Managing Madness: Can Cory Earn His First Challenge Win?

Cory — one of The Challenge's most notorious hotheads — appears to have done something totally unexpected: He's let his temper go, and usually have achieved proper peace.


Crazy, right?


The young dad, who's got a second baby on the way, proved on the latest episode of Total Madness that he's gone from combustible to calm in record time. The question is: Will his new zeal for zen finally help him to earn his first win?


Cory, whose list of previous nemeses is as lengthy and winding as a cross-country course, (remember if he was bounced from Final Reckoning for attacking Tony over stolen pasta?), Shocked viewers at the latest residence vote once he stood up to Nelson (his best pal) in defense of Kailah (a previous foe).


Nelson, who took provide with the fact that Tori volunteered to enter Purgatory against presumed opponent Jenna, turned the house's nomination ceremony into a battlefield speedily soon after it started. Because Nelson presumed that Jenna would lay down and give Tori the win (Jenna had been toying with the idea of going residence to reconcile an argument with her boyfriend Zach), Nelson started mocking Jenna's lack of fight. Nevertheless Kailah, Jenna's closest friend, leapt in to defend her BFF, at which point Nelson started to hurl slut-shaming insults Kailah's way.


"You're the foulest woman here," Nelson spat. "You have no respect for yourself. Go and get f*cked in a Porta Potty...She's a slut."


naturally, the home was in shock. Perhaps even more shocking, though, was that Cory assumed a spot beside Aneesa, Josh and Bear in attempting to restore peace and force Nelson to confront his bad behavior.


"You get also angry; you get also hype. You're getting so worked up," Cory mentioned, urging Nelson to take a good, hard look at his hostility. "The game is playing [you]."


And not long right after, upon catching Big T crying over however another nomination into Purgatory by the Tribunal, Cory jumped in to comfort the sweet soul, smothering her with hugs and encouragement.


"Keep doing you, Big T," Cory insisted.


And sure, the two noble acts might have seemed minor in a vacuum, although they're only the latest examples of Cory's new instinct to snuff out a fuse as a substitute opposed to light the wick. This season, he could as well ask his housemates to rub his stomach and call him Buddha.


What do you think: Has Cory finally grown up enough to win a Challenge, and does he seem focused enough to nab his first victory? Or was his defense of Kailah an anomaly, and is it only a matter of time before he loses his temper again? Share your thoughts, and be sure to tune in to a new Challenge episode Wednesday at 8/7c!