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
Season 1 — 26 episodes
E1
Round 1: Preliminaries
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Females: Frankie Perry vs Brenda Hund Males: Craig Williams vs John Shumski
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E2
Round One Preliminaries
60m
First Half Preliminary Round 2: Moore vs Wirth / Henry vs Jorge
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E3
Round One Preliminaries
60m
First Half Preliminary Round 3: McCarthy vs. Needham/Hutson vs. Simmons
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E4
Round One Preliminaries
60m
First Half Preliminary Round 4: Petitto vs. Ross/Carroll vs. Wyatt
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E5
Round One Preliminaries
60m
First Half Preliminary Round 5: Phillips vs. Cotton/Rogers vs. Todd
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E6
Round One Quarterfinals
60m
First Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Cotton vs. Hund/Williams vs. Shumski
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E7
Round One Quarterfinals
60m
First Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Petitto vs. Ross/Wirth vs. Simmons
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E8
Round One Quarterfinals
60m
First Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Henry vs. Needham/Moore vs. Hutson
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E9
Round One Quarterfinals
60m
First Half Quarterfinal Round 4: McCarthy vs. Phillips/Carroll vs. Todd
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E10
Round One Semi-finals
60m
First Half Semifinal Round 1: Needham vs. Petitto/Williams vs. Carroll/Shumski
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E11
Round One Semi-finals
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First Half Semifinal Round 2: Cotton vs. Phillips/Hutson vs. Wirth
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E12
Round One Finals
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First Half Final Round: Petitto vs. Phillips/Williams vs. Hutson
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E13
Highlights From Round One
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First Half Highlight Show
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E14
Round Two Preliminaries
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Preliminary Round 1: Seymour vs. Jordan/Schwartze vs. Farwell
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E15
Round Two Preliminaries
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Preliminary Round 2: Podesta vs. Harrison/Allen vs. Herbst
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E16
Round Two Preliminaries
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Second Half Preliminary Round 3: Anderson vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Rampe
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E17
Round Two Preliminaries
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Second Half Preliminary Round 4: Sutton vs. Cueva/Lakatos vs. Silich
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E18
Round Two Preliminaries
60m
Second Half Preliminary Round 5: Stinson vs. Kidd/Brown vs. Koeberle
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E19
Round Two Quarterfinals
60m
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Seymour vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Harrison
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E20
Round Two Quarterfinals
60m
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Kidd vs. Herbst/Podesta vs. Koeberle
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E21
Round Two Quarterfinals
60m
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Sutton vs. Jordan/Lakatos vs. Silich
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E22
Round Two Quarterfinals
60m
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Anderson vs. Allen/Brown vs. Farwell
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E23
Round Two Semi-finals
60m
Second Half Semifinal Round 1: Jordan vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Silich
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E24
Round Two Semi-finals
60m
Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Podesta vs. Brown/Kidd vs. Seymour/Herbst
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E25
Round Two Finals
60m
Second Half Final Round: Kidd vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Brown
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E26
Grand Championship
60m
Grand Championship Final: Anderson vs. Hutson/Venturi vs. Phillips
