This Street Fighter V pro is using a reality show to make a name

Rob “RobTV” Burney is a YouTube content creator, Street Fighter V pro player, and a contestant on Eleague’s new esports reality TV show, The Challenger. He lived with six other contestants in a house, Big Brother style, all of them competing for a spot in Eleague’s upcoming Street Fighter V Invitational. What’s at stake is a shot at a $250,000 prize pool — and bragging rights. The Challenger airs on TBS at 11 p.m. Pacific on Fridays, and the last episode will be on May 18.

Burney was pursuing a business degree at Miami University in Ohio when he got the entrepreneurial itch. He decided to quit school and commit full-time to his YouTube career, and when he was searching around for something he was passionate about, Street Fighter V came to mind.