Series · 1988 · 7 Seasons
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.
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10
- Status
- Ended
Episodes
Episode 1 · 60 min
Round 1: Preliminaries
Females: Frankie Perry vs Brenda Hund Males: Craig Williams vs John Shumski
Episode 2 · 60 min
Round One Preliminaries
First Half Preliminary Round 2: Moore vs Wirth / Henry vs Jorge
Episode 3 · 60 min
Round One Preliminaries
First Half Preliminary Round 3: McCarthy vs. Needham/Hutson vs. Simmons
Episode 4 · 60 min
Round One Preliminaries
First Half Preliminary Round 4: Petitto vs. Ross/Carroll vs. Wyatt
Episode 5 · 60 min
Round One Preliminaries
First Half Preliminary Round 5: Phillips vs. Cotton/Rogers vs. Todd
Episode 6 · 60 min
Round One Quarterfinals
First Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Cotton vs. Hund/Williams vs. Shumski
Episode 7 · 60 min
Round One Quarterfinals
First Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Petitto vs. Ross/Wirth vs. Simmons
Episode 8 · 60 min
Round One Quarterfinals
First Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Henry vs. Needham/Moore vs. Hutson
Episode 9 · 60 min
Round One Quarterfinals
First Half Quarterfinal Round 4: McCarthy vs. Phillips/Carroll vs. Todd
Episode 10 · 60 min
Round One Semi-finals
First Half Semifinal Round 1: Needham vs. Petitto/Williams vs. Carroll/Shumski
Episode 11 · 60 min
Round One Semi-finals
First Half Semifinal Round 2: Cotton vs. Phillips/Hutson vs. Wirth
Episode 12 · 60 min
Round One Finals
First Half Final Round: Petitto vs. Phillips/Williams vs. Hutson
Episode 13 · 60 min
Highlights From Round One
First Half Highlight Show
Episode 14 · 60 min
Round Two Preliminaries
Preliminary Round 1: Seymour vs. Jordan/Schwartze vs. Farwell
Episode 15 · 60 min
Round Two Preliminaries
Preliminary Round 2: Podesta vs. Harrison/Allen vs. Herbst
Episode 16 · 60 min
Round Two Preliminaries
Second Half Preliminary Round 3: Anderson vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Rampe
Episode 17 · 60 min
Round Two Preliminaries
Second Half Preliminary Round 4: Sutton vs. Cueva/Lakatos vs. Silich
Episode 18 · 60 min
Round Two Preliminaries
Second Half Preliminary Round 5: Stinson vs. Kidd/Brown vs. Koeberle
Episode 19 · 60 min
Round Two Quarterfinals
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Seymour vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Harrison
Episode 20 · 60 min
Round Two Quarterfinals
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Kidd vs. Herbst/Podesta vs. Koeberle
Episode 21 · 60 min
Round Two Quarterfinals
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Sutton vs. Jordan/Lakatos vs. Silich
Episode 22 · 60 min
Round Two Quarterfinals
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Anderson vs. Allen/Brown vs. Farwell
Episode 23 · 60 min
Round Two Semi-finals
Second Half Semifinal Round 1: Jordan vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Silich
Episode 24 · 60 min
Round Two Semi-finals
Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Podesta vs. Brown/Kidd vs. Seymour/Herbst
Episode 25 · 60 min
Round Two Finals
Second Half Final Round: Kidd vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Brown
Episode 26 · 60 min
Grand Championship
Grand Championship Final: Anderson vs. Hutson/Venturi vs. Phillips
