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 minSep 1, 1990
Females: Sheila Mercer vs Trish Tillotson Males: Rico Costantino vs John Adams
2Round 1: Preliminaries
60 minSep 8, 1990
Females: Margaret McCargo vs Susan Hirst Males: Chris Vopatek vs Purple Roundy
3Round 1: Preliminaries
60 minSep 15, 1990
Females: Marla Smith vs Kelley Peacock Males: Dale Thompson vs Rob Bottiggi
4Round 1: Preliminaries
60 minSep 22, 1990
Females: Maria Nichting vs Esther Ratner Males: Dwayne Thomas vs Lincoln Simonds ※Note: During Assault, Dwayne Thomas sustained an eye injury and was replaced with Nate Foster.
5Round 1: Preliminaries
60 minSep 29, 1990
Females: Samantha Bryant vs Cinda Mentzer Males: Wesley Keck vs Scott Reiff
6Round One Quarterfinals
60 minOct 6, 1990
Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Constantino vs. Foster and Mercer vs. Tillotson.
7Round One Quarterfinals
60 minOct 13, 1990
Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Vopatek vs. Keck and Nichting vs. Hirst.
8Round One Quarterfinals
60 minOct 20, 1990
Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Thompson vs. Simonds and Ratner vs. Mentzer.
9Round One Quarterfinals
60 minOct 27, 1990
Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Roundy vs. Adams and McCargo vs. Peacock.
10Round One Semi-finals
60 minNov 3, 1990
Round one semi-finals with contenders: Costantino vs. Simonds and McCargo vs. Tillotson.
11Round One Semi-finals
60 minNov 10, 1990
Round one semi-finals with contenders: Vopatek vs. Adams and Nichting vs. Mentzer.
12Round One Finals
60 minNov 17, 1990
Round one finals with contenders: Costantino vs. Adams and Nichting vs. Tillotson.
13Round Two Preliminaries
60 minNov 24, 1990
Round two preliminaries with contenders: Branham vs. McKleskey (alt. Kieser) and Look-Jaeger vs. Wilcox (alt. Dorsa)
14Round Two Preliminaries
60 minDec 1, 1990
Round two preliminaries with contenders: Kiernan vs. Johnson and Henger vs. Akai.
15Round Two Preliminaries
60 minDec 8, 1990
Round two preliminaries with contenders: Duke vs. Suzuki and Duke vs. Hill-Hudgins.
16Round Two Preliminaries
60 minDec 15, 1990
Round two preliminaries with contenders: Nasca vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Jarchow
17Round Two Preliminaries
60 minDec 22, 1990
Round two preliminaries with contenders: Montgomery vs. Altshuler and Telley vs. Stickelman.
18Round Two Quarterfinals
60 minDec 29, 1990
Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Montgomery vs. Duke and Duke vs. Akai.
19Round Two Quarterfinals
60 minJan 5, 1991
Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Johnson vs. Dieter and Look-Jaeger vs. Dorsa.
20Round Two Quarterfinals
60 minJan 12, 1991
Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Nasca vs. Kiernan and Cumberbatch vs. Jarchow.
21Round Two Quarterfinals
60 minJan 19, 1991
Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Altshuler vs. Branham and Telley vs. Stickelman.
22Round Two Semi-finals
60 minJan 26, 1991
Round two semi-finals with contenders: Branham vs. Montgomery and Telley vs. Akai.
23Round Two Semi-finals
60 minFeb 2, 1991
Round two semi-finals with contenders: Kiernan vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Dorsa.
24Round Two Finals
60 minFeb 9, 1991
Round two finals with contenders: Branham vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Telley.
25Grand Championship
60 minFeb 16, 1991
Grand championship with contenders: Costantino vs. Branham and Nichting vs. Cumberbatch.
26Alumni Show
60 minFeb 23, 1991
Alumni show with contenders: Cheryl Ann Silich, Aimee Ross, Lucian Anderson and Terry Moore.
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