“It’s been hard to relive it, but it’s over.”
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the finale ofThe Challenge: Ride or Dies.
They ultimately watchedTori Deal and Devin Walker win the season.
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: What has it been like watching these episodes back and reliving the 100-hour final?
JORDAN WISELEY:I’ll answer real quick: I haven’t watched.
This season was just really, really difficult for me mentally, with all the Tori stuff.
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I’m good with it, I lived it, I really don’t want to watch it.
ANEESA FERREIRA:I watch it because I have to podcast about it.
It’s been hard to relive it, but it’s over.
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I wish the final would’ve been two days and not four, it was just a lot.
WISELEY:It was so much, zero recovery, the sleep was terrible.
How did it ultimately compare to finals you’ve done in the past?
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WISELEY:The big thing about it was the time standing on our feet.
Aneesa, when you finally got your ankle checked out, how bad was the damage?
FERREIRA:I was more concerned with my knee, because I didn’t know what was going on.
But when it started swelling, I was trying to avoid the inevitable.
And I’m like, “Not again.”
The ankle, that just takes time.
WISELEY:Yeah, the knee was bad.
How has the recovery been since then?
FERREIRA:Actually, incredible.
I have amazing doctors who, 10 days post-op, I was right back in [physical therapy].
I go to PT four days a week.
I’ve been going to hot yoga, CrossFit, just everything, keeping moving.
What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.
I was down, but I’m not out.
I feel really good.
It’s just now about getting my full strength back.
And then it’s a whole different story.
So it was me fighting with myself and these weird voices of strangers.
Now it’s just like, f— them.
Overall, how did you both feel about your performance in the final?
FERREIRA:I knew that going in, it was drilled into our heads that anyone could win.
But I feel like a lot of people would’ve quit if they were us.
WISELEY:One hundred percent!
Anybody else, if they were looking at our hill, they would have quit halfway through day 2.
FERREIRA:Or maybe even earlier.
Day one was a lot.
I couldn’t push myself that much more, but I would’ve had to collapse before I quit.
And that literally happened.
It has kept me up at night and I’m like, “What’s done is done.
Everything happens for a reason.”
But nobody knew that and we can’t go back.
FERREIRA:I wish I could just bottle Jordan up and put him inside of me.
[Laughs] Wait, not like that.
WISELEY:I think you’ve got a lot longer and a lot more to do.
FERREIRA:Aw, thanks, Jordy.
I’ll tell you, trauma bonds are real.
WISELEY:Ugh, I hated it.
With that goal line, it really limited the wrestling.
FERREIRA:I didn’t love it.
So that played to my advantage.
FERREIRA:I wouldn’t have cared if I didn’t…
I think I tore my ACL before that even happened.
So no matter what she did, she didn’t even touch me and I collapsed.
Other than that, she had to do what she had to do.
I wasn’t angry about it.
WISELEY:And same for me.
I’m actually really proud of the way Nany and Bananas both competed.
I thought they were good, clean rounds, even though Aneesa was hurt.
All’s fair when your butt’s on the line and you’re 82-plus hours in.
They didn’t gouge our eyes or fish-hook us, so good on ‘em.
Jordan, this was your second Balls In elimination loss this season.
What did you take away from those experiences to improve in the future?
FERREIRA:To do the next one naked so no one can pull your clothes.
WISELEY:[Laughs] Yeah.
There’s a reason that I was a quarterback and not great on defense.
I think I go home and just break down breaking down and fundamental tackling.
WISELEY:My strategy didn’t really change.
When I got partnered with Aneesa, I was like, “This is great.
I think that we have the ability to lie really low.”
We didn’t, but we really tried.
But people just kept saying our names early on, and I’m like, “Goddamn.”
FERREIRA:We also weren’t terrible at challenges.
We were always second or third, so it didn’t help that we were performing well.
Because it didn’t penalize you to be last.
And then people maybe would’ve really thought we sucked and not need to worry about us.
That’s my girl.
At one point she’s going to buy me drinks with that [prize money].
WISELEY:For me, getting to watch Tori win was one of my bestChallengemoments.
I really, really know how hard she’s worked, for so long.
She has truly wanted to be aChallengechampion since she started, and she’s worked for it.
Jordan, how are you and Tori doing now?
WISELEY:Honestly, we are in the best place that we have been since separating.
As tough as the season was for me, it was like ripping off of band-aid.
It was very kind of them.
