John was the dude with one leg right? Didn't like him being in the competetion, sure he's a great athelete and it's an inspiring story, but he really struggled in every event that required running. It's nothing against his personality, but it too much like the producers picked because of his disability and that disability really hindered him. They really need to stop with the Hallmark moments and inspirational stories, doesn't help the show.
As for the two new events, Vertigo was interesting, not too exciting though. Rocketball would be much better if it used bungee cords rather than the button that lifts you up. Really looking forward to Atlashpere being back. All in all, though, the show is much improved, the Eliminator seemed more challenging, plus felt like there's now a little more penalty for not finishing the tasks after the cargo net. Glad the made the holes smaller in Powerball to eliminate jump shots and no more loading of the weapons in Assault.
