Could it work in times like ours?

Could it work in times like ours?

Obese people and others would be triggered at all these physically capable people.

Yeah, we got ninja warrior this shouldn't make any waves

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>this shouldn't make any waves
Good.

No, that kind of corny theatricality doesn't really go over well anymore. Even the WWE has toned it down to a more "plain clothes" style.
Ninja Warrior is the core concept with all the superfluous stuff trimmed off.

No one cares about American Ninja Warrior

my legs are OK

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you mean you don't like watching rock climber manlets who look like a gust of wind would pick them up kick everyone's ass?

The reboot came out too soon.
If they waited awhile for the next wave of 80s nostalgia to kick in, it would have been successful.

The original Jap ninja warrior was pretty alright, a bit like MXC/Takeshi's Castle

Nowadays, they probably won't get away with calling the darkies Shadow and Saracen.

Fun fact: In the Finnish version you had Virpi Butt (currently Lucrezia Francesca Pandora Butt) as a female gladiator called Diamond. Later on somewhere around 2002 she did two separate murders, dismembered the bodies and apparently went to the local bar with the head of the latter murder in her bag. Also during the second murders her two young children were in the apartment. She is being released next year despite the official psychiatrist saying that there is a very high chance that she will murder again.

To honor that great event, Finnish television channel Nelonen is showing a new version of Gladiators, hopefully we will get another crazy roided up murderer.

The 2008 reboot lasted what, two seasons?

I think the idea's time has just come and gone, especially since Saturday morning isn't as important of a programming block as it used to be.

They tried it a few years back and it failed.

It's a fun idea for a show, but it was more a product of its time. You have American Ninja Warrior now which is a sort of contemporary version.

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Shadow was amazing. Would totally psych people out with his 1000 yard stare.

Was it ever confirmed if the Gladiators routinely partook in orgies amongst themselves?

Indeed, my man, indeed.

still would

Give fatties the same amound of roids these guys were shooting up their arse and it won't be long until they were pretty swole

At your own risk.

We have it here in Sweden. What, are you more cucked than us?