The on again off again saga of TNA’s Matt Morgan being an American Gladiators has come to an end according to several sources who claim he will be in the role of new Gladiator ‘The Beast’ sometime in mid-season. Even though filming for Season 2 has already been finished news of this is just starting to trickle out. Supposedly there were some contract issues between NBC and his wrestling company TNA that had to be sorted out, but the two sides struck a deal and he has already filmed his segments.
For more photos and information on The Beast (Matt Morgan) check out his biography page.
Overnight Neilsen ratings are in for the Season 2 premiere of American Gladiators and they are very dissapointing. In the 8 to 10 p.m. timeslot American Gladiators only managed to bring in 4.9 million viewers compared with Season 1 ratings of 12.1 million viewers. Having to go up against one of the final episodes of ‘Dancing With The Stars’ proved to be costly for viewership. Unfortunately Gladiators had to start May 12th so it could be finished in time for the Olympics.
This news is very concerning for NBC because of how much money they dumped into the show for this season. Unless ratings pick up this could be the second and final season of American Gladiators.
Here we go Gladiator fans, tonight on NBC at 7p.m. central time American Gladiators returns for Season 2 with a two-hour premiere that’s been advertised as bigger and better. This season NBC has moved the show to the L.A. Sports Arena, added seven new events, added eight new Gladiators including Phoenix, Jet, Rocket and The Beast, a 7 foot-tall Gladiator putting 6′8″ Justice to shame. This season there will be 20 male and 20 female contenders competing for the $100,000 prize money.
The two-hour premiere kicks off with single mom and black belt Melissa Trinidad going up against firefighter and Chernobyl survivor Elena Maskalik. For the men we have grocery store owner Toby Gordin going up against carpenter Randee Haynes.
The second hour of the show features Para-Olympian John Sciliano battling special education teacher Gerry Garcia. On the women’s side we have Air Force Major Vanessa Warren going up against bartender Nikki Key.
With all the new location of the show, events and Gladiators this is shaping up to be another big season. Make sure to watch on NBC at 7p.m. central.
Season 2 of American Gladiators will feature 40 contenders, 20 male and 20 female. Each of them with hopes of making it to the season finale episode in which they will compete for the $100,000 prize money. This season we have a wide variety of individuals including a two sets of married couples, a SWAT officer, Paralympic athlete with artificial leg, several police officers, ER Doctor, teachers and yes guys female twins. Check out the whole list of contenders after the jump or check out the Season 2 contenders page.
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In what looked like a sure thing has now turned into a distant memory. Matt Morgan of TNA fame could not agree on a contract with NBC to become a Gladiator afterall. Thus leaving him off the card for AG Season 2. Apparently, according to the story from WrestlingObserver.com and Prowrestling.net, NBC wanted to lock Matt up to a 6 year deal and he wasn’t having any of that. You can continue to get your fill of Morgan wrestling it up on TNA for the immediate future.
NBC has given us another look inside Season 2 of American Gladiators with the addition of seven all-new events and eight new Gladiators including Rocket (Evan Dollard) and Jet (Monica Carlson), winners from Season1. Of the seven new events we know of five that include Vertigo, Skytrack, Rocketball, Sideswipe and a returning favorite from the classic Gladiators, Atlasphere. The eight new American Gladiators include Rocket, Jet, Phoenix, Hurricane, Steel, Zen, Panther and a 7-foot tall man named The Beast.
The new set looks amazing with all the events spread througout the new venue, the L.A. Sports Arena. For the second season a new 200,000 gallon tank will be in place, a new wall over 50 feet high and a much tougher Eliminator awaits the contenders. The seven new events will be unveiled throughout the season with at least one in each episode.
Meet the newest female Gladiator for Season 2, Jennifer Widerstrom who is known as ‘Phoenix’. Other than looking smoking hot not much is known about Phoenix except she is 5′6″ tall, weighs 155 pounds, sports pink hair and is/was a NPC Figure competitor. Looks like Crush has some competition for the sexiest female Gladiator. For more information on Phoenix visit her biography page here, also check out her Gladiator photos after the jump…
I came across this video on the NBC site along with the other video I posted in the previous post. This video features Hellga, Crush, Toa, Titan, Justice, Militia and Wolf. The video is good for a few laughs. Check it out above.
The days are getting numbered to the Season 2 premiere on May 12th of American Gladiators. Just the other day NBC came out with the Season 2 promo video or commercial as some like to call it. The whole theme of the promo was bigger and much bigger with the Gladiators being larger than life figures roaming around different cities. From the promo we can see that Titan, Crush, Wolf, Venom, and Justice return for Season 2. Events like Hang Tough, Joust, Hit & Run and the Gauntlet will be back as well. We will just have to wait a little while longer for all the news to come out about season 2 so check back often and soon for all the updates.
Season 2 of American Gladiators will feature 40 contenders, 20 male and 20 female. Each of them with hopes of making it to the season finale episode in which they will compete for the $100,000 prize money. This season we have a wide variety of individuals including a two sets of married couples, a SWAT officer, Paralympic athlete with artificial leg, several police officers, ER Doctor, teachers and yes guys female twins. Check out the whole list of contenders after the jump or check out the 
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