Behind the Screen: The Challenge: Vets and New Threats - Gabe Wai

For over two decades, MTV's The Challenge has been the proving ground where reality TV's fiercest competitors come to cement their legacies. What started as a Real World/Road Rules spinoff has evolved into one of the most physically and mentally demanding competition series on television.

The franchise's expansion — with spinoffs in the USA, UK, Argentina, and Australia — speaks to a global appetite for the brand of cutthroat competition and alliance-driven gameplay that Vevmo's community has been tracking since 2007.

Looks way less intimidating than I expected...

— Sportsman180

he looks DL in this pictureDL. He looks like he bout to dash skip and hop onto a float at a Pride parade...

— CosmicDiva

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Discussion thread about The Challenge: Vets and New Threats - Gabe Wai with 30 replies from the Vevmo community.

The Challenge: Vets and New Threats - Gabe Wai

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Flopnanas#2

King got a bag and fixed them teeth!

SeauxMtv#3

he looks DL in this picture 

Sportsman180#4

Looks way less intimidating than I expected.

CosmicDiva#5

he looks DL in this picture 

DL? He looks like he bout to dash skip and hop onto a float at a Pride parade.

Nonja#6

those legs.. choke me

GoldenRing#7

he looks DL in this picture 

DL? He looks like he bout to dash skip and hop onto a float at a Pride parade.

I'm sure he was in DC last month.

OS Kajun#8

That hairline. Just go bald bruh.

UKLover1#9

Most excited for rookie male. 

Dreamdoll#10

Oh he got them teeth fixed?

Sportsman180#11
Flopnanas#12

so apparently they edited his big fight with will on the bus yikes probably a bad sign for him being asked back

GoldenRing#13

They also edited out him starting a rumor Justin didn't want to be there.

TheKonquerer#14

Ofc when a black male is turning up and not being a Leroy it gets edited out because it doesn't fit the mtv propaganda (in 2025). 

GoldenRing#15

Ofc when a black male is turning up and not being a Leroy it gets edited out because it doesn't fit the mtv propaganda (in 2025). 

I have further thoughts on it but I need to see the rest of the season before I go all in

PinkRose#16

He is not getting the edit he deserves

Alexandra#17

He is ugly 

GoldenRing#18

Ofc when a black male is turning up and not being a Leroy it gets edited out because it doesn't fit the mtv propaganda (in 2025). 

I have further thoughts on it but I need to see the rest of the season before I go all in

Completely washed a multi champ , somewhat of a pariah and yet he ends up entirely underedited. At least two instances where his drama gets cut but not when it came to Nia dragging him.

We'll see if there's further instances of this , but no reason he shouldn't be a bigger character right now.

Sportsman180#19

Getting one of the weirdest edits of all time.

Flopnanas#20

He's not getting asked back it's clear they don't like him

GoldenRing#21

"The people that edit this show are all pieces of fecal"

Flopnanas#22

Production hates that he annihilated their golden grandpa

bayday#23

They gave him a purple edit

bayday#24

https://x.com/challengestuffs/status/1958827410096320958?s=46

GoldenRing#25

Yea production can go to down under  because we can get 20+ minute challenges, but Gabe can't get fecal on screen other than him getting dragged.

Adrienne lives in confessionals, so idk why they wouldn't at least try to give her something other than that?

GoldenRing#26

And, while I don't want to make the Black men compete with each other or airtime, Leo getting his random fight edited in and a bunch of confessionals about going for vets (like he's doing anything about it himself) is a lil crazy. It's clear they want someone who fits their image and probably thought Gabe was just going to be "physically imposing" with zero substance, and another flop. And, now don't want to invest in him when it's clear he's someone capable of providing.

I'd be mad as hell if I'm consistently involved in something and non of it makes the edit. They did that to Esther F, but at least that season was so story-heavy, her non-edit made sense.

TheKonquerer#27

Ofc when a black male is turning up and not being a Leroy it gets edited out because it doesn't fit the mtv propaganda (in 2025). 

I have further thoughts on it but I need to see the rest of the season before I go all in

Completely washed a multi champ , somewhat of a pariah and yet he ends up entirely underedited. At least two instances where his drama gets cut but not when it came to Nia dragging him.

We'll see if there's further instances of this , but no reason he shouldn't be a bigger character right now.

It goes against MTV's propaganda that all the black guys are either supposed to be Leroy's or gigolos in order to be shown in the edit. 

killakashhh#28

They're blocking his number as we speak

Dreamdoll#29

They must not be very happy he took out their golden boy

Flopnanas#30

Sad thing is they will probably try to reach out to america who ignores any mention of the show first than this guy for season 42

killakashhh#31

Sad thing is they will probably try to reach out to america who ignores any mention of the show first than this guy for season 42

they only want black men who bow down to the golden boys CT, Jordan, and Bananas. Gabe is getting blacklisted

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