Hey, remember American Gladiators?
I certainly do, along with a whole generation of fans who watched as big-bodied athletes with nicknames like Ice, Nitro and Laser took on contestants who tried to best the gladiators and each other in all kinds of wild events that would involve strength, speed and agility.
ESPN also does. In the latest 30 for 30, the two-part documentary about the series that ran in the 1990s drops on May 30, revealing a dark underbelly to the show loved by so many.
So I decided it was time to rank all the events from the OG American Gladiators — we’re not counting the 2008 revival, sorry — from worst to best: