And yeah, it totally lived up to the hype.
Took them long enough!
They’re ready to get their red skulls.
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But if they’re both ready now, does that mean they’ll go against each other?
That’s an elimination matchup we’d all be dying to see.
But first, trivia!
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Let’s see how dumb these players really are.
Each player must hold onto a missile hanging high above the water.
If they fall, they’re out.
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If they answer wrong, they get a strike.
Two strikes and they get dropped into the water.
Degree of physical difficulty:Moderate.
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This is an endurance challenge as well as trivia.
Add in that height above the water and we’ve got the makings of agreatchallenge.
Degree of mental difficulty:High.
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These questions are never actually difficult.
But these players are … ahem, not smart.
Time to laugh along with TJ at how dumb they can be.
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Potential for drama:High.
The champs are finally willing to start risking it for the biscuit for a red skull.
But how many are left?
Winner:Wes and Dee.
Hey, she’s already got her red skull and it’s a guy’s elimination!
On Bayleigh’s first strike, she loses her grip and falls.
Jenny gives her strike to Kaycee, who is the first person to hold on after a missile drop.
Melissa gives her strike to Nany, who can’t hold on and gets eliminated.
But karma is swift and Melissa gets eliminated next.
Dee gets her second question right, so her strike automatically goes to Jenny, the only female left.
while TJ cackles in the background.
Cory gets a question wrong but holds on tight to his missile.
Wes gets his question right and immediately knocks out Cory.
Nelson gets his question wrong and lets go of his missile.
Kyle gets his question wrong but holds on and stays in.
Bananas refuses to answer a question about soccer.
So, he loses on purpose?
He doesn’t even want to try for the Tribunal and decides to be the house vote?
It’s not the smartest move!
Meanwhile, Fessy gets a question wrong but holds on.
But Swaggy stays on his missile.
Rogan gets his second question immediately, gets it right again (it was so easy!
), and gives another strike to Swaggy, eliminating him.Fessy gets another answer right and eliminates Kyle.
Wes gets an answer right and eliminates Fessy.
After Wes agrees, Rogan lets go, giving Wes the win.
That would make the Tribunal … Dee, Wes, and Rogan.
It’s not just a BK feast, you dummy!
“This is why you always play to win,” TJ reminds them all.
Nominations
Back at the bunker, Bananas starts campaigning hardcore to be the house vote.
But Josh and Cory also want it this week.
And little does Bananas know but Wes wants to go in himself since he’s in the Tribunal.
And as a joke (or was he serious?)
he puts Wes’s name underneath his.
Is he calling out his alliance partner?
Or is it really just a joke?
Wes doesn’t think so.
That night, the players hit up a bar, and Wes and Bananas have a one-on-one.
It’s getting complicated!
But it’s pretty clear that it doesn’t matter because Wes wants to go in himself.
Wes puts himself in against Bananas in elimination without any hesitation.
This is the matchup thatChallengedreams are made of, people!
Over a decade in the making.
And after a season of them working together and even becoming friends, the drama is even juicier.
And now it is here.
You guys are both the best players to ever play this game.
And now you’re facing off, winner take all.
F— yeah.
This is gonna be sick!"
Elimination challenge:Charge the Wall.
Players must find three batteries hidden behind a giant climbing wall by punching or kicking through the wall.
The first player to find all three batteries and use them to power a light wins.
Degree of physical difficulty:High.
Degree of mental difficulty:N/A.
This is all physical.
Potential for drama:The highest it could ever be!
It may not be a headbanger (can you even imagine how amazing that would have been?!)
but it’s going to be iconic no matter who wins.
And honestly, this is anyone’s game considering both of their elimination records.
After a while, Bananas finds his second one.
It was close, but that second battery lead is what Bananas needed to pull off the win.
I don’t know, dude, it’s pretty great TV right now.
This friendship is real!
Wes, totally dejected: “Yeah.”
Bananas: “Does this mean we’re allies?”
Wes, still totally dejected: “Yeah.”
Bananas: “Does this mean we’re more than friends, just slightly less than lovers?”
Wes, completely resigned now: “Yeah.”
You love to see it.
These guys areChallengelegends for a reason, and they continue to prove why.
