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American Gladiators
Season 2
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Preliminaries 5
June 16

Lots of new and lots of twins.  Plus, the bracket fills.  First, let’s start the Family Feud.

They’re separated by 5 minutes, an inch, and 2 lbs.  They both get their night off with Hit and Run.  Swinging the big balls are Crush, Hellga, Siren, and Phoenix.  Clinessa is able to get 6 runs in before Phoenix knocks her off.  Lillian tried to do one better, but Phoenix struck again.  However, at 2 points a pop, we start off the women’s match with an impressive 12-12 tie.

Now to two people who aren’t twins.

They start with Pyramid.  Adam gets Toa while Mike receives Titan, and it’s the Glads who give out all the pain.  60 seconds, zero points.

Back to the women we go with Rocket Ball.  Jet and Venom will be playing the aerial defenders.  Both girls start with a score on their first run, but not much after that.  Clinessa does win the event 4-3 and so she leads 16-15 after 2 events.

To the men we go and we introduce a new Gladiator.  He’s an Olympic javeliner that will rock you like a Hurricane.  His baptism: Tilt.  Gamble gets up first, and Hurricane boldly predicts a 2-second win.  The result: a 4-second win.  (Splitting hairs, I’d say.)  Adam, on the other hand, is able to stay deadlocked with the new Glad.  He gets 5 points and leads by that margin.

Now it’s time for the women’s Wall.  Lillian gets Jet and Clinessa, Siren.  Jet does a number on the larger sister, but can’t finish the job.  She falls, but Lillian stays on.  Meanwhile, Clinessa is able to get up and over in 54 seconds for 10 points, while Lillian survives on the Wall for 5.  Clinessa has the match’s biggest lead now with the 25-21 advantage.

The next round for the men is Earthquake and it’s the first time in the ring for Wolf.  Mike gets into a slap fight which does exactly nothing.  He’s done in 6 seconds.  Adam starts doing the same thing, but charges him hard and fast.  His momentum prevents Wolf from escaping on the cable and gets another 10 points.  At the half, Adam starts to pull away with a 15-0 lead.

As we recap some of the other events, we see Crush and Steel reigning supreme on Pyramid and Venom and Phoenix doing the same on Skytrack, so it’s still 25-21 heading into our new event, Snapback.  Instead of the old Powerball-with-bungee game, it’s a quick 30-second test of endurance.  The contenders have to go forward while a Gladiator pulls them back.  The farther they are when time expires, the more they score.  Hit the button, and their Glad goes flying for 10 big points.  Clinessa will be dragging Hellga while Lillian squares off against Crush.  The littler sister barely gets a hand in the 4-point zone, but Lillian gets a clean 8 to giver her a 29-27 lead heading into the Eliminator.

The men’s recap shows an odd Hit and Run, with Mike prevailing 12-0.  On the Wall, Adam almost makes it all back, but he slips and falls, making it a scoreless event.  (Now that’s worth going to NBC.com to watch.)  With a 15-12 lead, Adam draws Justice while Gamble gets Titan again.  The Glads look to have the upper hand, but when the whistle blows, Adam barely gets 8, Gamble gets 4, and the Glads get launched just for the hell of it.  The ER doc extends his lead back to 23-16.

It’s Eliminator time.  If either champion gets one of the top 2 spots, they’re automatically in the semis.  Luckily, any respectable time gives them an opportunity to move on.  Lillian has a 1-second head start, but it’s the rope swing that’s the real game breaker, as Clinessa has issues sticking the landing.  It gets close at the obvious spot, but there wasn’t really any dispute as Lillian holds serve and wins in a time of 3:08.7. 

Lillian’s time isn’t a lock, but at the 3^rd spot, the odds are in her favor.

To the men we go, and Adam’s 3.5 second lead holds up superbly……until the Travellator.  In a great move, Mike is able to use his momentum from the seesaw to slingshot him up the belt and past Adam into the winner’s circle with a jaw-dropping 1:58.9!  2:03 only ends up being a hard-luck loss for Adam.

Mike’s time puts Brick on edge, but they’re both still ones to watch as the semis grow nearer.  Next time, we go from Family Feud to the Newlywed Game!  It’s Gladiators, brother!