Original title
American Gladiators
Released
12/31/1988
Origin country
US
Genre
Reality
Production companies
The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Trans World International, Four Point Entertainment
Status
Returning series
Number of seasons
7
Number of episodes
167
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.
Females: Frankie Perry vs Brenda Hund Males: Craig Williams vs John Shumski
First Half Preliminary Round 2: Moore vs Wirth / Henry vs Jorge
First Half Preliminary Round 3: McCarthy vs. Needham/Hutson vs. Simmons
First Half Preliminary Round 4: Petitto vs. Ross/Carroll vs. Wyatt
First Half Preliminary Round 5: Phillips vs. Cotton/Rogers vs. Todd
First Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Cotton vs. Hund/Williams vs. Shumski
First Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Petitto vs. Ross/Wirth vs. Simmons
First Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Henry vs. Needham/Moore vs. Hutson
First Half Quarterfinal Round 4: McCarthy vs. Phillips/Carroll vs. Todd
First Half Semifinal Round 1: Needham vs. Petitto/Williams vs. Carroll/Shumski
First Half Semifinal Round 2: Cotton vs. Phillips/Hutson vs. Wirth
First Half Final Round: Petitto vs. Phillips/Williams vs. Hutson
First Half Highlight Show
Preliminary Round 1: Seymour vs. Jordan/Schwartze vs. Farwell
Preliminary Round 2: Podesta vs. Harrison/Allen vs. Herbst
Second Half Preliminary Round 3: Anderson vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Rampe
Second Half Preliminary Round 4: Sutton vs. Cueva/Lakatos vs. Silich
Second Half Preliminary Round 5: Stinson vs. Kidd/Brown vs. Koeberle
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Seymour vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Harrison
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Kidd vs. Herbst/Podesta vs. Koeberle
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Sutton vs. Jordan/Lakatos vs. Silich
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Anderson vs. Allen/Brown vs. Farwell
Second Half Semifinal Round 1: Jordan vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Silich
Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Podesta vs. Brown/Kidd vs. Seymour/Herbst
Second Half Final Round: Kidd vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Brown
Grand Championship Final: Anderson vs. Hutson/Venturi vs. Phillips
Females: Sheila Mercer vs Trish Tillotson Males: Rico Costantino vs John Adams
Females: Margaret McCargo vs Susan Hirst Males: Chris Vopatek vs Purple Roundy
Females: Marla Smith vs Kelley Peacock Males: Dale Thompson vs Rob Bottiggi
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.
Females: Samantha Bryant vs Cinda Mentzer Males: Wesley Keck vs Scott Reiff
Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Constantino vs. Foster and Mercer vs. Tillotson.
Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Vopatek vs. Keck and Nichting vs. Hirst.
Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Thompson vs. Simonds and Ratner vs. Mentzer.
Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Roundy vs. Adams and McCargo vs. Peacock.
Round one semi-finals with contenders: Costantino vs. Simonds and McCargo vs. Tillotson.
Round one semi-finals with contenders: Vopatek vs. Adams and Nichting vs. Mentzer.
Round one finals with contenders: Costantino vs. Adams and Nichting vs. Tillotson.
Round two preliminaries with contenders: Branham vs. McKleskey (alt. Kieser) and Look-Jaeger vs. Wilcox (alt. Dorsa)
Round two preliminaries with contenders: Kiernan vs. Johnson and Henger vs. Akai.
Round two preliminaries with contenders: Duke vs. Suzuki and Duke vs. Hill-Hudgins.
Round two preliminaries with contenders: Nasca vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Jarchow
Round two preliminaries with contenders: Montgomery vs. Altshuler and Telley vs. Stickelman.
Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Montgomery vs. Duke and Duke vs. Akai.
Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Johnson vs. Dieter and Look-Jaeger vs. Dorsa.
Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Nasca vs. Kiernan and Cumberbatch vs. Jarchow.
Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Altshuler vs. Branham and Telley vs. Stickelman.
Round two semi-finals with contenders: Branham vs. Montgomery and Telley vs. Akai.
Round two semi-finals with contenders: Kiernan vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Dorsa.
Round two finals with contenders: Branham vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Telley.
Grand championship with contenders: Costantino vs. Branham and Nichting vs. Cumberbatch.
Alumni show with contenders: Cheryl Ann Silich, Aimee Ross, Lucian Anderson and Terry Moore.
First half preliminary 1: Gary Wilson v. Coz Worthington, Toril Torjensen v. Kristi Kopp
First half preliminary 2: Alex Engmann/Johnny Vineyard v. James Long, Elise Johnson v. Erica Alstead
First half preliminary 3: Randy Jones v. Keith Collins, Johnnie Jonckowski v. Patti Stevenson
First half preliminary 4: Eric Monostori/Tim Goldrick v. Greg Petrie, Denise Chase v. Rose Ann Torres
First half preliminary 5: Mark Anthony v. Craig Charles, Kimberley Lentz v. Jill Shenk
First half quarterfinal 1: Johnny Vineyard v. Coz Worthington, Kristi Kropp v. Kimberley Lentz
First half quarterfinal 2: Mark Ortega v. Craig Charles, Johnnie Jonckowski v. Sherry Giardina
First half quarterfinal 3: Tom Goldrick v. Randy Jones, Denise Chase v. Erica Alstead
Pro football alumni compete in a special episode: Jack Hamm, Cliff Branch, Charles White, Phil Villapiano, Greg Pruitt, Jim Kiick
First half semifinal 1: Mark Ortega v. Johnny Vineyard, Johnny Jonckowski v. Kimberley Lentz
First half semifinal 2: Tim Goldrick v. Coz Worthington, Kristi Kropp v. Denise Chase
First half final: Tim Goldrick v. Mark Ortega, Kristi Kropp v. Kimberley Lentz
Second half preliminary 1: Robert Bender v. Kevin Cleary, A.J. Perling v. Angela Sheppard
Second half preliminary 2: Chris Parisi v. George Blasius, Trace Wolf v. Kathy Mollica
Second half preliminary 3: Joseph Mauro v. Dennis Watts, Patricia Murray v. Teri Plunkett
Second half preliminary 4: Ted Papenhagen v. Tommy Knox, Angela Stearns v. Talpha Lehnen
Second half preliminary 5: Darrell Gholar v. Jay Macormack/Anthony Jackson, Vivian Riley v. Lisa Sierra
Second half preliminary 6: Marek Wilczynski v. Tony Curella, Stephanie Violante v. Tracy Passo
Second half quarterfinal 1: Kevin Cleary v. Tommy Knox, Vivian Riley/Angela Stearns v. Susan Stencil
Second half quarterfinal 2: Darrell Gholar v. Tony Curella, Talpha Lehnen v. Tracy Passo
Second half quarterfinal 3: Joseph Mauro v. Gearge Blasius, A.J. Perling v. Kathy Mollica
Second half semifinal 1: Tommy Knox v. Darrell Gholar, Tracy Passo v. Susan Stencil
Second half semifinal 2: Joseph Mauro v. Tony Curella; Kathy Mollica v. A.J. Perling
Second half final: Joseph Mauro v. Darrell Gholar, Kathy Mollica v. Susan Stencil
Grand Championship: Mark Ortega v. Joseph Mauro, Kimberly Lentz v. Kathy Mollica
Contenders: Betsy Erickson vs. Jeannine Micheletti and Lance Sellers (alt. Darryl Moore) vs. Cliff Miller.
Contenders: Lisa Langston vs. Tracy Ann Jernegan and Tony Bettendorf vs. Elbert Gray.
Contenders: Jennifer Walz vs. Claudia Valdiviez and Ernest Peace (alt. Sean Hargrow) vs. Buz Rosenberg.
Contenders: Elizabeth Pepe vs. Yvonne Montalvo and Willie Cooley vs. Spencer Street.
Contenders: Cathy Marshall vs. Shannon Williams and Roger Hughes vs. Ted LePage.
Contenders: Lisa Langston vs. Shannon Williams and Tony Bettendorf vs. Willie Cooley.
Contenders: Cathy Marshall vs. Annette McBride and Joseph Kettle vs. Ted LePage.
Contenders: Jennifer Walz vs. Betsy Erickson and Cliff Miller vs. Spencer Street
Contenders: Betsy Erickson vs. Lisa Langston and Ted LePage vs. Spencer Street
Contenders: Annette McBride vs. Jennifer Walz and Cliff Miller vs. Tony Bettendorf
Contenders: Annette McBride vs. Betsy Erickson and Cliff Miller vs. Ted LePage
Contenders: Melissa Liberman vs. Cheryl Wilson and Mary DePaoli vs. Jerry Burrell
Contenders: Paula Perry vs. Christine Underhill-Richard/alt. Michele Ramelot and Kevin Weber vs. Michael D. Coulson
Contenders: Brenda Moss vs. Julie Padelford and Don Marcus Bailey vs. Bernie Miller
Contenders: Lyn Bell vs. Carolyn Dean and Carlton Fluker vs. Michael Small
Contenders: Cherrise Traylor vs. Katy Ramsey and Vince Granger vs. Jayson Yao
Contenders: Lisa Wojciehowski vs. Signa York/alt. Lynn Murphy and Charles Neal vs. Jim Echolls
Contenders: Melissa Liberman vs. Katy Ramsey and Kevin Weber vs. Jayson Yao
Contenders: Brenda Moss/alt. Julie Padelford vs. Cheryl Wilson and Vince Granger vs. Bernie Miller
Contenders: Lisa Wojciehowski vs. Paula Perry and Marty DePaoli vs. Carlton Fluker
Contenders: Melissa Liberman vs. Cheryl Wilson and Bernie Miller/alt. Vince Granger vs. Marty DePaoli
Contenders: Lisa Wojciehowski vs. Katy Ramsey and Carlton Fluker vs. Kevin Weber
Contenders: Katy Ramsey vs. Cheryl Wilson and Kevin Weber vs. Marty DePaoli
Contenders: Betsy Erickson vs. Cheryl Wilson and Cliff Miller vs. Marty DePaoli
Contenders: Mark Clayton, Tony Dorsett, Seth Joyner, Charles White, Drew Hill and Wesley Walker
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