Panther sustained serious neck and back injuries which put her out of action for 5 months- she thought her Gladiator career was over. Slowly, she ventured back into the gym and started to build her body back-up, with the help of her husband Sean and the Gladiators. To the amazement of everyone she returned to the show, but after the 5th series in 1996, Panther decided to hang up her lycra outfit and open her own fashion shop 'COR' in Sutton, Surrey with fellow Gladiators Vogue and Saracen. Nowadays, Panther runs her own gym aptly called Panthers Gym in Uxbridge.
I'm so pleased Panther came back after her accident, I was scared to see the episode when the accident happened and also a very well done goes to Zodiac for supporting her afterwards and taking her place and the same happened in Series 4 with Falcon when Nightshade had her accident.
@@danielledewitt1 Ulrika was not the contender who went to Panther’s side when the Tilt accident happened. That was Erika. Ulrika was co-hosting with John Fashanu.
That makes me wince every time I watch it. Absolutely horrific, and watching it on challenge, I was horrified. Poor Panther, so thank God she recovered
its ashame so many orginal Gladiators got injured thru the UK series, i loved watching it on saturday night, lightning, jet, panther and Scorpio were my fav
Yeah all of them well with the exception of that damn dog of a gladiator aka Wolf! The time he gave John Anderson all kinds of hell I was surprised he didn’t get a rabies shot!
Panther was one of my favourite Gladiators. I was ten years old when this first aired. All these years on it still makes me wince. I imagine Erika must have felt awful about what happened.
Or they could have redesigned it to make it safer (like they did with Pole-Axe and Pyramid; the US version, Tug-o-War, had both the towers at the same height). It was Nightshade's injury that led to the axing of this event.
I watched this and to see Panther get seriously injured was a tad to upsetting for me but good on Erica for supporting Pather when she injured herself and of course Zodiac for showing support to Panther, the one thing I don't get is why the producers didn't pull the challenge out after the serious injury to Panther
They did after Nightshade almost got killed which luckily she didn't get killed!! Falls from this if you're not careful can easily get Panther and Nightshade killed!!
Who honestly thought that "Tilt" was a good idea? Not only are the towers at different heights, with the Gladiator obviously on the higher tower, but are two pulls per contender. What's wrong with just one pull-10 points for a victory, 5 points for a draw, no points for a loss?
No 2 pulls 5 points a pull and 2 for a stalemate with a :30 clock is cool real test of upper body strength!! And having those 2 pedestals at different heights is even cooler!!
@@4HBirtcher Even still, the event largely comes down to bodyweight. Someone like Warrior isn't going to lose this event. Considering that contenders need to think about other events as well.
@Kaynas1988 I heard they pulled the pyramid out for some time when jet's career ending neck injury happened, which resulted in the safety step. Also: the safety step wasn't used on american gladiators because it gave the contenders an unfair advantage on the pyramid.
I remember watchimg this and everyone i are living room had the same reaction of Oooooowwwww!! Panther was lucky she was able to come back after a fall like that. that type of injury is a career ending one
So could I, my epilepsy once fractured my neck at the top of my vertabrae. That fall even as a child I said mum Panther is seriously injured. I liked her and love how Erica was at her side holding her hand right away.
@gazdublin, that's true, here they do seem to at least be more sportsmanlike. The Australian Gladiators in both the old and new series (apart from 1 female gladiator and 2 male gladiators) seem to also show some sportmanship afterwards, although it's a bit here and there (sometimes they do, sometimes they don't).
i loved the old gladiators they made it more fun the the newer lot did the glads well most of em (barring wolf) took there losses with dignity and would go back and try again
It's kinda like "let's give Tilt one more chance", but then Nightshade's injury seemed the last straw. Once that happened, it was like "right, this is definitely the last time we include Tilt"
Panther did recover, but she suffered very bad injury to her neck/back because of it. It looked like she had broken her neck completely but she came back for a few more seasons and then hung up the costume in favour of opening a shop instead which is a good move.
Great Of Zodiac to support Panther like that. The gladiators were much nicer back then. Yes they had their heated moments with contenders, but they could be themselves and be charcters as well. None of this bad attuide we get now from the new male glads and endless pouting and dirtylooks from the new female glads.
I think the only time I saw Wolf breaking character was when he and Shadow helped the stage crew get Warrior out of the atlasphere because he was so big after he blew out his knee.
@retroflashbackdude Yeah the producers did pull the pyramid out for one season (coz of Jet's injury) while they changed the rules which introduced the safety step
Jet left after an accident on Pyramid which compressed her neck. She could have returned like Pather did but didn't want to risk it. Vouge was a poor replacement
Thankfully the 2008 American Gladiators made it over water so no injuries like this were ever repeated. Worst you would get would probably just be a rope burn
Just saw the repeat of this on challenge. The commentator actually said later in the show after Duel "Good news everyone, there's no serious injury to Panther". Hm.
Actually she sustained serious back/neck injuries because of that accident, that's why they decided to take away Tilt and replace it with I think that one racetrack on the ceiling.
Right? It was just asking for someone to fall like that. I was 9 when they showed it and I used to watch a lot of motorbike racing and it looked as bad as some of the accidents you see in that sport.
Panther sustained serious neck and back injuries which put her out of action for 5 months- she thought her Gladiator career was over. Slowly, she ventured back into the gym and started to build her body back-up, with the help of her husband Sean and the Gladiators. To the amazement of everyone she returned to the show, but after the 5th series in 1996, Panther decided to hang up her lycra outfit and open her own fashion shop 'COR' in Sutton, Surrey with fellow Gladiators Vogue and Saracen. Nowadays, Panther runs her own gym aptly called Panthers Gym in Uxbridge.
sportytc1 10 months*
She was very lucky she didn't get killed!!
Panther's accident was quite scary to see, Wasn't long before Tilt was axed.
@@CameronInglis1999 yep, Tilt was axed for I think for that one race track on the ceiling.
Her recpvery is amazing most other people wpuld of not have come back from an injury like that but she wad not most people very strong willed person
I'm so pleased Panther came back after her accident, I was scared to see the episode when the accident happened and also a very well done goes to Zodiac for supporting her afterwards and taking her place and the same happened in Series 4 with Falcon when Nightshade had her accident.
So dangerous…it was inevitable this was going to happen when you look at the physics
Erika knew something went wrong and went right to Panther’s side. Good sportsmanship, respect and class.
That wasn't Ulrika.
@@danielledewitt1 Ulrika was not the contender who went to Panther’s side when the Tilt accident happened. That was Erika. Ulrika was co-hosting with John Fashanu.
@@dagdogg Ah sorry, misunderstood you.
Respect to Erika for that
@@scottyunitedboy2925 Yes indeed.
That makes me wince every time I watch it. Absolutely horrific, and watching it on challenge, I was horrified. Poor Panther, so thank God she recovered
its ashame so many orginal Gladiators got injured thru the UK series, i loved watching it on saturday night, lightning, jet, panther and Scorpio were my fav
Yeah all of them well with the exception of that damn dog of a gladiator aka Wolf! The time he gave John Anderson all kinds of hell I was surprised he didn’t get a rabies shot!
Panther was one of my favourite Gladiators. I was ten years old when this first aired. All these years on it still makes me wince. I imagine Erika must have felt awful about what happened.
Erika knew immediately what had gone wrong. You could see her reaction right away.
Ericka was my PE teacher she was upset about it and kept in touch with Panther
Or they could have redesigned it to make it safer (like they did with Pole-Axe and Pyramid; the US version, Tug-o-War, had both the towers at the same height). It was Nightshade's injury that led to the axing of this event.
US things don't seem to work in the UK and vice versa. That why it was so stupid to americanze the Eliminator in the reboot
I wouldn't say this incident killed Gladiators. It was still on air for another 5 years after this happened.
It was a mixture of competitors being worse in later seasons, and the gladiators becoming highly specialised in their events.
@@Mitjitsu It was the Jet injury/retirement that knocked the show I think.
I watched this and to see Panther get seriously injured was a tad to upsetting for me but good on Erica for supporting Pather when she injured herself and of course Zodiac for showing support to Panther, the one thing I don't get is why the producers didn't pull the challenge out after the serious injury to Panther
They did after Nightshade almost got killed which luckily she didn't get killed!!
Falls from this if you're not careful can easily get Panther and Nightshade killed!!
Not to mention the horrible injury Jet suffered.
Who honestly thought that "Tilt" was a good idea? Not only are the towers at different heights, with the Gladiator obviously on the higher tower, but are two pulls per contender. What's wrong with just one pull-10 points for a victory, 5 points for a draw, no points for a loss?
No 2 pulls 5 points a pull and 2 for a stalemate with a :30 clock is cool real test of upper body strength!!
And having those 2 pedestals at different heights is even cooler!!
Henry Birtcher but also dangerous. Having them the same height is much safer.
@@4HBirtcher Even still, the event largely comes down to bodyweight. Someone like Warrior isn't going to lose this event. Considering that contenders need to think about other events as well.
@@ginger5422The American Gladiators had an event called Tug-O-War in which the platforms were the same height.
@Kaynas1988 I heard they pulled the pyramid out for some time when jet's career ending neck injury happened, which resulted in the safety step. Also: the safety step wasn't used on american gladiators because it gave the contenders an unfair advantage on the pyramid.
Not sure about an "unfair" advantage. The gladiators start from the top so they start with the initial advantage.
Yikes that was rough. The event itself is interesting but needs more safety measures
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She appears to be saying "F*ck" several times.
Frankly, I don't blame her.
It was included in the 1995 series in heat 8 anyway, maybe more, when Nightshade fell off it backwards and hurt her neck. It was stopped after that
Does anybody know what episode in series 3 this is from?
+Tracey Li This QF1 so Ep 9
I remember watchimg this and everyone i are living room had the same reaction of Oooooowwwww!! Panther was lucky she was able to come back after a fall like that. that type of injury is a career ending one
I have Panther's autograph. Never knew about this injury!
Wow, Panther could've been wheelchair-bound for life after that. ;*(
So could I, my epilepsy once fractured my neck at the top of my vertabrae. That fall even as a child I said mum Panther is seriously injured. I liked her and love how Erica was at her side holding her hand right away.
@@danielledewitt1 0:30 Erica's reaction said it all. No joy at having won, just sheer horror.
@@STEJTHEGREATEST Yes it does and all credit to her as she cared more about panther than winning.
That is still horrific to watch.
OUCH! I'm glad I wasn't playing Tilt.
this game was very dangerous maybe if they fell into water like they do on games on the sky series it would be less dangerous though.
this was awful and still goes through me too this day
Yeah because Panther could have been killed when she fell on her head!
@mikeykm1993 Yeah, she did recover to return for the next three series of Gladiators then retired from the show in 1997/1998 series.
i remember this like it was yesterday that was a nasty fall panther was out of action for a couple of weeks after that,well.
I was happy Panther recovered and like the commentator i have to question Zodiac kneeling down
Well the ref wasn't saying anything about zodiac kneeling down so I gess it was OK otherwise the ref would have said something
@@maredgwenllian9698 It is against the rules but the ref can't call what he didn't see
@@acesfn7316 oh right OK
@gazdublin, that's true, here they do seem to at least be more sportsmanlike. The Australian Gladiators in both the old and new series (apart from 1 female gladiator and 2 male gladiators) seem to also show some sportmanship afterwards, although it's a bit here and there (sometimes they do, sometimes they don't).
With that kind of fall Panther could have been killed!!
i loved the old gladiators they made it more fun the the newer lot did the glads well most of em (barring wolf) took there losses with dignity and would go back and try again
Yay!!! you got 7 points!!!
(has Panther broke her neck?)
Poor panther she was one of my favourite gladitors
Let's hear to Panther as well. Shows how close the female Glads were in the 90's version
That was really horrorble how she landed I remember this
She was lucky Panther didn't get killed!!
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I thought they should have called it a day after this injury to panther
No they simply have to change gladiators for Round 2 of Tilt!!
But yeah that stunt is dangerous to where Panther was lucky she didn't get killed!!
What I wanna know is why did they keep Tilt when Panther seriously injures herself
they got rid of it after Nightshade injured herself
It's kinda like "let's give Tilt one more chance", but then Nightshade's injury seemed the last straw. Once that happened, it was like "right, this is definitely the last time we include Tilt"
what happened to her after this happened
She returned to Gladiators but was given a lighter schedule
that looked awfull. did she recover?
From what I heard from the other comments Panther was okay but she was lucky she didn't get killed or paralyzed!!
She recovered and returned to action
Panther did recover, but she suffered very bad injury to her neck/back because of it. It looked like she had broken her neck completely but she came back for a few more seasons and then hung up the costume in favour of opening a shop instead which is a good move.
@gazdublin The female glads then were like a big group of sisters - they all looked out for each other :)
Great Of Zodiac to support Panther like that. The gladiators were much nicer back then. Yes they had their heated moments with contenders, but they could be themselves and be charcters as well.
None of this bad attuide we get now from the new male glads and endless pouting and dirtylooks from the new female glads.
That is one badass into. I wouldn't mess with panther.
Jooohn Fashinuuuuuu
Which heat of this show
Does anyone remember another injury that happened in Gladiators where Wolf broke character to help the injured person?
I think the only time I saw Wolf breaking character was when he and Shadow helped the stage crew get Warrior out of the atlasphere because he was so big after he blew out his knee.
I remember him breaking character to congratulate Sam Codjoe after his first Eliminator
I used to watch it, They don't look so good in daylight.
She landed in a full scorpio
it saden me wolf was having a bad day, but nothing but the very best.rock on baby
Dam, It's the hair that gets me
srbmarine I still haven't made it past the tits.
if u break your leg in this game dont come running to me
Totally
@retroflashbackdude Yeah the producers did pull the pyramid out for one season (coz of Jet's injury) while they changed the rules which introduced the safety step
Which only lasted for 3 appearances.
@Kaynas1988 Jet hand to leave when that happend :'(
Jet left after an accident on Pyramid which compressed her neck. She could have returned like Pather did but didn't want to risk it. Vouge was a poor replacement
I saw this on tv today,was brutal.
ooooooooooh
ouchies
That is a fucking horrific fakl
Oooh, I felt that
Panther was the sexiest of the gladiators. Jet and Scorpio were fit too.
Bloody stupid game which clearly want risk assessed properly
Thankfully the 2008 American Gladiators made it over water so no injuries like this were ever repeated. Worst you would get would probably just be a rope burn
Just saw the repeat of this on challenge. The commentator actually said later in the show after Duel
"Good news everyone, there's no serious injury to Panther".
Hm.
Well that's thankful because a fall like that will in fact kill Panther or leave Panther paralyzed from the neck down!!
Actually she sustained serious back/neck injuries because of that accident, that's why they decided to take away Tilt and replace it with I think that one racetrack on the ceiling.
@@GenGamesUniverse Tilt was withdrew after Nightshade suffered an injury. Skytrak was introduced before Tilt
Im glad it was removed from the game
ouch, that was nasty
See children? It's all fun 'till someone losses an eye!! o_o
@gazdublin I think it's because they all want to be Wolf.
29th October 1994
what a stupid event, who designed it
Right? It was just asking for someone to fall like that. I was 9 when they showed it and I used to watch a lot of motorbike racing and it looked as bad as some of the accidents you see in that sport.
@@Outpost-13-Hockey yup
The day a clasic programme died, such a shame
oh, god. that had to hurt. *cringe*
panther was a rubbish gladiator she was a nice person though she hardly did any decent games like hang tough and pendulum
She was given a lighter schedule after this injury so thats why she was around as much