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What: American Gladiators (Wiki link for new series)
Where: NBC / CityTV (Canada
When: Mondays, 8pm
Medopine presents: Gladiator Bios that are more than just their favorite sub!
Venom
She has shed her skin to become one of the most feared warriors in Gladiator Arena. She stalks her prey with caution and strikes when it is least expected. Any opponent that faces her had better come prepared because there is no known antidote for Venom, who is lethal in any dose.
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Venom's real name is Beth Horn and she's 31 years old. She discovered weight training after blowing out her ACL in a high school gymnastics tournament. In college, she blew out her other knee, spending more time in rehab. After graduating from college, she jumped right into personal training, leaving behind plans to go to medical school.
From 1998 forward, Beth has been a fitness model and a fitness competitor. In 2000, frustrated with finishing in third place several years in a row in the National Fitness Competition, Beth went for a walk on the beach to try to get in the right training mindset before that year's championship. She slipped on a rock and broke her foot in two places. Twelve weeks later, she was the overall National Fitness Champion and became a professional fitness uh...person.
She authored a book titled “The Natural Way- The Holistic Guide To Total Mind-Body, Health & Fitness." She met her husband during the production of the book and says she took a year off to plan her "dream wedding." In 2007, Beth decided to compete in one last fitness competition. Luckily, the American Gladiator auditions were a week after that competition, so she was in top form.
Beth hasn't appeared on any other shows or competed in anything other than fitness competitions, as far as I can tell.
Measurements: 5'8" 135lbs
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois (Dec 2, 1976)
College: Ball State (2 years)
Favorite music (pulled from an older site): Michelle Branch, Avril Lavigne; 'Let Go', Bruce Springsteen; 'The Rising', U2; ‘The Best 1990-2000’, Bob Marley's 'Legend', Jimi Hendrix; ‘Experienced’
Favorite food: Chinese
Some references:
IMDB
http://bethhorn.com
http://www.americangladiatorsblog.com/biographies/beth-horn-biography
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Venom's real name is Beth Horn and she's 31 years old. She discovered weight training after blowing out her ACL in a high school gymnastics tournament. In college, she blew out her other knee, spending more time in rehab. After graduating from college, she jumped right into personal training, leaving behind plans to go to medical school.
From 1998 forward, Beth has been a fitness model and a fitness competitor. In 2000, frustrated with finishing in third place several years in a row in the National Fitness Competition, Beth went for a walk on the beach to try to get in the right training mindset before that year's championship. She slipped on a rock and broke her foot in two places. Twelve weeks later, she was the overall National Fitness Champion and became a professional fitness uh...person.
She authored a book titled “The Natural Way- The Holistic Guide To Total Mind-Body, Health & Fitness." She met her husband during the production of the book and says she took a year off to plan her "dream wedding." In 2007, Beth decided to compete in one last fitness competition. Luckily, the American Gladiator auditions were a week after that competition, so she was in top form.
Beth hasn't appeared on any other shows or competed in anything other than fitness competitions, as far as I can tell.
Measurements: 5'8" 135lbs
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois (Dec 2, 1976)
College: Ball State (2 years)
Favorite music (pulled from an older site): Michelle Branch, Avril Lavigne; 'Let Go', Bruce Springsteen; 'The Rising', U2; ‘The Best 1990-2000’, Bob Marley's 'Legend', Jimi Hendrix; ‘Experienced’
Favorite food: Chinese
Some references:
IMDB
http://bethhorn.com
http://www.americangladiatorsblog.com/biographies/beth-horn-biography
Our local statistically obsessed nutjob (<3) mtvcdm's summary of the changes from the first season to the second season:
FEMALE GLADIATORS:
*Crush, Hellga, Siren, Venom return.
*New: Monica/Jet, Phoenix, Steel. Information unknown on 'Panther'.
*Fury demoted to reserve. Meh.
*Stealth, Season 1 reserve Blast fired.
MALE GLADIATORS:
*Justice, Militia, Titan, Toa, Wolf return.
*New: Evan/Rocket, Hurricane. Information unknown on 'Zen', 'Beast'.
*Mayhem demoted to reserve. As in, someone who is not Militia. (Man, what was wrong with Mayhem?)
*Season 1 reserve Hammer fired.
EVENTS:
*Assault streamlined.
*Hang Tough doubled in length, blue 5-point scoring zone introduced.
*Powerball goals narrowed to prevent jump shots, field widened.
*Wall raised 10 feet to 50. 5 points earned for remaining on the wall for the full 60 seconds.
*Skytrack introduced. One lap around a figure-8 track while being chased by a gladiator, detonator on the back of the contender that the gladiator can hit to eliminate the contender.
*Atlasphere introduced. Goals worth 2 points.
*Vertigo introduced.
*Rocketball introduced.
*Tilt introduced, format similar to Tug of War from old US Gladiators.
*Crush, Hellga, Siren, Venom return.
*New: Monica/Jet, Phoenix, Steel. Information unknown on 'Panther'.
*Fury demoted to reserve. Meh.
*Stealth, Season 1 reserve Blast fired.
MALE GLADIATORS:
*Justice, Militia, Titan, Toa, Wolf return.
*New: Evan/Rocket, Hurricane. Information unknown on 'Zen', 'Beast'.
*Mayhem demoted to reserve. As in, someone who is not Militia. (Man, what was wrong with Mayhem?)
*Season 1 reserve Hammer fired.
EVENTS:
*Assault streamlined.
*Hang Tough doubled in length, blue 5-point scoring zone introduced.
*Powerball goals narrowed to prevent jump shots, field widened.
*Wall raised 10 feet to 50. 5 points earned for remaining on the wall for the full 60 seconds.
*Skytrack introduced. One lap around a figure-8 track while being chased by a gladiator, detonator on the back of the contender that the gladiator can hit to eliminate the contender.
*Atlasphere introduced. Goals worth 2 points.
*Vertigo introduced.
*Rocketball introduced.
*Tilt introduced, format similar to Tug of War from old US Gladiators.
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I haven't seen Hellga yet except for the intro -- I just finished the first episode. Second one has the opening credits now.
Wolf was weird at first. His gimmick is really lame but then I realized -- it's junk TV! Lame is good! I loved him on the rings in the first episode. He dominated that skate dork.
The fact that there are no Gladiators in the Eliminator is kinda disappointing. I miss the contenders plowing through the paper and smacking right into Tower. I am glad that they got rid of Human Cannonball, as that event always seemed a little dull. The new events are a mixed bag. Earthquake is good, with Fury showing off a little in the second match. Hit and Run is less entertaining and feels like NBC was watching too much MXC.
It's pretty good if you're in the mood for it.
This ref is so the ref from Dodgeball. I HOPE THEY HAVE A DODGEBALL EVENT
from commercials though I was forced to wonder why they replaced the mats with water. that pissed me off but I wasn't sure why.
I like really fit girls and I like nerdy eccentric girls. Someone explain.
The Gladiators need a ton more practice, they didn't' look like they were much more familiar with the games than the contestants. Especially during the joust, that dude sucked.
These commercial cuts got annoying if you watched it live, I guess.
And Wolf dominated that guy in the pyramid challenge, dropped him with some move he must of picked up from Hogan.
Cabezone; In one of the interviews with a gladiator she said they were learning the events on the fly. So hopefully he does improve because that jousting was weak.
Also, one of the female Gladiators is really, really hot. I don't know her name. Charged? Caged? She's hot.
Seriously, I expect more domination.
*sobs uncontrollably*
what?!
edit - oh I see.
I don't remember a whole lot of the original show because I was relatively young at the time, but most of the events were fairly decent although a few seemed to fall below the par of the rest of the show (like the bridge with the swinging bags).
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Her name is Crush, and she's way hot
Coran Attack!
And the Eliminator for the women, seeing them both dead tired and just so obviously struggling just to stay up was great, I love competitions where the competitors have to go beyond their limits.
Bad parts would be the Assault which was one of my fav events in the old show but now just looks tacky, the force quips on the Pyramid by the gladiators. I don't want to see them trying to act out a sketch I want to see them punish some people! Hit and Run can go away, replace it with the Rollcage competition or that one where the contestants hurl themselves at the gladiators and try to knock them off a pedestal.
Someone in the SE++ said something about the lack of safety in the show but there wasn't anything I saw that wasn't there in the old show and I think that people go into that show knowing they could get hurt. I mean, it's a test of your physical abilities, it's gonna be risky.
Anyway that's all I got. I'm watching again tomorrow for sure.
I mean, shit, there's a guy named wolf and he howls. Hahaha. Oh, god.
The hanging leg scissors during the women's Hang Tough event was cool though. I don't think I ever saw that in the original show. A really ballsy, tough looking move.
The funniest part was the one guy Jeff and Wolf trading barbs, it was like eating a pint of Peanut Butter Ice Cream.
1) Needs better contestants. Fireman and Marine Lady were pretty awesome. Especially Fireman. Reminds me of the old days when people would specialize in events. ALL of the other contestants were incredibly lame. Especially that chick that went out with the "phantom hit" in the first ten minutes of the show.
2) Needs more Hellga. Although she's not ripped like the female Gladiators of yore, she's the only one that seems to have the strength for some of the events. Plus, she's a Viking. I don't think she even made an appearance in the first two eps.
3) Needs better editing. 3 second jump cuts are ridiculous. We should be able to see the events unfold. Crazy camera angles and cuts every second don't allow this. We can always get highlights after the event.
4) Toa needs to get Americanized. and a uniform. Yeah, we get it, you're Samoan, but this isn't Samoan Gladiators. Actually ALL the Gladiators could use a return to the Red, White, and Blue.
5) More focus on the sport aspect of the show, and not the reality aspect.
- Gary Busey
A Glass, Darkly
I have it on my Tivo... Guess I need to watch this train wreck.
Librarians harbor a terrible secret. Find it.
3: Yes. I hate that they think we need to see an event unfold from every angle possible. Use that in the replays or before the last event. Other sports have a million more things going on, let us watch the action. I'm sure they'll iron stuff like this out though.
5: It's been a very long time since anything like this has been on air. I'm surprised they didin't show the gladiators backstage talking smack about the contestents or something. I think this'll change too once they get out of the 'Survivor', 'Big Brother' reality show mindset.
I watched the original American Gladiators back in the eighties and early nineties and somehow that show felt newer and less white-trash than this new hybrid did.
Guess I missed the joke because I just saw bad TV.
Also, "Crush's" real name is Gina Carano and she's a former MMA/Boxer fighter.
Also, what the hell is up with the new assault, and having to dig up your arrow, then take it to the crossbow....? That's some hard stuff to accomplish...
Also, those tennis balls did not look to be travelling 100mph. I think the gun was jamming or something.
She was the only reason I watched the show. Her grapple on the pyramid where she rolled down the whole thing with the opponent locked up in her legs was awesome.
also, toa is the biggest rock knock off since the rock.
I let it go because my brain had started to hurt.
Regardless, that dude's wife was foxy.
maybe his dad red that hulk hogan and his wife were getting divorced, and your roommate is just an idiot.
: )
They show episodes of the original on ESPN Classic. If you see some from season 1 (the one with Sunny and Malibu), the Gladiators kinda stunk in the events back then, too, since they were also learning.
Pretty good overall, although there's way too much trash-talking. Save that for Battle Dome Redux. Better than what's been done with most 80s TV comebacks. Needs more bungee cords.
Whoever came up with that name deserves an award.
I knew there was a reason she made my penis so happy! Alternatively, she's looked hotter and my penis didn't recognize her.
I was was on the ground, laughing, as they kept cutting back to her during the interview with the winner. At one point, she was just limply hanging on the the top of the ramp, not even trying to make it up. It was awesome.
On a tangent, I'm looking for a picture of the referee from Battle Dome. Does anyone remember him? His name was Seth Stockton, and his legs were like giant tree trunks made of muscles.