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American Gladiators (1988)

5.8 7 seasons 167 episodes Ended

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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.

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Seasons & episodes

Round One PreliminariesSep 1, 1990 · 1h 0m

Females: Sheila Mercer vs Trish Tillotson Males: Rico Costantino vs John Adams

Round One PreliminariesSep 8, 1990 · 1h 0m

Females: Margaret McCargo vs Susan Hirst Males: Chris Vopatek vs Purple Roundy

Round One PreliminariesSep 15, 1990 · 1h 0m

Females: Marla Smith vs Kelley Peacock Males: Dale Thompson vs Rob Bottiggi

Round One PreliminariesSep 22, 1990 · 1h 0m

Females: Maria Nichting vs Esther Ratner Males: Dwayne Thomas vs Lincoln Simonds ※Note: During Assault, Dwayne Thomas sustained an eye inju…

Round One PreliminariesSep 29, 1990 · 1h 0m

Females: Samantha Bryant vs Cinda Mentzer Males: Wesley Keck vs Scott Reiff

Round One QuarterfinalsOct 6, 1990 · 1h 0m

Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Constantino vs. Foster and Mercer vs. Tillotson.

Round One QuarterfinalsOct 13, 1990 · 1h 0m

Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Vopatek vs. Keck and Nichting vs. Hirst.

Round One QuarterfinalsOct 20, 1990 · 1h 0m

Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Thompson vs. Simonds and Ratner vs. Mentzer.

Round One QuarterfinalsOct 27, 1990 · 1h 0m

Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Roundy vs. Adams and McCargo vs. Peacock.

Round One Semi-finalsNov 3, 1990 · 1h 0m

Round one semi-finals with contenders: Costantino vs. Simonds and McCargo vs. Tillotson.

Round One Semi-finalsNov 10, 1990 · 1h 0m

Round one semi-finals with contenders: Vopatek vs. Adams and Nichting vs. Mentzer.

Round One FinalsNov 17, 1990 · 1h 0m

Round one finals with contenders: Costantino vs. Adams and Nichting vs. Tillotson.

Round Two PreliminariesNov 24, 1990 · 1h 0m

Round two preliminaries with contenders: Branham vs. McKleskey (alt. Kieser) and Look-Jaeger vs. Wilcox (alt. Dorsa)

Round Two PreliminariesDec 1, 1990 · 1h 0m

Round two preliminaries with contenders: Kiernan vs. Johnson and Henger vs. Akai.

Round Two PreliminariesDec 8, 1990 · 1h 0m

Round two preliminaries with contenders: Duke vs. Suzuki and Duke vs. Hill-Hudgins.

Round Two PreliminariesDec 15, 1990 · 1h 0m

Round two preliminaries with contenders: Nasca vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Jarchow

Round Two PreliminariesDec 22, 1990 · 1h 0m

Round two preliminaries with contenders: Montgomery vs. Altshuler and Telley vs. Stickelman.

Round Two QuarterfinalsDec 29, 1990 · 1h 0m

Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Montgomery vs. Duke and Duke vs. Akai.

Round Two QuarterfinalsJan 5, 1991 · 1h 0m

Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Johnson vs. Dieter and Look-Jaeger vs. Dorsa.

Round Two QuarterfinalsJan 12, 1991 · 1h 0m

Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Nasca vs. Kiernan and Cumberbatch vs. Jarchow.

Round Two QuarterfinalsJan 19, 1991 · 1h 0m

Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Altshuler vs. Branham and Telley vs. Stickelman.

Round Two Semi-finalsJan 26, 1991 · 1h 0m

Round two semi-finals with contenders: Branham vs. Montgomery and Telley vs. Akai.

Round Two Semi-finalsFeb 2, 1991 · 1h 0m

Round two semi-finals with contenders: Kiernan vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Dorsa.

Round Two FinalsFeb 9, 1991 · 1h 0m

Round two finals with contenders: Branham vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Telley.

Grand ChampionshipFeb 16, 1991 · 1h 0m

Grand championship with contenders: Costantino vs. Branham and Nichting vs. Cumberbatch.

Alumni ShowFeb 23, 1991 · 1h 0m

Alumni show with contenders: Cheryl Ann Silich, Aimee Ross, Lucian Anderson and Terry Moore.

Cast

Mike AdamleHost