Overview
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.
Episodes
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Season 7
S01E01 Round 1: Preliminaries
December 31, 1988 60 min
Females: Frankie Perry vs Brenda Hund Males: Craig Williams vs John Shumski
S01E02 Round One Preliminaries
January 7, 1989 60 min
First Half Preliminary Round 2: Moore vs Wirth / Henry vs Jorge
S01E03 Round One Preliminaries
January 14, 1989 60 min
First Half Preliminary Round 3: McCarthy vs. Needham/Hutson vs. Simmons
S01E04 Round One Preliminaries
January 14, 1989 60 min
First Half Preliminary Round 4: Petitto vs. Ross/Carroll vs. Wyatt
S01E05 Round One Preliminaries
January 21, 1989 60 min
First Half Preliminary Round 5: Phillips vs. Cotton/Rogers vs. Todd
S01E06 Round One Quarterfinals
January 31, 1989 60 min
First Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Cotton vs. Hund/Williams vs. Shumski
S01E07 Round One Quarterfinals
January 31, 1989 60 min
First Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Petitto vs. Ross/Wirth vs. Simmons
S01E08 Round One Quarterfinals
January 31, 1989 60 min
First Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Henry vs. Needham/Moore vs. Hutson
S01E09 Round One Quarterfinals
February 1, 1989 60 min
First Half Quarterfinal Round 4: McCarthy vs. Phillips/Carroll vs. Todd
S01E10 Round One Semi-finals
March 1, 1989 60 min
First Half Semifinal Round 1: Needham vs. Petitto/Williams vs. Carroll/Shumski
S01E11 Round One Semi-finals
March 1, 1989 60 min
First Half Semifinal Round 2: Cotton vs. Phillips/Hutson vs. Wirth
S01E12 Round One Finals
March 1, 1989 60 min
First Half Final Round: Petitto vs. Phillips/Williams vs. Hutson
S01E13 Highlights From Round One
May 1, 1989 60 min
First Half Highlight Show
S01E14 Round Two Preliminaries
September 1, 1989 60 min
Preliminary Round 1: Seymour vs. Jordan/Schwartze vs. Farwell
S01E15 Round Two Preliminaries
September 1, 1989 60 min
Preliminary Round 2: Podesta vs. Harrison/Allen vs. Herbst
S01E16 Round Two Preliminaries
September 1, 1989 60 min
Second Half Preliminary Round 3: Anderson vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Rampe
S01E17 Round Two Preliminaries
September 1, 1989 60 min
Second Half Preliminary Round 4: Sutton vs. Cueva/Lakatos vs. Silich
S01E18 Round Two Preliminaries
September 1, 1989 60 min
Second Half Preliminary Round 5: Stinson vs. Kidd/Brown vs. Koeberle
S01E19 Round Two Quarterfinals
March 1, 1990 60 min
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 1: Seymour vs. Brady/Venturi vs. Harrison
S01E20 Round Two Quarterfinals
March 1, 1990 60 min
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 2: Kidd vs. Herbst/Podesta vs. Koeberle
S01E21 Round Two Quarterfinals
March 1, 1990 60 min
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 3: Sutton vs. Jordan/Lakatos vs. Silich
S01E22 Round Two Quarterfinals
March 1, 1990 60 min
Second Half Quarterfinal Round 4: Anderson vs. Allen/Brown vs. Farwell
S01E23 Round Two Semi-finals
March 1, 1990 60 min
Second Half Semifinal Round 1: Jordan vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Silich
S01E24 Round Two Semi-finals
March 1, 1990 60 min
Second Half Semifinal Round 2: Podesta vs. Brown/Kidd vs. Seymour/Herbst
S01E25 Round Two Finals
March 1, 1990 60 min
Second Half Final Round: Kidd vs. Anderson/Venturi vs. Brown
S01E26 Grand Championship
April 1, 1990 60 min
Grand Championship Final: Anderson vs. Hutson/Venturi vs. Phillips