In case you haven’t heard, NBC has come up with a concept that allows fans of American Gladiators to square off for a chance to win an official autographed Joust Stick and other top prizes. Using an interactive social gaming application on Facebook, users can exchange blows with gladiators, their friends and the entire Facebook community.

“This innovative game offers viewers the chance to enhance their gladiator experience by indulging in a full-spectrum fantasy competition that will challenge their minds but fortunately, leave them relatively unbruised,” NBC chief John Miller said in a statement.

Aimed to deliver a highly engaging personalized experience, the official American Gladiators challenge allows players to compete as many times as they want in any of the three Gladiator challenges and then challenge their friends on Facebook to top their time and earn points. The interactive application also consists of a personalized dashboard of all gaming activity including scores, status, challenges and a real-time leader board. Moreover, the application features a record of all pending and past challenges including links to detailed results pages where users can “talk smack” as well as a badge that displays on their profile showing off present scores and ranks.

This has to be a dream come true for all you American Gladiator fans out there who watched the show back in the 80’s, I know I am excited to see this show coming back to primetime TV.  NBC is bringing the game show American Gladiators back to its former glory with the first episode premiering on Sunday January 6th.  Hosting this all-american show will be none other then Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea) and Laila Ali.  What’s more American then wrestling icon Hulk Hogan and boxer Laila Ali, being the daughter of one of the greatest American boxers of all time does not hurt either although she has made a name for herself in the boxing world.

Expect to see old events that made the show famous like Human Cannonball, The Joust, The Wall, Hang Tough, and The Eliminator on the new show but bigger and better.  If you are wondering about the new Gladiators well so am I as no details or names have emerged. 

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