The Ruins- Wes Side Story: Episode 1

So here we are with another Real World/Road Rules Challenge. It started off just like all of them, with the cast introducing themselves and TJ introducing the cast and the game. TJ says that over the 9 challenges, there is $180,000 up for grabs. But teams won't bank money in a "team back account" but an individual account. And if you don't make it to the end, you get no money. And if you want more money in your bank account, put yourself in The Ruins against someone with a lot of money. If you beat them, you send them home and take all of their money.

The Rules: Each challenge, 3 girls and 3 guys from each team will nominate themselves to go in the Ruins. Once a team wins, they win $20,000 and the six nominees from each team decide who goes in The Ruins.

So they cast goes into the house and does what ever cast does, get crazy and party. And then Wes sits with Johanna to talk until Evan comes in and says he's pissed at Wes for lying to him about being on the challenge. Then Wes confronts Kenny and Kenny straight up disses Wes by saying "You are wearing your mother's shirt." So Wes walks away to play by the pool with his skanky girlfriend KellyAnne who says they are both hated by everyone.

So the next day the teams decided separately how to nominate the 6 people. The champions already have turmoil on there team while the challengers, such as Sarah (RW: 21), is calm and nominates herself. And then we cut back to Wes who tells KellyAnne he is going to throw challenges if his team tries to put him in the Ruins everytime.

The Challenge: So the six nominees are as follows:
Champions team-

• Wes
• Kenny
• Darrell
• Johanna
• Tonya
  
• Susie

Challengers team-

• Chet
• Nick
• Cohutta
• Shauvon
• Diem
• Sarah

The challenge has both teams hanging from a rope. The player at the bottom of the rope has to climb it, passing the other teammates, and then get to the top to ring a gong. So the challengers start off well, with Diem saying people think she's the leader. Shauvon has some trouble and I did get a good laugh seeing her arms jiggling. She ends up falling in the water with Chet saying "You need all six of our dudes to lift Shauvon".

The champions start off with Wes at the very bottom pulling a "Buckwild" and shaking the rope to knock his teammates off. Let me tell you, I hated Buckwild antics back on I Love Money 2, and I still hate them. But Wes and Ibis are DQ'd and the champions end up getting a better time and they win the challenge. So the 6 nominees from the Champions get to decide who amonst them is going into the Ruins and who on the challengers of their 6 will go against them.

The Meeting: Johanna, Wes, Kenny, Tonya, Susie, Darrell and Kenny sit and discuss who is going in the Ruins. Tonya volunteers herself to go against Diem. Wes volunteers himself but Susie quickly says he was going in anyways (I LOVE HER). Wes says he wants Chet and Susie for the second time says to go with Chet regardless of what Wes says (SHE'S 2 FOR 2).




So they start the Ruins which is Shoots and Ladders. Chet and Wes duke it out and it's about even throughout the whole thing until Wes ends it by hitting the gong first and sending Chet home. I'll let you guess how the Champions felt about that. Diem and Tonya start with Diem acting frantic and Tonya being cool as ice. Tonya ends up winning that one and Diem is sent home.