UK Gladiators - Series 6 1997 - Quarter Final 1

[@gquinn4159]

Great show from Wolf against Adam. A rare win on The Wall.... And we didn't get a interview. And again on Hang Tough. Oh an brilliant comeback on Hang Tough by Khan.

[@runnerbean6166]

LOL Cobra was so bad at Tightrope. Swear they kept making him play it just to see him fly off!

[@tewolde103]

And when you all are watching this 1st quarter final of the 6th series 1997, after the new event, Tightrope, Brian Doamekpor had picked up an injury during Powerball with a fractured bone coming from his foot and his leg for a reason and if he couldn't compete 4 more events, then there would be a substitute contender he would be replaced by.... Adam Stretton (a Tony Hall Hotel concierge from Basingstoke, Hampshire but originally from Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire) as a standby from Heat 4, being beaten by Mark Roberts.

[@furbl4345]

Falcon has become a great jouster in Duel 28:13 🤩

[@davidfearis7335]

Paula in the Heats made very heavy work of the Rope Climb in the Eliminator & the same scenario happen again tonight! There was a big amount of editing after Jo finished the Eliminator as Paula was still on the Hand-Ladder at that point!

[@JackpotButtonLewis]

17:41 OUCH! WHAT A NASTY LANDING THERE FROM BRIAN! A POSSIBLE FRACTURING OF BOTH THE RIGHT LEG AND FOOT 😱😖🦵🦶⛑️

[@Gary85Paul]

Wolf always looks like he's having fun.

[@matthewhoori3196]

I would love to get a job as a referee please ❤

[@deandavies9576]

Cobra is pissed off his trolley here

[@NikosKatsikanis]

did the film the same event with multiple contenders and then stitch them together?

[@chrislayton4451]

The game that the majority of these contenders and occasionally Gladiators suffered these injuries from was on Powerball

[@jonathanhockey9943]

so many injuries on powerball, was a real dangerous event

[@nicoladale1668]

I have to say the food in the Coco Beach segment made my mouth water!

[@gquinn4159]

Aww Poor Brian.... I started to really like him when he won unexpectedly on hang tough against Khan. He definitely had that Dark House protenial.

[@charlottethecat6302]

Loved seeing wolf man father the younge boy

[@rewind2020]

adam smashed it well done :D

[@charlottethecat6302]

Even wolf respected him

[@njc84]

This was very tough on Ally, he had to face Hunter twice and Ace, as well as Kahn, but the blue contenders had Cobra and Wolf twice each. I mean they were all good but Hunter was well known to be the best all round Gladiator, Ace was very good too. Wolf was usually around 20 years older than the contenders which somewhat evened the playing field. Tough draw, however it was done.

[@nicoladale1668]

How many contenders have been injured on Power Ball?

[@charlottethecat6302]

Sam the man was

[@nicoladale1668]

@@charlottethecat6302 That is the one I remember the most.

[@davidfearis7335]

Powerball is the event where The Majority of Injuries happened

[@danielwilkins4748]

Helen Martin

[@classicsportclassictiyl8547]

How good was Adam on the Eliminator my word he made the most of his second chance he blew Ally away completely

[@MultiVince95]

Saturday 8th November 1997

[@nicoladale1668]

While some gladiators, like Hunter, were all-rounders, others were more suited to certain events than others. Tightrope was clearly not Cobra's event.

[@charlottethecat6302]

COLBRA is good at hangtough and kicking

[@charlottethecat6302]

Like Jane in season 1 said it's hard being good at everything she was very good on dual like night and Rio, but Jane wasn't very good at hangtough

[@laurencerundell7927]

I wonder if there were any Coco beach skits that were deemed not good enough to air...

[@gquinn4159]

Shocker.... Lightning was not in this show..... Thoes Princess Lightning days of 3 events per show seem to be slowing right down.

[@davidfearis7335]

48:56 Adam has The Fastest Eliminator Time so far, but lets not forget he only had to do 3 Events instead of 5

[@GladiatorsBoy]

Shame he got injured. Brian was a potential champion.

[@danielwilkins4748]

He won the series they did in 2003 for contenders that got injuries and Helen Martin won the ladies, it was never aired for some reason

[@GladiatorsBoy]

@@danielwilkins4748 probably because it didn’t happen. 😂

[@danielwilkins4748]

@@GladiatorsBoy What makes you say that?

[@GladiatorsBoy]

@@danielwilkins4748 just instinct. And the fact it never happened.

[@danielwilkins4748]

@@GladiatorsBoy It actually did, but was never aired

[@davidfearis7335]

It was tragedy for Brian Doamekpor to be injured in Power Ball as I'm sure he could've given the Piers a run for his money in the Grand Final and may even have won it. I guess Adam was brought in here because they already found out Carl from Heat 8 had injured himself during the Eliminator which was further aggravated in training, so Gordon was already booked for Quarter Final 3 in his place. I guess this has to do with being Gordon and Adam being the 2 fastest runner-ups in the heats so they won the right to be stand-by contenders for the Quarter Finals.

[@ewanellis2176]

it would have been great to see Gordon and Adam face each other in the semi finals of this series, as they would have given each other a run for their money, but its one of those things, who knows who would have wone this series if all those contenders hadn't been injured

[@nicoladale1668]

Obviously I feel for Brian but I also feel for Ace as it was his tackle that injured Brian.

[@therebel4332]

Yeah he'd have gone very close. Was initially quick on the eliminator so was only ever going to get quicker imo.

[@Costas22]

Νotice that it was Adam who replaced Bryan even though Gordon James had a faster losing Eliminator. Looks like before the QFs began they had already decided to have Gordon replace Carl. Carl pulled out early for whatever reason. Anyway, Adam got a second chance and he deserved it. Look how fast he was!

[@ashleywallace83]

The yellow was removed from the balance beams this episode but why? QF should be harder, not easier than the heats. Actually The Eliminator must not change at all to be fair for the fastest time prize.

[@charlottethecat6302]

Them girls are tough on power ball

[@Costas22]

For another year they switched the pairings around, for the women this time. Instead of Paula vs Wendy and Jo vs Christina, they did Paula vs Jo and Wendy vs Christina. The men were paired up correctly.

[@MultiVince95]

Nice

[@michaelvidal1971]

On the scores it is worth noting that Paula Bush was actually the highest scoring contestant on 14 points and Jo was the only contestant who failed to score.

[@sonicranger8481]

Jo became the comeback kid

[@markcushines3517]

My favorite UK female gladiator is Pauline Richards aka Rocket.

[@davemurray3203]

That rope fiasco was embarrassing. Never seen that on gladiators

[@Tubewings]

It would get even worse in the Springbok Challenge. One of the UK contenders, Jackie Tindall, failed to make it up the rope and needed a stepladder to get up to the platform, but by that point, the South African contender pretty much had victory all wrapped up. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5u3enmwZpKjrZY Here's the video of the run, as well as a news article I found about the incident in question. www.thefreelibrary.com/GLADIATORS+left+me+feeling+ropey!%3B+Jackie+pipped+at+the+post.-a061460788

[@Costas22]

5:17 N'Golo Kante on Gladiators.

[@davidfearis7335]

I felt poor Ally was against all odds throughout this episode, despite scoring 10 POINTS on The Wall and closing the gap on Adam, Adam had the benefit of 2 Less Events than Ally plus his Eliminator Time was Faster than Ally's in their Heats

[@funkypsycho1130]

The kids in the audience crack me up xD Like the little black girl wearing a watermelon at 47:57 , having a whale of a time 😂

[@coringraham1294]

He nearly scored 10 Points, Kahn snatched it in there.

[@lloydnewman4158]

Khan hang tough takedown from outta nowhere

[@nicoladale1668]

This must be the only domestic show not to feature Lightning in any events (I think).

[@nicoladale1668]

Sadly another show where a contender (Brian Doamekpor) is injured.

[@nicoladale1668]

Jo was the fourth contender this series (sixth overall) not to score at all but still won thanks to the rope getting the better of Paula.

[@porcupinefizzy2908]

Vogue is gorgeous.

[@NikosKatsikanis]

But why is he kicking those bags with shoes on!!!!!!

[@gquinn4159]

3 loses in a row for Cobra on Tight Rope... Jo must the luckiest contender ever.

[@michaelvidal1971]

Cobra likes to be consistent. I wonder if anyone else has won without actually having any points.

[@davidfearis7335]

As far as I am aware Jo Newman is currently the only contender ever to enter the Eliminator with 0 POINTS and come out the winner of the event. Though I am sure a lot of it had to do with Paula Nightmare on the Rope Climb, I think if Jo was against another contender that night she would be out at this point. I defiantly think Jo Newman got further than she really should've done but its done now and time to move on.

[@davidfearis7335]

When I said Jo Newman is currently the only contender ever to win the Eliminator with 0 POINTS, it did actually happen in the revival 2008 series where Kevin scored 0 POINTS throughout the night, but still made it to the Quarter-Final after his opponent Gavin was unable to Start the Eliminator through a Knee Injury in Gauntlet.

[@sonicranger8481]

Ally should have got bonus points for the haggis

[@ДанаАйнурова-л1з]

Supershow

[@callumwilson7501]

2 winners that failed to score a single point. I know there isn’t much alternative but I always thought it a little unfair when they brought in a fresh replacement to continue against a contestant that’s already competed several events, especially when they inherit more points and get a lead in the eliminator. But as I said, not much alternative and the show has to go on.

[@ljgarrison6910]

Kahn got lucky on that one..

[@jonathanhockey9943]

Ally getting Hunter all the time, a bit tough luck

[@gquinn4159]

And Rocket starting before the whistle on Duel. JA never says anything to the girl's.

[@neilberry1552]

Ulrika keep your pecker up🤣🤣 how much did the glads actually get paid?

[@davidfearis7335]

And technically Adam also won the Eliminator with 0 POINTS because his 12 POINTS were all scored by Brian!

[@abcccdddeeeff9182]

26:39

[@ahmeddhagahofficial9034]

49:21

[@lethalbidz]

ally scored in power ball and it didnt count

[@davidfearis7335]

The ball touched the floor before he scored so it DOES NOT COUNT

[@NikosKatsikanis]

All games shows after this looked low budget

[@andy29081983]

Ally's a fraud, he's not really Scottish. I can tell. He made it past the first round.

[@coringraham1294]

Both Female Contenders have curly hair.

[@danielwilkins4748]

Paula had the better choice of kit though

[@davidrees1279]

@@danielwilkins4748, The Female Contenders should have been made to wear such kit from season 2 onwards. By the time (season 5) they did indeed wear such kit Gladiators was going downhill and losing more and more viewers.

[@danielwilkins4748]

@@davidrees1279 I agree it's a much better choice of kit, if I was a female contender I'd wear the knickers with no hesitation

[@davidrees1279]

@@danielwilkins4748, The Knickers look so much nicer and smarter than the Shorts there is no comparison. 🙂

[@danielwilkins4748]

@@davidrees1279 I agree, they are class and suited the ladies that did wear them very well