Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009. In the highly anticipated fight between Gina Carano and Cris Cyborg, Gina Carano (Crush from American Gladiators) had the first loss of her career to Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos. Bummer. The referee, Josh Rosenthal, stopped the fight when there was just one second left in the round! For more on Gina, and here:Crush Gina “Conviction” Carano vs. Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos Video
On the second episode of Season 2, the new gladiator makes his first entrance. His name is Zen. Wow, he can do backflips. On the Wall event, Zen is coming after Melvin. Rocket is behind David. Poor David, Rocket is so fast (our nickname for Rocket, Evan Dollard, is Red Bull). Zen takes Melvin down and Rocket takes down David.
On the wall for the women, Phoenix is after Vicky and Venom is behind Abby. Phoenix is a fast climber, she catches up with Vicky fast. Phoneix knocks her off. Abby is way ahead of of Venom. She was so close and would have made it, but slipped near the top and fell off. Abby is tough.
On the new Skytrack event, the contenders speed around a figure eight track (It resembles a rollercoaster track). Very high up, they are chased by two gladiators. When the gladiator catches them they fall off and are suspended from a cable/bungee cord thing. So far, none of the contenders have made it around.
“Two contenders race side-by-side around a figure-eight track, suspended from the ceiling on their backs. Chasing them are two Gladiators, whose goal is to pull a rip cord dangling from the contender, sending them falling from the sky.”
In this second episode of American gladiators, the male and female contenders know each other. The men are Chicago police officers and the women are Denver police officers. They work together and know each other. How interesting!
David Moore, 31 year old, 5’11, 215 lbs. He is a health nut and dedicated family man.
Melvin Davis, 42 year old, 5’10, He’s been a policeman for fifteen years and his goal is to help the community and give back, and he loves his work. He was actress Jennifer Hudson’s bodyguard.
The women contestants are Denver police officers and best friends.
Abbe Dorn, 5’6″, 152 lbs 28 year old. A body builder and former fitness model. Abbe currently lives in Centennial Park, Colorado. Venom told Abbe she looked like a barbie doll before hang tough.
Vicki Ferrari 5’3″ tall and 124 lbs. This 35 year old narcotics officer (nicknamed Pitbull) comes from a police family. It is said she has a quick temper and her husband is also a policeman.
A new gladiator was revealed last night Xin Wuku as ZEN
“ZEN brings his own lethal combination of ancient eastern tradition and 21st century battle technique to Gladiator Arena. Born to create chaos, this mysterious warrior uses superhuman speed and highflying skills to dispatch anyone unlucky enough to cross his path before they even realize they’re in danger, and the slips back into the shadows like a ghost to wait for his next victim.”
In honor of the new Gladiator here is the song Everything Zen:
The first episode of Season two is a double episode. This is a summary of the first half and it’s events. Rocket didn’t make an appearance yet, but Jet did. I’m expecting Rocket (Evan) to show up for the second half.
Male Contestants: Randee Haynes, Construction worker, Married w/two kids. 5′8″ 170 lbs. Jesus Jay Martinez, 40-yr-old, police officer & SWAT team, from New Jersey. 6′ 191 lbs.
Female Contestants: Melissa Trinidad single mom & martial arts instructor, from Brandon, Florida. 5′1″, 111 lbs. Elena Maskalik a single, 22-yr-old Firefighter originally from Ukraine, currently resides in Foster City, California. 5′6″ 143 pounds.
For the males, the first event of season 2 was Rocket Ball. Randee and Jay went up against Wolf and Toa. The Gladiators and Contenders each have their own button which shoots them up into the air. The contenders have to get the ball in the baskets while the Gladiators try to stop them. All this is happening while they are suspended from cables.
Elena and Melissa went up against Crush and Venom on the Pyramid. The contenders had no luck getting past the Gladiators. Crush looked like she was going to break poor Elena’s neck.
The next event, Hang Tough, Randee teased Wolf by saying, “Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?” That was funny. They said they made Hang Tough twice as big. Wolf and Randy both ended up going for a swim, Randy gets 5 points! Randee is funny; he did a little dance and stuck his tongue out at Wolf. Now it’s time for the Swat time guy Jay to go against Wolf. Jay has a little bit of an advantage because Wolf is tired from round one. But it doesn’t matter; he gets taken down really quick.
The girls go against Crush in Joust. Elena got knocked off after a beating. I’m surprised the girl didn’t drown when she hit the water after that beating. Melissa is so tiny, she got knocked off pretty quick.
On the Gauntlet, the SWAT officer went against Titan, Toa, Militia and Justice. Jay seems like he has a lot of adrenaline going. He made it though with great time. Randee is next on the Gauntlet. I like him. I hope he wins, he’s so funny and has a great attitude. Too bad, he was stopped by Justice. Afterwards Randee held his children and he asked, “Did you see the big man push me down and make it hurt?”
Melissa goes against Helga on assault. She got four points then got taken out. My son is convinced Hellga is really a boy. Elena held her ‘ball shooter’ the wrong way. She was aiming for Hellga but it shot out behind her and almost took out the camera man. Oops.
Justice and Titan put on a show on the pyramid. Poor Randy looked worried going up against titan. The SWAT guy held on tight at the top and Justice finally knocked him back down. You could tell the contenders were exhausted when they ran out of time laying on the ground at the bottom of the pyramid.
Monica Carlson came out for the Wall, behind Elena. Monica is a new Gladiator called Jet. She got quite an entrance. She didn’t stop Elena, not even close. Melissa slipped and fell off the wall.
Randy won on the eliminator. He really kicked butt! Jay fell way behind. The girls both had trouble finishing. It looked like they may have made the event too difficult.
In this interview, American Gladiator’s Monica Carlson and Hulk Hogan talk about season two. They give the scoop on the new event, Rocketball. Monica is the season one female winner and is now a gladiator known as Jet.
I was just looking at the list of new Gladiators and nocited that Mayhem, Stealth and Fury are not on the list. I am assuming this means that these two gladiators have been discontinued. I wonder how they decide who will stay and who will go? Maybe they add up the piles of fan mail.
Another new Female Gladiator, Phoenix, was recently announced. Jennifer Widersrom is from Lisle, Ill.. She is a Former track and field athlete from the University of Kansas. read more about Jennifer
Evan Dollard, the male winner from season one will be returning as Rocket. The rock climber was unbeatable on the Eliminator, earning him the nickname “The Evanator”.
AGE: 32 HEIGHT: 5’7″ WEIGHT: 130 lbs MARITAL STATUS: Married PROFESSION: Sports Model
After her Season One triumph as a contender, Jet is now officially cleared for takeoff as an American Gladiator. The supersonic stunner is ready to create some major turbulence, so everyone should fasten their seatbelts, return their tray tables to the upright and locked position, and prepare for a crash landing.
Today I read a short article here that Erin Toughill beat up her husband, Clark Bevans, on their honeymoon. That is a bad, bad way to start a marriage. A restraining order has been granted. It reminds me of the movies “Mr & Mrs Smith” and “War of the Roses”. Here’s a big surprise, the wedding is being annuled. Go figure.
Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009. In the highly anticipated fight between Gina Carano and Cris Cyborg, Gina Carano (Crush from American Gladiators) had the first loss of her career to Cristiane “Cyborg” Santos. Bummer. The referee, Josh Rosenthal, stopped the fight when there was just one second left in the round! For more on Gina, and here:
