American Gladiators

Tracy Jernegan & Tony Bettendorf advance to the First Half Quarterfinal Rounds. Lisa Langston also advances to the First Half Quarterfinal Rounds due to Elizabeth Pepe dropping out of the competition due to an injury.

Events not competed in this Preliminary Round were Sky Track, Super Powerball, Human Cannonball, the Maze and the Assault.

Lisa Langston scored 26 pts Tracy Jernegan scored 32 pts Elbert Gray scored 14 pts Tony Bettendorf scored 42 pts

Notice on the spinning cylinders, the middle has red stripes on it. In the previous round, it did not.

Tracy Jernegan has a 3 second head start over Lisa Langston & Tony Bettendorf has a 14 second head start over Elbert Gray.

Laser is disqualified in Powerball for a forearm to the head of Elbert Gray.

A new segment is introduced called Csonka's Zonks is American Gladiators greatest hits from past episodes. Variouis clips include Thunder in Powerball, Turbo in Human Cannonball, Nitro getting hammered by Craig Williams, Turbo slamming contenders in Powerball, Nitro getting hit in Human Cannonball, Gemini in Powerball, Malibu's famous flying trip in Human Cannonball, Turbo & Eric Monostori in the Conquer Ring, Diamond in Powerball, a contender flying over Ice in the Eliminator, Malibu, Zap & Gold, Laser & Thunder all in Powerball, Blaze in the Joust, Lace in Breakthrough, Turbo & Thunder, Diamond all in Powerball, Gold in the Eliminator & Darryl Moore's entrance in Powerball.

Powerball is the Crunch Time Event. Goals in the outer cylinder are worth 3pts and the center is worth 5 pts.

Elektra, Diamond, Turbo & Sabre all shut out their contenders in their rounds on the Wall.

Cyclone makes his debut in Atlasphere. Cyclone is 6'0" & is 228 lbs. Notice that his uniform is exactly like Thunder's except for the name.

Tracy Jernegan defeats Storm in her round of Hang Tough. Tracy is the 1st contender in this 1st half of the season to to cross over to the Gladiators' platform.

In Swingshot, notice that the platforms are red, white & blue colored and they have been moved closer to the pendulum. Scoring balls are red - 3 pts, blue - 2pts & yellow - 1 pt.

Siren makes her debut appearance in Swingshot. Siren is 5'7" & 150 lbs. Siren is the 1st deaf American Gladiator.

Turbo & Storm shut out the contenders in their rounds of the Joust.