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Are You Tough Enough Too: Includes many appearances of WWE superstars. See if these hopefuls are TE to outlast the competition.
Chapter 5: Time to play the game.
The Contestants are shown a working-out montage that seems to focus largely on Bobby and Aidan. Blade is on the phone. "being on the show is a complete ass-kicking."
Dee says that she has cuts and bruises and can barely walk up the stairs. Jerica tells Jose while they eat lunch that "everybody's breaking. Nobody wants to do this."
Jose says, "You can see some people starting to crack."
Bobby voice-overs that Ty is really into it, and Bobby would like to be more like Ty. Ty is in the wieghtroom lifting weights and then drinking something straight from a blender.
HBK says that "Ty is all business in the weight room."
In an confessional interview, Aidan says that you have to respect and be in awe of Ty's physique.
The SUVs arrive to take the contestants to the Trax Training Facility. The contestants file in and sit down in the two rows of folding chairs facing the ring. In an confessional interview, Aidan says that he was really nervous.
Faith reveals that they were instructed to stare forward once they took their seats. In an interview, Ty says that he thought it was a mental test, to see who would turn around first. "I would guess that either Blade or Jose would lose that contest." He laughed.
After they all face forward for some time, the door at the back of the room opens and Triple H walks in. his entrance music began to play, Aidan smiles. Ty makes a face like a fish out of water, causing some of the girls to laugh. In an interview, Bobby says that he saw "the beard and the ponytail" and knew that it was Triple H. the contestants are shown a quick montage of Triple H in action in the ring.
Triple H stands in front of the group, surveying them. "Are you sore, has it been hard so far." HHH asks. They all say they are, and it has. Triple H focuses on Blade, asking "Have you been taking the bumps tough." Blade nods, and Triple H says, "Big fucking deal." Triple H than orders everyone into the ring.
Once they are in the ring, Triple H orders Bobby to take a bump, and he does. Next he orders Jose to do so, and Jose complies. Next up is Blade, who practically sets off an earthquake when he hits the mat. After Blade gets back in line with the others, Triple H says, "Just for further notice, one of your nuts is hanging out of your shorts. You've got a big hole." Triple H indicates his crotch. Triple H quickly takes a bump and then asks the group what the difference was between his version and their versions.
Satori whispers, "Intensity." Triple H tells them "In the ring, wrestlers tell a story with their bodies." He than shows them a quick montage of him taking and giving hits.
Triple H picks Aidan and Ty to demonstrate throwing and reacting to a punch. After they finish, Triple H tells them that it was a "good snap," and then asks Aidan to demonstrate on him. Aidan throws a couple of punches. Triple H then throws a few at Adian, and asks whether he's hitting him. Aidan says he isn't, but it sure looks like he is.
Triple H throws a few punches at Ty and then says, "You show like that in the ring, I'd tag you for real." Obviously unhappy with his performance, Triple H dismisses him.
Triple H asks Diamond why she wants to be a wrestler. Diamond says "I like a challenge."
Triple H asks "Are you a fan?" and Diamond says not really. Triple H taunts, "You just saw it on TV and thought you'd like to get your ass kicked for a living?" Diamond wisely keeps her mouth shut.
Triple H turns his focus to Bobby, who says he is in it for the "athleticism" and the "pain." Triple H thinks that Bobby is in it for the fame, the glory, and the chicks. Bobby shuts up.
Triple H tells them his side if a wrestlers story. "wrestlers are on the road two hundred days per year, away from their kids, wives, and husbands. Even when you get to go home, and you want to rest up, you can't, because you have to be "superwife, superhusband, superdad, supermom" in the short time you have with your family."
Triple H "careers are short, and I'm not that tough, but I respect and love the business, so I will wrestle until I can't do it any longer. You guys are "on the easy track,"
"You will never have to pay dues and earn respect in the wrestling business." Triple H "I think you have a great opportunity, Do not fuck it up. Do not throw it away. Because if you do, you piss on every single person that has come before you."
Triple H offers up some examples of people on whom they would be pissing -- people who have paid their dues, old-timers who can barely stand because of injuries from wrestling, and Darren Drozdov, who is in a wheelchair due to injuries incurred while wrestling. Triple H concludes "either you want it or you don't, and if you don't want it, "Don't waste our fucking time." Triple H walks off.
The contestants get out of the ring and head home. In an interview, Aidan says "it's the greatest day of my life, because i not only got to meet one of my idols, but I got to take a punch from him and get commended on it."
"I didn't get to shake Triple H's hand." Jose joked in the ride home.
"I cant believe that you would want to after a talk like that." Blade said. In an interview, Blade says that he was impressed by Triple H, but "not to the point where he has to remain in the ring, shaking, minutes after he left."
In another interview, Aidan says that Triple H was there to teach them respect for the business, and that as soon as Triple H left, Blade was "horsing around and showing total disrespect."
Ty calls home and no one is there, so he leaves a message saying "this week isn't going that well." He continues "Triple H got through to him, and that after hearing what Triple H said about never being home and not being able to see your loved ones, I'm affected in a big way. Ty sits alone in a hallway while Bobby voice-overs that he felt sorry for Ty because he gets "exiled" from conversations because he's "the muscle guy." In an interview, Ty says that he's been pushing himself away. We see Ty get out of the hot tub and walk away from the rest of the group.
Faith says "Ty is quiet and distant from the girls."
"probably because of his girlfriend. He use to hang out with everyone, and now he just doesn't." Jose adds to the conversation.
The next morning, Ty gets up while everyone else is still asleep. Ty cooks some eggs for breakfast as he confesses that he wants to go through with the show, but he also wants to see his kids grow up, because his family is very important to him." Ty talks to his girlfriend on the phone and tells her that he misses her. In an interview, Ty says that he could "get married in six months and be happy for the rest of his life, and he can't imagine going two hundred or two hundred and fifty days a year without seeing his girlfriend."
Faith sits on the couch with Jose lying on her stomach, and says that she wants to get into a bubble bath with some wine when she gets home. Bobby is on the computer, and he shoots them a look.
BIG enters the house. Ty asks Big if they can talk privately. They go into one of the bedrooms. Ty says "what Triple H said really affected me."
"the life of a professional wrestler is difficult, and you don't get to see your friends and family much." Big admits.
"Triple H told us yesterday not to waste the WWE's time and money if we don't want to live that life, I have decided that I doesn't want to live that life." Ty says. Big and Ty shake hands.
Ty starts packing up his things. Aidan sits on his bed, and Ty says."I don't see it as giving up, because it's not that I can't hack it physically. I just know right now that I wouldn't take the contract if it were offered."
"I really respect that," Aidan commented. "although maybe you should have thought about that beforehand, so that someone else could have had your slot."
In an interview, Jose says that he respects Ty's feelings about his family, but Jose thinks it's "a shame for his career opportunities."
Jose and Ty shake hands. As Ty says goodbye to the others, he confesses to the camera "I feel like I'm letting the others down because whether we hate each other or love one another, we've become close." Ty goes into the confessional for the final time "I chased my dream, and when I got there, I realized all it was was really a dream."
"Ty's leaving caused everyone to have a gut check." Jose tells Diamond and Faith The contestants head to Trax for their daily training. Once they are there and seated, Al Snow takes one of the chairs away, and says "This will probably become a ritual each week." Cayci starts to break down in the girls locker room. "Whats the matter?" Elle asks, trying to comfort the contestant.
"Ty was getting it all down, and now he's leaving. It makes me wonder why I deserve to be here."
Next week: (Spoilers) the contestants get to go to Smackdown. Al Snow tells Blade not to disrespect him. Jenilyn thinks this is crazy. HBK states that they've "weeded out the crap." Faith wipes away tears. Diamond says that she might not belong there.
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