My Thoughts...

I had to wait sometime before I made a statement or some comments. I had to let it all sink in and let it meddle for a bit. Many people have come to me asking for my thoughts. They ask me what I am thinking and my opinions. I have held back waiting for the words to come to me. I had to wait to figure out the perfect way of saying it. There are so many different thoughts and emotions running through my mind and my body that I just don’t really know yet. I mean to quote the great Ron Burgundy, “I’m in a glass case of emotion!!!”

Of course I am talking about the return of American Gladiators to NBC, Monday nights at 8pm. (Psych!!!) I really don’t know what to think yet. While the action has been amazing (Powerball has always been my favorite and a game that my friends and I used to play until an unfortunate incident that resulted in Mark Logsdon’s leg getting smashed and cracked under the ferocious hit of Mark Dignard which subsequently ended Logsdon’s soccer career. We never played the game again.) but they spend way too much time talking to the damn contestants about their lives. I mean I watched the other night and with in the first 20 minutes of the show they only had one total event, women’s hit and run, which might be the worst event that they have added to the show. How does twenty minutes of showtime only get us to one event? That is just garbage. Last nights 90-minute show could have been 30 minutes if they got rid of all of the fluff and bullshit and just focused on the action like the old American Gladiators did.

With this being said the physiques and strength of these new gladiators just dwarves those of the past. There is a male gladiator named Justice who is 6’8” 290lbs. He is one of the biggest men I have ever seen. Then there is Titan a four-time Mr. Universe. He has muscles in his ears. I mean he is one massive dude. There is a woman named Helga who is 6’1” 210lbs. While she doesn’t look like she has one single line of muscle on her body, she is the biggest woman I have ever seen. She just towers over all of the other women gladiators and the contestants. Then there is Crush. Aw Crush. I mean you are gorgeous. I mean just absolutely gorgeous. I can’t say enough about you without getting overly creepy. She is about 5’8” 140lbs and she was involved in Mixed Martial Arts before she became a gladiator. She is so far undefeated in the Joust and is absolutely the most beautiful thing on the show. (Pokey thinks Venom is but I have to disagree. Venom is too muscular whereas Crush looks like a normal woman but still kicks ass.)

However, the hosts of the show are just absolute garbage. In case you didn’t know the hosts are Hulk Hogan and Laila Ali (Muhammad Ali’s Daughter) and the two of them can barely speak intelligibly. I mean I would rather listen to a conversation between Shaquille O’Neal and Plaxico Burress (If you get paid that much money, learn how to speak proper English. You have the money to pay someone to teach you how to speak like a normal human.) The two add nothing to the show except for Hogan flexing and calling everyone “Brother” and Ali looking dim witted and like a deer in headlights when the camera goes on her.

All in all I do enjoy the show. I have watched every episode so far and my only question is why do they have some sort of size limit. I mean there hasn't been a male contestant that weighed over 220lbs. Why can't there be a contestant that was like 6'5" 260lbs? Thats what I want to see and I don't think its too much to ask.