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Females: Frankie Perry vs Brenda Hund

Males: Craig Williams vs John Shumski

Round 1: Preliminaries

First Half Preliminary Round 2: Moore vs Wirth / Henry vs Jorge

Round One Preliminaries

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

Round One Quarterfinals

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

Round One Semi-finals

First Half Semifinal Round 2: Cotton vs. Phillips/Hutson vs. Wirth

First Half Final Round: Petitto vs. Phillips/Williams vs. Hutson

Round One Finals

Highlights From Round One

Preliminary Round 1: Seymour vs. Jordan/Schwartze vs. Farwell

Round Two Preliminaries

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

Round Two Quarterfinals

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

Round Two Semi-finals

Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Podesta vs. Brown/Kidd vs. Seymour/Herbst

Second Half Final Round: Kidd vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Brown

Round Two Finals

Grand Championship Final: Anderson vs. Hutson/Venturi vs. Phillips

Grand Championship

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.

Alumni Show

First half preliminary 1: Gary Wilson v. Coz Worthington, Toril Torjensen v. Kristi Kopp

Round One Preliminaries 1

First half preliminary 2:  Alex Engmann/Johnny Vineyard v. James Long, Elise Johnson v. Erica Alstead

Round One Preliminaries 2

First half preliminary 3: Randy Jones v. Keith Collins, Johnnie Jonckowski v. Patti Stevenson

Round One Preliminaries 3

First half preliminary 4: Eric Monostori/Tim Goldrick v. Greg Petrie, Denise Chase v. Rose Ann Torres

Round One Preliminaries 4

First half preliminary 5: Mark Anthony v.  Craig Charles, Kimberley Lentz v. Jill Shenk

Round One Preliminaries 5

First half quarterfinal  1: Johnny Vineyard v. Coz Worthington, Kristi Kropp v. Kimberley Lentz

Round One Quarterfinals 1

First half quarterfinal 2:  Mark Ortega v. Craig Charles, Johnnie Jonckowski v. Sherry Giardina

Round One Quarterfinals 2

First half quarterfinal 3: Tom Goldrick v. Randy Jones, Denise Chase v. Erica Alstead

Round One Quarterfinals 3

Pro football alumni compete in a special episode: Jack Hamm, Cliff Branch, Charles White, Phil Villapiano, Greg Pruitt, Jim Kiick

Pro Football Challenge of Champions

First half semifinal 1: Mark Ortega v. Johnny Vineyard, Johnny Jonckowski v. Kimberley Lentz

Round One Semifinals 1

First half semifinal 2: Tim Goldrick v. Coz Worthington, Kristi Kropp v. Denise Chase

Round One Semifinals 2

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

Round Two Preliminaries 1

Second half preliminary 2: Chris Parisi v. George Blasius, Trace Wolf v. Kathy Mollica

Round Two Preliminaries 2

Second half preliminary 3: Joseph Mauro v. Dennis Watts, Patricia Murray v. Teri Plunkett

Round Two Preliminaries 3

Second half preliminary 4: Ted Papenhagen v. Tommy Knox, Angela Stearns v. Talpha Lehnen

Round Two Preliminaries 4

Second half preliminary 5: Darrell Gholar v. Jay Macormack/Anthony Jackson, Vivian Riley v. Lisa Sierra

Round Two Preliminaries 5

Second half preliminary 6: Marek Wilczynski v. Tony Curella, Stephanie Violante v. Tracy Passo

Round Two Preliminaries 6

Second half quarterfinal 1: Kevin Cleary v. Tommy Knox, Vivian Riley/Angela Stearns v. Susan Stencil

Round Two Quarterfinals 1

Second half quarterfinal 2: Darrell Gholar v. Tony Curella, Talpha Lehnen v. Tracy Passo

Round Two Quarterfinals 2

Second half quarterfinal 3: Joseph Mauro v. Gearge Blasius, A.J. Perling v. Kathy Mollica

Round Two Quarterfinals 3

Second half semifinal 1: Tommy Knox v. Darrell Gholar, Tracy Passo v. Susan Stencil

Round Two Semifinals 1

Second half semifinal 2: Joseph Mauro v. Tony Curella; Kathy Mollica v. A.J. Perling

Round Two Semifinals 2

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

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.

The Best Seasons of American Gladiators

The Best Seasons of American Gladiators

Season 5

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Season 1

Season 3

Season 4

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