A Painful Round Of Event Assault | American Gladiators | Full Episode | S02E04

In the women's competition, Maria Nichting, a human services worker from Cincinnati, Ohio, goes up against Esther Ratner, an industrial design professor from Tempe, Arizona. On the men's side, Dwayne Thomas, a groundskeeper from New York City, Lincoln Simonds, a stuntman from Studio City, California, and Nate Foster, a decathlete from Laguna Beach, California compete to move to the next round.
Joust: The Gladiator and contender face off for 30 seconds on elevated platforms. They must knock each other off with pugil sticks.
The Wall: The contenders attempt to scale a rock climbing wall, being chased by Gladiators.
Assault: The contender must attempt to hit a target while a Gladiator shoots at them using a tennis ball cannon.
Human Cannonball: Two Gladiators stand on pedestals, and the contenders attempt to swing towards them and knock them off.
Powerball: Contenders try to score points by depositing balls into baskets and avoid being tackled by three Gladiators.
Atlasphere: The contenders and Gladiators battle in spherical metal cages. The contenders must stand on scoring pods while the Gladiators try to stop them.
The Eliminator: The Eliminator is an obstacle course spanning the arena, the winner of which advances to the next round of the competition.
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Beginning in 1989 for 8 seasons, this competition swept America. Two men and two women compete against each other and a roster of "American Gladiators". Events included, The Assault, Joust, The Wall, Breakthrough and Conquer, Hang Tough, Powerball, and many others, all culminating in the final event, "The Eliminator", a difficult obstacle course race. Every season there is a tournament to determine its "Grand Champion". For two seasons, there was an "International" competition taped in England where the champions from 4-6 countries competed similarly.
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[@ashleykoivisto8138]

Nitro must've been like, "Oh, crap!" When Dwayne got clocked at the goggles. I noticed the concern on Nitro's face after the tennis ball got him.

[@jasondavidstapleton8337]

every time i come home from school i loved watching this show i miss it😀

[@thetruthhurts4147]

"Balance is something I need to work on, but power is something I will never lack." This works as a pick up line, a war cry, something to tell your family so that they are better equipped to emotionally handle your behavior, something to whisper threateningly into an ex-girlfriends voicemail, and as a gravestone quote.

[@80sand90sonly]

people in 80s and early 90s always came up with and had in their souls powerful positive views

[@nickreed1367]

my fave event in AG. As a kid, I used to set up an assault course in my house and my friend and I would rotate being the gun man using nerf guns. Couch cushions, tables, chairs, TVs, bean bag chairs, blankets make for a great course.

[@twig-e6431]

I'm glad I wasn't the only idiot that did that! I forgot that I used to attempt Assault at home too.

[@daffers2345]

My favorite was Atlasphere -- but there's no way to mimic that one :D

[@Barf-Barfolomew]

These full episodes bring back some good memories! Thank you for uploading.

[@ThaClancyFam2]

I’m so glad they updated these events in the later seasons especially the scoring in Assault, the actuators/scoring sensors in Atlasphere, powerball scoring, and the Eliminator NOT starting simultaneously.

[@TaiidanOnslaught]

I know this was some time ago, but I hope that guy from red team ended up being ok. I really felt for him. He just looked so genuinely sad when he had to leave.

[@pwnage_1015]

It was over 30 years ago. He definitely should be ok.

[@mxRian4]

Dawww 🥹

[@choppinjayjay31]

I think he dieded💀☻️

[@thomassteele9649]

@@choppinjayjay31 Medicine was not that advanced in 1990 and they hadn't yet learned that scratched corneas typically lead to death within 48-72 hours.

[@tafkaga474]

His eye fell out after the show and they called him Cyclops for the rest of his days. Tragic.

[@HitokiriShaggyTTV]

That dive over the gladiator was impressive

[@SqeeG]

For sure!! @39:12 for the slo-mo

[@senben9180]

everyone copied First guy ever to dive over AG like that, I think in one episode before this one

[@HitokiriShaggyTTV]

@@senben9180 never saw the first one to do it. But ive seen many try and fail at it 😅. Plus a couple successful ones.

[@DisneyJedi99]

Crazy to think all these contenders and gladiators are in their 60s-70s now

[@senben9180]

more like 50s

[@tarheelking2515]

I feel real sorry for Dwayne Thomas when he got injured in the eye in assault

[@ErikButterworth]

This is probably one of my favorite episodes from this season where Diamond made her debut. It is mainly because of what happens with Nitro and Dwayne during the Assault. Once Nitro nails Dwayne in the safety goggles with one of his rounds, Larry Thompson ends the round immediately upon seeing Dwayne is wounded, Nitro looks out from behind his weapon with genuine concern, and Larry calls over the trainers to tend to Dwayne in case he needs to be taken by medics to UCLA for treatment. They all know how dangerous some of these events are, and that's why they have trainers, medics, and spotters ready and waiting should something like this happen.

[@tarheelking2515]

The reality is viewers shouldn't attempt any events they see on the show

[@ErikButterworth]

@@tarheelking2515 Exactly. The contenders and Gladiators are trained professionals. Do NOT try this at home.

[@drewzuhosky6826]

@@tarheelking2515 None of the events could even be realistically attempted by a viewer at home, hence, no warning was ever given.

[@jclemons121384]

Saturdays at 11am. Memories.

[@kevinjwhite334]

Diamond is dazzling 💎

[@JohnHartson20]

She is pretty, but Blaze was the sexiest and prettiest by far.

[@80sand90sonly]

Diamond was most beautiful AG ever and she was on Geraldo Rivera episode "Female Bodybuilders" together with Blaze

[@FreddyKurganNimmo]

Thank You SO much!🤗 PLEASE, keep 'em coming!👍

[@mkaplan1383]

16:33 Nitro: *Thinking to himself* Aw shit.....

[@SapinskiMath]

For all the injuries we've seen on Gladiators over the years, and every injury should be taken seriously, this was one of the strangest ones. It's definitely the one I'd hate the most, I'd freak out over losing my sight in any way.

[@gladfan1989]

And certainly one of the worst injuries there ever was. I hope Dwayne didn't lose his sight.

[@RoaringTidesOnline]

@@gladfan1989 He's fine. He returns in a later episode.

[@drewzuhosky6826]

@@RoaringTidesOnline Which season?

[@dsc1256]

Apparently the ball didn’t hit him that hard in the eye. Even the gladiator, Siren said “it didn’t sound like it hurt when I saw the ball him”

[@SapinskiMath]

@@dsc1256 seriously? Why do you have to be a jerk twice over about this?

[@vrdragon12]

37:55 WOW!!! 😲

[@ericmatthews9076]

Felt bad for Nate. He never stood a chance being an alternate

[@Scrapla1]

Damn buddy that got hurt seemed like such a nice dude hope he was ok.

[@jorgeandrew]

16:35 Larry Thompson like a father figure??? 😳... Awesome 🤔👍

[@arturomcneil5919]

Will see you next time for more confrontational games on American Gladiators at Universal Studios Hollywood

[@aznpikachu215]

16:30 - Oh...shoot.. Nitro's reaction.

[@jorgeandrew]

Nitro was my hero 💪

[@davidfearis7335]

16:45 OW!!! RIGHT IN THE LEFT EYE & EVEN WITH THE SAFETY GOGGLES ON THAT LOOK SERIOUSLY PAINFUL!!! They Decided To Send Him To Hospital Obviously Because In Life You Only Get ONE SET OF EYES!!! After Seeing That I'm Almost Surprised They Didn't Give The Contenders Helmets With Face-Guards As Well As The Safety Goggles, We Certainly Wouldn't Want That Sort Of Injury To Happen Again!

[@sanctuary8396]

I'm really amazed at how 37 was considered Old, back in the late 80s/early 90s. 47 isn't even considered old anymore.

[@j----y]

Found the 47 year old.

[@teacherdoug1797]

Lots of older people take TRT now. Maybe that’s the reason?

[@senben9180]

37 isn't old in 1990 either, actually everybody was much leaner and healthier. BUT 37 will always be considered old for professional athletes or intense sports or competitions like AG. Aaron Rodgers was called old man at 35, same as Brady and that's today

[@horrorbro]

Oops Thunder Loses The Match lol at 5:47 😆

[@yeahsssa8114]

One of many times Gemini won on the wall without doing anything

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

42:41 Mike and Larry should've danced to the theme music at the end, using the treadmill like a podium!!!!

[@kinger982]

Laser and Thunder threw a shutout in the men's human cannonball event to keep the score same after four events

[@ajkirkendoll2680]

Childhood memories

[@arturomcneil5919]

From Universal Studios Hollywood this is American Gladiators selected by a nationwide search 20 men and women have come to Hollywood to challenge our force of gladiators

[@FreddyKurganNimmo]

It's "our force of gladiators"... There are 10 of 'em😉

[@arturomcneil5919]

@@FreddyKurganNimmo right my error sorry about that

[@stevensuarez4843]

For a single honor to become, American Gladiators Champion!

[@arturomcneil5919]

@@stevensuarez4843 right

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

​@@arturomcneil5919I'm a fan of the UK series and I've not long started watching the American series which our uk version is based on. Joust is duel on our program. Assault is danger zone

[@80sand90sonly]

Contender Maria Nichting in red is georgeous. Diamond is most beautiful AG. She was on Geraldo Rivera Episode "Female Bodybuilders"!!!

[@randomupdates4013]

Having the football guys hosting, kinda added legitimacy as being an alternative sport. Once it got tilted towards wrestling, show was off. Keep it like a sports competition and it can always work.

[@daffers2345]

I agree! I loved the show in its earlier iteration when it felt more like a sports-themed game show. When it became more like a constantly-moving football game, I stopped enjoying it.

[@demitirusmcneal1327]

That's a black eye after taking a hit to the face. Ouch...

[@StFidjnr]

Where's is the rest of season 1 episodes

[@TehJew22]

They're coming

[@Brand-ju4jm]

anyone ever hear about how dwayne and his eye turned out?

[@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin]

Larry Csonka looks so tiny compared to today’s NFLers! 😂

[@randomupdates4013]

Don’t think so, pads make difference

[@arduinokatari8658]

Diamond with her high neckline. So flaccid.

[@michaelsmiley15]

Something that you see in the difference between the original show and the new show that came out 2008 was that the new show the gladiators the people they hired their way to physical way to forceful they did not know when to hold their punches because the original show had a lot of little injuries and maybe one serious injury within the 1st 2 episodes of the new show you had a male and a female contestant blow out their knee and I'm talking reconstruction of the whole thing And these are people who've taken off work to be on this show and now they're gonna be out of commission for 6 months because it is reconstruction and physical therapy

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

I always thought the Gladiators in the much later series never had anywhere near the professionalism that the original ones did.

[@drewzuhosky6826]

The only reason that the rebooted version got to air in the first place was because there was an impending work stoppage by the Writers' Guild of America in 2007. NBC needed to fill gaps in its programming schedule caused by the cessation of production in scripted television. Thus, _American Gladiators_ was commissioned to air for this reason, coupled with the fact that the 1989-96 series was in daily reruns on the late ESPN Classic at the time.

[@teacherdoug1797]

I blame crossfit. Weekend warriors are way too extreme these days.

[@timlangenderfer7746]

3:53 "I'll have no problem". Cut to 16:30 20:17

[@drummingdanny84]

There's an original broadcast of this episode floating around KZbin.

[@Jordan__Sloan]

This show has some serious cheese factor, I loved it when I was a kid though lol

[@randomupdates4013]

At this stage wasn’t cheesy as much as a sports competition. Hate when they got WWE style

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

30:32 She was cute, how small she was. :P

[@fakebobbyhill296]

They should bring this show back, again, and this time not make it shitty like the last reboot.

[@Tubewings]

16:31; OUCH!

[@matthewfenley5821]

I can imagine in human cannon ball that's like running into a wall

[@brentm8863]

When Nitro’s balls to the face make you have to tap out! Lol rip Dwayne. Lol

[@Equint77]

Fox 5 saturdays at 1pm after wwf 😂😂

[@drummingdanny84]

And again at 11 PM...or midnight.

[@christianjmj6460]

Good times.

[@zanick2]

NATE!

[@BlackwoodCompany]

I could not see or understand how bad the injury was that caused Dwayne to have to drop out.

[@drewzuhosky6826]

The injury Dwayne suffered was that of a scratched cornea. That comes with a number of painful symptoms, including, but not limited to: _Sensitivity to light_ _Eye discomfort and pain, specifically when opening or closing the eye_ _Blurred/ distorted vision_ _Headache_ As you can see in Dwayne's interview with Mike Adamle following his attempt at _Assault,_ Dwayne struggled to keep his eye open.

[@antcantcook960]

You can’t understand how severely compromised vision would cause problems in an athletic competition?

[@seanoreiley48]

@@antcantcook960I think they were more confused because the contestants wore wrap around goggles so was confused how a cornea could get scratched.

[@michaelfagan-so3st]

bianca dupree

[@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin]

Concussions Is Us

[@ArchangelusRaphael]

BLAZE is hot!!!!

[@DocLogic123]

Dwayne's over exaggeration of his eye landed him a 1.9 million dollar settlement.

[@PedersonPantry]

Quarterly finals? Lol

[@michaelfagan-so3st]

barbie

[@foxmccloud7055]

Warning- The gladiators and contestants are highly trained athletes and have a lifetime of experience, but they are not invincible. Bodies have been broken, necks broken, concussions inflicted, and careers ended in an instant. Although it is entertainment, the hazards are real, and the contestants and gladiators take real risks, endure unimaginable pain, and put their bodies, their careers, and their lives on the line. Don't risk yours! Be Smart! Be Safe! PLEASE DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME, SCHOOL OR ANYWHERE ELSE!!!

[@thatcher5892]

Not a single natural gladiator ! Lol 😂 steroids

[@randomupdates4013]

So you watched the documentaries lol

[@michaelfagan-dg7pb]

mickey mouse

[@ForThePeople6]

They could’ve made it more believeable I only watched the first event then turned it off because it’s clearly choreographed/planned on who’s gonna win each round terrible acting

[@DCOWBOYS4LIFE]

I can pretty much tell the age of the commenters from 1 of 2 things. Either I hope he's ok, because we have one failure today and have anxiety attacks everytime we think about it. Secondly the roids comments, because nobody today puts things in their bodies to change themselves today. Really, do you think people don't put steroids in their body today? Or testosterone?

[@teacherdoug1797]

I miss the days when only bodybuilders, pro athletes, and some pro wrestlers did steroids.

[@user-dm6qs2oc5v]

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[@elliotttafel578]

So Dwayne doesn't get some points for illegal hit to the eye

[@c3po626]

He doesn't it's an inherit risk in Assault, since those balls are travelling at over 100mph from the cannon. The gladiator has no idea how their shots are going to travel when launched. This was just an unfortunate accident, where the contender popped out from the safety zone and a shot got launched. If i remember right, the contender's body is fair game for shots to hit anywhere, so long as the shot doesn't ricochet it counts.

[@alonzotanner1226]

Damn I feel for Dwayne Thomas. My aunt had a huge crush on him when she saw him on TV. Seemed like a great guy and a great sport. Anyway, Turbo and Thunder always seemed like the most raging roid men on the show. Also the most dangerous. I mean Nitro was one of the cockiest, but those two were lowkey insane.

[@Cutekitty12417]

These guys were bullies. Glad the nfl players trucked them

[@teacherdoug1797]

Wuss.

[@russellscottStirCraZee]

Used to be a big fan of this show. As an adult i see why this channel has such a small following. It was totally set up for the contenders to lose. And looking back at it, its just a bunch of roid ragers losing control, but defended everytime. this isnt even entertaining anymore. childhood ruined.

[@Dman3827]

Lol what a negative lousy attitude you have. The contenders often defeat the Gladiators.

[@dindjarin559]

An awful small lens you are looking at it through, too. You ruined your own childhood when you chose to ignore everything but the most negative, & hyperfocus on that sliver of the whole picture. Maybe if you weren't so negative and judgy of literally everyoje else, you would be happier and more well adjusted in society as an adult.

[@Wulfen73]

Never played a competitive sport as a kid huh?

[@russellscottStirCraZee]

@Wulfen73 oh you know. Only football, baseball, wrestling, track, motocross, drag racing, ice racing, bmx racing and stunting. Have been paid by monster to participate in events ect. But do go on.

[@teacherdoug1797]

What a dork. In season 1 they had contenders that were just as big as the gladiators, but the gladiators kept getting injured. Go figure. So in later seasons they made sure the contenders were more "regular joes". This also creates a nice dynamic where the gladiators are like comic book superheroes, and the contenders are pretty much like the people watching the show (or their parents). And it doesn’t matter if you beat the gladiators anyway, because you are really facing the other contender.

[@Michael-or2cn]

lol i like how after S1E1 they got a big guy and he hurt 2 of the gladiators so now they get geeks and real small people.

[@Jameshorn-yb6vm]

Zonk zip zapper clapper flapper Axer

[@soitsanightmare]

I remember being there. I was taking a shit in the bathroom and forgot to wipe.