UK Gladiators - Series 7 1998 - Final

[@benrous8430]

Was an excellent final to an excellent series. Dave and Jane were both absolutely awesome and I'm so glad they won.

[@Will-h7h]

I know they sometimes edit the end of the Eliminator but I wonder if Neil would have broken Dave's time if he didn't salute his fans at the end. He went through in 1:15 if they didn't trim the end.

[@georgesmith4476]

Probably my two favorite winners from the first 7 seasons...totally deserving and immensely likable

[@runnerbean6166]

Pretty sure Dave quit KFC as soon as he won Gladiators lol. Think he might have been the only male winner to not have some background in a sport(not sure what weinenger did but think he had some)

[@BenjyDale]

Series 7 (and 8) were the only ones I didn't get to see first time round because I was at university. So I thoroughly enjoyed watching series 7 here on KZbin throughout May 2021! The only downside in this series in my opinion was the Glads costumes as their logos are not as easy to make out as opposed to the earlier series, but otherwise all good! I will be making my way through series 1-6 over the next few months and watch series 8 afterwards. Many thanks for uploading all of these!

[@Scrobbles]

Gladiators was best from series 2-5, even with “The” John Fashanu presenting. The games were what you wanted, then they decided to go to Alton Towers for a lot of them, and put Jeremy “I need a personality” Guscott in there as a presenter. The best part of S7 is when the narrator says who has the blue balls.

[@davidfearis7335]

15:10 John Anderson:- YOU ARE HOLDING HIM DOWN!!! LET HIM UP QUICKLY!!! ALRIGHT IT'S AN ACTIVE GAME YOU CAN'T HACK IT LEAVE, LET HIM UP!!!

[@tufty1990]

One point that I think is worth making about Vulcan, he's incredible at the events he's good at but you don't see him trying anything else, which I think is not in the spirit, nothing on him as a person, maybe the producers demanded it but you always see him doing Duel, Gauntlet and Powerball I can't remember him ever trying Swingshot, hang tough, the wall, vertigo, Tightrope, catapault, Whiplash, it does just seem like they rolled him out for the stuff he knew he'd be good at.

[@Brucetiki1]

Vulcan played Whiplash in the Australian version

[@henrymanley4116]

I think he's too heavy for most of the other events

[@runnerbean6166]

If he’d been on the show longer they would have done what they did with Warrior in seasons 3 and 4 where they made him do pendulum and the wall. Even rhyno did pendulum a few times and hang tough. They were dreadful at both. Genuinely think if warrior attempted swingshot he’d have broken the bungee

[@tufty1990]

@@runnerbean6166 I do recall that, those guys always gave the impression it was their choice to try new games although that may have been a cover for why they were so poor at them.

[@runnerbean6166]

@@tufty1990 Pretty sure Rhyno did actually want to do the more athletic games such as Hang Tough, Pendulum and The Wall but pretty sure Warrior had no interest. He looked pissed when he got put on The Wall in Season 3. I know Shadow started doing The Wall, Skytrak and Hang Tough by Season 2 by choice as he was captain of the Gladiators and wanted to show that it wasn't just about power games.

[@metahome]

I remember this like it was yesterday, then the day after.... well in 2000, the Puma dream team. I was the guy who swapped with Neil due to an injured shoulder and ended up carrying the weights which surprised people because I never dropped the heavy things, as I was more mixed cards and weights rather than mostly weights.

[@Sighunter]

Can’t believe I’m saying this but the chicken is my dad

[@RascalMcBants]

Your dad looks like a laugh

[@yecora10]

Prove it

[@Aaron-lr1di]

Photo or it never happened

[@michaelvidal1971]

I note that this is the second series in a row where a mother of three made it to the final. Obviously being a mother of three is good training.

[@therebel4332]

Sex is actually good for a woman, for men we lose some of our testerone but women gain from a good orgasm. Sperm (sounds gross) is actually a good energy source for a female as well, its full of vitamins and other good nutrients.

[@ewanellis2176]

if louise had worn those hand gloves used for hang tough, she probably would have managed to have stayed in the scoring zone and scored 5 points in hang tough, would have made it a slightly closer eliminator between her and jane, but still was a pretty enjoyable final to watch overall :)

[@chrislayton4451]

Luckily after this season Jeremy Guscott stepped down as the presenter of Gladiators as John Fashanu came back to present the final series with Uli the following year

[@davidfearis7335]

9:38 Looks like Neil's Rip-Cord got tangled in the Pulley System hence why he was so slow to unbuckle

[@dianebishop8681]

Rip falcon and john Anderson

[@MrCassiuschrome]

Many thanks to Vulcan for ripping Neil’s shirt off. Ding dong.

[@gquinn4159]

Full credit to Falcon. This is her 6th series, she at this stage was the oldest female gladiator nearing 35 while the rest of the girls where in their 20s apart from Rebel who was 32.

[@vincitveritas3872]

Wolf's age showed in later episodes he was good actor with the pratting about but made lots of mistakes in games

[@gquinn4159]

@@vincitveritas3872 Yeah I agree. The show ended at a good time for him. At this point he was the biggest star on the show with viewers, he had some moments of brilliance in earlier years, but he was in his late 40s now and these contenders were mostly in their 20s. I'm sure the question of Wolf being able to return for another series was another contributor in thr decision to axe the show.

[@Will-h7h]

@@vincitveritas3872 Wolf was in his late 60s at this point so was always going to have some issues.

[@f1saintsutd]

This is from 25 years ago omg my mum was 22 when it came on

[@Costas22]

2 very deserving winners. And with the momentum they had, of course they won the battle of the champions the following season too. The Glads had a good night in what was a rough season for them. On that note, this is the first final that Cobra misses..

[@benrous8430]

Spoilers! 😭

[@Costas22]

Since Uli used to keep score, here's how the champions were distributed among the presenters: Season 1: Ulrika's Male and Female Season 2: Fashanu's Male and Female Season 3: Ulrika's Male and Female Season 4: Fashanu's Male and Female Season 5: Ulrika's Male and Female Season 6: Ulrika's Male and Guscott's Female Season 7: Guscott's Male and Female

[@GladiatorsBoy]

Vulcan was unstoppable on Duel. Probably the best gladiator ever. Superior even to Shadow.

[@gftyhify]

I was never a fan of Vulcan. He takes the being bad way too seriously, whilst Wolf was bad in a way that was clearly entertaining and fun to watch. Also Vulcan was pretty much said the same thing after every game regardless of the outcome. With Wolf there was more variety

[@gftyhify]

@Nuke Ireland I think he was a bit better on the Australian version of gladiators. There was a bit variety in his personality. In the U.K. all he ever did was shout ‘NOW LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING’ and ‘SHUT UP’

[@davidfearis7335]

VULCAN is no SHADOW in my eyes, especially when WOLF is able to defeat VULCAN in DUEL

[@ДанаАйнурова-л1з]

Спасибо за видео.просто супер .наслаждаюсь просмотром.Эти игры и сейчас могли быть в теме.2000 годы хочется посмотреть .Thank you very much

[@RoyStantz]

This is the end of the road for Jeremy Guscott as co-host of Gladiators, because John Fashanu will return for Series 8. Awooga!

[@MultiVince95]

Saturday 12th December 1998

[@davidfearis7335]

In VERTIGO it was clear to me that RIO broke the rules like ACE did by not swinging ANY of the poles far enough back from the vertical, I would've given 10 POINTS to Louise on this occasion.

[@alloh2021]

By that token, Louise "cheated" on the first pole. Ace went from pole swinging forward onto the next one without the swing back. Both Rio and Louise did a swing back

[@runnerbean6166]

The rules in vertigo in regards to swinging back were a bit up in the air as both gladiators and contenders seemed to get away with it during the season. Think Ace was the only one disqualified because of how blatant it was and I think the contender actually complained. Poor cobra got done twice by contenders breaking the rules

[@martinjohnston7071]

Only two defending in Powerball? Used to be three.

[@justinhillenburg9286]

I think they changed the layout for Powerball in either '97 or '98, due in large part to some of the Gladiators leaving the show.

[@therebel4332]

@@justinhillenburg9286 Also the injuries it caused in 96 or 97

[@runnerbean6166]

The scores were low in season 6 to the point where it turned viewers off as contenders kept scoring under 10 points so they changed up powerball and the scoring system in gauntlet to help the contenders out

[@davidfearis7335]

15:08 UNOFFICIAL YELLOW CARD FOR VULCAN

[@davidfearis7335]

VULCAN Has Had More Telling Off Than WOLF This Season

[@MultiVince95]

Julia Chang was there

[@ahmeddhagahofficial9034]

5th December 1998

[@CameronInglis1999]

Congratulations to Jane and Dave, and of course this was the final episode of the domestic series because the show was axed and in order to give the show a proper send-off it became a Champion of Champions series.

[@davidfearis7335]

Louise's children had nothing to smile about I think they want to Truck rather than the Holiday

[@nicoladale1668]

I think this is the only domestic final in which Duel isn't the last event (not including international finals). I apologise now if I have got it wrong.

[@Ecd4life23]

Nicola Dale that’s alright and i day that because the 97 final duel was event 2 & a split event only the boys done that event.

[@nicoladale1668]

Vulcan is a cuddly custard?

[@RoyStantz]

Well, this vat of custard hits HARD!

[@Itskelendriab]

Haha I was thinking the same?! 😅

[@MultiVince95]

Brilliant

[@taofanarchy96-renzomaracas14]

21:03 “John Anderson will kill me.”

[@Ecd4life23]

You mention pendulum was played by boys since show 6 of the 98 series incorrect the boys done pendulum in the last of the quarter finals

[@Disciple8923]

What's that song that plays when they introduce the gladiators?

[@AirTails]

On which event? For power ball females: Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves by Eurythmics, power ball males: Let's Get Ready to Rumble by PJ and Duncan. For Hang Tough it's Hey Rock & Roll by Showaddywaddy

[@Costas22]

I said in another video that in season 7 Ulrika looked the best she ever looked after giving birth. On this show I dare say she looked as hot as ever. 😍 Season 2 was her best period, but back then she was still a beautiful girl. Here she's a sexy woman.

[@neilberry1552]

Ulrika 😍😍

[@samdesande2417]

Is it just me or does “Falcon” and “Vulcan” sound exactly the same in the British accent???

[@Aaron-lr1di]

Just said it three times in my own accent and it sounds distinctive enough. If you’re American though I get it, your ear isn’t adjusted to it

[@davidfearis7335]

In DUEL I don't understand why VULCAN keeps throwing away his stick just after the contender has gone, some referees might've called it a rematch or draw.

[@vincitveritas3872]

Because he's a moron Who tried to be better than wolf

[@alloh2021]

They all do it though. If it was a rule, don't you think they would've all been called out on it?

[@runnerbean6166]

The contender had already left the platform by the time Vulcan stepped across.

[@davidfearis7335]

@@alloh2021 In other countries in Gladiators I know the rules are different so they may say throwing the stick just after the contender falls could be considered a rematch

[@jeylful]

The bodies of those guys!! ❤️😝

[@davidfearis7335]

During Vertigo at the end did Jane just give up and drop down after Falcon finished?

[@michaelvidal1971]

What happened to Panther this season

[@Iggymcpig]

Panther left after series 5 (1996)

[@therebel4332]

She barely won an event after 94 tbh,, she was well passed her sell by date by the end of the 95 series.

[@Freddie1980]

She broke her neck in Tilt a few years prior, she came back for a season some time later but she was never the same

[@Will-h7h]

@@therebel4332 I think Panther only won three times ever on Gladiators in 5 Seasons, she won in Danger Zone in Season 1, beat the ginger woman in Suspension Bridge in Season 4 and caught a contender on The Wall in Season 4. Panther was a popular Gladiator but Powerball was the only game she was particularly good at

[@SabrinaLWilliams]

At 10:00 Neil wipes blood from his mouth then uses that same hand to shake Diesel's hand! Gross!

[@ljgarrison6910]

Tactical protein hit.

[@davidfearis7335]

This is not Kitchen Nightmares, you can't worry about shaking hands with someone else's blood on it

[@RoyStantz]

Neil is a knacker for doing that.

[@nicoladale1668]

Was there a reason that Lightning didn't do Hang Tough this series or the next?

[@m1a2r3t4y5n6]

In the Champions Series she'd just given birth a few weeks before the Series so couldn't do it.

[@nicoladale1668]

Fair enough

[@RoyStantz]

Besides, with Jet, Nightshade, Panther, Zodiac, and Scorpio all gone, Lightning was the biggest female name the show had left. And yes, I already know about Vogue, Falcon, Rio, Rebel, Fox, and Siren.

[@therebel4332]

@@RoyStantz To be fair Vogue replaced jet as the pin up girl and so was used a lot more often than she should have been in my opinion, yeah she's attractive and seductive but its a combat type game lol. Nightshade sadly injuries caught up eventually and had to leave, Panther wasn't really missed from a competition standpoint she'd long since past her sell by date in that regard. Zodiac and Scorpio were meh anyway.

[@RoyStantz]

@@therebel4332 "Zodiac and Scorpio were meh anyway." Scorpio was the closest that Gladiators had to a bad girl.

[@TheVanillatech]

This was after Shadow got banned?

[@CraigPaulWilson]

Well after, Shadow got sacked back in '95.

[@grahampilcher5867]

I just wondered if Neil would have just went through the paper burst right away instead of stopping at the top to wave at his family he might have got the fastest eliminator time of the season because he was catching Dave up all the way and he wasn't that far behind

[@106adamm]

I thought the same lol I'm thinking it was highly likely

[@gftyhify]

Vulcan makes wolf looks like a pussycat. Sure Wolf was a bad boy there were times when he chose to be nice

[@therebel4332]

And that's why Wolf was the better act, just acting bad all the time gets stale. Being nice sometimes justifies the bad man act.

[@gftyhify]

@@therebel4332 also even when Wolf was bad it was clearly ‘fun bad’. Like a pantomime baddy

[@shroomologist]

@@gftyhify 100%, he always came across as a decent bloke really. He actually did used to play bad guys as a special guest in pantomimes at the time lol.

[@jacobburtonswfc]

Most boring female contestant ever won it which spoilt the whole show

[@Costas22]

This is Jane Smith. You got confused with Andreya Warry, who was boring as fuck and also undeserving of her title.

[@jacobburtonswfc]

@@Costas22 Not confused, Andreya was lovely

[@TheVanillatech]

Plain Jane Smith. Most dowdy frump ever on TV. Should have been deported after this. Zzzzzzzzz

[@rewind2020]

neil was shitting himself on duel :D vulcan is a god :D

[@davesartbook]

Not even the name Jane Smith is as boring as Jane Smith the person

[@Malky24]

We're lucky Jeremy Guscott was there to liven things up.