American Gladiators

[ValkyrieIsAboutToDie]

That's from Ninja Warrior. G4 shows reruns of that show all. damn. day.

[Lyenae]

~hebrew hammer~

[Zeste]

Originally Posted by Goofy

Man, i might get flamed but this dude easily puts the american gladiator contestants to shame.

was posted in video thread in screenshots forum.

Makoto Nagano -- a 35-year-old fisherman living near Kagoshima and the second man to complete the course. He spends 300 days a year at sea captaining his ship, the 28th Konpira Maru, where he works as a commercial fisherman as well as train for the competition. Clips of him training are shown frequently during the broadcast and include him doing sit-ups off the side of the boat, handstands on the top mast, and hanging off a bridge crossing it like the Cliff Hanger obstacle. In 2005 his height and weight were recorded as 5 feet, 3 inches and 134 pounds. After failing to scale the Warped Wall in the 7th and 8th Competitions, Nagano made it to the Third Stage and failed on the Pipe Slider in the 9th. He failed the Jump Hang in the 10th competition and since then has reached the Third Stage in every competition except the 15th in which he failed on the Metal Spin and the 19th where he failed on the Flying Chute. He has reached the Final Stage four times (in the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 17th Competitions), more than any other competitor, and finally completed it in the 17th Competition. His three consecutive Final Stage appearances are a record shared with Akira Omori, who accomplished the feat in the first three competitions.

[Jimmy Carter wuwu]

I agree that japenese event puts any of the american gladiators to shame but come on this is America, half of the population is over weight kinda hard to find men or woman like that fisherman here in the states. Plus I think it would be funny as shit to see over weight competition on american gladiators, dear god the treadmill event would be a epic event, the show would have to do a "To be continued" 4 days in a row.

[Goofy]

I just watched the latest episode. Kinda lame that the power ball event has taken out 2 contestants so far.

[Thorpe]

Originally Posted by Goofy

I just watched the latest episode. Kinda lame that the power ball event has taken out 2 contestants so far.

Or awesome. However, both injuries didn't have much to them. Would have been better to see a bone sticking out.

Both of last night's contestants schooled the eliminator though. Venom sucks at the Joust, Crush needs to bash more heads in.

[eVasiege]

The newest Ninja Warrior course is insane. Nagano didn't even make it past the first round and the 2 guys that did failed on the first obstacle of the 2nd.

Anyways, what time does Gladiators even air?

[Thorpe]

Originally Posted by eVasiege

The newest Ninja Warrior course is insane. Nagano didn't even make it past the first round and the 2 guys that did failed on the first obstacle of the 2nd.

Anyways, what time does Gladiators even air?

Monday's at 8:00pm EST.

[Lyenae]

time to rumble, turn on the tv, 2 min warning.

[Thorpe]

Wolf is so fucking bad ass. They need to have the Pyramid event every week with Wolf a staple at the top.

[Thorpe]

Thank God Venus lost. I hated that bitch.

[McCheese]

They really need to turn up the heat for the finals.

- Wolf on the Pyramid
- Justice and Titan in the Gauntlet
- Titan on Joust
- Crush on Joust

That combination of gladiators/events is a surefire way to punish the contenders.

It's ashame the women don't have better gladiators though. Crush is fantastic, but the other female gladiators are shit.

[Thorpe]

Originally Posted by McCheese

- Wolf on the Pyramid
- Crush on Joust

Those two right there should have been standard for every episode this season.

[Cybsled]

The first time Crush was on Pyramid was pretty own...when she put that chick into a submission hold and threw her down and kept her locked down until the ref forced her to release her. She's also the only normal looking one of the bunch, IMO

[Araxen]

Crush pulled guard on the Pyramid, she didn't try to sub her.