AMERICAN GLADIATORS THE V1

Details

• Release Year: 1989
• Genre: Action, Special Interest, Sports
• Plot: Here is it, for the first time ever on DVD....the thrilling first season of the hit competition series were two male and two female contestants pit their strength, speed and athletic skills against a group of highly trained professional athletes known as the American Gladiators.; ; Premiering in 1989, the weekly program began with Joe Theismann and Mike Adamle as the hosts - both shown here in a jam-packed recap episode. The Battle Begins then commences with the second half of Season One, just as Adamle was joined by Todd Christensen and the show's arena expanded into a large soundstage on the back lot at Universal Studios. Season One featured contenders such as actor Billy Wirth (The Lost Boys), fitness expert Cheryl Ann Silich and Olympic hopeful Wendy Brown.; ; The competition featured a total of six grueling events for each contestant: Assault, Breaththrough And Conquer, Human Cannonball, Joust, Powerball and The Eliminator. The second half of Season One saw the exciting addition of the spectacle known as The Wall, in which contenders had two minutes to scale a rock climber's wall with a Gladiator in hot pursuit.; ; the original show was an instant hit and continued for seven seasons, and in 2008 it spawned a new version of the no-holds-barred television phenomenon that was an overnight ratings success.;
• Runtime: 14:00
• Company: Shout Factory
• Media Format: Series