re: MTV The Challenge: Total Madness

I think a Derrick K. - Emily Schromm pairing would be a good addition to this category. Problem is, if they get a puzzle, they're toast. Neither were known for their brains.


The disclaimer on all of these teams (except Rogan and Dee) are that any one of them would have a shot at winning a challenge against all the others, especially is you account for politics... Which is basically half the game.

I agree with the Corral angle... She could not run a modern final.

John said the Rivals 1 finale was 23 miles total over 2 days, up a mountain, with the end being a 14,000 ft. summit climb.

War of the World's final was 50 miles over 2 days. Half on a bike and ending with a 26 mile run through the Namibian desert.

Theres no way Corral comes close to finishing either of those. I don't even know if Dee finishes, either. You have to basically be a marathon-level endurance athlete to finish those.

For comparison, I looked it up. The Gauntlet 3 final where Big Easy died was a half mile swim and 1.3 mile run. That's it... That's probably one of the easiest finals ever.

It's daylight and dark difference in the old finals and some of the more recent ones.

The exceptions are those handful of bloodlines and dirty 30 seasons where Ashley won all of her money by walking over coals. Those were embarrassing.