Stars from popular reality competition series, MTV’s The Challenge, appear in an interactive variety show, hosted by Scott Yager of the hit podcast, Challenge Mania and Special Guest Co-Host MARK LONG!. Special Guests TO BE ANNOUNCED. The live show starts at 1:00 and ends at roughly 2:45pm. Ticket holders should arrive by 12:15pm when the doors will open for ALL SEATING.

**Guests & Hosts Subject to Change When Necessary.

ALL VIP TICKETS include a Post-Show M&G Meet N Greet, where ticket-holders will hang out Scott, Mark & the additional cast members, get to have photos taken with everyone, have the opportunity to ask them anything they want, receive exclusive giveaways, participate in Trivia and MORE! All VIP Ticket holders receive a Limited Edition Exclusive Poster to have signed at the M&G. This is the full Challenge Mania Live experience! **Meet N Greet will begin at roughly 3:00pm after the show. Please arrive by 12:15pm. You will get your seat for the show when the doors open. **General Admission tickets only include the show & not the Meet N Greet. You will be directed out of the showroom following the Live Stage Show.

**In addition, 30 PREMIUM VIP TICKETS will also be made available. These will be exactly the same as VIP in that they include the show & Post-Show M&G but they will also guarantee seats in the first two rows of tables for the show. You will also get to line-up first for the M&G. This is the only specific block of seating being reserved. All other VIP ticket holders will be seated in the order in which they appear behind this block. General Admission ticket-holders will be seated in the order in which they appear behind VIP. **Premium VIP will also receive an extra Challenge Mania collectible item.

MEET & GREET TAKES PLACE AFTER THE SHOW AT 3PM and goes until approximately 5PM. Everything will be done by 5PM with more than enough time to make it over to the Stadium for Summerslam. **Stadium is very close by.

Brian Simpson is a stand-up comedian based in Austin, TX. His background as a foster child and Marine Corps veteran has led to a rare combination of life experiences that he manages to channel into a refreshingly unique point of view. Brian is a paid regular at the World-Famous Comedy Store as well as The Comedy Mothership, and was named a New Face 2021 at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, and most recently Variety’s Top Comics to Watch 2023. Brian made his TV debut on Comedy Central’s Lights Out with David Spade, and you can catch him currently streaming on Netflix’s Season 3 of The Standups, That’s My Time with David Letterman, and in his debut one-hour Netflix special Brian Simpson: Live from the Mothership.

Two-time Grammy award winning comedian/actor/writer Lewis Black uses his trademark style of comedic yelling and finger pointing to expose the absurdities of life. His comedic brilliance makes people laugh at life’s hypocrisies and the insanity he sees in the world. He has performed throughout the world and the US, where he performed at Carnegie Hall and had two successful Broadway runs

His latest stand up special, Tragically, I Need You, released earlier this year and has already surpassed 1.3 million views on YouTube. The brand-new special explores topics including his ways of coping with the pandemic, his frustrations with the evolving world, and of course his thoughts about the chaos of America these last few years.

Adding a unique element to podcasting, Black delivers audience-written Rants which have been submitted from fans around the world on his podcast, Rant Cast.

Black is the longest-running contributor on Comedy Central’s THE DAILY SHOW and his stand-up specials have appeared on HBO, Comedy Central, Showtime and Epix.

In 2020 he released Thanks for Risking Your Life. In 2015, Black notably voiced the character “Anger” in the Pixar Academy Award-winning film, Inside Out. His other notable films include Universal’s Accepted co-starring Jonah Hill, Blake Lively and Justin Long, and also Man Of The Year opposite Robin Williams, Christopher Walken, Laura Linney and Jeff Goldblum.

The comedian has released eight critically acclaimed comedy albums including the 2007 Grammy Award-Winner, The Carnegie Hall Performance. He won his second Grammy in 2011 for his album, Stark Raving Black, and has a total of 6 Grammys nominations. He has published three bestsellers: Nothing’s Sacred (Simon & Schuster, 2005), Me of Little Faith (Riverhead Books, 2008) and I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas (Riverhead Books, 2010).

A published playwright, he’s written over 40 plays and has found his work performed throughout the country, including at the A.C.T. Theatre, the Magic Theatre, The Williamstown Theatre Festival, and The Public Theatre.

In addition to his professional pursuits, Lewis is dedicated to a number of charitable organizations including the the Luv U Project, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and The 52nd Street Project.

He’s also deeply committed to supporting our troops. A seasoned USO tour veteran, he’s performed for the troops on three Christmas tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Lewis is currently on his 2024 GOODBYE YELLER BRICK ROAD, THE FINAL TOUR. For dates and more info go-to: www.Lewisblack.com.

Rated R

Kam Patterson is a comedian from Orlando who is quickly gaining recognition for his sharp, high-energy sets and effortless crowd work. His comedy career started at just 10 years old when performing his debut set at his grandmother’s 50th birthday. Kam’s natural charisma and unique, upbeat humor most recently landed him a regular slot on the extremely popular KILL TONY show. He’s a rising star in the stand-up world and a frequent performer at the Comedy Mothership club in Austin, along with many other comedy venues in Austin and across the country.

Rafi Bastos is a 6’7” tall Jewish-Brazilian comedian with an accent like Dracula and a rapidly growing social media presence of stand up clips in English. Many of Rafi’s super-viral stand up clips come from nightly performances at the prestigious Comedy Cellar. In his home-country of Brazil, Rafi is a trailblazer of comedy, media and is one of the first comedians to pioneer the art of American-style stand up comedy in Brazil.

Rafi’s 17-year comedy and acting career before coming to the United States, garnered many firsts and was covered in an interview on The Joe Rogan Experience. After setting more than a few records, he opened a stand up comedy club and continuously created National controversy by challenging Brazil’s oppressive laws surrounding freedom of speech.

Rafi’s videos with stage performances, music videos, interviews and sketches have now more than 37 million views on his Youtube channel alone. In 2011, he was considered by the NEW YORK TIMES as the Most Influential Man on Twitter, at the time with 7 million followers, now at 11.4 million. In 2013, Rafi won the SHORTY AWARDS, also known as the “Oscars of Social Media”, for Best Comedian. Both in English and Portuguese, Rafi continues to prove that he is among the most talented artists of Latin America always setting the bar higher for innovation, quality and influence.

Rafi’s quick-witted observational humor, intelligence and worldly view have made him a hit online and the first Brazilian comedian to become a regular at the most renowned comedy clubs globally, including CELLAR in New York, LAUGH FACTORY, and THE HOLLYWOOD IMPROV in California. He is also the first Brazilian comedian to headline at JUST FOR LAUGHS, the largest comedy festival in the world, hosted in Montreal, Canada.

Among his many credits, Rafi has three comedy specials on Netflix:, A Arte do Insulto, Péssima Influencia, and Ultimato. He has starred in movies, had his own controversial talk show, been an in-fiel journalist and hosted reality shows (Ultimate Beastmaster for Netflix). He is the Co-Founder and owner of Comedians, the largest comedy club in South America. Let’s just say Rafi has done almost everything in Brazil and now he’s in the USA to do it all with a fresh perspective – in UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY.

Rated R

Matt McCusker is a comedian, writer, and proud co-host of Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast. After spending much of his young life engaging in mostly non-violent criminal activity, Matt has dedicated the rest of his days toward the pursuit of peace and harmony. He wrote the novel Overlook: A Story About Drugs, Disappointment, and the American Dream. He was also supposed to be on a local TV news show once, but they scrapped the segment. Matt seems to think it had something to do with the fact that he showed up incredibly stoned and didn’t really answer any of their questions in a coherent and satisfying manner. He is a stern, yet loving father and a sexually dedicated husband who ultimately places God above all things.  

Tyler is an actor, stand-up comedian and viral content creator based in NYC. He has performed stand-up on America’s Got Talent, been a guest star on NBC’s Chicago Med, TV Land’s YOUNGER and STARTUP on NeKlix. Tyler is known for his viral content with over 200 million views on his online videos. He was named “The Best New Impressionist” by the New York Times and “NY’s Funniest Comedian” at the NY Comedy FesVval. He has been on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and co-starred alongside Gina Carano in the movie Terror on the Prairie on The Daily Wire. Tyler is a regular at the Comedy Cellar and is currently touring his stand-up comedy around the country!

Zarna Garg is “One in a Billion”, and that’s not the just name of her first comedy special. She’s also the only Indian mom comedian taking on her mother-in-law.  She was recently profiled as one of the gutsiest women in comedy on Apple TV’s new “Gutsy Women” series, and featured on “This American Life” with Ira Glass. When she’s not doing 15 shows a week at Comedy Cellar in New York City, she is touring the world with her show. She is the winner of Kevin Hart’s Lyft Comics, the winner of the 2021 Ladies of Laughter Award, and has over a million followers across social media platforms. Her debut feature screenplay, ‘Rearranged’ won Top Comedy Feature award at Austin Film Festival in 2019 and was a 2019 Nicholl Fellowships Semi-Finalist.

ADAM RAY was most recently seen in the BARBIE movie, as well as Hulu’s WELCOME TO CHIPPENDALES. Ray received praise for his portrayal of ‘Jay Leno’ in PAM TOMMY (Hulu), also starring Lily James and Sebastian Stan, and his portrayal of Vince McMahon on YOUNG ROCK for NBC, the story of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s life. Ray was recently a guest on Marc Maron’s iconic WTF podcast and is a regular on The Adam Carolla Podcast.

Ray is currently recurring as ‘Ron Ziegler’ in GASLIT (Starz), also starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn. He starred as the lead in the indie comedy film THE BELLMEN, and has guest starred on a number of television shows including HACKS (HBO Max), 911: LONE STAR (FOX), CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (HBO), ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (Netflix), SILICON VALLEY (HBO), BALLERS (HBO), 2 BROKE GIRLS (CBS), and WORKAHOLICS (Comedy Central), as well as the second season of AMERICAN VANDAL (Netflix).

Ray was a regular on LIGHTS OUT WITH DAVID SPADE (Comedy Central) as well as RETURN OF THE MAC (Pop TV) opposite Joey McIntyre. He was a cast member in the reboot of the sketch comedy show MADtv (CW), and he can be seen in many of Paul Feig’s films, including the buddy cop comedy THE HEAT, the hit feature SPY, and the reboot of GHOSTBUSTERS, in which played a supporting role and voiced the iconic character of ‘Slimer’. He will also be seen in Feig’s upcoming movie THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL starring Charlize Theron and Laurence Fishburne.

He has written for MTV’s PUNK’D, ADAM DEVINE’S HOUSE PARTY (Comedy Central), and the reboot of MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER (Netflix).

You can hear Adam’s voice in Dreamwork’s TROLLS, Adult Swim’s RICK & MORTY and SUPER MANSION, SHE-RA (Netflix), DOUG UNPLUGS (AppleTV), AMERICAN DAD (TBS), ARCHIBALDS’S NEXT BIG THING (Netflix), WHEN NATURE CALLS (ABC), AMERICAN DAD (Fox) and CROSSING SWORDS (Hulu) as ‘Ruben’, opposite Nicholas Hoult, Adam Pally and Tony Hale.

Ray headlines top standup comedy clubs across the country. He also hosts the popular ABOUT LAST NIGHT podcast, which has welcomed guests such as Sandra Bullock, Bill Burr, Travis Kelce, Jason Derulo, Nick Swardson, Tom Segura, Neil Patrick Harris, Sebastian Maniscalco, Melissa McCarthy, Dana Carvey, and Joel McHale! His hilarious sketches and standup comedy clips have garnered over 50 million views on YouTube & can all be viewed at adamraycomedy.com.

VIP tix include the closest seating & post-show Meet & Greet.

Kristina Kuzmic is a cheerleader for her fellow humans. It’s not something she ever anticipated doing, but after immigrating to America from Croatia during the war in her homeland and later facing more challenges (divorce, single parenting, poverty, depression…), Kristina wanted to be for others what she wished someone had been for her during her darkest hours.

Now, with over one billion video views, Kristina is providing her audience with encouragement, hope and humor in a role she never expected to fill.

In 2011, when Oprah crowned Kristina the winner of Mark Burnett’s reality TV competition “Oprah’s Search for the Next TV Star,” Oprah said, “What is that thing? That’s so charming and charismatic and connected to the audience that makes you feel like, ‘I know her, I want to be her, I’m like her’… Kristina has all of that. She is an ‘IT PLUS’ girl… I wanna watch her!”

Since working with Oprah, Kristina has branched out on her own, creating parent-centric videos about juggling all of life’s challenges. She has quickly become a viral sensation with well over 2.8 million Facebook followers. Kristina has a voice and personality that has proven to be a hit with a massive audience (from young millennials through Gen-Xers and even Baby Boomers).

The Huffington Post referred to Kristina’s videos as “Parenting comedy at its finest,” and The Inquisitr has praised her “witty charm.” People, Yahoo, Cosmopolitan, Us Weekly, Parents, Good Housekeeping, and many more have posted articles on her creative parenting advice and unique humor, and media outlets across the country are picking up her videos and re-posting them. Kristina has quickly made a name for herself as a creative, yet unpretentious parent, as well as a world-renowned motivational speaker and comedian. She is currently touring the country with her “Hope & Humor” tour. Her first book, Hold On, But Don’t Hold Still, was released through Penguin Random House in February 2020, and made the Publishers Weekly Best-Sellers list.

Kristina and her husband live in Southern California, where her most important, rewarding, and exhausting roles include being a sanitation engineer, chef, chauffer, conflict resolution guru, and cheerleader for her three (mostly satisfied) clients – her children.