WWE Tough Enough is a reality television show made 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 there will only be one winner for the next one.
Tough Enough
Maven Huffman and Nidia Guenard won the first series of Tough Enough. Maven is still employed with the company on the RAW brand but Nidia was released in 2004.
Tough Enough II
The second series winners were Linda Miles and Jackie Gayda. Linda was released in 2004 and Jackie is still working with the company on the Smackdown brand as Miss Jackie.
Tough Enough III
The third series was won by John Hennigan and Matt Cappotelli.
$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.
The winner of the fourth series, announced on December 14, 2004 and televised on December 16, 2004, was Daniel Puder. As a result, Puder competed in his first WWE pay-per-view event, being the first entrant in the 2005 Royal Rumble Match.
Other finalists were:
- Nick Mitchell
- Mike Mizanin
- Chris Nawrocki
- Justice Smith
- Ryan Reeves
- Daniel Rodimer
John Meyer was also selected as a finalist, but quit before the final selection stage began.
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