Gladiators: The Ashes 2

Gladiators: The Ashes 2 (aired in Australia as Gladiators: The Ashes Return) was the second Ashes series for Australian Gladiators and UK Gladiators. This was the final series in the original Australian series.

Gladiators: The Ashes 2
Starring	Mike Hammond Ulrika Jonsson
Country of origin	Australia
No. of episodes	3
Release
Original network	Seven Network (Australia) ITV (UK)
Original release	28 September – 12 October 1996
Season chronology

Contenders

Contenders
Country	Female Contenders	Male Contenders
Australia	Marissa Heuttner Catherine Arlove	Paul Stubbs Paul Reynolds
United Kingdom	Sarah Damm Michelle Kimberley Hannah Owen Celia Duffield	Emmil Watson Mark Everitt

Gladiators

Gladiators
Country	Female Gladiators	Male Gladiators
Australia	Delta, Fury, Glacier, Storm	Condor, Taipan, Tower, Vulcan
United Kingdom	Laser, Lightning, Rio, Vogue, & Falcon (Reserve)	Ace, Hunter, Rhino, Saracen, Wolf

Episodes

Episode	Title	Original airdate
1	"Heat 1"	28 September 1996 (Australia) 18 January 1997 (UK)[1]
2	"Heat 2"	5 October 1996 (Australia) 25 January 1997 (UK)[2]
3	"Grand Final"	12 October 1996 (Australia) 1 February 1997 (UK)[3]

Shows

Episode	Contest	Original airdate	Contenders (Female)	Contenders (Male)	Events
1	Heat 1	28 September 1996 (Australia) 18 January 1997 (UK)[4]	Marisa Huettner (AUS) Vs Michelle Kimberley (UK)^1	Paul Reynolds (AUS) Vs Emmil Watson (UK)	Pendulum, Powerball, Swingshot, Duel, Hang Tough
2	Heat 2	5 October 1996 (Australia) 25 January 1997 (UK)[5]	Catherine Arlove (AUS) Vs Celia Duffield (UK)^2	Paul Stubbs (AUS) Vs Mark Everitt (UK)	Skytrak, Powerball, Gauntlet, Hang Tough, Duel
3	Grand Final	12 October 1996 (Australia) 1 February 1997 (UK)[6]	Marisa Huettner (AUS) Vs Catherine Arlove (AUS)	Paul Reynolds (AUS) Vs Mark Everitt (UK)	Pendulum, The Wall, Swingshot, Duel, Hang Tough

¹Replaced Sarah after she was injured in Pendulum.
²Replaced Hannah after she was injured in Gauntlet.

The Ashes Return: Heat One

Original airdate: 28 September 1996 (Australia), 18 January 1997 (United Kingdom)
Contenders:

• Marisa Huettner (Australia) Vs Sarah Damm (United Kingdom)/Michelle Kimberley (United Kingdom)
• Paul Reynolds (Australia) Vs Emmil Watson (United Kingdom)

Female

Event	Marisa  Australia	Sarah /Michelle  UK	Gladiators
Pendulum	10	5	Vogue & Glacier
Powerball	0	0^1	Vogue, Glacier & Laser
Swingshot	1	4	Lightning & Fury
Duel	0	10^2	Rio & Storm
Hang Tough	5	5	Lightning & Delta
TOTAL	16	24

Male

Event	Paul R  Australia	Emmil  UK	Gladiators
Pendulum	10	10	Hunter & Condor
Powerball	9	5	Rhino, Tower & Condor
Swingshot	1^3	7	Saracen & Taipan
Duel	0	0	Hunter & Vulcan
Hang Tough	0	0	Wolf & Taipan
TOTAL	20	22

Eliminator

• Female: 4 second head start for Michelle (UK)
• Male: 1 second head start for Emmil (UK)

Winners: Marisa Huettner (Australia) & Paul Reynolds (Australia)

¹Sarah Damm injured her ankle in Pendulum. Michelle Kimberley played the remainder of the games.
²Although Michelle stayed on the platform for the full 30 seconds, Storm was later disqualified for putting her hand on Michelle's hand and pugil stick.
³Paul originally scored 3 points, but one blue ball worth 2 points was disallowed as Paul touched the pole to collect it.

The Ashes Return: Heat Two

Original airdate: 5 October 1996 (Australia), 25 January 1997 (United Kingdom)
Contenders:

• Catherine Arlove (Australia) Vs Hannah Owen (United Kingdom)/Celia Duffield (United Kingdom)
• Paul Stubbs (Australia) Vs Mark Everitt (United Kingdom)

Female

Event	Catherine  Australia	Hannah /Celia  UK	Gladiators
Skytrak	0	0	Lightning & Storm
Powerball	8	0	Laser, Delta & Glacier
Gauntlet	10	10	Rio, Vogue, Laser, Fury & Lightning Glacier, Delta, Rio, Fury & Storm
Hang Tough	0	0^1	Lightning & Fury
Duel	10	5	Laser & Glacier
TOTAL	28	15

Male

Event	Paul S  Australia	Mark  UK	Gladiators
Skytrak	5	10	Hunter & Condor
Powerball	4	18	Ace, Saracen & Vulcan
Gauntlet	10	10	Rhino, Tower, Ace, Wolf & Saracen Condor, Tower, Wolf, Taipan & Vulcan
Hang Tough	10	10	Wolf & Taipan
Duel	0	5	Saracen & Condor
TOTAL	29	53

Eliminator

• Female: 6.5 second head start for Catherine (AUS)
• Male: 12 second head start for Mark (UK)

Winners: Catherine Arlove (Australia) & Mark Everitt (United Kingdom)

¹Hannah Owen injured her elbow in Gauntlet. Celia Duffield played the remainder of the games.

The Ashes Return: Grand Final

Original airdate: 12 October 1996 (Australia), 1 February 1997 (United Kingdom)
Contenders:

• Marisa Huettner (Australia) Vs Catherine Arlove (Australia)
• Paul Reynolds (Australia) Vs Mark Everitt (United Kingdom)

Female

Event	Marisa  Australia	Catherine  Australia	Gladiators
Pendulum	10	0^1	Vogue & Lightning
The Wall	0	10	Lightning & Vogue
Swingshot	5	0	Laser & Lightning
Duel	0^2	5	Rio & Laser
Hang Tough	0^3	0	Lightning & Vogue
TOTAL	15	15

Male

Event	Paul  Australia	Mark  UK	Gladiators
Pendulum	10	5	Saracen & Condor
The Wall	0	10	Hunter & Condor
Swingshot	5	10	Wolf & Taipan
Duel	0	0	Hunter & Vulcan
Hang Tough	10	0	Saracen & Taipan
TOTAL	25	25

Eliminator

• Female: No head start
• Male: No head start

Winners: Marisa Huettner  Australia & Paul Reynolds  Australia

¹Catherine was disqualified for using her body to block Lightning from getting her tag.
²Marisa and Rio interlocked with their pugil sticks and the game had to be restarted. This was only seen on Australian airings.
³Although Marisa was in the scoring zone when the time was up, she was disqualified for attacking Lightning's head and throat.

Winning Country:  Australia

References

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4. "GLADIATORS (SHOW 17 - ASHES)". ITN Source. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
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