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* Josh Matthews - TE1 Competitor (Currently works commentary; longest-employed ''TE'' alum from 2002-present)

* Linda Miles - TE2 Winner (Briefly repackaged as "Shaniqua"; employed from 2002-2004)

* Matt Morgan - TE2 Competitor (Currently works in [[TNA]] as "The Blueprint"; employed from 2003-2005.)

* Kenny Layne - TE2 Competitor (Currently works in [[Ring of Honor]] as Kenny King; wasn't employed by WWE after his time on ''TE'', and went to the indies afterwards.)

** [[The Miz|Mike "The Miz" Mizanin]] in Season 4, who previously appeared on ''[[The Real World]]''. [[The Runner Up Takes It All|That was only the beginning.]]

** Michelle Deighton from Season 5 also appeared in Cycle 4 of ''[[America's Next Top Model]]''.

* [[Hypocrite]]: Trish criticizes Ariane for constantly pulling up her pants in the ring (Even saying that it was her biggest pet peeve), while, as many fans have pointed out, she has had her own share of in-ring wardrobe adjustments.

** It's probably more to do with the fact that Ariane was doing it '''during''' the challenge, ie she was more focused on her wardrobe than the challenge. That would be more like adjusting your wardrobe while doing a move in the ring as opposed to just fixing it when the camera is off.

* [[Jerk Jock]]: Chris Nowinski was presented as this during Season 1, and then made it his explicit gimmick (crossed with Harvard Snob) when he made his WWE debut.

** Luke is definitely a natural straight example.

** As does Bill DeMott, who is good enough to even work with Rima one-on-one and talk to her at length on whether this is something she'd really wants to.

* [[Joisey]]: Mickael, the much maligned contestant from Season 5 seemed to embody this trope to 11, even lampshaded by his [[Arch Enemy|Arch Rival]] Ryan.

* [[Special Guest]]: Usually once per episode, a noteworthy WWE wrestler will visit the gym, and give advice to the contestants, and perhaps share anecdotes. In Season Five, the guest star usually gives a lecture that's specific to the theme for the week; for example, Big Show visited during "technique" week, and emphasized in his speech that even "big man" wrestlers like himself have to have excellent technique, they can't only rely on their physicality.

* [[Smug Snake]]: Luke (Season Five) is developing into this. Although he won the first two skill challenges, Martin would go on to win the following three. After Martin's second win, he acted graciously while Luke fumed, pouted, and refused to shake Martin's hand. Luke later whined in the confessionals that the trainers had it wrong and that he was clearly superior.

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Indirectly delivered by [[Triple H]] upon hearing that one of the contestants had hung a [[Goldberg]] poster in his room, to both Goldberg and the contestants, while lecturing the group on the level of commitment they need to be successful as a wrestler. Segues into the very best parts of [[Dare to Be Badass]].

{{quote| ''"Who are your idols? Who do you look at and say 'that's what I want to do'? Not 'that's the money I want to make', not 'that's the other TV show I want to be in', not 'that's the spot I want to be in on [[Jay Leno]]'. That's the yard. That's the business. That's what I want to do. That's the story I want to tell. You can tell a lot about a guy in this business (from) who he looked up to in this business. ([[Beat]]) Then somebody tells me... one of these guys had a Goldberg poster on his wall that had to be torn off. No big deal to me. I think, 'You know, Goldberg. He's in our business. Hell of an athlete'. [[Armor-Piercing Question|The question I ask is:]] If your biggest idol in this business is a guy that's been in this business for about a year, got everything handed to him, can't have a match [[Squash Match|longer than four minutes]], has not wrestled for probably for more than three months straight because every three months he's got a hangnail, he's got a toothache, he's got a tummyache, and he's got to take time off, and I wonder where does that mentally put that person? What does that person think about this business? Is it about what we do? Is it about [[Wrestling Psychology|telling a story]]? Or is it about being a big jacked-up guy that stands in the ring, is [[Jobber|fed a bunch of guys]] who really don't know what they're doing to mow over? He abuses that. What does that say about someone that has no heart for what we do? No guts, no heart. You get injured, you keep going. [[Determinator|You get hurt, you keep going]]. I've had to be carried to the top of the ramp to go to the ring! I've had to be helped up the stairs because I couldn't walk myself to 'em! And I've walked to that ring and I've wrestled for 45 minutes against [[Vince McMahon]]. After he fell thirty-five feet on my leg, his big fat ass almost busted it, and I still went to the ring. I'm not bragging.''}}