Warning: This article contains spoilers for the finale ofThe Challenge: World Championship.
Jordan Wiseley still feels like he has something to prove onThe Challenge.
“But our show’s fan base, it’s a tough game.
Jordan Wiseley and Kazimir ‘Kaz’ Crossley on ‘The Challenge: World Championship’.Jonne Roriz/Paramount+
As soon as these Horacios and all these new guys start coming in, the fans start forgetting you.
Somebody comes in and has a couple good eliminations, they’re like, ‘He’s the GOAT.’
I’m like, ‘Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Jordan Wiseley on ‘The Challenge: World Championship’.Jonne Roriz/Paramount+
Don’t forget!'”
Me, CT, and Bananas.
I mean, throw Rogan in there because he happened to be with CT and I on the U.K.
Kazimir ‘Kaz’ Crossley and Jordan Wiseley on ‘The Challenge: World Championship’.Jonne Roriz/Paramount+
So it’ll be really interesting if and when we all get back on a season together.
That’s kind of something that’s been building up."
To go back to the drawing board and prepare well forWorld Champs, that felt really good.
Jordan Wiseley and Kazimir ‘Kaz’ Crossley win ‘The Challenge: World Championship’.Jonne Roriz/Paramount+
Once Kaz and I got to the final, I really was nervous about how anything can happen here.
Everyone in that final was so good, so I was kind of shell-shocked that we won.
But I’ll tell you what, I could not be more proud of Kaz.
That girl, she dug so deep.
She truly did not know that she had that in her.
What was it like running the final with her?
And she did it so wonderfully.
She really proved that she was not a one-hit wonder with her first championship.
I’m not going to lie, I gave her a lot of crap about theU.K.win.
I was like, “It’s a fraction of the time.
Your challenges aren’t nearly as hard.”
I gave her so much crap, and she came through so big.
She’s a true champ.
How did this final stack up to all the ones you’ve run in the past?
Ooh, I liked it a lot.
But I’ll tell you what, that drink was so bad that it drops this one.
I cannot explain how bad it was.
You got within 10 feet and it smelled like a rotting corpse.
So I loved this final because it was very, very difficult.
It ranks in the top three.
It was the terrain and distance the terrain was unrelenting and the distances were long.
But I want the hard stuff, and this was one of those that definitely pushed physical limits.
I mean, Tori and Danny, literally story of the hare and the tortoise.
They just kept moving and ended up catching everyone.
It was a damn good pace.
What was your reaction when you found out you didn’t get any head start the second day?
I haven’t seen the episode, but day one basically was split up into to two things.
We had our first run and puzzle and everything with the waterfall, all that.
And then we had the four-mile loops.
The first one, Troy and Kaycee won.
We were in second place by probably 10 to 12 minutes.
Going into day 2, I knew they were going to do something.
They always diminish your lead somehow, but to getnothing?
It was too close.
Because there’s no shot these guys are staying with us."
But everyone was so good then I was like, “No!”
Because those trails were really hard to pass on.
Once you got in front, you could stay there.
And I think it was deserved.
At what point did you realize that you were going to win?
We caught Kaycee and Troy going up a hill.
And they’re not going to like that."
She did that so well.
Eventually after 15 minutes or so of doing that, we’re literally in their hip pocket.
And we just kind of jogged away, and they never caught us again.
At that moment I just had a feeling, like it’s going to be all downhill from here.
Let’s let gravity do the work.
You mentioned something about a canoeing section.
Were there additional legs that we didn’t see in the final?
After the bike ride, we went to a canoeing section.
We had to go out and get puzzle answers.
And then you come back and you had to figure out where those answers went with what questions.
How is this new career as a driver going to impact your future onThe Challenge?
I’ve got to say, I am so pumped.
I was made for racing.
I did it a lot as a kid with motocross.
It’s the right amount of adrenaline.
But if it works… that’s kind of howThe Challengehas been in my career.
I want to do everything.
So I’ll definitely always come back.
