It was a Friday night like any other Friday night. I was on my computer, talking to my friends and watching WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) Friday Night Smackdown. Suddenly I felt like Santa’s little helper, the family dog ​​from The Simpsons. In that show, there is an episode where the family is trying to train the animal. The dog obviously doesn’t understand at first. Everything everyone tells you is interpreted as “Blah, blah, blah.” Until finally, Bart keeps talking and finally the dog hears “Blah, blah, blah, sit down.” The dog finally understands and sits down.

On a cold Friday night, I was that dog. I was surfing the web, talking to someone on Skype, and watching Smackdown. Suddenly, from the mandatory tone of Michael Coles blah blah blah, I hear “WWE Tough Enough coming to USA Network.” What? Could it be true? Will one of the most successful reality shows in history return? This is great! WWE Tough Enough was the survivor of professional wrestling or Vince McMahon’s Twisted Little World, Sports Entertainment. They took the average Joe and Jane, trained them, and eventually gave one of each gender a contract with WWE. It was also like WWE’s own farm system. Take people that no one has ever heard of and turn them into superstars. This is sheer awesomeness on the part of WWE. Why? Here’s a little secret WWE doesn’t want you to know. THEY DON’T ONLY HIRE THE WINNERS OF THE CONTEST.

In fact, they have held onto men who haven’t won the competition any longer than the actual winners. Guys like The Miz didn’t even make it to the finals. Now, he’s not just in the company, as of this writing, he’s the WWE Champion. What’s even more absurd is that Josh Matthews, who didn’t even participate in the competition, is now one of the WWE commentators. This ridiculous practice will not only help WWE, but it will also kill TNA (Total Nonstop Action) Wrestling. You see, ever since Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan took over TNA, the company has become nothing more than wrestlers who are past their prime or the remnants of WWE. Meanwhile, in WWE, they are getting younger. Between the evolution of NXT, which is the display of WWE talent from its minor leagues in Florida, and now the rebirth of WWE Tough Enough, I think WWE is on schedule for the next ten to fifteen years. Now, WWE has its own version of a major league baseball team. They have not one, but two streams of young talent at their disposal.

I was on the Pro Wrestling Illustrated blog the other day and someone was complaining about the return of Tough Enough. The person’s argument was that the show would be compared to American Idol. My thinking is what’s wrong with that? Isn’t that the American dream? Take people no one has ever heard of and turn them into superstars? That is what we live for. That is what we thrive on as people. Go after our dreams like anything we think we were born to do. What I think WWE is doing in a sense is keeping the American dream alive for people who want to become WWE Superstars. If they get hired by WWE, great. If it doesn’t work … Hey, there’s always TNA.