Rejected Gladiator names
You probably already know that ‘American Gladiators’ has been revived from the Desert Storm and freshened up for a new war. You may even know that it’s proven against no insurmountable odds to be a huge success on the airing of its premiere episode. But what you probably don’t know is that I’ve decided to make a list of jokey names of Gladiators and that I’ve published said list below.
For some context, here is the current lineup of the Oily and Hormonally-Imbalanced Ones: Blast, Crush, Fury, Hammer, Hellga, Justice, Mayhem, Militia, Siren, Stealth, Titan, Toa, Venom and Wolf. For the role of each of the current Gladiators, several names were auditioned and ultimately discarded:
- Blast - Bang, Plastique, Zapp and Roger, Finger
- Crush - Manboobs, Geminuts, Waterboard
- Fury - Daterape, Rachmaninoff, Steroid
- Hammer - Wheezer, Keychain, Huge Black Hitler
- Hellga - She-Devil, Woman?, Jennifer
- Justice - Dog the Gladiator, Blackwater, Li’l Puppet
- Mayhem - Akimbo, Colosto, Buddy
- Militia - White Ninja, United States Marine Corps, Breadmachine
- Siren - Jazzhands, Shut Up!, Dangerboogie
- Stealth - OJ, Gaseous Clay, Handsy
- Titan - Tantrum, Tantra, Malibu Wildfires of 1993
- Toa - Toga, Taco, Toto
- Venom - Razorburn, Tincture, Dandy
- Wolf - Tom Wolfe, Virginia Woolf, Wolf Blitzer (deemed too ethnic)
