MTV’s “The Challenge: Final Reckoning” will force enemies to find a way to bury the hatchet and find a way to work together as a team for the prize money. It’s a compelling conceit, but one that requires decades of backstory spanning several different TV franchises. So TheWrap has compiled a helpful primer of everything you need to know about the “Final Reckoning” cast feuds.
Kyle (“Geordie Shore”) and Brad (“Real World San Diego”) first met when they both competed on “Vendettas” and ended up on competing alliances throughout the game. At one point, Kyle swore that his biggest vendetta would always be against Brad.
Nelson (“Are You the One?”) and Shane (“Road Rules Campus Crawl”) were initially on the same team for “Invasion of the Champions,” but when Nelson learned of various side-deals Shane had been making, the two clashed frequently.
After competing on “Dirty 30,” Cara Maria (“Fresh Meat 2”) made an enemy of Marie (“Real World St. Thomas”) by liking a number of tweets making fun of Marie, including one wondering why she keeps getting invited back on the show.
Jenna (“Real World Explosion”) and Jemmye (“Real World New Orleans 2”) started off on good terms on “Dirty 30,” with Jenna once offering Jemmye protection from elimination. But things went south when Jemmye betrayed her by sending her into elimination against her best friend.
Kam (“Are You the One?”) and Melissa (“Ex on the Beach”), both rookies on “Vendettas,” made big impressions on their debut season with a heated confrontation that nearly got physical.
Kailah (“Real World Go Big or Go Home”), along with a few of her friends from “Vendettas,” took Kayleigh’s (“Ex on the Beach”) luggage and threw it off the balcony. Upset by what she described as “bullying,” Kayleigh quit the game.
The beef between rookies Angela (“Bad Girls Club”) and Faith (“Vanderpump Rules”) dates back to when they were both on “Ex on the Beach” and dated the same guy.
CT (“Real World Paris”) and Veronica (“Road Rules Semester at Sea”) have been competing on “The Challenge” together for more than a decade. Which is why it especially stung when CT put her up for elimination on “Dirty 30” and claimed no one wanted to be on her team. Fortunately for Veronica, she came out triumphant in the elimination and quickly got her revenge.
On “Invasion of the Champions,” Amanda (“Real World Ex-Plosion”) spread a rumor, later revealed to be true, that Zach’s (“Real World San Diego 2”) ex-girlfriend had hooked up with someone else on the plane.
Britni (“Are You the One?”) and Chuck (“Are You the One?”) dated for a while after appearing on the same season of the dating show. Their beef evidently stems from the way Chuck dumped Britni after she competed on “Dirty 30.”
Sylvia (“Real World Skeletons”) and Joss (“Ex on the Beach”) don’t seem to have much bad blood between them, but Joss did vote Sylvia into elimination when they both competed on “Vendettas.”
Paulie (“Big Brother”) and Natalie (“Big Brother”) first met on the CBS competition show, where Natalie led the charge to have the houseguests vote Paulie out. Upset about his impending elimination, Paulie lashed out, making some sexist and generally mean-spirited comments in the process.
Tori (“Are You the One?”) cheated on her then-boyfriend Derrick (“Are You the One?”) after he was eliminated from “Dirty 30.”
Da’Vonne (“Big Brother”) and Jozea (“Big Brother”) can’t seem to agree on whether or not they really planned to take each other to the end during their season of “Big Brother,” but Da’Vonne made the first move and orchestrated Jozea’s exit.
