Favorite Male Challengers According to the Sub(2022 Edition)
So a couple weeks ago I posted this post asking members of this sub to rank their favorite men and women. This list is for the guys, for the girls go here. Without anything else to go over, here is the list:
25. Frank Roessler (RW Las Vegas 1) and Mike "The Miz" Mizanin (RW Back to New York)
24. Nehemiah Clarke (RW Austin)
23. Cory Wharton (RW Ex-Plosion)
22. Tyson Apostle (Survivor: Tocantins)
21. Evan Starkman (Fresh Meat)
20. Tony Raines (RW Skeletons)
19. Turabi "Turbo" Çamkıran (Survivor Turkey 8)
18. Kenny Santucci (Fresh Meat)
17. Timmy Beggy (RR USA-The Second Adventure)
16. Mark Long (RR USA-The First Adventure)
15. Abram Boise (RR South Pacific)
14. Cohutta Grindstaff (RW Sydney)
13. Theo Campbell (Love Island UK 3)
12. Nelson Thomas (AYTO? 3)
11. Derrick Kosinski (RR X-Treme)
10. Brad Fiorenza (Real World: San Diego 1)
Debut Season: Battle of the Sexes 2
Latest Season: All Stars 3
Upcoming Season: N/A
Last Year’s Rank: #18
Peak: #10
After back to back great showings that saw him win 7 out 16 daily challenges and come up short of winning both times, Brad makes it into the top 10 for the first time ever. He had been a staple of the show since his Battle of the Sexes 2 debut until his long hiatus after his win on Cutthroat. He returned for Vendettas seemingly going through a mid-life crisis and came onto the All Stars seasons sporting a long ass beard. Is the length of the beard the key to his rise in the rankings? Time will tell on that.
9. Devin Walker (Are You the One? 3)
Debut Season: Rivals 3
Latest Season: Spies, Lies and Allies
Upcoming Season: Ride or Dies
Last Year’s Ranking: #18
Peak: #7
Devin made his second finals appearance and coincidentally makes his second Top 10 performance. Love him or hate him, Devin certainly gets reactions when he’s on screen. Paired up with his rival turned bestie Tori Deal on this upcoming season we will see if success both in the game and on the list will be maintained or if he will slip from the top once again.
8. Kyle Christie (Geordie Shore)
Debut Season: Vendettas
Latest Season: Spies, Lies and Allies
Upcoming Season: N/A
Last Year’s Ranking: #7
Peak: #7
Kyle has become such a staple of the list, he has only missed the list completely directly after Vendettas and since then his lowest ranking was #11 in 2020. He has also been a staple on the show, with Ride or Dies being the first season for him to miss since his debut. Could this absence cause him to slip in the rankings or will he be missed enough to potentially even climb higher?
7. Johnny "Bananas" Devenanzio (Real World: Key West)
Debut Season: The Duel
Latest Season: Total Madness
Upcoming Season: Ride or Dies
Last Year’s Ranking: #8
Peak: #6
After being on like a hundred seasons in a row, Johnny finally took a break of back to back seasons. We all knew that wasn’t going to be it for the winningest challenger in the history of the show with him reuniting with Exes 2 partner Nany on Ride or Dies. Bananas is a staple of the show whether you love him or hate him, and with such a history with the show he’s going to have a large number of fans no matter what.
6. Landon Lueck (Real World: Philadelphia)
Debut Season: The Inferno II
Latest Season: Fresh Meat II
Upcoming Season: N/A
Last Year’s Ranking: #4
Peak: #3
Landon falls out of the top 5 for the first time in the history of the list. He has yet to return on the show in over a decade but despite this fans still love him anyway. His Fresh Meat II is still heralded as the greatest win in the shows history and his Duel II performance is usually ranked as the best season that didn’t end in a win. Landon is not just a beast in competition but was also a stand up guy, when you combine the two together you’ll always get someone who gets a great deal of respect.
5. Leroy Garrett (Real World: Las Vegas 2)
Debut Season: Rivals
Latest Season: Double Agents
Upcoming Season: N/A
Last Year’s Ranking: #5
Peak: #5
RoyLee the Barber, he may never have gotten a win but remains one of the most rootable challengers to ever be on the show. Since he announced his retirement, he not just opened up his own barber shop but also welcomed his first child with Kam. I’m sure many would like to see him comeback to the show for one more potential run but he seems to be the living his best life away from it.
4. Darrell Taylor (Road Rules: Campus Crawl)
Debut Season: The Gauntlet
Latest Season: All Stars 3
Upcoming Season: Ride or Dies
Last Year’s Ranking: #3
Peak: #3
Darrell slips very slightly from the peak he hit last year but still stays at a very strong position on the list. While his All Stars 3 could be seen a disappointing, he remains a charismatic character that’s hard not to love. He returns once again for Ride or Dies with Veronica and they won back to back seasons early on in the show, can lightning possibly strike for the third time?
3. Jordan Wiseley (Real World: Portland)
Debut Season: Rivals II
Latest Season: All Stars 3
Upcoming Season: Ride or Dies
Last Year’s Ranking: #6
Peak: #3
Jordan on the first list had just missed out on the top 10, since then he has steadily climbed all the way to the top 3. I’m personally not the biggest fan of him but even if you don’t like him you got to have serious respect for him as a competitor with just how good he is at everything. Even having an inherit disadvantage in a lot of competitions you look at him and think there will be some way he pulls this off. He’s paired up with Aneesa on Ride or Dies and if he can get her a win on it that would possibly be the biggest accomplishment in the history of the show.
2. Chris "CT" Tamburello (Real World: Paris)
Debut Season: The Inferno
Latest Season: Spies, Lies and Allies
Upcoming Season: N/A
Last Year’s Ranking: #1
Peak: #1
In what was an insanely close race for the #1 position, CT misses out on the top spot for just the second time. He managed to win back to back seasons despite being over 40, as he said the dad bod turned into the fatherly figure. He has taken break after that Spies, Lies and Allies win and has even hinted that that might even be his last ride but I think most people will want to see him smash heads and eat them on the show one more time.
1. Wes Bergmann (Real World: Austin)
Debut Season: Fresh Meat
Latest Season: All Stars 3
Upcoming Season: N/A
Last Year’s Ranking: #2
Peak: #1
Claiming the top spot once again, this ginger troll just came off his best season since possibly Rivals 2. Wes’s big cocky personality certainly earns some detractors but it is hard to deny that the man knows how to make good tv. If he’s doing well then show likely is as well, which probably explains why he’s gotten a boost to #1 both of the last two seasons he’s made a final. It’s always hard to predict when he will be back on after a season, he might do four in a row or he might take four off. No what the other I’m sure this won’t be the last we see of him.
So those are the men. Sorry if you didn’t see the post and missed out on voting, there’s always next year. Leave your thoughts down below. Also go check out the female list and leave your thoughts there.
Posted Oct 7, 2022, 9:05 PM UTC · edited