Calling all flat tops! The (OG) American Gladiators Appreciation Thread

[Maxine Shaw]

Let's see who's a REAL flat top here. AG came out in '89, so you have to be at least 35 to have any real memories of it. For you young brehs, AG was the predecessor to American Ninja Warrior, only I don't think ANW had a bunch of people chasing after you.

I forgot how much fun this cheesy-ass show was. They had a pretty decent number of black Gladiators over the years. Blaze was my hero because she ALWAYS always getting disqualified for horse collaring bytches or shooting them in the head in Assault. Like she was getting reparations and shyt. #ForTheAncestors

Who remembers Wesley "2 Scoops" Berry - the one who was always 8000% and shyt? Some people said he went to prison for robbery. Bullshyt! He could jump over a car, dammit!



(We won't even mention the remake that was the remake w/Hulk Hogan and Laila Ali. That shyt was tragic.)

 

[ChuckTaylor84]

Use to watch this as a kid

Great show

 

[manyfaces]

2 Scoops was the truth. Had the crowd chanting "2 SCOOPS, 2 SCOOPS" once they saw how he constantly sonned the Gladiators. Me and my brothers loved this shyt. Assault ABC's Powerball were my favorites. We would try and do our own Powerball and joust setups and fukk each other up




CONTENDERS READY!

GLADIATORS READY!

 

[Won Won]

Will never forget 2 Scoops

Also went to the live dinner show in Florida in the mid-90s

 

[Luke Cage]

dreamed of going on the show as kid. seemed like it would've been fun as fukk.

 

[Coli Hoecomb]

Blaze

 

[Van Glorious]

2 Scoops the legend.

 

[Tj Bronson]

Loved this show as a kid and watched a bunch of episodes of it on Hulu last year while I was laid off work

Assault was always my favorite event. Me and my brothers wanted to run that course against each other in the worst way

 

[MenacingMonk]

They show re-runs on one of the local channels. Some of these fit chicks are

I remember when I was a kid I always wanted to try that gun shooting game.

 

[JuvenileHell]

really loved it as a kid, nitro was the man

 

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

I always thought Hang Tough was the worst event.

 

[Waldo Geraldo Faldo]

Let's see who's a REAL flat top here. AG came out in '89, so you have to be at least 35 to have any real memories of it. For you young brehs, AG was the predecessor to American Ninja Warrior, only I don't think ANW had a bunch of people chasing after you.

I forgot how much fun this cheesy-ass show was. They had a pretty decent number of black Gladiators over the years. Blaze was my hero because she ALWAYS always getting disqualified for horse collaring bytches or shooting them in the head in Assault. Like she was getting reparations and shyt. #ForTheAncestors

Who remembers Wesley "2 Scoops" Berry - the one who was always 8000% and shyt? Some people said he went to prison for robbery. Bullshyt! He could jump over a car, dammit!



(We won't even mention the remake that was the remake w/Hulk Hogan and Laila Ali. That shyt was tragic.)

Damn, we really had some good television shows back then...

 

[En Sabah Nur]

Show was mullets galore

Between AG and Double Dare, I had so much inspiration for homemade obstacle courses as a kid

 

[Rekkapryde]

shyt was greatness on Sunday mornings.

 

[nieman]

Powerball was the ish for me. And Assault. The worst game to me was that damn globe jawn. Hang Tough and the Joust are underrated. My favorite part would be when some got hit with the pugil stick and their mask got turned around CTHU

Contenders Ready!! Gladiators Ready!!