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challenge: bloodline

​The Cockroach Man scrambles again.

‘The Challenge: Bloodlines’ Episode 10: Out For Blood

Last week John aka John Bananas called himself Cockroach Man. He did this because he managed to scurry, scramble, and slide his way to safety yet again. There are rules to giving yourself a nickname. Most of the time, whatever you want won’t stick. You can’t really pick your own. But, if you are going to give yourself one, the more derogatory it is, the better the chance it will work. So Cockroach Man is a good choice. I personally refer to myself as the Trashcan Man because I shook a bottle of BBQ sauce that I had already taken the top off of and have been leaving a smoky trail on everything I touch like a delicious snail. After Abram refused to call him anything but John, I joined that bandwagon. But I do like Cockroach Man.
By Matt Ringler

‘Challenge: Bloodlines’ Recap 9: Blood Versus Love

I’m at a weird crossroads with myself—a place I never thought I’d be in. At the start of last night’s Challenge episode I prayed to the MTV Gods…Kennedy, Kurt Loder, Carson Daly, and Tabitha Soren…please, please don’t do me dirty like you did last week. Don’t bring CT in just for a competition demo. Let him loose. And they did. Sort of. But by the end of the episode, I was not feeling it. Yeah, it was a dope moment. But every CT moment is good. I am here for any CT highlight reel. And just like when it happened to John and Tyler all those years ago in Cutthroat, it messes with the integrity of the game when you bring an outside hitman for a random elimination round. It makes for good tv but I am purist. The only people that should be competing are the ones in the game. Unless every week you bring back someone different and that’s the whole conceit of the elimination round for that season. I am most def down with that. Get all the old champs together and throw them in. Don’t tell me Darrell can’t still handle business.
By Matt Ringler

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