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We are at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida and Renee Young introduces the host of Tough Enough Chris Jericho.
Chris introduces the three judges, Miz, Daniel Bryan, and Paige.
Chris mentions that the final four were busy preparing for their match.
We go to the barracks.
Amanda says it is crazy she has a 50/50 chance to win a contract. She says she won’t let Sara beat her.
Sara says she is looking forward to putting it all together, but it will be live.
ZZ says he is poised and ready. He is like a bullfrog ready to grab that cricket. ZZ says he will have it turned up to a thousand.
Josh says there is less pressure because he knew he was up for elimination but then he was nervous when the voting started. Josh says he has been getting more people behind him.
Amanda says she liked the individual grilling and how it incorporated their personal lives.
Amanda asks Sara about everything coming out about her. Amanda says Sara is not that innocent and she is trying to sleep her way to the top. If it gets around people will not like you.
Sara says that Amanda should not be in her personal life.
Amanda calls Sara a fraud.
Sara says that Amanda is not playing a bitch, she is a bitch.
We go to the Training Facility and Jericho is there with the coaches.
Booker says that the WWE Universe is looking for two of you to have that ‘it factor’. Chris says you get to show what you have learned when you have your first live match.
Josh says it is nothing compared to their first in ring challenge.
Josh says he is going to stay with the Yeti. ZZ wants to be the King of the Bayou. Sara wants to be called Hope since that is where she is from. Amanda thinks about Mandy Rose.
Sara says that she is going to wear a flannel crop top. Amanda says she is going to wear black leather. ZZ says he is going to wear a Gator Head. Josh is suggested that he dress like Jon Snow from Game of Thrones.
Chris talks about their promos. Amanda says she has the ‘it factor’.
They play some music for Sara and she stops smiling.
ZZ wants something like Bad to the Bone with baby gator sounds thrown in.
Chris tells them to work on their promos.
We see all four working on promos until they are called into the barracks by the coaches.
Billy has his bullhorn and ZZ does not like it.
Lita tells them that they will not be facing each other. Cesaro will be facing Josh and ZZ in matches. Alicia will face Amanda and Sara.
They show up and Cesaro says that Josh is going to bring the sauce, but the sauce is here.
Josh says this is a huge opportunity and if he rises to the occasion, it will help him.
Cesaro tells ZZ he will not be ready for him.
Alicia mentions the sisterhood in the locker room.
Sara says that she is looking forward to working with Alicia, but she is worried about working against someone who has been around so long.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Byron Saxton is in the ring to do the introductions for the matches while Drake Wuertz is your referee.
The Coaches are above the ring to watch the matches.
Amanda comes to the ring and she says that she has done many competitions in her life and this has been the most rewarding. Being in the final four has been the best experience of her life. It has been an honor. She says that was Amanda talking, and here is Mandy Rose.
She says that if she wins Tough Enough, she is going to throw a huge party and you are all invited. . . except for you Miz. She says Miz claims to have the Moneymaker, but she has something so much better . . . the Moneyshaker.
Match Number One: Mandy Rose (Amanda) versus Alicia Fox (Alicia)
Alicia slaps Mandy but Mandy slaps back. Mandy takes Alicia to the mat and Alicia kicks her off. Mandy takes her down again and chokes her. Alicia with a side slam for a near fall. Alicia with a knee to the midsection. Alicia with a back breaker. Mandy with a head scissors. Mandy with a sunset flip for a near fall. Alicia with a clothesline.
Mandy with a side head lock and she hits a bulldog using the turnbuckles for a near fall. Alicia with a kick to the midsection followed by a scissors kick for the three count.
Winner: Alicia Fox
Chris says they beat the hell out of each other. He says it was a true fight.
Miz says she did some good and some bad. He jokes that he saved her but she called him out. Paige says she looked like a diva in the ring. Daniel says the match was a little sloppy but there was intensity.
We go to commercial.
We are back for another match and it is the second women’s match. Sara Lee comes out as ‘Hope’.
Sara says the past ten weeks you have known Sara Lee, but tonight she brings Hope. She has come out stronger when she has been put in the bottom three. She is here to prove the doubters and naysayers. Alicia will be a footnote in Hope’s career.
Match Number Two: Hope (Sara Lee) versus Alicia Fox (Alicia)
They lock up and Alicia sends Hope to the mat. They lock up again and Hope with a side head lock and shoulder tackle. Hope kicks Alicia in the corner and then chokes her. The referee warns Hope. Alicia sends Hope to the mat and then tosses her to the mat again by the hair. Alicia with a suplex. Alicia worries too much about the crowd and Hope with a rollup for a near fall. Hope with a side Russian leg sweep for a near fall.
Hope with a cross arm breaker but Alicia is in the ropes. The referee has to hold Hope back and Alicia hits Hope. Alicia with a scissors kick for the three count.
Winner: Alicia Fox
Miz says her promo was really good. He suggests something more flattering in the outfit department. It was a good first match. Paige says the entrance was dull, but she surprised her in the match and she did pretty good. Daniel says the entrance did not bring a lot of energy. The promo was good and she was a little hesitant in the match.
Chris says voting is open for the women.
We are back at Full Sail.
Chris says the voting is closed.
The winner of the Women’s Portion of Tough Enough is . . . going to be revealed at the end of the show.
Now it is time for the men to wrestle Cesaro and Josh gets the main event spot because ZZ is next.
We see the physical transformation of ZZ.
ZZ comes out to the ring and he has a gator head on his head. He takes his time to get into the ring.
He says that he comes from the deepest darkest part of Louisiana. He got too good wrestling gators so he decided to wrestle people. He is here for two reasons. One is for his baby gators who got him this far. Two, it is for the three coaches up top. Coming this far, there were questions about whether he was tough enough and he answered them all. He asks if Cesaro is ready and if he is tough enough.
Match Number Three: The King of the Bayou (ZZ) versus Cesaro (Cesaro)
They lock up and ZZ with a side head lock but Cesaro pushes him away. Cesaro with a side head lock and ZZ with a leap frog but when ZZ drops down, Cesaro with a front face lock and he hits a dead lift side salto. Cesaro with a European uppercut and he gets ZZ ready for the giant swing and he gives it to ZZ and lets him go.
Cesaro with a reverse chin lock. Cesaro with an Irish whip but ZZ with an elbow and rollup for a near fall. ZZ with a flapjack and then he gets ready for the Gator Grip but Cesaro escapes and applies the Crossface and ZZ taps out.
Winner: Cesaro
Daniel says ZZ was great other than not getting down on the drop down fast enough. Paige says he lost the votes from the animal lovers. He could have shown more personality on the entrance. Miz says it was a short match and he does not think ZZ can do long term matches. You are not working out and you don’t have the work ethic of a WWE Superstar.
We go to commercial.
We are back and it is time for the main event of Tough Enough.
We see how Josh has transformed since the start of Tough Enough.
Josh comes to the ring as the Yeti. Josh says it has been a long eight, ten, nine weeks. He has been living a savage life in the Tough Enough barracks for this. That being said, he has been down and out, but the Yeti Nation stood up for him.
Match Number Four: The Yeti (Josh) versus Cesaro (Cesaro)
They lock up and neither man can get an advantage. Cesaro with an Irish whip but he runs into a boot. Yeti with a knee but Cesaro with a knee and European uppercut followed by a double stomp. The coaches liked that.
The Yeti blocks suplex attempts but he cannot get Cesaro up and Cesaro with the giant swing and he tosses the Yeti aside. Yeti with an Irish whip and a second one and he sends Cesaro into the opposite turnbuckle. He growls and hits a clothesline into the corner. He follows with a power slam for a near fall. Cesaro with a drop kick and then he hits the Gotch Style Neutralizer for the three count.
Winner: Cesaro
Chris says he was a little choppy but he looked like a star. Miz says he hates Josh’s outfit. The intensity was great. He looks like a natural in the ring. Paige thought the promo could have been a bit stronger. Paige says that Josh is her pick. Daniel says the promo started off weak but it got better. The match was a mix of good and bad.
Now it is time to vote for the winner of the men’s division.
We go to commercial.
We are back and it is time to find out who the winners will be.
Chris Jericho brings out Triple H to present the contracts to the winners.
Chris suggests that we find out the women’s winner first since they have been waiting for a half hour.
The winner is . . .
with 64 percent of the votes, Sara Lee.
Now it is time to see who is the newest male WWE contracted wrestler.
The winner is . . .
with 70 percent of the vote, Josh.
The coaches and judges congratulate the finalists.
We go to credits.
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