WWE Tough Enough
WWE Tough Enough is a reality television show produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wherein a selection of hopefuls compete for a contract with the professional wrestling company. There were two winners per series for the first three series but only a single winner for the fourth series. The first three series were broadcast on MTV, while the fourth series was integrated into the UPN-program WWE SmackDown!.
Tough Enough
Maven Huffman and Nidia Guenard won the first series of Tough Enough. Nidia was released on November 3, 2004 and Maven on July 5, 2005.
Contestants
Tough Enough II
The second series winners were Linda Miles and Jackie Gayda. Linda was released on November 12, 2004 and Jackie was released on July 5, 2005.
Contestants
Tough Enough III
The third series was won by John Hennigan and Matt Cappotelli. John is now wrestling on SmackDown! as Johnny Nitro, one-half of the tag team MNM. Matt is developing his talent further in the WWE development territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), and was diagnosed with a brain tumor in December 2005.
Contestants
$1,000,000 Tough Enough
The fourth Tough Enough competition was conducted as part of WWE's SmackDown! show between October and December 2004. The prize was a $1,000,000 professional wrestling contract over four years, with only the first year guaranteed. The winner of the fourth series, announced on December 14, 2004 and televised on December 16, 2004, was Daniel Puder. Puder competed in his first (and only) WWE pay-per-view event on January 30, 2005, being the third entrant in the 2005 Royal Rumble Match. Soon after, he was sent to OVW before eventually being released in September 2005.
Other finalists were:
- Nick Mitchell (who later became part of the Spirit Squad)
- Mike Mizanin (who was later hired by WWE)
- Chris Nawrocki
- Justice Smith
- Ryan Reeves
- Daniel Rodimer
- John Meyer (who was also selected as a finalist, but quit before the final selection stage began)
- Marty Wright (who was cut before the finalists were selected for lying about his age, but was later hired by WWE)