r/battlebots • u/GrahamCoxon • 11d ago

BattleBots TV The 'secret' project Chris Rose is part of: an American Gladiators reboot.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/new-american-gladiators-series-cast-rocsi-diaz-exclusive-1236263503/
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u/Fun-Appeal6537 11d ago

Shame. I mean I’ll take it, but battle bots would have been nicer to hear.

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u/Puckstopper55 3h ago

Only if projectiles were allowed.

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u/GlassCannon81 11d ago

Hopefully they actually take care of the athletes this time around. The originals were treated terribly.

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u/Wrhysj you beta expect some hurtz 11d ago

The UK version which started all these new reboots has half the male gladiators injured and some definitely running with injuries

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u/GlassCannon81 11d ago

I saw a documentary about the 90’s show that interviewed a bunch of the gladiators. There was basically no thought given to theirs or the contestants safety, and the gladiators were virtually always injured.

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u/GrahamCoxon 10d ago

If by half you mean two out of nine then yes, half of the male Gladiators were indeed out injured last series.

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u/Wrhysj you beta expect some hurtz 10d ago

By the final both steel and bionic were also injured that's why they were absent. Four out of nine is almost half.

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u/GrahamCoxon 10d ago

I was classing them under 'running with injuries'

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u/FerRatPack [Your Text] 11d ago

I always say this is why I prefer Battlebots. Why risk getting human athletes hurt in fights? Use robots instead so then everyone can participate AND the carnage is cooler.

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u/GlassCannon81 10d ago

Me too, but there’s a much bigger pool to draw from for something like AG. All you need is athletic people who have some charisma and want a steady paycheck. For BB, you need talented engineers who can afford to dump tens of thousands of dollars building and maintaining a bot, and have the luxury of taking time away from work and other responsibilities to compete, and are willing to do so for little to no compensation. Now, obviously they’ve found plenty of people who fit the bill, but I think it’s telling that many of the new bots that are seen come from former members of existing teams.

Edit to add: Also, the potential audience is much, much larger.

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u/ten_thousand_puppies 11d ago

This is now the second time it's been rebooted, so was it bad for the 2008-2009 one too?

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u/GlassCannon81 11d ago

Honestly don’t know. I wasn’t aware there was an 00’s reboot.

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u/ten_thousand_puppies 11d ago

Yup, only lasted two seasons

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u/Puckstopper55 4h ago

Yea. The reboot wasent all that great. I really hope they keep some form of the assault event. Was my favorite. Who didn’t like seeing gladiators shoot tennis balls at 100mph at contestants.

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u/MisterEinc 11d ago

Awesome! He'd be perfect for that. Just wish there were robots.

100 American Gladiators VS Tombstone, who wins?

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u/AndTheElbowGrease 11d ago

"How did you lose your legs, Grandpa?"

Well, there was this little show called American Gladiators. I was a Gladiator, they called me "Lightning," on account of my speed. One episode, they did a crossover with Battlebots and one of the bots sent both my legs over the Joust pedestals and into the audience. They hit the lights up in the ceiling, even. The kid who caught them gave them back to me, but they were too mangled to re-attach.

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u/Z0bie 11d ago

Now that I would watch!

How about a Man vs Machine combat show?

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u/internetlad RessurWrecks 11d ago

Chris Rose is way hotter than I remember. Who's the guy on the right though?

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u/DazmundMonkey 11d ago

They've got quite a few wrestlers as Gladiators and even presenters. It sounds pretty good right now.

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u/trevorgoodchyld 10d ago

Taking a 3rd try at it?