The Boston Herald wrote a short bio article on Mike O’Hearn, better known as Titan, a week ago. In this piece, O’Hearn shares what his former Gladiator name was when he was an alternate in the early 90s (Thor, not much of a stretch there). He also shares that his idol growing up was none other than the governor of California himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

For those of you who are Mike O’Hearn (aka Titan) fans, emorywheel.com has put together a background story titled the “Renaissance Muscleman.”  It goes down a little bit of an editorial rant at the end but it does shed some more light on Mr. O’Hearn’s life leading up to his American Gladiators gig.

The photo above has been leaked to the net a little earlier then NBC would have liked although they are releasing all the details and photos about the new show within the next few weeks.  Shown above is the new Gaunlet with Mike O’Hearn aka ‘Titan’ and two other new gladiators that are unidentified.  I have also been hearing a few of the events like Joust and The Wall for the new show will include water below each to break gladiators and contestants falls.  A higher-res photo is below.  Enjoy….

After seeing the promo run over the past week several websites have confirmed one of the actors being Mike O’Hearn, a three time Mr. Universe and Mr. World champion, Mr. USA, California Powerlifting champion, California Judo Champion and 3 time fitness male model of the year.  Mike has also been on over 450 magazine covers and he was actually an alternate Gladiator on the original show back in the 90’s with a stage name as “Thor’.  Could Mike O’Hearn’s Gladiator name be “Thor” this go round, why not, he has the look of a “Thor”. Mike has also been in several films and televison shows featuring his perfectly chisled body.  Stay tuned for his complete biography…