“American Gladiators” is coming back. MGM and the WWE are teaming up on a new version of the competition series that will feature current WWE stars.
MGM TV head Mark Burnett and his team are pitching the series out to broadcasters, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Deadline was first to report. Reps for the WWE and MGM did not immediately respond for comment. The original series ran from 1989 and 1996 in syndication and was rebooted on NBC in 2008 with WWE’s Hulk Hogan and Muhammad Ali’s daughter Laila Ali hosting.
The format was created Johnny Ferraro and Dan Carr. It pitted groups of amateur athletes in a series of physical games against each other, while also facing off against the show’s professional “gladiators”.
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