournament a few years back. We partied well into the next morning.....

6:56 - Aaron Lewis is the lead singer of the band Staind. I can't believe the change in direction for that guy's life

Matt Morgan was also an American Gladiator for the short-lived 2008 revival. His gladiator name was Beast.

Only wrestlers that was truly Tough Enough never even won the contest. The Miz, Boogeyman, Velveteen Dream, John Morrison, Aj Lee and Ryan Reeves (Ryback)

It wasn't mentioned since it happened before she went on Tough Enough but Michelle Deighton made an appearance on Smackdown in 2005 shortly after her run on America's Next Top Model because both shows were on the same network at the time. She came down to the ring to "challenge" Melina and got beaten up. She also had previous wrestling experience prior to that.

The Miz DID THAT. I remember being a kid watching the feud with John cena for the WWE championship. It was well worked on much opinion, and what a career he’s had since.

That Lisa episode was uploaded to KZread awhile back where it shows her having a breakdown it was hard to watch can’t find that video anywhere now

R.I.P. Sara Lee

@crazychristopher1989

Ай бұрын

And Matt Cappotelli

Y'all did my boy ZZ dirty he's not just a swamp tour guide but he's a staple to his family business

Jaime "*belch* I'm gonna be a diva! lol" Burke

One of the best series you guys make, I remember the first time when i watched the series i was so drunk i thought Adam was a really good synthetisator player

The "we didn't start the fire song." Was a question in trivia last night and I couldn't remember because of this theme song hahs

With this into to the show, we all know that Jack Swagger is now with AEW as Jack Hager. At least we know where he is nowadays.

Love to hear that masterpiece of a song again.

I heard Tanner Saraceno got attacked by a luchasauras. He hasn't been seen since...

I like when Adam says "despite thousands of submissions"... It shows MJF's video one of the most OVER wrestlers not in WWE... 😂😂😂

What happened to all the Cruiserweight Classic Competitors?

GOATed intro. The best song Adam sings after 'Hooky Street'

Please do a video for "What Happened To EVERY Wrestler In The Intro For 'What Happened To That Wrestler?'"

Thank you for doing all of that research for us. I know going through all of those playboys must’ve been a task.

Thank you so much, Adam!!! Love this series (and the intro lol)!! Made my day, mate!!

So all of these people and a grand total of 5 of them became real stars for WWE itself.

Matt Cappatelli was my high school English teacher brother. He had mentioned it in a lesson and brought up Matt.

The intro to this video is amazing. What an absolute banger. Can we get this on Spotify? I wanna bump that song with my windows down on the way to work everyday.

The question mark in that title is doing a ton of work.

AJ Kirsch was also the voice and motion capture for Buzz in WWE2K19

Maven was my favorite I'm glad to see he's working on Wall Street most part these normal people that turn their self into Superstars still made something of itself I'm proud of them

John Hennigan also had a decent run on the CBS show Survivor a couple of years ago.

Maven's doing a ton of great videos on youtube talking about his time in the WWE. It's not the cliche "here's what REALLY happened behind the scenes, this company is bad, this person is a monster" type videos. He does reveal a few insider secrets here and there like how wrestlers make themselves bleed, but he does just a lot of very introspective looks at his time there. Apparently he would have come back for an announcing/commentating position on NXT if it wasn't for COVID.

@dwightyboy5324

6 ай бұрын

I love how he takes full accountability for his mistakes and doesn't blame WWE or anyone else for the bad things that happened. I even like how he doesn't try and bury any of his previous coworkers. It's seriously refreshing to see a positive former WWE guy who isn't blaming WWE or everyone else and have accountability for once. Mad respect to Maven, guys amazing.

RIP Brian “The Spartan Swinger” Danovich

I think the Miz might be the only male Tough Enough participant still going... and he didn't even win that year. I think it was Daniel Puter.

@horrorfan5157

2 жыл бұрын

Daniel got screwed over...

@McMahonHater

2 жыл бұрын

@@horrorfan5157 I agree.

Amazing video. Hope you make a what happened to every diva search contestant one as well

I didn't know Alicia Martin had died. Is there any word on what happened?😢

I swear I don't remember that was Kenny king !!! Nice ! I do remember thinking he had a good shot at winning though. Idk if I forgot or just didn't notice lol

Eric working for Lehigh (pronounced LEE-HIGH) was actually the reason I went back & watched his season

Can't believe that all the tough enough contestants that failed are doing better than me who probably did more training for wrestling than this group lol