Landon is one of those who could’ve easily been on the Mount Rushmore of the Challenge had he continued. An often forgotten beast of a rookie season, nigh immaculate elimination record, & ridiculous amount of dailies won.
Honestly, Landon is on my Mount Rushmore anyway. His victory in Fresh Meat 2 is the most impressive I've ever seen. It's one thing to win individually, but he had to carry a pretty weak partner to victory over teams with two strong players.
He's on the Mt. Rushmore for males, for me. CT, Johnny, Landon, and Alton. I look at their peaks vs. longevity. Some people have lives, you can't hold that against them.
I love Landon, he is truly the best Competitor from The Challenge statistacally. I really hope we see him in All Stars. He is such a good competitor and just seems like such a good guy.
Man, that 3 person deal against him in Duel II is still hard to swallow. And the way he was "sanctionned" for being too rough, when you see other challenger doing the same without sanction (looking at you Fessy), that's harsh. Hope to see him make a comeback one day or another because he is a legit legend.
Yes that was bs that TJ stopped him from roughing up Brad. The girls were allowed to wrestle. I think Aneesa was throwing punches and elbows. I truly believe the Producers head a heavy influence in that one. Landon absolutely dominated Duel 2 and would have won the finals. Production tried handicapping him as much as possible. They took away his advantage and it ended up that Brad made a good play and capitalized.
The people’s champ! Honestly growing up watching the challenge He was my favorite player (Landon) His aggressive manner kind heart and always loyal to the game. True legend of the sport A god father of the challenge He impacted the game like no other.
Hands down my favorite challenger!! Would love to see him return, but I’m ok with him letting his legacy stand as is. Thanks for entertaining us, Landon!!
I’m from River Falls, too, and I had Landon’s dad as a teacher! It was wild seeing my high school flash by on this vid! Fun fact though.. Landon never went to that specific school building. It was built a couple of years after he graduated.
Like Evelyn, he dominated the show and then moved on. He was one of the few who could make good tv without being a drama magnet so its a bit surprising that he is saying he would only come back for a big pay day vs his legacy and the spirit of competition.
His job makes him so much money, that taking off (which seems like it would be a hassle to take off a lot of time anyways) for the challenge would lose him enough money to be a hindrance unless it’s a big prize amount. It’s completely career-oriented.
I'm really loving these The Challenge documentaries, Drew. For your next documentary, you should do Kenny Santucci, the guy who still holds the record for the most consecutive final appearances for the men, 6.
@@rima7286 Oh, that's right. I forgot about that that. Damn. Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of Kenny anyway, I just randomly said his name because I'd think he's a great competitor competition wise.
@@devontamosley4487 i dont blame you, you’re absolutely right, i loved watching him he was definitely the least annoying of JEK. but nobody should ever sweep what he and evan were accused of under the rug.
Thing I like most about Landon? His game attitude! You fail? Go to elimination. Prove you derserve to be here, not because you are a rookie, but you sucked today. Redeem yourself.
I already liked Landon on Fresh Meat 2, but I’ve recently been going back to watch older seasons and I’ve finally seen firsthand just how much of a beast he was in the challenges. Landon is definitely one of my faves, and I hope he comes back for an All Stars season.
BEAST. One of my faves for sure, and part of me is glad he hung it up because it makes his brief time that much more mythical and legendary. Wouldn't be mad if he came back for All Stars but please make it worthwhile. Pay the man!
I'm glad you and finally someone did a tribute to one of the challenge greats. He gets overlooked because he has only competed on 4 seasons of the challenge. However his sheer dominance athletically on all 4 seasons should have him in everyone's top 10. He never played a great political or strategic game he dominated with his performance. He would be 4-4 if it wasn't for that questionable elimination round against brad.
Yeah things changed A LOT in the seasons he was gone...game play got way more serious and dirty after The Island. I felt like Fresh Meat 2 turned his stomach with how it was played so probably for the best he took his W and bounced.
Obviously he's done well for himself post challenge would still love to see him back. If he had stayed on for more seasons, he absolutely would have been in discussion for GOAT.
Landon and Carley dominating the Fresh Meat 2 final is still my favorite since nobody saw it coming. Landon is also the only challenge player to be undefeated in multiple finals.
I’ve always said that if I was ever on the challenge and I got to pick my partner, I would pick Landon. Love this and all of the docuseries you have done! Can’t wait to watch more
Great mini documentary, Drew! I think Landon needs to return for the legendary Season 40, All-Stars 5 and if they do a second World Championship, they need to have him there too. It would be interesting to see how Landon goes against people like Jay, Jordan, Paulie and Turbo.
It is incredible how this man would’ve been a 4 wins in 4 consecutive challenges like Darrell . Landon is an absolute beast! To win with and still hold integrity! Landon is the one we want back on the main challenge. Landon over Vacation
I love all the old school people like Landon CT Darrell, Derek Abram, Alton, Brad,Miz to name a few. If they did a challenge today they would beat bananas, Wes,Jordan and whoever
He’s the goat hands down People just assume Johnny or Wes etc cause they are household names but in terms of pure talent what Landon pulled off and how dominant he was it isn’t even close Winning almost everything in duel 2 And that performance on fresh meat 2 in elimination and the final against probably the best boy girl pair ever on the challenge You throw any other guy in that fresh meat 2 final scenario they lose Even someone as good as Jordan He had a shot to do similar to what Landon did with anneesa last season If you’re going solely in performance all around top 5 is Landon Jordan Ct Kenny Johnny
Also another interesting fact about The Duel 2 is this. Don't know how true it is but i believe it was Landon who said in an interview years after it happened that during The Duel 2, Evan being so desperate to have the title of champ told Landon, Mark, and Brad if you let me win the Final ill give you a big chunk of the 1st place prize money since he lived in Canada and the cash prize wouldnt be as taxed as much as it would be in the US. And apparently Brad and Mark accepted the deal but Landon refused bc he was like no u wanna win u gotta win fair and square or something along those lines. So that was one big reason why everyone turned on him in that last elimination. Again i dont know how true it is but im inclined to believe it with how crappy Brad did in the Final rounds of the Final. He claims that he was going so slow bc of being sore from being in the last 2 eliminations which to some extent was probably true BUT he had the whole thing won and just seemed to walk and give up in the Final stages which allowed Evan to beat him for 1st by a couple seconds which is why i think that deal must have happened as Landon has said.
Worked out well for him as that win directly lead to him being on the Champs team next season instead of poor Brad being stuck on the awful challengers. And iirc from a podcast, Brad had bruised rib(s?) from getting slammed by Landon in that elimination, specifically the round where Landon got DQ'd
@@supermegaguy666 ive heard that Brad did in fact say he had bruised ribs from the elimination against Landon but both him and Mark never directly answer the question whenever they get asked about the side deal with Evan. Again i dont know what the truth is we can only go on what we choose to believe and i believe that Brad and Mark took Evan's deal, bc Brad very well could have had sore ribs but in the final leg of the final he totally blew it and was literally walking, and sore ribs or not he was competing for $100,000 for that kind of money no matter what kind of pain i was in if im trying to win im not gonna be walking and giving less than everything i have and Brad just looked like he wasnt giving it his all and in my opinion it was to give Evan the win but to do it in a way that made it look close so since he had such a big lead in the Final he had to slow down to give Evan the chance to catch up and win. But who knows thus is just my opinion from everything ive heard about how the Duel 2 played out.
have u read how to win at the challenge and life by sydney bucksbaum? ik u have it in the background of ur vids. i just finished reading it and it was very good
I’m sorry but people like Landon is why Bannas is no goat. It’s amazing Johnny has lasted this long. But Landon was a 3x champion in 4 seasons. And he didn’t go out sad he just said that’s enough.
Gotta do more than 4 seasons to reach GOAT status but if he'd played about 4 or 5 more seasons he'd won at least 2 more and would've been mentioned as the best
@@DukeJimbob I do agree but then you have people like Darrell who was a walking w in his prime and Miz who was like that and Johnny was there not as early as miz but he wasn’t a factor to the big dogs till they left.
I loved this documentary. I hope he accepts the call back to All-Stars, but I think he's too good for the main show. Too good of a competitor and a person to have to go through that mess.
He literally pushed Carley to a win and never yelled at her or degraded her. He was the absolute best. The other boys like Kenny could've taken notes.
Landon is one of those who could’ve easily been on the Mount Rushmore of the Challenge had he continued. An often forgotten beast of a rookie season, nigh immaculate elimination record, & ridiculous amount of dailies won.
honestly a tale of knowing your potential and not letting reality tv be your life (bananas), hes happy and successful. im very very happy for him
Honestly, Landon is on my Mount Rushmore anyway. His victory in Fresh Meat 2 is the most impressive I've ever seen. It's one thing to win individually, but he had to carry a pretty weak partner to victory over teams with two strong players.
Could’ve? To say he’s not top 4 is downright disrespectful
@@rheller2086 agree to disagree. There are others who accomplished more & did more seasons than he did.
He's on the Mt. Rushmore for males, for me. CT, Johnny, Landon, and Alton. I look at their peaks vs. longevity. Some people have lives, you can't hold that against them.
If Landon did 10 seasons of the challenge he’d have the same amount of wins as Johnny does now and my mind won’t be changed.
I agree. I think Landon is the Barry Sanders of The Challenge. He could have put the records out of reach.
He needs to do a massive fan service and come back to ALL STARS or the next World Championships, even if its just one time.
Landon one of those dudes that would’ve kept guys like Bananas and Jordan from getting their wins lol
I love Landon, he is truly the best Competitor from The Challenge statistacally. I really hope we see him in All Stars. He is such a good competitor and just seems like such a good guy.
Man, that 3 person deal against him in Duel II is still hard to swallow. And the way he was "sanctionned" for being too rough, when you see other challenger doing the same without sanction (looking at you Fessy), that's harsh.
Hope to see him make a comeback one day or another because he is a legit legend.
Yes that was bs that TJ stopped him from roughing up Brad. The girls were allowed to wrestle. I think Aneesa was throwing punches and elbows. I truly believe the Producers head a heavy influence in that one. Landon absolutely dominated Duel 2 and would have won the finals. Production tried handicapping him as much as possible. They took away his advantage and it ended up that Brad made a good play and capitalized.
Landon is a legend that needs to comeback on the challenge he is a good competitor and is smart
The people’s champ!
Honestly growing up watching the challenge
He was my favorite player (Landon)
His aggressive manner kind heart and always loyal to the game.
True legend of the sport
A god father of the challenge
He impacted the game like no other.
The choice Landon made for his life shows how smart this man is, but can we talk about how he has the cutest smile in The Challenge ? 😍
Growing up I loved Landon on this show. Him and Miz were my favorite men from the first 20 seasons
Lando Commando. The best there is. The best there was. The best there ever will be
Hands down my favorite challenger!! Would love to see him return, but I’m ok with him letting his legacy stand as is. Thanks for entertaining us, Landon!!
One of the greatest to ever play
I’m from River Falls, too, and I had Landon’s dad as a teacher! It was wild seeing my high school flash by on this vid!
Fun fact though.. Landon never went to that specific school building. It was built a couple of years after he graduated.
Like Evelyn, he dominated the show and then moved on. He was one of the few who could make good tv without being a drama magnet so its a bit surprising that he is saying he would only come back for a big pay day vs his legacy and the spirit of competition.
Hated Ev but that's another one I'd love to see come back
His job makes him so much money, that taking off (which seems like it would be a hassle to take off a lot of time anyways) for the challenge would lose him enough money to be a hindrance unless it’s a big prize amount. It’s completely career-oriented.
I just wish he would have done Rivals 1 with Derrick K. They probably would have been unstoppable.
Hell yeaaa...
Thank you for doing Landon! He was my favorite
Come on Landon, we wanna see you on all stars!!!
I'm really loving these The Challenge documentaries, Drew. For your next documentary, you should do Kenny Santucci, the guy who still holds the record for the most consecutive final appearances for the men, 6.
and is banned from the challenge for a rape allegation, he doesnt deserve drew’s effort.
@@rima7286 Oh, that's right. I forgot about that that. Damn. Honestly, I'm not a huge fan of Kenny anyway, I just randomly said his name because I'd think he's a great competitor competition wise.
@@devontamosley4487 i dont blame you, you’re absolutely right, i loved watching him he was definitely the least annoying of JEK. but nobody should ever sweep what he and evan were accused of under the rug.
@@rima7286 I agree.
@@devontamosley4487how did you forget about that??? Kinda elephant in the room dude lol
GOAT
It's so disrespectful not having landon in the goat convo on the challenge documentary
Love Lando Commando 💚
Thing I like most about Landon? His game attitude! You fail? Go to elimination. Prove you derserve to be here, not because you are a rookie, but you sucked today. Redeem yourself.
One of the best
My all time favorite player! Just a stand up guy that is a physical beast! Love this documentary 🙌
😍Landon!!!😍 Cutest challenger ever imo. Would love to see him back.
I already liked Landon on Fresh Meat 2, but I’ve recently been going back to watch older seasons and I’ve finally seen firsthand just how much of a beast he was in the challenges. Landon is definitely one of my faves, and I hope he comes back for an All Stars season.
Ugh, my heart ❤️!!!! Landon was my huge childhood crush!!! What a guy! 😍🥰
BEAST. One of my faves for sure, and part of me is glad he hung it up because it makes his brief time that much more mythical and legendary. Wouldn't be mad if he came back for All Stars but please make it worthwhile. Pay the man!
I'm glad you and finally someone did a tribute to one of the challenge greats. He gets overlooked because he has only competed on 4 seasons of the challenge. However his sheer dominance athletically on all 4 seasons should have him in everyone's top 10. He never played a great political or strategic game he dominated with his performance. He would be 4-4 if it wasn't for that questionable elimination round against brad.
Landon is the GOAT.
He was like a robot
Pound for pound the goat
Derrick k is the p4p goat. But Landon is the best to ever do it, not the greatest simply because he doesn’t have the longevity but the greatest
One of my all time favorite challenger!
My king, my everything
Yessss finally.....this man deserves this video....mtv did him dirty for not mentioning him as one of the goats...
Loved this❤ also love landon and Carley. Both amazing competitors, wish we could see them back . Maybe all stars 🤩
Love Landon! Hope we see him again one day. Idk if we ever will, but it would be amazing!
Landon’s only weakness: grabbing pens! 🖊️
Technically speaking, Brad should’ve been DQ’d for swinging Landon’s ring there.
Right! Grab the hook go for the ring. Never said swing another ones ring. Landon had that.
Great video again my guy 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿🔥
One of the few genuinely nice guys to be on the challenge. It’s understandable why he wouldn’t want to go back, especially in today’s toxic world.
Yeah things changed A LOT in the seasons he was gone...game play got way more serious and dirty after The Island. I felt like Fresh Meat 2 turned his stomach with how it was played so probably for the best he took his W and bounced.
I have been loving these player documentary videos!
It's a shame he only did 4 seasons.
Truly, he was the OG Jordan. Just a pure athlete who was there for a bag.
Obviously Jordan & him are vastly different; I mean strictly on performance.
I remember watching him and was like nobody is ever fucking with this dude in the challenge. He was also such an upstanding dude.
Drew, you work hard for our enjoyment and I will always be a fan.
I recently watched all the challenges and I love these videos so much! Right on time with my recent binge haha
Great job 👏
He was wicked cool
Lol, Landon and Isaac could have been a Rivals pair. XD
Obviously he's done well for himself post challenge would still love to see him back. If he had stayed on for more seasons, he absolutely would have been in discussion for GOAT.
Landon and Carley dominating the Fresh Meat 2 final is still my favorite since nobody saw it coming. Landon is also the only challenge player to be undefeated in multiple finals.
I’ve always said that if I was ever on the challenge and I got to pick my partner, I would pick Landon. Love this and all of the docuseries you have done! Can’t wait to watch more
That nice guy route went outta the window in the Duel 2 when he was violating Brad.
This guy is a beast
Landon my guy, i dont blame Darrell, my guys😂
Landon was my favorite on the challenge.
Landon for all stars
I think he is a top 3 all time male challenge competitor. The only season he lost (Duel 2) he won most of the daily challenges
Great mini documentary, Drew! I think Landon needs to return for the legendary Season 40, All-Stars 5 and if they do a second World Championship, they need to have him there too. It would be interesting to see how Landon goes against people like Jay, Jordan, Paulie and Turbo.
Man this was really needed!! Appreciate all the great content.. keep up the good work!!
Yess I love Landon honestly I hope they give him what he wants and he comes to All Stars at least for one more… great video one again Angelcake ❤❤❤
FINALLY !!
I need a Jordan vs Landon final
Landon will go down in history as a G.O.A.T had he won 4 championship in the challenge.
It is incredible how this man would’ve been a 4 wins in 4 consecutive challenges like Darrell . Landon is an absolute beast! To win with and still hold integrity! Landon is the one we want back on the main challenge. Landon over Vacation
I love all the old school people like Landon CT Darrell, Derek Abram, Alton, Brad,Miz to name a few. If they did a challenge today they would beat bananas, Wes,Jordan and whoever
Legendary Josh and Messy Fessy would beat them
@@jordanbl4270 LMAOOO
I literally DIED when Spring Break Challenge came up
Can u Do the Elimination King ( Wes Bergmann)
He’s the goat hands down
People just assume Johnny or Wes etc cause they are household names but in terms of pure talent what Landon pulled off and how dominant he was it isn’t even close
Winning almost everything in duel 2 And that performance on fresh meat 2 in elimination and the final against probably the best boy girl pair ever on the challenge
You throw any other guy in that fresh meat 2 final scenario they lose
Even someone as good as Jordan
He had a shot to do similar to what Landon did with anneesa last season
If you’re going solely in performance all around top 5 is
Landon
Jordan
Ct
Kenny
Johnny
Great video. He is one of the greats. Please do Kina Dean next 🙏🏾
Don’t forget that Landon dislocated his shoulder 8:00
Landon and Derrick could have been an awesome team for Rivals 1.
Landon is the GOAT
12:50 I’m pretty Mark is the only Challenge competitor Landon considers a real friend.
Also another interesting fact about The Duel 2 is this. Don't know how true it is but i believe it was Landon who said in an interview years after it happened that during The Duel 2, Evan being so desperate to have the title of champ told Landon, Mark, and Brad if you let me win the Final ill give you a big chunk of the 1st place prize money since he lived in Canada and the cash prize wouldnt be as taxed as much as it would be in the US. And apparently Brad and Mark accepted the deal but Landon refused bc he was like no u wanna win u gotta win fair and square or something along those lines. So that was one big reason why everyone turned on him in that last elimination. Again i dont know how true it is but im inclined to believe it with how crappy Brad did in the Final rounds of the Final. He claims that he was going so slow bc of being sore from being in the last 2 eliminations which to some extent was probably true BUT he had the whole thing won and just seemed to walk and give up in the Final stages which allowed Evan to beat him for 1st by a couple seconds which is why i think that deal must have happened as Landon has said.
This is facts
Worked out well for him as that win directly lead to him being on the Champs team next season instead of poor Brad being stuck on the awful challengers.
And iirc from a podcast, Brad had bruised rib(s?) from getting slammed by Landon in that elimination, specifically the round where Landon got DQ'd
@@supermegaguy666 ive heard that Brad did in fact say he had bruised ribs from the elimination against Landon but both him and Mark never directly answer the question whenever they get asked about the side deal with Evan. Again i dont know what the truth is we can only go on what we choose to believe and i believe that Brad and Mark took Evan's deal, bc Brad very well could have had sore ribs but in the final leg of the final he totally blew it and was literally walking, and sore ribs or not he was competing for $100,000 for that kind of money no matter what kind of pain i was in if im trying to win im not gonna be walking and giving less than everything i have and Brad just looked like he wasnt giving it his all and in my opinion it was to give Evan the win but to do it in a way that made it look close so since he had such a big lead in the Final he had to slow down to give Evan the chance to catch up and win. But who knows thus is just my opinion from everything ive heard about how the Duel 2 played out.
He was so loved that my dad named me after him
The Ultimate Good 'Guy
Landon was my crush. I miss him and shavonda together ❤
11:00 that was dumb of Landon to vote in Wes instead of Kenny.
Wes most likely would’ve been voted in by the others.
have u read how to win at the challenge and life by sydney bucksbaum? ik u have it in the background of ur vids. i just finished reading it and it was very good
Lando Commando was him.
The Challenge use be mostly Physical Game and Some Social Game and slowly shifted to a Heavy Social game emphasis
I’m sorry but people like Landon is why Bannas is no goat. It’s amazing Johnny has lasted this long. But Landon was a 3x champion in 4 seasons. And he didn’t go out sad he just said that’s enough.
Gotta do more than 4 seasons to reach GOAT status but if he'd played about 4 or 5 more seasons he'd won at least 2 more and would've been mentioned as the best
@@DukeJimbob I do agree but then you have people like Darrell who was a walking w in his prime and Miz who was like that and Johnny was there not as early as miz but he wasn’t a factor to the big dogs till they left.
Landon...Evan all them guys come back would be nuts😂😂😂😂if they ain't fat of course. If they all are fat then it's still even😂😂
I loved this documentary. I hope he accepts the call back to All-Stars, but I think he's too good for the main show. Too good of a competitor and a person to have to go through that mess.
Yeah duel 2 just pisses me off. That elimination was dumb as fuck. Honestly he would’ve won that season 💯
Brad broke the rules of the game
Do a camila documentary
Landon is the hottest men in the challenge
Sequel king.
Landon is the true Greatest Of All Time on the Challenge.