The June 9th episode of American Gladiators will be a ‘Hulk’ themed episode with guest star Lou Ferrigno from the original “Incredible Hulk” tv series who will share hosting duties with Hulk Hogan.  The Hulk themed episode is an effort on the part of NBC to cross promote for NBC Universal whose Universal Pictures are producing the new ‘Incredible Hulk’ film with Marvel Studios.  The episode will feature a hulked out Gladiator Arena and an exclusive 60-second preview from the upcoming movie “The Incredible Hulk”.  The new movie which stars Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth and William Hurt opens four days later on June 13th.

For the Hulk themed episode the shows set which is housed in the L.A. Sports Arena will be redone with various Hulk features including the pool being green, green lighting, green graphics and green balls for Powerball.  Audience members were given 1,000 pairs of Hulk hands to wear throughout the episode and some will wear Hulk masks.  Also Gladiators competing in the Gauntlet will use Hulk Hands to stop the oncoming contenders. (more…)

Breaux Greer, the world class athlete and Javelin thrower will become the newest American Gladiator ‘Hurricane’ to be introduced in an upcoming episode.  Breaux Greer, a 31-year-old who was born in Houston, Texas and later graduated from Ouachita Parish High School in Monroe, La holds the American record for the Javelin throw at 299 feet, 6 inches.  Breaux has also competed in past Olympics and several Track & Field World Championships.  For more photos and information on Breaux Greer check out his biography page.

Umm… where are all those hard core American Gladiator fans from Season 1, do they know AG is airing Season 2?  According to the overnight Neilson ratings it seems they don’t as there were only 4 Million viewers watching Episode 2, down 900K viewers from the premiere episode last week.  This is definately not good news for NBC who sunk a ton of money into AG for season 2.

American Gladiators is back again for the second episode that features new event SkyTrack, all-new Gladiator ‘Zen‘ and four police officers doing battle.  On the men’s side we have Chicago cops and partners David Moore and Melvin Davis going up against each other.  The women’s side we have Denver police officers and best friends Vicki Ferrari and Abbe Dorn battling it out.  Be sure to watch American Gladiators on NBC at 7 p.m. central time to see which officers advance to the next round.

For more information on the contenders check out the contenders page.

Just like last season NBC will is posting two-minute replay videos of previous weeks action. The video above is a two-minute replay of the Season 2 premiere that took place on May 12th. So if you missed the episode and need to be caught up check it out. Enjoy…

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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