First Half Preliminary Round 1 - Schwepker vs. Berry & Wheat vs. Marino

Season 6, Episode 1, Aired

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In this First Half Preliminary Round 1, Male contenders John Schwepker vs. Wesley Berry & Female contenders April Wheat vs. Cathy Marino.

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      • April Wheat has a 1/2 second head start over Cathy Marino & Wesley Berry has a 9 second head start over John Schwepker.

      • The Eliminator has been revamped once again. Contenders have a 32 ft Versaclimber to go up. Once at the top, they slide down the slide and cross over the hand bikes, where the Gladiators will detain the contenders if they fall. Once they cross over the Gladiators, they have to run across spinning cylinders and then climb up the cargo net. Once up the cargo net, they take the zip line down the arena and then climb up a clear wall where they have to run up the reverse treadmill. The contenders have 2 chances on the treadmill and then the 3rd time, they walk up the side. Once on the treadmill platform, the contenders then swing through a gridded paper barrier to end the Eliminator.

      • The Gauntlet makes its debute this season. In the Gauntler, the contender has to maneuver themselves down a half tube through 5 zones where the Gladiators attempt to prevent them from advancing. If the contender gets out in under 20 seconds, they score 10 pts. If they make it out in under 25 seconds, they score 5 pts. If the Gladiator pushes the contender out of the playing area, the contender will start at that zone where they were pushed out.

      • Whiplash makes its debute this season. In Whiplash, the contender and the Gladiator are strapped to a dogbone. The contender has 30 seconds to attempt to get the gladiator out of the ring. If successful, the contenders wins 10 pts. If the contender or Gladiator uses both hands for support, they are disqualified.

      • David T. Nelson, formely Titan, guest starred in the September 27, 1993 episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air called All Guts, No Glory.

      • A new segment called 30 seconds with the Gladiators is featured this year they are asked a series of questions by Mike Adamle.

      • Dan Clark, aka Nitro, guest stars on the October 12, 1993 episode of Saved by the Bell: The College Years called The Poker Game as John Hammer.

      • The introduction of the American Gladiators are: Turbo, Siren, Laser, Zap, Tower, Ice, Sabre, Sky, Hawk & Jazz.

      • Four new American Gladiators are introduced in this season. They are Hawk, Jazz, Tank and Rebel along with Zap, Laser, Siren, Turbo, Tower, Sky, Elektra, Sabre and the return of Ice. Lisa Malosky has joined as co-host.

      • As the contenders names/pictures are shown, their hometown is shown below the photo instead of with the rest of the stats.

      • April Wheat & Wesley Berry advance to the 1st Half Quarterfinal Rounds as does Cathy Marino & John Schwepker.

      • April Wheat scored 22 pts Cathy Marino scored 21 pts John Schwepker scored 21 pts Wesley Berry scored 39 pts

      • Wesley Berry and Cathy Marino are wearing uniforms & John Schwepker and April Wheat are wearing uniforms.

      • With this new season, the Gladiators are shown in the opening credits, a new theme opening, a new logo as well as new contender uniforms.

      • In the First Half of Season 6, the four daring new events are the Gauntlet, Pyramid, Tug -O- War and Whiplash as well as Powerball, Breakthrough and Conquer, Hang Tough, the Wall, Atlasphere, the Assault, the Joust, Swingshot, Sky Track and the Eliminator.

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