Every WWE Tough Enough Winner: Where Are They Now?
3. Andy Leavine (2011)
Then: 'Silent Rage' was hung out to dry and humiliated for absolutely no reason after winning the revived Tough Enough competition in 2011. Away from the cameras, WWE kept it quiet that big Andy Leavine had actually inked a developmental deal in 2010. Why? Well, they wanted to present him as a quiet-but-workable sort on the faux reality show.
Leavine won TE, then found himself sharing the ring with Vince McMahon and Steve Austin on the 6 June 2011 episode of Raw. McMahon slapped him (a 'welcome to WWE' moment, apparently), then 'Stone Cold' blasted him with a stunner. It was a confusing and pointless piece of business that did nothing for anybody involved.
Andy was promptly sent to FCW, then cut loose in April 2012. So much for that!
Now: Leavine kept wrestling up until 2014. He inked terms with the WWC over in Puerto Rico shortly after leaving WWE, but went radio silent after calling time on his wrestling ambitions. Then, in 2024, Andy popped up on the 'Developmentally Speaking' podcast to discuss what he'd been up to in recent years.
Big 'Silent Rage' joined the army post-wrestling, then decided he'd like to become a teacher. He fancied becoming a firefighter, but revealed he wasn't physically able to do the job due to injuries so couldn't see it through. That's a bummer, but here's hoping he's happy enough teaching.
It's likely a cool moment for some of Andy's students when they find out that he won Tough Enough, signed a WWE contract and took a stunner from Austin.