close eliminator #4 mark vs colm

dramatic eliminator from uk gladiators

[@shellsbignumber2]

Whoever dreamt up the travellator as the last obstacle was a genius and a bit sadistic to.

[@kristophergracia3162]

The Warped Wall on Ninja Warrior WISHES it was the Travellator. A classic equalizer.

[@christopherharper6229]

Even more sadistic, the producers admitted to speeding up and slowing down the travellator to who they liked the most!

[@andrewbrown5300]

Especially at the end when their legs are like bricks 😂

[@thesmithersy]

@@christopherharper6229 They did something similar in the 90s in France in one of their game shows where they soaped up the surfaces.

[@christopherharper6229]

@@KarlPilkington89 thought you was dyslexic 🤔

[@gwamel666]

When the soundtrack ends you know you've took too long haha

[@manuelbonilla7348]

I think that if the Eliminator's soundtrack was used in the revival of American Gladiators, this would have happened very often.

[@johnanderson9765]

lol

[@mt3776]

I still can’t believe I was in the crowd for this one as a 4 year old 😅. I don’t remember many things but I’ll never forget this

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

i bet the tension was mad!

[@acceptableandbornind80s32]

It’s Impossible to hear the eliminator soundtrack and feel depressed. This soundtrack gets your ready for anything

[@ismayb754]

I love it when John Anderson encourages them whenever this happens. Can't put my finger on what it is, there's just something great about it.

[@SamHodkin23]

His coaching background evident at times like that, considering he coached at least 1 athlete in *seven* consecutive Olympic Games.

[@remoobko8440]

Erm... it's called people being nice? 2020s brits looking at old brits in amazement LOL

[@ismayb754]

@@remoobko8440 Apparently he's doing a better job of it than you are. Spread kindness, dude.

[@remoobko8440]

@@ismayb754"spread kindness"> sure i'll just walk into Qatar and demand they actually pay their laborers.... that will work out well You really want to continue..?

[@acceptableandbornind80s32]

At 01:23 you feel the Goosebumps of Nostalgia right here and the running commentary goes so well, so fitting for the time of Gladiators In the 90s

[@Kibouo]

Yes, it felt like a more innocent, less cynical era

[@jameswanantony]

love the eliminator music!!!

[@fruitlion8]

The theme music has never looped before if memory serves xD

[@scsutton1]

"It's time to dig deep into the courage bank, although both guys look like they're more than overdrawn." What a fantastic line from the late John Sachs.

[@mattysowls]

He’s not dead

[@Richard_Straker]

@@mattysowls - He might be confusing him with Jonathan Sacks.

[@medichampion328]

​@@Richard_StrakerOr John's brother, Andrew Sachs.

[@shesofabyoung5988]

This exactly what real life is like

[@amysmileyreid95]

As Derice said in Cool Runnings, “we have to finish the race.”

[@rm2399]

This show was the bomb. They should bring it back

[@jayb1812]

They did bring it back but it was never the same with new gladiators

[@007thedarkknight]

The have now on BBC 1 5:50pm on Saturday

[@TripleB-nb8en]

Sheer 90s. Love it. The wolf was my fav. I was very you g, wolf got booed and i would sadly ask my mother why they were booing my fav haha

[@Britishwolf89]

Hell yeah, Wolf was my fav too.

[@HellsDragonEmperor]

Wolf was the man hands down but gotta give some love to rhino, hunter and storm and the other gladiators too

[@TripleB-nb8en]

@@HellsDragonEmperor of course man they always put on a good show

[@ghostoftheyoutubefuture2630]

The travellator was the taker of many souls

[@silverscreenreviews8521]

Man the atmosphere! They don’t make them like this anymore!

[@hitmanalbert77]

The new one is good but it’ll never be the same

[@RandomPeter94]

Colm and Imelda (in the audience) were on Fort Boyard in 2001!

[@djmadmike87]

Just recently watched the episode of Fort Boyard with Colm, his brother and gf managing to get on the leaderboard for their team

[@UxJ7]

Both showed such heart

[@KiyokaMakibi]

Holy shit that was INTENSE! Especially that ending! Never seen that king of situation for the travellator before.

[@ScapoloMichael]

Imagine if that was the grand final

[@WhiteHatBobby]

Interesting too. On the original US version, the way the officials were set the game judge (assistant) would start the players on the climber and the referee was on top of the Travellator, counting full attempts. If there was a close call, the game judge went to the finish line to determine the winner. There was a close one in the final US season with soldiers that had a similar ending but they got it in two. Mike Adamle was quiet and watched from his box near the finish line when calling the finish.

[@Andy28548]

Hope this eliminator theme be used in new uk BBC one

[@MultiVince95]

Brilliant

[@jonathansantos2271]

Dude! American gladiators was so ahead of it time. We had such an awesome time watching the show. Fun and inspiring. We will sure miss those times, our own way. Peace friends alike.

[@johnanderson9765]

You can tell from the accent of the commentator that this isn't the American version.

[@jonathansantos2271]

how do you know what version did we get to see?

[@johnanderson9765]

@@jonathansantos2271 I just told you how. Mike Adamle is not the commentator.

[@jonathansantos2271]

Ok. Good show...my fave is the hang tough event...? Your fave?

[@johnanderson9765]

@@jonathansantos2271 My favorite is Breakthrough and Conquer.

[@Tompsf1]

So epic!!

[@CharlotteWeb100]

I'd have tried and given it my best but when they had to start the music over again and none of us were moving, I'd have reached a point and gone "You know what? There's no rule to say I can't run up this middle bit so fuck it... later bitches!!!"

[@SaiKelly]

Omg Colm well done. And Mark too. So painful to watch!

[@ellenigma2099]

Now that X Factor is finally axed, they should bring this back... with the original contenders. READY!!!

[@Signerdragon123]

There's rumours going around that something's planned for the show's 30th anniversary and Wolf wants it back as much as we do.

[@nivaavina2403]

Dude..... that was fucking EPIC!!@ The Olympics got nothing on these guys!!!

[@mohammedashraf6978]

Awesome

[@Justastranger-dk8iz]

I’m Sorry but this is HILARIOUS!

[@ratedrbeboparcade]

Season 2 Phil vs dean was the closest elimination in the series at the time

[@Sintakhra]

The only thing which could've made this more amazing (at least in my own little fantasy non-competitive world) would be if Colm stayed at the top, cheering Mark on and supporting him up, then they shook hands at the top before Colm taking the official win. Yeah, I wish everything was like a Feel-good sports movie.

[@ScapoloMichael]

I think they should have psyched each other up at the bottom after their 3rd failed attempts to climb

[@SchneidersRammGirl]

can someone PLEASE tell me where I can get the theme tune playing?? been looking for years and never found it lol

[@Retrosicotte]

Years later, but I noticed your comment and have a video of the Eliminator theme. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoS8oneprpponZo It's the last one on this soundtrack vid!

[@blank-dr2kx]

It was miles faster that the 2024 one

[@evilzzzability]

After you... No, after you.. But I insist, after you... No, I insist, after youuu.....

[@Dman3827]

Wow this is better than the Americsn later versions with Ball pits. I feel for Mar and the other guy with their legs giving out. It's no joke. I like the drama here showing audience reactions.

[@ricksorkin2522]

Crazy!!!

[@Scallion_D]

Weird that I actually remember this at the time lol.

[@Wheeloffortunefan999]

@BenK8319 i only knew that because the clip of vulcan and wolf going at it on the duel is on here, (and btw, i'm actually from the u.s.) ( i only watched this because i'm a diehard game show fan, (and i mean game shows from around the world, not just from the us.)

[@paullawrence4986]

The elimniator was my favourite.

[@MaikGoldMoralInstanz]

Both actually made it!!! What a mental peak performance!!! The man in red must have been super annoyed when he saw the recordings!!! Because he was the better at the first try and almost made it!!! However, the fact that both managed to get up after so many failed attempts is really great!!!

[@nintendonerdsvideos4727]

I expected a photo finish when I saw close eliminator

[@totallymady42069]

Pretty sure that woman at 0:50 took out a second mortgage just to bet on this.

[@Kibouo]

And the woman at 2:17 lol

[@iemand123456789]

epic

[@tyson6819]

Blade, Lazer and Blazer!

[@Wheeloffortunefan999]

hey, wasn't colm the one who beat wolf in the duel when wolf and vulcan went at it?

[@blueranger-oy6ru]

Yeah. He beaten Wolf in Duel twice.

[@charlottethecat6302]

Which season is this the treadmills look steeper

[@kiransingh9510]

Season 7 1998

[@Amethyst_Friend]

You would have thought they would train speed and leg muscle endurance specifically for the travelator

[@jeangentry6656]

They probably do, but they are completing a grueling final course designed to wear them out mentally and physically before they reach the travelator, not to mention all the competition beforehand to get to the finals.

[@therebel4332]

They did train. But dont forget they had to go up a cargo net which takes it out of the legs ie lactic acid quickly builds up. Once the legs go trust me no matter how fit you are theres just no power in them at all,, the muscles are like paper mashee.

[@BenKellyMusic92]

@Wheeloffortunefan999 Yes he was. Did you cheer for Wold like i did? :D

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

I was rooting for the one who ended up getting the bad leg!!!!!!!!!!

[@MegaMarie]

Lol their legs were dead, but always love a neck and neck competition

[@GenGamesUniverse]

Their legs were jelly!

[@therebel4332]

Once the legs go like that there's no getting up the fooker trust me. Its like all the lactic acid in the world descends on the bas*ards and the muscles have zero strength at all. 99% of the time when fit and conditioned you sail up the thing, but there's that one time the legs decide to have their revenge.

[@TimpBizkit]

@@therebel4332 they need like a low resistance spin bike off to the side to recover on.

[@coordinator3039]

Do Gayle vs Liz

[@Smallsaltybear7]

People watching in 2024 👇

[@jamestoyn9755]

i saw the new gladiators on saturday and the travellator is still a challenge

[@sanmarino_cs1698]

Don’t you think the new one seems way less steep? Nobody struggled with it last week

[@jamestoyn9755]

@@sanmarino_cs1698 Now that I think about it doesn't look to steep as it was years ago.

[@sanmarino_cs1698]

@@jamestoyn9755 It’s a shame that they did away with the hand bike things at the start too. Overall I’m loving the new show, it’s just not quite how I remember it being when I was a kid.

[@jamestoyn9755]

@@sanmarino_cs1698 I was just thinking about that bike thing as well.

[@glixzeu]

my science teacher is Greg Kirk 😂

[@nellemonde6341]

Ok so we'll just sit back....with the poporn.... this'll take a while

[@TroupeGoal]

Bordering on the ridiculous!

[@TheFunlandTeam]

Hello from 2024

[@turb28]

Fucking hilarious!

[@danielwilliamson6180]

This could have been an eliminator which no contestants won.

[@kiransingh9510]

It could have been better off 😂

[@YodatheHobbit]

Let me guess, they moved this obstacle to the very front of the race in American Gladiators because people in the UK kept becoming too tired to do it at the end?

[@namk19]

No actually we took our cue from the UK glads cause originally when the treadmill was introduced it started at the beginning of the eliminator

[@Mitjitsu]

I think it has more to do with what speed they set the travolator to. It's moving insanely fast compared to most of the other episodes I've seen.

[@therebel4332]

@@Mitjitsu I don't doubt that. though Colm always did struggle up the travelator though, he failed to get up first time in any of his rounds. as for the original comment the UK became very poor towards the end, it struggled to find any real athletic competitors after 96 in my opinion. Before we have Field, Norman, Everitt and Mottram on the male side as champions, Allen, Eunice and had good competition in Damm and Andreya in the womens,, who were all electric on the eliminator and scored heavily in the games as well.. but by the end there wasn't really any competition, lots of injuries to poor athletes, Piers was a good winner in 97 but beat very little lets be honest, if he'd been in the 96 or 95 series he'd have not won esp on the 96 eliminator course. 98 was just the year where it was a case of yeah lets bin it,, Dave to be fair was an able competitor in some of the games but he should have never been winning the eliminator 4 times in a row ffs, he was clumsy and quite slow I thought, no competition to beat him at all. You got the feeling by that point they were just putting contenders through that failed miserably to qualify in the previous seasons ie Mark this series, his brother entered the previous year, both dreadful and wouldn't have qualified at its height. The games had to be made easier because the glads were just so far ahead by now (98), they had to have more none contact games, more silly gimmicky games.

[@davidfelix2594]

I completed that course in 35 seconds.

[@MrChickensnatcher]

I see why America sent the Brits packing... 😂

[@geoff7393]

Unfair shud have let them start at same time or stopped the traveletor

[@Sintakhra]

Not sure why you think it was unfair. One got there ahead of the other. Even if they started at the same time, the outcome would've been the same. Mark failed at the first attempt after they restarted it whilst Colm got it first time.

[@acesfn7316]

They did slow the travelator when they realized neither of them had the legs for it

[@therebel4332]

@@acesfn7316 This was my point in a comment further down though. In previous seasons (96 and before) all the competitors on the mens side never had any issue getting up the travelator, yes some failed first time because they were chasing and were going on flat footed trying to sling themselves at it so as to catch the other, but always walked up it when composed,, and it was always going fast like in this video. It just seemed in this series a lot of the blokes put through had failed in previous seasons, weren't good enough or just not conditioned for the events and the eliminator hence a lot of failing to get up the travelator first time sometimes when under no pressure at all ie Colm in this round. If you stuck any of the men in this series up against a Paul Reynolds, prime Phil Norman, Prime Phil Field, Mark Everitt, 2 scoops, Andrew (Aussie) etc etc they've have been 20 seconds behind on that eliminator and finishing 40 seconds back (The original eliminator course).. I now know why they binned the series off after 98. Because it was getting obvious by that point there were no decent strong competition coming through at all, they were having to red tape some of the events because of "health and safety", a lot of the games in 97-98 were fooking childish lets be honest,, the see you later aligator game was just... like what category did it go under? there was nothing dangerous about it, there was no balance needed because of the harness, it was just stupid to all pretence and purposes. People said it was because of the injury's sustained in 97 as the reason why they started to bring in less contact games... b0llocks,, those competitors with the glass bodies should have been binned before selection, if they ain't conditioned then they should be crossed off...1 or 2 injuries for awkward falls fine, but far to many were pulling out for fook all in the end, 2 women pulled out in 97 because of a bad shoulder ffs...

[@WhiteHatBobby]

In the US version, there was a limit on running the Travellator. It was three from S2 to S4, and from S5 to the final series (S7), it was two after it moved to the end of the course. The referee put the limit for player safety. After two failures (Larry could catch if you were going all out each attempt, and if you were not he would not count it), players could run on the side but it was still steep.

[@davebanks9756]

🤣😂🤣🤣

[@Justastranger-dk8iz]

I can NOT stop watching this! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lifegoals9528]

Wow, against anyone else, male or female, other than the 15 stone guy from series 2/3 who sat down and gave up after failing the travelator, both men would have lost!

[@richardschofield2201]

Strange rationale. Against someone slower they would have completed the obstacle course slower and would therefore be less knackered at the end. It doesn't matter who you are, whether you're fit, unfit, whatever, if you push yourself beyond your limit something has to give.

[@Jestified92]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[@Justastranger-dk8iz]

This is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jonathansantos2271]

!!Hangtough!! LL

[@jamesadams4606]

I laughed so hard when they couldn’t make it up the belt 🤣😂

[@bowerthomas1078]

UK throwing those 2nd rate athletes up there

[@therebel4332]

Absolutely. Colm making a semifinal in this was a fooking joke really. Dave won the series and was a fooking fast food servant boy ffs. I think by this point they were taking the pi*s with the selection process, put some awful un-conditioned poor athletes in for comedic purposes. Dave was capable in the aggression games, but how he came through 6 eliminators unbeaten proved how poor the UK version had become by this point.

[@bowerthomas1078]

@@therebel4332 long live mark ortega😏

[@philipjohnkaye8890]

Watching this reminds me of how silly this type of 'sport' is, just men trying to prove something. Can't stop laughing.

[@John-cu7dv]

These guys can't run for toffee. Terrible running style