Calling all flat tops! The (OG) American Gladiators Appreciation Thread

[Trot LaRoc]

AG was my shyt! As a kid I wanted to compete on the show so bad

Double Dare was fye too

 

[QuintessentialMan]

what yall know bout the UK version though, like '93
Had a black character on it named Shadow
He was legit a beast though

 

[Arcavian]

Used to watch this on Saturday nights

 

[boskey]

Always wanted to fire that tennis ball gun

 

[NormanConnors]

Yep

Sometimes the Gladiators would get that work though

 

[Maxine Shaw]

I remember this sooooo well. Our hero was actually losing all day long, and he was getting his ass DESTROYED by this cac Brit on the Eliminator. I mean, it was nowhere close. I was crying so hard that you would've thought that was MY dad out there.

And then the white guy's legs gave out right at the end. Two Scoops for the win! U-S-A! U-S-A! #GreatMomentsInBlackHistory

 

[Petty Crocker]

I loved this show!
I love the gladiator names too..
American Gladiators >American Ninja Warrior
I catch the reruns occasionally..lemme see if I can remember what channel

 

[Maxine Shaw]

I always thought Hang Tough was the worst event.

It definitely gets no love. This site rated is second worst only to Sky Track.
The Definitive Ranking of All 16 American Gladiators Events

My top three WOATs will always be Hang Tough, Sky Track and Atlasphere.

2 Scoops was the truth. Had the crowd chanting "2 SCOOPS, 2 SCOOPS" once they saw how he constantly sonned the Gladiators.

Then talking shyt at the end. (Might not have made a bit of sense, though.)


Interesting thing about Blaze. Back in the day, there was a show called Knights and Warriors, which was a bad AG ripoff. Blaze married one of those guys & got kicked off the show. But she got the last laugh: she's still married to him, she went on to become a math teacher, and their oldest son plays for Iowa State.

 

[Carl Tethers]

what yall know bout the UK version though, like '93
Had a black character on it named Shadow
He was legit a beast though

Just remembered Wolf.. Hated that c*nt

 

[Tommy Fits]

I'll be 35 on October, used to watch this every Saturday after WWF. And on rainy Saturday afternoons would just watch TV and catch up on the Mr.Belvedere reruns. I think that came in after Gladiators, at least on Fox 5 in NYC

 

[manyfaces]

It definitely gets no love. This site rated is second worst only to Sky Track.
The Definitive Ranking of All 16 American Gladiators Events

My top three WOATs will always be Hang Tough, Sky Track and Atlasphere.


Then talking shyt at the end. (Might not have made a bit of sense, though.)


Interesting thing about Blaze. Back in the day, there was a show called Knights and Warriors, which was a bad AG ripoff. Blaze married one of those guys & got kicked off the show. But she got the last laugh: she's still married to him, she went on to become an lawyer, and their oldest son plays for Iowa State.

Ricky Bobby bit "Shake and Bake" from 2 Scoops?


And I forgot about ol' boy who ended up playing Jax in that awful Mortal Kombat sequel.

 

[Jplaya2023]

i remember carl and steve competing and shyt

 

[BrehMan]

i remember carl and steve competing and shyt

For Pete's sake, it's just a stinking bug


Used to watch American Gladiators Sundays at 11am after WWF Superstars/Wrestling Challenge

 

[Just like bruddas]

Saturday afternoons I would watch this with my brother and father. Wasnt half of them were Gay?

 

[Gator48]

I always dreamed of putting Nitro in his place...fake ass athlete