Behind the Screen: The Challenge: Generic Thread

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out of Kyle Cory Theo Kyland and Shane. who is the best challenger to never win...

— Othello7

Kyle is not in contention for that. He's so irrelevant and mid anyway...

— Hauserman

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The Challenge: Generic Thread

Othello7 ·

out of Kyle Cory Theo Kyland and Shane. who is the best challenger to never win? 

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Othello7#69812

out of Kyle Cory Theo Kyland and Shane. who is the best challenger to never win? 

Hauserman#69813

Kyle is not in contention for that? He's so irrelevant and mid anyway.

entrepreneur#69814

out of Kyle Cory Theo Kyland and Shane. who is the best challenger to never win? 

I like Theo the best.... 

kvm1977#69815

Kyle is not in contention for that? He's so irrelevant and mid anyway.

I agreed with this for a long time and while he may be irrelevant he's been better than Cory.  I'm also very much fine with Kyle never coming back

kvm1977#69816

out of Kyle Cory Theo Kyland and Shane. who is the best challenger to never win? 

I like Theo the best.... 

Theo, from a competition standpoint, wasn't real impressive either   Hope he trains and comes back and wins 41

AshtonMartin#69817

Kyle is not in contention for that? He's so irrelevant and mid anyway.

I agreed with this for a long time and while he may be irrelevant he's been better than Cory.  I'm also very much fine with Kyle never coming back

I think Cory is a better competitor but Kyle is better at the social game imo

flyguy#69818

Kyle is not in contention for that? He's so irrelevant and mid anyway.

I agreed with this for a long time and while he may be irrelevant he's been better than Cory.  I'm also very much fine with Kyle never coming back

I think Cory is a better competitor but Kyle is better at the social game imo

UKLover1#69819

out of Kyle Cory Theo Kyland and Shane. who is the best challenger to never win? 

Kyland is so new I feel like he doesn't belong on this list. He may very well still win. 

I'd say Kyle > Shane > Cory > Theo. Maybe even Cory before Shane.

To me Kyle has a better social game and is better at dailies than the other three. Theo is great in eliminations but honestly has no social game and is terrible at dailies.

kvm1977#69820

out of Kyle Cory Theo Kyland and Shane. who is the best challenger to never win? 

Kyland is so new I feel like he doesn't belong on this list. He may very well still win. 

I'd say Kyle > Shane > Cory > Theo. Maybe even Cory before Shane.

To me Kyle has a better social game and is better at dailies than the other three. Theo is great in eliminations but honestly has no social game and is terrible at dailies.

I think this is likely the most fair.  Cory/Shane are interchangable.   Theo has/had the most upside if he gets it together

CosmicDiva#69821

We've yet to see Shane in a final but he's pretty solid overall.

TheKonquerer#69822

Cory is better than Kyle statistically and visually. Idk why people tryna sneak him in. 

flyguy#69823

Cory is better than Kyle statistically and visually. Idk why people tryna sneak him in. 

CosmicDiva#69824

Kyle should stick to colonizing his hair follicles.

FromTheNorth#69825

I could maybe see Kyle winning one at some point, whereas Cory's just a placeholder in the finals. He's come second multiple times and probably finished the TM final in the fastest overall time but I just don't take him seriously as a winner threat anymore

TheKonquerer#69826

Kyle will get a win because this show is rigged against the black people *shrugs* 

Cory should have atleast 3 wins right now (Bloodlines, Total Madness, Double Agents). Was screwed out of those 3 wins, and I'm not debating it.

Othello7#69827

out of Kyle Cory Theo Kyland and Shane. who is the best challenger to never win? 

I like Theo the best.... 

Theo, from a competition standpoint, wasn't real impressive either   Hope he trains and comes back and wins 41

it's fair to say theo had the biggest drop in performance. season 33 he was looking like a real threat and each season moving forward it's been disappointing. 

Infernho#69828

Kyle will get a win because this show is rigged against the black people *shrugs* 

Cory should have atleast 3 wins right now (Bloodlines, Total Madness, Double Agents). Was screwed out of those 3 wins, and I'm not debating it.

How was cory screwed?

entrepreneur#69829

Kyle will get a win because this show is rigged against the black people *shrugs* 

Cory should have atleast 3 wins right now (Bloodlines, Total Madness, Double Agents). Was screwed out of those 3 wins, and I'm not debating it.

How was cory screwed?

for one, on Bloodlines Cory & Mitch finished first...

Lady Says#69830

I was pondering Paulies appauling Challenge resume. But there must be worse. Who else has left first twice in a row? Or worse eilimation record? Off my head Tyrie must have been first boot a few?

El Lobito#69831

Paulie at least made 2 finals. Shane L, Tyri, Josh, and Danny J have all been on at least 6 seasons without a final

Chicken_breast#69832

Which this new group of CBS players The Challenge USA 3 should happen. The new era drama from Survivor would carry over.

killakashhh#69833

Kyle will get a win because this show is rigged against the black people *shrugs* 

Cory should have atleast 3 wins right now (Bloodlines, Total Madness, Double Agents). Was screwed out of those 3 wins, and I'm not debating it.

clock it 

FromTheNorth#69834

Which this new group of CBS players The Challenge USA 3 should happen. The new era drama from Survivor would carry over.

They just need to leave the MTV people at home, they don't bring in ratings anyways. In fact having them on probably makes CBS viewers less interested in watching. Survivor & BB can easily carry seasons by themselves, maybe throw in 1 or 2 Amazing Race people

OS Kajun#69835

We could have an amazing Survivor vs Big Brother season with a WOTW2 format. It could truly be iconic.

UKLover1#69836

They just need to leave the MTV people at home, they don't bring in ratings anyways. In fact having them on probably makes CBS viewers less interested in watching. Survivor & BB can easily carry seasons by themselves, maybe throw in 1 or 2 Amazing Race people

Hell no! Survivor and BB stay on CBS and y'all can watch them over there.

UKLover1#69837

Did the Challenge USA have better ratings than the flagship? 

Peacekeeper22#69838

Did the Challenge USA have better ratings than the flagship? 

Every episode of The Challenge: USA had more than a million viewers, but it was aired on a major network.

Infernho#69839

Paulie at least made 2 finals. Shane L, Tyri, Josh, and Danny J have all been on at least 6 seasons without a final

Shane should have been in the final on Invasion.  That final elimination was rigged.  He was the best competitor that season

Sportsman180#69840

They just need to leave the MTV people at home, they don't bring in ratings anyways. In fact having them on probably makes CBS viewers less interested in watching. Survivor & BB can easily carry seasons by themselves, maybe throw in 1 or 2 Amazing Race people

Hell no! Survivor and BB stay on CBS and y'all can watch them over there.

UKL, do you watch Survivor? There's legitimately 20 great personalities from the past 10-15 seasons that would breathe life back into The Challenge.

FromTheNorth#69841

They just need to leave the MTV people at home, they don't bring in ratings anyways. In fact having them on probably makes CBS viewers less interested in watching. Survivor & BB can easily carry seasons by themselves, maybe throw in 1 or 2 Amazing Race people

Hell no! Survivor and BB stay on CBS and y'all can watch them over there.

The Challenge USA is on CBS...

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