

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.
Cast
Mike Adamle
Host
Seasons

E1Round 1: Preliminaries
Dec 31, 1988
Females: Frankie Perry vs Brenda Hund Males: Craig Williams vs John Shumski
E2Round One Preliminaries
Jan 7, 1989
First Half Preliminary Round 2: Moore vs Wirth / Henry vs Jorge
E3Round One Preliminaries
Jan 14, 1989
First Half Preliminary Round 3: McCarthy vs. Needham/Hutson vs. Simmons
E4Round One Preliminaries
Jan 14, 1989
First Half Preliminary Round 4: Petitto vs. Ross/Carroll vs. Wyatt
E5Round One Preliminaries
Jan 21, 1989
First Half Preliminary Round 5: Phillips vs. Cotton/Rogers vs. Todd
E6Round One Quarterfinals
Jan 31, 1989
First Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Cotton vs. Hund/Williams vs. Shumski
E7Round One Quarterfinals
Jan 31, 1989
First Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Petitto vs. Ross/Wirth vs. Simmons
E8Round One Quarterfinals
Jan 31, 1989
First Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Henry vs. Needham/Moore vs. Hutson
E9Round One Quarterfinals
Feb 1, 1989
First Half Quarterfinal Round 4: McCarthy vs. Phillips/Carroll vs. Todd
E10Round One Semi-finals
Mar 1, 1989
First Half Semifinal Round 1: Needham vs. Petitto/Williams vs. Carroll/Shumski
E11Round One Semi-finals
Mar 1, 1989
First Half Semifinal Round 2: Cotton vs. Phillips/Hutson vs. Wirth
E12Round One Finals
Mar 1, 1989
First Half Final Round: Petitto vs. Phillips/Williams vs. Hutson
E13Highlights From Round One
May 1, 1989
First Half Highlight Show
E14Round Two Preliminaries
Sep 1, 1989
Preliminary Round 1: Seymour vs. Jordan/Schwartze vs. Farwell
E15Round Two Preliminaries
Sep 1, 1989
Preliminary Round 2: Podesta vs. Harrison/Allen vs. Herbst
E16Round Two Preliminaries
Sep 1, 1989
Second Half Preliminary Round 3: Anderson vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Rampe
E17Round Two Preliminaries
Sep 1, 1989
Second Half Preliminary Round 4: Sutton vs. Cueva/Lakatos vs. Silich
E18Round Two Preliminaries
Sep 1, 1989
Second Half Preliminary Round 5: Stinson vs. Kidd/Brown vs. Koeberle
E19Round Two Quarterfinals
Mar 1, 1990
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Seymour vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Harrison
E20Round Two Quarterfinals
Mar 1, 1990
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Kidd vs. Herbst/Podesta vs. Koeberle
E21Round Two Quarterfinals
Mar 1, 1990
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Sutton vs. Jordan/Lakatos vs. Silich
E22Round Two Quarterfinals
Mar 1, 1990
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Anderson vs. Allen/Brown vs. Farwell
E23Round Two Semi-finals
Mar 1, 1990
Second Half Semifinal Round 1: Jordan vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Silich
E24Round Two Semi-finals
Mar 1, 1990
Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Podesta vs. Brown/Kidd vs. Seymour/Herbst
E25Round Two Finals
Mar 1, 1990
Second Half Final Round: Kidd vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Brown
E26Grand Championship
Apr 1, 1990
Grand Championship Final: Anderson vs. Hutson/Venturi vs. Phillips

E1Round 1: Preliminaries
Sep 1, 1990
Females: Sheila Mercer vs Trish Tillotson Males: Rico Costantino vs John Adams

E2Round 1: Preliminaries
Sep 8, 1990
Females: Margaret McCargo vs Susan Hirst Males: Chris Vopatek vs Purple Roundy

E3Round 1: Preliminaries
Sep 15, 1990
Females: Marla Smith vs Kelley Peacock Males: Dale Thompson vs Rob Bottiggi

E4Round 1: Preliminaries
Sep 22, 1990
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.

E5Round 1: Preliminaries
Sep 29, 1990
Females: Samantha Bryant vs Cinda Mentzer Males: Wesley Keck vs Scott Reiff
E6Round One Quarterfinals
Oct 6, 1990
Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Constantino vs. Foster and Mercer vs. Tillotson.
E7Round One Quarterfinals
Oct 13, 1990
Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Vopatek vs. Keck and Nichting vs. Hirst.
E8Round One Quarterfinals
Oct 20, 1990
Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Thompson vs. Simonds and Ratner vs. Mentzer.
E9Round One Quarterfinals
Oct 27, 1990
Round one quarterfinals with contenders: Roundy vs. Adams and McCargo vs. Peacock.
E10Round One Semi-finals
Nov 3, 1990
Round one semi-finals with contenders: Costantino vs. Simonds and McCargo vs. Tillotson.
E11Round One Semi-finals
Nov 10, 1990
Round one semi-finals with contenders: Vopatek vs. Adams and Nichting vs. Mentzer.
E12Round One Finals
Nov 17, 1990
Round one finals with contenders: Costantino vs. Adams and Nichting vs. Tillotson.
E13Round Two Preliminaries
Nov 24, 1990
Round two preliminaries with contenders: Branham vs. McKleskey (alt. Kieser) and Look-Jaeger vs. Wilcox (alt. Dorsa)
E14Round Two Preliminaries
Dec 1, 1990
Round two preliminaries with contenders: Kiernan vs. Johnson and Henger vs. Akai.
E15Round Two Preliminaries
Dec 8, 1990
Round two preliminaries with contenders: Duke vs. Suzuki and Duke vs. Hill-Hudgins.
E16Round Two Preliminaries
Dec 15, 1990
Round two preliminaries with contenders: Nasca vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Jarchow
E17Round Two Preliminaries
Dec 22, 1990
Round two preliminaries with contenders: Montgomery vs. Altshuler and Telley vs. Stickelman.
E18Round Two Quarterfinals
Dec 29, 1990
Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Montgomery vs. Duke and Duke vs. Akai.
E19Round Two Quarterfinals
Jan 5, 1991
Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Johnson vs. Dieter and Look-Jaeger vs. Dorsa.
E20Round Two Quarterfinals
Jan 12, 1991
Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Nasca vs. Kiernan and Cumberbatch vs. Jarchow.
E21Round Two Quarterfinals
Jan 19, 1991
Round two quarterfinals with contenders: Altshuler vs. Branham and Telley vs. Stickelman.
E22Round Two Semi-finals
Jan 26, 1991
Round two semi-finals with contenders: Branham vs. Montgomery and Telley vs. Akai.
E23Round Two Semi-finals
Feb 2, 1991
Round two semi-finals with contenders: Kiernan vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Dorsa.
E24Round Two Finals
Feb 9, 1991
Round two finals with contenders: Branham vs. Dieter and Cumberbatch vs. Telley.
E25Grand Championship
Feb 16, 1991
Grand championship with contenders: Costantino vs. Branham and Nichting vs. Cumberbatch.
E26Alumni Show
Feb 23, 1991
Alumni show with contenders: Cheryl Ann Silich, Aimee Ross, Lucian Anderson and Terry Moore.
E1Round One Preliminaries 1
Sep 1, 1991
First half preliminary 1: Gary Wilson v. Coz Worthington, Toril Torjensen v. Kristi Kopp
E2Round One Preliminaries 2
Sep 8, 1991
First half preliminary 2: Alex Engmann/Johnny Vineyard v. James Long, Elise Johnson v. Erica Alstead
E3Round One Preliminaries 3
Sep 15, 1991
First half preliminary 3: Randy Jones v. Keith Collins, Johnnie Jonckowski v. Patti Stevenson
E4Round One Preliminaries 4
Sep 22, 1991
First half preliminary 4: Eric Monostori/Tim Goldrick v. Greg Petrie, Denise Chase v. Rose Ann Torres
E5Round One Preliminaries 5
Sep 29, 1991
First half preliminary 5: Mark Anthony v. Craig Charles, Kimberley Lentz v. Jill Shenk
E6Round One Quarterfinals 1
Oct 6, 1991
First half quarterfinal 1: Johnny Vineyard v. Coz Worthington, Kristi Kropp v. Kimberley Lentz
E7Round One Quarterfinals 2
Oct 13, 1991
First half quarterfinal 2: Mark Ortega v. Craig Charles, Johnnie Jonckowski v. Sherry Giardina
E8Round One Quarterfinals 3
Oct 20, 1991
First half quarterfinal 3: Tom Goldrick v. Randy Jones, Denise Chase v. Erica Alstead
E9Pro Football Challenge of Champions
Oct 27, 1991
Pro football alumni compete in a special episode: Jack Hamm, Cliff Branch, Charles White, Phil Villapiano, Greg Pruitt, Jim Kiick
E10Round One Semifinals 1
Nov 3, 1991
First half semifinal 1: Mark Ortega v. Johnny Vineyard, Johnny Jonckowski v. Kimberley Lentz
E11Round One Semifinals 2
Nov 10, 1991
First half semifinal 2: Tim Goldrick v. Coz Worthington, Kristi Kropp v. Denise Chase
E12Round One Finals
Nov 17, 1991
First half final: Tim Goldrick v. Mark Ortega, Kristi Kropp v. Kimberley Lentz
E13Round Two Preliminaries 1
Nov 24, 1991
Second half preliminary 1: Robert Bender v. Kevin Cleary, A.J. Perling v. Angela Sheppard
E14Round Two Preliminaries 2
Dec 1, 1991
Second half preliminary 2: Chris Parisi v. George Blasius, Trace Wolf v. Kathy Mollica
E15Round Two Preliminaries 3
Dec 8, 1991
Second half preliminary 3: Joseph Mauro v. Dennis Watts, Patricia Murray v. Teri Plunkett
E16Round Two Preliminaries 4
Dec 15, 1991
Second half preliminary 4: Ted Papenhagen v. Tommy Knox, Angela Stearns v. Talpha Lehnen
E17Round Two Preliminaries 5
Dec 22, 1991
Second half preliminary 5: Darrell Gholar v. Jay Macormack/Anthony Jackson, Vivian Riley v. Lisa Sierra
E18Round Two Preliminaries 6
Dec 29, 1991
Second half preliminary 6: Marek Wilczynski v. Tony Curella, Stephanie Violante v. Tracy Passo
E19Round Two Quarterfinals 1
Jan 5, 1992
Second half quarterfinal 1: Kevin Cleary v. Tommy Knox, Vivian Riley/Angela Stearns v. Susan Stencil
E20Round Two Quarterfinals 2
Jan 12, 1992
Second half quarterfinal 2: Darrell Gholar v. Tony Curella, Talpha Lehnen v. Tracy Passo
E21Round Two Quarterfinals 3
Jan 19, 1992
Second half quarterfinal 3: Joseph Mauro v. Gearge Blasius, A.J. Perling v. Kathy Mollica
E22Round Two Semifinals 1
Jan 26, 1992
Second half semifinal 1: Tommy Knox v. Darrell Gholar, Tracy Passo v. Susan Stencil
E23Round Two Semifinals 2
Feb 2, 1992
Second half semifinal 2: Joseph Mauro v. Tony Curella; Kathy Mollica v. A.J. Perling
E24Round Two Finals
Feb 9, 1992
Second half final: Joseph Mauro v. Darrell Gholar, Kathy Mollica v. Susan Stencil
E25Grand Championship
Feb 16, 1992
Grand Championship: Mark Ortega v. Joseph Mauro, Kimberly Lentz v. Kathy Mollica
E1Round One Preliminaries
Sep 1, 1992
Contenders: Betsy Erickson vs. Jeannine Micheletti and Lance Sellers (alt. Darryl Moore) vs. Cliff Miller.
E2Round One Preliminaries
Sep 8, 1992
Contenders: Lisa Langston vs. Tracy Ann Jernegan and Tony Bettendorf vs. Elbert Gray.
E3Round One Preliminaries
Sep 15, 1992
Contenders: Jennifer Walz vs. Claudia Valdiviez and Ernest Peace (alt. Sean Hargrow) vs. Buz Rosenberg.
E4Round One Preliminaries
Sep 22, 1992
Contenders: Elizabeth Pepe vs. Yvonne Montalvo and Willie Cooley vs. Spencer Street.
E5Round One Preliminaries
Sep 29, 1992
Contenders: Cathy Marshall vs. Shannon Williams and Roger Hughes vs. Ted LePage.
E6Round One Quarterfinals
Oct 6, 1992
Contenders: Lisa Langston vs. Shannon Williams and Tony Bettendorf vs. Willie Cooley.
E7Round One Quarterfinals
Oct 13, 1992
Contenders: Cathy Marshall vs. Annette McBride and Joseph Kettle vs. Ted LePage.
E8Round One Quarterfinals
Oct 20, 1992
Contenders: Jennifer Walz vs. Betsy Erickson and Cliff Miller vs. Spencer Street
E9Round One Semi-finals
Oct 27, 1992
Contenders: Betsy Erickson vs. Lisa Langston and Ted LePage vs. Spencer Street
E10Round One Semi-finals
Nov 3, 1992
Contenders: Annette McBride vs. Jennifer Walz and Cliff Miller vs. Tony Bettendorf
E11Round One Finals
Nov 10, 1992
Contenders: Annette McBride vs. Betsy Erickson and Cliff Miller vs. Ted LePage
E12Round Two Preliminaries
Nov 17, 1992
Contenders: Melissa Liberman vs. Cheryl Wilson and Mary DePaoli vs. Jerry Burrell
E13Round Two Preliminaries
Nov 24, 1992
Contenders: Paula Perry vs. Christine Underhill-Richard/alt. Michele Ramelot and Kevin Weber vs. Michael D. Coulson
E14Round Two Preliminaries
Dec 1, 1992
Contenders: Brenda Moss vs. Julie Padelford and Don Marcus Bailey vs. Bernie Miller
E15Round Two Preliminaries
Dec 8, 1992
Contenders: Lyn Bell vs. Carolyn Dean and Carlton Fluker vs. Michael Small
E16Round Two Preliminaries
Dec 15, 1992
Contenders: Cherrise Traylor vs. Katy Ramsey and Vince Granger vs. Jayson Yao
E17Round Two Preliminaries
Dec 22, 1992
Contenders: Lisa Wojciehowski vs. Signa York/alt. Lynn Murphy and Charles Neal vs. Jim Echolls
E18Round Two Quarterfinals
Dec 29, 1992
Contenders: Melissa Liberman vs. Katy Ramsey and Kevin Weber vs. Jayson Yao
E19Round Two Quarterfinals
Jan 5, 1993
Contenders: Brenda Moss/alt. Julie Padelford vs. Cheryl Wilson and Vince Granger vs. Bernie Miller
E20Round Two Quarterfinals
Jan 12, 1993
Contenders: Lisa Wojciehowski vs. Paula Perry and Marty DePaoli vs. Carlton Fluker
E21Round Two Semi-finals
Jan 19, 1993
Contenders: Melissa Liberman vs. Cheryl Wilson and Bernie Miller/alt. Vince Granger vs. Marty DePaoli
E22Round Two Semi-finals
Jan 26, 1993
Contenders: Lisa Wojciehowski vs. Katy Ramsey and Carlton Fluker vs. Kevin Weber
E23Round Two Finals
Feb 2, 1993
Contenders: Katy Ramsey vs. Cheryl Wilson and Kevin Weber vs. Marty DePaoli
E24Grand Championship
Feb 9, 1993
Contenders: Betsy Erickson vs. Cheryl Wilson and Cliff Miller vs. Marty DePaoli
E25NFL Show
Feb 16, 1993
Contenders: Mark Clayton, Tony Dorsett, Seth Joyner, Charles White, Drew Hill and Wesley Walker
E26Pro Football Challenge
Feb 23, 1993
E1Round One Preliminaries
Sep 1, 1993
E2Round One Preliminaries
Sep 8, 1993
E3Round One Preliminaries
Sep 15, 1993
E4Round One Preliminaries
Sep 22, 1993
E5Round One Quarterfinals
Sep 29, 1993
E6Round One Quarterfinals
Oct 6, 1993
E7Round One Quarterfinals
Oct 13, 1993
E8Round One Quarterfinals
Oct 20, 1993
E9Round One Semi-finals
Oct 27, 1993
E10Round One Semi-finals
Nov 3, 1993
E11Round One Semi-finals
Nov 10, 1993
E12Round One Finals
Nov 17, 1993
E13Round Two Preliminaries
Nov 24, 1993
E14Round Two Preliminaries
Dec 1, 1993
E15Round Two Preliminaries
Dec 8, 1993
E16Round Two Quarterfinals
Dec 15, 1993
E17Round Two Quarterfinals
Dec 22, 1993
E18Round Two Quarterfinals
Dec 29, 1993
E19Round Two Quarterfinals
Jan 5, 1994
E20Round Two Semi-finals
Jan 12, 1994
E21Round Two Semi-finals
Jan 19, 1994
E22Round Two Finals
Jan 26, 1994
E23Grand Championship
Feb 2, 1994
E24Gold Medal Challenge of Champions II
Feb 9, 1994
E25Gold Medal Challenge of Champions II
Feb 16, 1994
E26International Challenge of Champions II
Feb 23, 1994
E1Qualifying Round 1
Sep 1, 1994
E2Qualifying Round 2
E3Qualifying Round 3
E4Qualifying Round 4
E5Qualifying Round 5
E6Qualifying Round 6
E7Qualifying Round 7
E8Qualifying Round 8
E9Qualifying Round 9
E10Qualifying Round 10
E11Qualifying Round 11
E12Qualifying Round 12
E13Qualifying Round 13
E14Qualifying Round 14
E15Qualifying Round 15
E16Semifinal Round 1
E17Semifinal Round 2
E18Grand Championship
E19LAPD Vs. NYPD
E20Celebrity Special
E21Gold Medal Challenge of Champions III
E22USC Vs. Notre Dame
E23Battle Of The Best
E24Armed Forces Challenge of Champions II
E1U.S. Preliminaries
E2U.S. Preliminaries
E3U.S. Preliminaries
E4U.S. Preliminaries
E5U.S. Preliminaries
E6U.S. Preliminaries
E7U.S. Semi-final One
E8U.S. Semi-final Two
E9U.S. Grand Championship
E10Baywatch Vs. Lifeguards Special
E11Playboy Challenge
E12Celebrity Vs. Pro Football Challenge
E13Twins Vs. Alumni Challenge
E14Battle Of The Best II
Storyline
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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