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== Professional Wrestling ==
* [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]'s ''[[Tough Enough]]'' reality show created a minor lower-midcard star for a couple of years in the form of Maven. Much more success was found by fourth season runner-up [[The Miz]] and third season co-winner [[John Morrison]] (a lone exception), who were later hired and ended up the top tag team in the company in early 2009.
** Morrison did pretty well as a singles wrestler too, picking up various midcard titles including the (theoretically World Title-level) [[ECW]] strap, and groomed to be one of the top stars on [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]]'s ''Friday Night [[Smack Down]]''.
** More recently (2011), Miz has become the WWE Champion and has successfully defended the title at Wrestlemania, while Morrison's career subsequently stalled in lower midcard hell.
** Chris Nowinski came in second against Maven in the first TE, but eventually earned a WWE contract of his own. While his wrestling career was cut short by a concussion, he drew on his experience to write ''Head Games: Football's Concussion Crisis'', and became a noted expert on the subject, continuing his fame and recognition long after Maven vanished from the public eye.
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