American Gladiators (1988)
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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Episode 1 - Round 1: Preliminaries
Release Date: 1990-09-01Females: Sheila Mercer vs Trish Tillotson Males: Rico Costantino vs John Adams
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Episode 2 - Round 1: Preliminaries
Release Date: 1990-09-08Females: Margaret McCargo vs Susan Hirst Males: Chris Vopatek vs Purple Roundy
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Episode 3 - Round 1: Preliminaries
Release Date: 1990-09-15Females: Marla Smith vs Kelley Peacock Males: Dale Thompson vs Rob Bottiggi
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Episode 4 - Round 1: Preliminaries
Release Date: 1990-09-22Females: 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.
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Episode 5 - Round 1: Preliminaries
Release Date: 1990-09-29Females: Samantha Bryant vs Cinda Mentzer Males: Wesley Keck vs Scott Reiff
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Episode 6 - Round One Quarterfinals
Release Date: 1990-10-06Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Constantino vs. Foster and Mercer vs. Tillotson.
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Episode 7 - Round One Quarterfinals
Release Date: 1990-10-13Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Vopatek vs. Keck and Nichting vs. Hirst.
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Episode 8 - Round One Quarterfinals
Release Date: 1990-10-20Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Thompson vs. Simonds and Ratner vs. Mentzer.
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Episode 9 - Round One Quarterfinals
Release Date: 1990-10-27Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Roundy vs. Adams and McCargo vs. Peacock.
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Episode 10 - Round One Semi-finals
Release Date: 1990-11-03Round one semi-finals with contenders: Costantino vs. Simonds and McCargo vs. Tillotson.
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Episode 11 - Round One Semi-finals
Release Date: 1990-11-10Round one semi-finals with contenders: Vopatek vs. Adams and Nichting vs. Mentzer.
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Episode 12 - Round One Finals
Release Date: 1990-11-17Round one finals with contenders: Costantino vs. Adams and Nichting vs. Tillotson.
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Episode 13 - Round Two Preliminaries
Release Date: 1990-11-24Round two preliminaries with contenders: Branham vs. McKleskey (alt. Kieser) and Look-Jaeger vs. Wilcox (alt. Dorsa)
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Episode 14 - Round Two Preliminaries
Release Date: 1990-12-01Round two preliminaries with contenders: Kiernan vs. Johnson and Henger vs. Akai.
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Episode 15 - Round Two Preliminaries
Release Date: 1990-12-08Round two preliminaries with contenders: Duke vs. Suzuki and Duke vs. Hill-Hudgins.
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Episode 16 - Round Two Preliminaries
Release Date: 1990-12-15Round two preliminaries with contenders: Nasca vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Jarchow
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Episode 17 - Round Two Preliminaries
Release Date: 1990-12-22Round two preliminaries with contenders: Montgomery vs. Altshuler and Telley vs. Stickelman.
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Episode 18 - Round Two Quarterfinals
Release Date: 1990-12-29Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Montgomery vs. Duke and Duke vs. Akai.
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Episode 19 - Round Two Quarterfinals
Release Date: 1991-01-05Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Johnson vs. Dieter and Look-Jaeger vs. Dorsa.
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Episode 20 - Round Two Quarterfinals
Release Date: 1991-01-12Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Nasca vs. Kiernan and Cumberbatch vs. Jarchow.
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Episode 21 - Round Two Quarterfinals
Release Date: 1991-01-19Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Altshuler vs. Branham and Telley vs. Stickelman.
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Episode 22 - Round Two Semi-finals
Release Date: 1991-01-26Round two semi-finals with contenders: Branham vs. Montgomery and Telley vs. Akai.
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Episode 23 - Round Two Semi-finals
Release Date: 1991-02-02Round two semi-finals with contenders: Kiernan vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Dorsa.
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Episode 24 - Round Two Finals
Release Date: 1991-02-09Round two finals with contenders: Branham vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Telley.
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Episode 25 - Grand Championship
Release Date: 1991-02-16Grand championship with contenders: Costantino vs. Branham and Nichting vs. Cumberbatch.
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Episode 26 - Alumni Show
Release Date: 1991-02-23Alumni show with contenders: Cheryl Ann Silich, Aimee Ross, Lucian Anderson and Terry Moore.