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American Gladiators [3] [4] 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.
Hollitt graduated from Lake-Lehman High School in 1982, then worked as a paralegal for seven years. [1]She appeared in Season 1 of American Gladiators in 1989, [2] taking off the second season (1990–91) for maternity leave, before returning for Season 3 and continuing on the show through 1995.
Sha-ri Pendleton (born December 5, 1963) is an American hurdler, javelin thrower, and bodybuilder of the mid-to-late 1980s. Under the stage name Blaze, she competed as a gladiator on the American TV show American Gladiators from 1989 to 1992.
After retiring, Beattie competed as a grinder on the America³ sailing team (the first all-women's America's Cup team). She also joined the cast of the American Gladiators TV series under the name "Siren", competing in 44 episodes between 1992 and 1997. Because she was deaf, she took visual cues from referee Larry Thompson and fellow gladiators.
Initially airing in syndication from 1989 to 1997, American Gladiators spawned T-shirts, hats, dolls, video games, trading cards and more. Everyone wanted a piece of it. Everyone wanted a piece of it.
The following is a list of events featured on American Gladiators. Descriptions of events that were played on the original version of American Gladiators contain only the changes made in the revival and the season the event was introduced in is shown in brackets. Season 1 featured a total of ten events, including the Eliminator, where Season 2 ...
American Gladiators is an athletic competition game show where contestants, referred to as "contenders", competed against the show's titular Gladiators in a series of physical games called "events" with the goal to be crowned the Grand Champion at the end of the season and win thousands of dollars in cash and prizes.
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the U.S. and she made her historic run in 1872 – before women even had the right to vote! She supported women's suffrage as well as welfare for the poor, and though it was frowned upon at the time, she didn't shy away from being vocal about sexual freedom.