Holy shit, I did not even fucking know this...
But when I was doing some research on the past seasons of WWE Tough Enough, I found this interesting little story.... Apparently this whole thing was actually not even referenced, or ever admitted in the show, nor was it ever public knowledge that the WWE nor anyone in it, has ever admitted to the general public.
But I've read this about one of the contestants from Season 3 and this absolutely insane and unbelievable true story of what happened when a contestant went utterly over the rainbow batshit crazy:
"In the cover story from the October 5, 2002 issue of the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter, it was revealed that contestant "Lisa" was removed from the show after what was referred to as a "psychotic breakdown."
After being left at the house while the other contestants went out to dinner, she began throwing herself against the walls of the house, eventually breaking into the hidden MTV control room and working her way onto the roof. After being talked down by producers, she was committed to a hospital facility to receive psychiatric treatment.
Her parents flew in from New Mexico to pick her up, but she physically attacked them, claiming she did not know them. She then escaped custody inside LAX, shutting down a wing of the airport until she was located. Again, she was hospitalized, but she was able to check herself out shortly after.
She then contacted Tough Enough producers, claiming she was ready to return to the show. Producers informed her she had been removed from the competition due to her actions.
The other contestants (and, subsequently, the audience) were initially told that Lisa simply decided wrestling "wasn't the right career for her." Lisa then reemerged in Louisville, Kentucky at the Ohio Valley Wrestling training center, claiming that trainer Al Snow and producer John "Big" Gaburick had sent her for additional training, both in the ring and to learn further about the structure of the developmental territory system.
At a series of shows in California in September 2002, she managed to talk her way backstage and was even allowed to assist with the pyrotechnics for the wrestlers' entrances at a TV taping. One source claimed that she had a face-to-face conversation with Vince McMahon, who was apparently unaware of her status with the Tough Enough program.
Soon after, her photograph was circulated to security personnel and she was barred from any backstage areas."
Uhhh.. yeah. That's one of the most genuinely creepy and disturbing things that I have ever read...
AND IT REALLY HAPPENED, APPARENTLY.
The scariest thing about it is.... I must ask how in the FUCK did she actually get away with so much? How did she manage to not be stopped at multiple times in this?
And she actually later successfully conned her way BACKSTAGE after all of this, even coming face to face with Vince McMahon?!??!
Holy fuck, not only did this deranged, psychotic, and legitimately creepy basket case actually pull this off, but if she had so been inclined, this whole thing could have ended with her quite possibly GUNNING VINCE MCMAHON DOWN WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.
It's absolutely frightening. This is actually horror movie material, here. And I never knew any of this until today.
I guess it really goes to show you... sometimes real life can be more insane and unbelievable than any wrestling angle storyline could ever be. Damn.