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Former FIU Football Player on WWE Tough Enough
Andy Leavine

This 6'5" giant hails from Brooksville, Florida where he had four years of high school varsity wrestling experience with a record of over 90 wins. The 23-year-old former football player has a mere six months of independent wrestling experience. Starting over 40 games as an offensive lineman for Florida International University, Andy holds the school's power clean record of 365 lbs. After FIU, he was a priority free agent with the Miami Dolphins and attended mini-camps, before hanging up his cleats to pursue his dream to entertain in the ring.

Andy wants to be a WWE Superstar so he can be a part of a great organization based on hard work, integrity, and respect. He currently resides in Tampa, Florida with his wife Lauren and his daughter. The family expects a new addition, a boy, in Spring 2011.
(This post was last modified: 04-02-2011 02:34 AM by TexasWarhawkBrother.)
04-02-2011 02:33 AM
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Need SBC to support young Andy...he has been doing this for a couple of months now and this is a big step!!!!
04-03-2011 04:02 PM
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RE: Former FIU Football Player on WWE Tough Enough
I wish I had thought about this thread this morning at 3:30am when I was hanging out with the cast of Tough Enough at a diner in Atlanta.

One of my fraternity brothers came down and crashed with me in Atlanta to go to Wrestlemania and we had gone out Saturday night and were planning on going out Sunday night, but I hadn't heard from and by like 2am I was ready to just call it a night and wait for him to come back to my place and then he calls me to come meet up with him at a diner downtown and meet some people, his phone was dying and it was loud at the diner so I struggled to understand who he was saying.

So I finally get there and he's hanging out with the cast of Tough Enough, including reigning Miss USA Rima Fakih.
[Image: Rima_Fakih_bikini_swimsuit_Miss_USA_2010(2).jpg]

I didn't think about Andy, so I didn't look out for him, but he was probably there.
04-04-2011 11:51 AM
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RE: Former FIU Football Player on WWE Tough Enough
WWE Tough Enough: Andy Leavine is the ‘big’ winner

After it was revealed on last week’s episode of WWE Tough Enough that the final two in the competition were Luke and Andy, I wrote: “The only way I see Andy winning is if WWE puts more emphasis on size than in-ring ability and charisma.”

Well, on the series’ season finale Monday night, WWE went big, and Luke Robinson went home.

In an announcement that was made live during the opening segment of Raw, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin declared Andy Leavine – who at 6 feet 5 and 265 pounds towers over the 6-1, 210-pound Luke – the winner of the WWE contract.

I can’t say I’m all that surprised that Andy won, but I will say that he didn’t deserve to win.

Luke was clearly superior in the ring and far more charismatic. He also has a swagger about him and carries himself like a star.

Andy improved in the ring as the series progressed, but he still had his awkward moments right up to the end. As far as his personality (or lack thereof), for a good portion of the season I barely even realized he was on the show.

After Austin asked Tough Enough trainers Bill DeMott, Trish Stratus and Booker T. who they thought should win, it became obvious that Andy was WWE’s choice. DeMott and Stratus both picked Andy, and while Booker didn’t actually make a decision, he did remark that Andy had the “it factor.”

He didn’t say that. Please tell me he did not just say that.

Other thoughts on Monday’s show:

In addition to a WWE contract, Andy’s reward for winning the competition was a slap in the face by WWE chairman Vince McMahon and a Stunner from Austin. Welcome to WWE, kid. Andy, by the way, didn’t do a great job of selling the Stunner. …

I wish WWE would have shown the actual matches that Andy and Luke had with DeMott in FCW rather than just the highlights. That way we could have judged for ourselves who performed better (perhaps that was the point). …

Overall, I really enjoyed this series. When a profanity-laced shouting match broke out between some of the contestants less than 20 minutes into the first episode, I feared that contrived reality show garbage such as that was going to be prevalent. However, that scene turned out to be an aberration, which was a pleasant surprise. …

Austin was phenomenal throughout the series, and DeMott as the hardass trainer also was very good. If there is another season, these two have to be a part of it. …

The segments that showed Andy and Luke in their respective hometowns really tried to portray Andy as the babyface (hardworking family man) and Luke as the heel (cocky pretty boy and party animal). …

It was interesting that all of the contestants returned for the series finale except one – “Miss USA” Rima Fakih. When they were introduced, the only one who got a pop was Jeremiah Riggs. …

It was nice to see Ricky Steamboat on the show and looking healthy. It was a little less than a year ago that the WWE Hall of Famer was hospitalized for three weeks because of bleeding in the brain caused by a capillary burst.
06-07-2011 12:27 PM
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RE: Former FIU Football Player on WWE Tough Enough
Isn't "Stone Cold" a North Texican grUNT ?
06-07-2011 12:36 PM
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(06-07-2011 12:36 PM)KAjunRaider Wrote:  Isn't "Stone Cold" a North Texican grUNT ?

Yes Stone Cold is a UNT Grad and C'mon man Andy deserved to win because he has the It factor compared to Luke who was cocky and arrogant and thought he was better than he really is.
06-10-2011 08:02 PM
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RE: Former FIU Football Player on WWE Tough Enough
wrestling huh? you bunch of rednecks. 03-lmfao

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06-10-2011 09:54 PM
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