Why Jordan Wiseley Was Finally Ready to Return to The Challenge

Three-time The Challenge champ Jordan Wiseley was ready to retire from the MTV truth franchise’s flagship program in 2015. Considered among the best professional athletes to ever play the video game, The Real World: Portland star revealed his objectives to complete just on the All-Stars spinoff progressing—he appeared on season three—including his jersey at the ripe aging of 32.

But all of us understand how TJ Lavin feels about quitters.

Cut to today, where Jordan is set to take on a few of the franchise’s leading participants from around the globe in The Challenge: Global Championship, which premieres March 8 on Paramount+, simply weeks after making it to yet another last in season 38.

So what triggered Jordan to take a number of seasons off, just to return with a revenge? His complex relationship with fellow Challenger Tori Deal. Two years after satisfying on 2017’s Dirty XXX, the set got engaged during filming for War of the Worlds 2, however split in November 2020, their breakup becoming public fodder. While Tori continued to appear on the Challenge, her ex-fiancée was M.I.A.

“I took a step away,” Jordan discussed to E! News. “Tori and I splitting, that was really big for both of us. For her, she dove in. For me, I really pulled back.”