What is the goal for the contestants on 'American Gladiators'?

What is the goal for the contestants on 'American Gladiators'?

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Well what the goal should be for the contestants on the Gladiators is to win. Not win their show but win the whole thing. You know you win $100,000 and a new car and a chance to come back to be a Gladiator. That's huge. Now the problem is they let their egos come into play and so that when they come in its to beat the Gladiators or to talk smack and they get sidetracked and then they lose and they go home and they pretty much got beat down on national TV.