19 cars that are also American Gladiators

Jeep Gladiator

If a name works great for a car, chances are it would also work for an American Gladiator. You know, the roid-tastic athletes from the competition show from the early 1990s of the same name featuring iconic games like the Assault, Atlasphere, Powerball and the Eliminator. When I was a kid, it was basically my favorite TV show not starring Patrick Stewart. A reboot in the mid 2000s starring Hulk Hogan completely missed the mark and was terrible, but added a few more common names to the pile.

In fact, there are several more Gladiator names that would make swell car names … such as, literally, Gladiator now that it would seem Jeep will apply it to the new Wrangler pickup. There’s another one! Wrangler would’ve been a great Gladiator name. So now, enjoy 18 more cars that share their names with American Gladiators. Cue that iconic music.

-James Riswick