american gladiators meh

I finally caught the American Gladiators update as I always intended to watch it: while flipping channels randomly. I thought it was great for nostalgic purposes and I'm excited to see the new gladiators in action. However, I thought the Eliminator wasn't well-planned. Both the barrel roll and the handbike have no consequence if you fall off--this makes no sense since it takes more work to complete both. In fact, last night's winner completed the eliminator in 2 minutes (the fastest time to date) because she failed to complete--or really try--either. Where are the gladiators smashing in your head silly if you fall off?

Otherwise, it was fairly entertaining... unlike Dance War, which seemed promising but was boring. Come on. Hot people dancing off. How did ABC manage to make it such a snorefest?