A commonwealth games Heptathalete, a pole vaulting champion a fitness and aerobics instructor an interschools high jump champion, a gymnast with 22 gold medals a national gymnast squad member, a rugby player, a London firefighter, a kickboxing champion and a man who played squash for Britain that's what I loved about the originals is that they were actual athletes not just underwear models like the revamped gladiators and they didn't dress like something from a BDSM catalogue
We men recognise and appreciate a good body when we see one and I'm not ashamed to say when I was younger, i loved this show. And this line of female gladiators were perfect scores of 10 every time.
Its pretty shite how you can move from the family sitting together in the evening watching stuff like this on TV. Now we have the "im a celebrity" shite we have now. As as wee boy this inspired me in all the right ways, im sure im not alone.
+Roy Hillis It's a true, sad state of affairs today that the media convinces every other young person that they want to be famous, rich or both. Gladiators wasn't about that. The show had a heart of gold.
The reason why old gladiators worked so much better than the new one is if you listen to the stats of these gladiators they are proper athletes and not just a bunch of pretty people in Lycra these people have completed for their country have competitive titles are are the sheer strength and show of competition look at Sara he worked as a fire fighter as well as doing gladiators from start to finish what a legend!!
Nightshade from what I can remember was trained by Anderson the ref, and the commentators right the most challenging sport in womens athletics is heptathlon its insane how fit you must be to compete doing that and good on her!
By wearing the designs of their names on their outfits they looked like superheroes wearing their symbols. Very clever and hasn't been done before or since that show.
I always wanted to be as big a Warrior when i was 13 and now I am in weight hight and size. A few years ago I met him at a bodybuilding competition. He was 20 years older but the man is still deep in his chest and back. I have a awsome photo of us shaking hands.
One of the most inspiring things on television, Gladiators in the 90s. As a guy you both wanted to be one of the male gladiators and be with the female gladiators (well specifically Jet lol) and you also aspired to be a fair champion who could shake hands with a contender after beating or being beaten by him. I'm sure it was just the same for the girls watching Gladiators. And Wolf was hilarious
Superb music soundtrack, very underrated, big part in making this programme the success it was! unlike today they spent a decent amount of money on the whole production, including the music which makes it stand out 👍🏻👏
The year is 2020. Spotted Eunice Huthart on the credits of the new Witches film and came here to show my daughter what it was about. Not sure what baffled her more. The fact millions of people watched this every week or that there were only four tv channels!
Oh she was on the credits for the fantastic beasts and where to find them film. I got excited in the cinema then like yourself had to come here to show my niece and nephews what gladiators was.
These Gladiators were superiour to the new ones. They were all respectful to the contenders (except Wolf lol).They were more about the games than acting out like the new ones. John Anderson was also the perfect ref
I know I’m late at commenting on this but I was actually there that day they did the filming of this introduction! This brought back memories of that day
“Nostalgia is heroin for old people. Just because you were younger, better looking and getting laid more, doesn’t mean it was a better time.” - Dara O’Briain
Shadow, Nightshade and Wolf. My all time favorite Gladiators. Zodiac I met at a charity event in 1994. I was 10. Jet and Lightening I had a crush on. They were the sexiest of the lot. Brings back memories. The new school Gladiators can't hold a candle to this line up.
I was about 5 back then, best memories of my life I like remember cycling back from the english corner shop (rare now days) with my stabilisers just getting home in time to watch gladiators. It almost brings a tear back to my eye and I am a grown man. I remember when I was a little boy in the early-mid 90s there was still a scrap of saturday night TV left. CASUALTY! (That scared me BIG time) BLOBBY! YOU BET! BLIND DATE oooh and when was that BIG BREAK? take me back
Wolf was what they call in wrestling, a "Heel". A scripted bad guy for the audience to boo and hiss at. Wolf had the act down to a tee as he knew how to play to the audience and mess with the contenders to get the crowd going. Great performer.
My favourite Male Gladiators from back in the day were: Saracen, Cobra, Rhino and Warrior. Favourite Female Gladiators were: Lightning, Jet, Vogue & Rio. Rio was stunning.
Never would've thought Trojan had a bigger chest than Shadow!!!!!!!!!!! IN FACT, HIS CHEST EQUALLED WARRIOR'S ACCORDING TO THOSE STATS!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT'S INSANE!!!!!
i fancied her too when i was 10 like all the other boys in my class. i remember having a sticker of her as well as other gladiators on the front of my school diary!! LOL good memories, good times
Tracey Gates I iove the Gladiators tv show on every Saturday night back in 90s they are brilliant they will be back on TV iove from Wales UK 🏴 🇬🇧 😀 👍 😎😎✨🏴🏴🏴🏴🏃♀️👟🏃♀️👟💞💌💕
omg i have this on video! i feel so old! i even remember buying it wen i was lyk 4/5 yrs old. even had (i still have it in my drawer) lightning leotard in my drawer that my mum and dad ordered frm the gladiators magazine!
wow that stadum is packed and it is only the start of the second series i bet when this show was really at it's peak i bet it was hard to get a ticket to go and watch this there
Watching this actually makes me feel good inside! I've never seen the new series, but I took one look at a picture of the New Gladiators, in their wierd looking outfits, and my heart just sank!
Richard Hurr I remember we attended during the summer in the school holidays one afternoon at the nia in Birmingham and they filmed twice a day (when we left at around 5.00pm they had another show right away afterwards which must have been pretty intense for the Gladiators). In between events they had a compere guy on getting the kids up to dance with the cheerleaders, taking part in mini challenges and just generally hyping folks up. From what I recall the famous theme played when they came out at the beginning (it was about 24 years ago so some specifics are fuzzy lol). It was a great day out!
Scorpio was my fave when I was like 6/7 years old. Wolf used to actually terrify me so much. He used to run past the audience and get booed a lot as they chanted 'who's afraid of the big bad wolf?' and I always used to think he would pluck some kid out of the audience and beat the hell out of them. My imagination did wonderful things when I was a kid! One question: Why does no-one dig Falcon's mullet......it is AMAZING!!!! Hahaha jk
2:35 maybe a better shot of "that support" would be a sweeping shot of the whole crowd on their feet rather than 3 guys with a tiny sign saying "we❤jet"
A commonwealth games Heptathalete, a pole vaulting champion a fitness and aerobics instructor an interschools high jump champion, a gymnast with 22 gold medals a national gymnast squad member, a rugby player, a London firefighter, a kickboxing champion and a man who played squash for Britain that's what I loved about the originals is that they were actual athletes not just underwear models like the revamped gladiators and they didn't dress like something from a BDSM catalogue
This was so much better then what it is now.
Hotter Gladiators back then.
@pferreira1983 Well, I wasn't thinking about that, but I guess so lol.
I thought the new series was good! Nostalgia always wins though
Women - dancing like there's no tomorrow
Men - arms crossed like they're bouncers at the front door
We men recognise and appreciate a good body when we see one and I'm not ashamed to say when I was younger, i loved this show. And this line of female gladiators were perfect scores of 10 every time.
RIP Falcon 😢
Its pretty shite how you can move from the family sitting together in the evening watching stuff like this on TV. Now we have the "im a celebrity" shite we have now.
As as wee boy this inspired me in all the right ways, im sure im not alone.
+Roy Hillis It's a true, sad state of affairs today that the media convinces every other young person that they want to be famous, rich or both. Gladiators wasn't about that. The show had a heart of gold.
Cracking musical score as well...Adrenalin just like WCW on ITV
Incredibly fit good looking men and women beating the flabby general public into submission in fun physical games, what's not to love!
Yeah I was in the gym by 14..before it was even fashionable and purely about looking good for Instagram! Still working out 26 years later
3:57 that's a perfect transition, thanks Hunter
Lol! I love how all the girls are just coming out dancing and flipping and the men are just like yeah hi everyone lol! :)
And they keep their shell suits on throughout
When you weight over 20st with no fat - you don't have to do anything!
jet got me through my teenage years!!! ;)
Ugh ew
Here here! ✋
7 year old me was not ready for the feelings Jet gave me. Jet and Lightning man damn.
Jet is still gorgeous today
The reason why old gladiators worked so much better than the new one is if you listen to the stats of these gladiators they are proper athletes and not just a bunch of pretty people in Lycra these people have completed for their country have competitive titles are are the sheer strength and show of competition look at Sara he worked as a fire fighter as well as doing gladiators from start to finish what a legend!!
Nightshade from what I can remember was trained by Anderson the ref, and the commentators right the most challenging sport in womens athletics is heptathlon its insane how fit you must be to compete doing that and good on her!
There’s only one!
By wearing the designs of their names on their outfits they looked like superheroes wearing their symbols. Very clever and hasn't been done before or since that show.
To be fair a lot of the new gladiators (2024) have also comoeted for thiet country, a fair few olympians and heavy lifting championships
@@stinameanerthis comment was 13 years ago and was regarding the series on sky 1 the bbc version had a completely different style of gladiators
True Legends the original UK gladiators!😆❤️👍
I always wanted to be as big a Warrior when i was 13 and now I am in weight hight and size. A few years ago I met him at a bodybuilding competition. He was 20 years older but the man is still deep in his chest and back. I have a awsome photo of us shaking hands.
shadow just looked through my soul
😂😂😂😂
Should put this back on. Bugger X-Factor lol.
Agreed Saturdays and Sundays are missing all the great game shows
WELL NOW!
Nightshade was stunning.
LOL at Falcon's 80's mullet :D
I had crushes on Jet and Nightshade back then :)
nay vouge and fox in later series
vogue...mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Surely you jest? Nightshade was utterly fugly!
Nightshade was a good Gladiator but a bit of a minger if you ask me. The worst looking Gladiator. The best was of course, Jet.
One of the most inspiring things on television, Gladiators in the 90s. As a guy you both wanted to be one of the male gladiators and be with the female gladiators (well specifically Jet lol) and you also aspired to be a fair champion who could shake hands with a contender after beating or being beaten by him. I'm sure it was just the same for the girls watching Gladiators.
And Wolf was hilarious
JET WAS THE PRETTIEST
Superb music soundtrack, very underrated, big part in making this programme the success it was! unlike today they spent a decent amount of money on the whole production, including the music which makes it stand out 👍🏻👏
Jet is just too fine for words
The year is 2020. Spotted Eunice Huthart on the credits of the new Witches film and came here to show my daughter what it was about. Not sure what baffled her more. The fact millions of people watched this every week or that there were only four tv channels!
Oh she was on the credits for the fantastic beasts and where to find them film. I got excited in the cinema then like yourself had to come here to show my niece and nephews what gladiators was.
0:53 Nightshade introduction
The Gladiators are and always be my ultimate childhood heroes.
"It's Wolf! Yes, the zoo have let him out again..."
lol, love it. xD
Still love it?
2:09 Lightning introduction
4:15 Wolf introduction
1:51 Scorpio introduction
0:01 Triumphant music opening credits
I don't think there was a single male of any age who didnt have a thing for Jet.
I met Jet back in 2007 when I was only 13 and she is absolutely lovely :) so humble and beautiful ^^
Elysia bitch.... do jelly
@Samuelson baker And? lol :)
She took me from being a boy to a man. And many a sock paid the price.
I had a thing for Hunter. 😂
0:08 UK announcer John Sachs
introduction
4:56 Trojan introduction
3:38 Saracen introduction
12 yeast old m is done right now. JET!!!!!
These Gladiators were superiour to the new ones. They were all respectful to the contenders (except Wolf lol).They were more about the games than acting out like the new ones. John Anderson was also the perfect ref
I know I’m late at commenting on this but I was actually there that day they did the filming of this introduction! This brought back memories of that day
Jet 😍
Trojan, what a beautiful man I get excited just by seeing him.
i wish i had both lightning and jet as my PE teachers at school
0:16 Female Gladiators Arrival
Man I miss the 90s
So Do I my Heyday!!!!❤️💕🙏
“Nostalgia is heroin for old people. Just because you were younger, better looking and getting laid more, doesn’t mean it was a better time.”
- Dara O’Briain
Shadow, Nightshade and Wolf. My all time favorite Gladiators. Zodiac I met at a charity event in 1994. I was 10. Jet and Lightening I had a crush on. They were the sexiest of the lot. Brings back memories. The new school Gladiators can't hold a candle to this line up.
my to met jet and hunter in my home town and my dad teacher was jack youdale jet real dad
2:57 Male Gladiators Arrival
Oh my God . . so many memories . . every Saturday night plonked in front of the box with all the family . . ahhhhhhh!!
Panther for the hot dance.😍
Lightning shades it for the gymnastics. 😍
@SqueakQueenReborn Jet for the leg guitar playing.
I love JET .. she and the others also appeared on INTERNATIONAL GLADIATORS.
You know the gladiator, Wolf looks like the WWE'S Undertaker and Trojan looks like the Miz
4:37 Cobra introduction
I really fancied Jet!!
Wolf is a legend
Falcon's hairdo 1:21 😏 What happened to Phoenix & Flame?
Phoenix, Flame & Hawk were fired after scoring low in a popularity poll.
Btw, Bernadette Lamb (Falcon) died far too young a few months ago.
1:32 Zodiac introduction
3:11 Warrior introduction
I was about 5 back then, best memories of my life
I like remember cycling back from the english corner shop (rare now days) with my stabilisers just getting home in time to watch gladiators.
It almost brings a tear back to my eye and I am a grown man.
I remember when I was a little boy in the early-mid 90s there was still a scrap of saturday night TV left.
CASUALTY! (That scared me BIG time)
BLOBBY!
YOU BET!
BLIND DATE
oooh and when was that BIG BREAK?
take me back
I don't know where to start with this comment, I just wish you all the best and hope you have some better memories now
Knight Rider & Baywatch too. And Airwolf
Eventhough a lot of the audience boo him, Wolf was my favourite
He was amazing. So entertaining! Love Wolf!
They were booing him ironically he was undoubtedly the star gladiator of all of them
Wolf was what they call in wrestling, a "Heel". A scripted bad guy for the audience to boo and hiss at. Wolf had the act down to a tee as he knew how to play to the audience and mess with the contenders to get the crowd going. Great performer.
May falcon find peace
My favourite Male Gladiators from back in the day were: Saracen, Cobra, Rhino and Warrior.
Favourite Female Gladiators were: Lightning, Jet, Vogue & Rio. Rio was stunning.
🐺
Rio was gorgeous
Never would've thought Trojan had a bigger chest than Shadow!!!!!!!!!!! IN FACT, HIS CHEST EQUALLED WARRIOR'S ACCORDING TO THOSE STATS!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT'S INSANE!!!!!
panther was the best. she was amazing.
Prove it
Lightning and Wolf were my favourites!
hahaha they called the black ones nightshade and shadow, they wouldnt get away with that today.
They all picked their own names I believe...
@@MysteryManfrom79 yup they did but if it was out now there would be a shitstorm even if they chose there own names
@Jack Williams here in the uk it may be fine but in the usa were the new one is ment to be coming out im shure there woud be back lash
Before the world went fucking crazy
RobinHoodUK but the black chaser on The Chase is called “the dark destroyer”..
That music always takes me back to 1997, when I was five. Many, many happy Saturday nights spent watching this programme
i fancied her too when i was 10 like all the other boys in my class. i remember having a sticker of her as well as other gladiators on the front of my school diary!! LOL good memories, good times
This version was far better than the new one. They tried to copy the American one and obviously it wouldn't work in the UK.
fantastic Introduction.
0:01-0:04 The title appears,
"RETURN OF THE GLADIATORS"
Tracey Gates I iove the Gladiators tv show on every Saturday night back in 90s they are brilliant they will be back on TV iove from Wales UK 🏴 🇬🇧 😀 👍 😎😎✨🏴🏴🏴🏴🏃♀️👟🏃♀️👟💞💌💕
omg i have this on video! i feel so old! i even remember buying it wen i was lyk 4/5 yrs old. even had (i still have it in my drawer) lightning leotard in my drawer that my mum and dad ordered frm the gladiators magazine!
wow that stadum is packed and it is only the start of the second series i bet when this show was really at it's peak i bet it was hard to get a ticket to go and watch this there
'Known to her friends as Deadly'.. haha love it
As if it was yesterday... cheers for the memories!
Jet 😍💜🥰
Bring back this version of gladiators the new one is crap!!!
do they have to bring back the 80s hairdos as well?
they could do!!
Sony William at least the outfits of the original those outfits had some class the modern ones look like the came from 50 shades of grey
2023 GLADIATORS READY!!!
I loved watching this on TV but imagine actually being there seeing them all back together again especially with the full Gladiators theme tune
I agree this was the best set of gladiators!
Watching this actually makes me feel good inside!
I've never seen the new series, but I took one look at a picture of the New Gladiators, in their wierd looking outfits, and my heart just sank!
I actually went to see this live and had one of those big foam hands lol
JJ The Cat Did the music we hear on TV play during the events? Bet there was a big delay in between events too to set everything up.
Richard Hurr I remember we attended during the summer in the school holidays one afternoon at the nia in Birmingham and they filmed twice a day (when we left at around 5.00pm they had another show right away afterwards which must have been pretty intense for the Gladiators). In between events they had a compere guy on getting the kids up to dance with the cheerleaders, taking part in mini challenges and just generally hyping folks up. From what I recall the famous theme played when they came out at the beginning (it was about 24 years ago so some specifics are fuzzy lol). It was a great day out!
Yeah I remember I went and Shadows victory theme always played on point - war
Scorpio was my fave when I was like 6/7 years old. Wolf used to actually terrify me so much. He used to run past the audience and get booed a lot as they chanted 'who's afraid of the big bad wolf?' and I always used to think he would pluck some kid out of the audience and beat the hell out of them. My imagination did wonderful things when I was a kid!
One question: Why does no-one dig Falcon's mullet......it is AMAZING!!!! Hahaha jk
I always thought of Scorpio as the bad girl of Gladiators.
Serious nostalgia here. Favourite guys were Cobra and Saracen, favourite girls Lightning and Jet.
Does anyone else have a crush on Lightning? she is soooo freakin gorgeous :)
I did! But TBF I was smitten for Jet also! 😉
Now imagine them eyes staring at you while he's holding a pugel stick. 90% of Shadow's technique was scaring the bejesus out of ya.
used to get sooo excited for this on a saturday night!
U have no idea how long I've been looking for this
Love the old Gladiators hate the new ones!
jet ohhh yess please stunning
i think scorpio is absolutely stunning
Amy Liz babe you are stunning❤
Haidur Shah aw thank you dear 😊
Amy Liz whoo hooo😘 Finally got a reply by the exquisite Princess❤
Haidur Shah haha you are funny 😂
Amy Liz I am a British born and bred in London so don't need your passport lol. What city are you from?
omg it's so 90's - i love it! To think i was 5 when i first saw this
2:35 maybe a better shot of "that support" would be a sweeping shot of the whole crowd on their feet rather than 3 guys with a tiny sign saying "we❤jet"
Wolf... he'll break your spine with his granite biceps, then melt your heart with his rendition of "When a Man Loves a Woman".
I had a stron bicep in the 90s with jet
@PIANOTUBING thanks but honestly the orginal are by far the best they were gracious in defeat and glorious when winning in events unlike the new batch
i watched this when i was a kid (born a millenium) so i was glad it was on; trojan was an idol of mine
RIP FALCON ❤
Grace Jones at the end, there.
LOL, a black gladiator called 'Shadow'.
zodiac falcon and lightning were my faves
Zodiac and jet were my favourites
He's undefeated, he's awesome. he's is also really scary and Jet @ 2:15 making some adjustments to her top
All Hail Shadow!
smachinecato heroes rise again
That was the days! The 1990s!
Jet tho
Nightshade did indeed ming beyond belief. Panther was my favourite.
KiraBlackwater ming?
KiraBlackwater ming?
Omg this brings back so many good memories!