

American Gladiators is an American competition television program that aired weekly in syndication from September 1989 to May 1996. The series matched a cast of amateur athletes against each other, as well as against the show's own gladiators, in contests of strength and agility. The concept was created by Dan Carr and John C. Ferraro, who held the original competition at Erie Tech High School in Erie, Pennsylvania. They sold the show to The Samuel Goldwyn Company where the concept was enhanced and became American Gladiators. An effort in 2004 to launch a live American Gladiators show on the Las Vegas Strip became mired in a securities fraud prosecution. However, the television series was restarted in 2008. Episodes from the original series were played on ESPN Classic from 2007 to 2009. Several episodes are available for download on Apple's iTunes Service.

Sep 1, 1991 - 1h 0m
First half preliminary 1: Gary Wilson v. Coz Worthington, Toril Torjensen v. Kristi Kopp

Sep 8, 1991 - 1h 0m
First half preliminary 2: Alex Engmann/Johnny Vineyard v. James Long, Elise Johnson v. Erica Alstead

Sep 15, 1991 - 1h 0m
First half preliminary 3: Randy Jones v. Keith Collins, Johnnie Jonckowski v. Patti Stevenson

Sep 22, 1991 - 1h 0m
First half preliminary 4: Eric Monostori/Tim Goldrick v. Greg Petrie, Denise Chase v. Rose Ann Torres

Sep 29, 1991 - 1h 0m
First half preliminary 5: Mark Anthony v. Craig Charles, Kimberley Lentz v. Jill Shenk

Oct 6, 1991 - 1h 0m
First half quarterfinal 1: Johnny Vineyard v. Coz Worthington, Kristi Kropp v. Kimberley Lentz

Oct 13, 1991 - 1h 0m
First half quarterfinal 2: Mark Ortega v. Craig Charles, Johnnie Jonckowski v. Sherry Giardina

Oct 20, 1991 - 1h 0m
First half quarterfinal 3: Tom Goldrick v. Randy Jones, Denise Chase v. Erica Alstead

Oct 27, 1991 - 1h 0m
Pro football alumni compete in a special episode: Jack Hamm, Cliff Branch, Charles White, Phil Villapiano, Greg Pruitt, Jim Kiick

Nov 3, 1991 - 1h 0m
First half semifinal 1: Mark Ortega v. Johnny Vineyard, Johnny Jonckowski v. Kimberley Lentz

Nov 10, 1991 - 1h 0m
First half semifinal 2: Tim Goldrick v. Coz Worthington, Kristi Kropp v. Denise Chase

Nov 17, 1991 - 1h 0m
First half final: Tim Goldrick v. Mark Ortega, Kristi Kropp v. Kimberley Lentz

Nov 24, 1991 - 1h 0m
Second half preliminary 1: Robert Bender v. Kevin Cleary, A.J. Perling v. Angela Sheppard

Dec 1, 1991 - 1h 0m
Second half preliminary 2: Chris Parisi v. George Blasius, Trace Wolf v. Kathy Mollica

Dec 8, 1991 - 1h 0m
Second half preliminary 3: Joseph Mauro v. Dennis Watts, Patricia Murray v. Teri Plunkett

Dec 15, 1991 - 1h 0m
Second half preliminary 4: Ted Papenhagen v. Tommy Knox, Angela Stearns v. Talpha Lehnen

Dec 22, 1991 - 1h 0m
Second half preliminary 5: Darrell Gholar v. Jay Macormack/Anthony Jackson, Vivian Riley v. Lisa Sierra

Dec 29, 1991 - 1h 0m
Second half preliminary 6: Marek Wilczynski v. Tony Curella, Stephanie Violante v. Tracy Passo

Jan 5, 1992 - 1h 0m
Second half quarterfinal 1: Kevin Cleary v. Tommy Knox, Vivian Riley/Angela Stearns v. Susan Stencil

Jan 12, 1992 - 1h 0m
Second half quarterfinal 2: Darrell Gholar v. Tony Curella, Talpha Lehnen v. Tracy Passo

Jan 19, 1992 - 1h 0m
Second half quarterfinal 3: Joseph Mauro v. Gearge Blasius, A.J. Perling v. Kathy Mollica

Jan 26, 1992 - 1h 0m
Second half semifinal 1: Tommy Knox v. Darrell Gholar, Tracy Passo v. Susan Stencil

Feb 2, 1992 - 1h 0m
Second half semifinal 2: Joseph Mauro v. Tony Curella; Kathy Mollica v. A.J. Perling

Feb 9, 1992 - 1h 0m
Second half final: Joseph Mauro v. Darrell Gholar, Kathy Mollica v. Susan Stencil

Feb 16, 1992 - 1h 0m
Grand Championship: Mark Ortega v. Joseph Mauro, Kimberly Lentz v. Kathy Mollica