American Gladiators
American Gladiators is an American competition television program that aired weekly in syndication from September 1989 to May 1996. The series matched a cast of amateur athletes against each other, as well as against the show's own gladiators, in contests of strength and agility. The concept was created by Dan Carr and John C. Ferraro, who held the original competition at Erie Tech High School in Erie, Pennsylvania. They sold the show to The Samuel Goldwyn Company where the concept was enhanced and became American Gladiators. An effort in 2004 to launch a live American Gladiators show on the Las Vegas Strip became mired in a securities fraud prosecution. However, the television series was restarted in 2008. Episodes from the original series were played on ESPN Classic from 2007 to 2009. Several episodes are available for download on Apple's iTunes Service.
Episodes
1Round 1: Preliminaries
60 minDec 31, 1988
Females: Frankie Perry vs Brenda Hund Males: Craig Williams vs John Shumski
2Round One Preliminaries
60 minJan 7, 1989
First Half Preliminary Round 2: Moore vs Wirth / Henry vs Jorge
3Round One Preliminaries
60 minJan 14, 1989
First Half Preliminary Round 3: McCarthy vs. Needham/Hutson vs. Simmons
4Round One Preliminaries
60 minJan 14, 1989
First Half Preliminary Round 4: Petitto vs. Ross/Carroll vs. Wyatt
5Round One Preliminaries
60 minJan 21, 1989
First Half Preliminary Round 5: Phillips vs. Cotton/Rogers vs. Todd
6Round One Quarterfinals
60 minJan 31, 1989
First Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Cotton vs. Hund/Williams vs. Shumski
7Round One Quarterfinals
60 minJan 31, 1989
First Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Petitto vs. Ross/Wirth vs. Simmons
8Round One Quarterfinals
60 minJan 31, 1989
First Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Henry vs. Needham/Moore vs. Hutson
9Round One Quarterfinals
60 minFeb 1, 1989
First Half Quarterfinal Round 4: McCarthy vs. Phillips/Carroll vs. Todd
10Round One Semi-finals
60 minMar 1, 1989
First Half Semifinal Round 1: Needham vs. Petitto/Williams vs. Carroll/Shumski
11Round One Semi-finals
60 minMar 1, 1989
First Half Semifinal Round 2: Cotton vs. Phillips/Hutson vs. Wirth
12Round One Finals
60 minMar 1, 1989
First Half Final Round: Petitto vs. Phillips/Williams vs. Hutson
13Highlights From Round One
60 minMay 1, 1989
First Half Highlight Show
14Round Two Preliminaries
60 minSep 1, 1989
Preliminary Round 1: Seymour vs. Jordan/Schwartze vs. Farwell
15Round Two Preliminaries
60 minSep 1, 1989
Preliminary Round 2: Podesta vs. Harrison/Allen vs. Herbst
16Round Two Preliminaries
60 minSep 1, 1989
Second Half Preliminary Round 3: Anderson vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Rampe
17Round Two Preliminaries
60 minSep 1, 1989
Second Half Preliminary Round 4: Sutton vs. Cueva/Lakatos vs. Silich
18Round Two Preliminaries
60 minSep 1, 1989
Second Half Preliminary Round 5: Stinson vs. Kidd/Brown vs. Koeberle
19Round Two Quarterfinals
60 minMar 1, 1990
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Seymour vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Harrison
20Round Two Quarterfinals
60 minMar 1, 1990
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Kidd vs. Herbst/Podesta vs. Koeberle
21Round Two Quarterfinals
60 minMar 1, 1990
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Sutton vs. Jordan/Lakatos vs. Silich
22Round Two Quarterfinals
60 minMar 1, 1990
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Anderson vs. Allen/Brown vs. Farwell
23Round Two Semi-finals
60 minMar 1, 1990
Second Half Semifinal Round 1: Jordan vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Silich
24Round Two Semi-finals
60 minMar 1, 1990
Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Podesta vs. Brown/Kidd vs. Seymour/Herbst
25Round Two Finals
60 minMar 1, 1990
Second Half Final Round: Kidd vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Brown
26Grand Championship
60 minApr 1, 1990
Grand Championship Final: Anderson vs. Hutson/Venturi vs. Phillips
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