The biggest mistake in television history was taking American Gladiators off the air, this show was awesome when I was a kid, every Saturday night after Saturday night live!
Yeah man there must be fear of lawsuits because this should totally still be a thing. I always lived that tennis ball portion where they had to run through an obstacle course.
@@WaryofExtremes-realoriginal I wonder how many Gladiators could make those qualifications. I know they're much better athletes than bodybuilders their size, but still it's not uncommon for bodybuilders to have trouble with those.
They need to make the competitors “woke” leftists and gladiators american loving conservatives so we can watch them get crushed and then cry racism and cry all the phobe words
Ninja Warrior is easily the closest we have in spirit. It's like Gladiators without the combat element. It's a better designed show, for what it is, than Gladiators was, but I miss the old element. I still don't know why that vacuum isn't waiting to be filled, why a revival failed as early as the 2000s. I would think it would be a strong, timeless concept.
@@KyprosEc Get your OWN Gladiators, Canadian! Haha, I'm kidding of course 😉🙂. I just had to add: That's like saying to Americans, get your OWN Michael J. Fox, Ryan Reynolds, John Candy, Pamela Anderson, Martin Short, Gilda Radner, Alex Trebek, etc. The list goes on and on and on. I've taken notes on great Canadian entertainers over the years, as you see 😉.
I liked where he kicked the cone high in the air and said the F word after the conquer ring with Golar. I also liked the one where Nitro grabs a contenders front face helmet guard on the joust and pushes them off. I thought I remember that.
They talked about roid rage in the Netflix show and from what I remember there were very few instances of gladiators losing their cool with contestants.
Man one time early in the series i saw nitro get almost knocked out cold. they had a former patriots practice squad fullback on there, and nitro got in his way in powerball. Nitro was standing upright, way too high, and got absolutely trucked. He got up and tried to finish but he was totally screwed. The other guy ran and dumped like 4 or 5 balls in on his side real quick. Ill never forget that one. Nitro is a pretty tough dude to get up from that on his own lol
This was such an amaziing show. The culture is sowed was brilliant, be strong, be tough, be the winner. Struggle through adversity. I loved the UK version growing up.
She's not the same sex and probably is not even Asian but they do look like they could be a John Money identical twins project! I love that unrelated doppleganger phenomenon!
@pennwoman He was another bodybuilder-athlete in Southern California in the 80s loving life and riding the lightning like the rest of us. 😁 Good Times...
Great show, I saw all of those when they were originally broadcast :p It looked like Nitro really tried to hurt people from roid rage, he got ripped off though, all he got was the rage without the mass :D
Well done show. Refs and even other players called each other out when they were wrong. Nitro to get back up from his fellow Gladiators, but they were like "no you were wrong." Lol
Lots of Gladiators weren't mentioned. It was especially annoying that the show didn't even mention all the Gladiators who are dead by now (Gold, Siren, Atlas, Hawk and Thunder)
The Gladiators had huge egos. Moat of them were former professional athletes. Nitro actually played for the Rams. He later on wrote successful books, one actually titled Roid Rage.
They didn't show it in this video but I remember Nitro giving a contestant a quick side kick with his heel while the guy was still down after he beat Nitro in one of the tackle events.
I’m in the UK 🇬🇧 many in the US are pretty poor when it comes to geography, but great at making entertaining shows. I used to watch this in the late evenings in my teens, watching this made me feel young again.
I went to tryouts for this, and they angled the challenges for smaller, agile players so in the show, the contenders were always at a power deficit to make the Gladiators look more massive.
@@arturomcneil5919 So! I live in Southern California, more things hail from here than there in Boston. But what does that mean to me. I didn't create those things. Why are you celebrating a product that came from your town? That sounds pretty pathetic to me. You didn't create them yourself.
I used to watch this at the fire station and made the guys do these games on Saturday and knocked the Chief out and had to do dishes and pick trash up in the yard
He had to throw in the "little man" comment after losing the tug of war. Well, I guess the "big man" still had lingering brain damage from getting run the F over by that Craig guy in a prior episode.
Yeah that was a pretty fun backhanded compliment. Of course Nitro was by far the smallest male Gladiator (despite injecting a truly reckless PED protocol just like the rest of them) so maybe there's a bit of psychology there. That dude is just crazy short, that's all. He looks damn well as impressive as Nitro, and comparing himself to the Pit bull terrier was obviously appropriate! I love Nitro and I love it when competitors get all badass like our "little" friend here!
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He ALWAYS had to call them little or small when he lost to a smaller guy 😂 The egos on the Gladiators were part of what made them great villains.
No just made them Dicks and showed that they were sore losers...especially to a "smaller" guy tgar showed their ass up.
Canceled. Put your dress on son
These guys were definitely showmen. Shame to hear that they didn't make more. Schedule was brutal.
Nitro: “What happens sometimes is that I get into a roid rage when I lose” 😂😂😂
Nitro was always roid raging constantly
@@chadporter5907 dudes get a grip. It was a character. Come on now!
If that's steroids then he got ripped off
Exactly, he confessed about his use on Tyra's show
Netflix June 28th Gladiator 5 part series spills the beans!
The biggest mistake in television history was taking American Gladiators off the air, this show was awesome when I was a kid, every Saturday night after Saturday night live!
That was a really fun show !!! The gladiators were awesome !!! But some contestants were incredible athletes !!!
Yeah man there must be fear of lawsuits because this should totally still be a thing. I always lived that tennis ball portion where they had to run through an obstacle course.
I didn't realize the gladiators played up the heel angle. Def a fun show and Nitro seems like a great dude; hope he's doing well and not too banged up
Wesley “2 scoops” Barry
@@WaryofExtremes-realoriginal I wonder how many Gladiators could make those qualifications. I know they're much better athletes than bodybuilders their size, but still it's not uncommon for bodybuilders to have trouble with those.
American Gladiator Cheryl Wilson was murdered by her Husband.
He always looked like he was on the verge of becoming unhinged 😂
A chancery I was playing. - all in fun!
@@DanNitroClark1I always watched you guys growing up. Thanks man
@@DanNitroClark1 YOOO Nitro what up!
@@DanNitroClark1loved watching you guys growing up, I turn 30 in a few months!
@@DanNitroClark1 Yooo Nitro! 44yo here, I grew up watching you guys. Thanks for all the good memories dude👍🏽
Man, I miss this show. Nitro always looked like he was one look away from losing it.
I agree i seen worse stuff happend.
If it helps the UK version is coming back so fingers crossed the American gladiators will return one day
I miss this show. I remember watching this right after wwf superstars.
Absolutely! This was a great thing to watch on Saturdays!
Man. WWF Superstars. Where does the time go?
Saturday mornings back then were epic
Can’t believe we’re the old timers now. Saturday mornings were the best as a kid.
This show was AWESOME.. we need to bring it back.. unify America.. I Miss AMERICAN Gladiators
Yes. Pump those Roids to unify America.
UK version is returning soon, and MGM and WWE are working on a new American Gladiators from what I heard
They need to make the competitors “woke” leftists and gladiators american loving conservatives so we can watch them get crushed and then cry racism and cry all the phobe words
Only our Great Unifier, Poor Ol' Stumblin' Joe, can accomplish that feat.
They already did that but it flopped. Nobody watches tb anymore anyways
Damn, that dude's grip strength is unreal to hold on that long.
All those years of watching pornhub got his wrists like the Terminator lol
This was before the internet, haha!@@MooseGoBlue
@@DirtyMoneyHipHop Yep. Back then, the porn was still in theaters!
Coolest show ever! Why can't we have this on again?
Because how DARECmen be masculine….smfh…so sick of these brainwashed commie lunatics
It was on again for awhile a few years ago but their former fan base had moved on.
@@The_DC_Kiddied of old age.
Ninja Warrior is easily the closest we have in spirit. It's like Gladiators without the combat element. It's a better designed show, for what it is, than Gladiators was, but I miss the old element. I still don't know why that vacuum isn't waiting to be filled, why a revival failed as early as the 2000s. I would think it would be a strong, timeless concept.
@@The_DC_Kid That revival is now much closer to the time of the original Gladiators than it is to the present!
I love the way nitro respects his competitors even that lil shove was a nod to him
he was a great interview! ruclips.net/video/WFIVp-SJPw0/видео.html
Does he REALLY respect them while constantly calling them little? Sounds more like sour grapes when he loses.
@@shinigami146even if he meant it as a dig, it made the guys look better.
I loved American gladiators when I was growing up! Canadian here
@@KyprosEc Get your OWN Gladiators, Canadian! Haha, I'm kidding of course 😉🙂.
I just had to add: That's like saying to Americans, get your OWN Michael J. Fox, Ryan Reynolds, John Candy, Pamela Anderson, Martin Short, Gilda Radner, Alex Trebek, etc. The list goes on and on and on. I've taken notes on great Canadian entertainers over the years, as you see 😉.
You weren’t a kid in the 90s unless you played hang tough at the park with your friends on the playground rings
I truly miss this show, Guts, and Legends of the Hidden Temple. What fun shows we used to have as kids.
This old show was the bomb.. why there not shows like this anymore is crazy
I'm surprised they didn't show the epic Conquer ring battle with Darrell Gholar. One for the ages.
Couldn't wait to watch Saturday nights as a kid,awesome show,now in my 40's,great memories
I liked where he kicked the cone high in the air and said the F word after the conquer ring with Golar. I also liked the one where Nitro grabs a contenders front face helmet guard on the joust and pushes them off. I thought I remember that.
They need to bring this show back man, I used to love watching this shit as a kid.
The last guy where he ripped him down. 😂. Brutal.
LOVED watching this on Saturday mornings
at what point did he lose his cool? dude seems pretty chill to me
really tho wtf i kept waiting for it. never came.
Thank you. You saved me some precious time :)
Yeah, if "got irritated" equals "losing your cool," that's it. Otherwise, I think the video title oversells it.
@@mikeattard3543he was playing a character. Never irritated
They talked about roid rage in the Netflix show and from what I remember there were very few instances of gladiators losing their cool with contestants.
Man one time early in the series i saw nitro get almost knocked out cold. they had a former patriots practice squad fullback on there, and nitro got in his way in powerball. Nitro was standing upright, way too high, and got absolutely trucked. He got up and tried to finish but he was totally screwed. The other guy ran and dumped like 4 or 5 balls in on his side real quick. Ill never forget that one. Nitro is a pretty tough dude to get up from that on his own lol
Man I swear I use to love this show and want to compete on it as a kid
This was such an amaziing show. The culture is sowed was brilliant, be strong, be tough, be the winner. Struggle through adversity. I loved the UK version growing up.
Nitro was one of the veteran Gladiators on American Gladiators he was on the show since the beginning.
"We ought to disqualify Larry Thompson" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
"Thats why he is Nitro" Bro just took his job seriously, and seemed love it.
Man I hated Nitro back in the day but now that I watch him he seems like a pretty cool guy.
One of the coolest shows ever.
They rebooted it but ruined it with over the top production. A problem with a lot of shows today.
The golden years of television
Nitro's excuse is always they got lucky. Its hilarious.
Just realized how can Nitro do his own interview in drag. Indentical at 5:00😂😂😂😂
She's not the same sex and probably is not even Asian but they do look like they could be a John Money identical twins project! I love that unrelated doppleganger phenomenon!
I always wanted to compete in this show. It was a fun show to watch
Geez, I remember hanging out with Nitro about a million years ago back in the 80's in LA. THAT'S A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE. 😊
That’s awesome. Was he cool?
@pennwoman He was another bodybuilder-athlete in Southern California in the 80s loving life and riding the lightning like the rest of us. 😁 Good Times...
Cant wait for the documentry!
Nitro made a great unintentional heel. Loved this show
What makes you say unintentional? Agree tho. Live Gladiators and love Nitro.
He didn’t lose anything he just stayed in character
this was Saturday morning as a kid along with cartoons and pro wrestling
I used to LOVE this show as a kid
This was one of the best shows growing up. They need to remake it.
Great show, I saw all of those when they were originally broadcast :p
It looked like Nitro really tried to hurt people from roid rage, he got ripped off though, all he got was the rage without the mass :D
Well done show. Refs and even other players called each other out when they were wrong. Nitro to get back up from his fellow Gladiators, but they were like "no you were wrong." Lol
He was waiting his “whole life” for a shot at Nitro, meanwhile Nitro was on TV for like 3 years 😂
And the contestant was 21. Hahah... morons for sure.
The guy was only 3 years old.
I dont know if the drama was scripted but i didnt care we love this stuff just like 90s wrestling
The drama was scripted just the like the WWE and UFC but man was it entertaining
Nitro was my favorite, met him in 91. Good dude.
Man John Redcorn was a badass
Nitro getting owned
He could have totally played live action John Redcorn 😂
Loved this show as a kid. Nitro was a beast. Hated em’. Haha. But, he made the show and was great athlete. Wonder what he does now. Anybody?
That was part of his character, lol. I remember watching this show back in the day, it was fun. It was like pro wrestling but slightly more real, lol.
Shows from the 90s will never be beat
Man, turbo got no mention on Netflix. Him and Nitro were great competitors
Lots of Gladiators weren't mentioned. It was especially annoying that the show didn't even mention all the Gladiators who are dead by now (Gold, Siren, Atlas, Hawk and Thunder)
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@@ShadowAngel-lt8nw The ESPN documentary did have the others apparently.
American Gladiators was lit 🔥
The Gladiators had huge egos. Moat of them were former professional athletes. Nitro actually played for the Rams. He later on wrote successful books, one actually titled Roid Rage.
I went to watch AG live in 1990. That was 5 hrs I'll never get back again.....
We all have a little Nitro in us
They didn't show it in this video but I remember Nitro giving a contestant a quick side kick with his heel while the guy was still down after he beat Nitro in one of the tackle events.
Bring back American Gladiators!!!
I loved this show as a kid
And that's why he's "Excuse-tro" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This was awesome to watch
Man I miss the 90s
I’m in the UK 🇬🇧 many in the US are pretty poor when it comes to geography, but great at making entertaining shows. I used to watch this in the late evenings in my teens, watching this made me feel young again.
I love that lady in the background screaming 😂
I went to tryouts for this, and they angled the challenges for smaller, agile players so in the show, the contenders were always at a power deficit to make the Gladiators look more massive.
Not once did he lose it. Couldn’t have been calmer 😂
Bring this show back pls
Yeah I remember this guy being pretty intense
Alotta steroids, a lot of nitro
I found him scary. :(
@@STEJTHEGREATEST yeah he was a douchebag all right
Intense? He's merely a cheating pos poor sport.
So Nitro was the American version of Wolf!!!!! Shame they never met. :(
You mean wolf was the Australian version of nitro.
@@starboy32 Actually Wolf was on the UK version the Austrailan version was named Vulcan
no wolf was not an arrogant prick....he was just angry and naughty
Loved Nitro! Also, little man didn’t pull him off, he let go of the rope when Nitro was pulling and he lost his balance, unimpressed.
He outsmarted him
This was reality tv before reality tv
3:33 Bullseye! 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
Indeed He Did at 7:05
7:13 Mike Adamle laughin' 🤣😂🤔
Nitro just did it for the show
They didn't show when Craig Williams from the first season giving Nitro a concussion huh???
Loved this show
we need a revival with the old gladiators !
Lol Nitro. Bud Bundy and Al Bundys sky diving instructor in Married with Children
Back when America was great.
Best show ever
Man I miss this show. Remember back in the day it used to be WWF followed by American gladiators.
I always wanted the tennis all gun at the end. Lol 🤘
Nitro is the man!👍
Turbo Tower Laser Viper and Nitro are wearing Reebok SXT Pump on there feet that is way cool
Why is that "way cool"?
@@JohnJohnson-mo4bn because I seen turbo laser tower viper wore those sneakers on American Gladiators
@@arturomcneil5919 So? Why is that "way cool"?
@@JohnJohnson-mo4bn because Reebok was created in Boston Massachusetts
@@arturomcneil5919 So! I live in Southern California, more things hail from here than there in Boston. But what does that mean to me. I didn't create those things. Why are you celebrating a product that came from your town? That sounds pretty pathetic to me. You didn't create them yourself.
bring this show back -
miss those tv days
😂 str8 comedy
The Original Ninja Warrior
I miss this show
Not called losing his cool,called sore loser....there's a difference
This was a great show.
I thought Smiley was Wesley “ 2 Scoops” Berry. 😂
great show. I thought about trying out back in the day. Decided I didnt need to be humiliated ;)
Used to love this show
I used to watch this at the fire station and made the guys do these games on Saturday and knocked the Chief out and had to do dishes and pick trash up in the yard
Could it be that perhaps Nitro was acting; playing a role of the heel?!?!
He had to throw in the "little man" comment after losing the tug of war. Well, I guess the "big man" still had lingering brain damage from getting run the F over by that Craig guy in a prior episode.
Yeah!
Yeah that was a pretty fun backhanded compliment. Of course Nitro was by far the smallest male Gladiator (despite injecting a truly reckless PED protocol just like the rest of them) so maybe there's a bit of psychology there. That dude is just crazy short, that's all. He looks damn well as impressive as Nitro, and comparing himself to the Pit bull terrier was obviously appropriate! I love Nitro and I love it when competitors get all badass like our "little" friend here!
He was obviously insecure with his size being the smallest gladiator.
I never saw that bungee cord even - they must have got hurt bad on that game!
Setup..was the best show tho 😂
Did he just do a whole split? 😂 couldn't get away with that nowadays for some reason 😂 ha ha pre Twitter