The final appearance of Tilt in the Australian series. Despite having no Gladiator injuries in the Australian version, it was axed possibly due safety concerns raised in the UK series after Panther's injury in the UK's third season (the UK didn't film their fourth season, which featured Nightshade's Tilt injury, yet).
Mike Witney: I just want to say to you, I'll take none of this intolerance from the top to me or any official on the floor! Anymore of this, You'll be red carded and right out of the game!
I thought that, too, in which case that’s weak sauce. So many times on Gladiators I have seen competitors get injured because they were afraid of getting tackled. Happens all the time in Hang Tough, where challengers freeze on the rings and then let go as soon as they’re caught, bringing the gladiator down on top of them
Got to hand it to Kris, very few could last long up against Tower on Duel. Though, even if he had made it, he probably would've been disqualified for not attacking enough anyway!
It's interesting that Hammond indicates that they took "Slingshot" out specifically because of Kane's likely unfair advantage. I wonder which event was brought in to replace it, and, also if Kane had gone through to finals, whether they would have let him do Slingshot, as he is obviously hoping.
The commentator is just doing his job. It's not when they drop but how they land from the drop...landing on your feet is bad. The contestants nearly always have good drops so it gets repetitive.
I grew up with this and it was amazing, unlike the rubbish they have on atm in 2024. Gladiators have no uniformity, no personallities apart from a few, the contestants and liz ellis are terrible and the trash talk is cringe worthy. If you were doing a reboot of the original keep the same look and format.
