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The Gladiators: International Challenge of Champions were separate one off events that took place in 1993, 1994 and 1995. It involved the winners of American Gladiators, the British Gladiators and the Finnish Gladiators which was locally known as Gladiaattorit. The winners of the Australian Gladiators took part in the 1995 International Gladiators. In all the editions after six events (first editions) or four events (third edition), the contender from each gender with the lowest score would be eliminated while the two contenders with the highest score would compete in the Eliminator to see who would win the title. That final head start rules still applied with the contender with the highest score earning a head start over the contender with the second highest score.

First edition
The first Gladiators: International Challenge of Champions was held at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham in 1993 and broadcast by ITV in Great Britain, MTV3 in Finland and Syndication in the United States. It brought together the winners of the second series of the British Gladiators (which was held in 1993), the first series of the Finnish Gladiators (which was held in 1993), and the fifth series of American Gladiators (which was held in 1993).

It was hosted by Ulrika Jonsson and John Fashanu. The referees were British version of Gladiators, ? from Gladiaattorit and Larry Thompson from American Gladiators.


 * Venue: National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England
 * Presenters: Ulrika Jonsson and John Fashanu
 * Event commentator: John Sachs (UK Airings) - ? (Finnish Airings) - Mike Adamle (US Airings)
 * Referees: John Anderson (UK) - ? (Finland) - Larry Thompson (US)
 * Timekeeper: Andrew Norgate

The runners up of the domestic series were on stand by should the above contenders had to pull out for ruled out due to injury. Competing in the events, the contenders wore their gear they wore in their domestic series.

Third edition
The third Gladiators: International Challenge of Champions was held at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane in 1995 and broadcast by Seven Network in Australia, ITV in Great Britain and Syndication in the United States. It brought together the winners of the first series of the Australian Gladiators (which was held in early 1995), the fourth series of the British Gladiators (which was held in 1995), the third series of the Finnish Gladiators (which was held in 1994), and the seventh series of American Gladiators (which was held in 1995). This series was one more than were represented in the first two International Gladiators which involved the USA, Great Britain and Finland. This was also the last International Gladiators after American Gladiators was cancelled that year and the Finnish Gladiators had been cancelled in 1994.

It was hosted by Kimberley Joseph and Mike Hammond. The referees were Mike Whitney from the Australian version of Gladiators, ? from Gladiaattorit, John Anderson from the British version of Gladiators and Larry Thompson from American Gladiators.


 * Event commentator: Tony Schibeci (Australian Airings) - John Sachs (UK Airings) - Mike Adamle (US Airings)
 * Timekeeper: Andrew Norgate

UK Gladiators not appearing in future shows
 * Jet