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Chat with Brooke. Talks Amazing Race, KOs & More
By: ChrissiCalvert Date: November 9, 2014, 3:07 pm
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TNA Impact Wrestling Knockout Brooke Adams has every reason to
be proud.
After all, she and fellow professional grappler Robbie E
finished the first half of the 25th season of “The Amazing
Race,” a grueling reality show taking competitors across the
world to complete challenges.
Avoiding elimination, the couple is now one step closer to the
million dollar prize. Every Friday on CBS viewers are left on
the edge of their seat watching the drama unfold.
“You have to imagine being Rob or myself in our shoes,” Adams
said. “That’s why I tend to seem frustrated a lot of the time.
You have no idea what it’s like showing up at the bottom and not
knowing what is going on. You never know what is ahead of you.”
Adams feels the hour-long show only gives the audience a small
taste of what the participants go through.
“You don’t really see the time lapse,” she said. “We don’t know
where a lot of the teams are, or if they completed the task, or
what’s going on unless you come down the road and run into them.
You don’t see a lot of the troubles we are having. Whether it’s
getting lost or trying to get directions. You see a lot of the
frustrations. It’s not the fun-loving Brooke side a lot of
times.”
Adams says initially a lot of the other competitors were scared
of #TheWrestlers.
“You’re thinking, ‘This is a strong team,’” she said. “Then they
realize, ‘Oh, Wow! These two, bless their hearts.’ A lot of
times we are like, ‘What is going on?’ Then we figure it out as
we go along. One thing is you find out during the race is the
muscles, endurance and things like that are not even the biggest
part of the race. It’s about being strategic and luck and doing
everything in a timely manner. It really doesn’t have to do with
being privy to traveling all the time and being strong. That
stuff helps, but at the end of the day luck will kick your
butt.”
Before the race the duo tried to prepare by watching past
seasons. In the end, it didn’t do them much good.
“There is no situation that is going to be the same,” she said.
“There is no factor that is going to be the same, and you have
no idea how you are going to handle the situation. When I went
in I thought, ‘Okay, cool. I won’t freak out.’ It’s impossible.
It’s completely impossible when you are standing there in
another country where you don’t know the language. You don’t
know where you are going. You are driving on the wrong side of
the road.
“Everything is complete chaos. It’s hot. You aren’t used to the
food. You aren’t getting adequate sleep. Everything just goes
out the window. You can try to mentally prepare yourself, but
it’s impossible. It just doesn’t happen. These challenges may
not seem difficult, but you aren’t seeing the challenge
completely and seeing how hard it can be. You’re missing tiny
little details. You’re rushed. You’re hot. You’re racing for a
million dollars….”
The overall trek includes four continents, eight countries and
20 cities across 26,000 miles. Clues and host Phil Keoghan guide
them along the way. With what aired, Adams recalls building a
traditional Viking torch as the hardest task during the third
leg in the United Kingdom.
“The guy that was demonstrating it, he wouldn’t respond to
anything that you were saying,” she said. “He did it at his
pace, so if you miss one detail and have to wait 30 minutes to
pick it up and figure out what you missed. Then it was herding
the sheep. They only showed a small clip of us and it may look
easy, but I can tell you that it was not. It was like herding
kittens with one going this way and another going that way. We
finally got them all in one spot, and when you think you have
it, then this little devil child wants to go another way.
“Rob has made it pretty clear he hates animals. So he doesn’t
want a whole lot to do with it. He just does not like them. It
was not an act. I got a little frustrated there with the milking
the goats on another task, but he was doing his best. We were
trying to squeeze for dear life to get the milk out. That was
kind of challenging too. That took a long time to milk the
goats. Then poor Rob, he turned the butter for a good
hour-and-a-half, maybe longer.”
Going through the experience has taught Adams a lot about
herself and her relationship to the TNA star.
“When you take yourself out of your normal everyday life and are
put in another situation that you have never encountered before
and try to keep your cool, I do believe if you can survive ‘The
Amazing Race,’ you can survive anything,” she said. “It can put
tension on us, but as long as you work together and understand
that little frustrations are not out of anger, you realize you
can use that in everyday life.”
Out of the current crop of teams, Adams looks to #TheDentists
and #TheSurfers as the ones to beat. The surfers in particular
include Adam Dirks and Bethany Hamilton, known for her surviving
a harrowing shark attack that left her with one arm.
“When I saw her, I knew her story was amazing,” Adams said. “I
knew she was trooper and a survivor and that she was very
strong. I just didn’t know at what level. Bethany, there is not
one thing I don’t think she can’t do. She was riding the bike in
Denmark with one arm. I was looking forward to more challenges
like that one. I thought, ‘This is awesome. We will get her out
of here.’ That is not the case. This girl is incredible. She is
a super woman…”
Along with TNA co-workers, fans have cheered on the couple every
step of the way on their televised journey of a lifetime. Adams
appreciates the support.
“It is awesome to see the wrestling world step out a little bit
and support us in ‘The Amazing Race,’ Adams said. “I knew they
would, but I didn’t know at what level. It’s really exciting to
hear everyone talking about it and as excited as we are. Of
course, we have the support of Impact Wrestling behind us as
well. It’s awesome. I love it. I hope we can do something like
this in the future because our wrestling fans like to see us in
another light other than a wrestling character dong what we do
every week.
“That’s obviously the passion they have for us as entertainers.
I think they love to see us outside of that. I think Rob and I
have done a really good job of showing who we really are on ‘The
Amazing Race.’ I think we are entertaining in a whole new way. I
don’t think anyone really knew who Brooke Adams was outside of
who I am as a wrestler.”
When her time on the show concludes, the butt-kicking beauty is
ready to return to the ring. Adams takes pride in her
progression in the ring from WWE dancing diva to an accomplished
former TNA knockouts champion.
“I have been gone this past year and can’t wait to prove myself
again,” she said. “It was something that I wanted to be was [a
wrestler]. I wanted a chance to prove myself. I think I‘ve done
that very well. Every time I wake up I think, ‘Wow, I’m a
two-time champion. I did that. I know if I wanted to do it
again, I could.’ It’s a dream come true.”
The Texan credits veterans Lisa Marie Varon and Bully Ray for
helping her along the way in her evolution.
“Working with Lisa taught me so much about just being a worker
and who I am as a wrestler,” Adams said. “Not just in the ring,
but talking and living that character and being respected by the
locker room and presenting myself. She really brought me out of
my shell. I can’t lie. I was a little shy, but Lisa is crazy and
all over the place. She really took me under her wing and taught
me a lot of things.
“Being around Bully Ray, good lord, he is an amazing performer.
I remember sitting outside of the ring and listening to him talk
thinking, ‘Wow, this is crazy. I wish I could be like that. He
really eats, sleeps and breathes Bully Ray. I really learned a
lot from him and have a lot of respect for him. I was lucky to
have that role. As small it may have seemed to people, to get
out of the ring and play the valet for the heavyweight champion,
I’ll take that any day.
The driven can’t wait to continue what she started in TNA. Adams
has goals to accomplish.
“I hope in January to be on the U.K. tour,” she said. “I’m
looking forward to working with Jessicka Havok. I would love to
see what I can do in the ring against her. She is quite scary,
obviously. I think I have mental prep from Gail Kim and Lisa. I
also would love to have a few matches with Taryn Terrell. She is
doing great and a good friend of mine, but I would love to see
how we would do in the ring together. I think we could put on
something amazing together.”
Given her success on “The Amazing Race” with Robbie, Adams can
see another TNA duo potentially doing well.
“I think that Christy Hemme would be great because she is great
at mapping out things and is very strategic,” she said. “She has
patience and is a good leader. Then maybe someone like Ken
Anderson. Those two would be awesome. He has a great military
background. He is good at a lot of things that have nothing to
do with wrestling. He is good at nature and things like that. I
feel like he is highly capable of surviving the challenges. He
would also be very entertaining.”
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Re: Chat with Brooke. Talks Amazing Race, KOs & More
By: spaintnafan Date: November 26, 2014, 7:56 am
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When will we get to see this show .
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Re: Chat with Brooke. Talks Amazing Race, KOs & More
By: sarabukaa Date: November 27, 2014, 9:47 pm
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I rely on you I do not know what to do next.
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Re: Chat with Brooke. Talks Amazing Race, KOs & More
By: tnafan Date: November 28, 2014, 8:47 am
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[/quote] what lol
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Re: Chat with Brooke. Talks Amazing Race, KOs & More
By: tnafan Date: November 28, 2014, 8:48 am
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