Revival (Season 5)
On October 18, 2010, the television website Deadline.com reported that USA Network was considering expanding into reality programming with a revival of Tough Enough. The website also reported that the show was expected to "run in tandem with USA's WWE Raw series." On January 3, 2011, both The New York Times and WWE further confirmed the revival, revealing that the revived series would begin airing Monday nights beginning on April 4, 2011, following WWE Raw, and a day after WrestleMania XXVII. The following week, Tough Enough aired during its planned time slot before WWE Raw. The revived series is a co-production with Shed Media.
Stone Cold Steve Austin served as the show's Season 5 host while Booker T, Trish Stratus and Bill DeMott served as trainers. According to USA Network's episode guide, the 2011 season is referred to as "Season 1", therefore making no reference to its prior runs on other networks. In addition, although the premise of this show is similar to that of WWE NXT, Tough Enough Season 5 ran concurrently with NXT and did not replace it.
Ariane Andrew, now WWE Diva Cameron, was the first person cut from Tough Enough but the only one who made it to the main roster (including winner Andy Leavine) and the only one who is still with the company.
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