yea i do think they hype up each contestant a bit too much but overall i like the show. When i lived in New York i used to go to a place called Action Park in New Jersey. it was a water park but they made this American Gladiators event thing where they had the opticle course and everything. my friend and i were always on the top as #1 and #2. they also had an event with the joust and they had these huge gladiator guys. if you beat the first guy you went on and had to beat the second guy who of course was the biggest of them all. i beat the first guy because i caught him off balance but got my ass handed to me from the second guy. they eventually got sued for copyright infringement and had to change it to American Warriors. then it just didn't seem the same. but man did i love seeing my name on the top of the list and then performing in front of a huge crowd.
Man this show is funny as hell ! I laughed my ass off when you had the 2 women in the main event in which both of them were so exausted. The one girl was like way behind and she ended up winning it cuz the other girl couldnt even make it up that moving ramp at the end.