The golden boy

In my mind Landon was only 1 win away from being the undisputed Challenge GOAT. Landon basically had everything except for a political game. He could take a scrub partner and them into a winner. He was never in drama, just played the game straight put his hard hat on and won A LOT.

We only got to see him on a total of 4 shows, which is wild when you think about his impact. People still consider him the best and he hasn’t done a show since 2010. Winning the first 2 challenges he was on. His 3rd challenge, The Duel 2 he was looking like a lock to win the whole thing. Dominating everyone and everything that season. A stacked season with consisting of Evan, Mark, Brad and MJ. Of course CT getting kicked off after 1 episode probably could have changed some things but Landon was just that good that I don’t know if it would have mattered. The reason he isn’t the undisputed champ is because he ended up losing a close elimination to Brad right before the finals leaving everyone in shock.

He more than made up for it on his next season Fresh Meat 2 when he carried a not so great partner Carley to a finals and then won the whole thing. They were heavy underdogs against Kenny and Laurel who crushed everyone almost the entire season until the end.

But he has basically been a ghost since then leaving everyone to wonder how much more he could have won….

Finals Wins: Inferno 2, Gauntlet 2, Fresh Meat 2

Finals appearances: 3/4..

Daily missions: Pretty much unstoppable on a day to day basis. On Inferno 2 he won 4 out of 8 life shields on his team. During The Duel 2 he won 5 out of 10 daily missions.

Elimination Record: 5-1

Quality elimination wins: I would say both of his wins on Fresh Meat 2 were pretty incredible. His partner was such a dud and they pulled it out both times they got sent in

Eye test: The golden boy, i mean what else is there to say. He rides mountain bikes for fun.

That 1 loss to Brad changes everything. If he beats Brad then he goes a perfect 6-0 in eliminations and probably wins 4-4 finals. But much like when Jordan retired to play baseball for a year and a half we are left with a lot of what ifs…

Darrell’s fight with Brad probably cost him the #1 spot

Sometimes I think Darrell gets forgotten about, which is crazy because his record holds up almost better than anyones.

Like most challengers on this list theres a lot of what ifs. Darrell won 4 out of his first 4 shows he was cast on. On his 5th show he basically had a straight shot to the final after beating Cohutta. Then out of nowhere he gets in a fight with Brad therefore DQ’d from The Ruins.

After that he didn’t really pick up any steam in Fresh Meat 2. After losing first during FM2 we didn’t see him for a long time. He finally made his return on Invasion of the Champs, had 2 really solid elimination wins before finally losing to CT. Had he beat CT I don’t think he would of even had to win the finals, because beating Bananas, Zach, and CT in the same season is legendary stuff.

Finals Wins: 4. Gauntlet 1, Inferno 1, Inferno 2, Fresh Meat 1. Darrell has 3 wins in the old school team format, but he does have a pretty quality win with the very first partner season. I think Fresh Meat 1 is when the challenges started to get more competitive.

Finals: Out of 8 shows he made it to 4 finals

Daily Missions: Darrell wasn’t a liability during daily challenges but he wasn’t as good as the other guys in my top 5. People feared him more in a finals setting or 1 on 1.

Elimination record: 5-2..I don’t really know how to count his loss in Dirty 30 he didn’t really get voted in in a normal way so Im not counting that against him.

Quality Elimination wins: As i stated earlier Darrell took out Johnny Bananas and Zach in the same season. This also came after a long hiatus from Darrell.

Eye test: Golden glove boxer, physical fitness trainer. He was obviously a legit athlete

P.S. I know he won a champ vs stars but for the sake of this argument im not counting those wins.

Is the greatest challenger of all time a Canadian??

I don’t think there has ever been a cast member as funny as Evan in the history of challenge shows. But as a competitor, Evan in his hey-day could go to toe to toe with anyone for the top spot. NOW the last time we saw Evan he looked like he gained 20 pds and Evlyen said he “looked like a beached whale”.

Just because he got embarrassed on the last show we ever saw him on don’t let that distract you from the fact that he came out of the gate as one of the best and most consistent competitors we’ve ever seen.

Wins: Duel 2 and Ruins. I always hold the Duel wins very high because they were the first shows we got to see cast members compete individually for the most part. Evan like CT (who we will get to in another blog) in my mind were both cheated out of a win on Gauntlet 3 when Big Easy was no longer allowed to compete due to medical issues. Even though the vets finished without him and beat the Rookies because Easy didn’t finish the Vets DQ’d That was the only season where the whole team was punished because of 1 person. Therefore basically ripping a win from the Vets team and would of equaled another finals win for notable people like Evan, CT, Kenny, Ev, Brad and given Diem, Adam king their only win.

Finals appearances: Evan was on a total of 6 shows and made it to 3 finals. Gauntlet 3. Duel 2, Ruins. I think had he not been medically enable to compete halfway through fresh meat 1 he probably makes it to that final. But we will never know

Daily Missions: This is where Evan in my mind thrives. If Evan was on your team back in the day you had a chance no matter what the game was. He killed it every time. Fresh Meat 1 – Gauntlet 3 was probably Evans peak for pure day to day dominance.

Elimination record: 4-2. You could say that CT was Evans kryptonite. He has never beat CT in any type of elimination round. Who could forget about the time Evan tried to draw the puzzle pieces on his hand during The Duel 1 haha.

Quality Elimination win: Beating Johnny Bananas in Gauntlet 3. Now this was before Bananas won a bunch of seasons it was also a puzzle game annnnd Johnny Bananas is not the greatest at eliminations. So you could argue Evan doesn’t have any good wins in elimination rounds.

Eye test: No need to go into detail he’s on this list so obviously he passes the eye test.

Who is the G.O.A.T? ( Male challengers)

Before we get into discussion about who the ‘GOAT’ is lets talk about this site first. thefinalchallenge is the blog for the die hard challenge fans BY a die hard challenge fan. Ill be discussing classic moments, hall of fame inductees, current seasons and everything else related to The Challenge.

Now its the question asked in every sport who is the greatest of all time? In baseball some say its Babe Ruth, some say its Barry Bonds. Basketball you got MJ fans or Lebron fans, or Magic Johnson. The point is there is no definitive greatest of all time everyone has different opinions and criteria on what makes someone the greatest.

When it comes to the male competitors i have a top 5 in no order, CT, Landon, Johnny Bananas, Darell, Evan. I could honestly hear a case for any of the 5

But before we find out who the greatest is we need to figure out what makes someone the greatest. Whats the criteria?

The criteria I use (and you should too if you’re a sane person) is

Final Challenge wins…Now there are challenge wins that hold more weight than others. Team challenges from back in the day are not as important as INDIVIDUAL wins. Wins with a partner are also better than team wins
Finals appearances…How many times have you made it to the end.
Daily missions…On a day to day basis how do you compete against everyone else and how do handle the weird challenge games
Elimination record.. Simple whats your record in elimination rounds, how do you compete when you back is against the wall
Quality elimination wins…Who did you beat? Was it 1 on 1? For example CT beating Shane in Inferno 1 is not a quality win. But him Beating Darell in Invasion of the Champs is as good of a win as you can get.
Eye test…Maybe its me but when i watch sports i have to see how who looks athletic who jumps, and runs, and makes it look effortless. Who can throw a ball without looking god awful.

Ok so now we have a base on what it takes to be called the GOAT in The challenge, ill lay out the facts for the competitors I’ve named above and you can figure it out.

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