UK Gladiators - Series 7 1998 - Heat 2

UK Gladiators - Series 7 1998 - Episode 2 - Heat 2 - 12th September 1998
Pauline Shirt (Trekking centre runner from Derbyshire) versus Tara Leyden (Retail assistant from Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset)
David Hanna (Party manager and personal trainer from Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) versus Neil Parsley (Rugby league player from Wirral, Merseyside)
Notes: Duel is in the second heat in an event line-up as a core event and a combat event for even numbered heats which will interchange with Gauntlet in every heat by parity number.
It features two new events in the second heat for each of their second appearance: Dogfight and Vertigo, but Vertigo is played as a whole event for all men and women for the first time whilst Dogfight is played as a split event for the men for the second time because Whiplash is played as a split event for the women.
Absent: Diesel and Vulcan.

[@nathanbyberg]

I love the music played during Hang Tough! Hey Rock and Roll! Bring it to town, Let’s Go! Hey Rock and Roll! Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Goooooooooooo! WHOO!

[@michaelvidal1971]

I think you will find Pauline Shirt did not touch the white marker on the second see saw so should have been sent back.

[@davidfearis7335]

Pauline did get away with murder in the Eliminator she did not touch either WHITE SECTION on The See-Saws, but she kind of got her comeuppance in The Quarter-Finals during Hang-Tough, and at least Tara was given a second chance, as the fastest runner-up of the heats she qualified as a stand-by contender for the Quarter-Finals. A interesting fact that Tara Leydon was also on Series 2 of Fort Boyard, and she was in the team that COULDN'T SPELL 'TABLE' CORRECTLY.

[@davidfearis7335]

Pauline didn't touch either WHITE Sections on the See-Saws and also jumped off the the side when she felt she had!

[@Costas22]

That Vertigo match with Neil and Cobra was why I loved that game. It was the most exciting one that year.

[@davidfearis7335]

In Season 7 as well as Contenders vs Gladiators it was pretty much also Supporters vs Supporters & Supporters vs John Anderson!

[@bobomb1986]

Pauline didn't hit the white sector on either of the see-saws in the eliminator. Should have been penalized.

[@glorysengo6289]

PAULINE DIDNT HIT THE WHITE SECTOR ON EITHER OF THE SEE-SAWS IN THE ELIMINATOR. SHOULD HAVE BEEN PENALIZED GLORY SENGO.

[@seanwood8883]

That match up between Pauline and Rio on duel was like the unstoppable force meets the immovable object. Rio looked well up for taking Pauline out, whereas Pauline probably took one look at Rio and thought 'oh s**t'

[@enter_raisehell_leave8821]

WTF were the refs doing, she jumped off early on BOTH see saws!!! How the hell did they miss that!!!

[@Metaliant01]

I agree, as a visually impaired person I have better sight that the refs.

[@MultiVince95]

Brilliant

[@georgesmith4476]

Pauline is a beast! Loved her.

[@andrewjerome6573]

19:31 Wolf is a class act! ❤

[@AirTails]

I actually like Dogfight and Vertigo...with the former, at least there was a fun tension about the 2 hits rule. And some fights were interesting to watch. Vertigo was average, but sometimes the lead would swap, so it kept you thinking. Way better than the awful Tightrope introduced in S6.

[@MultiVince95]

Saturday 12th September 1998

[@davidfearis7335]

Shame we never got ROCKETBALL back in the Original Series

[@Andy28548]

rocket ball was never played until sky version

[@seanwood8883]

36:06 Rio v Pauline in Duel. Definitely a case of the irresistible force meets the immovable object

[@michaelvidal1971]

I see Niel's fans were as quiet and understated as Audrey Garland's were last year.

[@laurencerundell7927]

John Anderson is quite handsy this episode...

[@davidfearis7335]

VERTIGO was a good addition to the Events, shame it came in when Gladiators was on the verge of being axed, mind you its in this episode the producers didn't think to include the Swing-Back Rule, this means the Gladiator & Contender must Swing-Back on Each Pole at least once before changing over to the next one, otherwise the heavier athlete does get a unfair advantage as was the case between DAVID & WOLF. The only time that rule is not applicable is on the Final Pole, as soon as they reach the last pole they are allowed to lean straight towards the SILVER RING and grab it without doing a Swing-Back.

[@adenharrison4543]

Argeed vertigo is a brilliant very edge on your seat.

[@chriscotterill1989]

Interesting you say that because in heat 7, Ace gets DQ’d for exactly not swinging back

[@davidfearis7335]

@@chriscotterill1989 I think there were a few other times this might have happened but it only seemed to be ACE that was caught out overall

[@soultiger9119]

I don't know why people diss this season of gladiators, I think it's good but not the best

[@davidfearis7335]

Yeah I still enjoyed this season when I was younger and still kept moving on the sofa trying to help the contenders beat the gladiators, I guess the standard of female contenders may have dropped seeing so many were struggling with the rope climb than previous seasons but there was nothing wrong with the games at all.

[@Costas22]

Tara was the cutie of the season as far as contenders go. Pity she lost here due to the lack of a headstart. She was better and fitter than Pauline.

[@ewanellis2176]

yeah, its just ashame that her perforance in the quarter finals after she was a stand by contender after pauline was injured wasnt as good as her eliminator performance as in her heats

[@jonathanhockey9943]

Pauline didn't touch the white section on the second see saw, not sure if they have to touch that or not, but if so, she should have had to do that again

[@jonathanhockey9943]

why would they put siren against Pauline in the tug of war round, she had no chance, only gladiator who may have been able to handle her is Rio

[@SummerBayJournal]

I like the music used for vertigo. Boring game to watch though. (Scary to play I imagine).

[@Brucetiki1]

Vertigo was one of games they used on the Australian revival, and I was like ‘why’ - it’s one of the worst Gladiators games ever.

[@gquinn4159]

I thought the podiums on Vertigo had to be pushed forward and then back, before moving on to the next one. Neil just jumped on each one without doing so, catching up on Cobra.

[@davidfearis7335]

I'm guessing this may have been the first episode of Series 7 recorded so they ended up changing the rules so that they had to do at least One Swingback on the poles before changing over

[@davidfearis7335]

That's the 2nd Time Wolf ripped a Gladiators Form Finger from the Scottish Supporters

[@Ecd4life23]

These ones are Irish not Scottish which were the ones he ripped the foam finger from the previous year!

[@davidfearis7335]

@@Ecd4life23 My Mistake

[@Hezwatson-ix5tb]

The new Powerball rules seem to make it easy for Contenders to score? Also what is Dogfight trying to be?! Looks like it should have been in the earlier series then either changed of scrapped..

[@Hezwatson-ix5tb]

*or changed

[@georgemacdonald206]

What happened to John fashanu?

[@scotty87able]

Got done for Match fixing so had to take time off

[@davidfearis7335]

19:36 Don't grab Wolf's hair too hard you might rip it out completely. Correctly me if I'm wrong but was there a incident where the contender accidentally ripped Wolf's hair out during a game of Hang Tough?

[@davidfearis7335]

Think it happened in Heat 2 of The Springbok Challenge but we'll need to see the video to confirm this thought

[@therebel4332]

He wore a wig for the majority of the run series 1 all the way through to the 1999 champion of champions event where he finally ditched it, I think that was a sort of taking it off out of respect to the show though. I mean they reference it in every series lol, even a barrister contender in one series mocked him for it.

[@user-sb2tb9oe7d]

@@therebel4332 LOL he was not wearing a wig he just had long hair and he was losing it

[@michaelvidal1971]

Would I be right in thinking that only one person has ever gone the distane against Rio in Duel?

[@seanwood8883]

Probably. I mean even here, someone as big and strong as Pauline who once beat Sahara in suspension bridge, got leathered and beat by Rio. Not surprising given how big and strong Rio is anyway

[@RoyStantz]

Rio earned her stripes as Nightshade 2.0.

[@seanwood8883]

@@RoyStantz they were both really tall and strong women put it that way

[@Ecd4life23]

Nearly 3 girls went the distance in duel vs Rio 1996 champion Andrea wharry in the final then Margo McMillan in the 98 series those 2 did get knocked off the platforms eventually but after the buzzer the other was Jane smith in the very last episode but she took herself off after the buzzer.

[@samabercrombie]

I think at least one contestant in UK S7 (1998) and also another lady did in the S8 (1999) 👍🏻

[@bradmurtagh5133]

50:21

[@Andy28548]

i thought vertigo or dog fight gained pyramid music

[@davidfearis7335]

VERTIGO gained PURSUIT music & DOGFIGHT gained PYRAMID music

[@lisamariegreenaway8693]

Wth is this dog fight?! Bring back duel!!

[@FlukeDogg08]

Save it after Hang Tough.

[@Andy28548]

duel still there think this replaced joust

[@vincitveritas3872]

Women do whiplash. Then guys do dog fight. Wtf?

[@neilberry1552]

Unpopular opinion maybe but never liked warrior, hunter or rhino

[@hollymackenzie9923]

Agree with you about Hunter. He fancied himself some what

[@neilberry1552]

@@hollymackenzie9923 100%

[@nathanbyberg]

Vogue is a hot babe

[@RoyStantz]

And she's really earned her stripes as Jet 2.0.

[@LeeLee-ly5fb]

Yes she does I do like vogues arsehole don't you

[@seanwood8883]

Yeh she's nice definitely but Rio is a lot nicer that's for sure 😍😍😍

[@seanwood8883]

@@LeeLee-ly5fb I know what I'd like to put in there that's for sure 😉

[@nathanbyberg]

Deep Ghoul: Agreed

[@julianstanhope378]

More Gladiators gameshow on you tube please and when is gladiators gameshow back on challenge and I am missing this programme 😢

[@julianstanhope378]

No wolf again

[@Andy28548]

oh pissoff every video

[@soultiger9119]

? Don't you watch the whole episode, wolf was in the first episode of series 7 and this one

[@therebel4332]

Something tells me Tara had a hairy bush here... pwooaaarrrr!!!. Also she was robbed because Pauline didn't touch the white paper on the 2nd see saw before the travelator.

[@ScapoloMichael]

Love me some fuzz 😛