My personal #1 honestly. Averey Tressler was a guaranteed net positive for reality television and the Challenge as a whole. For starters, she had a fascinating relationship with Johnny Reilly on Real World Portland, where they hooked up in the bathroom of the pizza place they worked in during the first week (with the cameras on them). The girl is a self-described nymphomaniac, and MTV loves hookups, so having a nymphomaniac is perfect. Not to mention, Johnny Reilly accused her of cheating, and while on Exes 2, Averey had a confession where she admitted that if she didn’t have a boyfriend, that she’d be hooking up with Adam Kuhn. THAT IS SO MESSY AND PERFECT FOR THE CHALLENGE.

Averey could hold herself in a fight. During her fight with Nia on Real World Portland, Nia went for a cheap shot from behind. Instead of being like “Oh shit, did I just get sucker-punched?”, Averey was immediately throwing punches back. Nia was 5'11 and resorted to a cheap shot. Nia was about to get her ass beat by Averey based on the way they were conducting themselves.

And then she became good friends with Nia after the show!

As a competitor, Avery and Reilly competed well as long as they didn’t need to communicate. Physically, they had great cardio, were strong swimmers, and could each hold their own weight. Their issue was they had a REAL RECENT breakup and actual relationship, unlike every other team. Knight/Jemmye and CT/Diem had real relationships, but they each had been broken up for years. Averey had to leave Rivals 3 because Leroy was injured, and she didn’t get an alternate partner.

Nothing makes me sadder than the fact that Averey was replaced days before the Invasion departure for Jenna. We could have had this fantastic cast member, and instead, we got the Diet Pepsi of Challenge competitors.

2 Marlon Williams — Seasons Appeared: Rivals 2