Gladiators #3

[TheStrawberryThief]

People on here always mention this and yet I've still never noticed it when watching

My personal theory is that he a rude tattoo they are covering

Tbh I think the costume design people probably heard Hammer and thought of him as being like a Circus strongman, using a Hammer to hit one of those ' test my strength' machines, but the people who do intro graphics assumed he would be Thor. So his theme is a bit muddled.

I thing Fire gets an interesting costume as well, as she is the only one to have her legs fully covered. I initially thought that maybe she preferred her legs being covered up, but I wonder if it is meant to look a bit like her winter Olympics costume.

 

[Prissypaws]

My personal theory is that he a rude tattoo they are covering

Tbh I think the costume design people probably heard Hammer and thought of him as being like a Circus strongman, using a Hammer to hit one of those ' test my strength' machines, but the people who do intro graphics assumed he would be Thor. So his theme is a bit muddled.

Love both theories; about the tattoo AND that circus strongman/Thor mash up
Does he ever have his arms out on his personal page, can we see what tattoos are on them

 

[Facehugger]

Love both theories; about the tattoo AND that circus strongman/Thor mash up
Does he ever have his arms out on his personal page, can we see what tattoos are on them

Have a Google for 'Tom Wilson Survival of the Fittest' you can have a good old gander at his tatts with his top off.

 

[Prissypaws]

Have a Google for 'Tom Wilson Survival of the Fittest' you can have a good old gander at his tatts with his top off.

Omg just found some pics, that whole show passed me by. I assumed Gladiators fluffed his hair up a bit as part of the character but looks like his hair always looked like that

 

[TheStrawberryThief]

Have a Google for 'Tom Wilson Survival of the Fittest' you can have a good old gander at his tatts with his top off.

Oh My.

I may need to lay down in a dark room to recover from swooning.

The mystery has been solved. I have seen more than I ever expected.

 

[Facehugger]

Oh My.

I may need to lay down in a dark room to recover from swooning.

The mystery has been solved. I have seen more than I ever expected.

Haha! Glad I've assisted you nourishing your eyeballs today. The antidote is watching him on the sewing bee, you'll be reet

 

[Trafalgar]

Is it the celeb episode today? Have fun

Yep was the celeb special. It was exhausting going. 9 hours on those seats hurt your a so much! But made my daughters year!

 

[Facehugger]

Yep was the celeb special. It was exhausting going. 9 hours on those seats hurt your a so much! But made my daughters year!

Brilliant glad you & your daughter had a good time.

 

[MidnightAura]

Yep was the celeb special. It was exhausting going. 9 hours on those seats hurt your a so much! But made my daughters year!

I’m glad you had fun! What was the atmosphere like?

 

[Trafalgar]

I’m glad you had fun! What was the atmosphere like?

I thought it was an amazing atmosphere. I have never been to a filming though (only live tour) so maybe its different to other years. It gets draining toward the eliminator as you have been sat for 9 hours, you are knackered from being there early to guarantee tickets (we had our child with us and had driven 220 miles to be there so we HAD to get tickets ) but people were still happy, still cheering on the sort of rubbish competitors/celebrities (sorry but the celebrity ones, are not normally gladiators material!)

I wont put any spoilers, but all I will say is a piece of equipment was used in the eliminator same as last year

 

[Gimmethegossipgirl]

Re Cyclone I’ve seen a few people commenting on social media saying she left to pursue a professional wrestling career in the US not sure how true it is

 

[Cupid_Stunt]

Re Cyclone I’ve seen a few people commenting on social media saying she left to pursue a professional wrestling career in the US not sure how true it is

If it was just that then why was her statement hinting at something had happened behind the scenes that meant she had no choice but to quit?

 

[Claymorekick]

Re Cyclone I’ve seen a few people commenting on social media saying she left to pursue a professional wrestling career in the US not sure how true it is

That does make sense - we have always said she has all the traits to be a wrestler - there is a lot of crossover skills between the 2 (one of the American gladiators used to be a WWE professional wrestler - I loved him )

 

[MidnightAura]

I thought it was an amazing atmosphere. I have never been to a filming though (only live tour) so maybe its different to other years. It gets draining toward the eliminator as you have been sat for 9 hours, you are knackered from being there early to guarantee tickets (we had our child with us and had driven 220 miles to be there so we HAD to get tickets ) but people were still happy, still cheering on the sort of rubbish competitors/celebrities (sorry but the celebrity ones, are not normally gladiators material!)

I wont put any spoilers, but all I will say is a piece of equipment was used in the eliminator same as last year

I think I read something similar about equipment being used

But I’m glad you had fun! Sounds like a long day!

 

[Trafalgar]

I still wonder if Cyclone and others who have left, stuck up for Giant a bit too vocally maybe? I dont know. Just a guess.

Athena has posted on her social media that she is totally healthy.

 

[Prissypaws]

I wondered if production was always planning on resting Athena and Bionic and possibly Comet this series , but having Fury about (like Nitro and Legend, because she’s v popular). Then due to Giant going, they decided on 4 new ones. Maybe Cyclone didn’t like the way they went about that (I think she’s pretty good friends with Bionic, going on holidays etc). Then Phantom has taken unexpected compassionate leave. So they’re 2 down in total numbers they weren’t planning on.

 

[umbongo2703]

I wondered if production was always planning on resting Athena and Bionic and possibly Comet this series , but having Fury about (like Nitro and Legend, because she’s v popular). Then due to Giant going, they decided on 4 new ones. Maybe Cyclone didn’t like the way they went about that (I think she’s pretty good friends with Bionic, going on holidays etc). Then Phantom has taken unexpected compassionate leave. So they’re 2 down in total numbers they weren’t planning on.

Looking at it all from what we know, I think this is probably how it panned out. I think they were always going to axe some Gladiators for new blood, but due to unforeseen issues with some of them (Fury, Cyclone, Phantom) they’ve ended up losing so many all at once. They’ve could’ve just kept Athena in the team as the female team is one down compared to the men. Oh well.

 

[ElectricDreams]

We've been at the filming of one of the Quarter Finals today, coincidentally exactly a year since we went last time.

We saw 3 of the new Gladiators and one new event, which was quite good and as much a psychologically taxing event as a physical one. Compared with last year though, it didn't have the same magic and excitement. Some of the gladiators felt underused and though the contenders were brilliant, we didn't feel that 4 events was enough to really root for them. Even the warm up guy didn't seem as engaging as last year.

We've had a good day out for free though

 

[Trafalgar]

We've been at the filming of one of the Quarter Finals today, coincidentally exactly a year since we went last time.

We saw 3 of the new Gladiators and one new event, which was quite good and as much a psychologically taxing event as a physical one. Compared with last year though, it didn't have the same magic and excitement. Some of the gladiators felt underused and though the contenders were brilliant, we didn't feel that 4 events was enough to really root for them. Even the warm up guy didn't seem as engaging as last year.

We've had a good day out for free though

The tickets are good for free. But travelling over 200 miles, a hotel for a few nights and getting stung in the merch shop I spent a bloody fortune

What annoyed me the most is kids sizes stop at 9-10. I have a tall child and had to buy an adults size small which was an additional £15 over the price of the kids ones. Rip off guys.

Will still apply next year for tickets though.

 

[usuallurker]

It annoyed me that the 2026 program doesn't have the new gladiators in and has the old ones..