The WWE reality show Tough Enough will return Tuesday night as 13 men and women compete for a chance to win a WWE contract.
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WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan will serve as one of the judges on the show while Triple H is the brains behind the operation and both wrestling legends hyped the show's return on the USA Network.
"Our athletes and performers make what we do look very easy because they're very, very good at it," Triple H told USA Today. "People lose perspective of how difficult it is. You ostensibly have the opportunity to see an icon 20 years from now at WrestleMania where you can say, 'I remember seeing the day that they walked into the Performance Center and ran drills and threw up in the garbage can.'"
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Hogan also told the publication what kind of judge he plans to be on the show.
"I don't want to be disappointing, I don't want to be a bully, but honesty has to be the prevailing factor for the love of the business and picking the new Superstar," Hogan said.
Hogan is a six-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion and he was inducted into the WWE's Hall of Fame in 2005.
The Hulkster told ChannelGuideMagBlog.com that he plans to take his role as judge seriously and that he won't allow any "posers" to get very far.
"This is placed as an immediate opportunity, but they won't last long even if they do make it through Tough Enough and are picked as the next WWE Superstar if they are a poser," he said. "I can tell you if they are not for real, they will not last long. Once you get in the schedule is brutal, the lifestyle is brutal. I've seen John Cena go from India to California and back to Japan and then Good Morning America on no sleep and wrestle and get a workout done. There is the choice if you are going to eat, sleep or do a workout. Of course, John works out and then he will eat and worry about sleep later. It might be postured as an immediate opportunity, which it is. However, if they don't want to fit into the lifestyle, and if they don't want to work hurt or handle the schedule, they won't last long."
Hogan won't be the lone judge as WWE Diva and injured Superstar and former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan will also have a say in the matter.
Chris Jericho will host the show while Lita, Billy Gunn and Booker T will serve as trainers.
In a Q&A with FoxSports.com, Hogan said the one thing you can expect from him on the show is "honesty."
WWE Tough Enough returns Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on the USA Network.
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